When it comes to cash, Jia Daquan, a father who is less educated than his son, really doesn't have much money. Even the copper coins he can scrape together are only about fifty or sixty taels.
If he really wanted to support his son in buying an official position, Jia Daquan's only option was to sell the yard left by the old man. In addition, he would also have to sell dozens of acres of land outside the city.
Jia Hanfu, the old man of the Jia family, was a second-rank official at that time, so the Qing government allocated 12 rooms to the Jia family.
The housing price in Beijing is RMB 32 per room in the outer city and RMB 38 per room in the city.
According to the official salary given by the Qing court at this time, excluding other gray income and the money for raising integrity, the annual salary of a seventh-grade official is 45 taels.
In other words, the annual salary of a seventh-rank official can buy one and a half houses in Beijing, and the annual salary of 180 taels for a first-rank official can buy five to six houses in Beijing.
From this point of view, the current housing prices in Beijing are quite cheap.
According to the normal market price, the 12 rooms of the Jia family can probably be sold for about 450 taels.
However, houses all over the city can only be bought and sold among the bannermen. Now everyone in the banner knows that something happened to the Jia family, and the two men are about to pack up and leave to become Han people. Therefore, the 12 rooms in the Jia family are in the eyes of interested people.
It's just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. It would be strange if someone didn't take the opportunity to lower the price.
Jia Daquan estimates that his house can be sold for 30 taels per room at most, and the yard can be sold for 400 taels at most.
400 taels plus cash at home and more than 200 taels supported by my two sisters, totaling just over 700 taels.
The lowest price listed by the county magistrate is 980 taels, which is obviously not enough, so we can only continue to sell the land.
During the Shunzhi period, due to the meritorious service of the Jia family, the Qing government once granted 300 acres of land (the land occupied by the Han people in Gyeonggi). Later, the Jia family successively purchased more than 200 acres. During the Kangxi period, the Jia family's farmland totaled about 600 acres.
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After the death of the old man, the relationship between the three Jia Zuwang brothers was not very good, so they simply divided their families. In the end, only 200 acres of land was left at the end of the eldest house.
When Jia Zuwang was alive, he sold 50 acres for unknown reasons, leaving only 150 acres. After Jia Daquan inherited the family business and became the master of the family, the land was sold off every few years, and now only 68 acres remain.
At present, land prices vary from place to place. In some places, land prices are expensive, and in other places, land prices are cheap. The expensive ones can be sold for eleven or two ounces per mu, while the cheap ones may be sold for less than one or two acre.
The Jia family's land is in Shunyi County on the outskirts of Beijing. The land price in the capital is pretty good, and it can be sold for about ninety taels of silver per acre.
Based on this calculation, if all 68 acres of land are sold, 600 taels can be made at one time.
In addition to all the other messes in the house that could be sold, including the big dark horse called Ye Liang that had lost weight, the most the Jia family could provide for Jia Liu to buy an official position was 1,500 taels.
With this little money, he could barely participate in the bid for county magistrate. The problem was that Jia Liu didn't want to be a deputy county magistrate.
There is no other reason, there is no way to make money.
Although the county magistrate is a local official, the Emperor Tiangao must have a way to make money. However, the county magistrate is not the biggest official in a county, and he is also suppressed by the county magistrate. This obviously prevents Jia Liu from giving full play to his talents.
The old saying couldn't be more true - I'd rather have the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.
Besides, if you really sell all your belongings and donate your property to the government, how will your life be like in the future?
It would be nice to be able to implement the vacancies and take office immediately. If we cannot implement the vacancies and wait for replacements, the two of them plus Shuan Zhu will not be able to starve to death in Beijing.
Even if Jia Daquan wanted to support his son in his career, he would still have to leave some pension money and a coffin book.
You can't go to the back of Wanchun Building, and there are also small alleys with low fees at the front door, with doors ajar.
People can’t just save on normal expenses.
Jia Daquan finally told the truth. His son really wanted to get a job and get a job. As a father, he would never hold back, but he could only contribute 1,200 taels at most.
The implication is that if these 1,200 taels can be bought in real terms, then the father will accept it. After all, what parent does not want his son to succeed.
But if you can't buy something real, a father can't just daydream with his son.
If we really break the flag, we will still have to live our lives in the future.
It’s better not to sell the land in a hurry, as the house here probably won’t be saved, but you can use the money from selling the house to buy a small courtyard with three or four rooms in the outer city, so that the two of you won’t have a home in the future, just a wife.
We also need to see if there is a house first.
The eldest sister, who was originally a firm supporter of her younger brother's struggle, hard work, and great career, couldn't help but be a little shaken when her father reported the family's background. After all, a daughter cannot watch her father drink from the northwest wind.
It doesn't seem worthwhile to spend all your money to donate to a small official position.
The eldest brother-in-law Wang Zhian came out to speak, but he thought it would be better to wait and see if the family and the guards could get the job done and the Jia family wouldn't have to raise a flag.
The second brother-in-law Gao Delu also agreed. He still did not support his brother-in-law's clamor to buy an official position. Moreover, he did not believe that his brother-in-law could be a high official and would rehabilitate the old man and restore his reputation in the future.
Is it so easy to be a high official in this world?
As for Jia Liu, he certainly cannot give up his dream of becoming an official, but he also cannot ignore practical issues.
Finally, a compromise solution is given.
