Be a master through ancient times

Ever since Chu Ci knew that Qian Jiancheng might have something to do with loan sharks, he couldn't concentrate on his work.He always felt that there was something he didn't know.

Before Chuci took office, he learned about the benefits of the Imperial College employees.Like Wang Jijiu, he was a fourth-rank official with a monthly salary of 60 taels of silver, while Si Ye was a sixth-rank official with a monthly salary of 45 taels of silver.Like Qian Jiancheng, he is a seventh-rank official, the same as a doctoral assistant, [-] taels of silver per month.

Compared with the prices in the capital, this salary is not particularly high, but compared to ordinary people, it is already very high.

Although you can't go to places with high consumption, it is more than enough for basic monthly expenses.However, it is a bit less to put loan sharks, right?

"He Ping, come in." Chu Ci knocked on the table and called He Ping from the door.

"Go to Wang Dianbo and transfer over the resumes of everyone in the outer courtyard for me to see." Chu Ci wrote him a note with a seal on it.

"Your Excellency, you don't need this. Wang Dianbo recognizes the villain, and he won't refuse to give it to me when he sees me go get it." He Ping said with a smile.

"Isn't this a rule? Last time I asked someone to collect the tuition money, Wang Dianbo said that the money can only be paid after seeing the receipt. This is very important for the resume, so why don't you want the receipt?" Chu Ci asked curiously.

"How can this happen?" He Ping exclaimed, "You are most likely coaxed by him. You are in charge of the sixth rank, and he is from the eighth rank. There are four ranks in between. How dare you say such a thing? It was he who deceived you into taking office for the first time, so he doesn’t quite understand why.” He Ping took advantage of having a meal with Chu Ci, so he regarded himself as Chu Ci’s confidant, and when he heard the words, he defended Chu Ci’s injustice.

Chu Ci's complexion was indeed a bit bad, he was indeed deceived, but it was not this book!But someone else.

"Go and transfer your resume."

"Yes."

As soon as He Ping went out, Chu Ci couldn't help but thumped the table.This is still caused by his habitual thinking. In modern times, if you go to the financial department to report accounts or do something, you need the principal's signature and seal.But he neglected that this is the ancient times, the ancient times when the first level of officials crushed people to death!

If the two belong to different systems, they may be manipulated, but they are in a superior-subordinate relationship, so why would they want the sixth-rank division to bow to the eighth-rank book?Even the most powerful employee of the household department, who dares to show embarrassment to other people, would never dare to show embarrassment to his boss.

At that time, Qian Jiancheng temporarily acted as secretary, supervising all matters of the outer court, so how dare Wang Dianbu hold back tuition and money?

It can be seen that he was fooled as soon as he came!

Chu Ci shook his head, it seemed that he was still inexperienced, and it was also because he was too confident, he never expected to be deceived by the people below.

When Chu Ci thought about how stupidly he had written a note to Qian Jiancheng back then, he wanted to beat that guy's dog's head.However, since he can get the money, why didn't he send the money for those three months?He knew that it was impossible to hide this matter from the past, and sooner or later it would be revealed!

Thinking about what he saw just now, Chu Ci had a guess in his mind.Of course, this still has to wait to see the resume before making a judgment.

After a while, He Ping came over with a stack of resumes.Chu Ci asked him to rest for a while, and then opened the book one by one to read.

He found out that Qian Jiancheng, like him, was also a farmer's son, and he was born as a fellow Jinshi in Jiayou's 38th year.He first served as the Imperial Regulatory Commissioner, then he was promoted to Xuelu in less than two years, and then promoted to Jiancheng in three years, which shows that his climbing speed is quite fast.

In five years, I have spanned three levels, from Xuelu to Jiancheng, with a doctorate and a teaching assistant in between.If there is no one to help behind, it means that this person has extraordinary means.

Chuci turned a page back and found that this person wrote Guan's family name on his wife's family. His father was the Qipin magistrate of the capital, but he had returned home two years ago to raise him.

