The Great Seminary

Chapter 62: To be an official, reflect the creation

The tent for the buffet was dismantled, and the tables and chairs were neatly arranged. It was already late at night.

The sky is full of bright and shining stars.

The two aunts and cousins ​​were so tired that their eyelids were fighting each other, so they went back to their room to sleep.

Zhang Gui and his mother sat in the yard, beside a large vat filled with shrimp paste, looking at the stars above their heads and talking in private.

"Son, you are now a military scholar, and the court treats you well.

Otherwise, stop rebelling."

“Amu, I am not rising for myself, but for the people of the entire Ming and Song dynasties.

For justice in the world!"

"Alas, when our Stone Corpse Tribe's ancestors invaded the north, they probably used similar excuses.

Who would believe that?
“My ancestors certainly didn’t have such lofty ambitions as I do.

Besides, it’s too late for me to stop now.”

"What?"

Just as Yang Duojie finished speaking, the sound of galloping horses in the distance suddenly broke the darkness of the night.

Zhang Gui suddenly stood up and looked in the direction of the horse's hoofbeats, "It sounds like it should be the direction of Wangbei Village.

It finally happened.”

Early the next morning, Zhang Gui left a note for Zhang Jiujiang and Zhang Qitong.

It is said that yesterday was the eleventh day of the first lunar month, and the two men had to travel hundreds of miles to collect tribute for him, and were busy for a whole day.

Especially Zhang Jiujiang, it obviously doesn’t matter whether he follows or not.

Moreover, he had to return to Qingdou Academy immediately after the Lantern Festival, and he would not be able to see his parents for at least several months.

But he accompanied him throughout the whole process out of loyalty, which touched Zhang Gui but made him feel reluctant to accept his kindness.

So during the few hours he spent returning to Pingyang Town from Longmenbo yesterday, he specifically asked Zhang Qitong in detail about the process of submitting a petition to the government office in Siyang County.

Thinking that there were precedents for this kind of thing, I didn't want to trouble others again.

Please ask Zhang Qitong and Zhang Jiujiang to stay at home today and spend the New Year with their families.

He went to the county town to complete the process himself.

After that, Zhang Gui never called for the official vehicle of the Pingyang Zhang family again.

Instead, he spent money to take a horse-drawn carriage between cities and rushed to Siyang County City.

Just half an hour after Zhang Gui left Pingyang Town, news began to spread:
The Zhang family of Pingyang had just traded over a hundred shopkeepers and clerks from Wangbei Village to the Rong family of Shuanghu;
Dozens of warriors guarding the village;

More than 10,000 young and strong slaves;
Including the livestock and vehicles that fill the farm;
All the countless silver coins stored in the counter mysteriously disappeared.

It is truly strange and incredible.

The entire Pingyang Town was immediately engulfed in heated discussions...

The county seat of Siyang County was the place where domestic maritime trade of Ming and Song dynasties gathered, and where mountains of gold and seas of silver converged.

The entire city was built according to the "Nine Palaces" orientation.

It can be divided into three major areas both horizontally and vertically.

Each district is divided into nine markets according to the "Nine Palaces" pattern.

According to the customs of the Ming and Song dynasties, the two factors that distinguished the market towns were their purpose and the class of the residents.

But in Siyang County City, apart from the most central market town, there are many government offices.

The remaining eighty markets are used for business.

The lights here are on all day long, like a city that never sleeps.

The streets and alleys are full of Yangjing, just like a world exposition.

noon.

Zhang Gui followed the endless stream of people, passed through the exaggeratedly large city gate without any hindrance, and stepped into this golden land.

A dragon-bull mechanical carriage, similar to the bus in the previous life, was parked on the side of the road, waiting for the passengers to fill up before setting off.

The Zhang family of Pingyang originally obtained a similar mechanical device, the 'Ironwood Turtle Ship'.

