Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 257
In the officialdom structure of Ming Dynasty, the governor has a high position and authority, and he is in charge of the military and government of a province.The official position of the inspector censor is not high, and generally only has the sixth rank and the seventh rank, but because the inspector is directly responsible to the Central Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is said to be on behalf of the emperor to inspect the hunt, and it includes officials, criminal names, money, public security, archives, schools, agriculture, etc. The mulberry water conservancy, the customs and the people's seclusion are omnipresent.The chief executives of all provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties are the objects of investigation, but they have a lot of power.

In the 11th year of Jiajing, it was stipulated: "The civil and military examinations, executions are reintroduced, unjust punishments are reviewed, officials are selected, records are rewarded, and they are inspectors and censors. The governor is not allowed to intervene." The achievements of the guarding generals and the governors are all checked by the tour press.When there are mutual criticisms between the governor and the chief soldier, the middle officials, the three divisions, and the county and county officials, it is also heard by the inspector and censor.

Generally speaking, the governor and the chief soldier are the local powerful factions, while the patrol represents the central government.In the prosperous times, the local governors dared not easily offend the inspector censor sent by the central government.

Therefore, after receiving the notice from Governor Yang, Huang Laifu did not dare to neglect, and came to the Governor's Yamen.In the lobby, I saw Governor Yang talking with Liu Bingbei.When the three of them greeted each other, Huang Laifu said, "What's the origin of this patrol, and you want the three of us to wait for you?"

Governor Yang said with a wry smile: "Although the rank of Shanxi inspectors is small, they are sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to patrol hunting on behalf of the sky and investigate the wind and constitution. We should not be easily offended!"

The three talked for a while, and a horse came and said, "Master Li has arrived!"

At that moment, Huang Laifu and Governor Yang stood up and went to the two gates to meet each other.Guarded by a group of Ningwu officers and soldiers, Li Xun came with three entourages of scribes and clerks. When he arrived at the Governor's Yamen, he dismounted at the front door and entered by the side door.When they arrived at the second gate, everyone met each other, exchanged pleasantries, and welcomed them into the hall.In the hall, everyone bowed to each other and finished the etiquette. Governor Yang sat in the middle of the hall, and Li Xun sat beside him on the left.Huang Laifu sat next to him on the right.Liu Bingbei sat at the bottom.

Huang Laifu looked at Li Xunyong, who was nearly fifty years old, with three long beards, and an old-fashioned demeanor, quite rigid.It seems that with him, the routine is business-like, so don't think about going through the back door with him.

That's right, every time the patrols go to a place, the time of the tour is one year. If there is no special permission from the imperial court, no second tour is allowed. The projects are all provided by the Central Metropolitan Procuratorate, so they can't make things difficult for them both locally and financially.Therefore, every patrol is focused on their own Qingming, hoping to catch a few big fish when inspecting the wind, constitution and discipline of various places, so that they will have their own prestige in the Qingliu.

Li Xunyin glanced at Huang Laifu intentionally or unintentionally, stroked his beard, and said, "I am going to patrol the sky to investigate the gains and losses of officials in various places in Shanxi, correct the evils, and ensure that the local people are in peace. I come to Ningwu, and I ask you to cooperate." , I will take a copy of the official documents from my office!"

Huang Laifu was baffled by Li Xun's gaze. Governor Yang smiled and said: "Of course, Li Xun came to Ningwuguan to check the required case files and ask officials for questions. We will definitely not shirk!"

Li Xun nodded in satisfaction, looked at Huang Laifu and said, "When I went to Shanxi Town to investigate the officials, the government, the education and the people's conditions, I heard that someone impeached Huang Junmen to compete with the people for profit and oppress the people in various places?"

Everyone was surprised, this Li Xun was not a good person, Governor Yang hurriedly said: "This must be a villain's business, jealous and slandering Huang Junmen, please Li Xun to investigate clearly!"

Huang Laifu was in a bad mood today. Hearing this, he disdainfully said: "Who is slandering me? Stand up for me!"

Li Xun looked at Huang Laifu fixedly, snorted, and said: "The Huang Junmen is so arrogant, and I was entrusted by the Holy Majesty to investigate the malpractices of officials in various places, to investigate whether the officials have violated the law and neglect their duties, and to use it as a basis for investigation." The source of absolute arrogance. The Huang Junmen are so domineering in front of me. I can think of the suffering of the merchants in Shanxi Town. Whether the Huang Junmen has competed with the people for profit or oppressed the merchants, I will know after an open and unannounced visit. I hope that when Huang Junmen Don't shy away from asking questions!"

