Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 35
Jieshi, since the Song Dynasty, this stele will be erected in the yamen at all levels, and the inscription just faces the lobby.

Let officials be able to see these words when they are promoted, and play a role in admonishing officials, so it is called Jieshi.

Yang Chao had visited the county government, but the Jieshi he saw was closer to the lobby, and there was no pavilion. It was the county government in the Qing Dynasty, and the county government in the Ming Dynasty would build a pavilion on the Jieshi for protection.

However, this ring stone has been passed down for hundreds of years, but the morals of officials have not changed at all. I am afraid that they will not look at this ring stone when they are promoted, and they will see trouble.

There are house gates on both sides of the lobby. After the house gate is the second hall, after the second hall is the third hall, and after the third hall is the back hall. It is also called the magistrate's house, where the county magistrate and his family usually live.

Facing him were seven five-room houses, with the living room in the middle. Yang Chao was taken to a small house in the west, which was a smaller living room. The living room outside the main living room was called the Flower Hall, which should be the West Flower Hall.

Inside there was already a man in civilian clothes, holding an old book, reading.

This person looks about 40 years old, with a thin body, no different from ordinary scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

The door took Yang Chao in, bowed and said: "My lord, I have brought you here."

This man is the county magistrate.

Yang Chao and Hu Quan hurriedly saluted, "Young man Yang Chao (Hu Quan) has met the county magistrate."

This county magistrate loves to show off his prestige, so he forced Yang Chao and Hu Quan to bow down to him before softly saying: "Get up."

After the two stood up, the county magistrate said again: "Are you really sent by Lord Qian Muzhai to invite me?"

Hu shook his body and looked at Yang Chao in horror. He felt that Qian Muzhai didn't agree to attend their meeting just now.But Yang Chao has already played Qian Qianyi's signboard.

What Hu Quan didn't know was that Yang Chao's invitations had been written long ago, and there were loops on them. When they arrived at the county magistrate, they wanted to use the name of an old bureaucrat like Qian Qianyi to suppress them.Although Qian Qianyi didn't seem to agree in the first ring, Yang Chao still boldly used Qian Qianyi's name.

Yang Chao was very calm: "Back to the adults, it's not just Mr. Mu Zhai."

The county magistrate snorted and said, "Then who else?"

Yang Chao nodded lightly, and then he spoke eloquently.

After listening to Yang Chao's words, Jiangning county magistrate Yang Wencong even trembled slightly.

Yang Wencong was a Juren during the Wanli period, but he failed to pass the imperial examinations many times. He was almost 50 years old before he won the post of Jiangning county magistrate. He was a depressed person.

"You, what you said is true."

He suddenly pointed at Yang Chao, his arms trembling slightly, and asked anxiously.

Hu Quan also trembled, he was afraid, a small citizen, in front of the county magistrate, couldn't help being afraid, so scared that he couldn't tell whether the county magistrate was happy or angry.

However, Yang Chao remained calm: "Of course what Xiaomin said is true. Mr. Qian Muzhai, Zhang Tianru and many adults from Donglin Fushe will participate."

Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu represent Donglin and Fushe, the largest political forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and they can reach Tianting directly.Not to mention that there are nearly ten famous people in Donglin Fushe.

Yang Wencong was invited to the event that these two people participated in. No wonder Yang Wencong was not excited.

However, Yang Chao continued to talk fiercely, and said in Yang Wencong's ear: "The purpose of the meeting between Lord Muzhai and Lord Tianru is to seek Lord Zhou Yusheng—to meet again!"

Yang Chao deliberately clenched the word reunion and said.

Hearing this, Yang Wencong was startled and fell down on the chair, blood surged up on his face, and it took him a long time to catch his breath.

He is an official, and he is very clear about some rumors in the officialdom. It has not been a day or two since Zhang Pu asked his teacher Zhou Yanru to meet again. Obviously this is a big event, but it has never had anything to do with Yang Wencong. He was actually invited to participate this time, isn't it to discuss with him the important matter of Zhou Yanru's reunion.

Then if Zhou Yanru succeeds, his official career will be guaranteed. I dare not say that he can go straight to the sky, at least he can be promoted to a higher level.Even if it doesn't work, if you can integrate into Fushe's core circle, it won't be difficult to rise up from a small official position like the county magistrate.

Yang Wencong is the magistrate of Jiangning County, Jiangning County is in Nanjing City, Nanjing City has the status of Liudu, Jiangning County is Gyeonggi County, the general county magistrate is a seventh-rank sesame official, but the Jiangning county magistrate is a regular sixth-rank official.

