Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Seeing that Wu Shigong had satisfied his request, Magistrate Qi was completely relaxed.County magistrate Qi estimated himself: this time, after his transfer, with the credit of defending the county seat, the hope of promotion is great.Now that he has the money Wu Shigong gave him, as long as the activities are in place, it is very possible to move to a good position.

Although County Magistrate Qi had some frictions and quarrels with Wu Shigong in the past, after all, he has just been in the same boat after all, and now he is working happily with Wu Shigong again.So at this time, the two chatted happily in the carriage.

County Magistrate Qi was also chatting casually, and casually said to Wu Shigong: "I didn't expect Wu Qianhu to be so brave. In private, you should be the first to put down the rebellion this time. It's a pity that you are just a military officer. You cannot be transferred to the official position of a civil servant. Otherwise, you will at least have to be promoted to the same level as the official."

Then Wu Shigong also interjected: "Then what qualifications do you have to be a county magistrate?"

The county magistrate of Qi took a look at Wu Shigong, and began to literacy for Wu Shigong: "Generally, you have to be born as a Jinshi. If it is so-so, you can also qualify for this qualification. Even if the merits are particularly great, if the emperor and the official department specialize, at least there must be a supervising student." Qualifications."

After hearing the words of County Magistrate Qi, Wu Shigong suddenly became excited, and he shouted at Qi County Magistrate: "I am a supervisor!"

"Really?" County Magistrate Qi asked curiously, "Last time you said that you are a scholar, but no matter how I look at it, you don't look like you?"

"Of course it is true. Is it interesting for me to deceive you here? Even if I can deceive you, can I still deceive the emperor and the princes in the court? Tell me quickly, is it possible for me to be the county magistrate?" location?"

After hearing what Wu Shigong said, County Magistrate Qi basically believed Wu Shigong, and he explained to Wu Shigong: "To be honest, it may not be very popular. Even if you are a supervisor now, unless you have a very strong background and spend a lot of money You can become a civil servant only if you have two silver coins. Moreover, even if you can become a civil servant, you will have to resign from the official position of this thousand households and go to the household department to select officials. What official position will the household department give you at that time? It depends on the mood of the Hubu hall official."

Then, Wu Shigong and County Magistrate Qi did not continue this topic, and continued to chat about other aspects.

Later, when Magistrate Qi was resting, Wu Shigong got out of the carriage and returned to his horse.While riding the horse, Wu Shigong thought about it.

In fact, the current Wu Shigong, as long as he does not leave the vicinity of the Thousand Households Office and maintains his influence over the Thousand Households Office.Through the remote control of his apprentice Tao Xin, Wu Shigong's official position as the agent of Qianhu is actually dispensable.

But now there are two directions for Wu Shigong's transfer: one is that Eunuch Xiao agreed to Wu Shigong, and arranged for Wu Shigong to be a garrison official in Guide Mansion.There should be basically no problems here.

The other thing is that after County Magistrate Qi resigned, the county magistrate's position was vacant.However, Wu Shigong felt that the possibility of getting this official position was very small through the conversation with the magistrate Qi just now.

However, Wu Shigong suddenly found a very suitable candidate, that is his fifth brother Wu Shiwen.Didn't Wu Shigong, the fifth elder brother, have just been dismissed from his post as the magistrate of a county below Guizhou?His qualifications should be able to take over the county magistrate of Qi county magistrate.Now, it is nothing more than a question of how to operate.

Wu Shigong has also been in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for a while.So he also knows some basic procedures for appointing and dismissing officials.If the fifth elder brother Wu Shiwen is to be succeeded, there are nothing more than two hurdles.

The first pass is the recommendation of the governor of Henan.Wu Shigong remembered, didn't he happen to know Master Ling who was next to the governor of Henan when he was asked for debt?

This time Wu Shigong went to Guidefu City to meet the Governor of Henan.If Master Ling can be found, plus the 300 taels of gold that Wu Shigong carried with him, then at least from Master Ling, he can know whether there is a possibility of manipulation in this matter.If it is possible, then Wu Shigong decided to do it in the same way.

The second hurdle is of course the appointment of the Ministry of Rites.However, Wu Shigong didn't need to worry about this level.As long as the governor of Henan here has a clear message, Wu Shigong is ready to send the news to his "natal home" - Gongshun Hou Mansion, and tell his father Wu Weizhong the news.

As for how his father Wu Weizhong will act when the time comes, that is not Wu Shigong's concern.There is also a distance of thousands of miles between the capital and Guide Mansion, so Wu Shigong can't get involved in this matter.However, Wu Shigong also believed that his father Wu Weizhong would definitely fight for the official position for his fifth brother Wu Shili.