There used to be a saying in this official circle, which was: Three lives of misfortune, the county magistrate attached to Guo; three lives of evil, attached to the provincial capital of Guo;It is about the magistrates of Renfu City, the provincial capital, and the capital city. Although they have the name of their parents, they do not have the power of their parents. Their every move is restricted by others. It can be said that it is very sad.

From this point of view, his family does not seem to be a wealthy family.

In this way, Chu Ci could almost determine where Qian Jiancheng's usury came from.

But it was unavoidable to startle the snake, so Chu Ci decided to keep quiet.As the saying goes, if you catch a thief, you get dirty, and if you catch an adulterer, you stay in bed.Although he can confirm here that Qian Jiancheng did not pay the money, but he can also quibble that because he does not have an officer, he dare not be professional.

And even though his father-in-law was an official with his tail between his legs, his connections should not be underestimated.If the news leaked out and he was asked to erase the evidence, he would only be accused of framing in the end.

Chu Ci calmed down and began to read other people's resumes, and wrote down some important information on paper with a pen.

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After Qian Jiancheng dealt with that person, he returned to Jiancheng's courtyard with a sulky face.Sitting with him, the inspector in the inner courtyard saw that his complexion was not good, so he asked, "What happened to brother Qian? Why is your complexion so bad?"

"Thank you Brother Wu for your concern, I'm fine, it's just a little hot."

"Yeah, it's May now, and it's going to be the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow, and it's going to get hotter day by day." Wu Jiancheng said with emotion, and then revealed something casually, "I just heard that People say that the supervisor of your court has transferred the resumes of everyone in the outer court, and I don't know what he wants to do?"

"Who knows?" Qian Jiancheng replied casually, if he was only transferred, then he would have to be nervous.

"Let me tell you, you Chu Siye is a little too serious. I heard that he seems to have a hand in everything."

"Ha, not all young people are like this. It's a good thing to be motivated." Qian Jiancheng and Wu Jiancheng looked at each other, revealing a knowing smile.

Other officials of the Guozijian were also discussing this matter, wondering what the new Siye had come up with.However, he has a high official status and a golden ruler bestowed by the emperor himself. How can these people compare with others?Anyway, the resume is public, if you want to see it, you can take it.

When he got off work in the evening, Chu Ci walked to the mountain gate with a pile of books in his arms, and saw Zhang Hu was already waiting there.Zhang Hu ran over to catch what Chu Ci was holding, and said, "Master, I parked the carriage below."

"Are you driving the car today?"

Zhang Hu nodded excitedly. This carriage was allocated by the Imperial College, and Chu Ci used it during his tenure.Usually, I ask someone to help drive the car, and I go back and forth several times a day, which costs dozens of pennies!He has nothing to do, and he learned to drive when he was staying at home these days, and found that the horse is very obedient, and it can go to many places by itself.Thinking of helping the master save a lot of money, Zhang Hu's chest stood out even higher.

"It's really good, Dumb, from now on the master will point to you to help me drive the car." Chu Ci smiled and praised him a few words,

"Don't worry, master!" Zhang Hu felt that he had become useful again.

The carriage was tied to the side of the road, and it could be seen from the mountain gate, which was why Zhang Hu dared to come up to pick him up.The two walked down the mountain gate while chatting, walked through more than 200 steps, and descended to the main road.

"Dahu, the master is going to test you. You have been in the capital for several months, but you have already memorized the terrain of the capital?"

"I remember it well. I have been everywhere except the palace. Where are you going, master, just tell me."

"Then do you know, is there a place called Chunfang here?"

"What Chunfang... Yuchunfang? There is Yuchunfang near here, about three streets away from Wenxingfang where we live, and the biscuits there are the best!"

When it comes to food, Zhang Hu gets excited.

Chu Ci laughed: "Then let's go to Yuchunfang today, and try the delicious sesame seed cakes you mentioned."

"Come on, sir!" Zhang Hu imitated the shouting of the local guys while driving the carriage, making Chu Ci who was sitting in the carriage laugh.

The horse ran up and down, and came to Yuchunfang not long after. Zhang Hu said: "Sir, sit here, and I'll go buy sesame seed cakes."

"No, let me go. You watch the carriage here, don't let the master's things be robbed."

