When Fang Zhongyong watched "Journey to the West" in his previous life, he felt that the biggest bug was that Chen Guangrui and his wife Yin Wenjiao went to Jiangzhou to take office, but on the way, they were beaten down in the river by their father-in-law Liu Hong, and were impersonated for a paragraph.

You must know that in ancient times, although it was not as good as the later generations to be accompanied by the higher-level functional departments, there was no shortage of official certificates, seals, letters of appointment, etc., and there was a very detailed introduction to the official's physiognomy. The vouchers issued by the officials are specially made, and they are usually never counterfeited.

There are also a number of escorts, all staying in the official post along the way, and a little little where dare to go to the tiger whiskers of the imperial court. You must know that there is an unwritten rule in all dynasties, and killing officials is equivalent to rebellion.

For example, a good man feels that he has been treated unfairly, and robbery, brawl and even murder are just one life for another, and the crime is not as good as the family. But if you slaughter the officials who went to pacify you, then the fun will be great. Things will immediately change from ordinary criminal cases to rebellions that want to overthrow the rule of the dynasty, and if it is not done well, it will be a catastrophe of "razing the three tribes" or "exterminating the nine tribes".

Therefore, except in extreme cases, it is rare to kill officials, especially high-ranking officials.

According to "Journey to the West", Chen Guangrui is the first champion, and he married the daughter of Chen Jungong Yin Kaishan, which is almost the same as Fang Zhongyong's situation.

Although he did not marry two wives like Fang Zhongyong, Yin Kaishan was born as a military general, and his family was a warrior. The son-in-law went to Hongzhou (coincidentally), how could he not send a capable personal escort, and how could he be harmed by the water bandits like Liu Hong.

Take Fang Zhongyong as an example.

There are more than 10 servants accompanied by the officials, and more than 40 nurses, family members, cooks, and maids are presented by the Yan Mansion and the Royal Mansion. According to Chen Lin, the official family was worried about Fang Zhongyong's safety, so they had ordered Guo Huai, who was in charge of the third class and brought imperial equipment, to secretly lead troops to protect him.

Fortunately, the big bear had no bad intentions before, otherwise, there would be no need for Fang Zhongyong to make a move, and the big bear could be chopped into minced meat with an order. Unless a thief led thousands of people to attack, there would never be a tragedy like Chen Guangrui's.

Of course, Fang Zhongyong is not the emperor, and he does not receive his salary for bringing imperial equipment and officials. Therefore, when Fang Zhongyong and his entourage went down the river to Suzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of Liangzhejiang Road, they simply handed over to Mei Yaochen, who was assigned by Chen Zhizhong, the pacification envoy of Liangzhejiang Road, to meet Chen Zhizhong, who was appointed to meet by Chen Zhizhong, the governor of Dexing County, and the two counties of Xiangcheng, who were also supervising Huzhou taxes, and then retired.

To be able to send Mei Yaochen to greet and accompany Fang Zhongyong to his post, Chen Zhizhong spent a lot of brains.

Greet in person? The dignified high-ranking officials of the third grade went to welcome the one-state general judgment of the six grades, do you still want to have a face?

Just send a little official to go? It is rumored that this is Jane's master in the emperor's heart, in case Fang Zhongyong mistakenly thinks that he is despising him, wouldn't it be beautiful. The transporter has coveted his position for a long time, and he must not be given a chance to fall into the well.

It happened that Mei Yaochen entered the mansion to pay tribute, and Chen Zhizhong's eyes lit up. Isn't that the right person for you?

In terms of grade, Fang Zhongyong is the sixth grade, although Fang Zhongyong is the sixth grade, and Mei Yaochen is the sixth grade.

The paper is collected, Mei Yaochen can write poetry when he is less. When he served in Henan, Mei Yaochen was deeply appreciated by Qian Weiyan, a famous poet at that time and a left-behind guard in Xijing. It is also as famous as Su Shunqin, with the time name "Sumei", and Ouyang Xiu is called "Oumei".

