Chapter 474
According to the original idea, Wei Xianmei was going to participate in the spring examination in February, followed by the palace examination, and after he got fame and fortune, he was waiting for the court to arrange positions, either to enter the Hanlin Academy, or to be released from the county magistrate, and even if he officially became an official of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
If the political achievements are not bad, and someone will be promoted, they will be able to return to Beijing in a few years, survive for a few years, become a senior official, and even become the prime minister.
This is the most orthodox civil servant's path, and it was designed by Wei Renpu for a long time.
However, Lao Wei never expected that the situation would change.
So many officials resigned, leaving the court without anyone. Before Wei Xianmei could take the exam, she got the position of a doctor in the True Knowledge Division.
The so-called Du Branch is under the Three Sections. The Three Sections are the Du Branch, the combination of salt and iron and the Ministry of Revenue. Du Branch controls financial statistics and branch adjustments. To put it bluntly, it is to manage the money bag of the Great Zhou.
Although he is a doctor, he has a small official position and a large power, even the chief officials of other departments, officials of the border, and even generals who lead troops will be polite when they see him. Every New Year Festival, all kinds of gifts, ice and charcoal cannot be short... There is no way, people have the power, ancient and modern times, China and abroad, which government office that holds money is not so arrogant?
Even if the emperor criticizes you and the three commanders nodded, what can you do? If the doctor in charge of specific affairs wants to get you stuck, you will be sure to keep you from going up or down for three months, and you will not get a penny, and you will not make any mistakes!
The so-called success is not enough to defeat things, but they are all about them.
It is better to offend the King of Hell than offend the little ghost. The doctor of the branch is such awesome position!
Even if there is the word "true knowledge" in front of it, it is still unaffordable.
As the prime minister, even if Lao Wei was devoted to cultivating his son, he would not have the courage to arrange Wei Xianmei to the branch. He could flood him with saliva alone.
But who would have thought that someone had already made arrangements without him having to spend any effort.
Wei Renpu's eyes rolled around and sighed, I understand, what else can I not understand!
It is definitely another trick played by the king and his subjects.
This method is not very clever. It has been used on Li Gu once, and he forced Li Gu to act as the pioneer of reform. Now he is going to repeat it on himself again!
Don’t you support the new law?
Well, let your son become a beneficiary of the new law, and see if you are old man, are you willing to fight for your son?
The method is very simple and clear!
But it really hits the point!
Old Wei pondered for a long time, suddenly raised his head and said solemnly: "My son, Dad, you are not allowed to be this doctor!"
"Why?" Wei Xian came to his father for advice with joy, but he didn't know that his father poured a basin of cold water on his head, which made it uncomfortable!
Wei Renpu sighed, "Child, I won't talk about other things for my father. This doctor in charge of financial and tax expenditures. He has a small official position and a big power, which is related to the interests of all parties. My father is afraid that you will fall into it if you don't do it well!"
Wei Xianmei was not convinced, "Dad, it is logical that the child should listen to his father's words, but when his father said that the child could not do well, the child wanted to say a few words for himself. Although the child had never taken care of too many places, the child was in Youzhou and was also responsible for a county... and because of the war, the child knew all the things that crossed the area to recruit civilians, transport military rations, repair roads, and even allocated slaves. In his spare time, the child also studied various mansions. In order to restore Youzhou, the court spent tens of millions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of people, and millions of people. In this scale, the child participated. Although he had no responsibility for the matter, he knew what to do. Of course, the matter in the capital was more complicated, so the child came to ask for advice from his father, hoping that his father could give advice."
Wei Xianmei raised her head and said from the heart: "Dad, I dare not say that I can do it well, but I want to try it... I ask myself, I am much better than those poor Confucians who only know moral articles!"
Wei Renpu felt very uncomfortable after his son's words.
Yes, the child ran to Youzhou at a young age, suffered so much hardship and so much experience... Now he has a good position but does not allow him to show his talent. No matter what, it is unreasonable!
But if you want to be this official, your father must get on Ye Hua's pirate ship.
How dark the boy's heart is, he has long experienced it as a father!
What's more, this is a decisive battle between the emperor and the scholars. Even a high-ranking official at the prime minister level is just a bigger ant. If it turns into ashes, it will not make any noise.
Your father had just bet once in his life, helping the late emperor to enter Kaifeng and create a great Zhou foundation... Your father is old and doesn't want to bet anymore!
"Oh!" Wei Renpu sighed, "My son, what's going on now? You know in your heart, why do you need to wade into muddy waters?"
Wei Xianmei became increasingly confused about what her father was thinking!
"Dad, those scholars overestimate themselves and coerce the king and father, thinking they are so great! When is this? Where is there a thousand-year-old family? Even if they want to continue their prosperity for several generations, it is difficult to do it. Dad is the prime minister. If the child does not work hard and is suppressed by his peers, there will be no hope in the future!" Wei Xianmei said aggrievedly: "This time, it is not only Child, but Li Ji, Feng Ping, Feng Ji, and even the one named Xue is reused. Dad has the heart to watch the child be left behind by them?"
