vstars Chapter 380 Lord Jiang is officially promoted!
Chapter 380 Lord Jiang is officially promoted!
Chapter 380 Lord Jiang is officially promoted!
The Chiang family followed a set routine, much like the saying "work at sunrise and rest at sunset."
Landlord Jiang has been getting busier lately, with the palace examination approaching and the Ministry of Personnel also about to assess the previous batch of probationary officials.
Over the past three years, Landlord Jiang's appearance has changed somewhat, though he hasn't aged.
I've lost some weight, and my protruding belly isn't as noticeable anymore.
The gray hairs haven't increased; in fact, they seem to have gotten even darker. However, the change is minor, and my colleagues, who see me every day, haven't noticed.
Approaching sixty, he stood tall and straight, not at all afraid of the Ministry of Revenue's frequent overtime work.
Jiang the landlord's behavior that year was obvious to everyone in the Ministry of Revenue. He was not only firmly in charge, but also permanently locked into the Ministry.
At least the Ministry of Revenue official in charge of leading a few junior scholars greatly admired this efficient, capable, and hardworking colleague.
It's impossible to say that the Ministry of Revenue's accounts were without problems. Although Landlord Jiang wasn't a seasoned veteran in the workplace, he had lived for over fifty years and was a shrewd and cautious man.
Whenever there are problematic accounts, they don't write them down; they just pretend they don't understand and ask their superiors for advice.
If your superior says, "Hmm, there is indeed a problem. Let's check it carefully," then check it carefully and use all your skills.
If the superior says: Oh? Is there a problem? I didn't see it. Are you too tired and misread it? Well, then I'm too tired and misread it.
The Ministry of Revenue's assessment was completed in just three days. Landlord Jiang took off the green official robes uniformed by the junior scholars and put on the blue official robes of a seventh-rank official.
From then on, Jiang Changshou became a formal official in the Ministry of Revenue. He no longer wanted to be the Minister of Revenue; he would be content if he could reach the fourth rank when he retired.
Thinking of my cousin Jiang Changqing, who is now a fourth-rank official and a newly minted seventh-rank official, I suddenly felt a little insecure. I started too late, sigh~
With less than ten days until the palace examination, Landlord Jiang didn't have his family celebrate lavishly. It was just a probationary period before being promoted to a full-fledged official position, not a real promotion, so there was no need for such a grand spectacle.
Jiang Xiaoqi and the rest of the Jiang family agreed, but still said they would celebrate together after the palace examination, which would be considered a double celebration.
After dinner, Landlord Jiang took off his blue official robe, and Old Madam Jiang personally hung it up and carefully ironed it.
"Old man, you're amazing!" Madam Jiang gave her husband a thumbs up.
"Hahahaha, this is nothing, just a lowly seventh-rank official. Old woman, you should take good care of your health and wait for your old man to earn you an official title!"
Landlord Jiang made his wish with great confidence, and Old Madam Jiang did not say she did not believe him, but just kept nodding and saying yes.
Jiang Xiaoqi also treated Madam Jiang's health. The old lady now has no age-related diseases, her meridians are unobstructed, her internal organs are in harmony, and although she has wrinkles, she has no age spots.
During this time, Jiang Xiaoqi was in Beijing and cooked several nourishing soups for the elderly couple.
Each time the soup was served, the old lady felt that the bowl was too big, but she really felt that she was getting lighter and lighter, so she insisted on drinking it.
Jiang Xiaoqi really liked his grandfather's name, Jiang Changshou, because he hoped that his family members would all live long, healthy lives, and be able to live to a ripe old age.
He also knew that his grandfather was ambitious and always compared himself to his great-uncle Jiang Changqing, who passed the imperial examination in his thirties and reached the fourth rank in twenty years.
My grandfather passed the imperial examination in his fifties. In another twenty years, he will be in his seventies. Many old men who are still greedy for power and official positions will also ask to retire at this age.
Moreover, many people simply don't live to this age, and those who do will find their bodies too old to continue in their positions.
Jiang Xiaoqi felt that if she continued to take care of her health like this, her grandfather would not only live to be 120, but living to be 100 would be a piece of cake.
In ancient times, centenarians were very rare and were called "human sages," considered an auspicious sign, and would receive preferential treatment.
If Grandfather wished, he could have another forty years of political career ahead of him.
However, if one day Grandfather no longer wants to roll, or gets tired of rolling, then we can let him retire and return to his hometown, and give him a thousand-acre manor to play with.
Jiang Xiaoqi lay in bed, her mind wandering to all sorts of random thoughts, even figuring out where she would settle down after "retirement".
I didn't rush into the study space. The study space has been upgraded recently, and I can only stay there for a maximum of two hours each night.
If this time is exceeded, your thoughts will be automatically ejected from the study space, and you will be instantly offline.
After asking the system, they only said that this upgrade would take more than ten days, and that I could relax a bit and not be so stressed recently.
If you suddenly tell someone who has been curling their hair for over a decade that they don't need to curl it so much, how will they react?
Of course I'm happy! Who's born a mean person?
It's not a bad thing to be able to rest passively. This little body has been working hard since it was a baby, and it has been overworking its brain even when it was still in swaddling clothes.
Taking a break a little isn't too much to ask, is it?
So many people in later generations who didn't work and returned to their hometowns did quite well.
Save up some money in the big city, return to your small town, and you can buy a house for tens of thousands of yuan. You don't even need to buy a car; a bicycle is enough.
After all, even if you have a car, the roads are not good. Two wheels are more convenient and flexible than four wheels, save energy and reduce emissions, and you can also get some exercise.
In big cities, you're more likely to get hit and killed while cycling, but in small towns you can ride around freely and no one will bother you if you go against traffic.
It seems like it's been a long time since I've thought about my past life—my little apartment, my little electric scooter.
Also, I wonder if the foreign trade company I worked so hard for has gone bankrupt without me as their top salesperson.
It seems like I only slept for a short while before it got light, and the alarm clock I set went off went off.
Since transmigrating to this world, I haven't really experienced sleeping in such a real sense.
I used to live one day as two, so all in all, I've studied for twenty-eight years!
After studying diligently for twenty-eight years, he still failed to become the top scholar in the imperial examination. Cough cough, Jiang Xiaoqi felt that he was still just an ordinary person.
Although I accepted the result, I was still a little disappointed that I missed out on the "sixth place in the imperial examination".
Alas, what a wonderful opportunity to make history for the Great Zhou Dynasty, just like that, "snap," it's gone!
However, making history is not only possible by achieving the highest rank in the imperial examinations. Many top scholars eventually faded into obscurity in officialdom.
Ah, very good.
It only took Jiang Xiaoqi three minutes to calm herself down.
Get up, get dressed, put on shoes, wash up, eat, and go to the study!
It's another beautiful day!