Daming Yinghua

Chapter 135 Eight Prefectural Inspections
The Zhus and his wife had always been very strict with their bodyguards and servants in the mansion, so Fan Bin, the head of the bodyguard who escorted them to Dengzhou this time, was not in a domineering manner.

Chief Guard Fan bowed his hands to the seventh-rank officials, and said in a calm tone: "My lord, we are the driver of the general of Yanzhou Lufan Township."

"What about General Zhen Guo? Today is the [-]th day, and the local old parents are paying homage to the City God. Since you are a branch of the suzerain vassal, you should know how to respect my yang and yin officials in Ming Dynasty."

The City God, originally a god who guards the city, has evolved into an image in charge of things in the underworld in this world, so the City God is also called the "Yin Official".

Yangguan naturally refers to the magistrate of the county, that is, "old parents".

Chief Guard Fan saw that Liang knew his master's identity, and the other party was still so reasonable, he couldn't help being impatient, and his tone was three points cold: "What kind of official position is the master in this county?"

The blue-robed seventh-rank official said indifferently: "This official, like you, also passed by here. As for who this official is, it has nothing to do with right or wrong. Why, do you want to see who serves?"

Fan Bin's anger was heated up again.He has a relative who is a participant in the Northland. When he went to the Beijing Central Military Department on business, he was often made things difficult by those low-ranking civil servants.

They are warriors, and they are becoming more and more disgusted with these civil servants of Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Haizhu, who was behind Fan Bin, saw that Zhu Yipai, the head of the guard, had pressed his hand back onto the handle of his waist knife, and his fist was obviously clenched.

She hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to the blue-robed official, and said respectfully: "Master, the chief guard asked the master's honorific title, and knew where to mention it, in order to report clearly to General Zhen Guo. This is his duty. Devotion to duty is also a courtesy, since the master has taught us that etiquette is the most important thing when we go out, please teach Yuan Yuan, and we will go to General Zhen Guo to give him an instruction."

The blue-robed official smiled slightly.

He has seen many servants and servants of the emperor's relatives, high-ranking officials and nobles who are arrogant, but he did not expect that the people who came out of the general's house today are not ugly, especially the young woman in front of him. good.

He stared at Zheng Haizhu: "Are you the woman in charge of the mansion?"

Zheng Haizhu said neither humble nor overbearing: "Cao Min's surname is Zheng, he is a cloth merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is fortunate to travel with General Zhen Guo and his wife. Cao Min dared to ask, is the master the patrol inspector of the Eight Houses on behalf of the emperor?"

The Eight Houses Xunyan is a common name among the people for Xunyan Yushi.Because when the country was founded, there were usually eight prefectures in a province, so the supervisory censors sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to each province were called "eight prefectural inspectors".

Although the official rank of the inspector censor is only seven ranks, he has great powers. He can picket the words and deeds of hundreds of local officials and report to the court and the emperor. Gradually, even the local business, education, people's livelihood, customs, etc. god listen.Don't say anything about military officers and generals, even the second and third grade civil servants of the Futai Daotai will be polite when they see the patrol censor.

Zheng Haizhu had just seen that after Fan Binliang recognized Zhu Yipai's identity, the arrogance on the face of this seventh-rank civil servant did not change at all, so he guessed that he would not be a local official like Huang Zunsu, let alone a member of any temple or department. Low-level Beijing officials.

This kind of painting style of "I am not afraid of heavenly kings and fathers" should be hanged by Ke Dao Yushi.

Hearing Zheng Haizhu's questioning, the blue-robed official raised his eyebrows slightly, and the Sichuan pattern that could pinch mosquitoes finally flattened out a little.

"You guessed right. My official is the censor of Shandong Province. My surname is Huang, and my name is Ya Liang. You go to the car and inform General Zhen Guo, and retreat quickly."

Huang Yaliang... Zheng Haizhu quickly searched his memory.

unfamiliar.

She, a small playwright majoring in history, can wear it to the late Ming Dynasty, and she has a golden finger. At least she can know that Huang Zongxi’s father is Huang Zunsu, and Xu Guangqi’s student is Sun Yuanhua. Know the situation in Liaodong in the next few years.

But it is also impossible to enter "Huang Yaliang" like a search engine, and his life story will be displayed.

However, the information of "Shandong Xunyan Yushi" is too important, no wonder this person is not afraid of the Lu Fan clan.

Besides, they may have patrolled the Dengliao Sea Road.

