An old lady's life

Recently, there has been a lot of people coming and going between Beijing and China. Many officials have returned to Beijing to report on their duties. Entertainment is paramount. The major brothels, restaurants, and inns in Beijing and China are full of guests.

Both the Zhang family and the Rong family received letters from Zhang Shuo and Jia Xinyao, and they wanted to ask the Zhang family and the Rong family to find a way, so they could assign Zhang Shuo a place. He had been the county magistrate for two terms in that county, not much more. Achievements, but did not arouse resentment from the people. During the six years of being an official, it was a bit difficult to go up and down. It was a bit difficult to move up and down. The rich counties that were dispatched at the same level could be done after a while.

Mrs. Zhang sent someone to deliver the letter to Mrs. Zhang. After Mrs. Zhang read it, she didn't go to the old lady immediately. She thought about it and told Jia Amnesty to know about it, so that he and her mother-in-law could make a decision.

Back then, Emperor Changping was the matchmaker, and the Zhang family reluctantly agreed to the marriage. After the two families got married, Jia Daishan met with Mrs. Zhang's in-laws.

Zhang Shuo is a member of the Zhang family, and was raised by the old man Zhang, but his parents were not very close. When Zhang Shuo was still in his infancy, his parents died of illness one after another, leaving him alone, and was surrounded by the Zhang family. When he was brought up, he saw that he was quite talented in reading, so Mrs. Zhang sponsored this nephew to study.

Jia Xinyao's decision to Zhang Shuo is probably because Jia Daishan made up for the Zhang family's intentions. Anyway, the parents ordered the matchmaker to say that sons are more important than daughters!

Zhang Shuo was a 25-year-old Jinshi in the second-class examination. At that time, Mrs. Zhang and Jia Daishan worked together to let him go.Last time, Zhang Shuo stayed in the same position, but this time they want to change places to move up or level up.

Mrs. Zhang took the letter and went to the study to find Jia She. Jia She was burying her head in reading Zizhi Tongjian. Seeing him like that, Mrs. Zhang was full of smiles. It is not readable by ordinary people.

Jia She raised his head blankly, looked at Zhang Shi, and asked, "Jingshu, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Zhang didn't bother with him, and handed him the letter directly, and then explained the reason for the whole thing. Jia Amnesty stood up and scratched his head: "I received the letter from my second sister, and my mother hasn't answered me yet."

"What kind of constitution is the father-in-law? What is the ability of the second brother-in-law?" Now he dare not be nepotism. If the second brother-in-law is not capable, let him be his little seventh-rank county magistrate. Ability, a heart higher than the sky will only cause trouble.

Mrs. Zhang didn't hesitate, and said directly: "I don't have much contact with my cousin, and I don't know much about it. What I know is what I know from my parents and brothers. My cousin grew up in the clan, and he is relatively smart. He's just lazy and likes to take shortcuts, but he's not the smartest kind, so I think he's a bit self-righteous. But my father said he won't do things that are qualified. After this assessment, if he can go up Go up, if you can't go up, stay where you are, let him have to make achievements in the past three years, so that he will have the capital to be promoted in the next term."

Jia Amnesty scanned the contents of the letter at a glance, then returned it to Mrs. Zhang, and said, "I'll ask my mother, and I'll talk to you when I come back." After saying this, Jia Amnesty was refreshed, he just didn't want to study QAQ !

Seeing his jumping back, Mrs. Zhang secretly smiled.

Jia Shen thought all the way, combined with Zhang's statement and the impression of Zhang Shuo in his mind, after he got married, it was the marriage of his second sister and Zhang Shuo. The second sister was only one month younger than him, so he got married at the age of 17, and the second sister They were considered young when they got married. Zhang Shuo was at that time, one year older than them, studying poetry and books in the Zhang family all day long, preparing for the imperial examination.

He didn't meet Zhang Shuo much, and every time he saw Zhang Shuo, he would have the impression that this person didn't sleep well at night and was always lacking energy during the day?

And at that time, he was not good at studying, and he had nothing to talk with Zhang Shuo, but the miracle is that the bookworm Jia Zheng had nothing to talk to Zhang Shuo.

"I always feel that Zhang Shuo is very scheming, and I don't really want to associate with him." Jia She muttered and walked to Rongxi Hall.

Hongye was flipping through the examination papers since Emperor Changping ascended the throne, when she saw Jia She came in, she asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Jia She approached his mother treacherously, and took away the test papers in front of her mother. The only person in this family who was going to take the scientific examination was Jia Zheng, and his mother read these test papers only for Jia Zheng. Broken heart!

Hong Ye patted Jia She on the head, "What's the matter?" This guy wanted to suppress Jia Zheng all the time, and always wanted to seize the supremacy in his mother's heart.

Jia Amnesty squinted his eyes, looked enjoying, and asked slowly after a while, "Mother, what arrangements do you have for your second brother-in-law? The Zhang family is asking."

