Idle courtiers

Chapter 159 A loud noise in the sky

"Where are you going?" Zhou Nan murmured.

"Is Zimu idle and bored and want to go to the Shanyang county government to play chess?" Zhan Tong was still sweating profusely, waving the cattail fan in his hand, and finally cursed: "This damn weather, I don't know when to cool down."

"Hurry up, it's just a few days. 24 autumn tigers have passed for 20 days, and it will be hot for four more days." Zhou Nan looked in the direction of the Shanyang County Government and said with a smile: "Even if I want to play chess, Dingzhi County I'm afraid I'm not in the mood."

Ever since he found out that the impeachment papers on the Internet involved the emperor, Ding Qiguang's head grew bigger, and he has been working around to make up for it for a while, sending out letters to classmates of the same year like a snowflake.

Zhan Tong: "Then what do you ask?"

Zhou Nan: "I was thinking about how the imperial court will dispatch things?"

Zhan Tong: "What else can you do? You have made great achievements and you must be rewarded. You can't get away with a seventh rank. It's hard to say which state or Zhili state is a judge. By the way, I heard that Zimuzhi After entering the new house, I would like to come to congratulate you."

"It's not considered a property purchase. It's my concubine's natal family's dowry, an old house." Zhou Nan said, "Because it's the concubine's private property, it's inconvenient to ask the county lord to come to the door."

After getting half of the property of the Xun family, considering that he was about to leave Huai'an, he had to make arrangements for the family affairs.Therefore, Zhou Nan moved to the Xun family's house in the city.

This house is said to have two entrances, it is not big, but it is very elegant.When Xun Xiucai was alive, he lived and studied here all the year round. There were twelve rooms.

After Zhou Nan and the sixth girl passed by, he bought two maidservants and two ten-year-old boys to serve Miss Xun.The relationship between him and her is a bit awkward, and I still can't tell whether I understand it or not. It is not appropriate to ask Miss Six to live with Yunniang and the others in Anton.

Moreover, Xun Fangyu was too rich, and when he entered the Zhou family, he was strong and weak, and he was afraid of incongruity.

To be honest, Zhou Nan is really a bit depressed as the head of the family. He is the poorest person in the family.

Not to mention Xun Fang's words, under his name there are [-] mu of fertile land, [-] shops, and a courtyard, and the land, food, and rent are equivalent to the struggle of ordinary people for a lifetime every year; Sister Su, according to Lettuce, she married When the eldest son Mei had a lot of dowry, over the years, he had accumulated thousands of taels on hand; as for Yun Niang, she was in charge of the family boat and had a lot of loose money on hand.

But he, Zhou Nan, only has a pitiful salary of a few taels of silver per month.If things go on like this, Fu Gang will be weak!

Fatty Zhan heard it interesting, and joked: "Zimu is indeed a little poorer, what to do, what to do! By the way, I have already taken care of your affairs, and the official department will write the paper soon."

Zhou Nan was overjoyed: "Thank you county lord."

Zhan Tong: "Such trivial things are nothing. Your Zhou family also has some family business now, which is understandable."

It turned out that what he said was about recommending his father-in-law, Yang Liuye, to the Anton County Government Office.

As I said earlier, after Zhou Nan left Anton to become the governor of the Huai'an government office, the position of Dian Shi in the county government office was vacant and has not been filled.According to the unspoken rules of the county-level yamen in the Ming Dynasty, officials and yamen servants are hereditary, inherited from father to son.Once Zhou Nan left, if he didn't nod his head, no one would dare to make amends. The rules are as big as the sky, but they cannot be broken.

Yang Liuye made up the master of the ceremony room this time, and Andong County has an extra family of officials, and it can be regarded as fulfilling the dream of a local tyrant who bullied men and women in Mount Tai.

Lin A'er, replaced Zhao Kuai as the leader of the fast team.

As for Wang Er, although his character is despicable and he was born in a trivial way, he also made credit for himself. He made up the head of the silk squad, shouted "mighty!" It also fits his image of a dog leg.

The reason for such an arrangement, Zhou Nan thought so.The risk of being an official is too great, no one will be lucky for a lifetime, maybe something will happen one day, and he will go back to Anton's hometown to retire.

At that time, the whole place will be full of his relatives, no matter how unlucky he is, a local tyrant and evil gentry can still be majestic and majestic, this is what he has left behind.

