The Spring Festival couplets posted at home were all written by Jia Liu himself. Firstly, he was reluctant to spend money to buy them, and secondly, he felt that his handwriting was better than those who wrote Spring Festival couplets.
There is not much innovation, just the same old thing, good luck, good luck, peace all year round, good fortune and so on.
Shuan Zhu and Bao Zhu worked hand in hand, one was responsible for polishing the ink, and the other was responsible for taking it out and posting it.
Jia Liu enjoys the feeling of writing Spring Festival couplets. Chinese people attach great importance to the flavor of the New Year.
Considering the heavy workload, Jia Liu specially asked the maid to make a pot of ginseng and wolfberry tea for himself.
Write a couplet and take a sip of tea, and the image and temperament of the leader will emerge immediately.
There is no need to deliberately package it.
It stands to reason that it is New Year's Eve. Jia Liu is the Admiral of the Nine Gates and the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War. He is the deputy commander of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army. Not to mention other units, he has the three duties of commanding the Yamen, the Ministry of War and the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army.
The heads of the units, including the subordinate units, should have come in large and small packages to give gifts to Master Jia Jia. The problem is that when the door opened in the morning, there was no carriage parked outside the alley.
Why?
According to Jia Liu's rule, no gifts will be accepted during the festival this year.
After the new year, he will be the governor, and it is time to focus on building a clean government.
No, let's set an example, starting from the Spring Festival of the 41st year of Qianlong's reign.
I won’t mention the past things.
In order to prevent some ignorant people from sending gifts to his house, Jia Liu specially asked Shuan Zhu to write a notice and post it at the entrance of the alley, saying that Mr. Jia would not accept guests during the New Year.
The agency business of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has also been suspended for five days, just to fully enjoy the Spring Festival holiday.
Due to the adoption of the "going global" business strategy, the agency business of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has achieved a rocket-like breakthrough in the past few days.
Not only did it achieve the original sales volume of 50,000 taels per day, it also exceeded the target by 30 to 40%. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as making a fortune every day.
As the saying goes, if you don't manage your money, your money will not care about you.
The same goes for selling officials.
If you don't fully introduce the benefits of being an official to your clients, how can your clients be willing to give you their money?
It is conservatively estimated that by the time the Ministry of Official Affairs starts printing, the total sales will reach an astonishing 1.5 million taels.
In this way, plus the 700,000 taels gained from renovating the eight major alleys, the net profit immediately reached a huge two million taels.
It is almost the same as the total fiscal revenue of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.
Yesterday, we wholesaled 73 candidates for county magistrate vacancies at one time, and the group purchasing unit was the bosses of Bada Hutong.
When receiving this large order, Li Ping'an, who was in charge of the business work, specifically asked Mr. Jia whether to handle it.
The reason is that the businesses of these bosses were cracked down by Mr. Jia a while ago. Although the brothel industry in the Qing Dynasty was legal, the reputation of the brothel industry was not good after all. A group of brothel owners turned into candidate officials of the Qing Dynasty. It would have a bad influence if word spread.
Therefore, Li Anping did not dare to make the decision.
Jia Liu's attitude was that as long as these bosses abide by the law, generate tax revenue for the court, and ensure that no major social security problems occur in the place, then these bosses are qualified to donate money to serve as officials.
In the past, the civil service department would not sell its officials to these brothel owners, which was a typical form of discrimination.
Local tyrants and evil gentry can buy an official position, so why can't serious businessmen buy an official position?
Before money, treat everyone equally!
As long as everyone is willing to contribute to the Qing Dynasty, are you afraid that the Qing Dynasty will not have a bright future?
Jia Liu instructed Li An'an that the Bada Hutong area should be highlighted. As long as people are willing to pay, even the tortoise and the rabbit can sell their official status.
To put it simply, how do you know that when Mr. Gui becomes an official, he will be even more disgraceful than the current official?
When Jia Liu was writing the Spring Festival couplets, Asiha, the official minister, was also there.
In recent days, Lao A has been sitting next door. It can be said that he is so busy with his father-in-law's career that he doesn't even have time to go back home.
It is precisely because of Lao A's presence that many customers' doubts have been dispelled.
Jia Liu was grateful for this, and he recognized Lao A more and more, and planned to hold a separate initiation ceremony for him and Queenie after the year.
