Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 162 Under Daxing County Magistrate, Yang Lian

In the spring and March of the 41st year of Jiajing.There was a spring famine in Beizhili, and the people were famished, and hundreds of thousands of people fled the famine.

In the early morning of this day, He Liu and Lao Hu lazily went to Beizhen Fusi Yamen to go to work as usual after breakfast.

As soon as he left the house, He Liu found that the streets were full of disaster victims in ragged clothes.

Old Hu frowned: "Northern Zhili can be regarded as under the feet of the emperor, but the common people have no way to survive. Alas, this broken ship of the Ming Dynasty is really leaking everywhere."

He Liu sighed: "Old Hu, this is what you, the third master of Jinyiwei, are talking about. If it were someone else, he might lose his position and go to jail."

"Master, please do me a favor. I bought my two daughters. No, you don't need to buy them. You just need to give them a bite to eat, and they will be your cows and horses in the future." A disheveled disaster victim begged He Liu .

He Liu saw that the victims were really pitiful. His two daughters were about the same age as Xiangxiang, but they were skinny.

He took out a ten tael silver ingot and handed it to the victim: "Buy some food. I will give you this silver."

The victim kowtowed like garlic: "Master good man, I kowtow to you! You are a good man, you will be rewarded, and your life will last forever!"

He Liu waved his hands and continued to walk forward.

Old Hu sighed: "You can save one person, but you can't save hundreds of thousands of people."

At this time, a large number of Yamen servants of Shuntian Prefecture and soldiers of the five cities and horses suddenly poured out on the street.

"According to the order of the Tianfu Yin, the streets in the capital will be cleaned, and all victims of the disaster will leave the city immediately! Violators will be severely punished!" A commander of the Wucheng Army Division shouted.

He Liu keenly discovered that the people from Shuntian Mansion and Wucheng Bingmasi were not holding knives and guns, but large wooden sticks.

The disaster victims finally trek to Beijing.At least there are many wealthy households in the capital, who can earn a living and have a way to survive.How could they leave the city so easily?
The commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division shouted at the top of his voice, and none of the victims moved.

The conductor waved his hand: "Boom!"

Hundreds of soldiers and yamen servants picked up big wooden sticks and greeted the victims.

"Bold! The disaster victims are also the emperor's subjects! Is this how you treat the emperor's subjects?!" A shout came like a thunderbolt.

He Liu saw that an official wearing a seventh-rank official uniform walked out of the victims.This man is in his fifties, and his official uniform is already filthy and old.

The Commander of the Five Cities Bingma Division questioned, "Who are you?"

The seventh-rank official said loudly: "I am the magistrate of Daxing County, Yang Lian! What right do you have to drive the victims out of the city? Do you want to watch them starve to death?"

He Liu heard the word "Yang Lian", which seemed familiar.

The commander of the Wucheng Bingma Division is a military official of the seventh rank. Although he is also a Zhima official, he is considered a Beijing official.He considered himself superior to magistrates.He said mockingly: "How old was I at that time? It turned out to be a seventh-rank county magistrate! Those who didn't know thought it was the elders of the cabinet who came! Listen to me. At the foot of the dignified son of heaven, the first good district. There are many So many beggars are an eyesore! Cleaning the streets and driving people away is the Yin Ling of Shuntian Prefecture!"

Yang Lian walked up to the commander without fear: "Looking at your clothes, you are a military officer of the seventh rank. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, military officers are three ranks lower than civilian officials! Why don't you kneel when you see me?"

The commander said angrily: "Me? A majestic Beijing official kneels down to you as a county magistrate the size of a sesame seed? Are you burned out!"

Yang Lian also said angrily: "Let me tell you. There is no grain in the official warehouse of Daxing County. The common people can't survive. It is I, the county magistrate, who brought them into the capital to seek a way to survive! To drive them away, unless you step on the My body walks over!"

The conductor sneered: "Okay, then don't blame me for being rude! Brothers, call me! He is just a seventh-rank county magistrate, and my uncle's second uncle is a disciple of Mr. Yange. Go!"

Several soldiers swung their sticks as if to hit Yang Lian.