Huang Laifu was furious, stood up and pointed at his nose and shouted: "Presumptuous, you are a mere seventh-rank official, so what if you come from the central government? There is a theory in the "Constitutional Outline" that a guarding officer of the army is appointed by the imperial court. To guard against rape and insult, Fengxian officials must be humble and respectful when meeting each other! Even if the commander-in-chief guards have committed serious violations of the law, they must explain clearly with their body, point out the facts, and give instructions, and are not allowed to humiliate without authorization. You are just a rumor Spreading rumors, and treating me so contemptuously without any solid evidence, you are trying to make public favors, slandering your own interests, and I want to impeach you to the Holy Majesty!"

Seeing that Huang Laifu dared to point at the nose of a inspector censor and yell at him, the expressions of the three clerks behind Li Xunyan changed drastically. The two of Liu Bingbei were also busy trying to smooth things over.However, while Liu Bingbei was trying to smooth things over, he was also secretly excited. This Huang Laifu was indeed domineering, and he could do this to the police, so it can be seen why he treated him like that before.Although he and Huang Laifu are now leeches on the same rope, he is still happy to see Huang Laifu endure some hardships.

Li Xun pressed his face livid, and said with a sneer, "Whether Huang Junmen has bullied merchants or people, you will know when the time comes, so you can do it yourself!"

As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and got up, and at the same time his heart was burning. This Huang Laifu is so arrogant and domineering, it can be seen that the army and the people of Shanxi Town must be in dire straits. If Huang Laifu, the commander-in-chief of the town, can be brought down, he will definitely be famous in the Ming Dynasty. Show Zhang, won the praise of Qingliu.Maybe he can be promoted to the post of capital censor.

Governor Yang hurriedly stood up, and said: "Inspector Li, I am asking someone to prepare a dinner, so I ask Governor Li not to refuse!"

Li Xun said indifferently: "No, the "Constitution" stipulates that wherever the censor goes, no feasts, few friends, and selfless visits are allowed. I appreciate the kindness of the governor!"

Speaking of him walking away, Huang Laifu turned to his back and said, "Stupid Confucianism, old man!"

Li Xunjian's footsteps paused, and he followed without stopping.Only his three entourages were furious and wanted to turn around and scold Huang Laifu, but they didn't express anything when they saw the lord, and they hurriedly followed.

Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei looked at each other.

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After a few days, Li Xun was listening to the lawsuit at the Ningwuguan Police Office, and was going through the papers, not knowing what he was busy with.

This patrolling office is the prefecture and county of the Ming Dynasty. It is a fixed official office specially built for the patrolling censor to handle official affairs and retain, and idlers are not allowed to approach.Even Governor Yang, Huang Laifu and others were not allowed to enter without the permission of Governor Li.After the censor visited Shanxi, the local government was not allowed to use it for other purposes, but should be reserved for the next censor.

According to Huang Laifu's news, this Li Xun presses every day in the government office to review the case files, question the officials, review various lawsuits every day, go to the streets and outside the city to investigate the political, educational and public conditions, and investigate farmland and water conservancy, etc. He is very diligent.Working as an official is also very frugal, eating noodles and vegetables every day, and buying meat only once a few days.However, such a person is also very scary. He has a stubborn mind and only wants to gain a clear name, which is unrealistic. He is not on the same path as Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu didn't care about Li Xun's matter so much, and he didn't take it very seriously. These days, Jiang Dazhong sent news that some merchants and literati in Wuzhaibao were about to move, and they complained more about Huang Laifu. This issue is a big deal. Huang Laifu is currently In the name of inspecting military affairs, he returned to Wuzhai Fort.
April 23, the [-]rd year of Wanli.

After Huang Laifu came to Wuzhai Fort in the 17th year of Wanli, after six years of development, Wuzhai Fort has undergone great changes. The farmland outside the city can’t be seen at a glance, the workshops are dense, the shops in the city are crowded, and the streets are full of clothes. The well-decorated soldiers and civilians are full of vitality.In a few years, Wuzhai Fort has changed from a small fort with thousands of households to Wuzhaiwei, a prosperous city.

Not to mention that in Wuzhaibao and Ningwuguan, there are thousands of troops with military household registration in Wuzhaibao and their military households in various places in Laoyingbao.In the [-] farms in Wuzhaibao alone, there are nearly [-] strong men. These people all have military household registration in Wuzhaibao, and their family members number in the tens of thousands.There are also many merchants and workers who come to Wuzhaibao to do business, making the streets of Wuzhaibao bustling with people.Compared with a few years ago, this change can only be described as amazing.

