The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 227
The next day, Jia Min went to the Ministry of War and attended the trial banquet.

This has always been the practice of imperial examinations.Xinke Scholars gathered here to participate in a grand banquet.

Before the banquet, registration and filing were carried out at the Ministry of War, and official positions were conferred.

Today's Shinke Scholars generally have two destinations.

One is the guard job, that is, to work as a palace guard in the palace.Zhou Tong, the number one scholar in the new division, and Zuo Linliang, the second place in the ranking, were both awarded the post of guard.

Zhou Tong is the first-class guard in front of the imperial court, from the third rank.Zuo Linliang is the second-class guard in front of the imperial court, the fourth rank.

The second is the battalion position, which is the military officer who directly leads the troops.

Under normal circumstances, the guards and the battalion are divided into half.

Jia Min was awarded the battalion position, and he was the garrison of the fourth rank.At the same level as Zuo Linliang's second-class bodyguard.

The garrison of the fourth rank is currently the highest official rank in the East and West.Jia Zheng, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, is only from the fifth rank at present.

As for Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Rong and others, some of them are just titles.It is still hereditary, it belongs to the ancestors, and it is not earned by one's own ability.

In essence, it is just a symbol of reputation and status, and has neither real position nor real power.

As for Jia Lian and Jia Rong's colleagues and Long Jinwei, they just spent money to buy a certificate of honor.It has nothing to do with position and power.

It's okay to bluff people to laymen in other places, but if you're in the imperial capital, you're too embarrassed to show it off.

Jia Min's defense of the fourth rank has a relatively high gold content.Not only did he earn it by his own ability, but he also had real positions and real power.No matter where you go, you can lead a party of soldiers and horses.

However, his position seems somewhat awkward at the moment.The official is an upright official, but his position does not have any specific position.The answer given to him by the Ministry of War was to continue to train the soldiers.

The government soldiers belonged to the army with the nature of private soldiers, which seemed a bit nondescript.Not only is there no official establishment and designation, even military expenditures are not mentioned or read.

It stands to reason that a Wu Tanhua should not have gotten this result, so some people have speculated whether Jia Min offended the boss, which led to this result.

However, Jia Min was very satisfied with the result.This means that he can continue to train his own army regiment without having to send them out for the time being.

The current training is at a critical moment, and the firearms workshop is still in its infancy. If he leaves at this time, it will be really troublesome.

Both Sun Yuanfei and Ma Qingshan belonged to the top three jinshi, and both of them were awarded the fifth-rank department guard.

What Sun Yuanfei awarded was the garrison of the Kaiyuan Department of Fengtian Prefecture, and what Ma Qingshan awarded was the garrison of the Shaanxi Fengxiang Department.Although it is not in my hometown, it is not far from my home.

The trial banquet is over, and the new scholars are about to leave the imperial capital.Some go home, and some take office directly.

In the evening, Jia Min hosted a banquet for Sun Yuanfei and Ma Qingshan in Yuhualou, and gave them a farewell party.

At this time, Shen Bingyi had already left, so Jia Min asked Gu Panpan and other girls to accompany him.

After a drink, several people drank so much that they were all drunk.Then they went to Ma Qingshan and Sun Yuanfei's inn to stay for one night.Early this morning, Jia Min sent the two of them off.

After this farewell, I don't know if we can meet each other in this life, so this parting has a somewhat bleak atmosphere, which is embarrassing.

A chance meeting, an inevitable parting.Maybe we can only look forward to the next chance reunion.

After bidding farewell to Ma Qingshan and Sun Yuanfei, Jia Min returned to Jia's mansion.

Today is already the second day of the twelfth lunar month, and Chinese New Year will soon be here.Before the Chinese New Year, he had to solve three problems.

The first is Li Wan's problem, the second is Miao Yu's problem, and the third is Jia's annual meeting and clan elders' meeting.

Li Wan is currently only taking care of his son Jia Lan.In the past when the house fighting was fierce in the mansion, he was always in a very awkward position.Every day, I was trembling, not daring to say a word, for fear of causing trouble to myself.

In the original book of the Red Chamber, although Jia Lan gained fame and fame later, Li Wan died of exhaustion soon after.

Jia Min was very sympathetic to Li Wan, an intellectual beauty, so he wanted to ask Li Wan to come out and do something. Increase your income a bit.

When I came to Jiamu's upper room, it happened that Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and Aunt Xue were all here, and a group of people were chatting.

After seeing Li, Jia Min talked about his position in the Ministry of War again.Jia Min had already sent someone to inform the family about this matter yesterday, but today it was just an explanation.

At present, Jia Min is just needed for the military training. If Jia Min really leaves, not only the military training, but also other things happen, and there will be no suitable person to take charge of the overall situation.Therefore, no matter whether it is Jia's mother or Mrs. Wang, they are not willing for Jia Min to leave the imperial capital now.