"Xiaguan originally thought that the painting of the forehead consort was a rare masterpiece in the world, but he never imagined that the calligraphy of the forehead consort was also in the style of everyone. The brushwork is delicate and neutral, quiet and sparse; the ink used is clear and solemn, gentle and gentle, and the facial features are charming.
So beautiful..."
The old man was not idle at the side either. There were ink grinders and spring couplets posted by Director Yang. He helped cut the paper and added some to the prince's tea bowl when he saw it was empty.
Excellent rice paper, obtained when copying the documents in the Prince's Mansion.
Since the Queen Mother had just died, people were not allowed to post red couplets, only white ones. As a high official in the imperial court, Jia Liu could not make an exception.
It just looks awkward, as if Daquan has collapsed.
"Don't tell me that you like my handwriting, I like it myself."
Jia Liu didn't think Lao A was trying to flatter him. In fact, his calligraphy was indeed very beautiful, imitating Cai Jin's calligraphy.
In the calligraphy circle, it is generally said that there were four masters of calligraphy in the Song Dynasty, namely Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang.
This Cai Xiang is actually Cai Jin.
However, Taishi Cai's reputation was not very good, so he was renamed Cai Xiang.
But character and words are not linked.
Which of the traitors in history was not good at writing?
Among heroes and heroes, which one is good at writing?
The more the old man looked at it, the more he admired it. He couldn't help but nod: "The words are just like the person."
Then he hesitated to speak. It seemed that he wanted to ask for a piece of calligraphy for his forehead to go home and offer it to him.
Jia Liu chuckled, picked up a pen to fulfill Lao Ah's wish, and wrote two lines of big characters - "I hope that all officials in our Qing Dynasty will learn from Asiha, everyone will be Asiha, and everyone will be Asiha."
ha."
"this..."
The old man excitedly took the forehead calligraphy treasure to the side and carefully dried it. He only wished that there was no watchmaker, otherwise he would definitely have it installed on the watch right now.
"Okay, old man, today is New Year's Eve, you should go back and reunite with your family. By the way, Old Kui is getting married on the sixth day of the lunar month, so don't forget to have a wedding banquet then."
"My lord, since you are busy, I will take my leave now."
Asiha walked out of the prince-in-law's house with Jia Liu's calligraphy in her hands. His sedan chair was parked at the entrance of the alley. After getting on the sedan chair, he asked the bearer to carry it home. When he saw several carriages following behind him, he couldn't help but puzzled and asked the carriage driver.
What to do with him.
The coachman replied that it was the prince's order to deliver the things to Master A's house.
"what?"
Asha motioned to the bearer to put him down. He walked to a carriage out of curiosity and found that the carriage was covered with cloth. When he reached out and opened it, he suddenly had mixed feelings and his nose felt sour.
Gold, all gold, ingots of shiny gold ingots are neatly stacked in the carriage!
Mr. Jia...are really my reborn parents as Asiha!
Lao A looked into the alley emotionally.
On the wall, there are slogans saying no gifts will be accepted during the holidays this year.
Integrity like Mr. Jia is rare in the world.
...
Jia Liu continued to write the Spring Festival couplets and asked Shuan Zhu casually: "Master A, are you watching?"
Shuan Zhu hummed: "Looking at it, I'm quite touched."
"Don't be jealous, they deserve this."
Jia Liu smiled and continued to write the Spring Festival couplets seriously, but it felt strange to write back and forth.
Why?
He had calculated it just now when he was cleaning the door and the windows, including the horse pen, the hut, and at most fifty pairs of couplets. But he had clearly written this number, and Shuan Zhu kept coming over to ask him to write quickly.
You won’t use your calligraphy to wipe your butt, right?
In order to find out the reason, Jia Liu secretly winked at Baozhu when Shuan Zhu came to pick up the couplets again.
Baozhu understood and followed Shuanzhu quietly.
Then, the two people walked to Shuan Zhu's bedroom.
"How many are hidden?"
"Not much, only a dozen or so."
"Sir, if you are suspicious, please stop stealing."
"Okay, I will sell these Spring Festival couplets later, and each person will earn half of the money."
"become."
Baozhu and Shuanzhu both showed happy expressions.
Do you still need to pay a dead salary to guard this golden mountain of your lord?