Wu Huaiyu once again visited the mansion of Princess Dachang.
The silver-haired old princess welcomed his arrival, and she was familiar with him again and again. Now Wu Huaiyu is much more cordial when he comes again. He is married to the Wang family. The old princess's grandniece is her future daughter-in-law, and the old princess's eldest grandson is still his. What about the students?
Prince Renyou, the in-laws, warmly entertained us.
After becoming a Jinshi in junior high school this year, he has been a candidate for the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Nowadays, there are more and more officials, but there are only so many official positions. Therefore, officials below the sixth rank, including new Jinshi, and honorary officers, and casual officials have to get their posts. , all have to queue up for candidates. The lower the level, the longer the candidate time.
Even if Wang Renyou is a son of the fifth surname, he still has to wait for at least a year and a half.
"Brother Wang, haven't you arranged the election yet?"
"There are too many people to be selected now, ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 people every year. Only half of them can be selected for the election," Wang Renyou said with some helplessness.
"If Brother Wang doesn't mind, you can follow me to Lingnan, you can join my shogunate, or you can work in prefectures and counties. Brother Wang is a talented scholar. Lingnan is in urgent need of such talents. As long as you are willing to go, you can arrange a position immediately. And it can be chosen by Brother Wang, who is at least the county magistrate."
Wu Huaiyu's words made Wang Renyou a little moved.
There are too many people to choose from. If you don't have the connections, you may not be able to choose him in three years. Even if he has a good family background, he will have to wait for at least one year.
And when you get an official position, you usually start from a remote county lieutenant or chief clerk.
The middle and lower county captains are just the lowest rank, from the ninth rank.
It's not easy to be a county captain.
And if you can directly serve as a county magistrate, even if you are a county magistrate, you will be from the seventh rank, which is eight levels higher than a county captain from the ninth rank.
A few years earlier, when they heard about Lingnan, no one, not even the county magistrate, would be willing to go.
But things are different now,
Today's Lingnan means opportunities and even shortcuts. Although it may be difficult, but with his family background and the support of his in-laws, Wu Huaiyu, it is indeed a good thing for him to be the county magistrate in Lingnan.
The old princess listened and laughed and said, "Why don't you thank the Duke of Jin? This will help you a lot. You can get the official position directly without being elected, and you can start at least seven ranks of county magistrates. This is a huge favor." ,"
Huaiyu also said, "In the hundreds of counties in Lingnan, if there is a vacancy in the county magistrate, it is up to Brother Wang to choose."
"Of course, if Brother Wang does not want to be the county magistrate, then the state, government, and even my shogunate can be chosen by Brother Wang at will."
The old princess smiled and said, "So, this time when the Duke of Jin returns to Lingnan, he will open a mansion?"
"Well, the saint granted permission to open the mansion."
This mansion was not opened by Wu Huaiyu as a high-ranking official, or by the Duke of Jin, but by the Observer Shogunate.
Previously, Wu Huaiyu's Duke's Mansion of Jin had a group of government officials and staff, and a group of state officials and staff. The two groups combined included a group of staff who were concerned about their character. The other group was for daily life assistants, who were usually state officials.
As for the current shogunate of observation, its shogunate personnel are the officials of the imperial court who assisted Wu Huaiyu in handling the local military and political affairs in Lingnan.
There is a whole set of embassy and shogunate offices,
From observation deputy to marching commander, judge, secretary in charge, envoy, staff officer, promotion officer, inspector, etc., there are also many low-level secretarial positions, including Yamen, accompanying the army, recruiting, driving, random, chasing, and Kong Mu.
wait.
Wu Huaiyu held the posts of Lingnan Observation and Deposition Envoy, Economic and Strategy Envoy and Capital Training Envoy.
These official positions are all envoy positions, that is, dispatched, and are not formal local official positions. Therefore, Wu Huaiyu's envoy position originally did not have a formal yamen organization and subordinate officials.
But now the emperor specially ordered him to open the palace and gave him many high and low-level officials.
This is equivalent to the fact that there is indeed an additional layer of institutions between the six prefectures and ninety-six states in Lingnan and the imperial court.
All affairs in Lingnan go through this ambassador's office.
It is somewhat similar to Wudechu's Xingtai Shangshu Province.
There is another special feature of Wu Huaiyu's embassy and ministerial posts. These are not only court officials, but they are also very special. They are not selected and appointed by the minister, but Wu Huaiyu recommends, recruits, and reports to the court for approval. He has a lot of freedom.
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After all, the entire embassy office was based on Wu Huaiyu's work, and the emperor gave him enough authority. Anyway, this was not a formal, permanent economic official position.
Leave as soon as the matter is over.
In Wu Huaiyu's shogunate, he had the power of conquest, and correspondingly, these shogunate positions were actually very important. As for salary, salary and welfare, Wu Huaiyu was completely responsible for it. The court did not care about it, but Wu Huaiyu would definitely give him a more generous salary and salary treatment. He had this
Ability to provide these.
Except for the marching commander and deputy envoys, who were appointed by the court, Wu Huaiyu basically had the final say on the rest.
The old princess helped her nephew choose, "First go to Lingnan to choose a county, serve as a county magistrate, do some practical work, and make some political achievements. Then you will have experience whether you go to the state or the ambassador's office."
Wang Renyou followed the old princess's suggestion and said that he was willing to go to Lingnan to be the county magistrate. As for where to go, he would follow Wu Huaiyu's arrangements.
