There is naturally no suspense in this battle.
Zhu Qi and his group were still stirring brine in the salt field a few months ago, so how could they defeat the guardsmen soldiers trained by Su Ze.
Although Su Ze's "art of war" is at the level of Level 2, the Changning Guards soldiers formed in formation are more than enough to deal with a mere thirty Japanese pirates armed with wooden sticks.
In less than half an hour, all the Japanese pirates, including Zhu Qi, were arrested.
[Defeat the Japanese pirates, military experience +5, Lv2, 50/200]
After gaining another wave of experience, Su Ze escorted Zhu Qi and his group back to Changning Guard at night.
By the time we returned to Changningwei, it was already dark.
A few lonely rooster crows woke up the red sun on the sea. As soon as Su Ze and his party entered the guard house, they attracted the attention of the early guard people.
After everyone arrived at the ancestral hall, a group of Japanese pirates were imprisoned in the backyard. Since the government would not accept them, Su Ze planned to imprison them for a few days, and then go to reclaim the wasteland with the Arhats.
Lin Deqing handed the money from selling salt to Su Ze in public, and Su Ze handed a package of money to his grandfather.
After opening the copper coins in the package, everyone in Changning Guard looked at them in amazement. They didn't expect that Su Ze had made so much money in less than a month of tinkering on the tidal flat!
A scholar is a scholar! There are ways to make money than farmers!
However, the people of Changningwei cannot afford to be jealous of scholars like Su Ze. Who wants scholars to be capable?
The method of drying salt on the seaside is not difficult to learn, but how to remove the bitter taste and produce refined salt is a magical method for the people of Changningwei.
Next, Su Ze distributed the several hundred coins seized from Zhu Qi and his party to the soldiers from the guard station who went to war, and paid for them to have a hearty breakfast before leaving. Su Ze's prestige in Changning Guards rose to a new level. steps.
After everyone dispersed, Su Ze said to his grandfather:
"This group of gangsters actually have the uniform of county government officials. The origins behind this may not be that simple."
The old man stroked his beard and said: "Our Chang Ning Guard is a military guard, and it is natural to arrest Japanese pirates! The situation in the county is also very complicated, but I am not afraid of their revenge."
Then the old man took out two documents from his sleeves, handed them to Su Ze and said:
"Azezai, you are a scholar, what are your plans for the future?"
Su Ze was stunned for a moment. During this period, he was busy with liver skills and only thought about making salt to make money, but he didn't think much about it.
The old man continued: "Students always have to go to school. Grandpa knows that Changning Guard cannot keep you. One of these two documents is a letter of guarantee issued by the guard, which proves the identity of your ninth aunt's nephew."
"One is the road guide opened by Wei Li."
The old man took out another letter and said:
"In the early years, a hundred households once sponsored a junior student in the county school. If you want to take the boy examination, you need someone to vouch for you. Take this letter and that person will vouch for you."
Su Ze was a little touched that Changning Wei had arranged everything for him.
The school system of the Ming Dynasty was complex, and it was not easy to qualify for the imperial examination.
First of all, to be able to participate in the imperial examination, he must be a scholar with a clean background. This requires Libao to issue a letter of guarantee to prove that the scholar has good conduct and has not committed any crimes by his ancestors.
Then a junior student from the county school is required as a guarantor, so that he can be qualified to participate in the county examination held by the county.
After the county examination, there is the government examination. After passing these two levels, there is the Taoist examination hosted by the academic administration of the province.
Those who pass the Taoist examination are called shengyuan (shengyuan) or "xiucai" (xiucai), so they can enter schools in various counties.
Linsheng is a scholar who studied in the county school.
Although in the late Qing Dynasty, scholars were always said to be poor, but in today's era, scholars are still very valuable.
First of all, this junior student is allocated money from the imperial court and studies at public expense, earning him 50 cents per month.
Ma Sheng in the "Preface to Sending Ma Sheng to Dongyang" in the early Ming Dynasty was a Linsheng. "The county official has a daily supply of Linshao," which means that there is a supply of Lumi every month.
Starting from the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Lumi earned by Lin students was converted into Luyin, and they received a monthly subsidy of two taels of silver.
In addition, there are certain privileges such as tax exemption and exemption from military service. It can be said that only by becoming a shengren can one enter the ranks of scholars.
There are only twenty graduate students in the entire county. The graduate students provide guarantees for others before the county examination, which is also an extra income.
Fujian is a province that is famous for its imperial examinations, and this income is quite considerable.
My grandpa prepared all the guarantee papers in order for him to take the county examination. It can be said that he took great care of Su Ze.
The other document is the road guide, which is proof of Su Ze's travel to the county seat, and also prepares all the procedures for Su Ze.
Su Ze bowed respectfully to his grandfather and said:
"Grandpa, Su Ze will never forget Changning Wei's kindness today."
The old man stroked his beard and said: "If you become prominent in the future and can think of Chang Ning Wei, that will be enough."
"Tomorrow Xianyang is going to the county to fight for fines. You should also go to the county with him to have a look, and come back together after completing the childbirth qualifications."