Hongye has the memory of Jia Mu, but Jia Mu's memory is mostly private goods, and her opinions are not pertinent, so she has no way to evaluate the Rongfu's second son-in-law, Zhang Shuo.

"What is Zhang's arrangement?"

Jia She told it in detail, and also told Zhang's impression of Zhang Shuo.

"What do you think?"

Jia Amnesty immediately became serious, leaned back, sat upright on the chair, and said seriously: "I agree with my father-in-law. It would be great if my second brother-in-law could step up. If he can't be transferred to another rich place That's fine, it's fine to stay where you are. It's just that the second brother-in-law hasn't made any real achievements in the past six years, and I don't really recognize his ability."

Hong Ye did not object to Jia She's opinion, and nodded: "Okay, you can discuss it with your father-in-law, but if you can't make it up, then you can stay. Write an extra sentence to your second sister's letter and ask them to reply. Chinese New Year in Beijing." Mother Jia's memory is unreliable, so she wanted to meet Zhang Shuo in person and judge for herself what kind of person he is, so that she could make an idea for him to make real achievements in office.

Chongzhou is not close to the capital, but it is not too far away. It should be in the middle of Sichuan and the capital. It is also feasible to take a two-month leave to return to Beijing for the New Year.

Jia She looked at his mother suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

Hongye glanced at Jia She, "I haven't seen Zhang Shuo, and I don't know what he looks like now, so I can decide whether to help him think about it or not after seeing him."

Hongye has recently brought up a method of observing Qi from her mother's memory. She will be able to learn this method when she improves her cultivation level. God is watching, nothing can escape God's eyes, so this observer is the best!

Naturally, Jia Amnesty agreed to everything, anyway, he was not the one who needed food and shelter on the road, and I was afraid that the second sister and Zhang Shuo would also want to go back to Beijing for a visit, after all, Beijing is the political and economic center of Dafeng.

Jia Amnesty returned to the East Courtyard and immediately discussed with Mrs. Zhang. The couple reached a consensus. After Mrs. Zhang wrote the letter, she immediately sent someone back to Mrs. Zhang's house.

Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Zhang worked together, and the results were extraordinary. The Ministry of Officials quickly responded, saying that there is a vacancy in a certain place or prefecture. Appointment.

This accident naturally means that the princes and lords are also interested in this position, and want to obtain this position for their disciples, as well as the emperor's magic pen.

In September, Beijing and China were full of excitement. Many officials from other places returned to Beijing to report on their work. For the future, the interaction between officials was very frequent.

In this way, the major entertainment venues in central and central Beijing were overcrowded, and the brothels, Chu houses, restaurants and inns, and tea shops and theaters were all booming in business.

Jia Amnesty was locked up in the mansion to read, and his biggest pastime was listening to the news circulating in Beijing, which adult and which young master spent a lot of money in the brothel last night for the oiran; the outer room of a certain adult was finally discovered by his wife by chance, The city is full of storms...

Hongye also likes to hear the news from Jingzhong, and the news has been generated and passed very quickly recently, and new news often becomes new in a day.

"It's not just that Mr. Wang has a concubine recently. It's been several years. Why is it that Mrs. Wang discovered it now? How does Xi'er feel?"

Jia She was startled, patted his head, and said: "I know, he must have been plotted against. Now is an extraordinary period, if someone doesn't want him to be promoted, he will be stabbed to Mrs. Wang. After all, the evaluation of the official department also depends on a person's character." Although there are not many points deducted in the evaluation of having an outside room, but if there is a promotion of the same person, the higher-ups will definitely consider the clean-spirited one.

Hongye nodded: "Rubbers can be taught!"

Jia She immediately became interested in all kinds of rumors, and it turned out that he could analyze a lot of inside information from them.

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In mid-September, the assessment of the Ministry of Officials was still going on, and the officials who returned to Beijing to report on their duties were all anxious, and even the many officials who originally served in Beijing had different expressions.

Lin Hai did not have this worry at all. He did a good job in the General Administration Department, but since September, there have always been some flies around him. Now he can handle it, and he will naturally be able to handle it in the future!

Zhou Su has been a little irritable recently, and has come to Lin Hai several times, just complaining about it, Lin Hai can't do anything about it, he can only encourage and comfort him.

On the way home from get off work, the carriage of the Lin family almost collided with a carriage. That person was really unreasonable. The carriage was so fast in the busy streets of Beijing, so he dared to blame others for almost making a mistake.

Lin Hai lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at the other party, only to see that the owner of the carriage was a lady in her thirties, with a hostile face, giving the first impression that she was not easy to mess with, she gave a faint glance Lin Hai glanced at it, lightly ordered the coachman to continue on his way, and then put down the curtain.

Lin Hai looked at the carriage going away and frowned. The carriage of Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion, so the lady in the carriage should be Mrs. Shizi. If he remembered correctly, it was Yuan Wang's daughter, Princess Mingyi. She married Cheng Uncle Yong's eldest son, Zhao Jin.

