Looking at the eager eyes of everyone in the room, Zhao Guohua smiled and said; "This month, in order to make soap, everyone is very hard, in order to thank everyone, I decided to pay everyone, Uncle Zhao, Mr. Wang, Brother Ding, Sun Fusun has two brothers and Xiaomei sister, the above people, the salary of two taels of silver per month, the rest of the people, all the villagers in Fengming Village, one tael of silver per month, and eight dollars of silver from other villages. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"I'll wait until I thank Gongzi......" everyone said happily in unison.

As soon as the old boy Wang Delu went out to announce this decision, he attracted a blockbuster "Good! Good! ......".

In this era, it is difficult to find a job that includes two dry meals a day and four or five dollars a month.

This morning, Zhao Guohua was directing the workers to boil caustic soda in the workshop, and Sun You came over and said, "Brother Zhao, Wang Zhutou of the county government brought a few people and asked you to go to the county office, saying that the county magistrate wants to see you." ”

Sun You was sweating profusely, and his expression looked a little panicked. Ordinary peasants have a natural fear of officials

"The county order wants to see me?" Zhao Guohua said suspiciously. He thought for a moment and then asked, "Did Wang Zhutou say why the county order wanted to see me?" ”

"Wang Zhutou didn't say it, but looking at his smiling face, there should be no malice." Sun You said.

"Zhao Gongzi, do you want me to take a few people with you?" Sun Laohan said worriedly.

Looking at the workers around him who stopped their work, looking at the worried looks on their faces, Zhao Guohua's heart was warm, he smiled, and said loudly: "You don't have to worry, I haven't done anything illegal, what is there to be afraid of, I will come when I go" After speaking, he walked out of the workshop with Sun Fu.

After a while, I arrived at the mouth of the Sun family, and saw a few big men in blue cloth clothes sitting on a simple wooden bench in the courtyard drinking tea, the old boy Wang Delu was talking and sitting with him on the side, and one of the sturdy black fat men sat in the middle, he was the Wang Zhutou he saw last time.

"Brother Sun, you asked Mr. Wang to prepare twenty taels of silver, and I will use it later." After speaking, Zhao Guohua straightened his clothes, strode in with a smile, made a circle to Wang Zhutou and a few officials, and said: "Oh, Zhao doesn't know how many officials are coming, it's a sin!" Sin! ……”

"Where, where, Mr. Zhao is polite! ......" said Wang Zhutou and the two officials, and hurriedly stood up and returned the salute.

After some politeness, everyone sat down again, refilled the tea, Zhao Guohua held the teacup, plucked the tea foam in the tea with the lid, and asked casually: "Wang Zhutou, I don't know what happened to the county commander when he saw me?" ”

"I don't know about this, maybe I want to know some overseas customs from Mr." After Wang Zhutou finished speaking, he took a big sip of tea. Zhao Guohua listened, smiled, and shouted at Sun Fu: "Brother Sun, it is not easy for these brothers to get some tea money for them to come to our poor countryside on a hot day." ”

As soon as the words fell, the old boy Wang Delu came out with a plate, with six ingots and five taels of silver ingots on it, Zhao Guohua said with a smile: "Several, this is a little bit of heart, it's so hot, a few people take it to buy some tea to drink." ”

"Oh, how can this be...... Mr. Zhao is so polite, hahahaha......" Wang Zhutou smiled and gestured to the two subordinates, and the two messengers hurriedly reached out to take it with a smile on their faces.

Zhao Guohua smiled and asked, "Brother Wang really doesn't know why the county magistrate is looking for him?" ”。

"Brother, I really don't know what the adults are looking for you, but I don't think he has any thoughts against you, because he told us to invite you to the county office, not to send you to the county office." Wang Zhutou said seriously.

"How is this prefectural order?" Zhao Guohua asked.

After taking a sip of tea, Wang Zhutou said slowly; "He is a well-educated person, his ability is not bad, and he is also easy-going with his subordinates, but he will not please his boss, so he has been a county magistrate for more than ten years and has not been promoted."

Zhao Guohua said: This county order sounds okay, and there should be no ill will towards him.

So he said, "Brother Wang, since this is the case, then let's go." Don't make the prefectural magistrate wait for a long time. ”

"Okay. You pack up, we'll be waiting for you outside the door. Wang Zhutou said, and walked out with two of his men.

Zhao Guohua freshened up, changed into a set of scribe shirts, took out two horses, took Sun Fu, rode on the horse, and followed a few officials to the county seat.

In ancient times, it was very inconvenient not to ride a horse, so Zhao Guohua found a horse dealer and bought five war horses for eight hundred taels of silver.

Although it was uncomfortable to ride a horse, it was much faster than walking, and it took about half an hour to reach the entrance of the county officials.

"Mr. Zhao, the county government has arrived......" As he spoke, Wang Zhutou rolled his saddle and dismounted.

After getting off the horse, Zhao Guohua raised his head and observed the county government more than 300 years ago.

Yongxin County Yazuo faces south in the north and is located on the north side of the middle section of the county East Street. The gate is three rooms wide, the middle is the passage, the two sides of the gate are built with the "eight" character wall that the yamen often has, there is a pair of majestic stone lions on both sides of the door, there is a Xuanhua card in front of the door, a big drum is placed on the east side of the gate, and the place where the complainant beats the drum and sounds the grievances.

Xuanhua Pai is opposite to the wall across the street, about 10 meters wide. On the north side of the wall is an imaginary animal called "Xiao Greed", which is shaped like a unicorn, and is said to be a mythical greedy beast that can swallow gold and silver treasures. Despite the fact that it is surrounded by various treasures, it is still insatiable and wants to eat the sun.

The government used this painting to inform officials not to be corrupt and sell the law.

