Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

The county government office is about one mile away from Su Mu's house, and the gate is facing two streets, one horizontal and one vertical.

The name of the street in Zong is very vulgar, Yamenkou, the people who chose this name in the first place were lazy enough.

The horizontal one is called Shuyuan Street, which is named after the county academy on the street.In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor ruled the world together with a bureaucratic group of scholars, and rejuvenated the country through culture and education.County yamen and county schools are the two most important departments in the state apparatus.

It's the time for lunch, and it's not a busy day. There are only a few pedestrians scattered on the street, and it seems very quiet. There is the sound of reading aloud from the county school: ""Poetry Cloud": Tao Zhiyaoyao , the son of Ye Zhenzhen, Yugui, should be his beauty. If he is a beauty, he can teach the people of the country..."

It is a famous sentence in "University", which means: According to the Book of Songs, the peach blossoms are gorgeous and colorful, and the branches and leaves are so luxuriant. This woman's marriage will definitely make the whole family happy.Only when the family is in harmony can the whole country be educated.

Su Mu felt emotional in his heart and couldn't help taking a breath. This situation reminded him of the situation in the university.

Today's weather is a bit hot, and there are two yamen servants standing at the entrance of the county yamen. The two of them are a little lazy from the sun, and their bodies are crooked and out of shape.

Seeing Su Mu walking in, a yamen servant straightened up and stopped him with his hand: "What are you doing?"

Su Mu cupped his hands: "I would like to see the county elder."

Seeing that Su Mu was dressed as a scholar, the yamen servant was also quite polite: "But the one who came to report the crime, seeing you rushing straight into the lobby, it should be a criminal case?"

Su Mu couldn't help laughing: "It's not."

"Oh, it's not about criminal cases. If it's an ordinary civil dispute, you have to go to the second court. Also, you look like a scholar, so why don't you know this. If it's a civil case, you have to go to the clan head first. If you can’t solve it, you will report it to the county elder.”

Su Mu didn't expect the ancients to be so particular, he hesitated, and then remembered that although the Ming Dynasty was a centralized system, government orders could only go down to the county level.If there is a problem among the people, it must first be resolved by the clan itself.If the report is leapfrogged, the government will not accept it at all.

Imperial power, political power, and clan power, one level at a time, constitute a rigid and orderly social form.

Su Mu: "I'm not here to report a case, I just want to meet the county lord."

The yamen servant: "So that's how it is. The magistrate of the county was born as a Jinshi. He said that if a scholar comes to visit, he must not be stopped without reason. I also ask you to tell me your name, what is your name, and the villain can report it."

Su Mu: "I'm just an ordinary scholar, but I don't have any fame."

Hearing this, the yamen servant's face paled, and he became more polite in speaking: "Scholar without fame... I'm afraid the old man won't see you, by the way, after talking for a long time, what is your name, where is it?" people?"

"My... name is Su Mu."

"Su Mu, I've never heard of it. I don't care if you are Su Mu or Cycad. You, a commoner, dare to come to the county government office. Go, eat carefully!" As he spoke, the yamen servant unceremoniously stretched out his hand to push Su Mu. Wood.

Being robbed by this person, although Su Mu has a good temper, the Ni Bodhisattva also has a three-point fiery nature, his face darkened, and he slapped the man's hand away: "If you have something to say, why are you being rude?"

The yamen servant suddenly became annoyed when Su Mu slapped his hand in pain.Yaya servants belonged to the untouchables in the Ming Dynasty, but they represented the official family in the eyes of ordinary people.He is used to domineering and domineering on weekdays. When others see him, they always look respectful. When have they ever met such a person who does not open their eyes.

Determined to punish this yellow-haired boy, he rolled his strange eyes, looked Su Mu up and down, and said with a grinning smile: "My boy, what is your identity, how dare you wear a Confucian scholar's robe, take it down!"

Hearing this, Su Mu was stunned, and looked at his clothes again, a layer of sweat immediately appeared on his vest.

It turned out that Su Mu's father was born in Juren. After his death, Su Mu was poor. The clothes he wore were three years old and three years old, and they had been mended for three years. They were already in tatters.

When his father died, Su Mu was only 15 years old. He was already growing up, and soon the old clothes would no longer be worn.He had no money to buy it, so he simply wore the old clothes left by his father.

