The whole Yansui Town, compared with the inland provinces, is not a large place, and the population is not large, but there should be a lot of civil and military yamen, and after careful calculation, there are about five systems.

There are two types of guards and general military towns mentioned above. Yulin City has Yulin Guard, and there are thousands of households stationed in the subordinate forts, forming a complete set of institutions to govern local affairs from top to bottom, logistics, tuntian, household registration, military craftsmen, etc. are all responsible for the guard.

As for the task of the general army of the town guard, it is the actual combat and the management of the battalion. There are two main sources of battalion troops: one is the main soldier selected from the local military households, and the other is the shift passenger soldier transferred from other places, and the general soldier of the town guard is responsible for directing the operation and peacetime drills.

Under the general army, there are deputy commanders, generals, guerrillas, and garrisons, which are distributed in the 36 battalions and forts in the entire Yansui Town, each leading its own troops and assuming its own responsibilities.

The governor is the third type, responsible for the overall dispatch of all affairs in the town and participating in the decision-making of military aircraft, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling military force with civility.

Before the Jiajing Dynasty, although the governor of the border town had not completely become the superior of the chief military officer, he had gradually overwhelmed the chief military officer in terms of status. As for the Buzheng sub-division in Yansui Town or the later military garrison road, they were only subject to the governor's control.

In addition to the above three well-known government offices, the fourth type is the town guard eunuch. The border towns are all stationed with eunuchs appointed from Ouchi, as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven to supervise the army.

Yansui Town not only has eunuchs in Yulin City, but also has 36 subordinate battalions and forts with young eunuchs or eunuchs, forming a strict monitoring system.

There is a fifth type of zuihou, and that is the patrol of the imperial history. This is an inspector sent from the imperial court, and he works completely independently as a chaplain. It is not subject to any local yamen.

The main responsibility of patrolling the imperial history is the word "inspection", picketing military discipline, impeaching military merits, and supervising localities.

The most important feature of these five types of institutions is: All five aspects have the power to directly report to the imperial court and the Son of Heaven, and under the mutual checks and balances, it is ensured that no aspect of the border town can completely dominate.

So. Yansui Town or Yulin City seems to be a small border town, but the strictness and completeness of the government office system is no less than that of the inland provincial capital.

Of course, this kind of mutual restraint is not surprising, and it is also a common feature of the top-down institutional setup of the national dynasty, so that it is almost impossible for people in any system to succeed in rebellion.

However, there are many problems with long-term management, and sometimes it is inevitable to contain and pull each other. For example, Fang Yingwu was kicked around as a ball this time

Second Lieutenant Niu Ma and Fang Yingwu were all distressed, squatting side by side under the shade of the bell and drum tower in the center of the city, looking blankly at the crowd on the street.

The Guard, the General Military Administration, and the Governor's Procuratorate did not accept the goods. The eunuch yamen and the patrol imperial history are relatively special monitoring institutions, and the personnel are all dispatched from Beijing, and they will not accept people locally casually. What can I do?

Although the two of them are known as Jinyi Guards, they are both low-level errand captains, not much stronger than ordinary big-headed soldiers, and when they arrive in this strange place in Yulin, they are naturally even more weightless. If others don't take what they want, they have nothing to do.

Not only Fang Yingwu was worried, but even the two lieutenants were also worried. They can't afford it either. The survey has been handed over to Yulin Wei, and if the Fang Yingwu cannot be placed, it will not be possible to re-take the survey from the guard.

Without the survey cooperation as evidence, it means that the errand is not completed. At the same time, it also means that you can't eat and live in vain at the post station or the relevant government office. If they want to pay out of pocket and spend a lot when they go out, where can they afford it?

I don't know how long it took. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting: "Fang Xianggong, I've been waiting for a long time!" ”

This person is none other than others. It was Sun Jing, a native of Shanxi who sent military quarters to Yulin, next to his daughter. Fang Yingwu had agreed with him before. After finishing the business, meet here at the Bell and Drum Tower, and then find a place to treat and thank you.

Fang Yingwu looked at this Sun Jing's relaxed expression and asked, "Are you done?" Sun Jing replied with a smile: "Everything has been counted in the library, and this errand is successfully completed!" ”

But Sun Xiaoniang was more concerned about Fang Yingwu's words and deeds, and saw a few clues before her father. No matter how difficult the situation was along the way, in her eyes, Fang Xianggong was calm and calm most of the time, and his wit was outstanding, why did he frown when he arrived in Yulin?

Sun Xiaoniang asked with concern: "Why is Fang Xianggong worried?" Are you in a bad situation over there? ”

Fang Yingwu sighed, "The dragon swims in the creek and the tiger falls in Pingyang, and there is no place to stay now!" ”

Sun Jing's face was full of surprise, and he hurriedly asked. Although Fang Yingwu didn't want to show the embarrassing things to others, he couldn't hide it now, what else could he not say?

After Sun Jing heard what happened to Fang Yingwu, he thought for a while, "I have a place to go here, but I'm afraid that I will wronged Fang Xianggong." ”

Fang Yingwu smiled bitterly, "In this situation, can you still pick and choose?" ”

"I have a fellow villager who is the ambassador of the library in Guangyouku, and I just heard him say that now there is a lack of people who can write and calculate, so why don't you ask him to take in Fang Xianggong?"

The second lieutenant of Niu Ma suddenly realized that this Sun Jing had a fellow villager as the ambassador of the treasury, no wonder he went to pay for military supplies so smoothly, and did not encounter difficulties.

