What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 136 If you're so capable, let my third uncle become an official!

Like most people, Su Mo thought that the Empress must eat very well.

In fact, the Empress simply ate safely and was well-fed.

As for the word "good"?
Ha ha……

Su Mo clearly felt that Leng Xixi's eating was like that of a refined and slow-paced person.

But the dishes on the table were disappearing at an eerie speed!
Lord Hyakuho's belly is like a bottomless pit!
Braised pork belly, one bite at a time!
A sea cucumber, about 20 centimeters long and two fingers thick, disappears without a trace in just a few moments with its cherry-like mouth open.

Su Mo was terrified.

Before you know it, the second sea cucumber is gone...

If he hadn't desperately saved one for his beautiful maid and told her to leave quickly, Jiang Lan's sea cucumber would probably have been eaten by the Empress!
In the end, Su Mo, who personally cooked the meal, didn't catch a single sea cucumber!

Leng Liuxi was quite satisfied with her meal.

I haven't had such a good appetite in a long time.

Compared to the cheap meat Su Mo made.

The mutton and chicken in the imperial kitchen tasted bland and tasteless!

He put down his chopsticks and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Su Mo holding chopsticks, staring at the nearly empty table in a daze.

The empress felt that she might have gone a bit too far.

With Su Mo and that maid's culinary skills, the restaurant will surely be able to continuously send silver to her private treasury in the future.

"The chefs of Suqi are indeed very skilled."

The Empress smiled slightly: "Has Officer Su decided what his request is?"

"Yes, except for the trial Hundred Households."

Su Mo snorted: "Let's not talk about it!"

To actually believe her is to be out of your mind!
Leng Liuxi blinked: "Really not going to mention it?"

She paused, then couldn't help but add, "Actually, if you want to be a trial centurion, it's not that I can't do it, it's just..."

"I just feel a little sorry for Officer Su!"

As she spoke, Leng Liuxi's expression turned serious: "Official Su is a man of extraordinary learning. If His Majesty knew of Official Su's abilities, he would surely summon you to court and give you an important position."

"This position as a trial centurion will only create a huge obstacle to your future official career!"

Su Mo rolled her eyes and said irritably, "This subordinate thanks you for your kindness, sir!"

"However, I am used to being lazy and getting up in the middle of the night to attend the morning court every day. I certainly won't be able to get used to it."

"My lord, please help me find a trial commander position!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Liuxi's pretty face darkened: "You really are a scoundrel!"

"Could it be that if one is a trial centurion, one doesn't need to go to work early?"

"I can tell you this clearly!"

"Don't even think about becoming a trial centurion in the Embroidered Uniform Guard or the Phoenix Cry Division!"

Su Mo felt like a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind!
After eating my food, my favorability rating increased slightly, but just one sentence from him caused it to drop back down.

He even said he would never promote himself to the rank of Trial Hundred-Household Officer again!
Isn't this repaying kindness with enmity?
Does she think she's an empress?
"If you don't promote yourself, you won't get promoted?"
When I recalled the diagram of the Divine Arm Bow yesterday, was it just a toy?
Once Ding Bashi has finished crafting it, he will entrust it to Lord Qianhu and present it to the Empress.

A mere banner commander or a trial centurion—wouldn't that be a piece of cake?

It's not that I can't get promoted!
I've just become a junior officer and plan to play it safe for a while!

One shouldn't be too flamboyant. You're still young, and you should still accumulate the experience you need to!

The Fengming Division only had one hundred households to examine.

Even if his authority is one level higher than that of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he's at most on par with a commander of a thousand.

Once Su Mo gets angry, he doesn't care whether you're a hundred-household commander or a thousand-household commander!
I won't give you a nice look!
He snorted heavily: "Since you, Lord Centurion, are so capable, you can promote whomever you want."

"If you're so capable, give my third uncle an official position!"

"Ok!"

"It doesn't need to be too high, just any eighth or ninth-rank official will do!"

Leng Liuxi frowned slightly: "Your third uncle is just a clerk in a government office. How could he be directly promoted to an eighth or ninth-rank official in the imperial court?"

Su Mo snorted coldly, about to speak.

Leng Liuxi then added, "The local county clerk is just an unranked assistant official. If I were to actually become one, you would surely say that I am not very capable."

"Let him be a ninth-rank inspector for now!"

Su Mo was dumbfounded...

Staring blankly at Leng Liuxi, seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, he swallowed hard: "My lady, are you... are you serious?"

