Chapter 1,742: Appointment as an official, marriage between powerful families
Chapter 1742: Appointment as an official, marriage between powerful families
The inspection and examination system was an important system for selecting officials after the Qin and Han Dynasties and before the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Among them, the officials who are promoted by the imperial examination system are equivalent to the official workers of the country, and most of them serve as full-time officials.
As for the officials who were recruited through conscription, if they did not accept the conquest by the emperor, half of the conscripted officials could only serve as assistant officials.
This is also the main reason why Su Mingzhe is unwilling to accept the conquests of those state pastors and prefects.
Now, Su Mingzhe accepts Wang Yun's recruitment and serves as Wuxing's assistant. In Wang Shiyu's view, this is to give himself face.
Thinking of this, Wang Shiyu looked at Su Mingzhe with more admiration and kindness:
"Mingzhe, don't worry. Wang Yun said that as long as there is a chance, he will recommend you as a virtuous person (one of the subjects of the imperial examination system), and he will never let you delay your position as an assistant official in Wuxing for too long."
"Thank you teacher!"
Su Mingzhe didn't care about this.
After all, he knew that the little emperor would die within a few years.
When King Langya succeeds to the throne, Wang Yun will surely be prosperous, and when the time comes, he will not have to worry about having no official position.
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Su Mingzhe returned to the house, found Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo, and said goodbye to them.
Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo were a little reluctant to hear that Su Mingzhe accepted the conscription to become an official.
During the few months they spent together, Su Mingzhe helped the two of them a lot.
Especially Liang Shanbo, he felt that Su Mingzhe, his sworn brother, was his mentor and he wanted to follow him to Wuxing County.
Zhu Yingtai's mood was not that great.
During this period of time, everyone lived under the same roof. Zhu Yingtai respected and admired Su Mingzhe more than anything else, and had no personal affair.
Before leaving, Su Mingzhe called over Xun Jubo, Wang Lan and other friends to have a happy gathering before packing up and going down the mountain.
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Yuyao Su Mansion.
As Su Mingzhe's reputation grew, more and more literati came to visit the Su family.
Although they haven't crossed the threshold yet, the locals already regard the Su family as the most famous family in the area.
Now, Su Mingzhe was going to Wuxing to accept the imperial conquest. He originally wanted to go home to visit his parents, but as a result, he was immediately surrounded by local literary talents.
It took half a month before he had time to do his own things.
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Mid June.
Su Mingzhe went to Shanyin County to get engaged to Xie Daoyun.
Although an engagement is not as grand as a wedding, it still requires inviting a lot of people.
Xie An, as the prime minister of a country, also rushed back.
After the engagement ceremony is over, according to the etiquette of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the wedding should be held within three months to half a year.
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End of June.
Su Mingzhe, reluctant to leave Xie Daoyun, rushed to Wuxing County to govern Wucheng County.
Wang Yun was the prefect of Wuxing.
Wuxing County is located in the middle of Hangzhou, Kuaiji and Wu County.
It governs ten counties including Wucheng, Dongqian, Wukang, Changcheng, Yuanxiang, Guzhang, Anji, Yuhang, Lin'an and Yuqian.
The location of Wucheng County is directly south of Taihu Lake.
When Su Mingzhe rushed to the prefect's mansion, he did not see Wang Yun. It was the palace steward An Bo who received him.
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"Amber, you said that the prefect and the famous people from this county went to Taihu Lake. How long will it take for them to come back?"
After Su Mingzhe heard Amber's words, he immediately couldn't laugh or cry.
That was a prefect, a county chief, who actually left his official duties and took a group of people out for fun, and he didn't know when he would return.
This is too out of shape.
After thinking for a while, Su Mingzhe asked again:
"Then who is in charge of the prefect's mansion now?"
This time it was Amber's turn to look embarrassed:
"Mr. Su, before I leave, I told you that if you arrive, the Yazhong official seal will be delivered directly to you!"
Yes, this means there is no one in charge.
