The north canal of Tongzhou in the east of Beijing and directly down to Tianjin Wei is the main trunk of the northern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The northbound boats were laden with heavy grain, porcelain, sea salt, and cloth, pushing the waterline very low, while the southbound ships were much lighter, but the value of the goods was not low.

In addition to the boats carrying goods, there are also many civilian boats and official ships carrying passengers on the river, the style of the civilian boats is simple, the official ships are tied with flowers and colors, and there are even drum groups on the deck to play and sing.

Although taking the canal is slower than galloping on horseback, it is better to be stable and comfortable, and it is convenient for the old and weak women and children who cannot ride horses to accompany them on the same boat, and they can also bring a lot of heavy salutes, so officials from all over the country first take the canal waterway when they enter Beijing and leave Kyoto.

The bow of each official ship carries a lantern of high official ranks, and all those with a low rank and a high and powerful position will take the initiative to get out of the way without answering, and even officials who do not know each other will go to the deck to answer by name, as long as three or four official ships meet, the titles of a certain driver, a certain uncle, and a certain general will be heard endlessly.

Among the many official ships entering Beijing, there is a big ship with colorful lights that has the fastest speed, and all the ships that stand in the way are avoided by the officials and the people, and officials on other ships keep coming out to meet them, and they are honored as "the master of the capital."

Just kidding, didn't you see the official title lantern carried on the boat with the big book "Metropolitan Procuratorate Zuo Yu Shi Zhang"?

The Metropolitan Procuratorate corrected the hundred divisions, identified the wrongs, and supervised the various provinces, as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven.

All ministers who annihilate evil spirits, villains who form the party, and who act as a prestige and disrupt the government, and all those who are obscene and corrupt in official discipline will be impeached.

During the period of Hajj, the Beijing Chacha external examination will be conducted in conjunction with the Ministry of Officials to decide on the deposition of officials.

In the case of a major prison and a serious prisoner, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will conduct a trial in conjunction with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, which is called the "three-hall trial".

That is to say, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not only a full-time anti-corruption procuratorial organ, but also has some personnel and judicial powers, and is actually an important department of the central government of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the imperial history of the capital is only the fourth grade, it is a noble official, and the Imperial Court is only located under the imperial history of the left and right capitals and the deputy imperial history, especially the power of the foreign examination and impeachment of the capital of Beijing, and is a member of the court, and is honored as the lord of the "Dutang".

Who would dare to risk offending a royal historian and take a big deal on this canal?

On the deck, he smiled and responded to the officials who gave way, Zhang Gongyu Zhang Dadutang was really proud of the spring breeze, and even he didn't know what luck he had taken, and in two or three years, he was promoted from Wupin Zhizhou to the prefect, promoted to Gyeonggi Province, and moved to the imperial history of the capital known as Qinggui, this luck is really leveraged!

Gyeonggi Province hangs a reminder to press the rank of deputy envoy, which is also the fourth grade, but can the fourth grade be compared with the fourth grade?

Gyeonggi Province nested in Nanjing, and a group of white-bearded tea drinkers, rice buckets, and waiters in Nanjing's six departments were piled up, and the big guys ate and waited for death; Compared with the future of Gyeonggi Province, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground, just like the later generations were transferred from the "History Office" and "Old Cadre Bureau" to the "Public Procuratorate Law" and "National Land Tax", jumping out of the medicine jar and entering the honey pot!

Zhang Gongyu sighed in his heart, looking at the northland scenery on both sides of the strait and the spring color in the south of the Yangtze River, for a while, the sour surname was Dafa, no, it was poetry Dafa, holding his stomach and chanting Bai Letian's poems: "I have made the four seas famous, and I have occupied the scenery of Sanchun, hahahaha......"

Suddenly, I heard the lady in the cabin shouting: "Oh, it's not good, this boat is heavy, and the Longjing tea brought from Hangzhou is all tide!" ”

"How?" Zhang Gongyu walked back to the cabin and said in a chattering voice: "My brother Qin Lin is an official in the Jinyi Guard of the Beijing Division, he doesn't drink much, he likes to drink good tea......

Qin Lin forensic medicine, of course, he can't drink too much alcohol, it will affect his meticulous feelings and meticulous logical thinking! But when staying up late to handle cases, a cup of strong tea is indispensable.

"People don't like your tea!" Madame glanced at him, "Since you have become a capital hall, you are also a member of the imperial court, isn't it better to help him in the officialdom than to send some tea?" ”

Zhang Gongyu also said: "What Madame said is, I think about this time to do the capital, always to help him, he used to be a lot of favors from him, from Qizhou Zhizhou to Gyeonggi Province, thanks to his help several times, haha, but this time I was promoted to the imperial history, but the old teacher Shen was appointed by Jane." ”

Dare to love Zhang Dutang didn't know that this time he was still carrying his brother Qin Lin, and he thought that he was lucky, and he was able to do it with his master Shen Shi.

The spring breeze is blowing, the sun is warm, and I am in a happy place, when I suddenly heard several servants outside the cabin shouting: "Wow, white elephant, Fuxian Bodhisattva mount has descended to earth!" ”

White elephants? Zhang Gongyu didn't believe it, and said as he walked: "Zi Bu is strange and confused, the word 'Buddha' is from the people, and the original is the Hu people, which is actually a vain talk attached to the future generations......"

The water surface of the canal is not as wide as the Yangtze River and Qiantang, and the ships are all close to each other, and a boat from the direction of Jingshi in the north and Zhang Gongyu's boat are staggered, and the two boats are not more than a foot apart.

But I saw that there was really a white elephant with pink on the boat, and a cute little girl named Yuxue dressed as a Southwest Yi person, with bare feet and gold rings, playing with the white elephant.

Zhang Gongyu was a little confused, and suddenly saw that this elephant was less than a foot away from him, and he was so frightened that he exclaimed: "Demon, demon, demon, monster!" ”

"My white elephant isn't a monster!" The little girl patted the white elephant's ear, "Dare to stop, spray him!" ”

The white elephant stretched his nose into the river water and sucked the water, aimed at Zhang Gongyu and sprayed it, Hulala suspected that the Milky Way fell for nine days, and Zhang Dutang became a soup chicken before he entered Beijing.

"Hahahaha......" The boat carrying the little girl and the elephant went down the river, leaving behind a string of silver bell-like laughter.

"Only women and villains are difficult to raise, only women and villains are difficult to raise!" Zhang Gongyu jumped to his feet and shouted, his subordinates were about to turn the bow of the boat to chase, Zhang Dutang took off his wet clothes and waved his hand: "Yi people are not educated, let her go!" It's strange, 'Yi Di enters China, then China', the ancient precept of the master, why is it not effective here? ”

Zhang Gongyu ran to Beijing to take up his post in a daze, never to the Son of Heaven, first went to see Xianggong, and after settling down in the family, the first thing was to go to meet the master Shen Shixing.

As a result, as soon as he walked outside the university scholar's mansion, someone suddenly shouted: "Brother Zhang, Zhang Gongyu Zhang Dadutang, haha, don't come to harm?" ”

"Brother Qin!" Zhang Gongyu immediately smiled.

(To be continued)