Idle courtiers

Chapter 145 Domineering Xiaoling Guard

Zhou Nan: "My good nephew is thoughtful, so I will do as you say."

The government office will close the office every day when it is applied for, and only the two book offices in the subsidy are left on duty at night to deal with urgent matters.

The so-called sending room is the department that sends and receives documents, which belongs to the standard secretarial organization.Zhou Nan is now an invisible person in the yamen, and the fake note is sent over, and it is estimated that they will not take it seriously, and it will be sent to the Criminal Court after a few days. It must be recorded in the record and affect the year-end evaluation.

Although Zhou Nan's salary of a few taels of silver per month is just a drizzle, but when the time comes, he will inevitably be reprimanded by the official Xiong Tui, and the NPC will be too big to make trouble.

The weather was hot, and the two ran for a while on the street, their hair was disheveled, and their heads were covered with sweat.

Zhou Nan respects her identity and tries her best to maintain her personal image.Wang Er couldn't control that much, he just took off his robe, opened his chest and kept fanning the wind.

At this time, a group of knights happened to send them by.These people all wrapped their heads in black cloth, and the clothes on their bodies were in strange styles, not similar to Han customs.

The leader is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman with a high nose and deep eyes, dark skin, and her head is also wrapped in cloth to form a large disc.The clothes on her body are extremely gorgeous, there are chains and big buttons, bracelets, anklets and so on. The gold, silver and jewels together weigh ten or twenty catties, so bright that they blind people's eyes, and I don't know if I'm tired or not. tired.

Needless to say, this group of people are all ethnic minorities.

Seeing that Wang Er's skinny chest was full of ribs and his front teeth were missing, the woman couldn't help but giggled and said to the attendant beside her, "This man looks like a rambunctious dog!"

Wang Er was furious, and was about to scold back, Zhou Nan hurriedly pulled him aside, cupped his hands, and then smiled apologetically.

Seeing that Zhou Nan was handsome and upright, the woman's eyes lit up, and she shouted: "It will grow beautifully afterward, take it back."

Zhou Nan was shocked, and hurriedly said: "This is Zhou Nan, the governor of the Yali Criminal Department of Huai'an Prefecture, who offended Miss, please forgive me."

"So it's an official, so that's fine." The barbarian girl giggled, "Master Zhou, if you have free time, you might as well come and sit with me."

"Definitely, I will leave, I will leave!" Zhou Nan seemed to have seen a ghost when he heard this, and he didn't talk nonsense. He walked two streets with Wang Er before letting out a long breath: " It can be regarded as escape from the tiger's mouth."

Wang Er was indignant: "Where did this barbarian woman come from, she dared to make trouble in our Huai'an, it's really abominable. Uncle, master, I have to take her back and lock her up for a few days."

Zhou Nan smiled wryly: "How dare I." Seeing that Wang Er was puzzled, he explained: "This woman is a distant relative of Yang Lie, the Marquis of Xuanweishi County of Bozhou, and her name is Yang Che. Her father is a man under the command of Yang Hou. The bodyguard, a rank-[-] military officer, has received Yang Lie's order this time to come to Beijing to present large and beautiful materials. These Southwestern Yi people do not accept Wang Hua, if you mess with them, they may beat you to death directly."

"It turned out to be her." Wang Er suddenly realized, and said: "Master Uncle, that woman named Yang Che seems to have taken a fancy to you just now, and her family seems to be very rich, she invited you, Uncle might as well... ..."

Zhou Nan shouted: "Shut up, can this kind of woman be messed with? God knows what rules they have, don't ask for trouble." Besides, this woman is so ugly.If you really go to her place to sit around, you still don't know who will take advantage and who will suffer.

Back at the rented apartment, Zhou Nan was talking to Wang Er, while quickly packing up his luggage.

When the packing was finished, he handed Xun Fangyu a piece of scattered silver weighing one or two taels, and said: "I guess I will go home and stay for three to five days. This is your month. You stay here. Close the door and don't go out if you have nothing to do."

