"As long as we successfully kill Mr. Chu, we will be made officials."
"As a result, I was blinded by lard."
Mu Liangmin lamented that originally, the Five Rats of Jiangzhou were also smart people in the martial arts world, with a little fame. Their reputation in the world was about the same as that of Tang Wulang.
The five of them joined forces and killed new innate warriors, and also stole many good things. It was rumored that they had many treasures on their bodies.
"Oh, you Jiangzhou Five Rats have done quite well, but you also want to be an official?"
Chu Qianqiu was a little surprised that the Jiangzhou Five Rats actually had such a dream and made such great efforts for this.
"Hey, among these casual cultivators and small sects, who doesn't want to be an official?"
"As thieves we can only steal small things, but as officials we can only steal big things."
"Even the disciples of the big sects, if the court wasn't afraid that the sect would become too powerful, wouldn't they also like to be officials?"
Mu Liangmin said with some longing.
Thinking that you have honored your ancestors, become a high-ranking official, and others are trying to curry favor with you, it is no better than being a thief.
"Then why don't you think about studying or getting an official position?"
"I remember that some officials were paid for by the imperial court." Chu Qianqiu knew that the imperial court was short of money, so he would also sell some official positions.
The prime minister can take out the veins of [exotic gold] and sell them to two families, and then sell some honorary positions such as Guannai Marquis, which is nothing at all.
"Your Excellency, you don't know. There are two types of officials, one is the official and the other is the casual official."
"Other than rich businessmen, who is willing to buy unofficial officials?"
"We don't have enough money to buy official positions, so we don't have the guts to get practical training."
Mu Liangmin smiled bitterly, with a hint of resentment on his face.
The official system of the Shenwu Dynasty can be roughly divided into three types, each of which is different.
The first type is official officials, who have real power and actual duties.
For example, Chu Qianqiu is now the garrison of the Li camp. His official job content is to manage all aspects of the Li camp. Because Gao Tian is helping to support him, he can be at ease and free from the need to be responsible for specific affairs.
The second type is casual officials, who only have preferential treatment based on status, such as being able to wear purple clothes, red robes, etc., which determines what level of clothes you can wear.
If someone who is not of a high level uses ritual objects and fancy clothes that can be used by high-level people, this behavior is called trespassing, and the Six Gates will arrest you and convict you.
The sage has said: Eight beauties dancing in the court are tolerable, but which one is intolerable?
Using enjoyment beyond one's own level is the following crime, which destroys the strict hierarchy and makes the saint intolerable.
The third type is Lord, which is the part of nobility and title.
It determines the allowances you or your descendants can receive, and is often given to officials who have made great achievements.
For example, Chu Qianqiu is now a hereditary member of the 100th household, and the 100th household is his treatment. Hereditary means that this treatment can be passed down and is one with the country.
As long as the Shenwu Dynasty is still there, this account will be recognized, and generations of people can get money without having to work.
In other words, when gray income is not calculated, Chu Qianqiu’s real source of salary is divided into two major parts.
One is for guard duty, with a monthly salary of 10 taels, and the other is an allowance for hundreds of households, with a monthly income of 5 taels.
Equivalent to a monthly salary of 15 taels, this was a fairly high-income group among the citizens of the Shenwu Dynasty.
But when it comes to the bottomless pit of martial arts training, it is far from enough.
Looking at the prices of those elixirs, it's like the white-collar workers whose monthly income of 20,000 yuan in the previous life was not as good as a dog, lamenting over the housing prices.
There is a famous saying among the six-door police officers:
"If we only rely on salary, no one can survive. We can't afford elixirs, we can't afford spiritual soldiers, we can't afford anything."
Therefore, the imperial court, officials, aristocratic families, and sects united to monopolize and cannibalize all profitable businesses, and all properties were owned by their owners.
It can be as big as salt and iron profits, grain trading, or as small as a fish market or a stall.
As for the official position itself, of course it can be bought and sold.
Therefore, it is a very good way for ordinary martial artists to work hard to join the imperial court and become a member of the exploiting class.
For example, Sai Baogong, who went to Lingzhou to be a county magistrate, was like this. He gained weight in a few years.
I can't bully aristocratic families and sects, nor can I bully common people and street vendors?
"You Jiangzhou Five Rats are somewhat famous. It is rumored that you have stolen the belongings of many wealthy businessmen and even officials. How come you can't even afford a good job?"
Chu Qianqiu also became interested. The officialdom in Lingzhou was relatively simple, with a strong temperament of fighting on the border. The civil servants' families were all building forts, so they didn't have such a fancy time.
Now that I saw the casual warriors in Jiangzhou, I couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Hey, sir, I don't know something. We, the five rats in Jiangzhou, all have to listen to the command of the six gates."
"At least 28% should be opened. Eighty percent of it is to honor the police officers."
Mu Liangmin said through gritted teeth.
"Is there such a thing?" Chu Qianqiu listened with great interest. Ever since the incident in the martial arts hall, the six policemen he met were very polite, but he did not expect that among ordinary martial arts practitioners, there would be such a powerful one.
Deterrence.
"We Five Rats are just wandering cultivators. We only know "Tuna Method" and "Star Reacher".
"Forget about the upright disciples from famous families, even the serious policemen in green can't beat them."
"A few police officers in white clothes can suppress us and beat us, but the non-staff people in gray clothes and black clothes dare to chase us."
"We, the Five Rats in Jiangzhou, only made a small fortune, and most of it was taken away by the county government and the police."
"The Five Rat Treasures are all slanderous words."
Mu Liangmin said through gritted teeth.
The green-clad policeman practices "Hunyuan Gong" seriously, and the more advanced "Jiuding Gong", combined with the martial arts provided by the six gates, is still much better than the casual practitioners in the world.
"Then how did you get your concealment skills?" Chu Qianqiu said with a smile.
Although this Mu Liangmin is clever, he is inexperienced. With these two skills, how could he put smoke on the roof without Chu Qianqiu noticing it immediately.
"The villain once spent money to buy a set of "Unknown Formulas", and then he practiced this hidden skill."
"Speak out, sir, can you spare my life?"
"I don't want to kill you now."
Chu Qianqiu smiled and said that it didn't matter to him whether he killed such a small person or not. The important thing was to find the person behind them.
Mu Liangmin, on the other hand, was in a desperate situation. He was basically declared dead after he falsely accused the eldest princess.
"The villain knows, but only adults can save the villain."
"What's more, when adults do anything, there are inevitably some roosters, dogs, and thieves."
Mu Liangmin quickly explained.
"You are quite interesting."
"Then I will give you a task. If you can do it, I will try to save your life." Chu Qianqiu really needed a tool to steal things everywhere.
It depends on whether you can do it or not.
"Please give me your instructions."
"It's not that difficult. It's just a night visit to the prime minister's house."