The Zhu couple had always been very strict with their personal guards and household servants, so Fan Bin, the chief of guard who escorted them to Dengzhou, was not domineering.
Captain Fan bowed his hands to the seventh-rank official and said in a calm tone: "Sir, we are the charioteers of the general of Lu Fan in Yanzhou."
"What about General Zhenguo? Today is the 15th, and local old parents are paying homage to the city emperor. Since you are part of a vassal, you should know how to respect the yang and yin officials of our Ming Dynasty."
The City Emperor was originally a god who protected the city. In this world, he evolved into an image in charge of things in the underworld. Therefore, the City Emperor was also called the "Yin Official".
Yangguan naturally refers to the county magistrate, that is, "old parents".
When Guard Chief Fan saw that his master's identity was revealed and the other party was still making such excuses, he was impatient and said in a cold voice: "What kind of official position does the master hold in this county?"
The blue-robed seventh-grade official said calmly: "I, like you, also pass by this place. As for who I am, it has nothing to do with right or wrong. Why, do you want to watch people order food?"
Fan Bin's anger was aggravated again. He had a relative who was a participant in Beidi. When he went to the Ministry of War in central Beijing on errands, he was often made things difficult by those low-level civil servants.
They military men increasingly looked down upon these civil servants of the Ming Dynasty.
Zheng Haizhu, who was behind Fan Bin, saw that the hand of Zhu Yipai, the captain of the guard, had been pressed back to the handle of the waist knife, and his fists were obviously clenched.
She hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to the blue-robed official, and said respectfully: "Sir, the captain of the guard asked me for your honorific title and where to find out where to lift him. This is to report clearly to the general of the country. This is his duty."
"Being loyal to one's duties is also a matter of etiquette. Since the master has taught us that etiquette is the top priority when traveling, please enlighten me on the origin. We will go and ask the general of Zhengguo to give us instructions."
The blue-robed official frowned slightly.
He has seen many relatives of the emperor, and servants and maids of high-ranking officials and noble families who are incompetent with others. He did not expect that the people who came out of the general's house today were not ugly, especially the young woman in front of him. Although there was a hint of wit in her words, the truth was still there.
Not bad.
He stared at Zheng Haizhu: "Are you the woman in charge of the house?"
Zheng Haizhu said, neither humble nor arrogant: "The common man's surname is Zheng. He is a cloth merchant from the south of the Yangtze River. He is fortunate to travel with the general and his wife. The common man boldly asked, is this the inspector of the Eight Prefectures who patrols on behalf of the emperor?"
The eight prefectures patrol censors are the common name among the people for the censors who patrol the eight prefectures. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, a province usually had eight prefectures, so the censors sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to each province were called "eight prefectures patrol censors".
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Although the imperial censor's official rank is only seven, he has great powers. He can monitor the words and deeds of local officials and report to the court and the emperor. Gradually, he can also directly report local business, education, people's livelihood, customs, etc.
Tian Ting. Don't talk about military officers and generals. Even the second and third grade civil servants in Futai Daotai will be polite when meeting the censor.
Zheng Haizhu had just seen that after Fan Bin revealed Zhu Yipai's identity, the arrogant look on the face of this seventh-grade civil servant had not changed at all, so he guessed that he would not be a local official like Huang Zunsu, let alone a minister from various temples and ministries.
Low-level Beijing official.
This painting style of "I am not afraid of the King of Heaven" should be attributed to the Censor of Kedao.
Hearing Zheng Haizhu's inquiry, the blue-robed official raised his eyebrows slightly, and the Sichuan pattern that could trap mosquitoes finally flattened back a bit.
"You guessed it right. I am the censor of Shandong Province. My surname is Huang and my given name is Yaliang. You can go to the car and inform the general of the country to retreat quickly."
Huang Yaliang... Zheng Haizhu quickly searched his memory.
unfamiliar.
As a small screenwriter majoring in history, she has a golden finger if she can live in the late Ming Dynasty. At least she can know that Huang Zongxi's father is Huang Zunsu and Xu Guangqi's student is Sun Yuanhua. She can know the founder of the TV series Yan Siqi and the heroine Qin Liangyu.
Know the situation in Liaodong in the next few years.
But it is impossible to enter "Huang Yaliang" like a search engine and his life story will appear.
However, the information of "Shandong Patrol Censor" is so important. No wonder this person is not afraid of the Lu Fan clan.
Besides, people might have patrolled the Liaohai Road.
Not only can we not offend, but we must also go up and make friends.