A yamen runner was promoted directly to a ninth-rank patrol inspector, a proper official with a rank from the imperial court—even novels wouldn't dare to write it like that!

Even Lord Chiju doesn't have that ability!

The imperial court system and the Embroidered Uniform Guard are completely different systems.

Even the Commander-in-Chief wouldn't dare to openly interfere in the promotion of officials appointed by the imperial court!

Seeing Su Mo's dumbfounded expression, Leng Liuxi felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

He snorted, ignored Su Mo, and got up to leave!
Hurry back to the palace and draw the structural diagram of the Divine Arm Bow!
Su Mo stared blankly at Leng Liuxi's graceful back.

Does this mean they agreed or not?

However, the favorability rating did not drop.

Judging from her confident demeanor.

Could my third uncle really make his dream of becoming an official come true?

……

Upon returning to the palace, Leng Liuxi, without even changing out of her everyday clothes, picked up a brush and began sketching the Divine Arm Bow on silk!

If Su Mo saw this, he would be utterly shocked.

Dozens of components and dimensions were drawn with perfect precision!

After drawing the structural diagram of the Divine Arm Bow.

Leng Liuxi then instructed Hanxiang to summon the Hanlin scholar on duty.

"Draft an edict!"

"By imperial decree, Xue Shan, the magistrate of Changping County, has diligently performed his duties, which greatly pleases the Emperor. He is hereby relieved of his post as magistrate of Changping County and transferred to the position of magistrate of Tianchang County! He shall assume office immediately without fail!"

"There was a clerk named Chen Qian from Changping County, who was loyal, brave, benevolent, and trustworthy. He was appointed as the patrol inspector of Changping County and given a fine horse!"

"Draft another decree: Su Mo, a junior officer of the Left Guard of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, is hereby promoted to the position of Ninth-Rank Clerk of Tianchang County! He shall be rewarded with... three coins! This decree shall be issued later!"

The Hanlin Academy scholar who drafted the imperial edict was dumbfounded.

I seriously doubt that I heard correctly.

It should be a reward of three taels of silver, right?
He put down his pen, looked at the Empress, and hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, shall I reward you with three coins?"

The Empress snorted: "Three coins!"

Hanlin was completely bewildered.

It was clearly an official decree, so why did His Majesty look so unwilling and unhappy?

Furthermore, does the promotion of a minor official require an imperial edict?

……

These past few days, Su Mo has been obediently listening to Commander Qianhu.

Nothing unusual happened.

They plunged headlong into the planning and construction of the restaurant.

The artisan soldiers reported to the camp every two or three days, and the camp leader, Hao Jian, never reported them to the authorities.

During the day, he would flirt with the beautiful maids, practice his writing afterward, and jot down any sudden thoughts in his notebook. Or he would meet with Ding Bashi, Tian the carpenter, and others.

I would occasionally engage in dual cultivation with Lord Qianhu at night.

They were living a wonderful life.

The recruitment of staff for the restaurant is also in full swing.

Ding Bashi's big iron wok, he made one batch after another, mainly for stir-frying.

Of course, the skill of cooking was taught by a capable and beautiful maid.

All the chefs we recruit have signed agreements to work at the restaurant for at least ten years!

Of course, whether or not to sign is not a big problem.

The restaurant has members from the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Phoenix Cry Division!
You think you can just run away after learning how to cook?

Did you ask the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Phoenix Cry Division for their consent?

Jiang Lan, the pillar of stability, certainly wouldn't personally cook.

Su Mo specially planned a small kitchen for her, where only important guests or those who could afford a high price could taste the real private dishes, setting her apart from ordinary guests!

Delivery services will not be offered for the time being.

Let's talk about it after the restaurant reaches a certain standard.

Su Mo planned to strengthen ties with Shangzuo and have the low-level laborers at Shangzuo, who were usually idle, help deliver takeout or something.

They knew exactly how the streets and alleys of the capital were cleared out.

Most of the strongmen were not actually formal members of the Imperial Guard; they were unofficial employees of the Upper Left Guard, just like the assistants and servants.

Letting them earn extra money by delivering food is not a misuse of public resources; it is completely legal and compliant!

Even if the imperial court knew, they would probably turn a blind eye.

The strongmen only get that little monthly salary. If we don't let them earn extra money, we can't let them starve!

Like the artisans in the artisan battalion, they should find their own way to make a living!

Anyway, it's impossible to get the imperial court to give us a raise!