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Because there is no welcome ceremony and no handover ceremony.
On the first day when Su Mingzhe arrived at the Wuxing County Prefect's Yamen, he could only turn his back on the guests.
With Amber's help, Su Mingzhe held a banquet and invited many officials from the yamen to recognize their faces.
At night.
After Su Mingzhe finished the banquet and returned to his residence, he saw two more concubines with similar looks in his bedroom.
"Mr. Su, this is what I picked for you before I left."
Amber explained, and then exited the courtyard thoughtfully.
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Regarding the gift of concubines, not to mention the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, even in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was common for high-ranking officials to give away women among themselves.
For example, when the great writer Su Shi was demoted, he gave away all his more than 20 concubines, including one who was pregnant.
It is completely reasonable and reasonable for Wang Yun to give Su Mingzhe two concubines.
Of course, in this era, not only concubines are given as gifts, but some people also give faces (men).
For example, certain princesses and certain ladies whose men have died often exchange gifts with each other.
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Su Mingzhe looked at the two sisters. They had willow eyebrows and red lips, fair and delicate skin, slender figure, petite and exquisite figure, which suited his own aesthetics, and immediately asked with a smile:
"Which of you two is the elder sister and who is the younger sister?"
"Master, this servant is my elder sister Huazhu, and this is my younger sister Huaying."
When sisters Huazhu and Huaying saw the man waving, they smiled shyly and leaned over while holding up their skirts.
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The next day.
Had breakfast.
Su Mingzhe asked the book boy Mingyan to return to Hangzhou and pick up Yu Wuxia, Gu Xinlian and others.
Later, he asked Amber to help him find various documents and materials in the prefect's mansion.
Before officially taking up his duties, he needs to know as much as possible about the local area to avoid chaos in government and bad intentions with good intentions.
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In the blink of an eye.
Ten days passed.
Prefect Wang Yun has not returned yet.
Mingyan brought Yu Wuxia and other women over.
Su Mingzhe also visited the ten counties of Wuxing and got a general understanding of the situation in this county.
The jurisdiction of Wuxing County is roughly similar to that of Huzhou in later generations. The terrain is half rugged hills and half plains filled with rivers.
Needless to say, hills can only be cultivated into terraced fields or planted with mulberry fields.
As for the half of the plain, because the rainy season is long, it often rains continuously during the heading season, which results in low yields.
If we encounter another waterlogging disaster, it will be a year in vain.
Faced with these circumstances, Su Mingzhe was not impatient, but took his time and gathered people through Amber to prepare to 'contract' five hills and one hundred hectares of land for experimental transformation.
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Mid July.
Wang Yun finally returned from the trip, and gave Su Mingzhe a welcome banquet, and introduced some local celebrities and talents.
After the reception banquet, Wang Yun rewarded two more concubines.
In fact, Wang Yun originally wanted to give his 14-year-old concubine sister Wang Yanzhi to Su Mingzhe as his concubine, so as to deepen the relationship between the two.
However, Su Mingzhe said that he needed the consent of Wei Lai's wife to take a concubine, so he politely refused.
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Su Mingzhe originally thought that Wang Yun would take over the county's government affairs when he returned from his trip.
Who would have expected that within five days of Wang Yun's return, he would go out with friends again.
Encountering such a hands-off shopkeeper, Su Mingzhe could only smile bitterly and take responsibility.
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Autumn passes and winter comes.
The wedding of Su Mingzhe and Xie Daoyun was held.
Xie Daoyun brought a hundred hectares of fertile land in Shanyin County and three hundred slaves as a dowry.
As Su Mingzhe's official benefactor, Wang Yun also rewarded Wuxing County with 100 hectares of fertile land and 100 slaves as gifts.
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Not long after the marriage.
Mrs. Wang Yun came to Xie Daoyun for some communication, and finally gave Wang Yun's sister Wang Yanzhi to Su Mingzhe as a concubine.
At this point, Su Mingzhe had a bond with the two largest noble families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.