According to the customs of this dynasty, the subordinates of the prefecture, state and county yamen have three classes and six wards. The yamen servants are divided into three classes, namely Zao class, Zhuang class and Kuai class. Zao class is also called Xi class, which is responsible for execution and standing in the hall. Zhuang class is also called
Ha Dao, guard, pass on cases, urge subjects and other matters. The fast class is also called the arrest class, divided into step fast and horse fast. The former is responsible for delivering official documents, and the latter is responsible for arrests. The class has a leader. The first room is the official room and the household room.
The ceremonial room, military room, punishment room, and work room are the abbreviation of the six departments of the imperial court, which are responsible for the management of documents and manuscripts. The staff are all scribes, also known as the scribes office, and do not join the official stream.
The system is a system, but it is another matter to implement it. If it is a county in a fertile area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the three classes and six rooms are full of people, and outsiders can’t even get in. But in a county in a barren area, even
There are not enough police officers to stand in the hall, and every time the hall is promoted, the government officials from the strong class and the fast class have to be called in to make up the number. This is the case in Luyang County. There are only two old and frail police officers in the entire county government. What?
Three classes and six rooms, no shadow at all.
It's no wonder that in the entire county government, only the magistrate receives a salary from the imperial court, and the rest rely on local finance to maintain their income. Luyang County is so poor that there is no money to pay the police monthly, so when Yuan Feng proposed that he
When investigating smuggling, it played into the hands of Magistrate Liu. This move not only solved the problem of insufficient manpower in the county government, but also solved the urgent problem of insufficient money. It can be said that another village has a bright future but a bright future.
Liu Zhixian wrote a letter of appointment and used the official seal of the county. He also wrote an official document about appointing a horse from the county to cooperate with the Tea Horse Company in investigating smuggling matters. He also stamped the official seal and handed it to Yuan Feng.
From this moment, Yuan Feng was upgraded from the land security guard of Shibalibao to the leader of Luyang County's fast class. This was a qualitative leap. Originally, he was just a local security guard and could not get on the stage. No matter how you say it, he is no longer on the stage.
If you are a member of the official family, you can legally carry a single sword, an iron ruler, a chain, wear red trousers, and black official boots with white soles. Of course, you have to buy these equipment and clothing yourself.
Yuan Feng bought some black and red cloth on the streets of Luyang County, and asked a tailor to help him make several public uniforms. In one night, three sets of government uniforms were made, including a black and red high hat, a black robe, and a red
The big belt is tied around the waist, and the feeling comes out immediately. Walking on the street is full of energy, and passers-by have to avoid it when they see it.
They went to the county government office to meet with Liu Zhixian and officially started work. The people of Luyang County are simple and simple, so there is no need for fast-shift government officials. The few of them went straight out of the county seat and went straight to Shibali Fort. They have not been back for so long.
I don’t know how worried my family members are.
When the group of people arrived three miles away from the fort, they saw a small figure waving at them on the distant slope. "It's Ya Gu." Yuan Feng said, and then urged his horse forward.
, the dumb girl over there also slipped down the slope and ran towards this side with Saihu.
The two finally met. Yuan Feng dismounted but didn't know what to say. He rubbed his hands for a long time before saying, "You wait for us outside the bunker every day?"
Mum Aunt nodded heavily. Yuan Feng saw that her body was covered with dirt from sliding down the slope, so he wanted to reach out and pat her. However, Mum Aunt's face turned red and she took a step back involuntarily. It was understandable.
The girl has grown up and knows the difference between men and women, but the beast Saihu doesn't pay attention to this. He jumps over like crazy and licks Yuanfeng's face. The strange thing is that his tail does not wag, which is obviously different from ordinary dogs.
Different, after not seeing each other for many days, the dumb aunt became even more beautiful, and Saihu also grew into a big dog, with shiny white hair and a body as big as a calf.
The group of people entered the fort and went back to their homes. Soon, heart-wrenching cries came from Chu Jian's house, making everyone in the fort sad. The son went out happily, but he didn't even bring back a body.
How to prevent the mother from being sad? Although Chu Jian’s mother cried bitterly, she did not accuse her husband and Yuan Feng. After all, selling smuggled salt is a dangerous business in itself. Even if the person who died was not Chu Jian, it would be someone from another family.
The child can only blame himself for his bad fate.
The news of Chu Jian's death made the people of Shibalibao sad for a while, but another news made everyone happy again, that is, Yuan Feng and the others made a lot of money from business, and also found jobs in the Yamen. From now on, everyone will be here
Having a backer in the government is better than anything else.
Before he had time to rest, Yuan Feng gathered his brothers and gave them a lecture, saying that raising an army for a thousand days would only take one moment, and a sheep would feed dozens of kilograms of grain every day to feed these people. It was finally time to play a role, and now he was already a reed.
The leader of the fast class in Yang County can recruit his own yamen servants on his own. The number of places is relatively small now. There are only ten quick steps and ten fast horses. Only the best brothers can be selected.
As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately exploded. What an honor it was to be able to wear the red and black public uniform. When I walked back to the village, I saw that it was a glorious ancestor. My parents also followed suit, so everyone signed up enthusiastically and competed.
Be the catcher.