At this moment, Wang Er ran in with a smile on his face, "I'm overjoyed, I'm overjoyed." Then he knelt down and said, "The little one kowtows to Mr. Zhan and Mr. Uncle."

Zhan Tong: "Where did the joy come from, and who are you congratulating? Hey, haven't you already returned to the Andong County Yamen to work as an errand? Why did you come to Fucheng?"

Wang Er: "Responding to the old man's words, the villain congratulated my uncle and lord. My aunt and aunt were unwell yesterday, so I asked the doctor to see, but I got a pulse, but it was happy. It has been a month. My aunt asked my little one to bring a letter to my uncle and lord. My little one I thought to myself, such a happy event, I have to go there myself to be relieved.”

"Ah, Yunniang is happy!" Zhou Nan was overjoyed, jumped up and said to Zhan Tongdao, "Xianzun, can you take a few days off and let the officials go home and have a look."

Yunniang and Zhou Nan have been together for so many years and have never had children, which made her suspect that she had no children.

The last time Zhou Nan came home, it was obvious that she looked a little depressed when she was holding her son, and now she is finally pregnant, presumably it is God's gift to her a kind woman.

It's all right now, the wife has a son, and the name and position have been determined, so there is no need to worry about the risk of fire in the backyard.

Besides, Zhou Nan is a very traditional person at heart, and it is inevitable that the old concept of having more children is more blessings, Yunhu doesn't like it.

The magistrate of Zhan is a bit embarrassed: "Zimu, there are too many government affairs, why don't you wait for a few days, and you can't panic for two days. Wouldn't it be nice to go home after the imperial court's decree comes down, double happiness?"

Now that the autumn harvest has just passed, and all the officials in the government office have been wiped out, there are too many things to do, and he is very busy.Zhou Nan is his right-hand man. If he is on vacation, he will not be able to continue this job.

After collecting the evidence, Zhu Lun had set off for Beijing with Song Zhifu and other related criminals. He was a shy person.After arriving in Huai'an, he stayed in the house all day except for trial cases, and did not socialize with others.

Even if Zhou Nan wanted to form a good relationship with him, he couldn't find a chance.

Only then did he realize that Zhu Zhenfu must have social phobia.

In ancient times when there were no psychiatrists, this disease was completely unsolvable.

No wonder he became a Jinshi, and then took the post of Lianghuai Patrol, ignoring his career as a civil servant, but transferred to a military post and entered Jinyiwei.With his personality, it is indeed difficult for him to be a civil servant.How can it be compared to the Beiya, where everything is done in accordance with the rules and regulations of the imperial court.The emperor told him to arrest whoever he said, and the emperor told him to interrogate whoever he wanted, so there was no need to worry about it.

In fact, the town governor of Beiya has a promising future, at least much better than the Qipin magistrate or the six departments.

Hearing what Zhan Tong said, Zhou Nan took it seriously.It's also meaningless to rush home now, anyway, if it's troublesome, I have to go to another place to be an official.Wait for the appointment letter and official photo, and then go home to take a good vacation and show off in front of the fellow villagers.

The fat man is right in saying that wealth does not return to one's hometown, it is like traveling at night in brocade clothes.Getting promoted by yourself and returning to your hometown to prepare your luggage can be regarded as a disguised return to your hometown.

"Okay, just wait a few more days."

As soon as the words fell, Master Zhan rushed over excitedly and shouted loudly: "Master Zhou, the imperial court's appointment has been confirmed, great joy, great joy!" Waving a few letters of appointment in his hand, his face flushed with excitement: "Even I got the job, I'm overjoyed, overjoyed!"

This time, everyone stood up and stood up together.

Zhan Tong laughed: "There are so many happy events today, master, what kind of job do you get?"

Master Zhan's face was full of joy and sweat: "I'm back in the capital, Chongwenmen Taxation Supervision Ambassador, rank nine, term of office is one year."

"Chongwenmen Taxation Ambassador of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Master is so good?" Zhou Nan's eyes turned green with jealousy.

Wang Er was puzzled, and asked cautiously: "My lord uncle, you are only a rank nine, and you can only serve for one year. How can Master Zhan be so happy?"

"What do you know, even if you only work for one year, it's worth ten lifetimes of work and food." Zhou Nan explained with a smile.

