I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 7 A great gift from the sky
The next morning, Lin Shisan was on duty in the third flag room.

Gao Xiaoqi called the ten of his men and ordered them, "Go out and do your respective tasks. Lin Shisan stay for a while."

Everyone dispersed, and only Lin Shisan and Gao Xiaoqi were left in the duty room.

Gao Xiaoqi took out a small bundle from under the desk and opened it, revealing five silver ingots weighing two taels each.

Lin Shisan could even smell the pickles on the silver ingot.

Gao Xiaoqi spoke in an official tone: "Thirteen. The court is in a bad situation now. The Japanese invaders are threatening the southeast; the Tatars in the north are looking for trouble and invading every now and then; there are locusts in Henan again. The court is short of money. The civil servants in the six ministries are paid with pepper and sumac as their salary this month. They are all infested with worms."

After saying this, Gao Xiaoqi picked up a silver ingot and shook it: "These days, having cash is a blessing. All the sixth and seventh rank officials in the six ministries, three temples and the Censorate will envy you."

(Attached: Silver ingots from Ming Dynasty)

Every time after taking on a private job and dividing the money, this old fellow Gao Xiaoqi would always complain non-stop. It was obvious that he was the one who benefited from it, but he acted as if Lin Shisan had taken great advantage of him.

Lin Shisan was used to it: "Yes. I have to thank you, Mr. Gao, for your support. Only then can I get cash every now and then."

Gao Xiaoqi started to make plans again: "I have no children and will retire in one or two years. Then you and I will recognize each other as godparents and I will let you inherit my position as Xiaoqi."

Lin Shisan cursed in his heart: Why do you like to make big promises? Hurry up and give me your share of the profits.

I am dying of laughter. They even let me inherit the hereditary position. The poor families in the Jinyiwei sell their hereditary positions to others. A small flag on the list can be sold for two to three thousand silver coins. After deducting the layers of commissions from the superiors, there is still one thousand taels left.

Although he cursed in his heart, the smooth-talking Lin Shisan could not say it out loud. He smiled and said, "You are still vigorous and energetic, and you can still serve the emperor for another thirty years."

Gao Xiaoqi finally pushed the five silver ingots in front of Lin Shisan and said, "This is the profit from the work at Liuxinju. Keep it."

Lin Shisan put the ten taels of silver into the leather bag and bowed: "Master Gao, I will go down to do my job first?"

Just as Gao Xiaoqi was about to nod, he heard a shout from outside the door: "Send the order to the thousand-household army. All the soldiers in the elephant training station should dress neatly and gather at the training ground!"

As soon as the military order was given, everyone immediately straightened their clothes, lined up with small flags, and ran quickly towards the training ground.

No matter how lazy the people at the elephant training school are on weekdays, they still have to behave like they are well-trained when it comes to things like parade ground gatherings.

Lin Shisan guessed that it must be a senior official from the Jinyiwei who came to the elephant training center to inspect the soldiers and horses.

A moment later, at the elephant training ground.

One thousand comrades and two hundred elephant slaves from vassal states gathered in the parade ground.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, Jinyiwei officers above the rank of hundred households were granted Feiyu clothing and embroidered spring swords.

There were one thousand households, two deputy thousand households, and ten hundred households, a total of thirteen "flying fish" in the office, sitting in a row on the proofreading platform, looking very majestic.

Twenty general flags and one hundred small flags each led their brothers and stood with their heads held high and their chests puffed out.

As a low-ranking lieutenant, Lin Shisan had no contact with the thirteen "Flying Fish" in the institute on weekdays. Only when they gathered at the training ground could he have the opportunity to see the colorful Feiyu uniforms.

The captain of the elephant training station was named Chang Qingyun, who was fifty years old at the time. He was extremely thin. His grandfather Chang Feng was the chief of the Jinyiwei during the Hongzhi and Zhengde dynasties.

It is rumored that Chang Qingyun was a close friend of Emperor Wuzong when he was young.