Now Jia Min stayed, which they were very happy to see.

"There are still a few things that I need to discuss with my ancestors and mother."

"If you have something to do, I'll go first."

Aunt Xue is about to say goodbye and leave.

"Auntie doesn't have to go, and there's nothing secret about it. It's okay to listen."

There is really no need to hide what Jia Min wants to say to others.Besides, is Aunt Xue still an outsider?No, that is the future mother-in-law.

Jia Min was hoping that Aunt Xue would be there so that she could see her abilities and gain points for herself.

"You don't want to leave. We have nothing to hide from you about this matter in our family. Brother Min has finished talking, let's talk again."

Seeing that Mother Jia said the same, Aunt Xue didn't leave.

In fact, she also wanted to hear what Jia Min wanted to say here.

Now, Aunt Xue is becoming more and more interested in this brother Ming.

before,.Like everyone else in the house, she has a very bad impression of Jia Min.She admits that Jia Min is a capable person, but it doesn't mean that she will stand in a position of sympathy for Jia Min.

She didn't even know when she changed her view of Jia Min.

However, she clearly felt the change in Baochai's attitude towards Jia Min.

In the past, Baochai put Baoyu first.The purpose of mother and daughter coming to Jia's mansion is also to rush to Baoyu.

For this purpose, he even made up a story about a golden jade marriage, trying to use the method of story marketing to connect Baochai and Baoyu.

In the past, Baochai often went to Baoyu's place to play, just to get closer.Aunt Xue was very supportive of this, and even tried every means to create opportunities for the two to get close.

Later she discovered that Baochai went to Baoyu's place less and less often, and even Baochai was a little reluctant to see Baoyu when he came.

Up to now, Baochai and Baoyu have almost no contact with each other.On the contrary, whenever Jia Min is mentioned, Baochai always unconsciously shows good feelings.

Naturally, this situation cannot be hidden from Aunt Xue's eyes.She keenly felt the change in Baochai's attitude. ,

Now looking at Jia Min again, Aunt Xue's impression has completely changed.

Can do business and make money.Poetry is good, in power in the mansion, the fame of Tanhua, and now it is the defense of the fourth rank, this is only 15 years old, the future of the future is really limitless.

How can Baoyu compare with him?

When he looked at Jia Min again, his gaze changed, as if a mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye.

"Nowadays, the maids and women in the mansion are still doing their best to serve the master and beat the gangsters, but after this period of observation, they also found some problems."

Hearing Jia Min said that he found a problem, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang became refreshed.

"But something bad happened?"

"It's not really a bad thing, but it's just that I can't read or count, and I can't type some complicated patterns. You know, the more complicated the pattern, the more complicated it is. Profitable."

Jia Min communicated with these people now, and gradually figured out the skills.One is to use their discourse system to speak.The second is to first grasp their main concerns.

The question we are talking about now is to start from the perspective of making money. As long as it is beneficial to making money, they basically welcome it.

"So, I want to open an amateur school of ethnology for the maids in the mansion, to teach them to recognize some characters and learn to count. In this way, those complicated locks will gradually be able to be typed."

It means that only when you have culture can you produce products with high technological content and high added value, otherwise, you can only produce some low-end products.

"It will be beneficial for the maids to know how to read in the future. When they grow up, they will be sent out to match people, and they will be able to find a good home for them. Let outsiders know that all the maids in our mansion can write and count. For those in the mansion It has a good reputation, too."

"Just because the masters can read and write, it's not really a family of poems and books. If even the maids can read and write, who would dare to say that we are not a family of poems and books?"

"This kind of thing is still the first job of each family. If we do it, we will naturally leave a good reputation. Even if we find maids in the future, everyone will rush because our family treats the servants well. Come to our house."

The first one is to make money, which belongs to the construction of material civilization.This one is earning fame and belongs to the construction of spiritual civilization.

These two points are what they like.Now that there is no shortage of money, reputation becomes more important.

However, whether it can be accepted depends on how much it costs and whether it is cost-effective.

"If you want the maids to be able to write and count, you must have a husband and the four treasures of the study. I have also calculated this point. I will pay for the cost, and there is no need for the government to spend it. The military expenditure is a big sum. Just save some from anywhere, and that's enough."

"Sir, you can invite someone from the outside, but the person in charge needs a reliable person in our own family to take care of it. Because they are all maidservants, it will be inconvenient for the person in charge to be a man. Therefore, the person in charge still needs a woman to come out , is more appropriate."

"Brother Ming, who do you think is the right person to take charge?"

"The person in charge must firstly be trusted by our three-person team, secondly, be of good character and prestige, and thirdly be able to read and write. What do the ancestors think of Sister-in-law Zhu?"

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