Xiangye

Chapter 26 My life as a police officer
Soon, Gao Wen understood why everyone was laughing.

Because Datong in Shanxi, Xuanfu in Hebei and Gyeonggi became one pot of porridge, a large number of refugees fled all the way south, and some even went directly across the Yellow River to the affluent Guanzhong Plain to make a living.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a strict household registration system. People who traveled a hundred miles had to go to the Yamen to issue a guide, explaining the reason for leaving home and when they would return.If there is no way to get caught by people from the Minzhuang, the Inspection Department and the police, I'm sorry, let's stay in the prison!They will not let you go back until they come to pick you up with diplomas and money at home.

As for eating and drinking in the classroom, although there are supplies in the yamen, they are all gruel so thin that you can see people's shadows.If you eat it for ten days in a row, you must be eaten to death.If you want to survive, you can only pay for it yourself and ask the government servants to help you buy it outside.Of course, it's impossible for the bad guy to run away in vain, so I have to mention half of this.

Recently, a dozen or so refugees were arrested in the Hancheng class room, and the business is still good.

After getting acquainted with the business process of the class, soon some detainees complained that they were hungry, and begged the yamen servants in the fast class to help them bring in a few mouthfuls of biscuits.

Gao Wen was Li Jinbao's nephew, the head of Li's squad, everyone was a little fawning, and this good job naturally fell on him.

After walking a few times, I came down in one morning and got fifty Wen coins.At lunch time, some relatives of the imprisoned refugees in Hancheng came to deliver the meal. When they saw Gao Wen, they shouted "Brother Gao" affectionately, and forced a few boiled eggs into his arms. Gao Wen who went to work all day was very embarrassed.

He couldn't help but shook his head in his heart: China, especially ancient China is indeed a society based on officials!No matter who you are, as long as you have even a little power at hand, you can always get some benefits. Although you are not used to it, you still have to adapt.Still the same sentence, no matter how much I sing, I will be a subordinate.

In the afternoon, because the county magistrate was taking office for the first time today, and he wanted to meet the gentry in Hancheng, Li Jinbao brought a few well-behaved subordinates to serve him.Before leaving, he said to the others, don't be idle, tell Gao Wen about the rules in the yamen.By the way, I guess I'll be busy for a while recently. When I'm free, we'll have a table wine together, which can be regarded as a welcome for Gao Wen.

In fact, there are only those rules in the yamen, and it can be finished in a few words.After lunch, it snowed heavily outside.With nothing to do, Gao Wen hid in the guard's room to warm up and drink tea. Soon, the day would be over.

A cup of tea, a cigarette, and a newspaper for half a day. The life of a civil servant is really comfortable. The best part is that he also received a lot of red envelopes.

After returning home, she handed over the boiled eggs and one hundred Wen coins to her mother. Gao's mother was also very happy, and said repeatedly, "Wen'er, I'm free, you have to thank your seventh uncle."

"That's it, that's it." After getting the money, Gao Wen was also excited.According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, state financial appropriations only went to the county level.The monthly salary of a county magistrate is only three taels of silver.As for the six-room scribes and the third-class yamen servants in the yamen, they are not paid, and the county magistrate has to pay for it himself.

A fast catch like Gao Wen only costs one tael of silver per month, or in the early [-]s when converted into RMB.With this amount of money, it is not easy to feed a family.Therefore, generally speaking, the servants will think about it from other places.

Gao Wen got a hundred cash a day, and in a month he could get two or three taels of silver, which was equivalent to the salary of a county magistrate, which was very exciting.Of course, Gao Wen also knew that the reason why he gained so much today was because there were a lot of refugees recently.After a while, when the news of the great victory in Beijing and the withdrawal of the Oirat army to the grassland came, the refugees would all go home, and such a good thing would never be reaped.

Mother Gao sighed again, bowed her head and remained silent.

Gao Wen hurriedly asked, "Mother, why are you sighing?"

Gao's mother: "Wen'er, you are old this year. After the new year, you will be nineteen. Your father has married mother at your age, but you are still alone. Every time you think of this, mother feels sorry for your father." , I’m sorry to the ancestors of the Gao family. Wen’er, you are now on an errand. Mother will keep the money first. When you have accumulated a few taels of silver, I will ask the matchmaker to tell you about a marriage.” She married at the age of 16. To Gao Wen's father, four children were born before, but unfortunately they all died, leaving only Gao Wen as a single seedling.

Gao Wen was shocked: "Mother, why are you so anxious, we will talk about this matter later."

On the second day, he went to work in the classroom as usual.Lin Jinbao had already arrived, and said to his subordinates, the county magistrate took the official document from the Shaanxi chief envoy to go to the countryside for inspection, so I will naturally go with him, so you can keep guard.By the way, the county magistrate has just arrived, you have to clean up the streets in your spare time, and take the excrement and urine from the public hut out of the city for me.His mother, Xianzun is a clean Wenqu star, and he hates sloppy things the most.

According to rumors, the current magistrate of Hancheng County is surnamed Du, and he is in his early twenties this year.He is an orthodox Jinshi for 13 years.The teacher who will take the exam is Wang Zhi, Shangshu, the old minister of the cabinet.The article is very well written, quite famous, and very famous in the capital.

As a young Jinshi, his mentor is a cabinet minister or an official of the Ministry of Officials. No matter how you look at it, this Du Zhi County has a bright future.Otherwise, he would not be transferred to such an important place as Hancheng, and he would probably be promoted within two years.