Xun Fangyu looked indifferent, took the money, turned around and left.

She has stayed here for more than ten days, and she hasn't spoken a word to Zhou Nan from the beginning to the end.

Zhou Nan himself couldn't tell what his relationship with her was, and he pitied her for her poor background and let her live.Anyway, eating three meals a day is enough, it is like raising a kitten and puppy.

"Okay, let's go." Thinking of his wife and children at home, Zhou Nan felt like returning home.

Wang Er swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Master Uncle, my nephew is busy with official duties, and I haven't touched my teeth yet. I have already ordered food and wine at Xiaodeyuelou. Congratulations, sir, on your happy birthday."

Zhou Nan was furious and scolded: "You bastard, you still want to eat and drink at any time now, and your idea hit me. You pay for this meal." Nan came here to grab a meal, and it was not easy to drive him away.

Although this guy's work and food money is not as good as Zhou Nan's, he has enough oil and water, and his monthly income is more than Zhou Nan's.

Wang Er quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Master, uncle, I have to eat! The boat I ordered will take an hour to arrive, and now I'm going to the dock to wait."

While talking, Xun Fangyu came in with a blank expression, and stuffed a bundle into Zhou Nan's hands.

"what is this?"

Miss Six remained silent.

Zhou Nan opened it and saw that there were baby clothes and hats inside: "Did the sixth girl go to the grocery store next door to buy it just now? Thank you."

Xun Fangyu still didn't speak, and went to wash clothes in the courtyard.

After a while, Xiao Deyue's assistant brought the food and wine.

After dinner, seeing that it was almost time, Zhou Nan went to the pier.It just so happened that the boat Wang Er was looking for also collapsed, so he boarded the boat and walked north along the Grand Canal for five or six miles to Qingjiangpu.

Qingjiang Waterfall is the confluence of the Grand Canal and Huaihe River, and also the north gate of Huai'an.This place is a traffic hub, and many government agencies are stationed there.There are salt roads, water transportation, and river courses.In addition, the military Dahewei also has a water pass.The Judiciary also set up a courtyard here, where a dozen soldiers were stationed to search for criminals who were smuggling and smuggling on the water.

Even one of the inspectors in Andong County has its seat in Caowan Town on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, six miles away from Qingjiangpu. However, that inspector died last month without any heirs, so that position was vacated. , Waiting for the court to appoint new people.

It turns out that Qingjiangpu is the county boundary between Andong County and Shanyang County.Speaking of which, the territory of Shanyang County is quite small. In terms of its total area, Anton is at least five times its size.

However, the division of a county-level administrative region depends on the total population and GDP.Sanyo's population and economic size are in turn ten times that of Anton.

Speaking of this place, Qingjiangpu, it is famous in the history of Ming Dynasty.During the Zhengde Dynasty, King Ning rebelled, and Emperor Wuzong personally led the conquest.But the Tianzi's army had just arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, and without firing an arrow, the news came that Wang Yangming had completely defeated the Judgment Army.

Emperor Zhengde was very disappointed, so he had to return to the court with his teacher.Passing by here, seeing the beautiful scenery on the water and the fish flying in the shallow bottom, the fisherman became excited, so he drove a small boat to fish and play.As a result, seeing a lot of fish when lifting the net, Wu Zong was overjoyed and dragged it as hard as he could, causing the boat to lose its balance, and he himself fell into the water.Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty grew up in Beijing, and he didn't know how to swim. After entering the water, he was flustered and fluttered. Although his personal servants rescued him, the water choked his lungs, coupled with panic and panic, his health continued to deteriorate.It is also possible that he was frightened and caught a cold in autumn, which caused pneumonia, and died of illness shortly after returning to the capital.

Zhengde's death, because he had no heirs, this is the story of the succession of Emperor Jiajing today.

