Chapter 978: The end of Xiu Mu, the sixth row of the yamen
Chapter 978: The end of Xiu Mu, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year
"Strong agricultural power?"
Shen Tang frowned. He had many contacts with Nong Liqiang in Tongchuan Mansion, and Shen Tang quite recognized this person!
"The most terrifying thing about these century-old clans is that no one knows how many cards and power they have at their disposal!"
The old housekeeper sighed.
"In addition to these intricate relationships, there is another point, which is their control over the local area! First of all, they control the county school. The professors and teachings of the county school have always been taught by Wang family disciples or Fan The disciples of the family will take charge.
In this way, as long as the scholars who go out from the county are their disciples! Secondly, in the county government, except for the county magistrate, almost all the county magistrates and others are disciples of these two branches, including those who The police officer also has a lot to do with these two families!"
"And the most important thing is that they carry the people with them!"
"The Wang family mainly controls the silk business in various parts of Chengdu Prefecture, from planting mulberry and raising silkworms to purchasing raw silk, and then selling textiles. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people with direct interests in them, and even more people who are indirectly affected. Hundreds of thousands! These people’s livelihoods are tied up with the Wang family. If they want to attack the Wang family, they don’t even need the Wang family to take action, the people will be enough to tear them apart!"
"The Wang and Fan families are related by marriage and have been married for hundreds of years! Therefore, if they really want to take action against the Wang family, the Fan family will not sit idly by..."
"Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"
Shen Tang nodded, "I would also like to ask Uncle Zhang to sort out the news about the Wang family and the Fan family in detail and give it to me!"
"good!"
The old housekeeper retreated and left, while Shen Tang closed his eyes and meditated in the hall! The strength of the Wang family was expected, and Shen Tang was not surprised. As for whether conflicts would arise because of this incident, Shen Tang was not surprised. It’s not clear, but in any case, some preparations must be made in advance! Originally, Shen Tang did not intend to directly confront these behemoths in Chengdu Prefecture if it was not necessary, because Shen Tang knew very well what kind of trouble this would be. .
However, now that things have happened, Shen Tang will not back down!
The Wang family is indeed not easy to mess with, but Shen Tang is not a soft persimmon! If it were for other things, maybe Shen Tang would choose to back down a little or two, but now this matter is obviously not the reason for his back down! It was like this before, and it is like this now, The same will be true in the future! People must have some perseverance and perseverance after all, and Liu Xiangling and the girls are undoubtedly his backbone and bottom line.
In the next few days, Shen Tang stayed at home with his daughters! Occasionally, he would go for a walk on the street. After a busy year, this was the most leisurely and relaxing day for him.
The sixth day of the Lunar New Year is the first day of work after the holiday!
Before midnight in the morning, Shen Tang got dressed for the government under the waiters of the ladies! After finishing dressing, he heard seven consecutive "dressing" sounds!
The so-called dotting means that inside the gate of the Yamen, there is a cast-iron cloud-shaped rattle, which is called the "cloud board"! The reason why the seven dots are marked means "it is difficult to be a king, and it is not easy to be a minister!"
It is indeed true that whether it is the court meeting or the opening of the yamen, the time is early! Even the so-called nine-nine-six in later generations is far behind. This is why even the emperor hates early court! Especially in the In winter, with the warm fragrance of nephrite in your arms, who wants to get up and work early in the morning when it’s still dark?
Therefore, in ancient times, it was not unusual for most people to have a meeting every three days or every five days. What's more, it took ten or fifteen days.
However, it is not that there are no hard-working emperors! For example, the current Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Shen, has just been on the throne for more than two years, so he is extremely diligent, even to the extent of once a day!
After the order, the yamen who had been waiting at each door received the signal. First, they knocked the clappers one after another in the order of the house door, the hall door, the ceremony gate, and the main door! After the clappers, there was another dull sound of drum beating.
Finally, in the same sequence, the crackling sound of firecrackers also sounded! This is the Chuan Tou Bang!
After the tou bang was over, a special yamen opened the door! The scribes, yamen servants and other people who had been waiting outside the door began to enter the yamen to order mao!
After that, the inner yamen struck five times! It is said that it means 'loyalty to the king and ministers', or 'benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust'! After hearing this signal, the yamen servant who was waiting at the door knocked the bang again, saying "pass the second Bang".
This signal means that the chief officer is ready and is about to go to the signing room.
At this time, the officials, big and small, as well as the clerks in each room, etc., must prepare the documents and official documents that need to be reported, and gather outside the lobby to queue up according to their shifts to wait for the arrival of the chief official.
When the chief officer has finished dressing up and finished breakfast and comes to the lobby, he will make three dots, which is called "passing three bangs"! These three dots mean "pure, careful and diligent".
The chief officer left the gate of the inner yamen house, went to the signing room, and then slowly entered the lobby under the solemn and respectful greetings of the officials! The rest of the people entered the lobby according to their shifts and prepared to order the yamen!
Because it was the first day the government was open, all the officials, big and small, came very carefully. There were a lot of people in the lobby, and everyone was looking at Shen Tang behind the official seat.
A clerk came forward and nodded. After finishing, Shen Tangxian smiled and said, "After the Chinese New Year, I am very pleased to see you all in high spirits.
Last year, our Chengdu Prefecture experienced many disasters. First, the Tibetans invaded and invaded, and then there were repeated floods.
Although I still haven't fully recovered yet, I have managed to get over it.
Therefore, I hope that all colleagues will work together this year to live up to the emperor's favor and live up to the people!"
Naturally, everyone responded one after another, and went out one by one to celebrate the New Year with Shen Tang and report on the work at hand.
Before the Chinese New Year, Shen Tang was absent for several months, but apart from his daily work, he was still basically focused on disaster relief.
Therefore, the things reported by everyone are basically related to the disaster.
Within the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture, the disaster had some impact, but it was within the control of the government.
In addition, the grain and grass mobilized will basically be given priority to meet the dispatch of Chengdu Prefecture. Therefore, the people in each county are relatively stable now, and nothing unacceptable has happened.
The reason for this is that Shen Tang's methods made these officials, big and small, feel afraid.
As soon as Shen Tang came, he immediately took the "sacrificial flag" of the previous prefect, and then patrolled the five roads. He captured hundreds of officials, big and small! Unless they wanted to lose their official hats or even their heads, otherwise , even if Shen Tang is not here, these people would not dare to do whatever they want.
After everyone finished reporting, Tian Guanhua raised his hands and said, "There is one more thing that we dare not make the decision without authorization. You still need to decide it yourself."