"What do you mean till death do us part? Love is stronger than gold? You still wanted to elope, but you were beaten to the point where you are now, and you even got me involved!"
Boshan regained his strength and pointed at himself in the basin and cursed. A young man with disheveled hair and pale face felt pain all over his body even if he moved even a little.
He was caught eloping with Zhu Ziying from Qixian County, and then beaten to death by the Zhu family. A replacement county magistrate was actually beaten by the Zhu family's servants.
The head of the Zhu family is Zhu Shimao, a high official in the imperial court. The only daughter in the family is to be married to a relative of the emperor, and it is impossible for her to marry into a poor clan.
This is the current situation of the Eastern Dynasty. As the saying goes, "There is no poor family in the upper class, and there is no aristocratic family in the lower class." In the Eastern Dynasty, everything revolves around family status, and the emphasis is on "well-matched families."
After Zhu Shimao beat up the replacement county magistrate, he even used his power to prevent Boshan?'s county magistrate from doing so. It would be a disaster for a lady from aristocratic family to elope.
"Cousin, Mrs. Zhu is here and wants to talk to you!"
Standing at the door was Bo Shan?'s cousin Wu Yidao, who was also the doorman of the family. He was from a poor background and could only work as a cow or horse, but the doorman at least looked like a human being.
"No, give this to her so that the Zhu family can rest assured!"
A love letter was thrown out. At this moment, he had completely understood that the aristocratic family in the Eastern Dynasty was deeply rooted, and it was impossible to marry Zhu Ziying in this life.
Boshan completely woke up at this moment. At this moment, he is no longer the scholar living in the East Dynasty. There is a time traveler with the same name and the same surname. The fate of the two is very similar.
They were both raised by their grandmothers. Even if they could become officials, they would not be able to compete with the so-called wealthy families. Both Boshan? wanted to follow the rules, but instead suffered all the humiliation.
Since you can't get the one you love, you can only seek fame and fortune. Although there are great differences between ancient and modern times, Boshan is also a talented person. He used this unfeeling letter to exchange for Zhu Shimao's understanding, thus keeping Qixian's life. Replace the county magistrate.
It is an official position with sesame and mung beans, but it is also the chief of a county. In the Eastern Dynasty, there was no so-called imperial examination system. There were recommendation and filial piety. The former was for the children of aristocratic families to be promoted to court officials, and the filial piety and integrity was for the children of poor families like Boshan? .
Boshan saw what the power structure of the Eastern Dynasty was like in his previous life, which undoubtedly made him, a modern man, have other thoughts. Since promotion has long been monopolized by aristocratic families, he can only find another way.
The unsympathetic letter is tantamount to making a break with the overly idealistic idiot of the past. First keep the position of replacement official. Boshan will do everything possible to get this position and be fully prepared for future promotion.
Once you become a county magistrate, you will have real power to control the local area, but it takes at least three or four generations of accumulation from local governor to important court officials to have the capital.
Zhu Shimao couldn't afford to offend him. As the minister of the six departments of the imperial court, it was too easy to investigate and deal with a substitute official.
"Grandma, your grandson will naturally not let you worry about it anymore!"
Bo'an was relieved. He also came from a poor family and felt sorry for his eldest grandson's inability to woo him. This was helpless. Only the woman in charge of the family in the Eastern Dynasty could be called 'Anren', and there were no other women in the family.
She supports the entire family by herself. Boshan really can't let the old man worry too much. Now he has taken the initiative to cut off contact with the Zhu family in exchange for peace.
This alone is not enough. If you want to get the position of county magistrate, you must continue to clear up the upper and lower ranks. However, the Bo family is poor. At that time, the money to study in the academy was raised by the villagers, who were all simple farmers.
Aristocratic families, noble families and common people were divided under the rule of the Eastern Dynasty emperors.
The children of aristocratic families can advance three levels in a row and enter the court without being unblocked, and then inherit the position of their ancestors. In the Eastern Dynasty, almost every family is fighting each other.
"Boshan? It was my brother who killed you. I shouldn't have encouraged you to run away with someone else! In this situation, I can only write lyrics and compose music to praise this long-awaited love."
A man who deliberately shaved his head and dressed in gray was Boshan's senior and a boy from a poor family - Jiang Wude.
The two had a good friendship in the academy. Bo Shan? was able to get a replacement, and Jiang Wude also made a lot of efforts. Unfortunately, both families had no power, let alone gold and silver.
"Brother, is there any way for me to get this county magistrate now? I must be the superior county magistrate!"
The so-called lofty ambitions before have disappeared, and now Boshan has traveled through the rebirth? He only needs to be an official, starting from a humble official.
Jiang Wude, who was originally guilty, gradually grew disgusted with the officialdom of the Eastern Dynasty. Otherwise, he would have been the one to become Shangqi County.
"have no idea!"
Boshan looked at Jiang Wude's back and knew that there must be a way. However, his body, which had been severely beaten by the Zhu family, was not in good condition and had to be treated with decoction to recover.
Cousin Wu Yidao lays the floor and takes care of his cousin at night. This family's life is better than that of ordinary people simply because their ancestors once served as county magistrates.
Everyone in the Dong Dynasty was threatened by aristocratic families. If you want to be a high official, you must start from a small official, and you cannot be an upright official.
Boshan also figured it out when he committed suicide in modern times. Unfortunately, the mistakes he made in his previous life made his position as county magistrate shaky. If he could win the understanding and support of the Zhu family, he might be able to keep this position.
Qixian County is at the junction of Qingzhou and Bingzhou. The ownership of the territory has always depended on the origin of the county magistrate. If Qingzhou can come to serve as an official, it will become Qingzhou's Qixian, otherwise it will be Bingzhou's Qixian.
The Qixian County in the past century has all been under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou. The ancestors of the Zhu family also became stable after serving as county magistrates. Now that Bo Shan?, a descendant of a poor family in Qingzhou, has come, I am afraid he will follow his destiny.
The prerequisite is that he can successfully become the magistrate of Qixian County.
"Boshan? It's all my fault for being blind. I just saw you talking and laughing with the Zhu family. It seems like you don't really like her, you're just afraid of being beaten, right?!"
"Senior brother, it's just a personal relationship between children. There are some things I want to do..."
But Jiang Wude turned around and left. Behind him was the door of Zhu's house and Boshan, who came with a cane to congratulate Zhu Ziying on his marriage.
He has completely cut off contact with the daughter of the Zhu family, but in exchange for Zhu Shimao no longer pursuing the case, the county magistrate of Qixian County is still missing.
It only took a hundred years for the Zhu family to become a high official in the imperial court from Bingzhou Qixian County. If Boshan? became the county magistrate here, what kind of things could he do in his lifetime?
Zhu Shimao's aunt was a noble concubine of the Eastern Dynasty, and she was able to rise from the local county magistrate to the capital official. Now marrying Zhu Ziying to the son of the prime minister further consolidates the Zhu family's hard-won status.
In the past, gold could be dug out in Qixian County, but most of it was given to local aristocratic families. The Zhu family took a lot of it so that they could continue to communicate with important officials in the court. I don't know how much gold the next magistrate of Qixian County can get out of it.
Boshan walked around the county town on crutches in a borrowed ox cart.
