Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 47 Yamen servants equal to untouchables?

"You are Qin Shao, right? The county magistrate went to the state capital to report some things. He is not in the Yamen today, and he has already said hello in advance that if you come, I will arrange it!"

Although Lu Zhubo is gentle and gentle, he speaks and does things quickly and neatly, without a trace of sloppy.

Thinking about it, Lu Lianxian has such a hasty and straightforward personality, his master Bo must not be the kind of mother-in-law, otherwise it would not be rumored that he despised the county mama's style.

Qin Shao found his place of work under the leadership of Lu Zhubo.

His job is actually a temporary worker for the county magistrate.

There are three types of servants in the county government, namely Zaoli, Kuaishou and Zhuangban.

Zaoli, the guard at the gate of the county government, is the guard he met earlier, and the number of them is relatively small.

Kuaishou, also known as catching fast, is mainly responsible for arresting criminals.Kuaishou is divided into horses and steps, that is, cavalry and infantry, and the number of them is relatively large.

The strong class is responsible for security and defense.

Qin Shao was assigned to the strong class.

In the peacetime period, the number of strong squads was sometimes not as large as Kuaishou, that is, there were more strong squads in some frontier defense counties.

In the early years of Jingshan, the number of strong squads was not very large, but in recent years when bandits invaded and various civil strife, the number of strong squads in the county government reached as many as 400.

In particular, County Magistrate Lu came to Jingshan. He was a military officer, and he paid more attention to internal defense and expanded the number of strong squads.

When defending against thieves and robbers earlier, County Magistrate Lu personally led the strong squad to attack.

So the leader of the strong class is also Lu Lianxian.

These days, Lu Lianxian is busy with various things, and gradually has no time to take care of the management of the strong team, so he wants to find some capable leaders to manage the team.

This is also the reason why I saw Qin Shao's kung fu a few days ago and deliberately recruited him.

At present, the strong class is divided into more than ten small classes, and Qin Shao was assigned to be the head of one class.

The salaries of these yamen servants are not very high, and Ma Kuai is better paid, and the annual salary of the strong class is only 20 taels, which is just enough to take care of life.

In the final analysis, many of the people who participated in the strong class were peasants, with little or no land in their families, and they lived in chaos.

Their usual job is to patrol around the city to prevent thieves or refugees from sneaking into the city.

Of course, the most important thing now is to prevent refugees from sneaking in.

When he was on duty on the first day, in order to build a good relationship with everyone, Qin Shao took everyone to the soup cake shop to eat sugar cakes and drink vegetarian wine.

He is a very generous person, and those people heard that he was directly recommended by the county magistrate, and that the master Bo personally sent him here, and they also heard that he bought a house when he first came, so naturally they dare not despise him.

It's just that although this person is the head of the capital who manages them, he doesn't wear the clothes of a yamen servant, but wears ordinary clothes.

Some people began to rumor that Qin Shao had an extraordinary relationship with Lu County Magistrate, and now entering this strong class is just an experience, and it may be of great use in the future!
Quite a few people approached and chatted on purpose. Of course, they thought that Qin Shao had a background and hoped that good things would happen in the future.

The new job is generally smooth, except that there is a night shift on patrol.

The only strange thing is that those yamen servants all wore strong class clothes, Qin Shao was not distributed, he was only wearing casual clothes.

He asked Lu Zhubo, but Lu Zhubo only said that this was the order of the county magistrate Lu, and he only needed to do his normal work.

Qin Shao has just arrived, and he has never been on duty for the last half month.

It's just that Anlu City has a large area. When they finished patrolling the area and disbanded, it was already evening.

The soup cakes eaten at noon have already been digested, so I can't help feeling hungry.

At the door of the house, Xiaosanzi and Han Jinrong were already waiting at the door.

The house has been tidy and tidy by the two of them.

There are tables and chairs in the main hall, and a paper screen, which was not removed by the original family.

Han Jinrong cleaned it up, so it would be appropriate to put it in the main hall.

There are some weeds and a few branches of wild flowers inserted in the black ink bottle on the table, which is simple and elegant.