To be honest, the scenery in this place is really nice.Zhou Nan is a person who likes to travel. When he was a teacher in the Yamen of Andong County, he took his wife here to play.Different from the turbid water in other sections of the Grand Canal, the river here is filled with water from the Huaihe River, so the bottom is clear and blue like a belt.The town by the river is full of halls and pavilions.The reflection in the water is like an ink landscape painting.

It's just that it's getting late at this moment, it's pitch black, and there's no scenery to see.

Zhou Nan missed the newborn baby and only urged the boat to leave quickly.

After walking for a while, I saw that I was about to enter the Huaihe River.

There was a bright light ahead, and a small boat approached, shouting: "Stop, you can't pass." Very strange accent.

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of "咻" piercing the air, and a feathered arrow was nailed to the side of the ship.If it is too late, the boatman will be shot.

The captain of the boat was so shocked that he stabbed the bamboo wormwood into the bottom of the river and shouted, "Don't shoot the arrow, don't shoot the arrow!"

Zhou Nan looked intently, and saw five or six armored soldiers on board the boat. The leader was very short, wearing bamboo armor, and two Japanese swords, one long and one broken at the waist.

In the distance, there are five or six small boats with lanterns on the water, guarding back and forth.

The Grand Canal is not wide, so the entire waterway is completely sealed.

"Could it be Japanese pirates coming here?" Zhou Nan was startled, and laughed again: "Huai'an has penetrated into the interior, how could Japanese pirates come here. There are garrisons everywhere around Huai'an, are they just decorations?"

The Ming Dynasty fought against the Japanese pirates for several years, and many pirates in Fujian and Zhejiang joined the Japanese pirates as traitors.But there are also many people from the Japanese side who voted for the Ming army, and it is obvious that this Japanese man is like this.

Zhou Nan walked to the bow of the boat, and bowed his hands to the Japanese: "This general, I am Zhou Nan, the governor of the government's criminal justice department. I have official business and need to cross the river. Please make it easier for me."

The Japanese officer: "The old ones won't work."

Zhou Nan frowned: "May I ask which yamen you belong to, Yandao, Hedao or Dahewei? Tell your officials to come and talk."

"The past won't work."

Zhou Nan was annoyed: "Can you say this sentence?"

"Haha, he really only knows this sentence." The soldiers on the boat burst into laughter.

After laughing, another person shouted: "I'm a soldier of Xiaoling Guard, I don't care what kind of magistrate you are. You have to be the commander, and arrest criminals here. All ships are not allowed to pass, otherwise you will be killed without mercy. You This young man flaunted his prestige in front of Lao Tzu, got annoyed, chopped it into two pieces and threw it into the river to feed the fish."

After speaking, the five or six soldiers jumped onto the boat one after another, beat and kicked the boatman, robbed them of their money and dry food, and rushed away.

Zhou Nan was an official at any rate, and those soldiers did not dare to be rude, but beating a dog still had to look at the owner's face, and he suddenly felt that he had lost his face.

When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain why.A civil servant of the ninth rank has no choice but to meet the emperor's army like Xiaolingwei.

The old man wiped the nosebleed from his face and asked Zhou Nan, "Master Zhou, what should we do now?"

"A group of bandits." Zhou Nan's face was livid. He had never been angry like this since he traveled to the Ming Dynasty.Especially after becoming the master of Andong County, the journey went smoothly.Today, I held my breath in my chest, and my thoughts couldn't get through: "Leave the boat to the shore first, rest overnight, and we'll see the situation tomorrow."

The Criminal Justice Department has its own governor's office in Qingjiangpu Town, and Zhou Nan decided to stay there for one night first.

Seeing the boss coming, the people from the governor's office hurriedly welcomed him in, prepared a few side dishes, and warmed a pot of wine to wash Mr. Zhou off.

There was another book office to accompany him, and his attitude was extremely respectful.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Zhou Nan calmed down a bit, and asked curiously, "Zheng Shuban, what's going on on the water, why is the road closed?"

Zheng Shuban: "I don't know what's wrong with the lowly position. I only know that Xiaoling Guard is on business. They seal the waterway, and no one else can do anything about it."