Zheng Haizhu hurriedly went to see Fan Bin. Fan Bin was a martial artist, but after all, he was the chief of the bodyguard in the vassal palace. He was not familiar with the basic connotations of the superiority and inferiority of civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty.
When he heard that the other party was the "Eight Prefectural Patrol Agents", he knelt down without hesitation and said: "Mr. Wang, I am rude and disrespectful. I have offended the Censor. I hope you will forgive me. I will go and report it here."
General and Madam."
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In the evening, outside the official post in Ye County, the bearers shrank their hands and stamped their feet to keep warm in the biting cold wind of late autumn.
After waiting for a long time, the magistrate, magistrate, and bookkeeper came out of the inn.
"We won't go to Qingfeng Tower anymore. Let's take the eldest master and the second master back to the house." The chief secretary ordered the bearers of the two sedan chairs.
After the sedan chair left, four or five other sedan chair bearers gathered around. A leader said cautiously: "Third Master, you see, the young people have been drinking the northwest wind for so long. It turns out that this cold day, at the end of the Shen Dynasty,
The most people hire sedan chairs..."
The chief clerk waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, everyone has a silver reward. You can find a shop to weigh and cut it, and then go and divide it yourself."
As he said this, he actually took out his bag, picked up half of a small official silver ingot with an inscription in the middle, and threw it to the leader of the sedan chair.
Half a tael of silver, and each person can get three cents of silver, which is more than the hard work that the bearer can earn in a day.
The bearers thanked them profusely, and the leader, who was naturally sensible, stammered and opened a sedan curtain: "The third master has a golden body and cannot be frozen. I will take you back home."
Along the way, the bearer did not forget to ask curiously: "Third Master, I heard that the two important people in the official post who were going to the banquet made way for the grand master of our county on the stone street at noon?"
The chief secretary of Ye County, who was sitting in the sedan chair, was born as a local scholar. He had no airs about the folks in the countryside. He usually went to restaurants and bars and chatted with ordinary people. Today, he was in a good mood and started chatting with the bearers of the sedan chair.
stand up.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The elder did not expect what happened at noon. It was on the way to worship the city emperor, and he saw a blockage at the other end of the stone street from a distance. So he sent someone there
When I asked, I was surprised to find that it was the censor of Shandong Province who reprimanded the general of Lu Fan in Yanzhou."
In fact, the bearer had never been out of Yexian for most of his life. He didn't understand what kind of officials and titles the censor and the general were, so he just pretended to be exaggerated and followed the chief clerk's words: "It's incredible, it's incredible, then.
How did our lord deal with it?"
The chief clerk made a chirp: "Dispose of it? Our eldest master was afraid that he would be punished by the general of the country. He hurriedly got off the sedan chair and rushed over to see him. This Wang Yushi was incognito when he arrived in Ye County yesterday. We, this little bastard,
It is common for the county not to look at the road signs. Who would have known that the provincial inspector came to visit. Wang Yushi put on his official uniform today, as if he wanted to see documents such as the county's field skin and bone tax deeds, but as soon as he left the house
Just help our eldest master offend the prince once."
The bearer continued to play the role of a surprised and qualified audience: "Oh, just now, the great master personally went to apologize to the nobles, but did not invite the nobles to have a meal at Qingfeng Tower. Is it because the general who ruled the country has not calmed down yet?
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The chief clerk said: "This is the exciting part. At noon, General Zhenguo appeared on the street. Not only did he not confront Wang Yushi, he was as obedient as a rabbit. Without saying a word, he asked his motorcade to retreat and give way to
Grand Master. Just now the Grand Master took us in. Wang Yushi actually said that he wanted to talk to General Zhenguo, so he would have dinner in the inn to prevent the county from spending any money. What’s even more amazing is that the General Zhenguo was on the other side.
The general told the elder that he met many disaster victims outside the city, and when he entered the city, he saw that the county school’s house was dilapidated. He was afraid that the students would be frozen in the winter, so he would donate a hundred gold to the county, give out porridge, and repair the house.”
The bearer was really surprised this time.
He thought that honest officials, virtuous kings and the like only sang in operas to coax people.
It turns out it can really fall from the sky.
No wonder the county magistrate and the county magistrate were all beaming with joy when they got into the sedan chair.
In the car behind him, the chief clerk continued to chatter: "It is normal for Wang Censor to be strict and consider himself Hai Rui. What is strange is that the counselor brought out by the general of Lu Fan in Yanzhou turned out to be a woman.
When you go to the banquet, you can also talk to Wang Yushi about side affairs."