If all goes well, the fifth elder brother Wu Shiwen is the magistrate here, and he is the garrison of the Guide Mansion, plus he remotely controls the apprentice Tao Xin's Thousand Households.In this case, isn't Wu Shigong the local emperor here?What do you want to do, and you can't get any support in the officialdom?Then the local government's restrictions on themselves will be swept away.

The more Wu Shigong thought about it, the more beautiful he became.He made up his mind: as soon as he arrived in Guidefu City, he would take the gold with him and visit Master Ling who was next to the Governor of Henan.Even if it is unsuccessful at that time, I have nothing to lose.At least the official position of Guard Mansion will not be lost.

After arriving at Guidefu City, Wu Shigong and Qi County Magistrate rested for the night. In the early morning of the next day, they lined up in the line of officials and left the city ten miles away to welcome the arrival of the Governor of Henan.

When welcoming him, Wu Shigong was of course at the end of the line.However, when he saw the governor of Henan, he followed Master Ling, and thought to himself: "Now it seems that I have started to get lucky, and everything I want to do will come true."

After the governor was welcomed into the city of Guide, low-level officials like Wu Shigong were not qualified to participate in the meeting between the governor and the top figures in the city of Guide.Wu Shigong had no choice but to stay outside the place where the governor met and rested, waiting with a group of low-level officials, ready to be summoned by the governor at any time.

After the Governor's meeting ended, soon, County Magistrate Qi and Wu Shigong were notified that the Governor had summoned them.The two hurriedly arranged their clothes, and under the leadership of the person who notified them, they came to the governor.

The whole process of summoning went very quickly, and it was nothing more than that after County Magistrate Qi and Wu Shigong kowtowed, the governor said some words of praise and encouragement.Then, let them back off.

When stepping back, Wu Shigong gave a few winks to Master Ling who was standing next to the Governor, and Master Ling also followed Wu Shigong out of the summoned place knowingly.

Wu Shigong said to Master Ling who came out with him: "The villain and Mr. have met once, knowing that this time you came to Guidefu City, I specially brought some local products for you to try."

Naqi county magistrate heard this and knew that Wu Shigong wanted to give a gift to the governor of Henan, so he hurriedly left and avoided.Wu Shigong went outside the door again, and after taking the gold bundle from the guard, he followed Master Ling to an empty side room.

More than 300 taels of gold, calculated by modern weight, would weigh more than 30 catties.Wu Shigong put the heavy bag on the table and made some metallic noises, then Master Ling basically knew what these local specialties were.Therefore, he immediately seduced Yan Yue and asked Wu Shigong what he wanted from him.

After listening to Wu Shigong's request, Master Ling felt that Wu Shigong's request was a trivial matter.It's nothing more than a question of how to write brilliantly in the governor's memorial to the court.However, Master Ling felt that the value of what Wu Shigong asked for and the gift he gave seemed to be inconsistent in value.

Therefore, Master Ling frowned, and said to Wu Shigong: "It's not impossible to do what you said. But..." Master Ling tapped Wu Shigong's place with his fingers intentionally or unintentionally while talking. Baggage on the table.

Wu Shigong immediately understood what Master Ling meant, and he said with a smile: "These are the golds captured by the villain on the battlefield, and the villain doesn't know where to turn in the gold. Now I have to trouble the gentleman to hand it over."

I heard that the burden is full of gold, so the value is seven or eight times different from silver.Master Ling immediately showed a smiling face, and began to talk formally with Wu Shigong.

Master Ling said: "Wu Qianhu said that there must be no problem with the governor. But there is a problem here. As long as Wu Qianhu agrees, this matter can be handled immediately."

Then, Master Ling and Wu Shigong explained in detail: Master Ling's method is to embezzle the old.Such content will appear in the memorial presented by the governor of Henan to the court.

During the suppression of the rebellion by the Holy Spirit Society, it happened that Wu Shiwen, Wu Shigong's fifth elder brother, was on his way back to the capital from Guizhou after he was dismissed from the post of county magistrate.

After receiving the news of the rebellion, Wu Shiwen led his younger brother to actively participate in the counter-rebellion operation and gained certain credit.That credit is of course the credit assigned to Wu Shigong now.

In this way, with these credits, Wu Shiwen will definitely have no problem restoring his official position as the county magistrate.However, without these credits, Wu Shigong's hope of becoming the guard of Guide Mansion would also be gone.This is actually a matter of distribution of credit.

At this time, Wu Shigong realized that he was taking things for granted.He frowned and began to weigh the pros and cons carefully.In the end, he discovered that the official position of the county magistrate was more important.Because even if he didn't have the official position of guarding Guide Mansion, he still had the official position of acting for Qianhu at least.

Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately explained his choice to Master Ling.After hearing Wu Shigong's choice, Master Ling also smiled with satisfaction.