Chapter 16 Butterflies

Yang Mingzhen, the word Tingdong, is a native of Hejian in Beizhili. In all fairness, his talent and courage are indeed extraordinary: after the disbandment of the museum, Shu Jishi was sent to Fengyang to be the magistrate, and he did an earth-shattering event when he was just starting out. To say that this incident shook the government and the opposition, and more than 100 people were deposed in the Wangjue clan, and to say that it was said that the Zhu Ming Dynasty really continued to be a country for decades.

Fengyang is the hometown of Taizu, the land of Longxing, and its status is extraordinary. Hongwu set up a government in seven years, which belongs to the same governance of the prefecture and county, therefore, Fengyang County can also be called Fengyang Mansion.

The so-called government and county Tongzhi, to put it bluntly, is to add another prefect above the county, and the administrative level has gone up. Theoretically, the magistrate has to report to the prefect after dealing with one thing, but Fengyang County is such a palm-sized place, except for satisfying the vanity of the grandfather who is super inferior in his heart, there is actually no need.

It's not a bad idea to be a county here.

The prefect will not worry about the trivial bits and pieces of Fengyang County, as long as he ensures that the big tree next to the grave of the grandfather is not struck by lightning, the shadow wall of the mountain gate is not collapsed by the flood, and the weasel, fox, and rabbit do not make holes in which grave...... The issue of Feng Shui is a top priority for generations to come. Others, receive the civil and military officials who pass by on a business trip - the grandfather stipulates that as long as the officials are on business, they must go to the tomb when they pass by Fengyang, of course, if you don't pass by on a business trip, you'd better go and pay respects, otherwise...... Hey, you know. Then it is to visit the grave by yourself during the New Year's holidays, even if the main task is successfully completed. Of course, Lord Fuzun had other important tasks, such as Bozhou, Suzhou, Hongxian (today's Si County), Shouzhou, Xuyi (pronounced "Xuyi") and other places, all of which were classified in Fengyang Mansion, and Lord Fuzun was much more motivated to deal with official affairs in those places. In the county, oh, well, that is, the specific problems of Fengyang Mansion are all handed over to the magistrate to deal with.

As the saying goes, the prefect who destroys the door breaks the county. There is also a saying that the county is destroyed, the meaning is almost the same, anyway, as long as he wants to, saying that you are the underworld, your family will be over, even more ruthless, and report a crime of "rebellion", your whole family will not survive! This is to describe the great power and authority of officials.

Since ancient times, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the Holy Son of Heaven of the Great Heavenly Dynasty was administratively only at the level of the magistrate, and then down, he had to rely on the gentry class and clan forces to maintain the scattered social order in the grassroots township - in other words, the magistrate is the end of the biggest power in the world of ordinary people, so it is also called "one parent" - into trouble? Daddy is spanking and growling with hunger? The mother is responsible for feeding the gruel. These two kinds of responsibilities must be picked up by the county adults, and they are inherently called parents and officials.

The parent official is a synonym in the officialdom, and the people don't call it that. You think, sometimes it is inevitable that fathers and mothers, and even grandparents sue their sons and grandsons for disobedience and unfilial piety, and grandparents and grandchildren kneel side by side, kowtow to the hall and shout "parents" together, which inevitably messes up the generations and makes jokes, so the people simply gave a supreme invincible title: County Master - no matter what generation you are, in short, it is your grandfather! Is there anything more authoritative than grandpa? Be obedient.

This is a common phenomenon with few exceptions.

Almost no does not mean no at all - the exception is Yang Mingzhen of Fengyang Zhixian County.