The army and Zhuang Ding are the most loyal group to Huang Laifu, and some workshop workers, some merchants and literati who have benefited from the development of Wuzhai Fort also stand on the same line as Huang Laifu.

But there are also some big merchant families from other places, official merchant families, and some literati who came to Wuzhai Fort. Although they also enjoyed the development of Wuzhai Fort, they became more and more dissatisfied with Huang Laifu.

In the evening, in a restaurant near Wuzhaibao Dadong Street, some people dressed as literati were chatting loudly. From their appearance, one could tell that these people were the teachers of Wuzhaibao Academy.After the opening of Wuzhaibao University Hall, it was renamed Wuzhaibao Academy a few years later. Huang Laifu thought that this name was more generous and more in line with the customs of Ming Dynasty at that time.

Seeing these people, the local diners all cast respectful glances. First, in Daming at that time, scholars were respected by all kinds of people.The second is that in Wuzhaibao Academy, the treatment of the gentlemen is really good, even ordinary teachers have a monthly salary of two taels of silver, not to mention those professors with higher status.This made many soldiers and soldiers in Wuzhaibao envy.But everyone thinks that this kind of treatment is appropriate. After all, they are scholars, so the higher treatment is understandable.

Wuzhaibao Academy currently has more than 2000 students, divided into low, middle and high age groups, and has dozens of classes.There are more than [-] teachers and professors, as well as many officials, Zhai Fu, Shan Fu and others.This scale was considered huge in the Ming Dynasty.Not to mention that children from all over Wuzhaibao are enrolled in Wuzhaibao Academy, even students from some nearby states and counties also come to study one after another.

At this time, these literati were talking loudly, most of them were teachers of Wuzhai Academy, besides some down-and-out literati and accountants in Wuzhai Fort, some of them came from various schools in Weizhou Instructions, professors, all they want is Wuzhai Academy's good treatment.

Compared with the original teachers who were upgraded from down-and-out literati, these professors who jumped over from various health schools and prefectural schools have a stronger sense of superiority, but they are less attentive in teaching, because many teaching concepts of Wuzhai Academy are not suitable for them. So he adopted the method of obedience and violation.

"Although Huang Junmen is a general in the frontier town, he is a warrior. How can he be the head of the academy and let the gentleness sweep the floor?"

"As a general, Huang Junmen can serve the country with all his heart. What kind of academy does he have? He is a warrior. What kind of intention is this? Brother Jiang, you were once the teacher of the Kelan Prefecture Health School, and the Wuzhai Academy Head of the mountain, of course you should be in charge!"

"That's right, there's also the professor of the academy, which is even more ridiculous. Who is that Wang Qinian? He's just a pig raiser. How can he teach and educate people?"

"Yes, let's take a look at what is being taught in the academy every day. Not to mention the archery, but also the skills of peddlers, such as agricultural techniques, and commercial goods. It really embarrasses us scholars!"

All that was said was a voice of anger.Huang Laifu asked to teach agricultural technology, business, military and other knowledge in Wuzhai Academy, which made these literati extremely dissatisfied.

At the same time, some people looked around and said in a subdued voice: "That's not all. Look at Huang Laifu, who bullies merchants and people in the fort and competes with the people for profit. I heard that his Wuzhaibao merchant tax reached 5 last year." Two, what is it if this is not cruelly oppressing the merchants?"

One person said again: "That's right, after Huang Laifu arrived at Ningwuguan, he connived at the local gangsters and killed the local good mine owners, and took all the local mine owners' income as his own. I also heard that he was going to Ningwuguan at Wuzhaibao It is really outrageous to set up cards and taxes on the road!"

One person "kindly" reminded: "Brother Qin, be careful, the surrounding area of ​​Wuzhai Fort is full of blind followers, who think that Huang Laifu is more important than anything, be careful of the villain and tell the truth!"

The man proudly said: "What I say is sincere and conscientious, what is it for a villain to inform you? I heard that Mr. Xunyan is coming to Wuzhai Fort, so I want to talk to him."

However, his words still trailed off, and then brushed across the faces of the two silent teachers at the desk.In recent years, Huang Laifu's prestige in Wuzhai Fort has become more and more important. Many ordinary military households have erected Huang Laifu's shrine at home to show that they should not forget who brought their good life these years.If they heard that they favored Huang Laifu, the consequences would be unpredictable, and this was one of the reasons that made them angry.A well-learned man is not even as prestigious as a martial artist.

