The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Meng Zhuqiao is from Jinhua, Zhejiang, and he knew Xu Jiezhongju before. The two have an irreversible relationship, but they seldom interact with each other on the surface.

Meng Zhuqiao was at the auction, when he received a note secretly sent by Xu Jie, he coughed, tore up the note, thought about it, and finally called a subordinate.

The so-called subordinate officials actually accounted for the vast majority of the Ming government.

The officials of Ming Dynasty are actually divided into three distinct identities.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were officials, bureaucrats, and officials who worked in the yamen.An official is a principal, that is, a senior official; a bureaucrat is a deputy, a second, that is, a member of the bureaucrat; an official is a clerk, that is, a subordinate.Officials and bureaucrats are both officials, with grades (for example, the county magistrate is the seventh rank, the county magistrate is the eighth rank, and the master is the ninth rank), called "rank officials".And because since the Sui Dynasty, officials and bureaucrats have been appointed by the central government, so it is also called "officials ordered by the imperial court".

The official is "not in the stream", and the chief himself is "calling", and his status is actually a citizen.In other words, bureaucrats are all state cadres, but officials can only be counted as working instead.The status of subordinate staff is extremely low, and they are often called "dog officials", and their treatment is also extremely low, often without salary.In addition, there was a rule in Ming Dynasty that subordinate officials could not be censors, nor could they be admitted to Jinshi.For officials and officials, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.

To put it simply, Xu Jie's thinking coincides with that of some people in modern times. Even if they use non-staff subordinates to do bad things, they can't be blamed on officials if something goes wrong.All bad things were done by non-staff personnel, with clean hands and feet, so that Yan Song couldn't be held accountable afterwards, and he couldn't tell the pain. (This is a newcomer! This is a contract worker! There are also ancient times.)

The subordinate Zhang Ergou called by Meng Zhuqiao is such a clerk of the household department.He usually idles around and is disliked by others, but he is the younger brother of Meng Zhuqiao's concubine in the 18th room.

Zhang Ergou nodded and bowed: "Brother-in-law, what do you want me to do?"

Meng Zhuqiao whispered to Zhang Ergou what the prince meant. Zhang Ergou's eyes turned red when he heard it, and he said with a sinister smile:

"Brother-in-law, don't tell me, my brothers and I have long seen the fat sheep waving bank notes in a long line outside, and our eyes are straight! It's just that the Shangshu is watching, and we dare not mess around. Now there are you and the prince Lord, if we want to make some money and tarnish Yan Song's reputation, it's too easy!"

Meng Zhuqiao lowered his voice: "How do you reach out, how do you corrupt?"

Zhang Ergou said with a sly smile: "You officials don't understand. We are subordinates, but oil can be squeezed out of stones. Why don't you dare to spend money with black hearts? When collecting grain and tax, kick the dendrobium with the tip of the tip, and I kick it It can kick out half of the oil and water. Hahaha!"

Meng Zhuqiao knew that kicking the dendrobium with the tip of the tip was a unique skill used by the subordinate officials to search for oil and water.

Linjian kick Dendrobium, also known as "kicking Linjian".When the common people hand in the public grain, they first pour the grain into the dendrobium. It may be to check the quality to see the fineness of the grain, and ask to fill the dendrobium with a cone-shaped tip. One foot, asking the dendrobium not to fall, but the tip of the top was spilled, and the spilled grain was not allowed to be recycled by the common people. It was considered a loss in transportation and storage. A lot of food was handed over, which became a semi-public income of officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty.

This kick has a lot of knowledge.Some people can't kick much food even if they try their best to eat milk, but Zhang Ergou has practiced hard for this kick for a long time. He said that he first found a tree near his home. Starting from kicking the tree, he can kick it well The trunk doesn't move, the leaves fall one after another, and the practice has reached the highest state of being a petty official.

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Chapter 460 The younger brother of Yan Song's 30th concubine? 【4】

Meng Zhuqiao knew that Zhang Ergou, his brother-in-law from the 18th room, was a ruthless guy who had an eye for money, dared to make any kind of black-hearted money.

"Brother-in-law, leave this kind of wicked and smoky mopping up to me, that's right!"

Sure enough, Zhang Ergou walked out swaggeringly with his teeth in his hands, his eyes wide open.

Soon after, Meng Zhuqiao saw Zhang Ergou move.

He took a few rogue-like subordinates to the crowd waiting in line to buy Kaihai Construction Bonds, swung his whip, and shouted:

"You lowly trash, listen to me! I am the younger brother of Mr. Yan Ge's 30th concubine. My family has orders from Mr. Yan Ge! The amount of bonds is limited. If you want to buy bonds, you must first buy the access in Lao Tzu's hands." Tickets. Those who have access tickets are given priority! - Do you understand?"

Meng Zhuqiao was dumbfounded.

This two dogs are really good.

He actually pretended to be Yan Song's brother-in-law, and under the guise of Yan Song's name, what kind of admission ticket was he selling?

The crowd in line burst into roars of dissatisfaction.

"The notice clearly stated that everyone comes first, first served, but there is no such thing as spending money to buy admission tickets!"

"Exactly! How could Yan Song do this? You tricked us into waiting in line for so long, but you still have to charge extra money?"

"Didn't Yan Song live up to his words? What credit is there?"

A scholar, who queued for a long time, almost suffered from heatstroke. Hearing the words of Zhang Ergou and the subordinates, his lungs exploded with rage. He stood up and raised his arms and shouted:

"No one can stand without trust! Yan Song was ordered by the emperor to carry out the opening of the sea. How can he send subordinate officials to exploit the people for such a big event? In this way, how confident are we to keep all the money with him?"

"Yes! Exactly!" People were angry. Isn't it just to buy Yan Song's bonds after queuing up for so long?

That Zhang Ergou was so proud, he whipped his whip towards the scholar, and cursed: "You stinky old nine, you know what a fart? This is the rule! Kaihai bonds are so good, why do you buy them whenever you want? Yan Songyan Pavilion Why don’t you keep 30 concubines? If you want it, don’t pull it down!”

He took out a stack of white paper, on which an "admission ticket" was drawn crookedly like ghostly symbols, and pouted.

Several subordinate officials immediately closed the door of the bond sale, and only those who bought the admission ticket could enter.

Although the staff of the Federal Reserve and the people in the household department were very surprised, several officials who got the eyes of the right servant of the household department came out and ordered them not to act rashly, and just cooperate with Zhang Ergou in doing things.

People saw that "Yan Song's brother-in-law" Zhang Ergou really had a way to control the entrance, some frowned, some cursed, some were helpless, and some really went to buy his admission ticket.

Zhang Ergou was very proud, and shouted: "Listen up! The admission ticket is 100 taels of silver each! Everyone queues up to pay, hahaha!"

The scholar below was trembling with anger, and shouted: "Yan Song didn't believe what he said! I won't buy it!"

A large number of people nearby also raised their arms and shouted: "Yan Song is lying!"

"It's a lie! It's all about making money!"

"Everyone, don't buy it. If you buy the bond of this kind of person, you will blow the bubbles!"

The scene was chaotic.

Standing on a high place, Meng Zhuqiao and Xu Jie looked at each other with a sinister smile when they saw the crowd roaring and cursing loudly.

Now, Yan Song's reputation is rotten.

Yan Song had just sent off the merchants, and was about to relax with Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan, when he heard a Jinyiwei, Qianhu, galloping to report: "Report! Someone is pretending to be your brother-in-law at the bond sales window of the Ministry of Households. Enter the ticket and make trouble!"

Yan Song was dumbfounded.

Does this work too?

brother in law?

How about a room of 30?