Not only can't offend, but also must climb up to make friends.

Zheng Haizhu hurriedly went to see Fan Bin. Fan Bin was a martial artist, after all, he was the head of the guard in the vassal mansion, and he had a rough grasp of the basic connotations of civil and military positions in the Ming Dynasty.

Hearing that the other party was an "Inspector of the Eight Houses", he quickly knelt down and said without hesitation: "Master Wang, the little one is rude and rude, and if he offends the master Yushi, I hope the master will forgive you. I will report it to you now." General and Madame."

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In the evening, outside the official post in Ye County, the bearers stomped their hands and feet to keep warm in the bitterly cold wind of late autumn.

After waiting for a while, I saw the magistrate, the county magistrate, and the master book three masters come out of the post station.

"Don't go to the Qingfeng Tower, let's take the Eldest Master and the Second Master back to the house." The master book ordered the bearers of the two sedan chairs.

After the sedan chair left, other four or five sedan chair bearers gathered around, and the leader carefully said: "Third Master, you see, the little ones have drank the northwest wind for so long. There are the most people who hire sedan chairs..."

The master waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, everyone has a reward, you can find a shop to weigh and cut it, and divide it yourself."

As he said that, he actually took out the bag, picked up half of the official silver ingot with the inscription in the middle, and threw it to the leader of the bearers.

Half a tael of silver, and each person can get three cents of silver, which is already more than the hard wages that bearers can earn in a day.

The bearers were thankful, and the leader was naturally sensible, and obsequiously opened a car curtain: "The third master has a noble golden body, and he can't be frozen. The younger one will take you home."

Along the way, the bearer did not forget to ask curiously: "Third Master, I heard that the two important figures in the official post who are going to have a banquet gave way to our county elder on the stone street at noon?"

Sitting in the sedan chair, the master of Ye County was born as a local scholar, and he has no pretensions to the folks in the village. He usually goes to wine shops and restaurants, and also chats with ordinary people. stand up.

"My lord didn't think about what happened at noon. It was on the way to worship the city god, and I saw a blockage at the other end of the stone street from a distance. In the end, I sent someone over to ask, it was terrible, it was the inspector censor of Shandong. , reprimanded Yanzhou Lu Fan’s Zhen Guo general."

In fact, the bearer had never been out of Ye County for most of his life, and he didn't know what kind of officials and ranks the patrol censor and the general of the town were, so he just pretended to be exaggerated and said in the words of the master: "It's terrible, it's terrible, then Our Eldest Master, how did you deal with it?"

The master made a "chuck" sound: "Disposition? Our elder, he was afraid that he would be punished by the general of Zhen Guo, so he hurriedly got off the sedan chair and rushed over to see him. This Wang Yushi was in micro-clothes when he arrived in Ye County yesterday. Our little bastard It is common for the county to not look at the way of coming and going. How could the elder know that the provincial inspector is here. Wang Yushi put on his official uniform today, as if he was going to see the county's documents such as the tax deed of field skin and bone, but as soon as he went out Just help our Elder Lord to offend the prince once."

The bearer continued to act as a surprised and qualified audience: "Oh, just now, the Elder Master personally went to apologize to the nobles, but he didn't invite the nobles to the Qingfeng Tower for a feast. Could it be that the general of the country is still angry? "

The master said: "This is the wonderful place. At noon, General Zhen Guo appeared on the street. Not only did he not confront Wang Yushi, but he behaved like a rabbit. Grand Master. Just now the Grand Master took us in, Wang Yushi actually said that he wanted to have a conversation with General Zhen Guo, so he had dinner at the inn, so as not to let the county pay the bill. What's more, the Zhen Guo The general told the old man that he met a lot of victims outside the city, and when he entered the city, he saw that the houses of the county school were broken. He was afraid that the students would be frozen in winter, so he would donate [-] gold to the county to provide porridge and repair houses."

The bearer was really surprised this time.

He thought that honest officials, virtuous kings and the like only sang to deceive people in operas.

It turned out that it could really fall from the sky.

No wonder, when the county magistrate and county magistrate got on the sedan chair just now, their faces were beaming.

In the car behind him, the chief secretary continued to chatter: "It is common sense for Wang Yushi to be serious and to regard himself as Hai Rui. What is strange is that the counselor brought out by the general of Lu Fan in Yanzhou was a woman. At the table, you can also discuss side matters with Wang Yushi."

(End of this chapter)