My life skills in Daming Liver

Chapter 42 Going to the County
Naturally, there is no suspense in this battle.

Zhu Qi and his group were still stirring brine in the salt field a few months ago, so how could they beat the guards trained by Su Ze?

Although Su Ze's "art of war" is at the level of Lv2, the Changning Weixiang soldiers in formation are more than enough to deal with thirty Japanese pirates holding wooden sticks.

In less than half an hour, all the Japanese pirates including Zhu Qi were arrested.

[Defeat Japanese pirates, art of war experience +5, Lv2, 50/200]

Gaining another wave of experience, Su Ze escorted Zhu Qi and his group back to Changningwei in the dark.

By the time they returned to Changningwei, the sky was already bright.

A few lonely cock crows woke up the red sun on the sea. As soon as Su Ze and his party entered the guard, they attracted the crowd of guards who got up early.

After everyone came to the ancestral hall, a group of Japanese pirates were locked up in the backyard. Since the government refused to accept them, Su Ze planned to lock them up for a few days, and then went to reclaim wasteland with the Arhats.

Lin Deqing gave the money from selling salt to Su Ze in public, and Su Ze handed over a package of money to his old grandfather.

Opening the copper coins in the package, everyone in Changningwei showed amazed eyes. They didn't expect Su Ze to earn so much money in less than a month working on the tidal flats!
A scholar is a scholar!Just like a farmer has a way to make money!
But for a scholar like Su Ze, the people of Changningwei can't afford to be jealous. Who will let a scholar be capable!
The method of drying salt by the sea is not difficult to learn, but how to get rid of the bitter taste and make refined salt is a magic method for the people of Changningwei.

Next, Su Ze distributed the hundreds of coins seized from Zhu Qi and his party to the soldiers of the guards who went out to fight, and paid for them to have a full breakfast before leaving. Su Ze's prestige in Changning Guard was even higher. steps.

When the crowd dispersed, Su Ze said to his old grandfather:
"This group of gangsters actually have the official uniforms of the county government officials. The reason behind this may not be that simple."

The old man stroked his beard and said, "Our Changning Guard is a military guard, and it is only natural to arrest Japanese pirates! The situation in the county is also very complicated, but we are not afraid of their revenge."

Immediately afterwards, the old grandfather took out two documents from his sleeve, handed them to Su Ze and said:

"Azezai, you are a scholar, what are your plans for the future?"

Su Ze was stunned for a moment. During this time, he was busy with liver skills and only thought about making salt to make money, but he didn't think so much.

The old grandfather of the family continued: "Students always want to go to school. Grandpa knows that Changning Wei can't keep you. Of these two documents, one is a letter of guarantee issued by Wei, which proves your identity as the ninth aunt and nephew."

"One is a guide opened by Wei Li."

The old man took out another letter and said:

"In the early years, the old hundred households once sponsored a lin student in the county school. If you want to take the boy's test, you need someone to guarantee you. Take this letter, and that person will definitely guarantee you."

Su Ze was a little moved, Chang Ningwei actually made arrangements for himself.

The school system of the Ming Dynasty was complicated, and it was not easy to obtain the qualifications to take the imperial examination.

First of all, to be able to participate in the imperial examination, you must be a scholar with an innocent background. This requires Libao to issue a guarantee letter to prove that the scholar has a good character and his ancestors have not committed any crimes.

Immediately afterwards, a county school student was needed as a guarantor, so that he was eligible to participate in the county examination held in the county.

The county examination is followed by the government examination, and after passing these two hurdles, it is the Taoist examination hosted by a provincial education administration.

Only those who pass the Taoist examination are called students, and they can also be called "scholars", so that they can enter schools in various counties.

Lin Sheng is a scholar studying in the county school.

Don't look at the late Qing Dynasty who always said that they were poor scholars, but in today's era, scholars are still very valuable.

First of all, this lin student is funded by the imperial court, and it is a public-funded study, with Lumi every month.

