Lin Dong felt embarrassed. Zhou Zhengye was also the new county magistrate. Although he was given the spiritual skills he provided, he rashly suggested how to become an official, and it seemed a bit arrogant to take credit and not to make others feel unhappy.

Zhou Zhengye was awe and guilty towards Lin Dong because of what happened half a year ago, so he didn't dare to face him at all. But Fu Chunjian found Lin Dong's strangeness and couldn't help asking: "Does Manager Lin have any suggestions?"

"It's a bit, but it's not easy to say." Lin Dong said the truth: "I'm afraid that it will make County Magistrate Zhou feel unhappy."

Zhou Zhengye suddenly stood up like a frightened rabbit, not daring to tell.

The two looked surprised, unable to understand why Zhou Zhengye's reaction was so intense. If Lin Dong hadn't known Zhou Zhengye's character and had trusted Fu Chunjian's vision, he would have even doubted whether he was very powerful. Otherwise, if he was not for fame or profit, there would be no need to be so respectful to himself.

"Zhengye, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Fu Chunjian said with concern.

"No, no..." Zhou Zhengye also understood that he was a little nervous, so he quickly picked up the teacup in front of him and took a heavy sip.

Fu Chunjian didn't believe it, but he didn't look into it. He looked at Lin Dong: "If you have any suggestions from Manager Lin, I know the true nature of the business, and I will definitely not be dissatisfied with Manager Lin because of this. What's more, he, the county magistrate himself, got it from Manager Lin."

"Don't mention spiritual skills in the future." After thinking about it, Lin Dong asked Fu Chunjian with a smile: "Dean Fu, have you been an official before?"

Fu Chunjian was stunned, then smiled bitterly and nodded: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have given this chore to my job."

Lin Dong nodded: "Director Fu thinks, how long can County Magistrate Zhou do?"

Fu Chunjian pondered for a moment and said helplessly: "If you have no contact with the county master, this position will be one year, and the next term will be three years. Then, the county master should send someone to ask if there are any spiritual skills. If not, the official will be over."

"Why?" Lin Dong asked.

"With a righteous personality, it is enough to be a thorn in the eyes of most wealthy families in the city of Xilan, and the flesh of the officials under his command. Outside, the boss will be disgusted with it... If the county maid is not suppressed, I am afraid that this position will be the leader."

Lin Dong nodded and said seriously: "I know what kind of character you honest literati have. You disdain to curry favor with your superiors, disdain to be corrupt officials, and are even more unwilling to be slandered with the unscrupulous businessman. But isn't it better to be flexible? You should accept bribes when you should curry favor with your superiors. Only when you sit in a longer or even larger position can you benefit the people."

"It's not that simple, without mentioning factional disputes. Take bribery as an example..." Fu Chunjian sorted out his thoughts and said, "If an inn covets the business of Linji Inn and spends a thousand taels of silver to make the yamen runners come to the door every day to make things difficult for the shopkeeper Lin to think it's better to accept it?"

"this……"

Lin Dong suddenly realized that he had a simple and innocent time. He understood what Fu Chunjian meant that businessmen were all the people who could not get up early without profit, just like him, and he was thinking all day long about how to knock down Fenglin Restaurant and take the inn business to a higher level.

Without greater returns, who would be so stupid as to give this thousand taels of silver? If Zhou Zhengye received this money, he would have to help the people who gave the money make more money, that is, to overthrow Linji Inn. If he didn't take the money and didn't do anything, he would still be unable to change his mind and become a thorn in the eyes of those big players.

A serious businessman may applaud a good official, but nowadays, very few serious businessmen have grown bigger, so there is no influence.

"Then the officials under his command are. If they make money, they will not harm the interests of the people." Fu Chunjian said quietly: "The boss is even more troublesome. Flattering is still a trivial matter. What's more important is that filial piety cannot be missing in three festivals a year, especially when the term is about to expire, the entire government office will be in the middle of the county magistrate. If you want to succeed as a county magistrate, you can't even think about it. If you want to be promoted, you have to go to the county office and spend more money. Where will this silver be produced?"

Lin Dong was stunned.

Fu Chunjian sighed and said, "Unless the backend is hard enough, it won't be done for a long time."

Lin Dong gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "Big, when the term of office expires, I will give away spiritual skills. Spiritual skills are useless, so I will pay money!"

"It's not that simple. You can't just take the lead or even get promoted by paying money. It depends on whether you follow the right person." Fu Chunjian shook his head and said, "Most of the time when you dismissed from office and beheaded is because of party struggles and follow the wrong person. Even if you are a county magistrate, you are willing to pay a sky-high price of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

"I wonder how many years Dean Fu has been an official?" Lin Dong asked.

Fu Chunjian looked at Lin Dong deeply, saying that he wanted to come out of the mountain!

"If you can't say anything, forget it." Lin Dong said helplessly.

Fu Chunjian's face turned red, he was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "I understand what Manager Lin means. To be honest, I really don't want to pay attention to these things anymore. But Manager Lin is willing to seek fame and fortune to produce spiritual skills and money for the people of Xilan City. This kind of mind... I, Fu Chunjian, have to sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman."

Lin Dong's face turned red. It was true that he didn't seek fame. He had both spiritual skills and money. He didn't really want nothing.

If Zhou Zhengye is really a good official and capable, Xilan City will definitely become richer. As long as Linji Inn firmly dominated the preferred place for the big families in Xilan County to have dinner and banquets, there may be nothing in the short term, but as time goes by, the private rooms that require seating fees will definitely increase gradually.

What's more, Lin Dong didn't plan to pay the money himself. He just wanted to give Zhou Zhengye some advice. There were so many unscrupulous businessmen in Xilan City that they could not waste...

"I'm not hiding it to the shopkeeper Lin." Fu Chunjian smiled and said, "I was the chief clerk of the Taifang Mansion at the age of 18, and the highest position was the Minister of Revenue at the age of 30. After that, I was up and down. At the age of 40, I abandoned my official position and came to Xilan County to become the dean of Qiushui College. When it comes to party struggles, although I ignored it, it is no problem to see the truth and reality clearly."

Lin Dong and the others were stunned. Xilan City, Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon! The 30-year-old Minister of Revenue is a second-rank official. Neither the late emperor nor the Qianwei Emperor are considered wise kings. How did this official come to be?

"You both should be curious about how I became the Minister of Revenue?" Fu Chunjian smiled and said, "If the prince is over 16 years old, if he passes the assessment, he will be a general in the army during the war and a magistrate in the prosperous era, both of them should know."

Lin Dong nodded. Although his ex didn't understand political affairs, he had heard of this rule.

Although the Han Dynasty was born as the eldest son, he was named the crown prince and had the qualifications to inherit the throne. However, other princes were not without a chance. During the war years, they could become generals after they passed the assessment. During the peaceful and prosperous times, they could choose any prefecture as the prefect.

If you can be granted the title of commander in troubled times, and you can be granted the title of prime minister in prosperous times, and far exceed the crown prince, you will also be qualified to become the crown prince.
Chapter completed!