Aren't honest officials supposed to be poor?
But as an official in the imperial court, which kind of human relationship does not require money to pave the way?
Even a wealthy family like Rong Guofu's monthly expenses are at least several hundred taels of silver, which is a real big hole. Judging from the salaries of Jia Zheng and others, they simply cannot afford to support so many people to serve them.
Once Rong Guofu is in poverty, who will be willing to help you with money and effort.
This was originally a strategy used by Li Shier to defraud Jia Zheng of his money and thereby gain profits.
Anyway, as the eldest man in the family, Jia Zheng adheres to the principle of a gentleman staying away from the cook. He has no idea how much money it costs to buy firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea in this market. That's not to let the people below just tell what they say. Nonsense, is the lion talking loudly?
Even if everyone lied about the price, went to Jia Zheng to ask for money at a higher price, and acted as a middleman to earn the difference in money, I'm afraid Jia Zheng would not know about it.
Therefore, Li Shier's plan is to start from these places that Jia Zheng doesn't understand, doesn't know, and doesn't know, but has to spend money on, and unite everyone to play tricks on Jia Zheng, get money from Jia Zheng, break bones and suck blood, A way to line one's own pockets.
This is what Li Shi'er wants to take the big lead, otherwise, with Li Shi'er's character, he would never do such a thankless and thankless thing.
All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit.
With huge interests involved, even at the risk of beheading, some people dare to take risks and come out to cause trouble.
Now when Li Shier faced Jia Zheng's inquiry, he pretended to be ignorant and helpless. Even Zheng Zhengran replied: "Sir, I also know that these people are idle all day long. There's nothing you can do about someone who doesn't care about others, even if he's just a slave!
I have told them about them before, and I keep saying this every day, but I don’t know what happened. These people suddenly become listless and perfunctory, and there is nothing they can do about it if they are called slaves.
How about sending a letter home, saying that there is a shortage of money here, and asking the family to think of ways to send more money, so that the family can support some money? Moreover, I recently found out that a senior official in the Jiedushi Yamen is celebrating his birthday in the past few days. The senior officials from other government departments have sent tens of thousands of gifts there, so we have no choice but to send gifts!
The eldest master has always been more famous than me in this kind of worldly relations and human relations. I am not a slave who dares to say nonsense. I just want to ask the eldest master, how much money are we going to give this time?
I'm afraid twelve hundred taels of silver is not enough to give as a gift, and it will also lose our family's identity and face. In the future, we will not become a joke in the entire yamen. What can we say that our Rongguo Mansion is so poor and has lost the emperor's face? .
If the gift is too much, the eldest master may not be able to come up with the money.
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Seeing Li Shier talking about the birthday of someone from the Jiedushi Yamen, even Jia Zheng had to pay attention to this matter. As the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp, he holds military power and is equivalent to a feudal official. , powerful and powerful, equivalent to the local emperor. What's more, as an official in this province, Jia Zheng rarely had to deal with such people, but he had to give gifts.
Everyone has given away thousands of silver, but you, Jia Zheng, are the only one to do something special and send a few taels of silver. Isn't that just a slap in the face and doing something to offend others?
Jia Zheng also realized the seriousness of the situation at this moment and hurriedly reprimanded: "You slave, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Li Shier smiled slightly, and he was plotting against Jia Zheng, and said quickly: "The eldest master has always been the most sage person. We are newcomers, and we are not familiar with the local officialdom rules. The master has never interacted with other masters. Even if something like this happened, who would be willing to send a message to the eldest master?
Those people! I just wish that the eldest master would not go this time, so that the eldest master could offend the Jieduzhig master, so he could participate in the master's book, and I was thinking about the beauty of the master's current location. "
The exclusion in the officialdom is a silent exclusion, a collective alienation without saying a word.
The doorway is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Jia Zheng has obviously been an official for many years, and in some aspects he is still a novice. Whether it is the scheming of an official or the means of an official, he is lacking too much.
For a moment, Jia Zheng couldn't help but become suspicious. Li Shier said: "Nonsense, I came to this province to serve as an official. This was something that the emperor personally approved and arranged for foreign officials to come here, and it has nothing to do with the military governor.
Even if I don't congratulate the Jiedushi on his birthday, can the Jiedushi still ask me to be dismissed from my position? It's just ridiculous. "
In Jia Zheng's view, he is also the father-in-law of the country, and his daughter is the concubine in the palace. The current official position was given by the emperor, not by the military envoy. Even if it was not given to the military envoy, In terms of face, even if he is powerful, how can he be able to defeat Jiazheng? Could it be that this guy is still planning to rebel?
When Li Shier saw this, he smiled and replied: "What the elder said is quite right. It's just that our current location is quite far away from the capital.
As the saying goes, water from afar cannot quench thirst from near. All matters, big and small, in the local province were reported to the emperor by the Jiedushi Lord.
He told the emperor that whoever is a good official is a good official. ..net
He told the emperor that whoever is a corrupt official is a corrupt official.
In his words, good is good, bad is bad.
Great Master!
I think the great master understands this terrifying truth better than I do.
Once rumors spread, even the emperor would be in trouble, and the eldest master's position would not last long.
Sir, you have to understand one thing. Jieduzhi is not just one person, but many people below.
Haven't you noticed anything unusual in the past few days?
Once these people really unite to deal with the master, I am afraid that the master wants to regret it again. There is no regret medicine in this world, or it may be said that it is already too late.
It's the old ladies and ladies in the capital who don't want the master to be an official with great fanfare outside. "
After hearing what Li Shi'er said, Jia Zheng naturally understood in his heart that what Li Shi'er said was true and true, but he still felt unhappy. He felt that this was against the way of a gentleman, so he said : "I want to ask you a few more questions. You have always been a person who doesn't talk much. Why do you have the courage to say so much to me today, and say it all? Aren't you afraid that I will cause trouble for you in the future? ?」
However, Li Shier knew Jia Zheng's character, and naturally knew that nothing would happen if he said it, so he had a good sense of proportion.