"Stop!" He Liuda shouted.

He Liu and Lao Hu walked up to the commander of Wucheng soldiers and horses.He Liu said angrily: "You are so courageous, a seventh-rank military officer, dare to beat Zhengtang county magistrate!"

The commander knelt down and said: "This subordinate has met the third master and the sixth master! You two don't know, this bird officer is really hateful and ruthless. He led the victims to make trouble in the capital! It is our five-city soldiers and horses who stabilize the ground in the capital." Duty. Shuntian Prefecture ordered us to clean the streets, so I can only..."

He Liu slapped the conductor with a "slap".He pointed to a group of victims: "These people are just begging along the street. Did they rob the big family? Or stole the shop? Where did they make trouble? Take your people and get out!"

Hearing this, the commander had no choice but to take the yamen servants and soldiers and leave in despair.

Yang Lian looked at the flying fish suits on He Liu and Lao Hu, and said coldly, "Thank you!"

Qingliu in the court has always been unbearable to be with Jin Yiwei.

He Liu cupped his hands and said, "It's just a matter of duty." After finishing speaking, he and Lao Hu turned their heads and went straight to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen.

He Liu asked Lao Hu as he walked, "Why is the name Yang Lian so familiar?"

Old Hu thought for a while and replied: "You forgot, we ransacked his house 12 years ago! Speaking of which, his father is an old senior in our Jinyiwei. You should call him brother!" "

Yang Lian, the son of Yang Shoucheng from one hundred households of Jinyiwei.After Yang Shoucheng's death, instead of inheriting his father's post as a guard and becoming a guard in a tiger skin that everyone feared, he chose another path—study hard in the cold window and take the imperial examination.Hard work pays off, and in the 17th year of Jiajing, he was the No. 13 Jinshi in the second class of high school.

That year's No. 14 No. [-] was Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian and Yang Lian are good friends.The origins of the two are very similar.They are also the children of Jin Yiwei, and they gave up the opportunity to inherit the guard and took part in the imperial examination.

The two have different personalities.Yang Lian is aloof and arrogant. He is a clean and honest official, but has little ability to handle affairs.Hu Zongxian is a seasoned and capable minister who seeks the country and can do things.

After Yang Lian became a Jinshi, he was sent by the official department to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be a sixth-rank censor.This man is jealous.All high-ranking officials and nobles dared to participate, offending countless people.Therefore, the official sixth-rank censor who has been working for 12 years has not been promoted.

In the 29th year of Jiajing, there was a change of Geng Shu.Tatar Altan Khan's iron cavalry hit the capital.After the Tatars withdrew, Yang Liancan was the general of Datong and the general of Pinglu, Qiu Luan, who colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country.

Qiu Luan is the son of Yan Song, a member of the second rank and chief assistant.How did Yang Lian, a sixth-rank imperial censor, be able to defeat others?
As a result, Yang Lian was imprisoned and ransacked his home.Qiu Luan was promoted to Prince Taibao.

The one who ransacked Yang Lian's house was He Liu, the official of Jin Yiwei who ransacked the house.He Liu once sighed with emotion: "Only by copying Yang Yushi's house can we know what an upright official is!"

Qiu Luan has great power in his hands, and gradually ignores his godfather Yan Song.Repeatedly being rude to Yan Song.Yan Song is a petty villain.He flipped through the old account of the Gengshu Revolution, "destroy relatives with great righteousness", and joined Lu Bing to play to the emperor that Qiu Luan had colluded with the enemy.

In a rage, the emperor wiped out Qiu Luan's family.

Yang Lian, who had been imprisoned for impeaching Qiu Luan, was naturally released without charge and returned to his post.

As soon as Lao Hu reminded him, He Liu remembered Yang Lian's past.He sighed: "Other people's officials are getting bigger and bigger. This Mr. Yang's officials are getting smaller and smaller! Jiajing was a sixth-rank censor in the 17th year of Jiajing, and he has been in the officialdom for 24 years. The magistrate of Qipin."

Old Hu smiled: "Those who become officials become smaller and smaller, and they are usually good people."

(End of this chapter)