The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 23: As soon as I got to work, someone offered me their seat
Fortunately, although Jia Zheng is pedantic, he is not a jealous person.

He bowed and congratulated, "Congratulations, nephew. Since we will serve in the same court and live so close to each other, you should visit each other more often."

Li Jingxiao hurriedly returned the greeting, "Since Lord Zheng has invited me, I am bound to trouble you."

Seeing how straightforward he was, Jia Zheng couldn't help but feel even happier.

Moreover, both of them were appointed by the emperor, so they were naturally despised by the civil servants, and psychologically they naturally wanted to get closer to them.

He took Li Jingxiao aside and talked for a long time before saying goodbye to him.

Jia Lian pulled Jia Heng aside and gave him some instructions.

Let him do his best while he is with Li Jingxiao, and he will definitely have a good life in the future.

The servants in Rongguo Mansion who were watching from the side were envious to death.

Jia Heng suddenly felt his back straighten a lot.

While following Li Jingxiao, he muttered to himself that the master should hire more followers so that he wouldn't have to walk to the yamen.

Li Jingxiao didn't take it seriously at first.

But Jia Heng also said that if it was windy, rainy or snowy and there was no sedan chair, the official's robe would be wet when he arrived at the yamen.

Thinking about it this way, I really need to prepare a sedan chair.

However, according to the standards of an eighth-rank official, the sedan chair he could ride in was too small and not very comfortable.

Forget it. If it’s windy, rainy or snowy, I’ll just take a leave and not go.

Anyway, the director, adjutant and third-in-command of the Daoluo Division value me so much, so it will definitely be no problem for me to take a few days off.

When he arrived at the yamen, he greeted his colleagues and went into the east wing of the front yard.

Zuo Yuanyi and Tian Guoying not only arrived early, but also began to handle official business in the yamen.

Seeing Li Jingxiao come in, he stood up and greeted him with a smile, then began to introduce him to the official documents that needed to be processed.

After listening to this, Li Jingxiao looked around and then whispered, "Lord Tian knows that I am wearing this official robe because of the grace of the Emperor.

Otherwise, Lord Tian will have to work hard in the future and help me deal with it all.

In return, I will treat Lord Tian to a meal every day at noon?
Or maybe have someone send over some wine and food from Zuixianlou so we can have some together?"

Before Li Jingxiao came, Tian Guoying was in charge of all official documents.

And there really isn't much going on.

Even though Tian Guoying was dealing with official documents early in the morning, most of the time he could finish them in an hour at most.

Then I would drink tea, read the court bulletin, read books and practice calligraphy.

He was bored all day long, so he had no objection to Li Jingxiao's arrival and felt that it would be nice to have one more person to talk to.

Tian Guoying smiled and waved his hands, "There aren't many things to do anyway, I'll help you deal with them all, it won't take much time.

I have no problem treating you to drinks, but if I ask you to treat me every day, I can’t afford to return the favor.”

Li Jingxiao knew it was just a compliment as soon as he heard it.

He called Jia Heng over and gave him 10 taels of silver, which he first deposited into the account of Zuixianlou.

From now on, unless it is a holiday, ask Zuixianlou to deliver four dishes, one soup, a pot of wine, and a large portion of rice at noon.

For Li Jingxiao, being able to use money to increase the favor of his colleagues is a good thing.

What neither Li Jingxiao nor Tian Guoying expected was.

At two quarters past four in the morning, Rao Guangxian came to the door with a smile and read out a transfer order.

He actually sent Tian Guoying back to the Ministry of Rites to serve as the adjutant of the Teaching Department.

Li Jingxiao and Tian Guoying were both stunned, then one of them felt surprised and the other was overjoyed.

The Teaching Department is specifically responsible for the etiquette training of officials. It does not have much power, but it is also a department with some benefits.

Although most of the officials I came into contact with were newly-minted Jinshi and officials from other places who came to Beijing to report on their work.

However, most of these officials who came to Beijing had enough money in their pockets to build connections in the capital.

In order to avoid being harassed by officials from the Ministry of Rites, just think about how great the benefits are.

As for the newly minted Jinshi, getting to know a few more of them might take a long time to pay off, but if these people were sent out or stayed in Beijing, they would still be considered connections. So after hearing this, Tian Guoying bowed deeply to Rao Guangxian.

When he later accepted Li Jingxiao's congratulations, his eyes were full of gratitude.

Tian Guoying was not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed that this was to make room for Li Jingxiao.

But being able to be transferred from the Daoluo Si to the Jiaoxi Si at the same level is equivalent to going back to work at the Ministry of Rites.

Compared with the Daoluo Si under the Ministry of Rites, the prospects are many times greater.

Not to mention that the teaching department is quite profitable, so the family's life will be much better in the future.

Send away the impatient Tian Guoying.

Then Rao Guangxian smiled and said, "You are the only official in this office now. You must not be lazy in the future. In three to five months, you will be able to be promoted from Right Yuanyi to Left Yuanyi."

Li Jingxiao hurriedly thanked him. Although his rank was still eighth, he was now the head of a department.

After seeing off Rao Guangxian, Li Jingxiao called two clerks and began to find out what official matters he needed to handle.

When he heard that it was just a summary of the documents on the increase and decrease of Taoist priests reported by the prefecture, state and county, Li Jingxiao immediately understood why Tian Guoying said that there were not many things to do.

This matter can be easily handled by any experienced clerk, let alone the chief, deputy chief and four assisting clerks.

Waving his hand to let the two clerks go about their business, Li Jingxiao picked up the official document handled by Tian Guoying, read it through, and called Jia Heng in.

He was asked to take all the official documents and hand them over to four clerks for processing.

Once it’s processed, give it to yourself to read.

Then he started to practice his internal skills by playing badly.

The lunch delivered by Zuixianlou at noon was also cheap for Jia Heng.

Jia Heng knew how much Li Jingxiao ate, so he specifically asked Zuixianlou to prepare three servings.

Li Jingxiao invited Jia Heng to eat together, but the boy refused to go.

After persuading him a few times, Li Jingxiao stopped persuading him.

Modern society still maintains superficial equality for all, but in ancient times, people were divided into different classes.

Otherwise, what is the point of having an emperor and nobles?
Why take the imperial examination?
Do you really think that the imperial examination is for serving the country?

It's clearly for the sake of being the superior person.

After Li Jingxiao finished eating, Jia Heng cleaned up the remaining one-third of the food and stayed in the ear room, feeling a little full.

Before I knew it, half a month had passed.

Li Jingxiao, who spent the whole day in the government office practicing internal energy, couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the proficiency level of the Immortal Changchun Gong - Minor Success (113/500).

When it comes to improving the proficiency of two kinds of talismans, the amount of true energy required to move from minor success to mastery is obviously doubled.

The speed is much slower.

Apotropaic Mastery (600/2000)

Fire Talisman Mastery (600/2000)

As for boxing, swordsmanship, martial arts and Shaolin stick techniques.

Cotton Palm-Minor Success (355/500)

Finger-Rolling Soft Sword-Minor Success (330/500)

Chasing the Stars and the Moon - Mastery (185/2000)

Shaolin staff technique, minor success (172/500).

It is actually quite pleasant to practice all day long, but it is a pity that the speed of upgrading the character level has slowed down.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao is now the only official with a rank in a department.

He left early at three or four in the afternoon and no one cared about him at all.

Every day when I return to the Taoist temple, I can still treat seven or eight patients before dinner.

(End of this chapter)