Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Among the crowd, Zhang Shouren looked around, but did not see Chen Dengkui. He smiled slightly, knowing that the new father-in-law who was about to take office would definitely not save face to welcome him, and they were still discussing marriage matters here, but if Chen Dengkui came out to greet him , It is indeed easy to be gossiped.

Among the crowd, the most eye-catching ones are not the officials, but the people wearing Fushan officials' costumes. At first glance, there are as many as a thousand people.

In any big Ming city, apart from the northern and southern capitals, there is probably no place where so many officials can be found in one go!

Different from Daming's stupid approach, Fushan's officials have high salaries and good image. When they are selected, they are selected according to the method of selecting civil servants in the Tang Dynasty, paying attention to body, appearance, calligraphy, and judgment. No, the official school in the past two years graduated once a year, which sent a large number of talents to Denglai and Denglai. The situation is very different from before. Denglai's prestige is enough to attract more young people to join it, so The academic system of the official school has been changed to three years. Zhang Shouren hopes to cultivate more good students with both moral and ability in the school to become his assistants in implementing various policies.

Those in front of me are pioneers. Although they may not have much knowledge, they have already participated in the work after a short period of training, but judging from the actual effect, these guys are not bad. [

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, officials cannot be officials, their salaries and salaries are extremely low, and their social benefits are also low. It may be that the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty wanted to use this method to restrict those small officials who did harm to the village, but in fact it was a further step in the administration of officials. Corrupted.

I can't see the future and hope, and I don't have a sense of shame, but I have a lot of real power, so it's hard to keep these officials from corrupting and cheating.

Officials in Fushan are naturally different. First of all, they must be innocent, then they must be judged by their appearance, then they must be professionally trained, and then they must have high salaries and strict management and review systems. Starting this summer, a plan to change their clothes has also been launched. The officials of the Qing Dynasty were the first batch.

Different from the traditional image of wretched officials wearing official scarves and blue collars, Zhang Shouren designed the new official uniforms for officials similar to Zhongjing Guanfu, but it is a shortened and simplified version. It is beautiful and makes it easier to wear and practical.

Seeing the general appreciatively appreciating those well-dressed officials in Fushan, the civil servants in Dengzhou also had different thoughts.

They were fortunate enough to witness a change in Dengzhou, but it was also very unfortunate that these officials were the most powerful local officials in Daming.

Even if they were excluded by gentry and officials in the south of the Yangtze River, at least they are still respected by everyone.In Denglai, even the most honest peasants knew that they were good-looking people. The drums in front of the magistrate's and magistrate's yamen had not been beaten for more than a year, and a thick layer of dust had settled on the drum.

All the six-room officials retained by each yamen were absorbed into the Fushan system, and the yamen servants were absorbed by the Public Security Bureau. It is enough to draw a seal on the official document submitted.

Liufang will transfer these official affairs of the Bureau as much as possible into the old official documents within the scope of Liufang, such as criminal workers and salute soldiers, for future investigation.

But it is obvious that the post of governor is vacant above the prefectures and counties, and there are even rumors that if no new governor of Denglai can be selected, the imperial court is considering dismissing the governor of Denglai and the governor, and only one Bing Bei Dao is over.

This is a good idea for everyone, but Zhang Shouren has other plans.

Coming all the way from the impenetrable crowd, everyone smiled when they saw the direction Zhang Shouren was heading.

There are almost countless versions of Miss Chen's running around at night, and of course there are many eclectic ones.There were originally malicious slanderers, but the Secret Service followed suit and caught some people with bad intentions. After that, no one made too bad things... But it did a lot of damage to the face of the Chen family.

Chen Bingbei's refusal to take office and perform his duties is of course because of his face.

The Bingbei Yamen is on the west side of the mansion, just walk straight along the main road in the city. Zhang Shouren walked all the way, and more and more people gathered around him. Looking around, there were dense crowds of heads everywhere, and every Zhang face, the color is also full of brilliant.

"My lord, do you want to find a way to disperse it?"

With so many people, it is also an extremely serious challenge to the security work. Seeing that there are more and more people, not only the officials, but also the gentry and the people are also coming. The huge crowds made both Wang Yunfeng and Li Zhuoran feel overwhelmed .

"No need, that's fine."

At this moment, Zhang Shouren also had a smile on his face. When he arrived in front of the Chen family, the entire Chen family had already heard the news, but it was probably because Chen Bingbei was deliberately reserved, so the door was still closed. [

After an inner guard stepped forward to knock on the door, only a few heads stretched out their heads to see that this inner guard didn't talk much, and presented a red double post with a smile, and said with a smile: "My great general is here to pay respects. , please accept the post from your master."

"Yes, we know, please wait."

Probably the gatekeeper accepted the post, but in broad daylight, the door is still closed.Everyone only said that Chen Bingbei would come to pick him up soon, but after a stick of incense, there was no movement inside.

The military officer who posted the post was anxious, and there were too many people onlookers, which made him feel restless. After waiting for a while, the military officer of the internal security was about to come forward and knock on the door again.

"Don't worry, wait a little longer."