Yang Mingzhen was a little hesitant when he first came over to take over. When I first got involved in officialdom, I always felt that I had robbed the job of my predecessor magistrate, and I was really embarrassed. Unexpectedly, the Lord Yan Zhiqing who handed over the seal was simply elated, and when he saw his enthusiasm, he almost hugged and kissed! Pulling his feet to run around the treasury without touching the ground, he disappeared after completing the inventory and handover at almost the speed of light. When Yang Mingzhen remembered to say goodbye to Jingshi, a friend said—my friend also heard from others—that the new official wanted to find a squire to make some Wanmin umbrellas for his predecessor, and asked Li Zheng to notify every household to hang a mirror and place a bowl of clear water on the street (to take the meaning of clear water and clear as a mirror), and then organize the traditional process rituals such as stopping the sedan chair and picking up boots, the team leader Gu Ayi told him with a wicked smile: Don't bother, Lord Yan's family is almost in Linhuai at this time! Hearing this, Yang Mingzhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: I couldn't imagine that Lord Yan would be honest and selfless, regardless of fame and fortune!

When Yang Mingzhen saw the piles of old and tired case files, this emotion turned into doubts, and he couldn't understand: honesty and selflessness should be connected with hard work, why is there something wrong with this formation? Could it be that Lord Yan is indifferent to fame and fortune and is also a little lazy, is this Shigu imitating the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest?

So Yang Xian rolled up his sleeves and began to read the file, feeling more and more strange: most cases are easy to judge on the merits, and some of them are also simple to deal with, just two or three sentences plus five or six table tennis boards, why didn't Lord Yan deal with it? After the guidance of the county officer, the master bookkeeper and Gu Ayi, Yang Mingzhen gradually understood: Where is Lord Yan lazy, let alone fame and fortune, he is simply a big slippery head who doesn't have to do anything!

This Fengyang County is Taizu's hometown, and there are many relatives of the Zhu family who have made seven or eight turns. When the great grandfather was wandering around begging for food with a broken bowl, of course, none of these people could be seen, and when they boarded the big treasure, the third aunt, the fourth aunt, the fifth uncle, the sixth uncle, and so on will come out like dog urine moss after the rain - don't see the colorful patches on the broken clothes fluttering in the wind, and the appearance of the thief's eyebrows and rat eyes is also varied, all of them must be regarded as relatives of the emperor and the country!

Grandpa's nouveau riche mentality, everyone on the earth knows: the Ming Dynasty is my old Zhu family! The surname Zhu is the surname of the country, and the slanted hemp has to be offered to me! In the past two hundred years, these guys have become the climate, relying on the identity brought out of their mother's womb, the prefect has to let go, let alone put the Qipin Zhixian in his eyes, this is one of them. The nobles who have fallen into power in the court, the eunuchs who have fallen out of favor, etc., know that they are unable to return to heaven, and they often ask to come to guard the imperial mausoleum, each with its own small abacus: some are loyal to the saint to save their lives, some are disguised to announce their withdrawal from the party to fight for the elderly, and some want to endure for a while and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback...... Although it is untenable in the court, but the emaciated camel is always bigger than the horse, these people are old in the protégés of the Beijing Division, but there is no shortage of their party, don't look at the nest in Fengyang such a small broken place, still everyone has to let him score three points! This is the second one.

- The direct or indirect contradictions and disputes between them, Lord Yan didn't dare to manage it at all, and he couldn't manage it, so he went to the prefect and said: "You and I should deal with it impartially!" "So all of them take the trick of procrastination, drag to the top of the thunder, smear the soles of their feet with oil, and run away without a trace.

Yang Mingzhen, who has just entered the officialdom, is not from a family, his father is just a talented man, and Xiao Yang can be regarded as a typical representative of the lucky people in the grassroots class of "Chaowei Tian Shelang Dusk Tianzi Hall". In the past few years in the Hanlin Academy, the various small circles of the sons of the family have little intersection with their grassroots circles - like Li Yuting, no one has ever taught him any rules and experience in the officialdom in private, and his mind is full of the lofty ambition of self-denial and self-denial and loyalty to the country in the sage book.