Ma Sheng in the "Preface to Sending Dongyang Horse Sheng" in the early Ming Dynasty is a granary student. "The county magistrate has a granary offering every day", which means that there is a supply of Lumi every month.

From the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Lumi produced by the lin was converted into Luyin, and there was a monthly subsidy of two taels of silver.

In addition, there are several privileges of tax exemption and exemption from military service. It can be said that only becoming a student can be regarded as entering the ranks of scholars.

In the entire county, there are only 20 janitors, and janitors guarantee people before the county examination, which is also an extra income.

Fujian is a province with a large imperial examination, and this income is quite considerable.

The old man of the family prepared all the guarantee documents for himself to participate in the county examination. It can be said that he took good care of Su Ze.

The other document is the road guide, which is for Su Ze to travel to the county to prove that it is also for Su Ze to prepare all the procedures.

Su Ze bowed respectfully to his old grandfather and said:
"Grandpa, Su Ze will never forget Changningwei's kindness today."

The old man stroked his beard and said, "If you become famous in the future and you can think of Chang Ning Wei, that's enough."

"Tomorrow Xianyang will go to the county to hand over weapons and fine money. You also go to the county with him to have a look, and come back together after you have completed the qualifications for being a child."

Su Ze nodded quickly. After traveling for so long, he was finally able to visit the county seat.

Su Ze returned to the family temple and was about to pack up his things when he bumped into Lin Liangjun, an angry little Luotou.

"Why didn't Brother Aze take me to the ghost market yesterday?"

The little radish head came up and asked.

Su Ze said patiently: "Yesterday, I went to suppress Japanese pirates. Why did I take you there?"

"Why don't you take me to fight Japanese pirates! I'm the next Baihu!"

"Go, go, Mao is still young and Qi will fight Japanese pirates."

But Lin Liangjun quickly adjusted his mood, turned his eyes and said:
"Brother Aze, I heard that you are going to the county seat? As long as you take me to the county seat, how about the previous things being broken up?"

"It's a one shot and two parts, it's a write-off!"

Su Ze raised his hand and was about to pat Lin Liangjun on the head, he immediately jumped away and said:

"You went to the county seat. My brother asked my grandpa to do it! Thank you soon!"

"Your brother?" Su Ze thought of a tall and straight figure, but this brat still wanted to beat him up. He grabbed Lin Liangjun and said:
"Your brother is your brother, you are you, let me teach you what it means to respect a teacher!"

After teaching Xiaoluotou a lesson, Su Ze said:

"What are you going to do in the county?"

Lin Liangjun said: "The county town is so much fun! I haven't been there since my father died."

Su Ze raised his head and saw Lin Liangjun bowing his head, he couldn't help but feel a little soft.

Su Ze also found out about Changningwei's affairs. Lin Liangjun's mother died of illness when she was just born, and her father died just after the battle, leaving only Lin Mojun to depend on each other.

Lin Mojun, a girl from a hundred-year-old family, either spends her days training in the school grounds or going out to patrol the sea, which makes Lin Liangjun the devil king of the guard.

Although this disciple is usually mischievous, he also contributed a lot of "enlightenment" experience points to Su Ze. Thinking of this, Su Ze said:

"It's not impossible to take you to the county seat, but we have three chapters of the contract."

Hearing that Su Ze was willing to take her to the county seat, Lin Liangjun immediately jumped up, and she no longer looked lonely as before.

Su Ze only felt that he was played by this kid, but now that he had agreed, Su Ze said:
"First, don't run around. If you are kidnapped by Ren Yazi, I can't explain to Baihu."

"no problem!"

"Second, you have to listen to me when you arrive in the county seat. The county seat is not Changningwei. If you commit a crime, no one can catch you."

"no problem!"

"Third, don't waste your studies on the road, but follow me to study."

Hearing reading, Lin Liangjun's small face wrinkled, but in order to be able to go to the county seat, he still nodded heavily: "No problem!"

The next morning.

