In ancient times, the imperial court levied official grain not by weighing but by container quantity, so that there is a saying that the big bucket enters and the small bucket comes out.

This grain official is also too vicious, not only with a large bucket of money, but also piled up sharply, a load of grain is now only eight buckets.

Yang Lin didn't believe it at first, but when he heard Yang Cheng say that the villagers were indignant and were now arguing with the grain officials, he felt too outrageous at first glance.

Just as they were about to attack, they saw hundreds of officers and soldiers passing by, and they saw the grain being weighed and cheered loudly.

A tall man at the head pointed to the grain that was being measured, and shouted, "Grain officer, I want this grain."

Look at this, this white rice, this fine white flour, Lao Tzu has been a soldier for so many years, and he has never eaten such good rice and white noodles. ”

Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, and arched his hand and said: "Brother Tai, this is probably not good, this grain official is short of two catties, and the brothers are angry and don't want to pay this grain." ”

Glaring at the young officer in front of him, Liao Qifang shouted: "Short catties are less than two, these people who are in charge of food are not only short catties and less than two, but also take coarse rice and coarse noodles for everyone to eat."

Dude, the world is as black as a crow, anyway, I'm used to it. ”

Yang Lin shook his head and said: "Having said that, this dog day is too outrageous, they can't get eight buckets of grain in a load of food, so I won't pay this food." ”

At first, the grain officer wanted to play tricks, but the officers and soldiers who received the grain gathered more and more, and finally alarmed Sichuan to participate in politics, and Long Wenguang, the deputy envoy of Shangchuan Military Preparation.

Carrying a load of grain to the big tent, Yang Lin arched his hand and said, "My lord, this grain official is too dark."

Since I received the errand of the governor's yamen, I have done my errand sincerely, and all the rice and noodles that I handed in were polished rice and fine noodles, which only large families could eat, and the brothers in the military camp all said that they had never eaten such good rice and grain for many years as soldiers.

But this grain officer is really too vicious, he has a lot of buckets, and he also piles up sharp points, not only can a load of grain only measure eight buckets, but listen to the reaction of the brothers in the army, these eight buckets are issued to the brothers at least one load of three buckets.

My lord, this, this grain official is too vicious, my lord, I won't pay this grain. ”

Wang Chaoyang, the general standing at the top, said: "My lord, the big bucket is measured in the small bucket, it has been the same since ancient times, these grain officials lack discipline, just give it to the next to whip a few whips."

And Yang Lin took the lead in making trouble and disturbing the morale of the army, I don't know what crime to be guilty of? ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "General Wang's words are very wrong, it is these grain officials who really disturb the morale of the army.

Now that we have exposed these scandalous deeds of the grain officers, and the soldiers have been able to receive sufficient food, I think they will not only not say that I disturbed the morale of the army, but will also be grateful. ”

Long Wenguang once served as Sichuan Xuezheng, a more decent person, of course, he would not dance with Wang Chaoyang, but the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the last years of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to offend too much, stood up from the seat, grabbed a handful of grain and looked at it, and then patted Yang Lin on the shoulder and said: "General Wang, this Yang Lin Yang Dian is still sincere, not to mention ordinary soldiers in this army, even many generals have not eaten such good rice and grain." ”

The grain is placed here for everyone to see, Wang Chaoyang didn't dare to refute, his brows furrowed, and he said with a smile: "What my lord said is that this Yang Lin was originally a local squire, and now he has been promoted to a warden, otherwise he will be responsible for the supply of food and grass for my soldiers." ”

Yang Lin arched his hand and said: "My lord, forgive me, now that most of Xiangru County has fallen, our local soldiers only control more than 30 lijia.

On that day, in front of the governor's seat, he promised to collect 5,000 quintals of grain from the locality, and to purchase 5,000 quintals of grain from the local squires at the price of 8 taels of silver per load. ”

Thousands of miles of food feeders are hungry, not only the cost of transporting grain is very large, but the ordinary soldiers who transport grain is mostly coarse rice and rough noodles are very difficult to pass the gorge, although he knows that Yang Lin will explicitly refuse, but Long Wenguang still admonished: "Ruzhen, you are a local squire, and this year you took the lead in opposing the former Zhizhou Li Yitian's rampant expropriation, and your local reputation is far from being comparable to everyone.

Rather a peace dog than a troubled world, if the war lasts, it is the local folks who will suffer.

