The emperor Jinkou Yuya, he said last time that he would give Zhao Yuanxun an official position, so naturally he would not break his promise.

Although the official positions in the imperial court are sparse, if you scan every corner, you can always find a few vacant minor official positions that are not popular or even eighth or ninth rank.

But after getting Zhao Zhiwei's new painting, Xiao Ge liked it more and more, and immediately felt that it was not appropriate to confer an official title on Zhao Yuanxun.

You must know that Zhao Zhiwei spent 25,000 taels of silver on his first painting. It was really embarrassing to pay nothing for this one.

But as for the money, Zhao Zhiwei would definitely not dare to accept it. As for the reward, Kang Shilin had already expressed for his apprentice that he did not want those flashy things; Xiao Ge did not have a suitable shop in his hands, Zhuangzi.

Furthermore, even if there is a shop, Zhuangzi and Xiao Ge cannot reward her. The goal is too big, which is equivalent to Zhao Ruxi using paintings in disguise to trade shops with the emperor, Zhuangzi. By then, the courtiers will definitely have a bad impression of her and think she will die.

Want money.

One painting cost the emperor 25,000 taels of silver without everyone knowing, but the second painting still required the emperor to reward the shop. Zhuangzi was so crazy and completely devoid of gratitude that the emperor's treatment of her and her husband was blinded.

The grace of Suiping Bofu.

By then, not only Zhao Ruxi but also Kang Shilin will be criticized.

So whether it’s money or things, it’s hard to give them away.

After much deliberation, it would be better to give Zhao Yuanxun a better official position to express his feelings.

Zhao Yuanxun originally worked as a handyman in the Wucheng Military and Horse Division, which was a military position and had no rank. He was in poor health and could not do much even if he held a military position, so he could only transfer to a civilian position.

But it is not so easy to find civil servants of rank seven or above. The dignitaries of various aristocratic families are keeping an eye on them. If there is a good vacancy, they will fill it up after a lot of overt and covert fighting. The person who fills the vacancy will fill it.

Most of them have the same status as Jinshi.

Compared with those fellow Jinshi, Zhao Yuanxun was far behind in all aspects.

If that were the case, it would not be difficult for Xiao Ge. Anyway, the world belongs to him. Even if he asked the officials to get an official position, and let Zhao Yuanxun enter the yamen and only receive salary and no work, no one would dare

If you say anything more, you'll end up being called a fool.

But he still had to consider the power of the various factions among the princes.

Because of the relationship with the Jia family, Zhao Ruxi offended the prince. Because of the annual examination and painting competition, Concubine Jin was unhappy, and even the third prince's impression of Sui Pingbo was not good. If Zhao Yuanxun was sent to their place

Being an official in the yamen is not a reward for the Suiping Mansion, but a punishment.

Don't let Zhao Yuanxun go to the yamen and let Zhao Zhiwei be in trouble. This would violate the original intention of granting the official.

Xiao Ge asked Eunuch Xie to search for a long time, but he couldn't find a place for the joint examination.

There is a vacancy for a sixth-grade civil servant here in Dali Temple. Zhang Changshen admires Zhao Zhiwei very much, and Wu Zong is Zhao Zhiwei's senior brother, so it is a perfect position.

But for a distinguished person who has neither meritorious service nor fame, it is enough to reach the top of the world if he is promoted to the seventh rank. People who are newly promoted to the first-class Jinshi have to start from the seventh rank at the beginning. How can Zhao Yuanxun and He De be able to sit on the sixth rank?

What is the position of an official? Where is the place for the scholar who achieved fame after ten years of hard work or the soldier who fought on the battlefield?

Therefore, after many selections, he failed to find a satisfactory official position, so Xiao Ge delayed the matter.

In order to prevent Kang Shilin from getting angry, he specially asked the eunuch to go to Kang's house and explain the whole story to Kang Shilin.

Kang Shilin expressed understanding.

Once this official position is given, if there are no other opportunities, Zhao Yuanxun may have to stay in that yamen until his old age. The official position may increase by one and a half levels with seniority, but the position is unlikely to move.

In this case, it is naturally best to go to a comfortable place, even if it takes a year and a half to wait.

It's good now. As soon as Zhao Ruxi's textile machine came out, she made great contributions. When Zhao Yuanxun was given the rank of sixth-rank official, no one dared to say anything.

Compared to conferring an official title on Zhao Ruxi himself, Xiao Ge felt that the courtiers would be more willing to see Zhao Yuanxun take this civil position in Dali Temple.

Princess Shangde didn't think there was anything to be happy about when Zhao Yuanxun was awarded a sixth-grade official. She didn't mean to come here today.

"To put it bluntly, Suiping Bosan is forty years old and has accomplished nothing. Now he only got you as a sixth-rank official thanks to his daughter. How much can he achieve in this life? This reward has been given to him.

You are blind." Princess Shangde said.

"I think it would be better to give this official position to Zhao Zhiwei, so as to save her the trouble of starting from the county examination, hoping to be a civil servant or a Jinshi. In the end, even though she is full of talent, because she is a woman, anyone can do it

She was trampled under her feet and had no chance of getting ahead."

"Huh?" Xiao Ge heard something in his sister's words, raised his eyes and asked, "What happened?"

After asking this question, he remembered: "By the way, we have just finished the county examination now, right? What? Is someone being embarrassed?"

Princess Shangde understands the essence of complaints.

She shook her head: "It's about the imperial examination, which is the foundation of the country. I, the eldest princess, don't dare to say anything. If the emperor wants to know, he will find out once he investigates."

After filing a complaint and applying eye drops, the mission for this trip was completed.

She bowed and said, "Brother Huang has a lot of things to do every day. Shangde doesn't dare to waste your time too much. Brother Huang, please go back and deal with government affairs. I'll have people dismantle the textile loom and transport it back."

Xiao Ge also hoped that Princess Shangde would forget the loom here so that he could call officials from the Ministry of Industry to take a look and study it to see how much impact this thing had on the Jin Dynasty and whether other places could learn from it.

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Hearing that Princess Shangde was still focused on pulling the loom back, he had no choice but to give up.

He still had political matters to deal with, so he raised his feet and walked out: "Okay, I'll go over then."

Returning to the main hall, he told Eunuch Xie: "Go and check and see what happened in the county examination at the governor's office in the capital. Why did Shangde say that."

Eunuch Xie also went to see the textile machine with Xiao Ge just now. He also heard what Princess Shangde said.

Because of the painting, his favorable impression of Zhao Zhiwei was no worse than that of the emperor. For this reason, he was extremely concerned and sent two capable guards to investigate the matter.

In less than half an hour, the imperial guard came back and said to Xiao Ge: "Zhiwei layman came first in the first test, second in the second test, and seventh in the third test."

"When the results were announced for the first time, some male candidates made a fuss and refused to accept it. The governor of the capital simply posted all the test papers. There was no mistake or omission in Zhiwei Jushi's test paper, which was much better than the second place one.

, those male candidates fell silent."

As the emperor, Xiao Ge never looked at things superficially.
Chapter completed!