Su Ze nodded quickly. After traveling through time for so long, he could finally visit the county town.
Su Ze returned to his family temple and was about to pack his things when he bumped into the angry little Luotou Lin Liangjun.
"Brother Aze, why didn't you take me to the ghost market yesterday?"
Little Carrot Head asked when he came up.
Su Ze said patiently: "I went to suppress Japanese pirates yesterday. Why did I take you there?"
"Why don't you take me with you to fight against Japanese pirates? I am the next Baihu!"
"Go, go, go. If your hair is still long, we will fight against the Japanese pirates."
However, Lin Liangjun quickly adjusted his mood, rolled his eyes and said:
"Brother Aze, I heard that you are going to the county seat? As long as you take me to the county seat, how about letting everything go as planned?"
"It's a one-shot deal, it's a write-off!"
Su Ze raised his hand to slap Lin Liangjun on the head, but he immediately jumped away and said:
"My brother asked my grandpa to take care of your trip to the county seat! Why don't you thank me quickly!"
"Your brother?" Su Ze thought of a certain upright figure, but the naughty kid still wanted to be beaten. He grabbed Lin Liangjun and said:
"Your brother is your brother, and you are you. Let me teach you what it means to respect your teacher!"
After teaching the little carrot head a lesson, Su Ze said:
"What are you going to do in the county?"
Lin Liangjun said: "The county town is so fun! I have never been there since my father died."
Su Ze raised his head and saw Lin Liangjun's head lowered, and couldn't help but feel a little soft.
Su Ze also found out everything about Changning Guard. Lin Liangjun's mother died of an illness just after he was born, and his father had just died in battle, leaving only Lin Mojun to depend on.
Lin Mojun, a female from a hundred families, was either training at the school grounds or patrolling the sea all day, which made Lin Liangjun become the devil in the guard station.
Although this disciple was usually naughty, he also contributed a lot of "enlightenment" experience points to Su Ze. Thinking of this, Su Ze said:
"It's not impossible to take you to the county seat, but we have to make an agreement."
When he heard that Su Ze was willing to take him to the county seat, Lin Liangjun immediately jumped up and no longer looked as lonely as before.
Su Ze only felt that he was being played by this kid, but now that he had agreed, Su Ze said:
"First, don't run around. If you are kidnapped by someone, I won't be able to explain it to hundreds of households."
"no problem!"
"Second, you have to listen to me when you get to the county seat. The county seat is not Changning Guard. If you commit a crime, no one can catch you."
"no problem!"
"Third, don't neglect your studies on the road. You must also study with me."
Lin Liangjun's little face wrinkled up when he heard the reading, but in order to go to the county seat, he still nodded heavily: "No problem!"
Early next morning.
After a simple day's rest, Su Ze told Lin Cainiang to take good care of the three acres of land he had opened, and asked Aunt Ninth to find someone to watch over the Arhats who were pioneering land, and then set off on the road to the county town.
Also going to the county this time was Lin Xianyang, my grandpa's boy. He wanted to send the fines for fighting to the county government, and also take care of the county and handle some Changning Guard affairs.
After hearing that Lin Liangjun was going to the county seat, Lin Xianyang's nephew Lin Anzai also made noises about going.
Su Ze saw that Lin Xianyang's legs and feet were not yet strong, so he simply borrowed a mule from the family temple and a cart from Lin Xianzong's family, put a cart on the mule, and took Lin Xianyang to the county seat.
It was Lin Anzi's first trip to the county town and he was very excited along the way.
Lin Liangjun went to the county town with his father. At this time, he pretended to be very experienced and explained to Lin Anzai the precautions for going to the county town.
With a person with handicapped legs and two children, the group walked very slowly.
Su Ze, who had become accustomed to technological navigation, had no sense of direction at all and was confused as soon as he left the county.
Fortunately, Lin Xianyang often went to the county seat, pointed to the west and said:
"If we go all the way west, we can reach Nanping County."
"Wait, Nanping County? Is it Nanping County, Yanping Prefecture?"
Lin Xianyang looked at Su Ze in confusion and said, "Yes, the civil affairs of our Changningwei are under the jurisdiction of Nanping County. Don't brothers Ze know?"
Su Ze asked doubtfully: "But Yanping Mansion is not close to the sea? Aren't we closer to Fuzhou?"
Lin Xianyang had never thought about this problem. He shook his head and said: "Since the establishment of Changning Guard, our civil affairs have been under the jurisdiction of Nanping County, but you are right, Fuzhou Prefecture is indeed closer than Nanping County."
Su Ze also didn't expect that Changning Guard, a guard station close to the sea, would be managed by Yanping Mansion, which was not close to the sea at all.
Changningwei is located in central Fujian, and its geographical location is somewhat closer to southern Fujian, but it is under the jurisdiction of Yanping Prefecture in northern Fujian.
However, the administrative divisions of the Ming Dynasty were often messy, and even his mentor sometimes couldn't understand them.
According to the instructor, "When you encounter such a messy zoning problem, don't ask. Ask about the checks and balances of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!"