Of course, in terms of academic qualifications, it is a little worse. Mei Yaochen was not born in the two rankings, and when he entered the officialdom, he was a petty official who made up the county master book with Enyin.

But people are capable, elegant in conversation, and noble in ambition. Although he is in his thirties, he is full of elegance, and he is immediately impressed by it. What's even more rare is that Mei Yaochen's sons are hundreds of families, and astrology and medicine are all-encompassing, and they know everything.

This is the best person to host! Because no matter what the guest says, he can talk a few words, and he is by no means ambiguous. People can always express their own unique opinions, so that you are like a spring breeze, and you hate to see each other late.

As a result, Fang Zhongyong soon became friends with this intellectual uncle. If you go out, you will be in the same car, and if you enter, you will still accompany your own wife.

That Mei Yaochen is really a wonderful person, along the way he talked to Fang Zhongyong about some local customs and customs, officialdom allusions, and even talked in detail about his interactions with Qian Weiyan, Ouyang Xiu, Yin Zhu and others when he was in Luoyang, Xijing, which attracted Fang Zhongyong's envy.

These are all literary bigwigs!

Ouyang Xiu naturally doesn't need to say much, a generation of Wenzong also.

That Qian Wei's performance is also extraordinary, the seventh son of Wu Yue Zhongyi Wang Qian Yu, and the brother-in-law of Liu Mei, the brother of Liu E, the queen of Zhang Xianmingsu. In the years when Empress Dowager Liu was in power, it was a proper power leaning towards the government and the opposition, the emperor's relatives and relatives, and there was no one in the literary world, political affairs, diplomacy, and economy. After the death of Empress Dowager Liu, Qian Weiyan was slightly depressed.

But people are not old-hearted, Ding Wei is attached to Ding when he is in power, and Ding Wei is excluded when he loses power. Wang was the prime minister and appointed as the privy envoy. Feng Zheng, the prime minister at the time, hated him as a person, so he suggested to Renzong: "Qian Weiyan married his sister to Liu Mei, then he is the in-law of the Empress Dowager (Empress Dowager Zhang Xian), so he cannot participate in the government and politics, please transfer him." "The people went to Baoda Army in a very low-key manner to serve as a festival envoy and know Heyang. A year later, he was appointed as the secretary of the same book.

In a word, making friends with this evergreen tree in the political arena, although I don't dare to make you a smooth step, but it is easy to know the world.

As for Yin Zhu, his reputation in later generations is not obvious - at least there is no Ouyang Xiuxian, but he is not good at stubble.

In the third year of Jing You, Fan Zhongyan belittled Rao Prefecture for accusing Prime Minister Lu Yijian of forming a party for personal gain, and Yin Zhu Shangshu said that he and Zhong Yanyi were both teachers and friends, and they should be convicted together, so they were demoted to the secretary of Chongxin Military Festival and supervised the liquor tax in Yingzhou. This also led to the so-called "Jing Yu Peng Party" incident, which was widely implicated. (There are detailed chapters later, so I won't repeat them for the time being.) ）

This standard pig teammate has attracted a lot of praise from many young people who are determined to "fight against evil forces", and is regarded as a moral benchmark and conscience in the world.

Let's ask, if you are in the company of such a person, even if you can't prosper in official luck, it is absolutely not a problem to leave a name in history.

Talking and laughing, Fang Zhongyong and Mei Yaochen have already arrived at the boundary of Taizhou.

Taizhou prefect Liu Dayou was unwilling to lose his identity and greeted him in person, so he directly sent someone to receive him, and sat and waited for Fang Zhongyong to see him, but he felt that he didn't have that face. In order to avoid embarrassment, he simply went to Ninghai County to inspect Haiphong.

A magistrate said that Zhizhou was not waiting in the yamen, didn't he seem to have snubbed Fang Zhongyong, and was he suspected of getting off the horse?