It’s just that the world’s impression of Prince Yuan is that he is an idiot prince, but he is still very popular with the emperor. Princess Mingyi was just a bright and straightforward woman before she got married. The reason for many women is that she is jealous and can't tolerate others.And she doesn't deny it herself!

Last year, a noble concubine and two concubine children in Zhao Jin's backyard were killed on the way to Zhao Jin's place, and there were no bones left. After the news spread, this notoriety fell on the head of Mingyi County, just because there was no evidence to prove that she was the murderer. People, but this trumped-up charge still falls on her head.

One day later, there was another news from the capital. Princess Mingyi went to the palace to ask the emperor to ask the emperor to transfer the county horse Zhao Jin back to the capital. She didn't want to stay in other places. I'm not used to it.

It seems normal for Princess Mingyi to do any bold and reckless things. Who told her father Yuan Wang to dote on her, the emperor also liked this niece quite a lot.

In Rong Mansion, Jia She is discussing these things with his mother in Beijing. He is no stranger to Zhao Jin in Uncle Cheng Yong's Mansion. He is called Zhao Jin and he is the same age. Back then, Zhao Jin was a child of someone else's family. The ladies in Beijing admired him highly, and that's why she was chosen by Princess Mingyi as a county horse.

"Mother, this Princess Mingyi is so capable of persuading the emperor to give Zhao Jin any official position?" Jia Amnesty stroked his chin and thought. He used to be quite jealous of Zhao Jin and stayed with his friends. They all said some sour words, but when I think about it now, I can't help but feel that I was so naive in the past, how could anyone praise me for being as cowardly as Zhao Jin?

Hong Ye shook her head: "How is that possible? Leaving aside Zhao Jin's sympathetic temperament, Zhao Jin still has some abilities in other areas, but he can't stand his women as demons, and he has no room for improvement." Xuehai Wuya, when Officials also have to learn, Zhao Jin can only stand still.

Jia She stroked his chin gloatingly and said, "Well, this guy used to be one of the four great princes in Beijing, but he made us like the soil on the ground and he was like the clouds in the sky. Many ladies like him."

Hong Ye looked at him with a half-smile, Jia She was still immersed in the past, what was a group of teenagers comparing with each other, wasn't it the attractiveness of women?

"Are you willing to tell Jing Shu?"

Jia She immediately shut up embarrassingly. At that time, Mrs. Zhang was also one of the famous ladies in Beijing, and one of the first choices of daughters-in-law in every family. When it was rumored that Mrs. Zhang and Jia She were engaged, it made everyone in Beijing feel sorry. Jia She is married to an idiot, and apart from being the heir of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia She has no other skills. He idles around the streets all day long, fighting cocks and walking dogs, which is very disgusting.

"Jing Shu married me is the right person!" Jia She said convincingly, Hong Ye shook her head amusedly.

In a blink of an eye, September ends, October comes, and the evaluation of officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs is over, and all post transfers should be settled within ten days.

Jia Jing had been expecting it after listening to his father's analysis, but a few days ago, it was the appointment of officials from other places, and then the transfer of important officials from Beijing and China. It seemed that the time had passed, and there was no news about him. He was about to He gave up, but the higher up gave him such a big surprise.

Of course, he was also working during this period, but considering his own ability, he was either transferred to the real power department or promoted to the idle department, but the real power department was not easy to get into, so he was still looking forward to the promotion of the idle department. If it doesn't work, the worst is to stay in the same job.But he didn't want the emperor to promote him as Zuo Shaoqing of Taichang Temple from the original department. This is a fourth-rank official, although Taichang Temple is an idle yamen!

By the way, the previous Zuo Shaoqing was transferred away, he thought he would be parachuted alone, but he didn't want this position to be his, Jia Jing was quite excited.

Jia Jing's promotion is a happy event for Rongning and Ningxia. Hongye is thinking that Jia Daihua won't last long. Once he leaves, Jia Jing must be filial, and Zuo Shaoqing's position will be vacated sooner or later.

As for Zhang Shuo, there was an accident. The three positions to be operated, two co-prefects and one prefect were selected by several princes, so Zhang Shuo stayed in place.

Mrs. Zhang stroked his beard at home and sighed, why are those three positions so popular?In fact, the most critical issue is that Zhang Shuo himself has not made any achievements, so he cannot compete with others, and he cannot blame others.

Mrs. Zhang thought for a while, and wrote a letter to his nephew, reminding him to do something good for the country and the people. This is the actual performance. With a sincere evaluation, this is the key to promotion.

However, Mrs. Zhang didn't have much hope for his nephew. The kid was a little clever, but he never used it in the right place.

Mrs. Zhang's letter and Jia Amnesty's letter were sent out of the capital together with the two cars prepared by the two governments. After arriving in Yuexian County, Chongzhou, Zhang Shuo and Jia Xinyao discussed the letter after reading the letter. The couple decided to take their three children with them. Go back to Beijing for the New Year together.

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