However, Nanping County is not far from Changningwei. According to Lin Xianyang's experience, he can reach the county seat before evening.
Being bored on the road, Su Ze asked Lin Xianyang about the situation in Nanping County.
Ever since Su Ze avenged Lin Xianyang last time, Lin Xianyang had great respect for Su Ze and naturally knew everything.
The two carrot heads also pricked up their ears and listened to Lin Xianyang's talk about the situation in Nanping County.
"Nanping County is Yiguo County, and the Yamen of Yanping Prefecture is also in Nanping County, so the people of Nanping County have several lords above their heads."
"It stands to reason that the biggest person in Nanping County is the prefect, but since the previous prefect was dismissed by the court last year, there has been no new prefect."
"Without the magistrate, the government office has no backbone. Instead, it is overpowered by the magistrate."
Su Ze secretly thought, this Nanping County magistrate is really lucky.
The most fearful thing for anyone who is a county magistrate is to be the magistrate of Yiguo County.
In the system of the Ming Dynasty, "the prefect is the leader of the state and county, and the governor of the state and county." This shows that the prefect has great power and has great power over the magistrates within his jurisdiction.
The magistrate may not be able to control other counties, but Yiguo County, where his own government office is located, must be able to intervene. Therefore, there is a saying in the Qing Dynasty that goes, "If you do evil in your previous life, the magistrate will attach himself to Guo; if you are full of evil, he will attach himself to the provincial capital of Guo."
However, the Nanping County Magistrate took advantage of the vacancy in the Yanping Prefecture and usurped the power of the government office. This made Su Ze feel a little incredible.
However, it stands to reason that if the prefect is gone, there will still be co-prefects from the second prefecture, general judges from the third prefecture, and recommended officials from the fourth prefecture. These can be appointed by superiors to act as the prefect when the prefect is vacant, but I don’t know what Yanping Prefecture is. Condition.
Lin Xianyang continued to warn:
"In Nanping City, in addition to the two government offices of the prefecture and county, there are also the taxation department, warehouses, warehouses, weaving and dyeing bureaus, river offices, batch inspection offices, delivery offices, iron smelting offices, gate offices, Dam officer, when these yamen see you, you can go around as far as you can, but don’t get close.”
Lin Liangjun and Lin Chunzai quickly asked: "Why?"
Lin Xianyang said: "If these yamen detain you to serve as corvees, the guards will not have the money to catch you!"
Su Ze frowned and said, "Aren't the remnants of our guard station exempt from service? Besides, these yamen can also directly arrest people for corvee service?"
Lin Xianyang sighed and said: "It stands to reason that it is not possible, but after the chaos in the southeast, there was a shortage of people in the yamen everywhere. Old people in their seventies and children as young as seven or eight years old may have been detained for corvee service. Previously, a clan member When my brother went to the county town to sell goods, he was arrested by the delivery station and sent to deliver military rations to the front line. If my father hadn't stepped forward in time, I might not have been able to come back."
At this time, the two carrot heads were also frightened, and they quickly promised themselves that they would never go near these government offices.
Su Ze sighed. Although Jiajing was a scam, compared to the bigger scams behind it, it was better to impose excessive taxes and corvee.
After the One Whip Law was implemented, the court briefly used silver to eliminate corvee labor and instead hired people to do corvée work.
But soon the Ming Dynasty was reluctant to give up free labor. While collecting the silver to pay for corvee labor, a larger scale of corvee service was once again established. Not only did they have to serve, but they also had to pay to serve. This led to endless waves of peasant uprisings.
Nowadays, the corvée service in the southeastern region is heavy, and there is a near chance of death as a result of corvée service. Many people even abandon their fields and flee, or hide in big families and work as adopted sons and domestic slaves, just to avoid the corvée service.
Lin Xianyang added: "Finally, there are two yamen that you need to avoid most in Nanping County. One is the Yanping Guard Commander's Yamen, and the other is the Gongcha Si Yamen."
The two little Luotou pricked up their ears, and Su Ze asked doubtfully:
"The commander of the Yanping Guards is the Yamen. Aren't these and our Changning Guards both military guards?"
Lin Xianyang shook his head and said: "The Yanping Guard is the commander's office of Fucheng. It is the headquarters of five thousand people. It takes orders from the Fujian Dusi Office. The commander of the guard is a third-rank military general."
"Our Changning Guard is just a small guard station, and it is directly subordinate to the Haiwei Headquarters, but it is different."
Lin Xianyang said disdainfully: "The discipline of the Yanping Guards is corrupt. The soldiers often go out of the city to set up traps and rob, and everyone in Nanping County is afraid of them."
Su Ze was speechless for a while. There are often records in history books of hundreds of Japanese pirates besieging Fucheng and counties. It turns out that the Ming Dynasty's army was just such a bunch of bugs.
"The Tribute Tea Department is even closer. The Yanping Prefecture wants to pay tribute to Wuyi Mountain Tea from the Northern and Southern Capitals. If you are caught picking tea, it will be a near-death job!"
Su Ze discovered for the first time that the small county town turned out to be such a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
In this Ming Dynasty, pills!
There are also nights.
