Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 4
When approaching the north gate, Zhang Zongxian tidied up his official uniform and rode on the horse.Then the yamen servant led the horse to the north city gate.But at the North City Gate, Dian Shi had been waiting for a long time with the three shifts and six rooms.

After arriving at the city gate, Zhang Zongxian got off his horse and accepted the salute of the three classes and six rooms led by Qian Dianshi.Afterwards, everyone surrounded Zhang Zongxian and walked towards the City God.Zhang Zongxian led the crowd to sacrifice to the city god and read out the appointment of the imperial court, and then went to the county government to serve as a gentry in Qingjian County.

When you arrive at the county government office, enter the lobby directly from the main entrance. The lobby is a hall with five couplets.There is a plaque hanging above the pavilion, and the book "Mirror hangs high".

On both sides is the office of six rooms.To the east are officials, households, and ceremonial houses, and to the west are the six houses of soldiers, punishments, and workshops, corresponding to the six ministries of the imperial court.After the lobby is the second hall, which is the place to handle daily business, summon subordinates individually, inquire about cases secretly, and meet visitors.

The west ear room in the second hall is "Zhao Fang", which is the office of Dian Shi.Passing through the second hall is the inner house, which is where the magistrate lives.

Zhang Zongxian first went to the inner house and changed into an official uniform.Follow the crowd to the "Zanzheng Pavilion" on the east side of the lobby to meet the local gentry.When they arrived at Zanzheng Pavilion, the gentry first saluted Zhang Zongxian, and then introduced them to Zhang Zongxian one by one by the classics history.Basically, they are local big landlords and some famous scholars, and there is no Juren.

After the introduction, Zhang Zongxian was about to say a few prepared policy speeches.I heard a voice from somewhere in the lobby, "My master Huang Shilang hereby sends me, Hu Bai, the housekeeper of the Huang family, to pay homage to the magistrate and the county magistrate, and give the county magistrate a small gift. I wish the county magistrate an early promotion."

The faces of Qian Dianshi and the gentry present changed after hearing this.Zhang Zongxian still wondered who this Huang Shilang was, who was even bigger than his magistrate.Could it be a retired official, but it doesn't look like such an unruly one.

Just about to go out to see what's going on, Qian Dianshi stopped him and pulled him aside and said in a low voice, this Huang Shilang is a local tycoon, with hundreds of thugs and servants, rampant in Qingjian County, no one dares to rule.

It is said that it has connections with the big tribes on the grassland, and a group of desperadoes have been selling ironware on the grasslands, and they also have connections with the fathers-in-law in the palace.

After hearing this, Zhang Zongxian understood that Huang Shilang is not easy to mess with, but do I want to lose face?Aren't you just a triad?Have you contacted your father-in-law? Haven't I?Today is my first day in office, you don't need to come, but what does it mean to send a housekeeper?Regardless of Qian Dianshi's obstruction, he insisted on passing, and Qian Dianshi said again:

"The county lords are counting on Huang Shilang for this autumn tax."

"The autumn tax is directly related to the collection. What does it have to do with him, Huang Shilang? Is he resisting the tax?"

"Master of the county! Our county is a small county with a small population and poor land and poor harvests every year. We collect taxes to extract oil from the poor. In addition, we are close to the frontier and the people are tough. Every time we collect taxes They all need Huang Shilang’s people to come forward to help suppress the local government to accept them, and relying on dozens of people in this yamen will not be able to accept them at all.”

"He helps to collect taxes, does this mean he still has a share of the taxes collected here!"

"The county lord sees it, the tax collected here is [-] to [-] cents."

"Why only seventy percent?"

"Seventy percent belong to Huang Shilang, and thirty percent belong to the Yamen."

"Why did he take [-]% of it? Where is the law of Ming Dynasty?"

"The county lord calm down, the county lord calms down, if the tax cannot be collected, let alone the daily expenses of the yamen, the censure from above alone will be difficult. The county lord think twice!"

Zhang Zongxian finally understood that this tax collection is the same as asking for protection fees. If you can’t hold back the other party and they don’t pay, you already earn less, so why should you take part of it?
Damn, if you can't bear it, you will make big plans. Look back and see how much tax Qingjian County collects in a year.

Seeing Zhang Zongxian thinking, Qian Dianshi knew that what he said was effective.Hurry up and pull Zhang Zongxian to continue the awkward chat with the gentry.The butler, Hu Bai, didn't come over either, so he put down his things and left.

After chatting awkwardly with the gentry for a while, it was almost time and everyone went to the Confucian Temple to worship Confucius.

After worshiping Confucius, everyone went to Zhichun Tower, which was regarded as a welcome banquet for Zhang Zongxian.After a few glasses of wine, everyone let go. The wine at that time was not high-alcohol, and to Zhang Zongxian, who was used to drinking high-alcohol, it was like drinking a drink.

After drinking this wine, Zhang Zongxian found another business opportunity. He had heard of Erguotou before.

The people who gradually let go also began to talk more, and began to chat about who recently married a concubine at the age of 12, who slept with the widow of that family, and whose concubine wore a cuckold for whom.

After hearing this, Zhang Zongxian secretly scolded the beasts to put you in modern times and killed you directly. Some people also mentioned that the Yingchun Courtyard in Yan'an Mansion introduced a new oiran with fair skin and tender skin from Nanzhili, and they sang Wu dialect songs that can make people feel The soul hook left, Zhang Zongxian thought to himself when he heard this:

The oiran also sang Wu dialects, so I have to criticize it!I can't see the oppression of women in this feudal society. I have to go and see if it is suitable, so I redeem myself and sing to myself every day.