If he could be promoted to one level, he would be a fifth-rank official.

The fifth-rank official is already in the middle level, and it is very likely to enter the sixth department at the top, and there is hope to be a Beijing official in this life.

So Yang Wencong couldn't help being excited, he seemed to see a window that opened his official career.

"Come on, give me a seat!"

Yang Wencong immediately gave orders loudly, and the servants outside the door heard it, and immediately ran in to move a chair for Yang Chao.

Before the chairs were put away, Yang Wencong asked impatiently: "Mr. Mu Zhai, Zhang Tianru, and Mr. Yusheng, why did you invite me, no, I invite you."

After moving out of Zhou Yanru, Yang Wencong didn't even dare to call him "the official", and became a "lower official".

Yang Chao shook his head and said with a smile: "Actually, they didn't invite the adults, but the villains decided to invite the adults privately."

What Yang Chao said was true, the invitation to Yang Wencong was a temporary decision by himself, and it was after careful consideration.It is inappropriate to invite officials to this rally, and Ruan Dacheng does not allow officials to be invited. The first is that he is afraid of leaking the news, because he really cannot see the position of those officials. If the news leaks, these officials can go straight to Beijing and destroy the Zhou Yanru's big event; second, the relationship between Nanjing officialdom and Ruan Dacheng is really bad. Nanjing officialdom is different from Beijing. Nanjing officialdom is almost all excluded political struggle losers, so most of them are officials from Donglin and Fushe. Inviting those people is completely embarrassing Ruan Dacheng.

But Yang Wencong is different. Yang Wencong is a native of Guizhou. Although he joined the Fushe, his status is restricted and he cannot enter the core.The key point is that Yang Wencong has a good personal relationship with Ruan Dacheng, probably because he doesn't have a deep imprint on his Fushe identity, so he doesn't care about Ruan Dacheng's eunuch status.

So inviting Yang Wencong will not be tabooed by Ruan Dacheng, but also serve Yang Chao's purpose.

Yang Chao wanted to win over a powerful official like Yang Wencong. Although he was only a county magistrate, he was just right.If I try to win over those prefects and governors through this rally, I don't say whether I can succeed, even if I win, it's not as easy to control as a county magistrate. If I win over such small officials by myself, they will be more willing to listen to Yang Chao when they do things in the future.

A high-ranking official subconsciously looks down on grassroots people like Yang Chao.

Sure enough, Yang Wencong couldn't help being surprised when he heard that Yang Chao invited him specially.

Yang Wencong asked anxiously, "Why is this?"

Yang Chao said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter. Xiaomin was entrusted by several old gentlemen to help invite famous scholars from Jiangnan to the meeting. Xiaomin is under the rule of Jiangning County, so naturally he has to consider for his parents, Mr. Yang, in Jiangning County, so It’s the decision to invite adults to the meeting. Don’t worry, adults, the old gentlemen will not blame adults. But parents and adults still have to keep it a secret, this matter is of great importance, and the elders don’t want others to know.”

Yang Wencong hurriedly said: "This is nature, this is nature!"

Yang Wencong is not a fool, he can tell that Yang Chao is deliberately trying to win him over, but he is happy to be drawn over.

At this time, the servants had set up the chairs, Yang Chao waved his hands and refused to sit, but instead bowed his hands to Yang Wencong: "Goodbye, parents, goodbye, villain!"

After speaking, he turned around and left, not at all like the little man who knelt down when he came in.

Similarly, Yang Wencong did not look like a majestic parent waiting for someone to kneel just now, but was a little absent-minded.

Yang Chao had already walked out of the flower hall, only to hear Yang Wencong yelling 'see off' in a loud voice.

Hu Quan followed Yang Chao closely and left the county yamen. When he got to the side, he panted heavily and sat down next to the stone lion in the yamen.

Only then did Yang Chao see that Hu Quan was sweating profusely, even his clothes were soaked.

Yang Chao couldn't help but wry smile, this friend is too timid, he's still a butcher, does he have the guts to kill a pig?

However, Yang Chao also knows that the fear of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty when facing officials, even if it is only a county magistrate, can destroy a commoner's family. Most importantly, the local officials of the Ming Dynasty really dare to abuse this kind of fear. Private power, oppressing the people.

Seeing Hu Quan's appearance, Yang Chao knew that he would not be able to leave today, but his most important task today was also considered complete, so after explaining to Hu Quan, they went home separately.

When Yang Chao returned home, he found that he had also received an invitation.

This invitation was sent by the Xu family. The Xu family's pawn shop is opening and a big feast is going to be held.

(End of this chapter)