Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 797 The Uninvited Guest

Yang Zhicheng and his wife, who originally wanted Wang Shiyuan to be their son-in-law, heard this remark like five thunderbolts.

The couple stood there blankly for a long time without any response.

Yang Qian, who was sitting on the side, was also taken aback, tears streaming down her face.

Although Yang Qian also loves Wang Shiyuan deeply, her thinking is not the same as that of her parents.

Although Wang Shiyuan is a poor orphan, but such a young child has read a lot of poetry and books, she feels that Wang Shiyuan's previous status should not be simple.

A good man has ambitions everywhere, and a person like Wang Shiyuan shouldn't have stayed at the construction site for a long time.

So she wiped away her tears, suppressing the sadness of parting and said:
"Father, mother, my brother has great ambitions. We are not suitable for him. It will delay him after a long time. If he really wants to leave, let him go!"

Yang looked at her daughter in surprise:

"Qian'er, Shi Yuan must go. I don't know when we can meet again. Are you willing to let him go?"

Yang Qian's pretty face blushed:
"Mom, we can't delay him, as long as Shiyuan has a future in the future..."

Wang Shiyuan looked gratefully at this beautiful and considerate sister.

He was also very reluctant in his heart, he knew that he might not be able to see Yang Qian again now that he was gone.

"Sister, don't worry, no matter what time it is, Shiyuan will never forget you and your uncles and aunts."

Yang Zhicheng and his wife looked at each other, and his wife looked at Wang Shiyuan kindly and said:
"Shiyuan! Auntie wants to entrust Qian'er to you, what do you think?"

"This……"

Although Wang Shiyuan liked the beautiful young lady very much in his heart, he didn't expect his wife to be so direct.

So Wang Shiyuan looked at Yang Qian next to her. Yang Qian's pretty face was flushed, and she got up shyly and ran back to her boudoir.

To be honest, Wang Shiyuan really wanted to agree to Yang Zhicheng and his wife, but he knew he couldn't make the decision.

But they couldn't directly reject Yang Qian and Yang Zhicheng's couple, so they secretly made up their minds to try to bring Yang Qian back to the capital after returning.

"Uncles and aunts, Shiyuan alone cannot make decisions about life-long affairs. Shiyuan still has a relative in the capital. When Shiyuan returns, he will let you know the details, and he will surely take Sister Qian'er back in a splendid manner."

Yang Zhicheng and his wife were taken aback:
"What? You have relatives in the capital? Why have we never heard you talk about it?"

"I'm sorry uncle and aunt, there are relatives in the family, and they were separated at that time. Shi Yuan never went to him, so he never mentioned it."

Both husband and wife nodded and said in unison:
"Oh, that's the best. I hope you will reunite sooner. Don't forget us by then. Don't rush back to fight. Stay here for a few days!"

Before Wang Shiyuan agreed, someone knocked on the gate outside the courtyard suddenly.

"Boom bang..."

It's already night, who else is coming to Yang's house?

Yang Zhicheng got up to open the gate of the small courtyard, and was taken aback for a moment, seeing a dozen people standing in front of the gate carrying several boxes.

Yang Zhicheng said:
"Who are you? Have you gone to the wrong place?"

I saw that the leader was a middle-aged woman who looked like a matchmaker in terms of clothes.

Seeing Yang Zhicheng open the door, the woman who looked like a matchmaker immediately stepped forward to say hello:
"Hee hee, we didn't go to the wrong door. Congratulations, Boss Yang, a nobleman has taken a fancy to your daughter, let's carry it in!"

Before Yang Zhicheng could speak, more than a dozen people had already carried several boxes into Yang's house.

Yang looked at these people, and was also confused at the time. She didn't know why so many people came back.

Only when these people put things into the room did Yang Zhicheng react.

"Matchmaker? Could it be that they are here to match their daughter Yang Qian? But Qian'er has already been betrothed to Wang Shiyuan..."

"Congratulations to Boss Yang, Li Dan, the son of our pavilion chief Li Jun, has taken a fancy to your Yang Qian, and I was ordered to come here as a matchmaker."

In ancient times, most people did not know what kind of official the pavilion chief was.

In fact, the pavilion chief was first born during the Warring States period.

At that time, countries in the Warring States Period often set up pavilions in border areas and appointed the pavilion chiefs to take on defensive duties.

After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the authority of the pavilion chief was also more detailed. The folk grassroots of the Qin Dynasty had "township", "li" and "ting" below the "county".

Among them, "Xiang" and "Li" are local administrative agencies, which manage the taxation and household registration in rural areas.

"Ting" is different. Two "Tings" are separated by ten miles, so a "Ting Chief" must be set up to manage the local public security.

In fact, at that time, the "township" level administrative organization also had the post of "youjiao" who was in charge of public security.

However, the scope of work of the "pavilion chief" is different. In addition to managing public security, the "pavilion chief" also manages the local postal system and receives people who come and go.

Different from rural administrative institutions such as "Xiang" and "Li", "Ting Chang" was spread all over urban and rural areas at that time.

There are 24 streets and [-] city gates in Kaifeng City, each with its own pavilion chief.

In addition to managing law and order, there is also a need to review business travel.

The pavilion was originally not used to manage the people, but a military unit, but it was more like an outpost, but it was not used for stationing troops.

Officials at the kiosk level are not included in the national establishment, and they are regarded as temporary officials who maintain local security and do not enjoy state treatment.

Although it is not a national establishment, is it a local establishment?
But the two levels of officials who do not belong to the local area, the county magistrate (chief), have the power to assign subordinates.

For example, the master book in the local government, Cao Guan, etc. do not belong to the state establishment, and they are considered to be based on local finances.

However, the area under the jurisdiction of the pavilion is too small (usually ten miles), and the local people are usually responsible for it, so the local finance does not care.

So it seems that the pavilion chief is a person whom grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love.

So what's the use of setting him up? In fact, the head of the pavilion still has a little power, because the government has to rely on the head of the pavilion to handle civil issues at the grassroots level.

Therefore, relying on this kind of power, they can also obtain some income outside the system, which is considered to be better than ordinary people.

Liu Bang, Taizu of the Han Dynasty, once served as the head of the pavilion in Surabaya. Many people think that the pavilion is the village, or the head of the pavilion is an official such as the security director.

In fact, it is not. Ting is a military unit, and he cannot manage civil affairs.

What Liu Bang can manage, in fact, if you have the ability, you can manage everything under the name of the pavilion chief.

The official system is always determined by the previous dynasty, and it will always lag behind the development of the times. The scope of management cannot be taken too seriously, and it cannot be compared with today's official system.

It’s about managing everything. In fact, if you can control it, you can, but if you say you have no right, you have no right.

But today the pavilion chief is different, he is the brother-in-law of Zhang Huli, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture.

The head of the little pavilion usually manages more things than the county magistrate, more precisely, he just takes advantage of his power to meddle in other affairs, and the county magistrate dare not offend him.

Tongzhi, the official name of the Ming Dynasty.

Tongzhi is the deputy of the magistrate. He is the fifth grade. He is set up according to the situation.

Tongzhi was in charge of affairs such as local salt, grain, piracy arrest, river defense, sea frontier, river engineering, water conservancy, clearing up military registration, appeasing the Sui people and barbarians, etc.

In addition, the deputy of Zhizhou is called Zhou Tongzhi. From the sixth grade, there is no fixed number of people, and he is in charge of all affairs in the state.

Although Yang Zhicheng didn't know much, he still knew a little about the name of this pavilion.

(End of this chapter)