Chapter 89 Job Hunting

A few days later, Zhang Fugui brought more than a dozen large ships to anchor at the Pengze County dock.

After staying in Pengze County for only one night, Wei Wencai took dozens of military households on board. The fleet set sail again under the flag of Jiujiang Guard and sailed down the river.

This battle had no effect on Wei Guangde, but it was a matter of great importance to his father and uncle.

At least on the night when Zhang Fugui stayed, Wei Guangde heard the news when everyone was having dinner. Zhang Fugui not only brought a ship this time, but also two boxes of silver with him for management.

Yes, in the Ming Dynasty, if a general made merit on the battlefield, it did not mean that you could get military merit and be promoted. You also had to be a good person.

Military generals really had to be greedy, otherwise you would never have the opportunity to be promoted.

It sounds really contradictory.

If a general is greedy for money, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers will definitely not be good. How can he get military merit if he can't win the battle?

Military generals are not greedy for money. Even if your soldiers have the fighting power and military merits, you may still not get the opportunity to be promoted because the civil officials are in power.

This time, the Zhang family is really ready to use the military merits of this anti-Japanese war to exchange for several positions. They have brought silver, and most of these things will eventually flow into the homes of some big figures in Nanjing City.

Watching the fleet leave the Pengze County dock, Wei Guangde smiled and said to Wu Dong: "Cousin, it seems that you will be promoted to the position of Qianhu in advance. '

"I wanted to play for a few more years."

Wu Dong smiled casually, "It will come sooner or later, and you can't hide it."

This time, Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng both wanted to make some moves, but it was naturally impossible for them to move. After all, they were of low status and had no influence. Even if they held silver in their hands, they couldn't deliver it. Only Zhang Qing came forward to help them.

Wu Zhankui's goal was to be the commander of Jiujiang Guard, and Wei Meng's position was naturally the pacification of Jiujiang Guard.

Wu Zhankui became the commander-in-chief, which meant that he wanted to jump two levels directly, from the fifth-rank Qianhu official to the fourth-rank commander-in-chief, so that he could strengthen the Zhang family's voice in the guard station, and he was also his son-in-law.

For Wei Meng, he was related to him and was an old direct descendant of his own line, so it was okay to take him, not to mention that he had military merits, so he should be promoted.

As for the position of Wei Zhenfu that he had planned for his father, Wei Guangde knew very well that this was the military law department in the army of later generations.

And the current positions after their promotion were naturally intended to let Wu Dong and Wei Wencai take over in advance, which was also very important. At least when he was having dinner with Zhang Fugui, Zhang Fugui said that if he could not keep his current position after being promoted, he would not move.

There were only so many real official positions in the Ming Dynasty, and there were so many hereditary treatments. There were at least three hereditary official positions of Wu Zhankui, the Qianhu of the Right Army of Jiujiang Guard, and he was just one of them. Naturally, he would not give up easily.

According to the rules, if the people above cannot be persuaded to let Wu Dong inherit the position of Qianhu, then the position will be chosen from the other two families with hereditary Qianhu positions. Of course, it can also be recommended by the guards. Once it is given up, if the person wants to take it back, either he is promoted or commits a crime while in office, or he dies.

After the eldest brother left home, Wei Guangde did not stay in Pengze County for long. He rode back to Bengshanbao on the same day to continue studying. There were still two months before the college examination. Wei Guangde planned to get the title of scholar first and let his father buy 80 acres of land for him first, so that he would have no worries.

Time quickly came to June. In the middle of the month, the eldest brother Wei Wencai returned to Jiujiang with more than ten large ships, but he had to go to Jiujiang Prefecture to hand over the goods on the ship first.

Most of the goods transported back this time were silk, cotton cloth, tea and some handicrafts. Susong and Yingtian Prefecture were the first choice for shipment, but there were no business friends in those places, whether it was the Zhang family or the Wu and Wei families.

In fact, for this line, Zhang Fugui of the Zhang family still has some business friends, but naturally they can't find a buyer for the time being. What can be sold has been sold along the way, and the rest can only be shipped back to Jiujiang and sold slowly.

The ship docked at Pengze County Wharf, and sent a message back to prepare to rest for a night before setting off. Wei Wencai was stopped by Wu Dong and asked to wait for another day. He had sent someone to inform Wei Guangde to come over immediately to Jiujiang Prefecture.

Wei Wencai knew about Wei Guangde's trip to Jiujiang Prefecture. After the prefectural examination, they made an appointment with Zeng Yuanshu to take a boat to Nanchang to participate in this year's academy examination. Zeng Yuanrui seemed to want to go with them.

Wei Wencai calculated the time and it was indeed time to set off.

Although it seems that there is still a month before the academy examination, wouldn't it be better to arrive in Nanchang earlier and prepare earlier?

For poor scholars, they may need to calculate the time to set off to take the imperial examination, that is, to rush to the examination, because they have to prepare one more day of food and accommodation expenses if they arrive one day earlier.

But for families like Wei Guangde and Zeng Yuanshu, this is nothing.

After leaving Pengze County, Wei Guangde came to Jiujiang Prefecture again and lived in the small courtyard of the Zhang family.

The eldest brother and cousin watched the shopkeeper of the Zhang family's business count the supplies on the ship. In the evening, Zhang Shigui set up a banquet to entertain them. When talking about the harvest at the banquet, the silver was actually nothing. The main thing was that the big things planned by the Zhang family were basically done.

As the talker of the Wei Guogong line in Jiujiang Guard, the Zhang family naturally hoped that the people on their side could play high positions, so that Mr. Zhang's voice in the guard station could be greatly improved.

In the current garrison, unless the garrison commander is promoted or dies, Zhang Qing will definitely not be able to replace that position, unless he goes to another garrison, but who would be so stupid to leave here.

After years of hard work, even if he can't sit in that position, he will strive for greater voice.

"From what you said, your positions are stable. Yes, what are the thousand households and hundred households in the eyes of those big men in the capital."

Zhang Shigui sighed after reading the letter brought back by Wei Wencai and listening to Wei Wencai's story about following Zhang Fugui to Nanjing City to give gifts.

In fact, in person, for such a big event involving the promotion of officials, no one will give a definite answer, only a few ambiguous words, and the meaning will be guessed by yourself.

Wei Wencai blinked a little puzzled after listening to Zhang Shigui's words.

He was a witness to those things. To be honest, he felt that this matter was a bit suspenseful.

As for the reason, of course it was that the money was given, but no definite information was given. He felt as if the money was given in vain. He didn't know that the civil servants were very cautious when accepting money to do things, and would not easily let others catch them.