Chu Ci was joking, but Zhang Hu immediately got out of the carriage and watched the passers-by vigilantly.Anyone who wants to get close to the carriage will be stared at by him with sharp eyes.

Chu Ci walked near Yuchunfang, and sure enough, he smelled a tangy burnt aroma coming from the alley next to him.Chu Ci walked over following the scent, and saw a small shop with a sesame seed oven, and an old man was making sesame seed cakes by the oven under high temperature.

"Master, your cake is really delicious."

"Haha, thank you for your praise, my little old man has been selling biscuits here for more than [-] years, and everyone says it smells delicious." This old man is obviously talkative.

Chu Ci was overjoyed. After being here for so long, he must have understood the situation well.He immediately said that he would buy ten biscuits.

"Okay, it's just that you may have to wait for a while, our biscuits will only taste good when they are cooked!"

"It's okay, I think it's very interesting to chat with the uncle. If it's convenient, why don't you tell me about this interesting story about Yuchunfang?"

"Okay." The uncle has lived such an old age, so he naturally knows a lot, so he picks out interesting things and tells him a few things.

"Haha, my uncle is really well-informed. I don't know if I know a young man named Niu Er. He is my good friend and it is said that he lives here."

When Niu Er was mentioned, the old man's expression turned slightly cold. He looked at Chu Ci, saw that his eyes were clear, and he didn't seem to have any bad intentions, so he said, "My lord, I don't think you are good at dealing with Niu Er." People."

"Oh? Master, is there any hidden secret in this? I am new here, and he came to show his affection to me, so I naturally treat him as a confidant. I also lent him more than 20 taels of silver!" Chu Ci was a little anxious.

"Then I'm afraid you won't come back. Niu Er is such a gambler that he has already borrowed all the neighbors in our same square. The money he borrowed in March last year has not been repaid yet!"

"Ah? Really?" Chu Ci turned pale with shock, "I first came to the capital, and I only had a few taels of silver left on me. I heard that Niu Er lived here, so I came to look for him. What should I do? ah!"

Seeing Chu Ci, the old man who sells sesame seed cakes was about to cry, and couldn't bear it, so he said, "His house is a little ahead. If you can't find him at his house, go to Guangjin Casino to find him!" The old man said. Put ten sesame seed cakes in several paper bags, watched Chuci go in, and then walked out in frustration.

"Didn't find it?"

"Yeah." Chu Ci looked very depressed, he thanked the old man and left.

The old man sighed, shook his head and continued making biscuits.In less than half a day, everyone in Yuchunfang knew about Niu Er's latest evil deed. It was heard that he cheated a foreigner of 20 taels of silver and never returned it!

Walking out of the alley, Chu Ci raised the corners of his mouth. He piled all the biscuits to Zhang Hu, and then said to him, "Da Hu, go to Guangjin Casino."

"Master, didn't you say that gambling houses are not good places?"

"Master is going to find someone, hurry up and drive, it will be bad when he leaves."

Zhang Hu wanted to ask again, but was startled by Chu Ci's serious expression.He scratched his head, then drove the carriage to Chunxingfang, where Guangjin Gambling Workshop was located.

On the way, Chu Ci changed his Confucian clothes into regular clothes, and when he reached the entrance of the gambling house, he got out of the carriage with a fan, a big purse bulging around his waist, like a rich man who doesn't know much about the world.

In an instant, many people were staring at him, trying to get some money out of him.

Niu Er was also one of them, he went there today to get some money back to spend, but he lost it all after pushing a few pai gows.

"Brother, is it fun in here?" Niu Er was not surprised that Chu Ci would talk to him, after all, among the people at the door, he was the one who dressed up the most.

"It's fun, young master, is this the first time you come out? I'll take you in and play a few games first. If it's not fun, come out again."

Chu Ci nodded with curiosity on his face.

Opening the curtain at the door and entering the gambling house, it was a bit stuffy inside, mixed with all kinds of sweat and foot odor, and Chu Ci's face was smothered in a short while.

The vigilance in Niu Er's heart disappeared immediately, looking so delicate, isn't it just those young masters?

"Walk around, here, dice are the easiest, I'll take you to play a few."