Only by successfully engaging in maritime transport can one regroup and take root again in the Southern Kingdom of Ming and Song. Unexpectedly, similar secret techniques were used here to make a few small profits by carrying passengers.

Amazed, Zhang Gui moved closer curiously.

A young girl who was soliciting customers saw that he was wearing a black satin suit and must have some money in his purse, so she immediately greeted him sweetly:
"Sir, come and ride on the dragon-ox cart.

The omen is good, and the run is steady.

A road to the block only costs ten copper coins.

I've toured the entire Siyang County City."

This car is not cheap.

But it is true that all valuable places are valuable.

Zhang Gui smiled and sat in.

The size of the carriage is like a minibus from the previous life, and the seats are also very crowded.

The locomotive was full of people and started slowly, but it didn't speed up. It just kept moving slowly.

Zhang Gui then realized that the so-called Longniu locomotive was most likely a defective product.

No wonder the girl who was soliciting customers only talked about safety and didn't mention speed.

After wandering around for an hour and spending a little over three taels of silver, Zhang Gui finally arrived at the Yellow Eel Shop in the heart of the county town...

Huanglianfang, Huang means "emperor" and "lian" means "good".

One of the main streets, Renzheng Street, is where the Siyang County Government Office and the Siyang County City Government Office are located.

The two yamen stood side by side, one large and one small.

The Siyang County government office is solemn and imposing.

The government office in Siyang County, which was known as "a county government office attached to the city and full of evil deeds", was dilapidated, dingy and dusty.

Originally, the rank of the county government office was half a grade higher than that of the county.

But because the boss of Guo is not allowed to extend his influence, no one with any connections wants to suffer this injustice...

Compared with the bustling markets in the county town, which are constantly crowded with people and full of noise, the "Eel Market" is quite deserted.

The large sycamore trees planted by the roadside had already lost all their leaves and were stuck in the ground like three-meter-long sticks.

The neat bluestone road is spotless.

Most of the few pedestrians on the road were riding in cars or sedan chairs, and the only ones who showed up were maids and servants.

People like Zhang Gui who come from office look a bit shabby.

He got off the car, straightened his clothes, and came to the side door of the Siyang County government office to handle official business.

Our own concierge asked the reason.

According to the rules he had inquired about yesterday, Zhang Gui bribed three taels of silver, no more, no less, and handed over the letter of reason and the badge symbolizing his status as a martial arts scholar.

The content of the post was that according to the wishes of the Zhang family in Pingyang, he wrote a letter to the government office and took the initiative to cut off his path to the imperial examination, which he had never taken.

He volunteered to serve the imperial court directly as a military scholar.

Zhang Gui's heartless and cheap father, Zhang Bashan, had failed to pass the civil service examination for decades and had wasted his time.

Finally, he submitted a letter to the government office and became a ninth-rank envoy of the Ministry of Agriculture, who usually encouraged farmers to work in the surrounding villages of Pingyang Town and supervised the petty officials to avoid excessive exploitation of the people when collecting taxes.
Zhang Gui was a military scholar who was selected as a tribute student.

He is a person who can be reverse discriminated against and is worth much more than a serious scholar.

The clan arranged for an eighth-rank navy 'bandit-suppressing captain', who was also a seal-holding officer whose words were enforced.

The location of the military camp under his command is far away from the bustling city, close to the mountains and the sea. They are still registered with the Ministry of War of the imperial court, but they do not receive any money for their maintenance.

According to Zhang Gui's understanding, it is somewhat similar to the "self-financing public institution" in his previous life.

It made him feel that no matter how different the multiverse and different worlds are, there are always similarities in the government systems.

Because everything has been arranged in advance.

So after Zhang Gui surrendered, his nationality changed smoothly, and he went from a commoner to an official.

Then he was smoothly taken by the official of the county government office to the Siyang County Military Headquarters to be registered in the military register.

He suddenly became an eighth-rank reserve officer of the Ming-Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)