This is what home looks like!
Qin Shao felt relieved when he saw it.

"I must be hungry after running outside all day!"

The third son set up the dining table, and Han Jinrong hurriedly served the food.

Dinner is big meat wontons, all of them are full of meat, take a bite, and the fragrant juice will overflow the whole mouth.

Coupled with a few mouthfuls of vegetarian cold dishes, Qin Shao devoured two bowls in a row.

"To the outskirts of the city, there is no restaurant, nothing to eat, so hungry that I almost eat myself!"

Qin Shao laughed.

"In the evening, I will bake some pancakes for you. You can carry them in your arms. If you are hungry, you can take a few bites to avoid starvation."

Han Jinrong said hastily, her face was full of distress.

Knowing that Qin Shao was assigned to the strong class, Han Jinrong let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's good to be assigned to the strong class!"

She clasped her hands in prayer.

"What's so good about the strong class? Isn't it the same as patrolling and catching bad guys?"

The third son doesn't understand these things.

Qin Shao actually didn't understand very well.

"Master, I didn't approve of you being a yamen servant before. Apart from the hard work, there is actually an important reason, that is, ordinary yamen servants will not be able to take the imperial examination in the future, and neither will future generations!"

Han Jinrong said with a serious expression.

She always feels that her father is both civil and military, such a person should be famous in the imperial examination, and being a servant is really humiliating talent, but in this troubled world...

It was only at this time that Qin Shao understood why Han Jinrong objected to being a government servant.

Originally, he thought that being a servant in the county government would be a very good job, at least in his current opinion, it should be a good opportunity for transition.

I didn't expect Daming to have such a rule.

The reason why Ming Dynasty has such a wonderful rule.

The reason is that when Zhu Yuanzhang was Zhu Wusi, he was bullied by the yamen servants and hated this profession very much.

The salaries of government servants are low, and most of them are not registered staff members, that is, they are not official civil servants.

Many of the yamen servants who collect exorbitant taxes are idlers and villains nearby. They are not only harsh, but many often extort ordinary people.

After Lao Zhu became an emperor, he also made a special law to classify subordinate officials such as Zaoli, Ma Kuai, Bu Kuai, and arresting servants together with advocates, and listed them as untouchables.

It also stipulates that they and their descendants are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.If there is any violation, the stick will be punished one hundred times.

Once there was an imperial examination in Zhongshu and asked to allow subordinate officials to take the exam, but Zhu Yuanzhang directly refused.

And make the following comments:

At the beginning of the imperial examination, all those who were smooth in writing and vocabulary were pre-selected to show encouragement, but officials were not allowed to take the exam because their minds were broken.

It means that the subordinate officials are so bad-hearted that they and their descendants are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Strong classes are generally temporary minding, used to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, excluded.

It's so cruel!
I don't know what kind of loss Lao Zhu suffered under those people that day, which made him hate him so much!

Originally, he thought that the magistrate of Nalu assigned him to the Zhuang class in order to send him off.

After all, among these servants, the salary of the strong class is the most average. For example, the salary of Ma Kuai is as high as 35 taels, but the salary of the county magistrate is only 45 taels a year.

Now it seems that Nalu county magistrate still takes pity on himself.

"Is there something wrong at home?"

After Qin Shao finished eating, he burped and asked.

"Master Qin, don't worry, everything is fine at home and nothing happened. It's just that the third son sees you go out to do things. He's lonely at home and can't help but want to go out at home. I'll find some work for him to do."

Han Jinrong replied softly, and brought the brewed tea to Qin Shao.

"I'll talk to him later, it's also his job to look after the house at the moment."

It doesn't matter if that person has never time-traveled like him, he was heartbroken in the previous life, and he doesn't want to be entangled with him in this life.

That person is most afraid of recognizing him and exposing his hypocrisy.

Now that I know that I don't want to recognize him, I should rest assured for the time being.

Although they all work in the yamen, the things they do do not overlap, and they are not under his jurisdiction, as long as they try to avoid seeing each other as much as possible, and the well water does not interfere with the river water.

(End of this chapter)