However, Captain Niu still has questions, "The guard station and the General Military Administration are clearly not accepting Fang Xiucai, whose house does this warehouse belong to?" How dare you call the shots? ”

Sun Jing explained: "Captain Niu doesn't know that there is a Shaanxi Buzheng Branch in the city, which manages several warehouses and warehouses, and is not a yamen with the guard post and the military town. ”

It turned out that since the establishment of Yansui Town, it has theoretically separated from Shaanxi Province and has become a parallel unit at the same level that does not belong to each other. However, after all, the relationship between Yansui Town and Shaanxi Province is very close, and the relationship between the two places is inextricably linked, and it is difficult to sort it out.

Therefore, the Shaanxi Political Envoy Department set up a political sub-department in Yansui Town, which is responsible for coordinating the affairs of the two places. On the one hand, this political sub-division is a branch of the Shaanxi political envoy department, and on the other hand, it is also subject to the control of the governor of Yansui Town.

Of course, the main role of this political sub-division in Yulin City is to supervise the supply of grain, grass and military supplies to the interior, and at the same time manage several warehouses, and its daily work is to receive materials sent from all over the country.

Fang Yingwu sighed, really went to the munitions warehouse to settle down? He is the son of Shu Jishi, and he is a member of Zhejiang Xiashan, why did he become like this.

He was looking forward to being the secretary of the town guard general military department, or the clerk of the governor, no matter how bad he was, he was also a clerk in the guardhouse, but Zuihou became a warehouse official-like role, which is a bit of a psychological gap.

But Fang Yingwu had no other choice at present, so he could only follow Sun Jing to the north of the city. There were bitter smiles on the road, he never dreamed that he would have to accept the help of an ordinary person to settle down.

Guangyouku is one of several key warehouses under the Buzheng Branch, and the ambassador of the library is also surnamed Sun, with a single name Lin, who is about the same age as Sun Jing.

Guang Youku recently died of illness and died of a small official, so Ambassador Sun really needs someone to replenish him, but he can't find a suitable person in Yulin City for a while.

Hearing Sun Jing's introduction to Fang Yingwu, Ambassador Sun glanced at Fang Yingwu lazily a few times, and asked contemptuously: "Are you a scholar who was sent by the imperial court?" But we don't need lazy readers here, but have you ever studied arithmetic? ”

Fang Yingwu replied expressionlessly: "I have learned, this is also what I am good at." ”

Ambassador Sun patted the case and said, "Oh? In this world, there are few people who are willing to study the art of arithmetic. That official wants to test you, if you are really proficient in arithmetic, then you can stay. ”

Fang Yingwu said very distemperedly: "Listen to the respect, please ask the adults to ask questions." ”

Ambassador Sun picked his ears and eyes, and then casually asked the question, "There are two catties of salt, which should be distributed to three families, how many taels can each family share, and how many taels are left?" ”

This kind of application question at the level of primary school students is really not difficult, Fang Yingwu did not think about it, and quickly replied: "Of course, it is six taels per family, and there are two taels left!" ”

Ambassador Sun seemed to be stunned, and was stunned for a full moment, before waving his hand and saying, "Let's go!" Forgive me for keeping people! ”

Let him go? Fang Yingwu suddenly realized that in ancient times, two catties were hexadecimal, one catty was sixteen taels, and the two catties were divided into three parts, which should be ten taels per part and two taels remaining!

And he was in a hurry to answer the question just now, and subconsciously calculated it according to ten taels per catty

Ambassador Sun seemed to have found excitement, stood up and said loudly: "What did Sage Kong say? You don't know the answer, but you quickly make up an answer, which is enough to show that your heart is vain! It's not even two catties and three points, and I don't know how to learn! ”

Since Fang Yingwu crossed over, except for Wang Shu, the governor of Jiangnan, who has taught him like this? Sun Lin, the non-influential ambassador of Yulin City, was fortunate to be the second.

Fang Yingwu, the son of Shu Jishi and the son of Chun'an County, Zhejiang, held back his grief and indignation, and patiently re-answered the question in front of Ambassador Sun, who may have been born as a vulgar official: "I made a mistake in a hurry just now, and the answer should be ten taels per copy and two taels remaining." ”

Ambassador Sun was surprised, "So you can still calculate accurately?" Didn't you deliberately tease the official just now! ”

Sun Jing hurriedly stepped forward and said a few good words, and then stuffed the broken silver given by Fang Yingwu into Ambassador Sun's hand, and Ambassador Sun nodded, "Since that's the case, then stay." ”

Captain Niu was overjoyed and was about to hand the Wei Institute transfer to Ambassador Sun, but was secretly stopped by Captain Ma. Captain Niu also woke up immediately, if Ambassador Sun was allowed to read the official document clearly and figure out the origin of Fang Yingwu, he was afraid that he would not dare to take it in again

However, Captain Ma may have been overly worried, and with Ambassador Sun's level of knowledge, it is estimated that he will not be able to comprehend those political connotations, but he will be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

Captain Ma took a step forward and said to Ambassador Sun: "Please go to the branch office and ask for a stamped reply letter to prove that Fang Yingwu has been left at your place, and I and the other two can go back to the business." ”

Ambassador Sun agreed: "This is the proper meaning, this is an important place for military supplies, and this official naturally does not dare to keep it for people with unknown backgrounds without authorization." ”

Some acquaintances and relatives introduced him in the middle, and Ambassador Sun didn't care about official documents or unofficial documents. It really can't be fake, is there still someone pretending to be assigned to serve in this year?

After that, Ambassador Sun and the two lieutenants went to the nearby Buzheng Sub-Department Management Office to go through the relevant procedures. It is probably enough to issue an official letter and stamp it with the seal of the political sub-department, which can prove that it has received a "party thing". (To be continued.) )