After a day of simple rest, Su Ze told Lin Cainiang to take good care of the three acres of land he had opened up, and asked Ninth Auntie to find someone to watch over the feet of the arhats who opened up wasteland, and then set foot on the road to the county.

This time, Lin Xianyang, the old man's son, also went to the county seat. He wanted to send the fine money for fighting with weapons to the county government office, and by the way, he would take care of the county and deal with some Changningwei affairs.

Hearing that Lin Liangjun was going to the county seat, Lin Xianyang's nephew Lin Anzai also made a fuss about going.

Seeing that Lin Xianyang's legs and feet were still not sharp enough, Su Ze simply borrowed a mule from his family temple and a cart from Lin Xianzong's house, put a cart on the mule, and took Lin Xianyang to the county seat.

It was Lin Anzai's first trip to the county seat, and he was very excited along the way.

Lin Liangjun had been to the county seat with his father, and now he pretended to be very experienced, and explained to Lin Anzi the precautions for going to the county seat.

With a person with handicapped legs and two children, the group walked very slowly.

Su Ze, who has been accustomed to technological navigation, has no sense of direction at all, and was confused as soon as he left the county.

Fortunately, Lin Xianyang often went to the county seat, pointed to the west and said:

"Let's head west all the way to Nanping County."

"Wait, Nanping County? Is it Nanping County, Yanping Prefecture?"

Lin Xianyang looked at Su Ze suspiciously and said, "That's right, the civil affairs of our Changning Guard are under the jurisdiction of Nanping County, Brother Ze doesn't know?"

Su Ze asked suspiciously: "But Yanping Mansion is not near the sea? Aren't we closer to Fuzhou?"

Lin Xianyang had never thought about this issue before. He shook his head and said, "Since the establishment of Changning Guard, our civil administration has been under the jurisdiction of Nanping County, but you are right, Fuzhou Prefecture is indeed closer than Nanping County."

Su Ze didn't expect that Changning Guard, a guard near the sea, would be managed by Yanping Mansion, which was not near the sea at all.

Changningwei is located in the central part of Fujian, and its geographical location is still a little bit south of Fujian, but it is under the jurisdiction of Yanping Prefecture in northern Fujian.

However, the administrative divisions of the Ming Dynasty were often messy, and even his mentor sometimes couldn't figure it out.

According to the instructor, "If you encounter this kind of messy zoning problem, don't ask. Asking is the check and balance technique of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!"

However, Nanping County is not far from Changningwei. According to Lin Xianyang's experience, he can reach the county seat before evening.

Being bored on the road, Su Ze asked Lin Xianyang about the situation in Nanping County.

Since Su Ze avenged Lin Xianyang last time, Lin Xianyang respected Su Ze very much, so he knew everything.

The two radish heads also pricked up their ears, listening to Lin Xianyang's talk about the situation in Nanping County.

"Nanping County is Yiguo County, and the Yamen of Yanping Mansion is also in Nanping County, so the people of Nanping County have several lords on their heads."

"It is reasonable to say that the prefect is the biggest in Nanping County, but after the previous prefect was dismissed by the court last year, there has been no new prefect."

"Without the magistrate, the government office has no backbone, and instead, the magistrate has overwhelmed him."

Su Ze thought to himself, this magistrate of Nanping is really lucky.

Anyone who is a county magistrate is most afraid of being the county magistrate of Yiguo County.

In the system of the Ming Dynasty, "the magistrate is the leader of the prefecture and county, and the governor of the prefecture and county." This shows that the magistrate has great power and has great power over the magistrates under his jurisdiction.

The magistrate may not be able to control other counties, but Yiguo County, where his own government is located, must be able to get his hands on it. Therefore, there is a saying in the Qing Dynasty in later generations, which is called "If you do evil in the previous life, the county magistrate will attach to Guo; if the evil is full, attach to the provincial city of Guo."

However, taking advantage of the vacancy of the magistrate of Yanping, the magistrate of Nanping encroached on the government's power, which made Su Ze feel a little unbelievable.