Wei Xianmei was about to say further down, and Wei Renpu was so angry that his eyebrows were raised and he said angrily: "Don't say it, what you said just now just shows that the saint and Ye Hua are already at the end of their lives and have sent out everyone! It's okay if they can carry it, but if they can't carry it, the great Zhou Dynasty will be completely in chaos! Before you understand the situation, you will not allow you to participate in it! No, it's not possible!"
Old Wei showed off the domineering spirit of the prime minister and his father's dignity, and ordered sternly, "Come here, send him to the study room and take care of him. Before the examination, he is not allowed to go out for half a step, and study hard for me!"
Wei Xianmei was stunned. He shouted in his heart: "Dad, Dad, you are so confused! Such a good opportunity, you can't even ask for it. Should you let those who fall behind the child surpass them one by one? Will the child still look at their faces in the future?"
Lao Wei ignored his son's intention and asked his servants to grab Wei Xianmei's arm and walked outside.
Wei Xianmei was so angry that she shook her arm, stomped her hard at her father, and walked outside.
But when he opened the door, he found Mrs. Li standing at the door with a dark face. She stretched out her hand, grabbed her son, and said angrily to the servants: "Get out!"
The servants hadn't seen his wife so angry, and they were so scared that they rolled and crawled away.
Wei Renpu widened his eyes, "You, what are you doing?"
Li took two steps to him, without saying a word, stretched out his hand to pull open his son's sleeve, revealing the wound on his arm. Before he could speak, tears came down first.
"Is it easy for our son? He has his life today! You are old man, just thinking about yourself, you have become the prime minister, can you still be the emperor?"
Wei Renpu was so scared that he hurriedly reached out to cover his wife's mouth and cursed: "You are crazy, you dare to say anything!"
The lady suddenly pushed his arm, "I'm not crazy, you are the crazy person! Are you still planning to get involved with those civil servants and fight with the emperor?"
"What did you say? I don't know!"
"Don't pretend to be confused!" Li grabbed Wei Renpu's collar and said angrily: "Prince, you have been smart all your life, why are you confused at this time? Can people fight against God?"
Just this sentence seemed like a heavy hammer that hit Wei Renpu's heart!
The emperor and Shilin fought for thousands of years. The emperor was strong and suppressed civil servants. The emperor was cowardly and civil servants could do whatever they wanted. In short, both sides were rising and falling, which was the general trend since ancient times... but this general trend had nothing to do with him Wei Renpu.
Because no matter what the final outcome is, it means nothing to him.
The emperor promoted Wei Xianmei to a signal.
Which side are you Wei Renpu on?
Should I run with the scholars or be loyal to me?
If you do things for the emperor, the benefits will be placed in front of you, and your son will immediately be in a position that others will never expect in their entire lives... If you are disobedient, you can only rely on the methods of the emperor and Ye Hua to make yourself unable to survive or die. That is no problem, and the Wei family will also be implicated!
"Oh, you are forcing me to be ruined!"
Li didn't care about those things, "My son is an official with his ability, not greedy or possessive, honest and honest, and worthy of his conscience! Why are you afraid of rumors? Prime Minister, if you really don't agree, I will take my son to the Ye Mansion!"
"What are you doing in Ye's Mansion?"
"I'll ask Mr. Ye to let our son cut off the father-son relationship with you, so as not to be implicated when beheading!"
"You!" Wei Renpu was so angry that he really couldn't tell the truth to his wife!
"Stop, stop, stop! I've been cheated to death by you!"
Wei Renpu silently. Seeing that he had given up, Li was overjoyed and quickly gave Wei Xianmei a wink. Wei Xianmei was so clever. Seeing that there was a wooden basin on the ground and the water inside was cold, he quickly poured the water and ordered the housekeeper to get some hot water.
"Dad, my child always washes your feet!"
What else can Wei Renpu say? No matter how old a person is, can he really turn against his wife and children?
My son took off his boots and took off his socks. Speaking of which, this was the first time Wei Xianmei washed his father's feet. He was so happy that he forgot to try the water temperature.
It happened that Lao Wei told the butler before that the hotter it should be, the better.
The butler thought that the first time I sent it was poured down, probably because he thought it was not hot enough, so he must be strong enough this time... What happened was that Wei Renpu's study had several braziers, and the temperature in the room was very high. In addition, the family of three thoughtfully ignored the water temperature and thought the butler would adjust it...
"ah!"
The screams like a pig slaughtering came from the Wei family!
The next day, Wei Renpu went to the Political Affairs Hall early. Before the person came down, he first took a pair of crutches. Mr. Wei was wearing a pair of soft-soled shoes and leaning on crutches, and walked into the Political Affairs Hall with difficulty.
It happened that Ye Hua was going to come to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss things, and happened to see Wei Renpu who was struggling to move forward.
"I said to Mr. Wei, you are so loyal to your duties. You will come if you are injured?"
Wei Renpu barely straightened his back and looked at Ye Hua, and the flesh on the corners of his mouth was twitching!
Chapter completed!