Strictly speaking, the teaching of the Teaching Department is not considered an official, because he is not on the ninth grade, he can only be regarded as an official. But this official is also a member of the Ming civil service, similar to today's external personnel, that is, temporary workers.

The salaries of officials are not high, and they are definitely not as good as officials, and they basically rely on some gray income to make up for them.

Even so, their income is more than enough to eat. So why does being a small official make Yan Niang so excited?

With Yan Niang's income, not to mention the small officials, even the three-grade officials who are serious and eight classics, they may not be able to compare.

The problem is that in this slave status, the first rule to be an official cannot be a slave, on the other hand, if you can be an official, you will naturally not be a slave.

No matter how much work Yan Niang did and how many things she managed before, she couldn't change her status as a slave.

This identity is like a shackle, and you can't get rid of it no matter how much you spend. Theoretically, if you want to get rid of her slavery as a criminal slave, you have to go through the formalities of the emperor.

However, since Yongle, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have become more and more lazy, and they no longer have the lively combat effectiveness of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

So they assigned a lot of specific work, and they were only responsible for passing through the items and stamping them.

Later, he simply delegated the right to seal some small things. Removing a woman who is not a very guilty person from slavery is, in the eyes of the emperor, a relatively small matter.

He might spot check these kinds of things, but he certainly wouldn't look at them one by one. Even if you see it when you look at it, you won't deliberately ask the eunuch of the palm print of the celebrant to explain this matter, if you want to take it easy, you have to delegate power in small things.

But even so, Father-in-law Chen may not do this kind of thing once a year, because he can't do it. Although the emperor doesn't care about this matter, he will leave an impression in his heart, and if he accumulates more, he will think that this palm print eunuch has a little power and uses it indiscriminately?

Mixing around the emperor, what is the most important? Impressions! It is difficult for an emperor to have an impression of a person, and once he has it, it is difficult to change.

Gonggong Chen himself is an old man left by the first emperor, Jiajing continues to use him, which saves face for both parties, and Gonggong Chen is not the kind of person who gives shame to him.

Therefore, this time, with the right of the eunuch to seal the eunuch in the palm of the celebrant and give Yan Niang a slave status and hire her as a teacher, it seems to be an understatement, but it is actually a weight.

It is not only to give Xiao Feng face, but also to show his strength in a low-key manner. Although Lao Tzu will rely on your help in the future, you still have a lot of things to rely on Lao Tzu to help you now.

Xiao Feng smiled slightly, this meal is here, it can be regarded as full of wine and food, and both parties are very satisfied.

He stood up, and Yan Niang quickly followed suit.

"Eldest brother, sister-in-law, thank you for your hospitality today, it's not too early, and I don't want to bother more. I'll come back again if I'm free another day! Xiaoqin stood up, smiled slightly at Xiao Feng, smiled lightly, and had the attitude of a housewife to send off guests, which was very natural.

Gonggong Chen didn't get up, just nodded, very casually.

"I don't live in the palace like Huang Jin, but I spend more time outside the palace, so I just come when I'm free. Even if I'm not there, I can tell Xiaoqin if I have something, and she will naturally relay it when I get home. "It's also a gesture that when I'm not at home, you can come if you have something.

The wife of the transfer of ownership does not avoid it, I can trust you. It is rare for a eunuch to say such a thing to a normal man, far more difficult than an ordinary man.

Xiao Feng took Yan Niang out of the yard, the carriage stopped at the gate, and the coachman had already lifted the sedan curtain, his face full of pride.

Chen San was carried away from him just now, and he asked Chen Da, who was guarding the door, to find out what happened in the courtyard.

Since he became a coachman in Chunyan Building, although his income is good, he has always bowed his head when he goes out, consciously inferior, and he is afraid of causing trouble for the girls.

Although the girls were kind to him, no one would offend the guests for him. What's more, the guests who can let the girl of Chunyan Mansion go out, they can't afford to mess with them in the first place.

Therefore, forbearance is the first priority of the coachman. No one expected that today's eunuch with the palm print of the celebrant would break one of the servants' legs because of a small conflict, just for Xiao Feng's words!

Although Xiao Feng is only a quarter of the boss of Chunyan Building, the boss is the boss. What the boss did today, of course, was mainly to make the boss angry, but anyway, by the way, he was also angry for himself!

So the coachman was full of gratitude and pride, and diligently helped Yan Niang and Xiao Feng to get into the car. Before Xiao Feng lowered the sedan curtain, he glanced at his face again.

"Does that kick still hurt? Rest assured, the leg he kicked you is broken. If you can't hold on, I'll catch it, and I'll catch the car. The coachman was stunned, he noticed that he had been kicked?

Grandpa Chen broke his servant's leg because he kicked himself? What kind of thing are you? The coachman lowered his head, his voice trembled, and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

"Back to the adult, the villain has rough skin and thick meat, it's okay. Adults, please sit down, and the villains will catch the car. After the car started, Yan Niang poured Xiao Feng a cup of tea with a warm silver bottle, and spoke in a very small voice, for fear of being heard by the coachman.

