Jia Rui came out of Rongguo Mansion and felt that he had nothing to do for a while, so he walked casually around the city.

The entire Shenjing City is roughly composed of four parts.

The innermost is the palace city, that is, the Forbidden City, the Daming Palace in the Forbidden City, which is one of the main places for the emperor to deal with political affairs and daily life.

To the south and periphery of Miyagi is the Imperial Castle, where the central ministries and yamen are concentrated.

Outside the imperial city is the capital, which is the most important part of the Shenjing city, and it is also the gathering place of the vast number of officials and people.

Twenty years ago, during the reign of the first emperor, the Tatars attacked Shenjing City. , all the way to the bottom of the city, almost breaking the city. Fortunately, thanks to the desperate resistance of the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the sudden three-day heavy snowfall, the Tatars withdrew.

Having learned this lesson, it took another five or six years to build the outer city.

The outer city is mainly in the south, and the population is relatively sparse, and more emphasis is placed on military defense functions.

Near the Drum Tower, Jia Rui went around the market.

The Drum Tower and the East Fourth Archway are also the main business districts of the capital.

After taking a look at the steamed bun shop here, I saw that many people were buying steamed buns from Mantou An, and Jia Rui didn't squeak, so he planned to see the sales of poker again.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd.

"Ouch, there's a fire over there."

Not far to the east, black smoke rose from the sky.

"It seems that in the area of Dong'anmen, there is the territory under the jurisdiction of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division and the Northeast Patrol Department."

"It should be there, and it's not surprising that it goes fire. As for those people in the East City Terracotta Division, what can they do? What else will you do besides extortion? ”

The capital has a large population and dense houses, and now it has just entered the summer, and it has not yet reached the rainy season, the weather is dry, and most of the houses are wooden structures, and every house is piled up with firewood.

In this case, it is easy for a fire to occur.

Once the fire is not extinguished in time, the fire is easy to spread.

Therefore, fire prevention and firefighting matters are an important part of the work of officials in Beijing.

There's a special term for this, it's called Fire Administration. There is also a special firefighting team, called the Pyrotechnics, which is subordinate to the various divisions of the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

"The people who patrol the camp don't have many good things. When I went home yesterday, I passed by the inspection hall and insisted that my road guide was fake, and he had to arrest me. Later, I was given 500 yuan, and the fire armor of the card shop came out to testify, and then let me go. ”

"My family has lived in the capital for generations, and when I came to him, I became a homeless. This time the fire was good, and their commander made a big deal and asked the city patrol to dismiss his officials, which relieved his hatred. ”

A group of businessmen talked a lot, constantly talking about what they had seen.

"Hey, hey, what's all going on? Do you want to rebel? ”

A few people from the Five Cities Terracotta Division came over, and the city households immediately dispersed.

Jia Rui was about to leave when he suddenly heard someone shouting.

"Is it Brother Rui?"

Jia Rui saw that it was an acquaintance, it was Chen Yejun, who was often with Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan.

"Heh, isn't this Brother Chen, you are ......."

Chen Yejun came over.

"Brother Rui, I'm ashamed, I'm now a servant in the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, and I'm doing an errand. I heard that you were selected as a jinshi, and I was looking for you to congratulate you, but I didn't expect to meet here. ”

A soldier and horse division has four officers, one commander, two deputy commanders, and one officer.

The officer, similar to the role of the secretary general or the chief of staff, is the fourth-in-command of the Terracotta Division.

"I saw Qiu Liang yesterday, and he also said that he would find you to have a drink and celebrate you one day, but unfortunately he went to the northwest on a business trip today, so I had to wait for him to come back."

"Brother Chen doesn't have to be polite, I went to give it off today, and I just happened to see Brother Qiu."

"By the way, I heard that many of you new science and technology scholars have gone to the northwest, so it's none of your business, right?"

"Not for the time being, but when this year is over, I'm afraid I'm going to go. Don't talk about me, how did you get here? ”

"Brother Rui doesn't know, isn't this a market inspection? If this gang of profiteers and market households is negligent, they will be short of catties and shortages, shoddy goods, and abducted and deceived. A couple of you check it out. ”

There are many matters under the jurisdiction of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and market management is one of the important ones.

All matters that disrupt market order, such as doing business without a license, raising prices, counterfeiting and shoddy goods, shortages of pounds and pounds, hoarding, encroachment on streets and roads, and so on, are all within the jurisdiction.

Chen Yejun came today to inspect the weights and measures.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, all the utensils such as liters, buckets, rulers, and scales are made by the household department, and private people are not allowed to make them.

The household weights and measures must be branded with a fire mark before they are allowed to be used in the market.

However, the things in the household department are more expensive, so some merchants and market households secretly use some private appliances.

One is to save money, and the other is to cheat and deceive consumers.

"Brother Chen is a official, and you still need to do this kind of thing in person?"

The Terracotta Division is the sixth-grade yamen.

The commander is the sixth grade, the deputy commander is the seventh grade, and the official is the eighth grade, which is the same as Jia Rui's current grade.

"Alas, who will come out if I don't come out? Do you see that? There's just a fire over there, and it's our jurisdiction in the East City. This moment the commander made the lord afraid that he was about to lose his position. ”

"No, it's not the fire he set out, where is there no fire? If the official is dismissed as soon as it catches fire, no one can do it. ”

"Brother Rui doesn't know that many people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate live in that area. They have long seen us unpleasantly, and they are worried that they will not be able to find the stubble. ”

"If we burn down a few of them this time, we won't have any good fruit to eat."

"If the commander and deputy commander are all in charge, aren't you just promoted?"

Jia Rui laughed.

"It's not my turn, and there are five or six deputy commanders."

"Aren't there only two deputy commanders? Where did five or six come out? ”

"Brother Rui doesn't know. Although there are only two deputy commanders in name, in fact, each soldier and horse division has a bunch of deputy commanders, occupying positions, and they don't care about anything with just leading Yu Lu, Bing Jing, and Tan Jing. ”

According to the practice of the imperial court, if none of the fathers or brothers in the family who were named imperial concubines or princesses were officials or had titles, they had to give them an official or a title.

They are all relatives of the emperor and the country, no one in the family is an official, or ordinary people, isn't it a loss of royal dignity?

This official is generally the deputy commander of the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

It's just a name, you don't have to go to the yamen every day to order and be on duty, and you don't have to take care of things. If there is anything wrong with official business, they naturally don't have to be responsible, just take care of it.

It belongs to the peace officials who only enjoy treatment, but do not have to do things, and do not have to bear any responsibility.

After chatting with Chen Yejun for a while, Jia Rui went back to the steamed bun workshop of Shuiyue Temple.

In the remaining days, I moved to the West Flower Hall and spent all day on the construction site of the provincial villa.

On the fourth day, someone from the ministry suddenly came and informed Jia Rui to take up his post.

His official position is the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, and he is the seventh grade.

In terms of grade, it has been upgraded by two levels.

This Dongcheng Terracotta Division is exactly where Chen Yejun served as the official.