The three of Lewen said goodbye to Tang Bohu, left Suzhou Mansion, and a few days later, finally came to their destination, Shanghai County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Speaking of Shanghai County in the Ming Dynasty, we must not talk about the Japanese who have been invading the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to the Ming Dynasty's Japanese invaders, with the popularization of relevant history books in recent years, many people have this understanding: in the early days, the Japanese came to China pretending to be tributary envoys and stayed on the coast to rob, and later many local pirates joined in, fighting with open fire, killing people and stealing goods.

From the Hongwu year to the Wanli period, the plague of the Japanese was almost never broken.

In fact, some samurai who failed in the battle for hegemony in Japan wandered to the coastal areas of China, and were recruited by pirates to act as pawns of robbers.

In fact, there are very few wandering samurai from Japan among the pirates, and most of the other pirates are from China, Malays and other places, wearing Japanese costumes and pretending to be Japanese.

Plundering along China's coast has caused countless families to suffer. Even the entire family of local officials in the Ming Dynasty were brutally murdered by the Japanese invaders. It is said that Hai Jui's father was killed while resisting the invasion of the Japanese invaders.

Lewen, who came to Shanghai, briefly explained a few words to Ding Keer and Long Chao, and then entered the Shanghai County Government alone.

Shanghai County Ya, in front of which is a wall photo. The wall photos are unique to traditional Chinese architecture, and it is said that the wall photos were set up by the ancients for the sake of the evil.

This is a product of Feng Shui consciousness, because traditional Chinese Feng Shui focuses on qi conduction, and believes that qi cannot go straight to the hall, otherwise it will be unlucky.

For this reason, a high wall is built in front of the door of the house, which not only blocks the space and shields the main hall, but also keeps the air flowing smoothly and plays a role in air conduction.

After the wall photo is the county yamen tower, there is a plaque of "Shanghai County" hanging on the gatehouse.

Entering the gate of the county yamen, the east axis is the county office, which is in charge of documents and files, warehouses and horses, taxation, etc., and the county office is also the place where the county government discusses and deals with major county affairs.

There is a door in the central axis of the county government. The door is usually closed, only when the county takes office, welcomes guests or major celebrations, and the county usually goes in and out of the east of the "human gate", and the west side is the "absolute door", which is the door for interrogation of prisoners and the release of death row prisoners to go to prison, which is usually closed.

In the west of the Yimen is the land shrine, the land can give birth to grains, is the "food and clothing parents" of human beings, which enshrines the father-in-law and the mother-in-law of the land who are in charge of the water and soil, and the east side is dedicated to the three gods of wealth who are in charge of the source of wealth, Bigan, Fan Li and Marshal Zhao Gong, and the god of wealth blesses the wealth and wealth of this land and water.

After passing through the instrument door, there is the people's hall, which is the lobby. This road leading to the lobby is called "Yong Road", on the Yong Road, there is a stone pavilion, for the "Holy Oracle Ring Stone Workshop", it is the building of the emperor's precept to train local officials, the stone pavilion is engraved with the precepts of "Gongshengming" and "Lian Shengwei", which means that only impartiality and selflessness can make a clear decision, only innocence and honesty can make people respect, this is the summary of Guo Jiuli's experience as an official in Wujizhi County, Hebei Province during the Jiaqing period of the Ming Dynasty, and is called "Guanzhen" by later generations, which is the motto of many officials to self-discipline.

The east side of the lobby is the grain department, the household room, the money department, etc., and the west side is the officer's room, the ceremonial room, the military room, the torture room, the workshop, etc., which are the functional departments of the county government.

Behind the lobby is the house gate.

The gate of the house is an isolated building between the lobby and the second hall, with the Armament Bureau on the east side and the Pavilion Library on the west side. There are doormen rooms on both sides of the house, which are dedicated to the gatekeepers on duty and accommodation to prevent idlers from entering, as well as the Ordnance Bureau and other departments.

The door of the house is the Sichuan Hall, and there is the Hou Temple on the side. Xiao He is enshrined in Peixian County of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He because he helped Han Gaozu Liu Bangding the world meritorious, official to prime minister, and because of the formulation of the principle of equal prison, the first meritorious service, named the Hou Hou, because he was born in Xu, so he was worshiped by the officials of the past dynasties, and set up a shrine in the yamen to commemorate him, calling him "Yashen".

After the Sichuan Hall is the second hall, and the second hall is the place where the county order hears civil cases.

Lewen followed the official to the lobby.

The lobby of Shanghai County is a three-wing lobby with flying eaves and corners, towering and majestic.

The county magistrate was promoted to the court, and the scenes of hearing, interrogating, and adjudicating cases were all placed in this hall.

The lobby is also commonly known as the "litigation hall", and I heard that the Han County Order of Shanghai County is a good Qing official.

When Lewen came to the lobby, he also saw a pig, which surprised Lewen.

However, it is no wonder that because the county government "although the sparrows are small, the five organs are complete", there are many people who eat, and the people in the government use the leftovers in the kitchen to raise one or two pigs, and because the captivity is not strict, it is also possible.

"Lord Han, my subordinates have just come to your county to take up their posts, and I hope that you will take care of you in the future." Lewen walked to the lobby, bowed his hand to Han County's order, bowed deeply, and said humbly.

Han Xianling is kind looking, a little short and thin, with slightly dark skin, a pair of small thin eyes under his thin eyebrows, a slightly gray beard, wearing a long-winged black gauze hat, wearing a green robe official uniform, the complement of the official uniform is embroidered with five pythons and five claws, there are nine pieces of silver on the robe belt, and an emerald green Hetian jade hangs on the belt.

"Le patrol all the way to this county, must have worked hard all the way, the county is busy, can not welcome from afar, and hope that the patrol will not be blamed." Han Xian Ling walked down from the court, stroked his beard, and then said with a slight smile to Le Wen.

"Lord Han is too polite, and his subordinates are honestly afraid." Lewen smiled with a smile.

Han County Ling saw that Le Wen looked very humble, and he was very useful, nodded and said: "Well, since Le Inspector was appointed by Shuntianfu to come to this county, then we will be our own people in the future, except for the etiquette in the public court, there is no need to be polite in the court." ”

"Thank you Lord Han for your love, my subordinates will serve their official duties in the future and do their best." Although Han Xianling is amiable, after all, it is the first time for the two to meet, and there should be some courtesy.

"Lord Le has just come to this county, and you may not know that the previous inspection envoys of this county have died heroically in the struggle against the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese have repeatedly harassed the county, which has made the county also a headache." Han County Ling didn't have too much politeness, so he said the most troublesome thing in Shanghai County.

The ferocious actions of the Japanese invaders gave the Ming Dynasty a deterrent to the coastal soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, which was really incomparable. The officers and soldiers were afraid of the double swords and arrows of the Japanese robbers, trembling and cowering, not to mention the common people, and the most effective sentence to scare the children was: "If you are disobedient, let the Japanese arrest you!" ”

"The subordinates have also heard of the Japanese Invaders, but the subordinates feel that the Japanese are not afraid, but that there are problems with the weapons and personnel of our army. Lewen slowly analyzed.