After Li Jinbao finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Gao Wen was surprised, the magistrate of this county can't just go to the countryside to make inspections, and he has to issue documents from the province?Eye-opening.Yamen servants still have to sweep the streets, do they still have professional dignity?Cough, what dignity does a yamen servant have?
Fortunately, the people in the class knew that Gao Wen was Li's nephew, so they didn't let him out.In the evening, everyone came back with a bad smell, and their faces were tired, and they blackmailed the prisoner for a while before they relieved their hatred.

For two days like this, Li Jinbao hadn't come back. During these two days, the news of the end of the Beijing War reached Hancheng through the Dibao, and the people on the other side of the Yellow River also withdrew, and no new prisoners were released.A lot of detainees in the class were also sent away, and they were immediately cleaned up, so naturally there was nothing to pay.

"Let's go out and patrol the streets." A yamen servant suggested.

"Of course I'm going." All the yamen servants agreed excitedly.

Gao Wen's heart moved, and he felt that something good should happen today.

Sure enough, a group of people went to the street, collected money from door to door, and blackmailed several dealers, and in the afternoon, they got a lot of money.After all, Hancheng is the leading county in Shaanxi, and it is also located in the transportation hub of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and it is the center of goods circulation.Business is extremely prosperous.On weekdays, there are 5 to [-] people in the county seat, while there are tens of thousands of merchants and migrants.Many commercial firms set up semicolons here.

In this way, the total economic volume of Hancheng is very large, and a little extortion from these merchants at will is enough for everyone to be happy for a while.In comparison, the yamen's salary of one or two taels of silver per month is not worth mentioning at all.

For the next two days, everyone stopped looking at their classrooms and walked around the streets.If you have money, you can eat tea, listen to books, and play money. If you have no money, you can harass the merchants.

Gao Wen's IQ finally came in handy in ancient times. After playing for two days, he won his companions in the leaf card and horse hanging.

An acquaintance of the yamen guard scolded his mother: "Well, you Gao Wen, aren't you a fool, why are you so good at playing with money? If you are a fool, I am not stupid enough?"

To be honest, when he thought of the profit that the book "Journey to the West" brought him a month later, Gao Wen didn't care about winning or losing a few taels of silver, so he might as well be more generous.

He only picked up one coin from the pile of scattered silver and pushed the rest forward and returned them to everyone.He smiled and said: "That's it for today, don't scold so badly, just return it to you. The younger brother has been here for a few days, and I have always wanted to invite you brothers to have a drink. It's a pity that the money has dragged on until now, so I have nothing to say, I As the host, let's find a quiet place to drink and drink until he doesn't get drunk."

Just yesterday, Gao Wen went to Linlang Pavilion to meet Yu Xingyan again.The layout of the first episode of "Journey to the West" at Old Man Yu's place has been arranged and is about to start printing.The first edition needs to print [-] copies, and it will take two days.Old man Yu's nephew, Yu Shiyuan, has already gone to Xi'an to find a new home, and I heard that he will visit the bookstores in several counties near Xi'an.When he comes back and takes the order, he can see the silver.Thanks to the poor traffic conditions in ancient times, this matter will take a month anyway, so there is no rush.

Everyone was overjoyed: "Brother Gao is proud, he is indeed the person that Li Bantou values. If there is anything in the future, just say it is my brother."

A group of people with big knives on their waists and thin-soled fast boots on their feet walked arrogantly on the street, and then entered a restaurant, filled a table, and began to eat and drink.In the meantime, a woman who bought and sang was called to sing and compose.

The Korean market is prosperous economically and the atmosphere is civilized. There are many actors and brothel girls traveling from south to north, and the entertainment industry is fairly developed.Gao Wen was somewhat interested in the songs of the ancients, and he listened intently, only to hear clearly "The desolate years are always long. There is no rest in the morning, and there is no rest in the night." As for the others, God knows what he is humming.It's a bit like Suzhou Pingtan of the later generations, and the dialect of the place is not known.

This was the first time that Gao Wen enjoyed a lot of wine and meat after traveling to the Ming Dynasty. For a while, he was a little emotional, it is better to have money!Although the status of being a yamen servant is humble, it is not bad that an ordinary person can get such a job.

Just at the happy place, a yamen servant rushed upstairs and shouted: "Something has happened... It can be said that you have found some of the plague weapons, and the team leader has been beaten, you can still drink this wine? "

Gao Wen knew this man, he was the policeman of Kuaiban, his surname was Jin and his first name was Xiaosan.

All the arresters were shocked, and dropped the cups in their hands at the same time, shouting: "Who is so bold, dare to hit our squad leader. Damn it, brothers, let's kill the guy, let's kill him and fuck his old mother!" "

The catcher surnamed Jin smiled wryly: "Brothers, even if I borrow ten of your guts, I wouldn't dare to go up and fuck someone else's mother, unless you are getting impatient."

"What are you talking about? We are people in the yamen, representing the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court. Who is afraid of whom?"

Gao Wen hurriedly asked: "Brother Jin, who is the leader of the squad, but someone from the yamen?"

Jin Xiaosan: "Brother Gao really guessed right, the one who beat our team leader was from the yamen, and the magistrate of the county."

Everyone was stunned, and said in a low voice: "It turns out that the county magistrate is playing the role of the boss. There is really no way to do this."

Gao Wen asked curiously: "Brother Jin, how did the team leader annoy the county magistrate and eat the wrench?" That's right, the only person who can beat Li Jinbao in Hancheng County is Du Zhixian.Didn't Bantou Li go to the countryside with Du Zhi County to inspect the countryside? Could it be that he has committed something in the past few days?

Jin Xiaoren faltered: "Brother Gao, it's hard to say, you should ask yourself."

Gao Wen: "Alright, I'm going to see Uncle Seven."

Everyone else said: "Go together, go together."

(End of this chapter)