It turns out that there are nine gates in Beijing.The nine city gates have different functions. For example, the Desheng Gate is the way for the army to go to the emperor to review the victory; Caishikou Execution Ground, prison cars often come in and out through this gate, known as the Gate of Death.

As for Chongwenmen, it is called Jiumen, and it is a special channel for locals to pay tribute to the emperor.There is another name for this place—tax gate—the tax officer of the household department office works here and is responsible for collecting taxes.

There are millions of officials and people in the capital city, and it is an astronomical figure for such a large population to eat, drink and drink every day.It needs to be transported by water from all over the country through the Dayuan River.

After the required materials are landed at the Tongxian Wharf, they must first be transported to Guangqumen in the outer city of Beijing, and then go to Chongwenmen to declare and pay taxes.The tax officer of the Household Yamen works here and is responsible for collecting taxes. The net collection of silver is 10 taels a year.Of course, he can't swallow the 10 taels by himself, and everyone needs to contribute.

However, after a year, [-] to [-] can still be seen.

The tax officer of Chongwenmen became a well-known vacancy among the tax officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the supervision of the tax officer was one of the ten most beautiful jobs in the capital.

Just because this job is really fat, if it is held every three years like other official positions and can be re-elected in the Three Realms, then is it okay?

Therefore, the imperial court established a rule that this position can only be held for one year.After one year expires, they must be transferred to other places.

Master Zhan was able to get this position, probably because of Concubine Li's intention.Speaking of younger brother, Master Zhan is also a relative of her mother's natal family, although it is a little far away.

"Ah!" Wang Er was completely shocked, his tongue stuck out for a long time, and he couldn't take it back for a long time.

A distant relative can get such a big benefit, and I don't know what kind of vacancies Zhan Tong, the serious cousin of Concubine Li, will get.

Zhan Tong hurriedly grabbed an appointment document, only glanced at it, and then burst out laughing.

Zhou Nan stretched his head to look curiously, and whispered, "Congratulations to the county lord!"

It turned out that Zhanzhi County's new official position was Changludu's transfer of salt envoy Si Cong Liupin's deputy envoy.

Changlu Salt Field is located in Bohai Bay, only two or three hundred miles away from the capital city. It is the second largest salt field in the world, and it is as fat as oil.When the fat man went there every year, he could count the money and get cramps just by handing out salt to the merchants.

It can be seen from this that the concubine Li in the mansion of King Yu, the future imperial concubine Li, and the Empress Dowager Li are a short-term caretaker.

The most outstanding female politician in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzhenglong, the most powerful supporter of the great reform decision-maker, will be rewarded for her meritorious service.Not only has a strong personality charm to win over the world's top talents, but also is good at acting like that kind of little person.

However, Master Zhan was so excited that he couldn't even speak, Zhan Tong danced and danced like drunk, Zhou Nan felt in a trance that he was in the scene of distributing the spoils.

Shaking his head and opening his appointment paperwork, the smile on his face froze when he saw it.

"What's the matter?" Zhixian Zhan and Master Zhan realized that he was wrong, and at the same time, they turned their attention to the appointment documents, and then exclaimed in unison: "Ah, this, this, this...it's not fair..."

"It's really a loud noise in the sky, which caught people off guard!" Zhou Nan was furious in his heart, wishing he could tear the piece of paper in his hand to shreds.However, even though he was angry, he tried his best to appear calm, and said: "Your father is so kind, and my minister Zhou Nan is very grateful."

Wang Er didn't understand what they were talking about, so he asked, "Uncle, what kind of official position did you get?"

Zhou Nan: "Pedestrians in the capital, pedestrians, are eight grades."

Wang Er: "What kind of official is this? Uncle has made such great contributions, how did he get promoted to a higher level?"

Master Zhan shouted: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand Bantou Wang, this is one of the fastest-promoting official positions in the world. If you become a pedestrian and a pedestrian, within 20 years, you can expect to be a doctor in the six departments or even a servant."

Wang Er took a deep breath: "That's great, but Uncle seems unhappy."

Zhou Nan smiled wryly: "Because I have no qualifications to be this Zhou Pedestrian. If I really go, the saliva of all the people in the world will drown me. Even if I am not afraid of other people's saliva, if I really go to the Pedestrian Division, my colleagues will beat me to death." I was beaten to death."

(End of this chapter)