Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 596 Temporary Residence Permit

"The sand in Beijing has a special taste."

People flocked to the gate of the city, and the howling yellow sand filled the air, but it did not diminish the spirit of the capital. The simple and simple city walls stood proudly, and even the spirit of ordinary people was stronger than that of other lands.

Lu Zhuo was forced to cover his mouth and nose with a scarf, put on a cotton padded jacket, opened the curtains, saw the city of Beijing sideways, and couldn't help admiring.

"Hahaha, brother Lu, that's too much."

Jin Wen shook his head and laughed, pointed at the man with a paper fan, turned his head to the silent Yu Chenglong and said: "Beiming, when it comes to the smell of yellow sand, how can it compare with Shanxi?"

"Brother Jin is also wrong." Yu Chenglong reacted, stretched his waist, relieved some fatigue, and couldn't help laughing:

"The difference between Shanxi and Beijing Huangsha is nothing more than a jar of old vinegar. If Brother Yue wants to try it, I just brought a few jars."

"Okay, you two join forces to mock me."

Lu Zhuo spat, put down the car curtain, and the noise was isolated, forming a quiet boundary.

"However, it's worth it to be able to come to Beijing in this life."

Sitting down, Lu Zhuo was very touched.

Yu Chenglong and Jin Wen naturally knew what it meant. If they hadn't passed the provincial examination and learned about the county magistrate, they would not know what year and month it would be until they took the general examination.

After a while, there was a long queue of carriages, passed the city gate, and entered the outer city.

"Why is the outer city so dirty and the roads broken?" Lu Zhuo was puzzled.

"Look at the hard-working folks, they should be building roads, so they look dilapidated."

Yu Chenglong observed very carefully and found the key at once.

Along the way, although the population of Beijing is less than half of what it used to be, it is still bustling and bustling, much better than Taiyuan.

When the convoy arrived at the gate of the Shanshan Guild Hall, the official doctor who led the way said bluntly:
"Next year will be the year of spring, and there are more scholars in the guild hall now. You can only stay here for a few days, and it will be easier when the exam is over."

Yu Chenglong and the others looked up, the flag several feet high was extremely conspicuous, and the wide and imposing house number made people feel proud.

This is the existence of guild halls in various places in Beijing, second only to the existence of Nanzhili. It can be seen that the Shanxi merchants and Shanxi merchants are rich and powerful.

The guild hall jointly built by Shanxi and Shaanxi was funded by the gentry and businessmen of the two provinces, and it specially entertained the scholars in their own province who were rushing to take the exam.

The guild hall mainly receives businessmen from all over the world.

"How much do you know about the Chang'an guild hall, and there are singing and feasts everywhere in Shaoxing" is the best portrayal of the fact that there were many guild halls in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The prosperity of business and the prevalence of imperial examinations made Beijing's guild halls as numerous as stars, reaching hundreds of giants.

The rise of the guild hall has also promoted cultural exchanges. The Hui troupes in history entered Beijing to perform in the guild hall, which won a lot of applause.

In addition, the guild hall is also responsible for managing official affairs, gatherings of fellow villagers, helping fellow villagers, and litigation, as well as charitable public welfare, warehousing, salary raising, letter delivery and other businesses. It can be said to be a semi-official institution.

"Everyone please, please sit down."

The leader was very polite, and greeted him at the door, bowed his hands politely, his cheeks were flushed from the cold, obviously he had been waiting for a long time.

He is a sleek middle-aged man, wearing a padded robe, clean and gentle, but without the arrogance of a scholar, which makes people feel good about him.

"It's polite."

Yu Chenglong and the others hurriedly clapped their hands and saluted, not daring to take it too seriously.

The guild hall is full of knots, and God knows which relative of a high-ranking official this year is, and got this good position.

The guild hall is composed of the chief minister, the year on duty, the prime minister, and the guest general manager. These managers are all elected by the gentry and the government from various provinces.

Since the people in the guild hall were either candidates or officials, it could be said that they had a very wide network of contacts, and it was a good opportunity that could not be met.

"Although it says next year's spring, our Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces have suffered a lot during the Chongzhen period. There are not many cases, so there is more than enough for everyone to move in..."

The chief officer led the way with a smile, but the twenty reserve bureaucrats seemed a little stunned, because the conditions of the guild hall were really good.

Rockery and water, trees and flowers, each room is as spacious as an inn, and there are even many separate courtyards for the family of high officials to live in.

"Although the area occupied by our Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce is not as good as that in Nanzhili, the internal environment is not as good as it is. All the food and accommodation cost nothing..."

After saying that, he asked people to send everyone's luggage to the room one by one, and asked about food and health, which can be said to be extremely caring.

"I heard that some of you are friends, these three rooms happen to be adjacent to each other—"

Looking at this person, Yu Chenglong couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, it really is a fellow countryman outside!
"Walk--"

Lu Zhuo laughed and moved in with his entourage.

Just after dinner, a clerk came to the guild hall.

The first thing introduced directly: "This is the scribe of our writing shop. He is from the yamen. He will register and make books for you and apply for temporary residence permits."

"With this certificate, you can live in Beijing for three years."

Word shop, temporary residence permit, these two words made them a little dazed.

Immediately, Shoufu introduced it.

It turned out that after the Fangxiang system was out of date, the city of Beijing left and implemented the word shop system last year.

Since the characters in Qianziwen are not repeated, each character is used as a representative, and the entire Beijing city is divided into [-] character shops, each of which manages [-] to [-] households.

This character shop is responsible for a series of low-level tasks such as household registration, fire fighting, and thieves. Each character shop is composed of a scribe, two policemen, and a number of voluntary white servants (temporary workers).

"As for the temporary residence permit, it is your identity number plate, which is set up by the imperial court to manage the foreign population in the capital. You can not apply for it within seven days, but you must apply for it after seven days."

"Otherwise, he will be imprisoned for three days before being released."

At the end, everyone sighed.

Naturally, they didn't care about the ten cents for the certificate.

In almost two quarters of an hour, Yu Chenglong received a temporary residence permit, a square of leather mulberry paper the size of a palm.

Letter: Temporary Residence Permit for "Wen" Shop in Daxing County, Shuntian Prefecture.

Below is the address, Shanshan Guild Hall.

On the north side, its name is recorded.

Yu Chenglong, courtesy name Beiming, native of Yongning Prefecture, Shanxi, is seven feet one inch tall, with thin cheeks, short beard, and bright eyes...

Finally, the signature was left: "Wen" character shop scribe, Zheng Zhou, Shaowu's diary on October [-]th in the third year.

"It's very polite." Lu Zhuo said with a smile: "It's hard work to come to the guild hall to register for us."

"That's because our identities are different."

Jin Wen said with emotion: "I will be an official in a few months, much better than their officials."

Yu Chenglong also sighed with emotion.

However, such a strict household registration system is a good thing for the capital.

In a few days, all the candidates (county magistrates) who passed the provincial examination from all over the country arrived in Beijing, and the government inspection carried out by the Ministry of Officials began.

For half a year, each of the six ministries will observe politics for a month. As the saying goes, it is cheap labor.

(End of this chapter)