Chapter 123 The more you think, the more beautiful
Seeing that Wu Shigong had fulfilled his request, Magistrate Qi completely relaxed. Magistrate Qi estimated that after his transfer this time, and with his contribution to defending the county seat, he had great hope of promotion. Now again
With the money Wu Shigong gave him, as long as he moves in place, it is very possible to move to a good position.
Although Magistrate Qi had some frictions and quarrels with Wu Shigong in the past, after all, they had just worked together in the same boat, and now they were happily cooperating with Wu Shigong. So at this time, the two of them chatted happily on the carriage.
Magistrate Qi was also chatting and said to Wu Shigong: "I didn't expect that Wu Qianhu was also very brave. In private, you should be the first to suppress the rebellion this time. It's a pity that you are just a military attaché.
You cannot transfer to a civilian official position. Otherwise, you must at least be promoted to the same level as me."
Then Wu Shigong also said: "Then what qualifications does a person sitting in your position as county magistrate have?"
County Magistrate Qi glanced at Wu Shigong and began to educate Wu Shigong: "Generally, they have to be born with the same Jinshi. If it is so-so, the candidate also has this qualification. Even if the merit is particularly great, if the emperor and the officials specially select him, there must at least be a supervisor.
Qualifications.”
After hearing what Magistrate Qi said, Wu Shigong suddenly became excited. He shouted to Magistrate Qi: "I am a prison student!"
"Really or not?" Magistrate Qi asked curiously, "Last time you said you were a scholar, but no matter how I look at you, you don't look like you?"
"Of course it is true. Is it interesting for me to lie to you here? Even if I can deceive you, can I still deceive the emperor and the princes in the court? Please tell me quickly, is it possible for me to serve as county magistrate?
Where is it?"
After listening to Wu Shigong's words, County Magistrate Qi basically believed Wu Shigong. He explained to Wu Shigong: "To be honest, it is unlikely. Even if you are a prison student now, unless you have a very good background and spend a lot of money,
Only with taels of silver can you become a civil official. Moreover, even if you can become a civil official, you will first have to resign from the official position of Qianhu and go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to elect an official. What official position will the Ministry of Household give you then?
It all depends on the mood of the household official."
Then, Wu Shigong and Qi County Magistrate did not continue this topic and continued chatting on other aspects.
Later, when Magistrate Qi was resting, Wu Shigong got off the carriage and returned to his horse. While riding the horse, Wu Shigong pondered.
In fact, as long as Wu Shigong does not leave the vicinity of the Qianhu Office and maintains his influence on the Qianhu Office, through the remote control of his apprentice Tao Xin, Wu Shigong's official position of acting as the Qianhu Office is actually dispensable.
Now there are two directions for Wu Shigong's transfer: one is that Eunuch Xiao promised Wu Shigong to arrange a garrison official position for Wu Shigong in Guide Mansion. There should be basically no problem with this.
The other thing is the county magistrate position that became vacant after Magistrate Qi resigned. However, Wu Shigong felt that the possibility of him getting this official position was very small through his conversation with Magistrate Qi just now.
However, Wu Shigong suddenly found a very suitable candidate, that is his fifth brother Wu Shiwen. Wasn't the fifth brother Wu Shigong just dismissed from the official post of county magistrate of a county below Guizhou? His qualifications should be that he can take over Qi County
The official position of county magistrate. Now, it is just a question of how to operate.
Wu Shigong had been involved in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty for some time. So he also knew some basic procedures for the appointment and removal of officials. If Wu Shiwen, the fifth brother, was to be succeeded, there were only two steps.
The first step was the recommendation from the governor of Henan. Wu Shigong thought about it, didn't he happen to know Mr. Ling who was next to the governor of Henan when he was being asked for a debt?
This time Wu Shigong went to Guide Fucheng to meet with the governor of Henan. If he could find Master Ling, plus the more than 300 taels of gold that Wu Shigong carried with him, he could at least know from Master Ling's mouth whether this matter was
There is a possibility of operation. If it is possible, then Wu Shigong will do it in the same way if he decides to sell the iron.
The second step is of course the appointment from the Ministry of Rites. But Wu Shigong does not need to worry about this step. As long as the Henan governor here has clear news, Wu Shigong is ready to rush to deliver the news to his "natal family" - Gong Shun.
He went to the Hou Mansion and told his father Wu Weizhong the news.
As for how his father Wu Weizhong will operate, that is not Wu Shigong's concern. The capital and Guide Mansion are thousands of miles apart, and Wu Shigong cannot get involved in this matter. However, Wu Shigong also believes that his father Wu Weizhong will definitely do the same.
He fought for this official position for his fifth brother Wu Shili.