One of the two silent teachers is about forty years old, wearing a cloth shirt, wearing a square scarf, with wrinkled face, this person is called Zhang Chengde.One person, about thirty years old, is his good friend Yang Dongping.Before the two became teachers, they both worked as accountants in various workshops in Wuzhai Fort.In particular, Yang Dongping, a native of Kelan Prefecture, went around trying to make a living after failing to pass the exams. Scholars like them have always been sluggish and don't know the grain. How can they find any good positions?

At the beginning, a friend asked Yang Dongping to do the job of tutoring school children, three buckets of rice per month, plus three qian for vegetables, how could he support a family like this?The child often cried from hunger, and usually had to rely on his wife and mother to make some female celebrities to survive. Later, Yang Dongping got a job as a tent in a workshop in Wuzhaibao, and he gradually got enough food and clothing, and later he found Wuzhai. As a college teacher, he started to have no worries about food and clothing, and soon brought his family, wife and children to Wuzhaibao.

Now Yang Dongping's plan is to find Wuzhaibao military household registration for himself, because in this way, his family can truly live a stable and prosperous life. After all, with Wuzhaibao military household registration, there are many benefits and guarantees .Over the past few years, Wuzhaibao military household registration has become more and more difficult to obtain, which is in stark contrast to ordinary military households fleeing elsewhere.Fortunately, he is a scholar, so there is no problem with this.

His good friend Zhang Chengde also has the same background as him.After listening to what everyone said, Yang Dongping felt that these people were talking nonsense. Everyone has seen the changes in Wuzhai Fort over the years, and everyone has also seen the good days of Wuzhai Fort. Why is everyone scrambling to come to Wuzhaibao to make a living?Yang Dongping is not ashamed to tell nonsense with his eyes open.

At that moment, he couldn't help but said: "Are you being serious? How could the Huang Junmen oppress merchants and people in Wuzhai Fort? Why haven't I heard of it? Isn't it everyone's dream of a good life for the soldiers and people of Wuzhai Fort? Otherwise, everyone How did you come to Wuzhai Fort again? There are no refugees, no beggars, and everyone has enough food and clothing. In the military forts in Northwest Shanxi, where can you find a benevolent general like Huang Junmen? As for business taxes, merchants make a lot of money, so naturally Taxes should be paid, this is a matter of course. As for teaching agricultural technology and business, it is also for the sake of the future of the students. You know, only a few of them pass the scientific examination every year. Huang Junmen is also for the sake of everyone. Why do you complain?"

Zhang Chengde also saw that these people were not used to it, and said: "Brother Yang said it is very true, Wuzhai Fort is leisurely and rich, the army and the people are happy, there are no hungry people on the street, and there are no idlers, widows, widows, lonely and sick, and everyone has their own problems Yang, among the forts in Daming Border Town, where can I find such a place? According to me, Wuzhai Fort is not an exaggeration to be called the Land of Peach Blossoms!"

Those people looked at each other, and one of them gave a sneer with disdain, and said, "Huang Laifu competes with the people for profit, and good products become rare. The purchase price is less than 40 taels and the pawn price, and all taxes are exempted. Even the important places in the south of the Yangtze River, the bustling places, the commercial tax of a prefecture is not as good as that of Wuzhaibao. If Huang Laifu did not oppress the merchants and impose heavy taxes, the mere fort would have The commercial tax can reach 5 taels?"

One of them also squinted at Yang and Zhang, and said: "Brother Yang said it is true, not to mention that Huang Laifu is bullying merchants and people, even if he is the head of the academy as a warrior, he has ulterior motives and is insulting to gentlemen!"

The rest stood up and said, "Let's go, two brothers, why bother to talk too much with some villains!"

As they spoke, these people stood up one after another and walked away, leaving Yang and Zhang with the bills.

Zhang Chengde and Yang Dongping sneered at each other, Zhang Chengde said: "Huang Junmen once said that he picked up the bowl to eat meat, put down the chopsticks and scolded his mother, did he refer to these people?"

Yang Dongping said disdainfully: "A bunch of villains, they keep saying that the Huang Junmen oppressed the merchants, and they look filled with righteous indignation, but it's not for themselves. As far as I know, many of these people's family members lived in five years old. Let’s do business in Zhaibao, and they have to pay those business taxes, which naturally makes them very distressed! It’s still not greedy to make money every day, and silver every month. I don’t know, Wuzhaibao has no Huang Junmen. Can people still operate safely?"

Zhang Chengde said: "Short-sighted people, don't need to pay attention to them, we drink by ourselves!"

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On the second day, in Wuzhai Academy, for the first time, there was a tense atmosphere here.

