The ground in Henan is not quiet, and the mountains and roads from Beijing to Henan are far away, and Chen Di's trip can be described as dangerous. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ming officials can bring their families when they go to work. Chen Di now has no relatives and no reason, if you want to say that the family is only the old housekeeper Yan and the maids Xiaoqing and Xiaobai.

Xiaoqing and Xiaobai are the same age as flowers, and it is naturally inconvenient to go to the rampant ground in Henan.

Chen Di decided to let Xiaoqing and Xiaobai stay in the mansion, and only let the old housekeeper Yan go with him.

Old Butler Yan hired a carriage, loaded some bags and belongings and set out on the road.

Along the way, Chen Di calculated that although there were only moldy nests in the prison every day, his life was safe. There are many thieves in Qinyang County, and they are starving everywhere, and the first thing he did after he arrived was to provide disaster relief. Only when the common people eat can they not become thieves.

Otherwise, there will be more and more thieves, and if you really enter the county, then your head will not be protected! You must know that the Da Ming Law contains a clear text, and the current official who loses his land will be beheaded!

After a day's travel, I arrived at the ground in Tongzhou.

Daming has a perfect post station system. The post station is a place for passing official documents and eating and lodging and changing horses on the way to and from officials.

In front of the Tongzhou Post Station, Chen Di was hindered again because of his age.

A short and fat post man at the Tongzhou Post Station actually stopped Chen Di's carriage and prevented him from entering.

Old Steward Yan said: "Our lord was ordered by the emperor to go to Henan to take up his post!" Why don't you let us in? ”

Humpty Dumpty smiled and said, "Going to work? This doll hair hasn't grown, will the emperor make him an official? I want to ask, what kind of official did this doll go to Henan? You're not a milkman, are you? Hahahaha"

Chen Di said angrily in the carriage: "Hmph, this official is the commander of Qinyang County, Henan!" How dare you speak like that? ”

Humpty Dumpty said with a smile: "It's really funny that an unweaned child dares to claim to be a county order!" ”

Chen Di didn't say much, but just took out the official voucher and showed it in front of the short and fat post guard.

Humpty Dumpty looked at the official certificate, but still didn't believe it: "Your official certificate shouldn't be forged!"

The short and fat post man and Chen Di made a noise at the gate of the post station, which alarmed the post man of the Tongzhou post station.

Yi Cheng walked over, asked the reason, looked at the official voucher again, and said to Chen Di: "The officials passing by are all saying that the first place in this examination, the fourth in the palace examination is a young talent, I didn't expect to arrive at our Tongzhou Post today, our Tongzhou Post is really brilliant!" ”

Yicheng is just a nine-rank official, but as a Yicheng, he deals with officials from the south to the north every day, and he is naturally well-informed. At the same time, he also developed a sharp mouth.

Yi Cheng made a gesture of invitation to Chen Di. Chen Di said to the post officer: "This post guard actually blocked the imperial court officials from entering the post station, what should you do?" ”

Yi Cheng ordered the short and fat post guard: "Don't hurry up and beat yourself with twenty ear scrapers, it can be regarded as making amends to Lord Chen!" ”

Tongzhou post pipe is divided into four wooden buildings. In the wooden building to the west, there lived messengers and soldiers of the imperial court, as well as the entourage of officials. These people are not officials; The wooden building in the south is inhabited by officials from the ninth rank to the fifth grade. Most of these people are county officials, county magistrates, governors, and Tongzhi of the Ming Dynasty; The wooden building in the north is inhabited by officials from the fifth rank to the third grade, and the main residence there is the prefect and the chief of the yamen under the jurisdiction of the provinces; The wooden building on the east side is inhabited by officials from the third grade or above, and those who can live in the wooden building on the east side are all feudal officials of various provinces!

Old Butler Yan helped Chen Di move his luggage into the wooden building on the south side, and then went to the wooden building on the west side to rest.

When dinner time came, there were more than a dozen tables on the first floor of the wooden building on the south side.

According to the Ming Dynasty, officials below the fifth grade have a custom to eat in the post house, with a table for six people, four dishes and one soup.

The people who live here are all low-level officials who are going to go to various places in Daming to take office, and everyone takes this opportunity to get to know a few more future colleagues.

Yi Cheng is also quite scheming, knowing the thoughts of the adults, and trying to arrange the officials of a province at the same table.

At this table in Henan Province, led by Zhang Zhizhen, the governor of Huaiqing Mansion.

Qinyang County under Chen Di was subordinate to Huaiqing Mansion.

This Zhang Tuiguan is over sixty years old. He has been working in Laozhou County on the ground in Henan for decades.

The so-called Laozhou County refers to officials who have no background in the imperial court and have never been admitted to the Jinshi. Most of them are from a humble background, and they can only be petty officials of six or seven grades in their lives. But how many years have these people been officials in the low-level states and counties of the Ming Dynasty, and they are very experienced in dealing with affairs in the states and counties. They are indispensable in the officialdom, so they are called Laozhou County.

The position of magistrate, in charge of a state's criminal prisons and lawsuits, is an official from the sixth grade. So this Zhang Tuiguan can also be regarded as Chen Di's boss.

Chen Di found that the dishes on the table in Henan were all four dishes and one soup in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court. On the tables in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huguang, there are eight dishes and two soups.

Zhang Tuiguan cleared his throat and said, "Alas, everyone is an official who went to Henan to take up his post together. Everyone knows the recent situation in Henan. Most of the officials who were sent to Henan in the famine year did not have any big trees behind them to enjoy the shade! Everyone knows each other, and when they get to Henan, they can help each other as much as possible. ”

Several Henan officials nodded yes, and one official said: "Hmph, this damn Tongzhou Station is clearly looking down on people with dog eyes!" What kind of dishes do you think they serve to the officials in Huguang, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang? What kind of dishes are served to us? ”

Zhang Tuiguan said: "That's it, don't fight for this useless breath!" If you're angry about everything, won't you be mad to death? I think I, Zhang, have been a state and county official in Henan for 30 years, and I am old, but I have been promoted by one level, from the seventh grade to the sixth grade. Make me happy. I went to the ministry to inquire again, it turned out that Huaiqing was the hardest hit this year, and there was a lot of hooliga, and no one wanted to go to that ghost place to be a pusher, and the people in the ministry remembered me. ”

Chen Di said: "Zhang Tuiguan, his subordinate is the new Qinyang County Commander, and he will be on an errand under you in the future!" ”

Zhang Tuiguan said: "Who was I at that time!" It turned out to be Chen Xiao, the first name of the first class in the famous capital。。。。。。 My lord. ”

Zhang Tuiguan's sentence of "little adult" made the officials at the table laugh dumbly.

Zhang Tuiguan said: "Don't laugh! Lord Chen is no better than us! At the age of thirteen, he became a jinshi and made a seven-grade main hall, and his future prospects are limitless. ”

Over dinner, Henan officials complained to each other. Who wants to go to the land of calamity in the year of great calamity?

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Chen Di knocked on the door of Zhang Lao's room.

"Lord Chen, what are you doing?" Zhang Lao asked the officer.

Chen Di said: "When Xia Guan first entered the officialdom, he was not very clear about the local situation in Henan, and there were some things to ask adults. ”

Zhang Lao Tui was very enthusiastic: "Okay, good, fifteen years ago, I was a Qinyang County Commander. Come, come into the house and say! ”