Du Xiucai's house is not far from the county yamen, two streets, and it is only a few minutes away on foot.

Today is the last day of registration for the county exam, and the children's exam is two exams in three years, except for the year of the autumn year, there is basically an exam every year.

When I got to the ground, I saw several people dressed as scholars walking towards the yamen.

Sun Yuan grabbed one of the scholars, and when he asked, he really came to sign up, so he smiled and said, "In this case, let's go over together." ”

He entered the yamen with a few people.

As soon as I entered the door, I met a person, who was the short official I had beaten yesterday.

When the official saw that Sun Yuan had done a match with a few scholars, he was surprised, and he opened his mouth wide for a long time and didn't come back to his senses. By the time he wanted to scream, Sun Yuan had already gone into the hall next to the yamen hall.

According to the rules, if a student wants to take the county examination, he or she needs to go to the ceremonial room of the county yamen to register. Just as the central organs of the imperial court have six departments, namely, rites, officials, households, criminals, workers, and soldiers, the local county-level government also has six corresponding rooms.

Candidates entering the gift room to register, need their name, place of origin, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents three generations of resumes, to show that the candidates are innocent, not prostitutes, excellent, slaves, soap children, and have to find a child to gualate.

I have to say that Du Xiucai still has some fame among the Rugao scholars, and when he saw his book of protection, he checked the yellow register of the household registration, and Sun Yuan successfully reported his name.

In fact, as the lowest level of the imperial examination, the county examination is not formal, and many times it is nothing more than a ceremony. Only when the first level of the college examination is directly related to the talent and fame of a scholar will it be strict.

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"What, Sun Yuan actually ran to the county office?"

Mao Cheng was eating breakfast, and after hearing the news, he couldn't help but throw the chopsticks in his hand on the table, turned his head and shouted: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, come out quickly." ”

"What's wrong?" Hearing the shouts of the immediate, a middle-aged man in his forties came out of the back room.

This person was born extremely thin, with high and protruding cheekbones, deep-set eye sockets, and two small eyeballs shining green inside.

"I've seen Lord Thunder." The short servant saluted respectfully, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Brother-in-law, you also heard about it just now, that Sun Yuan actually came to the county yamen." Mao Cheng rubbed his hands excitedly: "Hehe, the kid surnamed Sun beat the officials, this is to rebel!" I was about to take someone to catch him, but he came to the door. This is the way in heaven that you don't take, and hell has no door to enter. ”

He was stabbed in the waist by Sun Yuan yesterday, and it was not a big deal, but when he went home, he couldn't stand up in pain. Moreover, being beaten by Sun Yuan, his integrity can be said to be a loss of face. If you don't give that Sun Yuan a little bit of power, will others still take him in their eyes in the future?

So, he ran to his brother-in-law Lei Tai early in the morning and asked him to bring more people to the countryside to arrest Sun Yuan.

But he didn't want to, before breakfast was finished, the short official came to report, but Sun Yuan went to the yamen in person.

Lei Tai: "Can you see clearly, is it really the surname Sun?" ”

The short officer: "See clearly, it's Sun Yuan." ”

Mao Cheng suddenly remembered something and said, "Brother-in-law, that Sun Yuan won't go to the county government to beat the drum and voice grievances, right?" If you alarm the county, I'm afraid it's a little troublesome? ”

Yesterday, in order to get the Sun family's three acres of paddy fields, Mao Cheng deliberately increased the tax that Sun Yuan should bear by five times. If you let the magistrate know about this, I'm afraid it won't be explained clearly.

Thinking of this, Mao Cheng became a little worried.

"What are you afraid of, it's so easy to beat the drum and sound the grievances, as soon as the drum of the yamen sounds, whether the complainant is guilty or not, he will first beat thirty kills and then talk about it, this is the rule of our Ming Dynasty." Indeed, no matter in any era, petitioners are always unpopular with the government: "Besides, now that our government is chaotic in paying taxes, no matter how much or how little we collect, as long as it does not go into my pocket, then there is no problem." ”

"Yes, yes, Lord Bo said yes." The short servant flattered and said: "Presumably, the person surnamed Sun committed a big crime yesterday, and after going down, I thought about it and was afraid in my heart, so I came to surrender early this morning in order to reduce my sentence." He has been in the government for a while, if he wants to beat the drum and sound the grievance, why didn't he hear the drum? ”

Mao Cheng also laughed: "It should be like this, this bastard little brute, you know that you are scared this time, right?" Brother-in-law, you can't let this kid go easily. ”

"Dare to act, a weak-crowned boy, with one to three, and a big victory, but a character." Lei Tai praised, most of the people in Jiangnan are cowardly, and there are not many such people.

However, he didn't intend to raise his noble hand and let Sun Yuan go.

Sun Yuan beat his brother-in-law, that is, he refuted his Lei master's thin face. If you don't punish the crime severely, how will you deal with it in the future?

Mao Cheng was still shouting: "Brother-in-law, if Sun Yuan is willing to put those three acres of paddy fields on his hands and cling to our Mao family, he will beat him up." Otherwise, he will be exiled for 3,000 li and taken to the Nine Sides to be a head-killer. ”

"It's good if he's willing to be soft, so it's decided, after all, he is a villager, and he can't do things too much." Lei Tai glanced at his brother-in-law, and wanted to say to him again, "You love money, and you have set up a lot of stalls for me in the past few years", but after thinking about it, Mao Cheng will share a few percent of the profit to himself every time he gets a benefit. Besides, everyone is close relatives, so it's hard to say anything about him.

nodded: "Let's go, go and meet this Sun Yuan." ”

Then he put on his official clothes, took Mao Cheng and the dwarf officials out of the house, and walked towards the county office.

In Leitai's opinion, this is just a mustard thing, not worth mentioning at all, and it can be done casually.

In fact, Lei Tai has a reputation for showing off his talents, and his moral articles are not bad. In a place like Rugao, where humanity gathers, although it is also ordinary. can be different from people who are pedantic in reading and reading, Lei Tai is a person who has scheming and means to do things, and as soon as he enters the public, he immediately shows his ability.

And because of his clinging relatives to the impostor, the boss intended to promote him to Yangzhou Mansion Yamen to be a bookkeeper.

However, he has a good life here, but he doesn't have that thought, especially after the magistrate Zhou Xianzun came to Rugao.

Zhou Xianzun is a northerner, in his early sixties this year, and he is an old master from the country. As for how to govern if you are an official, it is a blind eye. After arriving in Rugao, he only knew that he was singing the wind and making the moon all day long, drinking and reading books, and he didn't pay any attention to government affairs.

He also said that he would use Huang Laoshu to govern the county and rest with the people. The lord of the county, who was born as a dignified scholar, buries himself in the case all day long, and deals with the people with mud legs, which is vulgar!

In this way, all the big and small affairs in the yamen fell into the hands of Lei Tai.

It can be said that he Lei Zhubo is already the actual head of the Rugao County Ya.

Up to now, some people outside have called him Lei Tai as a small county honor.

The power of his brother-in-law was naturally known, and as soon as he remembered the embarrassment when he was put to the ground by Sun Yuan yesterday, a strong anger ignited in his heart: Wait a minute, even if Sun Yuan's little thief offered the paddy field with both hands, he couldn't easily spare him. I had to beat him left and right, and make him lie in bed for ten days and a half months before I could vent the hatred in my heart.

I have a brother-in-law to call the shots for me, Sun Yuan thief, today I will let you see a few eyes of my Ma Wangye.