Although Wuzhai Academy is a private school, all fees are borne by Huang Laifu, but like the surrounding public schools such as Wei Xuezhou School, it also has the archway of "virtue matching heaven and earth", the same Minglun hall for teaching students, and the office of teachers. Zhidao, Jude, Yiren, Youyi and other studies.The buildings everywhere they went were also blue bricks and blue tiles, all of which were solemn.

This place used to be a sacred place in the minds of all Wuzhai Fort people. The military households sent their children to study here, hoping that they would learn knowledge and have a good future.

But at this time, many servants of the Laifu camp entered the Wuzhai Academy, all wearing armor and armed.Because Huang Laifu came here to inspect.Along with them were Jiang Dazhong, Wang Qinian, Zhou Wendong and others.

On the bluestone slab outside Zhidao Zhai, many students in blue shirts secretly watching the fun gathered from afar, and in the outside of the door, all the teachers of Wuzhai Academy were all standing here.In addition, there are the shrine of the academy (managing the sacrifices in the academy, etc.), and the book of the academy (managing the storage and borrowing of books in the library in the academy).Some workers in the academy, such as gatekeepers, firemen, woodcutters and coal collectors, guards, watchmen, hall stewards, janitors, etc., also stood aside.

Wang Qinian can be regarded as a professor of the academy, besides Huang Laifu, he is the largest in the academy, he is usually in charge of giving lectures in the academy, solving doubts for the students, and managing some of the affairs of the academy, such as opening and closing the library, welcoming and seeing off the head of the academy, management of the students , Fund income and expenditure, building repairs, etc.

At this time, he was reading a list of teachers. Those who read this list will have their monthly credit increased by one tael from next month. Anyone who wishes to join the Wuzhaibao military household registration can join.There are more than [-] people on this list, Zhang Chengde and Yang Dongping both received salary increases.

Naturally, these people were in high spirits, but the remaining 30 or so teachers who were not included in the list were all in a bad mood. Among these people, those who were queuing Huang Laifu in the restaurant yesterday were all among this group of people.And most of them are lecturers and professors who have jumped over from various health schools and prefectural schools. They have always been dissatisfied with the teaching of Wuzhai Academy, and they are dissatisfied with Huang Laifu.

One of them whispered, "Brother Jiang, what does Huang Laifu mean by this?"

The man said with a gloomy face, "Brother Qin, I don't know either, let's wait and see what happens!"

After Wang Qinian finished reading the list of teachers who were rewarded, he looked at Huang Laifu. Huang Laifu nodded and said calmly: "For the teachers who have not been rewarded, go to Professor Wang to collect one month's monthly silver, and then you can leave the academy!"

Immediately, the group of teachers made a surprised voice: "What, what does this mean?"

"Could it be that we were fired, why?"

"Yes, yes, why is this?"

The teacher surnamed Jiang used to be the teacher of the Wei School in Kelan Prefecture, so he was considered the leader of this group of people, and a group of people even intended to recommend him to be the head of the academy.At this time, he raised his voice and said: "Huang Junmen, why is this? This is regarded as expelling us, so we have to give a reason?"

Huang Laifu said indifferently: "You don't concentrate on teaching, you obey the orders of the head of the mountain, and you spread rumors behind your back to confuse the public. Your intentions are sinister, so I will fire you. I will give you an extra month's silver, and I, Huang Laifu, have done my best. ! From today, get the most out of Wuzhai Fort!"

Huang Laifu investigated the details of these people for a long time, and took action today.

The teacher surnamed Qin suddenly stood up and shouted: "Huang Laifu, you suppress speech, and you will attack me when I disagree with you. This is the behavior of a villain. I know that you bully the business people and compete with the people for profit." , levy heavy taxes, and because the inspector censor wants to come, you will fire me, you..."

Before he finished speaking, he let out a scream. It turned out that Jiang Dazhong had snatched a sergeant's blunderbuss, swung the round blunderbuss holder, and smashed it on his face. Immediately, the man was bleeding profusely.Jiang Dazhong used the body of the blunderbuss as a stick again, hit him hard a few times, and shouted: "Grandma's Xiong, how dare you scold my young master?"
Everyone in the room was shocked, the man screamed loudly, with a look of hatred in his eyes, he cried out sadly: "Huang Laifu, you dare to humiliate me in public, do you want to be an enemy of scholars all over the world?"

Huang Laifu snorted disdainfully: "What scholar?"

He raised his voice and shouted sharply: "For those scholars who are decent, respectful and obedient, and concentrate on teaching, I respectfully call him Mr. Yiyi. For those scholars who are disobedient, spread rumors behind their backs, and have bad personal morals, in my heart, Not even a dog! Call me and get out!"

The sound of sticks sounded again, accompanied by screams...

(End of this chapter)