Such a person should serve as a senior official in the Jinyiwei, or at least be in charge of the Zhenfu Division.

In the 28th year of Jiajing, before Chang Ju Lao, who was 84 years old, passed away, he asked his apprentice, Jinyiwei Governor Lu Bing, to transfer Chang Qingyun to the least powerful elephant training station as a thousand households.

Chang Julao also asked Emperor Jiajing to pass the title of marquis to a relative of the same clan instead of his eldest grandson Chang Qingyun.

To outsiders, Chang Ju Lao was confused before his death. Only Chang Qingyun knew that his grandfather did it for his own good. Next to Chang Qingyun sat a man in plain clothes. The man was about 40 years old, with an empty sleeve on his left side, and it was obvious that he had lost his left arm.

The one-armed man said, "Captain Chang, my master is just here to borrow someone from you. Why is there such a big fuss?"

Chang Qingyun said sincerely: "Your master was the most meritorious official of the court during the Gengshu Rebellion. Without him, the Tatars would have invaded the capital. You are here to work at the elephant training station on his behalf. Gathering all the comrades in the station is the minimum respect for you and him."

The one-armed man nodded and said, "Thank you. Call that man out, and the rest of you can go away."

Chang Qingyun shouted, "Everyone, disperse. Captain Linlin."

Chang Qingyun forgot his name and was very embarrassed. He lowered his voice and asked the one-armed man, "Lin what?"

The one-armed man answered: "Lin Shisan."

Chang Qingyun nodded and shouted, "Captain Lin Shisan, stay!"

Both the twelve "Flying Fishes" and the thousands of comrades were very surprised. With such a large gathering on the parade ground, in the end, Chang Qianhu only left one captain?
Could it be that this captain has made some serious mistake?
Even Lin Shisan himself was shocked. His mind raced, thinking about who he had offended recently and what terrible mistakes he had made.

After thinking about it, he realized that apart from taking some of the rich people's rewards for finding favor, he had not made any big mistakes. Besides, this small matter would not alarm Captain Chang at all.

Since I didn't make any mistakes, there was only one reason why Captain Chang kept me: a nobleman's pet was lost.

This nobleman must be of a very high status. So high that Chang Qianhu dared not neglect him and had to come out in person to give me instructions.

Thinking of this, Lin Shisan calmed down a lot.

Lin Shisan stepped out and said, "Captain Lin Shisan is here."

Everyone obeyed and dispersed. Only the captain Chang Qingyun, the one-armed man, and the captain Lin Shisan were left on the parade ground.

Chang Qingyun shouted, "Come closer!"

Lin Shisan walked quickly to the proofreading platform, bowed his head and knelt down.

The one-armed man looked Lin Shisan up and down and said, "You are Lin Shisan. You are so young. Last winter, the Dingxi Marquis's guard dog was lost for ten days and ten nights and even escaped from the city. Did you find it on the West Mountain?"

Lin Shisan replied: "In reply to the master's words, that's right."

The Ming Dynasty used "master" as a respectful title for officials, and "old man" as a respectful title for wealthy gentry.

Lin Shisan didn't know the one-armed man's background, so calling him "Master" was the most appropriate thing to do.

Chang Qingyun said, "You should call me Mr. Yang."

In official circles, "Xiansheng" is one level higher than "laoye". Only officials with extremely long experience, great contributions and great dignity can be called "Xiansheng".

Lin Shisan looked calm: "Yes, Mr. Yang."

Chang Qingyun ordered: "From today on, you will follow Mr. Yang to do an errand. If you fail to complete the errand, your membership card will be taken back and you will be expelled from the elephant training center."

Lin Shisan thought to himself: Mr. Yang mentioned the guard dog of Marquis Dingxi, so his job must be to find a pet for me.

Haha, there is no pet that I, Lin Shisan, cannot find.

This was obviously a great achievement from the heavens, which was meant to allow me to shine in front of Chang Qianhu.

For such a good thing, I have to help my fat disciple Sun Yue.

(End of this chapter)