Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

If it is a large county, the assistant officer may be sent by the imperial court.

Usually in small counties, the central court only dispatches one county magistrate, and other officials and officials such as Zuoer and Er are recommended by the local government.

Xincheng County is a small county, and the owner of Jia is Bo. Naturally, members of the Jia family, a large local family, represent the interests of the Jia family.

Therefore, Liu Erru wanted to ask his subordinate Jia Li for his opinion.

Jia Li said: "Whatever the elder says, I will naturally accept it."

He rolled his eyes and laughed immediately. The guy winked and said with a vulgar expression: "There are many types of acceptances. For example, as long as it is beneficial to us..."

If there is no benefit, why take it?

The two looked at each other and laughed.

……

Small but complete.

There are only 10 people in Xincheng County, but there are four major families: Jia, Yang, Ya, and Wang. Even the four bridges on the moat outside the city are named after these four families.

The Jia family was the most powerful. After Liu Youru and Jia Li discussed it, they summoned the representatives of the three families in the Yamen, and they came to the same conclusion -

If the imperial edict sent by Emperor Ming is beneficial to them, then accept it!

After all, no one dislikes his high official position - what if Emperor Ming brings a reward?

If they are asked to provide money and food...

Hey!

The banner of Dashun is hanging on the top of the city. If they don’t tie up the Ming envoy and hand it over to King Chuang, they are showing mercy and caring about old friendships outside the law!

……

Wang Lian, who had the qualities of a seventh-grade civil servant, stood expressionless, having already sentenced the Xincheng officials to death in his heart.

These grandsons have been delaying for so long and haven't come out yet.

Apparently His Majesty was right - they have already fallen in love with Thief Li!

I don’t know how long I waited, but finally a small Qingni sedan appeared at the city gate. Behind the small sedan, there were four bright sedans without a roof.

Zhang Yingxuan raised his eyebrows and finally came out!

As soon as the leader's sedan arrived outside the city gate, it was called to a stop.

The two bearers at the back exerted their strength, the bearer in front pressed down, and the threshold of the sedan touched the ground.

A yamen servant hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to lift the door curtain.

He protected the door frame with one hand and supported the magistrate with the other hand, and whispered: "Master, be careful of the threshold."

The county magistrate Liu Renru slowly walked out of the sedan chair.

Zhang Yingxuan raised his eyebrows and said to Wang Lian in a low voice: "Eunuch Wang, this guy is not a good official at first glance!"

Wang Lian sneered: "No, this ostentation is bigger than that of the godfather of the Za family!"

The two of them were complaining, and Liu Minru stood still by the bridge far away. Then she put up an awning and looked at Wang Lian, the leader, carefully.

But he found that the eunuch didn't know him, so he stopped.

The two sides are separated by a bridge, more than 30 steps apart.

"I wonder where this father-in-law comes from?" Liu Teru said nonsense.

Wang Lian sneered in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Someone is from the capital."

really!

Liu Erru thought in her mind: Is it the eunuch whom Emperor Ming asked for help?

You can't accept him!

With this in mind, Liu Youru did not ask Wang Lian and others to go into the city to rest. He stood firmly on the other side of the bridge and said in a questioning tone:

"But I don't know why my father-in-law is here?"

According to official customs, the clothes of eunuchs are usually not embellished. Once they are embroidered, even if they are ninth-grade quail embroidery, they still represent people with real power.

Because only the eunuchs of the 24th eunuch can be issued with supplements.

These people are all the emperor's cronies!

In other words - as long as the eunuch wears trousers, regardless of his or her rank, he is the emperor's confidant.

At present, such a eunuch, not to mention a small county magistrate, even a feudal official has to be careful with him.

However, at this moment, Wang Lian was not only being ignored, but also being rejected...

The world is really in trouble!

"There are two things that come to the Za family. Tell him about Zhang's experience." Wang Lian pointed at Zhang Yingxuan.

Zhang Yingxuan stood up from behind Wang Lian.

As soon as he saw Zhang Yingxuan's appearance clearly, Liu Youru's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his body tensed up instantly. After a while, he returned to his original state, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Please give me some advice from Zhang experience."

Liu Erru's actions could not be hidden from Wang Lian, who grew up in a deep palace, and naturally they could not be hidden from Zhang Yingxuan, an experienced official in the government's merit examination department who was responsible for inspecting officials' performance.

The county magistrate knows him!

Zhang Yingxuan thought about it and realized that he was promoted to experience at the end of last year. He had been working in the Ministry of Personnel for five years and what he did was Jingcheng.

In the official department of the Qing Dynasty, there is one chief official, Langzhong, and one deputy, Yuanwailang. The bookkeepers are uncertain (usually between three and five people), and there are 16 successors.

The job of the Kao Gong Qing Officials Division is to be in charge of the discussion and punishment of civil officials, and the three-year-old Beijing Inspector and the Grand Planner are in charge of their political orders.

To put it bluntly, it is similar to the organization department and party school training in later generations.

Naturally, the two big bosses are not responsible for specific assessments, but the chief clerk is responsible for writing official appointment orders.

The specific person responsible for the assessment is this little-known little Jingcheng!

Local civil servants have to go to Beijing every three years to report on their work and accept inspections. Therefore, Liu Churu naturally knew Zhang Yingxuan!

You must know that there were 1358 county magistrates in the Ming Dynasty alone!

As for Jingcheng, there are only 16 people!

Zhang Yingxuan dealt with too many officials every day, so it would be normal if he did not remember Liu Churu.

Zhang Yingxuan understood the situation in his heart, but did not mention it with his mouth. He followed the previous discussion:

"I came here this time for two things. First, my emperor ordered us to announce that I accidentally lost my mount when passing through your county. I also ask the county magistrate to donate generously to support me."

This was also discussed before.

If the county magistrate missed his old friendship and provided supplies, then he would be spared.

Liu Youru glanced at Jia Li behind him, and the two exchanged glances.

Seeing that the envoy was really here to ask for supplies, Jia Li blew out a stream of air-conditioning from his nostrils: What a beautiful idea!

Aren’t big animals money? Don't take a pee and look in the mirror. I, Emperor Dashun, have surrounded the capital. Who will take your Ming Emperor seriously!

That is to say, the news of the fall of the capital has not yet come. If not, Jia Li, Liu Erru and others may have arrested Wang Lian long ago!

After receiving the instruction, Liu Youru expressed bitterness on her face:

"To be honest with you two, Xincheng is a small county. In recent years, it has suffered from severe droughts and plagues, causing many casualties among the people...

It stands to reason that you and I were once officials in the same dynasty, so I have to meet your two demands despite all the difficulties. Unfortunately, there is really nothing I can do! "

Sure enough, I refused!

Wang Lian and Zhang Yingxuan looked at each other, but both breathed a sigh of relief.

Good for rejecting it!

If you refuse, we can kill you later!

The two of them couldn't help but admire the emperor even more. All the responses of this dog official were under the emperor's control!

Wang Lian took a step forward and said to the people standing downstairs of the city gate across the bridge: "I also have an imperial edict here. It is that when our emperor is in danger, he orders the ministers who are loyal to the country to be promoted to one level and control the surrounding people." County, raise troops to fulfill the king's decree, can the county minister accept the decree?"