But his life is still better than Luo Yonghao - Lao Luo, oh, wrong, he was still Xiao Luo back then, and his brain was much more active than Xiao Yang's, but the party of the teacher caused trouble, offended people who shouldn't be offended, went to prison for those who went to prison, dismissed for dismissal, and went home to Zhishi is the best ending, so Xiao Luo was kicked to Shenmu County to drink the northwest wind, and every time the "big plan" was forgotten, it was logical that no one took care of it for many years. Xiao Yang, who had no backstage backer but no one wanted to kill at the same time, went to Fengyang County with great interest, and the Ningbo lard dumplings with a cold appearance and a hot heart (at that time, sweet potatoes had not yet come from Nanyang, so Xiao Yang didn't know that there was a hot potato) and took a bite......

To tell the truth, when Yang Mingzhen understood most of the sinister situation in Fengyang Mansion, he was not without cowardice in his heart, and he still insisted on fighting with the two forces in his mind. On the one hand, the education he received since childhood, especially the name given to him by his father, reminded him to be firm in his integrity, and on the other hand, reason also told him that there is indeed a gap between reality and the great truth of the sages.

Zhen is a kind of hardwood, which is mostly used to make piles for earthen walls. The "word" of "Tingdong" represents his father's expectations. The "name" and "character" of the ancients were not randomly named, and there needs to be some kind of connection between the two - otherwise, a discerning person can know at a glance that the "name" and "character" are randomly pressed, at least the person who gave the name has no education.

For example:

Liu Bei, the word Xuande. "Preparation" has the meaning of "thoughtful and complete", and the "virtue" in the "word" echoes the "preparation" in the name; Zhang Fei, the word Yide - "wing", echoes "fly"; Guan Yu, the word cloud is long - "cloud (sky)" echoes "(Zhen) Yu"; Yue Fei, the word Pengju - "Peng" of course has to "fly"......

After the Song Dynasty, more attention was paid to it. Generally, the names of people who have studied are mostly two words, in addition to the generations in the clan can be clear at a glance, but also can take into account the meaning and moral expectations. Single-character names are mostly from military generals or ordinary people - they don't have so many stinking and sour problems.

There is also the salutation. Under normal circumstances, "name" cannot be called casually, unless it is a top-to-bottom, and very strict and formal occasion. For example, when the imperial examination is passed, you can call it by name when the official announcement is made; Another example is the announcement of a crime, dismissal and other occasions. When peers, or superiors show affection to subordinates, they should be addressed by "characters".

Example.

"Yang Mingzhen, are you guilty?" Here you have to call by name.

"Brother Tingdong, so Yaxing!" Here the peer title should be called by words.

"Tingdong, the old man has something to tell you." Here the elders express cordiality and also use words.

Let's put it this way, even if you fight to the death, people who pay attention to it can't call him by his name: "Cao Cao, I am inseparable from you", such words must not be said, whoever talks like this is uneducated, and he will fall into his own position; On the contrary, "Cao thief looks at the knife", there is nothing wrong with saying this, "Cao Mengde, you are wolf-hearted and dog-hearted!" This is also a decent scolding (Cao means integrity, and the German word behind it has a corresponding relationship).

Bottom to top, you can't call your name, let alone say words, you have to add honorific titles: "Yang Yizai (the honorific title of the county order) has an order ......", well, this is the tone of the master, "Mrs. Yang asked me to pass on a message to everyone......", as soon as I heard it, I knew that this was a normal thing to say in the class.

It can also be referred to as a place of birth or place of origin: "Are you referring to Yang Hejian by this?" "Of course, the land name is more neutral, mainly for people who are far away. In this way, it can be an expression of intimacy or a derogatory meaning. For example, Li Hongzhang in later generations, many people called Li Hefei and Yuan Shikai Yuan Xiangcheng.

Straight to the point.

Yang Mingzhen, the new magistrate of Fengyang, is in a dilemma, one thing completely changed his life and the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

A butterfly flapped its wings, triggering a huge storm that swept through Shenzhou thousands of miles away.