Do you know that since the founding of this dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, has a deep understanding of the disaster of secession formed by the weight of the festival since the end of the Tang Dynasty. He felt that the harm caused by the corruption of a hundred Confucian ministers was not as great as the harm caused by the rebellion of a military general. Therefore, he took the advice of his advisers and carefully designed the local institutions of power to eliminate local centrifugal tendencies.

For example, the administrative organs of the "road" are the "four divisions": the Department of Economic and Pacification, the Department of Transport, the Department of Tidian Criminal Prisons, and the Department of Changping, which are respectively in charge of the military, finance, civil affairs, judicial, and supervision affairs along the road. They do not govern each other, and the three directors of the Transshipment Division, the Criminal and Prison Division, and the Changping Division all have the right to supervise.

The complexity of the official system is the most complex in all dynasties.

The state capital, although one level lower, is broadly similar. The main exercise of supervisory powers is the general judgment.

What does a general judgment do? Assist the governor or the prefect in handling government affairs, and all state government affairs such as soldiers and civilians, money valleys, household registration, enlistment, prison lawsuits, etc., must be jointly signed by the judgment before they can take effect, and have the power to supervise officials, known as "supervising the state". The most powerful thing is that the general judgment is often directly appointed by the emperor (Jinshi and the first person are mostly given this position), and they have the power to directly report to the emperor (make small reports).

Just ask which governor would like such a thing. However, it is not allowed to be beaten or scolded, and the authority to make a general judgment is even more infeasible. Once that is done, maybe the emperor will be suspicious, could it be that someone wants to form a country of his own and wants to rebel?

Therefore, the correct way to open a general judgment that combines administration and supervision is, "You go, or you don't go." I'm right here, and I'm not going to leave it. ”

No wonder the old man who is young said that he looks like a dog, and don't blame the dog for ignoring you.

Along the way, the master reminded Liu Dayou worriedly: "Is it inappropriate for Taizun to ignore the other party?" ”

Liu Dayou said with a smile: "If the old man only sits in the yamen of the state capital, it is indeed inappropriate not to welcome this Lord Fang, who is even six yuan. But the old man is busy with official business and goes out to observe the people's feelings, what's wrong?

Mr. Gongsun, although you are thoughtful, you have accompanied the old man for a long time in this barbarian land of Wuyue, and you don't know the prosperity of the Central Plains, and you can't communicate with officialdom. It's really delaying you! ”

Mr. Nagongsun said with a smile: "The students failed to pass the test repeatedly, and they even failed to pass the exam. If it weren't for Taizun's promotion and appointment as a staff member, I was afraid that my old wife and I would die of hunger and cold. Today's youngest son, Meng Taizun, was promoted and entered the state school, and he is also quite studious. Taizun knows the grace of encounter, and the grass title ring cannot be repaid. I only hate students to be shallow in learning, and I am really ashamed to fail to do my best for Taizun! ”

Liu Dayou couldn't help but wonder: "Sir, don't be too humble!" The old man has come to his senses, and it is inevitable that he will be stubborn when he starts to do things, thanks to the help of his husband. Like this micro-service trip, Mr. strongly advises it. It was the old man who made his own decision and only brought the coachman with him, which made the gentleman worried! ”

Mr. Gongsun said: "Han Jun of Ninghai Zhixian is also an elegant person, and he has a good conversation with Taizun, but he is a little more angry. Taizun wanted to go to the beach to think about the ancient feelings, and he didn't send anyone to take care of one or two. ”

Liu Dayou smiled and said, "What is there to take care of?" There are only 100 archers in Ninghai in total, and it is already stretched to maintain local law and order, where is the extra manpower to accompany my bad old man to watch the sea? And the husband is in broad daylight, is there still a strong man who haunts him? ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a person laughing loudly in the grass beside the road: "What a sour old scholar!" Who told you that there are no strongmen in broad daylight? The black light is blind, who do we rob? ”