I hope you will work tirelessly to raise more food for the army. ”

Yang Lin complained bitterly, and he didn't agree again and again.

I don't know where to get the news, General Wang Chaoyang suddenly had an idea, pointed at Yang Lin and said: "My lord, this Yang Lin is really a local gentry, and when he delivered grain this time, he actually slandered a few small works I sent as local tyrants and spies, which ruined my big thing." ”

Seeing that the other party was messing around, Yang Lin felt very funny, and immediately explained the passage of the sky, and then arched his hand and said: "My lord Mingjian, General Wang's soldiers looted the township, do you think there are such spies in the world?"

The two quarreled together, and Wang Chaoyang insisted that Wang Ergou and the others were meticulous and messing around.

Long Wenguang smiled and said: "General Wang's use of troops is often unexpected, and it is impossible to determine whether to send a detailed old man.

Yang Lin, you have also seen that if the soldiers do not have food, it is inevitable that some people will do mischief and cause trouble in the township. ”

Yang Lin complained bitterly, but he didn't agree.

In order to make people work sincerely, Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, and Long Wenguang, the political officer of northern Sichuan, recommended Yang Lin as the judge of Pengzhou (from Qipin, as the second official of Zhizhou, and there is no Tongzhi in Sanzhou), acting for the affairs of Xiangru County, raising grain and grass for the army, and then serving in other provinces after quelling the rebellion of the local rioters.

From a small tribute student (prison student) to an unpopular warden, and then to a judge from the seventh grade, it can be said that one step to the sky, not to mention that this kind of encounter will be confused below, not to mention everyone.

But according to the relevant historical materials, it can be done according to the "History of the Ming Dynasty? Election 2", "The second and third class candidates are all Hanlin officials." Others may be conferred on the matter, the imperial history, the director, the Chinese book, the pedestrian, the commentator, the Taichang, the doctor of the country, or the official of the government, the governor of the state, the county and other officials. ”

It can be seen that in the Ming Dynasty, the official (prefect yamen, Zheng Qipin), Zhizhou (Sanzhou Zheng Liupin), and Zhixian (Zheng Qipin) were one of the first official positions of the new branch jinshi stipulated by the imperial court, but there were too few jinshi in the country, and there were only more than 300 people every three years, and most of them were in the middle and middle-aged, and the number was obviously insufficient (in March of the tenth year of Jiajing (1531), the Ministry of Officials pointed out that there was a lack of official committees in various prefectures and counties to be close to the people, and there were only one or two Jinshi, and they had to pay tribute. That is, Jinshi served as the official of the seventh grade, the governor of the state, and the county of the county is only one or two percent), just like the "History of the Ming Dynasty? The Election Chronicle said: "Foreign officials, magistrates and school officials are elected by the people and tributes." "Magistrates, judges, and magistrates from other provinces can be selected from among the tribute-raising students.

This is the biggest piece of fat water for officials in ancient times, and it is also the root cause of buying and selling officials in places that ordinary people often say.

In ancient times, there were only two or three more people in the state and county, and as long as they felt that the imperial examination was hopeless, they could become officials, just like Hai Rui in the Ming Dynasty was born, first for the teaching, then for the county, and finally for the governor.

But the number of supervisors is different, just like the professors of Western universities, the number of supervisors in each state and county is fixed, 20 in the county, 30 in the state, and 40 in the government, although the number is limited, but the number is still quite large.

For a large number of inmates in various places, if there is no hope of having a way to pass the imperial examination, they may be elected by local officials as political and economic officials such as county officials, chief managers, wardens, and officials.

Yang Lin District Yijie Gongsheng (supervisors, 20 in each county, 70 in Pengzhou, a scattered state, plus people to raise people to enter the scholar or something, nearly 80 people who are close to the prison students and above), although the training is well-organized, and the suppression of bandits is meritorious, but he was immediately promoted to the judge of Pengzhou, acting like a county and county government

The official position was promoted from a warden to a judge in Pengzhou, and now Pengzhou is ignorant of the state, as a second official, he is nominally acting in charge of government affairs, but at present, the government can control only more than 50 lijia.

The price was to change the grain from 10,000 quintals to 20,000 quintals, of which 15,000 quintals were purchased from the localities at the rate of 1 tael of silver per quintal (front-line grain was far more expensive than the localities).

In exchange, the grain was weighed according to the flat bucket, and in exchange was that the officials and soldiers restrained their subordinates from going to the countryside to loot.