Everyone also knew that Zhang Zongxian was from the capital and wanted him to talk about the romance in the capital.Zhang Zongxian thought to himself, how the hell would I know!I have never been there, I only know the Eight Great Hutongs in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.In the end, I could only recall the TV series I watched and told the story of Qinhuai Bayan.

Anyway, these bumpkins must have never been to Nanzhili, so he can keep talking nonsense.This also made the gentry in Qingjian County salivate, and the servants downstairs also quietly stood at the stairs and listened to Zhang Zongxian's nonsense.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone was a little drunk, Zhang Zongxian looked a little tipsy, thinking that this should be the second show, and listening to Qin opera without Wu dialects is fine.I just don’t know if I’m going to the meat market or the vegetarian market later?

Is it appropriate for my county magistrate to take it home directly after work every day, or go back after finishing the work.Just thinking about those messy things, Qian Dianshi said that he was too old to drink and wanted to go back first.

Zhang Zongxian thought that your body might not be able to move anymore, so he asked Qian Dianshi to go back. As soon as Qian Dianshi left, everyone started to leave one after another.

The head of the sixth room was left with Zhang Zongxian.Damn this is no second game is it?It also made me look forward to it for a long time.Let's go back too.

Said to go back.So he returned to the county government office surrounded by the principals of the sixth house.After Zhang Zongxian dismissed everyone, he and Ding Bo returned to the backyard.

Entering the backyard, I saw a middle-aged woman standing there with two junior high school students and two elementary school students who looked dark and thin. Zhang Zongxian was wondering what was going on, and saw that the five people gave Zhang Zongxian a blessing Li, shouted with a strong northern Shaanxi accent

"Welcome the county magistrate to return home."

This shout caused Zhang Zongxian to wake up half of his wine. Is this a maid?

At this time, Ding Bo left and whispered to Zhang Zongxian: This is a little thought from everyone in the yamen. It seems that Zhang Zongxian did not bring any family members with him when he took office.So I found a few maids to serve, and arranged cooks and porters who carried the sedan chair.

There are also living appliances that are all new.In this evil feudal society, those who are still children come out to work.Immediately he ordered: Go get him some honey water, and he needs to take a bath.

After finishing speaking, he was about to go back to the house, when Ding Bo stopped him and took him to the study.As soon as I entered the study, I saw various gift boxes and name cards on the table.Ding Bo took out an account book and told Zhang Zongxian who gave gifts and how much today.

今天总计收了价值一千五两白银的礼金。其中现银1000两剩下的都是丝绸布匹中药等。现银大部分都是县衙的人都送的，典史100两六房主事每人50两，剩下的普通小吏都是10两衙役每人5两。

And the deeds of prostitution of those maidservants were also sent over.Finally, Huang Shilang gave 250 taels.

Zhang Zongxian sat on the teacher's chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He was very satisfied with Ding Bo's report. He felt that these people were quite upright. They all said that the magistrate of the ten-year Qing Dynasty had 250 snowflakes, and the county magistrate of Ming Dynasty was not bad!No, that Huang Shilang gave [-] taels, is that scolding me?
Huang Shilang gave me a lot of money for slapping me in the face during the day. Is this a slap and a sweet date?Are you here to play dog ​​training?The more Zhang Zongxian thinks about it, the more angry he gets. Does a dignified county magistrate let you play like this?You must suppress your arrogance.

However, Qian Dianshi said good things to him, and I am afraid that the people in the county government have accepted his benefits.You have to make a decision first, you have to investigate how powerful this guy is, and you have to be familiar with the office procedures of this county government.

The most important thing is how big his backstage is, and after figuring it out, he will be dealt with slowly.This Huang Shilang is Zhang Zongxian's whetstone, if he can't deal with him, how can he deal with Manqing.

After drinking the honey water brought by the servant girl, Ding Bo said again: These five servant girls are already Zhang Zongxian's people.

Zhang Zongxian asked Zhang Zongxian to give him a name. Zhang Zongxian wanted to blurt out spring, summer, autumn and winter, but after thinking about it, let’s leave some good memories of the previous life for himself. Then name the four young ones Meilanzhuju, and the older ones are called Pomegranate.

After talking about this, I was ready to take a shower.Walking into the bathroom and looking at the big wooden barrel, Zhang Zongxian was very depressed. This feudal society is so rudimentary that there is not even a shower.

Just as he was about to take off his clothes, he saw four servant girls coming in with hot water, towels and stools, looking like they were going to wait for him to take a bath.

Is this how the evil feudal society tests cadres?I, Zhang Zongxian, will not let my children do this even if I don’t take a bath all my life!Then let them put their things down.After plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum went out.

Just as Zhang Wei lay down in the wooden barrel, he saw Pomegranate coming in with a smile, and said that the four little ones couldn't take care of the master, so let her come over and wait for the master to take a bath.

Zhang Wei took a look at her hulking posture, and then at his thin body, he resolutely rejected Pomegranate, and forced Pomegranate out with the majesty of the county magistrate, expressing that he likes to take a bath alone and don't disturb her, and will call if something happens. her.

After taking a shower, Zhang Zongxian went back to the bedroom and was about to lie down on the bed and fall asleep. He suddenly remembered that he officially took office today and will officially go to work tomorrow.I don't know what time to go to work tomorrow and what rules to pay attention to, I forgot to ask Qian Dianshi, I still have to find a teacher as soon as possible.

Then he called Ding Bo in and told him to wake him up at dawn tomorrow.He had to get ready to put on his official uniform in advance, and stop being made fun of.I don't know the rules.

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