Chapter 82: New Year (Part 1)

Although studying is not good, it cannot be denied that Chen Jing is a first-class smart person. With his natural sense of smell and clever means, he opened up the office clerks at the two levels of the governor and the ministerial department to send Chen He's name to Nanjing first, while the other two competitors were forced to force for five days with some insignificant reasons.

The five days of space are enough for the Shen family to do a lot of things. According to the guidance of County Magistrate Li, Chen silently transferred all the funds on the books and exchanged them into forty taels of gold, and handed them over to Chen Jing to Nanjing to pay donations...

The capital of the Ming Dynasty was in Beijing, so why did you go to Nanjing? Because it is Liudu. In addition to the lack of an emperor, there is an administrative organization that is exactly the same as Beijing, and the officials' ranks and salaries are exactly the same. Although this set of "Nanting" is mostly used to accommodate idle or excluded officials, and their power is far inferior to the six ministries of Beijing, their ranks are there, and they are united and formed a force, fighting openly and secretly with Beijing. The officials of the two capitals have been increasing and declining each other and manipulating the dynasty... Either you drove me to Nanjing or I drove you to Nanjing, this is a very unique and interesting phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, for Chen Jing, those things were too far away. He knew that the appointment and removal of officials above the seventh rank of the Zhejiang Provincial Administration Office had to pass through the Beijing Ministry of Personnel, and those below passed through the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel, so he went to Jinling.

When I arrived at the place, I found the Nanjing Ministry of Personnel, presented it to the door, and entered the Wenxuan Qing official department, and met a chief official. If I said that Nanjing was more comfortable than Beijing, I would like to say that it was clear that the price was priced and I would get the approval document after donating 100 and 200 taels of money. Two hundred taels can be shortened to one quarter; three hundred taels a month; if I pay 400 taels of silver, I will be able to approve it for you tomorrow.

Chen Jing was afraid that the night would be long and dreams would be too long, so he gritted his teeth and chose the fastest one. The fat man-in-law said again: "You can pay it in one go, and if you are tight, you can pay it in two years. But if you want to get the approval document and you can make up for the shortage immediately, you will have to pay at least 80% down payment."

Chen Jing chose 80% of the total, but he didn't pay it at once... because he had to go to the exam to clear the meritorious service, and he was afraid that there would be no enough money later.

He was very good at doing things, but he actually got into friendship with the head of the Wenxuan Department. With his recommendation, he finally invited the head of the founding department to the pleasure boat in the Qinhuai River. After that, Chen He's personnel assessment was downgraded from first to second, and his grade was also from the planned eight to Zhengjiu.

Those who don’t know would think that the singer girl Chen Jing found did not serve the two masters well. In fact, it is not the case. The mystery here is that the grade promotion looks beautiful, but the actual risk is very high... Because all appointments will eventually be sent to Beijing, and the seal of the Minister of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty can only be counted. If there are county magistrates in these places in Yunnan and Guizhou at that time, if the Shangshu surnamed Wan is happy, he will be miserable.

So this seemingly farting thing about taking off your pants is to get the four words "reduced and retained". The irrelevant grade is reduced to one level, but it is still in Shaoxing. Fools know whether they have made a profit or lost money.

Chen Xianggong, who was just promoted to the title of "first-class examination and evaluation", was "relegated and retained" because of "second-class examination and evaluation" before taking office. Things are so funny, but it was so natural in the Ming Dynasty.

"Just look, the Ministry of Personnel will be appointed after the first month of the year." Chen Jing laughed and said, "Although these people are asking for money, they still have credibility."

"I can finally give my father a rest." Silent nodded and said with a wry smile: "In order to block those people's mouths, he invited people to drink every few days. Today's torture room, tomorrow's room, and the day after tomorrow's main lord's office. He drank drunk all day, which made people feel distressed and angry!"

"Who made us have a little experience?" Chen Jing sighed with him for a while before remembering the reason he came over, and slapped his thigh and said, "I forgot when I say it. My father asked me to move my uncle home to you to wish you."

After a silence, he said quietly for a long time: "Twenty-seven months..."

"Yes, I finally accept it." Chen Jing nodded. In the past two years, I have been wearing white shirts and plain clothes all day, unable to take the imperial examination, unable to get engaged and get engaged, and people have to hide when celebrating during the New Year. Take last year for example. During the New Year, he had to put a blue lantern on the door lintel, hang a pair of blue couplets, and write, "Before three years of filial piety, always have a heart." There is also a pair of blue sayings on the door heart, "Think of all, think of all, be foolish, loyal, and filial." He can't go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, and can only study at home during the New Year.

After two years of simplicity, his knowledge has become more intense.

The two of them were talking and listening. When Chen He woke up, Chen Mo went to pour water and wash him. Chen Jing said good news from the side, Chen He was so happy that he had to pay his nephew New Year's money in advance. Chen Mo threw a clean dress on the bed and said angrily: "It's dark, so hurry up and clean up and leave."

Chen He knew that he was always drunk these days and vomited when he was drunk. Every time his son cleaned it up. He naturally felt inappropriate. He squeezed at Chen Jing, then put on his clothes in a few seconds, put on a fur-collared cotton jacket, and grinned and said, "Let's go."

The three of them left the door. Chen Mo had already told Uncle Yao that they would not bless them. When they went out, Dad Yao was already sitting in a big car and waiting outside. As soon as they saw them, he smiled and said, "Send Mr. Chen over."

Chen He was about to nod, but Chen Si said first: "No need, uncle, your family is busy too. Just two steps away, we will be able to walk over." As he said that, he quietly poked Chen Jing's back, and Chen Jing also smiled and said: "Yes, yes, I'll eat more later."

Dad Yao had no choice but to say, "I'll pick you up that night."

"That's not necessary." Chen Jing smiled and said, "Uncle and Shen Mo will live with me tonight."

"Then go pick it up tomorrow morning." Dad Yao said persistently.

Chen Si nodded and smiled, "Please trouble uncle."

After walking far away, Chen He suddenly said, "We should redeem our ancestral home."

He nodded silently. He originally thought that as time goes by, he could get along well with his eldest son's parents. However, the fact is just the opposite. As the status gap between the two parties becomes larger and larger, they can no longer treat themselves and their father in their original attitude.
Chapter completed!