"Childe, that porter is hateful, but after all, he just kicked the old car, isn't it a bit too much to break his leg for this?" Xiao Feng knows the name of the old car, which is the naming habit of Chunyan Tower.

Just like the water girl doesn't have water in her name, and the fire girl doesn't have fire in her name, it's completely named according to the characteristics of the characters.

The old car is probably not surnamed Che, but since he is driving a car in Chunyan Building, and he is the only driver, calling him the old car, everyone can remember it, and he can agree.

Nicknames are not a dismissive, but an effective way to communicate in the workplace. Take the old car as an example, let's say he has a very popular name, such as:

"Long Aotian", he was driving in the Qinglou. You said he was willing to be shouted

"Long Aotian, set off!" , or willing to listen to a sentence

"Old car, set up and go!" This?

"I know what you're trying to say, you want to say that I'm buying people's hearts so much, just for a coachman, it doesn't seem a little worth it, right?" Probably because she was going to get rid of her slavery as a teacher, Yan Niang was extremely excited at this time, and she held back in Chen's father-in-law's house and didn't dare to show it, at this time, she was the only one left face to face with Xiao Feng, so she talked excitedly.

"Yes, although Lao Che is a good coachman, but after all, he is just a subordinate, you are half the boss of Chunyan Building, and it is not a matter of words to use him, can you bother so much?" In fact, Xiao Feng and Zhang Tianci together are half of the bosses of Chunyan Building, and Xiao Feng can only be regarded as a quarter of the bosses.

However, Yan Niang knew that Zhang Tianci was Xiao Feng's younger brother, so she always said so. Of course, half a boss is more comfortable to say than a quarter of a boss.

Xiao Feng looked at Yan Niang, who was overly excited, thinking that she was about to enter the officialdom, and if she knew a little more, it would be easier to help herself in the future, so she simply said more.

"It's not all about old cars, either. My meeting with Grandpa Chen, although there was some foreshadowing before, it was the first time we really met. It's a good idea to have a test with each other to get to know each other's styles and attitudes. Chen San was just very unlucky, and took the initiative to send it to the door as this whetstone. Yan Niang looked at Xiao Feng in surprise: "To put it this way, if Chen San doesn't look for trouble, won't you have no chance to test each other?" ”

"No, from the time we got off the bus to the time we walked in front of Gonggong Chen, we can always find an opportunity at such a long distance. And I estimate that even if I can't find it, Gonggong Chen will arrange one thing and won't let me just walk in front of him directly. Therefore, today's potential unlucky object is not just Chen San, but he jumped out the fastest. Yan Niang shook her head incredulously, with a look of astonishment.

"Are the people of officialdom so terrible? I have been in Chunyan Tower for so many years, from a girl to a mother, how many guests have I seen. Even in the Teaching Workshop Division, I have been helping to manage chores for several years, but I have never thought about such a thing. Childe, could it be that you think too much? Xiao Feng smiled helplessly, looking at Yan Niang, just like looking at Qiao Niang at some point, they were both smart and innocent women.

Although she is not a little girl anymore, she is still too tender in the officialdom of eating people and not spitting out bones.

"The relationship between you and the guests is a happy relationship, it seems that there are many people, but in fact, the relationship is very simple. It's that they spend money to buy happiness, and there is no one who really has a conflict of interest with you. You are in charge of miscellaneous affairs in the Teaching Workshop Division, and the people in charge of the Qinglou who are in charge of you naturally dare not say anything. It's the people in the Sect Division, because you are only in charge of chores, and you are a slave, and you will not threaten them, who can have any serious conflict with you? But in the future, you will not be a slave, you will become a teacher, and if you go up the ranks, you will not be an official, but an official. The people you're dealing with will never see you the way they did. They will pay more attention to you, but at the same time, there will be more conflicts of interest, some people want to harm you, and naturally there will be people who will help you, it all depends on the interest orientation. You are a smart woman, that's why I want to push you, if you can't adapt as soon as possible, then I may hurt you, it is better to let you be a mother in Chunyanlou in peace. Yan Niang's face was red, but this time she was not blushing.

What is there to be ashamed of, he is not as good as Xiao Gongzi, isn't this a matter of course? She felt care from Xiao Feng's smile and eyes, which she rarely felt.

Only when she was very young and very young, a man once said that he would redeem her and take her to a good life, and she felt it once.

It's a pity that the man cheated on her, slept for days in vain, and cheated her out of money, and since then, she has never felt this way again.

Today, Xiao Feng's concern, she can feel it, is real concern, even if it may not involve the love between men and women, but she still has a warm heart.

"Speaking of which, this Chen San is really unlucky. There were so many people, he had to jump out. Yan Niang said obediently, hoping to be praised by Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng smiled, looking at her with deep eyes, seeing that she was not confident again.

"Character determines fate, you say that Chen San's character is a person, can Chen Gonggong not know? There are obviously other positions in Chen's mansion, but why does he still have to let Chen San be the concierge? ”