That is, he first went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to inquire to see if there were any more affordable official positions. If there were any, if the Jia family's flag issue could not be undone, they would immediately sell their iron to buy the official position.
"No matter where he is an official, dad, don't worry, my son will always take you with him!"
After once again showing his filial piety, Jia Liu went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to investigate the practical feasibility of buying an official position without even having lunch, hoping that he could find out.
Soon, Jia Liu discovered that Qianlong was still a thief. The donation officials listed in the official list of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were not only expensive, but also the places where they served were very remote, and most of those who were not remote had no real power.
Think about it, officials are the lifeblood of the country, and no matter how much money Qianlong wanted to make, he couldn't put key positions up for sale.
Basically, it's just a pot of sour porridge with a few shredded meats sandwiched between it, and it's just a mouthful.
Of course, this is for Jia Liu. For those rich people who can only spend money to buy official positions, any official position is pie in the sky, a favor from the emperor.
I watched it for three days and found nothing, but I basically understood the market.
It’s roughly the same as what second brother-in-law Gao Delu said. The local municipal prefect (fourth grade) costs 13,300 taels, and the deputy provincial Taoist priest (fourth grade) costs 16,640 taels. On the capital official side, the bureau-level chief (sixth grade)
The listed price is 4,620 taels, and a department-level doctor (fifth grade) costs 9,600 taels.
If you don't want to wait for these, they will basically be double the list price.
At the end of the day, except for the eighth-grade county magistrate who still had a chance to participate in the bidding, the others were all beyond the reach of Jia Liu.
As for the big donation list that was just posted, don't even think about it, even though many of the official positions on it make Jia Liu extremely jealous.
To be honest, Jia Liu's chances were pretty good. He could come across a large donation specially made by Qianlong for his mother's birthday. Others would have to wait seven to eight years or even ten years before they could come across it.
But the most painful thing in the world is that the opportunity is clearly right in front of you, but you can't grasp it.
When he looked up and saw that it was already noon, Jia Liu wanted to go back. There was no point in staying here any longer.
When he left, he glanced at the small donation list one last time and said with some bitterness: "These sixth- and seventh-grade imperial officials have no future, and the court sells them so expensively. They really think we are fools."
Some people didn't like hearing this. It was the middle-aged man who was looking at the big donation list with Raja Liu. He said "hey" and strolled over and said: "Brother, don't underestimate this Beijing official with no future."
,Does Mr. Li Minda know?"
"Mr. Li Minda? Who is it?"
Jia Liu really didn't know this person.
"That's Li Wei, the late emperor's important minister!"
The middle-aged man thought to himself that there are still people in the world who don't know about Mr. Li Minda. They are really ignorant.
If Jia Liu hadn't been dressed like a typical bannerman, this person would probably have thought that Jia Liu was a slave born from some family.
Um?
Li Wei!
How could Jia Liu not know this man? He is very familiar with it. The question is, when did Li Wei call him Mr. Li Minda?
After thinking about it, I realized that the word "Minda" was a posthumous title given to officials by the imperial court.
Just as Zeng Wenzhenggong refers to Zeng Guofan, Zuo Wenxianggong refers to Zuo Zongtang.
However, it is good to give posthumous titles to civil servants with Wen as the first character, such as Wenzheng, Wenzhong, Wengong, Wenxiang, etc. The "Minda" of Li Wei seems to be much different, maybe it has some special meaning.
"Back then, Mr. Li Minda was just the son of a wealthy family in Feng County, Jiangsu Province. But it was because he spent 10,000 taels to buy a Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Civil Affairs that he rose to the rank of governor of Zhili and became a high-ranking member of the Yongzheng Dynasty...
So little brother, don’t take the sixth- and seventh-grade Beijing officials seriously, if you really buy it, maybe one day you will be as famous as Mr. Li Minda and go down in history."
The middle-aged man looked envious.
In fact, there are many people who spend money to buy sixth- and seventh-grade imperial officials in order to become the second Li Weicai. Otherwise, who would want to suffer that fate?
Next to him, there was a scholar-like young man with sleeves on his sleeves and his neck curled up. Hearing the middle-aged man's words, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "Although Mr. Li Minda is also a donated official, he is the late emperor's wife."
A person I have always admired has risen to great heights like this. How many people in this world can have opportunities and blessings like Mr. Lee Minda?"
Hideaway?
He does not mean that.
Jia Liu was excited at that time and suddenly realized: Yes, I can also become the second Li Wei, because I know who the next emperor will be!
What's this?
This is my advantage!
The heart that was originally heavy and dead seemed to have been injected with some fresh blood, and it started to feel angry again.
However, I didn't get excited for too long, and suddenly I felt cold again.
Why?
It is now the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign. The old man will have to be emperor for twenty-two years before he abdicates. After that, he will wait for another three years before meeting the King of Hell. It will take twenty-five years until Jiaqing comes to power.
Jia Liu is nineteen years old this year, and twenty-five years later he will be forty-four. His prime years are gone, but his youth is gone. What’s the point of becoming the second Li Wei?
To be an official, to be a high official, you have to do it while you are young!
Twenty years is really too long, so long that the world cannot move and time is pressing.
Jia Liu seizes the day.
Moreover, he wanted to be an official not because he truly loved the filial sons and grandsons of the Xinjieluo family, but because he wanted to get rid of all harmful insects.