They came to the gambling table, and there were three big characters written on the table, which were big, small, and leopard.

"My lord, you can bet on whatever you want to bet on." Niu Er and the man sitting in the dealer exchanged a wink, indicating that Chu Ci is new, and let him win a few bets first.

"Oh, it doesn't look difficult." When Chu Ci took out a five tael ingot from the bag, he accidentally revealed a corner of the large bank note inside. The excitement is suppressed.

Holding the ingot, Chu Ci hesitated, and then said to himself, "Let's bet on this." Then he put the ingot on the leopard.

Niu Er and the man in the village were dumbfounded, and the others also laughed. They really had never seen the world, how could they bet on a leopard as soon as they came?They bet scattered silver and copper coins on big and small, waiting to divide his money.

Niu Er winked at the man again, and quietly pointed to his purse. The man in the bank was sure, and shook the dice cup.

After shaking for a long time, he finally put down the dice cup.Chu Ci noticed that his forehead was covered with sweat.

"Buy and leave, let's go! 666, Leopard, congratulations to this young master, big and small take everything!" This one, not only the banker compensated him five taels, but also the rest.

Chu Ci smiled in surprise: "Is it so simple?"

"That's right, you're very lucky. This leopard is hard to come by. It's a coincidence that you won the bet the first time." Niu Er flattered him.

Chu Ci picked up one tael of silver from the money pushed over and threw it to Niu Er, and then bet the five taels of silver on the leopard.

"Hey, I still don't believe it! Can you still get leopards every time?" A big man just lost money and shouted in disbelief.Others also bet one after another, and the table was filled with silver and copper coins in an instant.

Zhuang's head shook, this time was longer than last time.He put the dice cup on the table and shouted: "Buy it and let it go! Open it! Three threes, leopard, congratulations to this young master, big and small take all!"

With only two handfuls, the five taels of silver in Chu Ci's hands were exchanged for three to forty taels.This gambling is indeed addictive.If he is really a fledgling young master, seeing that making money is so simple, and then being humiliated by the people around him, it is inevitable that he will come a few more.

But Chu Ci slowly put all the money on the table into a new purse, and said: "This is too simple and boring. Thank you for bringing me to see, and I will give you another money." After finishing speaking , and he left.

Niu Er was dumbfounded, seeing that Zhuang Tou's eyes were about to burst into flames, Niu Er hurriedly confessed his guilt, signaled that he would take care of this person, and then immediately chased him out.

"My lord, why don't you stop playing, there are still a lot of fun in it." Niu Er grabbed Chu Ci's sleeve and urged him hastily.

"It's all about me winning money, what's the fun, there are a lot of poor people in there, I'm sorry to win them so much money."

Niu Er watched this "silly white sweet" get on the carriage with the eyes of a fool, and walked towards the alley ahead.

"Damn!" Niu Er spat, so don't blame him for being so rude!

……

Chu Ci asked Zhang Hu to drive the carriage to a remote place for a while, and he encountered a road block.Three strong men with big arms and round waists followed Niu Er, all four of them were masked, and one of them was holding a thick wooden stick in his hand.

"If you are sensible, hand over all the silver on your body, otherwise, don't blame the grandpas for being rude!"

"Who are you? This place is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how dare you rob in public?" Chu Ci panicked and shouted loudly.

"Haha, you're unlucky to have met us! Don't talk nonsense, leave the silver, and the grandpas can save your life. Otherwise, your legs will be broken!" Niu Er felt that he should be able to feel proud today.

"Dahu, you'll go up when I call one, two, three, don't hold back, you know?" Chu Ci knew Zhang Hu's combat strength, and he should be fine for hitting five or six at a time.

"Yeah!" Zhang Hu nodded heavily, looking at these people who wanted to steal money, he remembered how those people bullied him when he was on the pier before, and he couldn't help being even more angry.So after Chu Ci gave the order, he jumped out of the car and went straight to them...

After a while, three or four people lay on the ground in a crooked manner, chanting "Ouch".Chu Ci walked over and tore off the cloth towel from the head's face, and said with a half-smile: "Now, should I break your legs?"