It was May, and it was July in future generations. Although Dengzhou was near the sea, it was extremely hot.

Zhang Shouren didn't wear his own unicorn men's suit today. He wore a cocoon silk gown, a soft scarf on his head, and two hanging belts swaying gently in the breeze. It is said that it is far more than ordinary scholars.

At this moment, the Chen family was obviously venting their grievances. If they were eager, it would be a bad thing. If they didn't have this kind of patience and patience, Chen Bingbei would not marry his daughter easily.

Waiting patiently for a stick of incense, the surrounding Dengzhou officials were constantly wiping their sweat. If it was in the past, it would not be impossible for Jinshi and those who were born in the First Division or military positions to fight against the earl. But by the 13th year of Chongzhen, the arrogance of civil servants had almost disappeared. In a place like Denglai, Zhang Shouren was still a powerful figure who overshadowed the sky with one hand, and Chen Bingbei must have put on too much airs...

The officers and soldiers wiped their sweat, and the common people talked about it. Of course, those who knew some inside information were the center of the crowd, and they were very happy when they talked about it.

When it comes to the flamboyant things of big shots, no matter how honest they are, Zhang Shouren can only shake his head and smile wryly after hearing a few words from a distance.

"I pay my respects to Lord Taibao!"

Fortunately, Chen Dengkui is one of the few, and the two-pillar incense kung fu can be regarded as a time calculated by himself. When the time comes, at the gate of the middle gate of Bingbei's mansion, the energetic Chen Bingbei is dressed in the scarlet robe of a third-rank civil servant, with a gold belt around his waist, and a big Stepping to the front of the gate, bowing down and bowing down.

Zhang Shouren got off his horse early, and led the horse to wait in front of the steps. Of course, he was in a hurry to return the big gift: "Today's visit is a ceremony of accepting levy, how can father-in-law worship me instead!"

Although the woman still lives at home after accepting the ceremony, she is no longer a member of her natal family. At this time, even if her husband dies, it can only be regarded as remarriage and remarriage in Ming Dynasty, not the first marriage. In the Qing Dynasty Neo Confucianism was more rigid In the past few years, it is not uncommon to keep watch over the widows.

After accepting the levy, all that remains is to welcome the bride, that is, the bridegroom comes to greet the relatives.

In the past, there were at least six ceremonies for marriage in the ancients. From the end of Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the world was in great chaos, and there were no living people. Especially the Central Plains was originally the place where the etiquette and defense were the most important, and it was also the place where the casualties were the most severe. In other places, after the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, the six rites were simplified to three rites. Except for the royal family and the nobles, the ruling and opposition parties all acquiesced to the facts and did not make any plans or efforts to restore the ancient rites.

So it's not an exaggeration to call him father-in-law now, but the Na Zhengli has not yet been formalized, and Zhang Shouren has the cheek to advance this title.

Facing such a cheeky son-in-law of a big man, Chen Bingbei first flinched, then anger appeared in his eyes, and then he sighed again...he could only accept the reality.

"Son-in-law, please come in."

Chen Bingbei was the guest of honor, and behind Zhang Shouren were Zhong Rong and other high-ranking officials, Zhang Shiqiang, Wang Yunfeng, Li Zhuoran and other generals, civil servants were all dressed in blue official uniforms and six or seven-rank men's clothes, but the military officers were uniform All the unicorns were made up of first-rank military officials. Behind them, a group of brightly dressed inner guard officers and soldiers were unloading piles of gifts from their horses... These are the bride price.

On the surface, the big media of the two families is Qin Dafu, the main hall of Laizhou Prefecture, and this time they also came here to exchange greetings with Chen Bingbei. [

Everything is available, which is considered to have solved a big problem. The Chen family is full of joy, and some little maids are rushing to the back house, apparently to announce the good news to the young lady.

After the outsiders were settled, they asked the servants in the mansion to prepare the banquet quickly. The two sons-in-law Chen Bingbei and Zhang Shouren came to the upper room and sat down staring at each other.

"I just want to ask you one question." Chen Bingbei is only in his forties, he is well maintained, he looks handsome, and he is only in his early thirties, but at this moment he gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Shouren with no grace : "You will act in the future, where is the bottom line?"

"The bottom line is Guotai Minan, Wufu Minkang."

"Empty!"

"Yes..." Zhang Shouren knew that this cheap father-in-law was not easy to deal with. The Chen family is also a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. It is asserted that if the country continues like this, it will only take a few years for the country to perish."

"Well, then, are you going to take advantage of the chaos?"

"Your Excellency misunderstood..." Zhang Shouren said with a wry smile, "The Revolutionary Yi Ding will only make people miserable. Although the disaster of war is inevitable, I just want to see the world is stable and the damage is minimized."

"Just talk."

"No, I've been working so hard..." When it came to his own ideals, Zhang Shouren certainly didn't budge: "Military training, restructuring, farms, etc., are nothing more than reviving the eldest Ming."

"It's not enough to do this alone."

Zhang Shouren's words were enough to incite some hot-blooded youths, but for Chen Bingbei, an old man in the officialdom and aristocrats, it was far from enough.