Of course it was impossible for Wu Huaiyu to arrange for Wang Renyou to go to a wild and remote place.
"Lechang County Magistrate of Shaozhou, Qingyuan County Magistrate of Guangzhou, Pingnan County Magistrate of Gongzhou, Langning County Magistrate of Yongzhou, Brother Wang, pick one,"
These four counties are already considered to be relatively good and were specially selected.
Of course, the most stable place is Guangzhou and Shaozhou. Gongzhou and Yongzhou have more challenges, but they have made political achievements and are more capable.
Wang Renyou hesitated for a moment.
The old princess suggested that he go to Qingyuan in Guangzhou, but Wang Renyou finally said he was willing to go to Langning in Yongzhou.
"This time in Lingnan, I still want to make a difference. If I go to Guangzhou and Shaozhou, I'm afraid I will just sit back and enjoy the success."
Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised, but of course he supported this choice.
My husband mainly throws a big banquet,
He also sent people to invite many guests to accompany him, such as Wang Renyou's wife and brother, Liu Xi, who was from Zhongshushe, and Wang Renbiao's uncles and brothers from the Li family in Zhaojun.
between banquets,
Wang Renbiao actually proposed that he also wanted to go to Lingnan. He didn't care about his official position, but he had been idle for a long time and wanted to do something.
"Then I wonder if Brother Wang is willing to serve as deputy envoy for Lingnan Observation?"
Wang Renbiao smiled and agreed happily.
Then there are also people from the Liu family, Li family, etc. who want to go to Lingnan.
It's all a matter of Wu Huaiyu's words. In his last recommendation letter, the imperial court would give him the green light to employ people in Lingnan.
It's a special zone over there now.
At the banquet, chatting while eating,
The Wang family of Taiyuan, the Li family of Zhaojun, and the Liu family of Hedong were all very interested in entering Lingnan and were willing to take this opportunity to go south to Lingnan to buy and operate properties there. Of course Wu Huaiyu welcomed them with both hands.
Lingnan Market is big enough. The more people there are, the bigger the cakes can be.
After the wine was almost gone, Wu Huaiyu did not forget another important task today, which was to act as a matchmaker for Wei Zhengjia Shiro.
In front of the old princess and Wang Renbiao, Wu Huaiyu mentioned this matter.
"Prime Minister Wei admires the Taiyuan Wang family's family background and good upbringing, and wants to marry Wei Silang to the prince's daughter..."
As soon as the words came out, the wine table became a little quiet.
A few years ago, when Wei Zheng proposed to marry Bachelor Wang for his second son, there was a big fuss at that time, and it even seemed like a joke. Both Bachelor Wang and Wei Zheng were embarrassed. Of course, in the end, the Wu family took action, and everyone still felt that the Wu family was cheating.
cheaper,
It's just that now, no more than before, Wei Zheng's current status can be taken seriously by the Taiyuan Wang family.
"Does Prime Minister Wei really mean this?"
"Indeed, that's why you entrusted me with it,"
Wang Renbiao stroked his beard, but did not reply immediately. He pondered for a moment and looked at the old princess, "What do you think, Mother?"
The eldest princess is a happy person, "I think this is a good match. After all, Wei Silang is also the direct descendant of Prime Minister Wei, and his mother is also from the Pei family in Hedong,"
The princess spoke, and Wang Renbiao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. His wife, Mrs. Li, had never been liked by her mother-in-law. Even if it was her daughter's marriage, she could not make the decision.
"Then I will go back and tell Prime Minister Wei the good news, choose an auspicious day, and visit Prime Minister Wei again to formally discuss the marriage between the two families."
Wang Renyou will go to Lingnan to serve as the magistrate of Langning County in Yongzhou, and Wang Renbiao will also go to Lingnan to serve as deputy observer envoy.
Now Wang Renbiao and Wei Zheng have become in-laws.
It's a blessing in disguise.
This is also good news for Wu Huaiyu. When he returns to Lingnan this time, he will also take the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Zhaojun Li family, the Hedong Liu family and other big families south to Lingnan. They will bring many people, horses and money to buy things there.
Buying land, keeping slaves, building manors, opening mines, setting up workshops, and engaging in trade will add some strength to his great cause in Lingnan.
Probably the happiest ones are Wei Zheng and his wife, who finally got their wish and married into five surnames.
Wei Zuipao owed him another favor, which was good.
Sure enough, when Wu Huaiyu came out of the old princess's house in Xuanyangfang and went straight to Wei Zheng's house in Yongxingfang, he was followed by people from the Wang family in Taiyuan.
When Wu Huaiyu told the good news, Wei Zheng flushed with excitement and his beard trembled. Pei also lost his temper with joy. The couple was grateful to Wu Huaiyu, and the steward of the Wang family in Taiyuan who came with them also sent the old princess and
Wang Renbiao’s gift,
"Xiang Wei, please choose an auspicious day, and we will go to the Wang family to visit and discuss the marriage in detail."
"Okay, okay," Wei Zheng was so excited that he was a little incoherent. Wei Zheng finally got married to the Wang family in Taiyuan. "Thank you, Erlang, I'm so grateful."
"We are all relatives, why should we meet outsiders?"
In the future, Wu Huaiyu will need the court's policy support in Lingnan, so Wei Zheng must give him some face and look after him.