However, Su still needs to discuss the specifics of how to implement this takeout service with Lord Qianhu.

Let's bring in some strongmen first, and if the results are good, then we can expand on a larger scale.

During this period, Chu Jianghe came to see Su Mo twice.

The power of perfume and pillow talk was indeed potent, successfully getting him transferred back to Changping County and appointed as a high-ranking centurion.

Coming to find Su Mo, the meaning is very clear.

He will definitely protect Su Mo's business in Changping County.

Su Mo was also good at interpersonal relationships. He immediately wrote a letter to the snake woman general Liu Siyun and handed it to Chu Jianghe to take back.

The commander of the Imperial Guard in Changping County was of the same rank as the county magistrate and received 100 taels of silver per month!

……

Changping County Government Office.

Xue Shan looked at the booklet that had just been delivered and sighed.

There was a lot of silver.

It has been sent to the Wang family in the back residence.

The brothel earned over eighty taels of silver, returned over ten taels as protection money, and received one hundred taels of silver from Du Zhongbai.

In addition to various extra incomes from government offices.

This month, I earned a full three hundred taels of silver, double the amount I earned before!
Even after deducting the monthly wages for employees such as the clerk, there was still nearly two hundred taels left over, which amounted to more than two thousand taels a year.

If I serve as the magistrate of Changping County for another three years, I might earn ten thousand taels of silver!

But Xue Shan was not willing to give up!

His ambitions lie elsewhere!
Unfortunately, the effort to wipe out the Tianmu cultists vanished without a trace; a month has passed and there has been no further progress.

Xue Shan strongly suspected that his son-in-law had embezzled the fifty taels of gold he had given to Lin Moyin!

It's hard to say whether my name will even be on the list of achievements!

Just as Xue Shan was feeling depressed.

Dong Yangrong suddenly ran excitedly into the second hall without even knocking!

"Old Master Dong!"

"hurry up!"

Dong Yangrong, breathless, cried out urgently, "The imperial court! An imperial edict has arrived!"

"Master Dong, hurry and prepare the incense table!"

Xue Shan froze on the spot, as if he had forgotten to get up.

Dong Yangrong said urgently, "Uncle Dong, hurry up!"

"An angel is waiting outside the government office!"

Xue Shan then came to his senses, took a deep breath, and stared intently at Dong Yangrong: "Imperial edict from the court?"

"Is this...for me?"

Dong Yangrong nodded emphatically: "Yes!"

"His Majesty issues an imperial edict to you, Master Dong!"

Xue Shan: "Quickly! Come with me back to the inner quarters! Immediately instruct the lady to set up the incense table! We must respectfully welcome the imperial edict!"

Su Mo received the imperial edict, and Xue Shan learned from the experience.

The preparations for receiving the imperial decree this time were carried out quite quickly!
Wang was so excited that her body trembled!

Xue Yishu was somewhat uneasy, wondering whether she should seek out the angel from the capital to inquire about her husband's whereabouts!
My husband has been in the capital for almost a month now!
Apart from a letter from my third uncle that I was asked to relay a few days ago, there has been no further news from him!

After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, he calmly put the silver that Xue Shan handed over into his sleeve.

He then smiled and said, "Congratulations, Magistrate Xue!"

"Tianchang County is located at the foot of the capital, a county attached to the city. The county magistrate here holds a high-ranking position of the sixth rank!"

Xue Shan was naturally extremely excited.

Although they were both county magistrates.

But can a seventh-rank county magistrate be compared to a sixth-rank county magistrate?

Tianchang County, after all, is a county attached to the capital, so I consider myself a half-official of the capital!

Just as he was getting excited and wanted to thank the angel.

The eunuch delivering the imperial decree suddenly asked, "May I ask, Lord Xue, where does the clerk Chen Qian reside?"

“My family has another imperial edict on us, which needs to be conveyed to Chen Qian.”

This statement came out.

Xue Shan, Wang Shi, Xue Yishu, and Dong Yangrong and others standing nearby were all dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief!

Chen Qian?

Imperial decree?

How could a mere clerk catch the emperor's eye and even receive a special imperial edict?

Did I hear that right?

This……

This is the power that Su Mo's son-in-law used in Shenjing?
Xue Shan was in turmoil!

He couldn't think of any other reason besides this one!
Perhaps even my position as the sixth-rank magistrate of Tianchang County was orchestrated by my son-in-law!
I knew I hadn't misjudged him!

She found a good husband for her daughter!

I'm begging for your monthly votes!
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