Seeing everyone dismount, a slender officer in his forties standing at the door came over with a smile on his face and asked, "Is it Mr. Zhao?" ”

The officer wore a green coat and a red cloth vest with a green ribbon around his waist.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Yamen soap subordinates wore cyan cloth clothes, cross-collared, narrow-sleeved robes, densely pleated underneath, and red cloth webbing tied around the waist. Those with lower status wear a green coat covered with a red cloth vest and a green ribbon around their waists.

"Exactly down there." Zhao Guohua said with his fists clenched.

The messenger said with a flattering smile: "The county commander instructed the villain to take him to the second hall as soon as he saw Mr. Zhao coming, and the lord and Master Niu were waiting for Mr. there." ”

"Brother Zhao, go in, the county magistrate is waiting for you inside, and I will wait for business to go, so I will leave first." As he spoke, he and several servants arched their hands to him, smiled, and flew away on their horses.

Zhao Guohua politely asked the soldier who led the way into the county government: "Brother, your surname?" ”

"The villain Zhang Zhong serves the living of the adults by his side." The Tsing Yi officer smiled humbly.

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Zhang, the first time we met, I didn't bring anything, don't shirk a little courtesy." As he spoke, two ingots and five taels of silver were put into Zhang Zhong's hand.

"Mr. Zhao is so polite......" The smile on Zhang Zhong's face became even stronger.

Entering the gate to see the lobby, the lobby is facing the county government gate, through the 100-meter-long bluestone Yongdao, climb the stairs and go up to the lobby, there is the instrument door in the middle of the road, commonly known as the second door, the instrument door is the ceremonial door of the county government, usually closed can not be opened, only the first day of the arrival of the new official or the arrival of the senior official can be opened

The lobby, the second hall and the third hall are the three main buildings on the central axis of the county government, all of which are attached to the base. The lobby is more than 20 meters wide, nine purlins, more than 10 meters high, more than 10 meters deep, and the construction area is about 300 square meters. Above the lobby hangs the "Yongxin County Main Hall" line of gold plaques, there are pillars of gold on the thick black lacquer corridor pillars in front of the hall, the upper link "Guozheng Tianxin Shun", the lower link "Guanqing people are safe". There is a warm pavilion in the center of the hall, which is the county public hall, and there is a painted "sea water morning sun map" on the front screen, which means that the official wants to be clear like the sea water, and bright as the sun and the moon.

On the black lacquer case, there are four treasures of the study, a seal box, a striking wood and a decree and other materials used for the trial.

The main hall hangs the plaque of "Mirror Hanging", the left and right goose wings are arranged with the "avoidance", "quiet" tiger head card, water and fire sticks and the corresponding honor guard, the west side of the hall is placed with the hall drum, the honor guard and the torture tools, etc., there are two bluestone slabs on the lobby floor, the east is the plaintiff's stone, and the west is the defendant's stone. Two stone slabs have obvious kneeling pits.

In ancient times, there was a rule that the person who shouted the grievance could only beat the drum three times each time, and if the drum was beaten, the court would be beaten first and then the case would be tried.

Not far from the platform of the lobby, there is a public memorial arch and three classes and six rooms on both sides.

Three classes and six rooms are the general name of the county officials in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The third class refers to the three classes of soap, strong and fast. The soap squad is in charge of internal service, and the strong squad and the fast squad are jointly responsible for arrest and security. The six rooms are the offices of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers. the appointment and dismissal, performance evaluation, promotion and promotion of officials in charge of the office; Households are in charge of land, household registration, taxation, finance, etc.; ceremonies, imperial examinations, schools, etc.; The military room is in charge of military affairs; The torture chamber is in charge of criminal law, prison proceedings, etc.; The workshop is in charge of engineering, construction, tuntian, water conservancy, etc. The six rooms of the county government correspond to the six departments of the central government, and their leaders are called wardens, who are appointed by the county order to serve as minor officials and are directly responsible to the county order. The staff of the warden's subordinates are called "saving points, undertaking the issuance of clerks, clerks, clerks, clerks, etc."

The six rooms are divided into left and right columns and front and back rows according to the vertical and horizontal columns. The longitudinal row is the three rooms of the left column, the household, and the ceremony, and the three rooms of the soldiers, the criminals, and the workers on the right; The horizontal row is the second room of the officials and soldiers for the front line, the second room for the household and the criminal department for the middle line, and the second room for the ceremony and the work room for the back line.

"Brother Zhang, it's good to be on an errand in the county government. No wonder Brother Zhang has an indescribable official authority. Zhao Guohua said flatteringly, looking at the architectural layout of the county government as he walked.

"Mr. Zhao is really good at talking! Hahahaha...... "Zhang Zhong was so happy that his bones seemed to be a few taels lighter.

After the lobby, it is the second hall, and there is a screen door in the middle, which is a barrier from the lobby to the second hall. There is a small courtyard in front of the door, and there are four huts on both sides of the road, which is where the officials listen to the errands. The front of the screen door is a black lacquered plate door, and a plaque is hung in the north on the door, and there are six golden characters of "heavenly principles, national law, and human feelings" written on it. This is the basic program that must be followed in admonishing the county magistrate and handling cases. That is: conform to the principles of heaven, implement the law of the country, and conform to human feelings.

The screen door is usually not opened, it is only for the county order and superior officials to enter and exit, when the officials pass through the door, they can only pass through the corridors on both sides, the first day of the arrival of the new official or the arrival of the high-ranking officials, the screen door can be opened, we often watch TV, see the officials always say: "Open the middle door to greet". refers to the instrument door and this screen door in front; On the horizontal plaque on the north side of the screen door: "Heavenly Principle, National Law, Human Feelings" six big characters