Zhou Nan was even more curious: "The canal is related to water transportation. Xiaolingwei is so bold. By the way, isn't Xiaolingwei stationed in Nanjing? Why did you come to Huai'an?"

Zheng Shuban: "There is a hundred households in Xiaolingwei in Huai'an. They are the son of the emperor and the army. Not to mention the local officials, even the Ministry of War has no jurisdiction. They want to seal the waterway, who dares to intervene?"

"Is Xiaoling Guard the emperor's own army? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Zheng Shuban: "Governor Zhou doesn't know something..."

It turned out that the emperor's army had 26 guards.They are Wu Qianwei, Jinwu Guard, Habayashi Zuowei, Habayashi Right Guard, Fujunwei, Fujun Zuowei, Fujun Right Guard, Fujun Vanguard, Fujun Backguard, Huben Zuowei, Jinyiwei, Banner Bearer Guard, Jinwu Right Guard , Habayashi Qianwei, Yanshan Zuowei, Yanshan Right Guard, Yanshan Qianwei, Tengxiang Left Guard, Tengxiang Right Guard, Wuxiang Left Guard, Wuxiang Right Guard, Wugong Center Guard, Wugong Left Guard, Wugong Right Guard, Yongqing Left Guard Wei, Yongqing right guard.

These 26 guards have different functions. For example, Jin Yiwei is in charge of Zhao Prison, which is a secret service agency, and the [-] guards including Jinwu and Habayashi are in charge of guarding and patrolling respectively.Teng Xiang and other four guards, with palms accompanying the guards.

According to the guard system of the Ming Dynasty, one guard had 600 soldiers.Calculated in this way, the number of the emperor's pro-army is very large.

However, after the Battle of Tumubao, the 26 guards followed the emperor to conquer Oala, and the entire army was destroyed.Nowadays, most of them are just a name, with neither soldiers nor real power.

Therefore, the imperial court reorganized the 26 guards into thirteen guards.

Unlike other pro-army stationed in Beijing, Xiaolingwei stayed in Nanjing.As the name suggests, it is the mausoleum of Zhu Yuanzhang, the guardian group, who lives in Xiaoling Mausoleum.

So, here comes the problem again.Your Nanjing Xiaoling Guard didn’t stay in Nanjing, what did you come to Huai’an for, and even set up a hundred-household office.

It turns out that the mausoleums of ancient emperors were so large that they were not sealed off as a mound of earth as later generations imagined.In addition to mountain mausoleums, shrines and halls have to be built, and a lot of money is spent on repairs and maintenance every year.

In addition, the thousands of people guarding the mausoleum need money to eat, drink, and scatter, and the little salary and silver and meager military pay given by the imperial court every year can't support them.

The halls, buildings, pavilions, and tombs of Xiaoling Weizhong need to be repaired every year, which requires a lot of building materials.Especially the glazed tiles used and the gold bricks on the ground need to be fired from Huai'an Mansion.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of Xiaolingwei used this excuse to set up a hundred households here, stationed 200 people, and were responsible for the transfer of materials.Because the Son of Heaven is close to the army, no one cares about it, and he has made a lot of money by smuggling.

After hearing Zheng Shuban's words, Zhou Nan felt bad luck: It turns out that there is such a group of army ruffians who are only responsible to the emperor, and there is really no place for the anger I received today.

At this time.Suddenly, a soldier Ding rushed to report: "Master Zheng, I have found someone, and he is currently being held in a cell. This is all right, I can finally deal with my superiors and sleep peacefully. Master, this person is now handed over For the Xiaoling Guards, take them back to Fucheng at dawn... Ah, Master Zhou... I have met the Governor."

Zheng Shuban smiled and said: "Okay, you go down and rest first, look after the person first, and talk about it tomorrow."

Zhou Nan: "What's the matter?"

Zheng Shuban yawned: "What else could it be? I guess the younger ones caught suspicious people during the night patrol. It's nothing serious, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

For some reason, Zhou Nan suddenly became suspicious.

(End of this chapter)