The competition was fair. It was nothing more than horse-riding skills, swords, guns, arrows, sticks, and physical fitness. Zhao Ding'an knew these very well. In one day, he recruited two teams of horse-stepping yamen servants. They were all strong young men. However,
I can't keep up with the public uniforms and official boots, so I can only wear my own clothes to go on duty.
Shibali Fort is an important stop on the trade route in the Western Regions. The caravans coming out of Heifeng Gorge must pass through here, so it is also a good place to set up a checkpoint. For tea and horse smuggling, which is harmful to one's own interests, it is natural to arrive a day early.
After the investigation, they had made a profit a day earlier. Yuan Feng immediately ordered his horse to dispatch quickly to inquire about the caravan activities in the east and west directions, and be ready to attack at any time.
In the exchange of goods between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, tea and horses are the two most important items. The Central Plains lacks horses, and tea is an indispensable thing for people in the Western Regions. The eating habits of the nomadic people are different from those of the Central Plains people. Meat, milk, and fat account for the majority.
There are very few vegetables, and drinking tea can help digest food, remove greasiness, and supplement various vitamins. Therefore, there is a saying in the Western Regions that "it is better to go without food for a day than to go without tea for a day." Each herdsman can consume at least forty kilograms of brick tea every year, so this
You never have to worry about things running out of sales.
It is precisely because of the special nature of brick tea that not every caravan is qualified to operate it. In the past, when tea horse companies were still useful, tea horse coupons were issued through bidding. Later, this business was controlled by some powerful families.
There are three tea-horse trade routes, one is transported to Tubo via Sichuan, one is transported to the Mongolian desert via Shanxi, and the other is transported to the Western Regions via the Hexi Corridor. This last one is under the jurisdiction of the Lanzhou Tea Horse Division, which is what Yuan Feng and others want.
Inspected.
Even if tea-horse coupons are no longer used, the tea-horse trade is not something that ordinary people can carry out. At least businessmen of Deng Ziming's level are not qualified. They can only settle for the second best and engage in the trading of porcelain, furs, spices, jewelry and jade.
Of course, you can bring some brick tea or something, but you can't carry out large-scale trafficking. First, the purchase and sales channels are in the hands of others. Small merchants can't get low prices. Even if you have money, you can buy high-priced goods and hit the market.
, and also have to deal with other people's secret calculations.
Running a business is not that simple. If the government doesn't take care of it, these businessmen will also formulate rules among themselves. Powerful and powerful families monopolize the huge and profitable tea and horse smuggling business. Other small businessmen are not allowed to get involved, otherwise they will face horse thieves.
Robbery, there are countless teams of horse thieves running rampant on this road, many of them are raised by powerful people. If they don't like anyone, they will send horse thieves to snatch goods and kill people. You will have no way to tell the story of your suffering, and there will be no way to sue the officials. The one who was arrested
It is said that the only sword that Yuan Feng killed was that he had reached an agreement with a certain caravan to help them eliminate their competitors.
At the exit of Black Wind Gorge, a caravan of hundreds of camels was slowly coming over. For a few war horses, lazy men were chatting about one ride after another. All of them, without exception, had their waists hanging.
Holding a waist knife, the wind was strong in the canyon, and a large tooth-yellow flag was blown by the west wind. The big word "Yuchi" on it showed that they were from the Yuchi family in Chang'an. With this flag, all the people in the northwest
Heroes on the road will sell themselves to save face. You must know that the Yuchi family is a time-honored brand that has been in business for hundreds of years. They are different from the nouveau riche like the Li family in Lanzhou who sell smuggled salt. They do a huge business, have connections in the military and official circles, and even more horse thieves.
They paid for the support. As for which merchant family was the most powerful on the Silk Road, the Yuchi family deserved it.
When the camel team came to the mouth of the canyon, they suddenly saw two people standing in the distance. They were wearing black robes, red belts tied around their waists, and high hats. They were actually dressed as official officials. One of them stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture.
The two men at the head of the camel team were greatly surprised. They looked at each other and then galloped over.
"Luyang County police are investigating the smuggling of tea and horses. Stop all of them for interrogation." The smooth-talking officer actually said this.
The two martial arts masters of the Yuchi family couldn't help laughing, and one of them joked: "Brother, can you see clearly, this is the team of the Yuchi family of Chang'an."
"I don't care which team you belong to. The government is engaged in anti-smuggling. Get off your horse!" The official with the high hat is the leftover member of the Thirteen Taibao. Country children don't know anything about the Yuchi family, let alone mentioning the name of the Yuchi family. You
Even if he was asked to be the prefect of Chang'an or the governor of Gansu, he would not recognize them!
The smiles on the faces of the two martial arts masters disappeared. In their impression, there was no official government in Luyang County at all. The clothes these two boys wore were so brand-new. I am afraid that the second-rate boy from the bunker made them by ripping the cloth himself and pretending to be an official.
If you want to make a profit, you don't need to take this kind of thieves seriously at all, and you don't need to notify the leader of the camel team. You can just kill him. No one in the wild mountains knows about it anyway.
The two martial arts masters looked at each other in a tacit understanding, got off their horses, and came over with a ferocious smile without even drawing their swords. They held the riding whip in their hands, but the other party seemed to know what they were thinking, and immediately drew their swords and shouted: "Stop! Use both hands.
Hold your head and squat down! Otherwise, you will be charged with resisting arrest!"