If everything goes well, then the fifth brother Wu Shiwen will be the county magistrate here, and he will be the guard of Guide Mansion, plus he remotely controls the Qianhu Office of his apprentice Tao Xin. In this case, isn't Wu Shigong the local emperor here? Think about it.
What kind of things can you do without getting any support from the officialdom? Then the restrictions placed on you by the local government will be completely wiped out.
The more Wu Shigong thought about it, the more beautiful he became. He made up his mind: as soon as he arrived in Guide Prefecture, he would take the gold to visit Mr. Ling who was next to the governor of Henan. Even if he failed by then, he would not lose much. At least the guard of Guide Prefecture
I won't lose my official position.
After arriving at Guide Fucheng, Wu Shigong and Qi County Magistrate rested for a night. In the early morning of the next day, they lined up in the ranks of officials and left the city ten miles away to welcome the arrival of the Henan governor.
When being greeted, Wu Shigong was of course at the end of the queue. However, he saw the Governor of Henan, following Master Ling, and thought to himself: "Now it seems that I have started to have good luck, and everything I wish to do will come true."
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After welcoming the governor into Guide City, low-level officials like Wu Shigong were not qualified to attend the meeting between the governor and the leading figures in Guide City. Wu Shigong had to stay outside the meeting and resting place of the governor with a group of people.
The lower-level officials were waiting, ready to be summoned by the governor at any time.
After the governor's meeting was over, Magistrate Qi and Wu Shigong soon received a notice of the governor's summons. They hurriedly packed their clothes and came to the governor's presence under the leadership of the person who notified them.
The entire summoning process went very quickly. After County Magistrate Qi and Wu Shigong kowtowed, the governor said some words of praise and encouragement. Then, he asked them to leave.
When leaving, Wu Shigong winked at Master Ling, who was standing next to the governor, and Master Ling followed Wu Shigong out of the place where he was summoned.
Wu Shigong said to Mr. Ling who followed him out: "I have a close relationship with you, sir. I knew you were coming to Guidefu City this time, so I brought some local specialties for you to try, sir."
The county magistrate of Qi heard this and knew that Wu Shigong wanted to give a gift to the governor of Henan, so he quickly said goodbye and avoided it. Wu Shigong went to the door again, took the baggage containing gold from the guard, and then
I followed Master Ling to an empty side room.
More than three hundred taels of gold, calculated using modern weights, would weigh more than thirty kilograms. Wu Shigong put the heavy baggage on the table and made some metallic sounds. Master Ling basically knew these local specialties.
What was it? Therefore, he immediately became friendly and asked Wu Shigong what business he had with him.
After listening to Wu Shigong's request, Master Ling felt that Wu Shigong's request was a trivial matter. It was just a question of how to write a brilliant letter in the governor's memorial to the court. However, Master Ling felt that Wu Shigong's request was a trivial matter.
There seems to be some discrepancy in value with the gift he gave me.
Therefore, Master Ling frowned and said to Wu Shigong: "What you said is not impossible. But..." While Master Ling was talking, he tapped Wu Shigong's finger intentionally or unintentionally.
Baggage on the table.
Wu Shigong immediately understood what Master Ling meant, and he said with a smile: "These are the gold that the villain captured on the battlefield. The villain doesn't know where to hand over the gold. Now I have to trouble Mr. to hand it over."
When he heard that the baggage was all gold, its value was seven or eight times different from silver. Master Ling immediately smiled and began to talk formally with Wu Shigong.
Master Ling said: "What Wu Qianhu said is definitely not a problem for the Governor. But there is a problem. As long as Wu Qianhu agrees, this matter can be implemented immediately."
Then, Master Ling explained to Wu Shigong in detail: Master Ling's method was to graft others on. This content will appear in the memorial submitted by the governor of Henan to the court.
During the Holy Spirit Society's suppression of the rebellion, it happened that Wu Shigong's fifth brother, Wu Shiwen, was on his way back to the capital from Guizhou after being dismissed from his post as 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 a certain amount of credit. That credit is of course the credit now assigned to Wu Shigong.
In this way, Wu Shigong will definitely have no problem in reinstating his official position as county magistrate with these merits. However, if Wu Shigong does not have these merits, then his hope of becoming a garrison in Guide Prefecture will be gone. This is actually a meritorious service.
Allocation problem.
At this time, Wu Shigong realized that he had taken it too much for granted. He frowned and carefully began to weigh the pros and cons. In the end, he found that the official position of the county magistrate was more important. Because even if he no longer had the official position of guarding the Guide Mansion, he could
At least he still has the official position of acting as agent for Qianhu.
So Wu Shigong immediately explained his choice to Master Ling. After hearing Wu Shigong's choice, Master Ling also smiled with satisfaction.