Number of People

  Chapter 50 A-character scroll official career economy, the way of being an official

  Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this seemed to be the case in her own mansion.

  Papa never cared about such daily expenses, which is also the normal situation in this era.

  The family is run by the old lady, and there are three aunts, one assists the old lady in managing the harvest in the village outside the city, and the other assists the old lady in managing the rent collection of several shops in the capital.

  The other aunt is my real aunt, my mother's cousin, a concubine, who manages the daily affairs of the house for my mother, but some of the business in Datong Mansion is taken care of by my mother herself, and a natal cousin is in charge of running for my mother.

After thinking about it so slowly, Feng Ziying realized that it seems to be the case in this era. Regardless of civil servants or military officials, it is impossible to support a family with a little salary, but to live well, you have to have some money. own business.

For officials, the safest thing is to buy land in their hometown. There are hundreds of acres of high-quality paddy fields, which can support a small official family to make a living. One hundred hectares of fertile land will not be mentioned.

  If you want to live a more nourishing life, in addition to this land, you will inevitably have to run some other businesses.

More refined ones, bookstores, literary and ink shops, antique shops, or buy some shops to collect rent, and those who don’t pay attention to it can do anything, such as money shops, gold and silver shops, leather goods shops, southern goods shops, cloth shops, silk and satin shops, drug shops, They are all businesses that officials often operate, and many officials in shipping, car and horse dealers, and restaurants also take part in half-covered methods.

   Of course, pawnshops, loan lenders, etc. are not in the mainstream, and there will inevitably be some entanglements, which are easy to get a bad reputation. Civilian gentry generally disdain this way, but some military generals or donated officials are quite good at it.

  Feng’s family has several farms in Wanping County, with about a thousand acres of land, and several hundred acres of land in Datong. In addition, there is a gold and silver shop and a herbal medicine shop in Datong City. There is also 200 mu of land in Linqing, but Linqing is entrusted to Fu Bo and his wife to take care of it. Every year, someone will be arranged to collect the rent and bring back some local products.

"If that's the case, then I'll go back and report to my mother. I'll make my own proposal here and let Uncle Fu do it first." Feng Ziying thought for a while, but still felt that it was rare to come here once, and some things needed to be arranged properly. .

  In fact, after experiencing such a turmoil, Feng Ziying has realized some things. Many concepts and consciousnesses of being an official in her previous life cannot be brought into this time and space.

To put it bluntly in this place, even if you are going to send a famous assassin, you have to give the door a red envelope, whether it is half a penny, a gold melon seed, or half an ingot of silver, you have to get some money, otherwise you may Your name card will be pressed at the bottom, and your purpose will not be achieved.

  The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, this sentence is really not bragging, and the threshold of governors in this place is the same.

   If you don’t have friendship and want to visit, and if you don’t have anything to do, you can wait for dinner. Maybe when the time comes, you will just say that the master is tired of rest and sees no guests. Please come early tomorrow.

If Qiao Yingjia's long follower confiscated his ingot of silver, he wouldn't help him mention that he was Lin Ruhai's "son-in-law". I'm too lazy to see it.

They are so particular these days, like Li Sancai, even if he handed over a red envelope, they would accept it. As for whether the famous post was delivered, you don’t know, or if it was delivered, his status is too inconspicuous, and he just threw it at the bottom. I went down, maybe Li Sancai didn't even see it.

Now that you can't get rid of this environment, you have to learn to adapt. Only after you adapt and feel like a fish in water, can you really integrate into it. If you want to change the rules and environment, then please survive and grow under the rules and environment first, Let's talk about reaching a certain level and strength.

This round of twists and turns seems to be just like this, but when I think back to the hardships and dangers when I went out of the city, the fear when I faced the mastiff when I crossed Renyuan, the danger when I was intercepted by the food gang, and when I thought I was sure of winning. If the accident when Li Sancai rejected him, if it wasn't for some "misunderstanding" brought about by Jin Yiwei's timely intervention, it's hard to say whether the turmoil would have been resolved so easily.

It has never been Feng Ziying's character to passively face all these unknown risks. When he was an official in his previous life, he never waited and relied on what he wanted. If you don't stand up and compete, you really think that the official hat will fall on your head, you are thinking too much.

Because of this, Feng Ziying realized that it is the same in this time and space. It is the same in ancient and modern times, in China and abroad, in official career. Now I may not be able to make it because of my age, but at first the kind of person who just wanted to be a leisurely person The point of view of being a fool can be dispelled after this experience.

   These days, if you have no strength, you must have a background. If you have neither strength nor background, it will be difficult for you to do well. I am afraid that if you are a dude, you will often be slapped in the face by dudes with more powerful backgrounds.

  Once something happens, every second may put you in danger.

As Zuo Liangyu said, the well-known master of the Xi family in Linqing City was turned away if he wanted to hide in the inner city during the civil unrest, but the old man of the Zhou family wanted to enter the city with his family to hide. , then it is allowed.

Without him, the Zhou family is an authentic local gentry family. Two of the brothers are still officials, and one of the two grandchildren has passed the provincial examination. Although the Jinshi failed, it is estimated that they will continue to pass the examination until Admitted to Jinshi.

   There is another one who has also been selected as a scholar. It is said that he is also talented and intelligent, and he may also be a candidate for a Jinshi.

   There is almost no suspense that this kind of family will continue to prosper in the past few decades. It may be unknown when they will enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister. No matter which local officials dare not easily offend.

   It is not so easy to be a good official, just like Jia Yucun, others only see him greedy for coolness, but why is he greedy?

  He, a poor family who has won the Jinshi examination, should have been proud of his horseshoe after being awarded an official, but it is not so easy to be an official.

   Every year, the filial piety to officials on various roads and holidays, all kinds of entertainment between colleagues in the same year, and the visits of Fang Shizuo’s teacher during the New Year and holidays, people are not allowed, can you not miss letters and etiquette?

   There are a lot of chiefs of staff, you have to pay for it yourself, the imperial court does not have this expense for you.

  If you marry a wife and take concubines, and carry on the family line, you will inevitably have to support a large family, including servants and servants who serve them. Have you calculated the cost?

   It is necessary to talk about decentness and reputation. How can there be so many good things that have the best of both worlds?

  Where do these huge expenses come from?

  If you don’t have a good family background, you need to find a good job. Well, you have to have capital to make a good job. If you can’t find both, you can only make decisions based on the power in your own hands.

   Walking at night for a long time will lead to ghosts. Sometimes it is inevitable to be caught by the boss or the censor, so you can only ask for luck.

  It is not easy to be an official in any dynasty, ancient and modern.

Seeing colleagues from the same department and the same year from the same township, this one has entered Beijing, that one has moved to the right, this one has been praised by the superiors, that one has been praised by the Jingchao, this one has been given umbrellas by local gentry, and even spread to the ears of the elders in the Jingzhong Pavilion, That one was personally summoned by the emperor, but after several years, you have remained inactive in your position. Can you be as stable as a dog?

  Shangguan speaks coldly to you, gentry treats you lukewarm, you don’t panic in your heart, don’t feel shy on your face, how can you still sit still?

  In his previous life, Feng Ziying was so capable that the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee almost took over as the mayor. Naturally, he had some skills. If he didn't have some emotional intelligence and a grasp of the world, he would not be able to sit in that position.

  Now he revisits the brand-new world at present, and finds that many things are actually the same. How to play around, there are still many things worth savoring slowly.

   Brothers, vote!

  (end of this chapter)