In the Ming Dynasty, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen not only had distinct classes, but also had strict rules on how to dress.For example, businessmen are at the end of the four peoples, and no matter how rich they are, they cannot wear silk and satin, while scholars with high reputations wear blue shirts and square scarves. If they wear the wrong ones, it is a felony. He went to see the officials and got dozens of boards.

During the reign of Hongzhi, capitalism began to emerge, and the social atmosphere was civilized. It was common for businessmen to wear silk and satin, and ordinary people to wear Confucian gowns. They didn't take it seriously.

But he also secretly wore it in private, but he didn't dare to show his face in the public.

Su Mu dressed up as a Confucian scholar and ran to the county yamen, and offended the yamen servants again. Seeing that there was going to be big trouble, he was startled, his mind flashed like lightning, and remembered what Su Ruisheng said at the poetry meeting in the morning. After the county test, I immediately had an idea.

He sneered: "I am a disciple of Confucianism, a disciple of a sage, and I read the books of sages. Although I have no fame, I can still wear this Confucian robe. I came to the county government office today to see the county magistrate, in fact, I signed up for the boy's test. You dirty Not only did the villain not report, but he also insulted my family, what should he do?"

These days, scholars and monarchs ruled the world together, and scholars had a very high status. When Su Mu pushed down this big hat, the yamen servant's face changed.You must know that the world's scholars are originally a family, and the county magistrate was born as a Jinshi, and he likes reading the most in his life. If this young scholar really makes things big, I'm afraid that he will suffer in the end.

Busily cupping his hands, he salivated and said with an apologetic smile: "Mr. Su Xiao originally signed up for the county examination. Those who don't know are not guilty. I apologize to you. I hope you will ignore the faults of villains and forgive me."

Seeing his arrogance and respect, Su Mu didn't bother to get angry with this kind of villain: "Why don't you take me to see the county elder?"

The yamen servant asked cautiously: "Mr. Su Xiao is probably the first time to sign up for the county examination?"

Su Mu didn't know why he said that, he hesitated for a moment: "How should I say it?"

Yamen servant: "Actually, you don't need to go to the magistrate of the county, just go directly to the ceremony room, and the younger one will lead the way."

As you speak, lead the way ahead.

Su Mu just said casually just now, anyway, he just needs to be deceived, and when he meets the magistrate, he will slowly explain the reason.But he didn't want the yamen servant to take it seriously and bring himself inside.

In desperation, Su Mu had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush in. As he walked, he looked around with his eyes to see if he could just meet the magistrate of the county.

After walking two times into the courtyard, passing the lobby, and when we reached the second hall, we saw a row of bungalows next to it, which was the office of Master Liufang.In addition to the two court officials, the county magistrate and the county magistrate, the county government also set up six offices, corresponding to the six departments of the central government.

The first room was the ceremony room, and a few scholars-like figures came out of it, with excited expressions on their faces, probably because they had just signed up.

There were two people in the room. A middle-aged man in his thirties was sitting in front of the desk. He was the master of the county's house of ceremonies, and he was filling in the names of candidates one by one in the booklet with a pen.

In front of the bookshelf in the room sat a middle-aged literati with a handsome face and a slender figure. It could be seen that he must have been a handsome man when he was young.He was holding a book in his hand to read, and ignored people.

The yamen servant took Su Mu to the Master of Lifang and explained his intention.

The master of the ceremony room has received many candidates today, and he is already tired, so he doesn't talk nonsense: "Name, place of origin, age?"

Su Mu: "See you sir, I'm Xia Sumu, I'm here today..."

The master interrupted him impatiently: "Su Mu, isn't it, native place and age?" While asking, he filled in Su Mu's name.

Su Mu was helpless: "19 years old, lives in Confucian Temple Street, Shuiximen."

"The Su family on Wenmiao Street." The master came alive: "So you are from the Su family, and the Su family is a scholarly family. The year before last, Su Ruisheng from your family passed the county examination and took ninth place in the government examination. He failed the college entrance examination, so he should be selected as a scholar this year, I don't know what it has to do with you?"

Seeing the friendship with the master, Su Mu was refreshed and said: "Su Ruisheng is my next cousin, I want to see you today..."

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged scribe who was reading a book suddenly threw the book in his hand, and said to the master of the house of worship: "Remove Su Mu's name from the list of candidates, and get out!"