However, it stands to reason that without the magistrate, there are still two prefects, three prefects, and four prefects. These can be appointed by superiors to act as magistrates when the magistrate is vacant, but I don’t know what this Yanping mansion is. Condition.

Lin Xianyang continued to exhort:

"In this city of Nanping, apart from the two yamen of the prefecture and county, there are tax bureaus, warehouses, warehouses, weaving and dyeing miscellaneous manufacturing bureaus, river and lake officials, approval offices, delivery offices, iron smelting offices, gate officials, Dam officer, these yamen can go around as far as they can see, don't get close."

Lin Liangjun and Lin Chunzai hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Lin Xianyang said: "If these yamen detain you for corvee service, the guards will have no money to take you!"

Su Ze frowned and said, "Isn't the rest of our guards temporarily exempted from service? Besides, these yamen can directly arrest people for corvee service?"

Lin Xianyang sighed and said: "It stands to reason that it is impossible, but after the southeast turmoil, there is a shortage of people everywhere in the yamen, up to seventy old people, down to their seven or eight-year-old children, may be detained for corvee service. My brother went to the county town to sell goods, but he was arrested by the courier office to deliver military rations to the front line, if my father hadn't stepped forward in time, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to come back."

Now the two radish heads were also frightened, and they quickly promised themselves that they would never approach these government offices.

Su Ze sighed, although Jiajing is a swindler, but compared with the bigger swindlers behind, it is better to pay miscellaneous taxes and corvee.

After the implementation of the one-whip law, the imperial court temporarily exempted the corvee with discounted silver, and instead hired people to perform corvee.

But soon the Ming court was reluctant to part with the free labor force. While expropriating the money to pay for corvee, at the same time, a larger scale of corvee was raised again, not only to serve but also to pay for service. This led to endless waves of peasant uprisings.

Nowadays, corvée in the southeast region is heavy, and there are many people who die in corvée. Many people even give up their fields and flee, or hide in big families as adopted sons and slaves, just to avoid corvée.

Lin Xianyang continued: "Finally, there are two yamen in Nanping County that you must go around the most. One is the yamen of the Yanping Guard Commander, and the other is the yamen of the Gongcha Department."

The two little heads raised their ears, and Su Ze asked suspiciously:

"Yamen, Commander of the Yanping Guard, isn't this the same as our Changning Guard?"

Lin Xianyang shook his head and said: "Yanpingwei is the commander's yamen of Fucheng, the 5000-strong David's Office, which is under the command of Fujian Dusi's yamen, and the commander of the guard is a military general of the third rank."

"Our Changning Guard is just a small guard, and Hai Wei is directly under the Chief of the Beiwa Commander, but it's different."

Lin Xianyang said disdainfully: "The discipline of the Yanping Guards is corrupt. Soldiers often go out of the city to rob. Everyone in Nanping County fears it."

Su Ze was speechless for a while. In the history books, there are often records of hundreds of Japanese pirates besieging Fucheng County. It turns out that Daming's army is such a bunch of insects.

"The tribute tea department is even closer. Yanping Mansion wants to pay tribute to the Wuyi Mountain tea in the two capitals of the north and the south. If you are arrested to pick tea, it will be a near-death job!"

It was the first time that Su Ze discovered that the small county town turned out to be such a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.

This Ming Dynasty, pills!
Also at night.

　(The civil administration of the military system of the southern guard is different from that of the northern guard. In the guards on the nine sides of the north, the civilian power belongs to the guard, while the northern guard is a combination of military and government. In addition to managing the army and military families, the northern guard can also To manage the non-military civilians who sent their registration, it can be considered that the northern border of the Ming Dynasty is a special zone where the military and the government are integrated.

　　However, the guards in the non-northern border basically had military administration under the yamen of the capital of a province, but the seaside guards established a general division of Japanese preparations during the Jiajing period, which was managed by the generals or the governor.The civil affairs of the Southern Weisuo were under the administration of the nearest county government. In the litigation records of many Ming Dynasty county governments, there are many lawsuits and rulings involving the Weisuo, which can prove this point. )
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