Fangshan County Government.
Su Yang was a little hesitant at this moment, standing at the yamen door hesitantly.
Because he planned to change his household registration from a farmer to a merchant, and took his young wife to hide in Jiangnan.
The main battlefields of the Battle of Jingnan were mainly in the northern region and the Imperial Capital of Jinling. The five Jiangnan prefectures were not greatly affected.
But if you want to go to Jiangnan, you must find a Yamen to guide you, and you must have a suitable reason.
The reason for traveling and the time limit for return will be marked on the road guide. For example, the normal time limit for visiting relatives and friends is only one year.
Su Yang has made up his mind to stay away from Beiping Mansion and hide in the south of the Yangtze River to develop. At least until the end of the Jingnan Campaign, he will not come to the north!
So this reason is not easy to find, unless you are... doing business!
Doing business is not difficult for Su Yang. If he was willing, he would have become a wealthy salt merchant in Beiping Prefecture just by relying on his salt-making technology!
What's more, the cotton textile industry in Jiangnan is rising, and it will not be long before it becomes a place where merchants gather.
Su Yang follows the general trend and pursues business. He does not seek wealth and can rival the country, but at least he has enough food and clothing to worry about!
In this case, it would be a good choice to live a peaceful life in Yanyu Jiangnan.
But the only problem is that doing business requires merchants, and merchants are the lowest in the household registration regulations prescribed by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!
Once a farmer is converted into a merchant, if there is no opportunity, then the descendants of Su Yang will always be merchants!
The household registration system is extremely strict!
If you change it from top to bottom, the government will not care, but if you change it from bottom to top, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky!
The children of merchants are not allowed to take the scientific examination, and they can only do business and chase money in this life.
However, everything is not absolute. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, due to corruption in officialdom, this ban could be solved with money.
When he thought of his little wife's condition, Su Yang immediately made up his mind.
It doesn't matter if he endures hardships, but he can't let Xiaowan suffer along with him.
Farmers at the bottom will never get ahead, even food and clothing are a luxury!
Instead of doing this, it is better to be a merchant with a low-level registration, so that you can at least ensure that you have enough food and clothing!
call!
Su Yang breathed a long sigh of relief and walked towards the Yamen resolutely.
A clerk received him. When he heard that Su Yang was going to change his household registration from a farmer to a merchant, he was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
This man is so young, why can't he think about it?
That merchant has a lowly status. If he really changes his status, his descendants will follow him and be looked down upon!
This young official was not very old, so he couldn't help but persuade him.
"This little brother, you can't change your household registration blindly!"
"Everyone wants to change it from the bottom up. How come you have to change it from the bottom up?"
"Once you change your business registration, if you regret it and want to change it back, it's not an easy thing, it's almost impossible!"
"Thank you for reminding me!" Su Yang bowed his hand to him, thanking this young official for his kindness.
Thanks to the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang who loved the people like his own children and severely cracked down on corrupt officials who oppressed the people, even though he has gone to the west now, the low-level officials still dare not use their power to bully others.
This is the prestige of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!
"It's not too late for you to regret it now!"
"Let me tell you, that businessman's degree is a lowly one, and he has always been disliked by others!"
"If you really change like this, not only you, but also your descendants will be unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives!"
The clerk persuaded Su Yang earnestly, hoping that Su Yang would change his mind.
But Su Yang had already made up his mind and smiled and shook his head.
"Thank you for reminding me, brother, but I have already made up my mind, let's change it!"
Upon hearing this, the clerk's face suddenly darkened.
He kindly tried to persuade him, but this bastard couldn't listen!
At first glance, he looks like a rotten man who only pursues fame and fortune!
Ordinary people would plan for their descendants, even the people who farmed the fields would plan for their descendants, but this person in front of him didn't care at all. He was really a bastard!
Because the imperial government deliberately suppressed merchants, even the people in the government disliked merchants.
Since you want to change it, then change it!
The clerk angrily opened a copy of the yellow book and prepared to change Su Yang's household registration.
However, when he looked carefully, his expression changed.
This guy just registered and made the register yesterday, and it was done by the master bookkeeper himself!
"Little brother, wait a moment!"
The clerk did not dare to change the things that the chief clerk personally handled, so he immediately ran to report it.
The chief registrar of Fangshan County was named Tang Wenming, and he was a scholar. Unfortunately, he failed in his scientific examinations and was nearly forty years old. He was still unable to advance to high school.
Even if Tang Wenming was reluctant, he knew that he had no hope of becoming an official. He gave up his intention to continue the scientific examination and simply spent money to find a way to become the chief registrar of the Fangshan County Government.
Although the chief clerk is not a full official but a subordinate official, a subordinate official also has the advantages of a subordinate official.
After ten years as the bookkeeper, Tang Wenming not only recovered all the expenses he spent on the early scientific examinations, but also accumulated a lot of wealth!
Especially this time the Fangshan County Magistrate only collected money and did not do anything, which greatly increased the power in Tang Wenming's hands. He even felt that he was the local emperor of Fangshan County!
"such a pity!"
"Fangshan has many mountains and little fields, but there is not much oil or water!"
"Otherwise, maybe the savings I have accumulated in the past ten years will be enough for me to buy an official job!"
Tang Wenming was sitting in the back hall of the Yamen sighing when a clerk hurried in.
"Sir, there is one thing you must decide on!"
"What's the matter?" Tang Wenming replied impatiently.
"There is a young man named Su Yang who wants to change his household registration from a farmer to a merchant!"
"Then why don't you just change him? He's another idiot who can't stand hardships. Future generations will be humiliated after him!"
Tang Wenming cursed angrily and waved his hand to signal the clerk to get out!
The clerk was a little dumbfounded. He thought Su Yang had something to do with the chief clerk, but when he saw Tang Wenming getting angry, he didn't dare to ask more questions and was about to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute!"
"You said that young man's name is Su Yang?"
"Yes, Master Registrar!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Wenming stood up suddenly and broke into a cold sweat!
He always felt that the name Su Yang was familiar, and then he remembered that he had forged this person's household registration book for him!
This is the order from the lord of the Beiping government office!
When he thought of this, Tang Wenming immediately gave the clerk a slap in the face.
"Bastard thing!"
"You almost missed a big event!"
Tang Wenming hurried out of the back hall, leaving the clerk alone sighing.
Soon after arriving at the check-in room, Tang Wenming spoke directly as soon as he saw Su Yang.
"Are you Su Yang?"
"I am the chief registrar of this county!"
Chief secretary, Tang Wenming?
Seeing the rightful master, Su Yang immediately smiled and bowed.
"Su Yang, a common man, has met the chief registrar!"
"You're welcome, Mr. Su. I heard that you are planning to change your household registration and downgrade to a merchant?"
"Exactly!" Su Yang said with determination, "After changing the household registration, ordinary people also want to go to Jiangnan to do business. I hope you can open a way out for convenience!"
As he spoke, Su Yang handed over a money bag.
There is a hundred taels of silver in it, left behind by the eldest cousin when he bought salt.
From the story of Zhang Laosan, the owner of the salt shop, it is easy to see that Tang Wenming, the bookkeeper, is a dirty official!
But precisely because he is a corrupt official, as long as he is willing to do things after being paid, that's fine.
Tang Wenming shook his money bag and a glint flashed in his eyes.
It’s really a big gesture to give out a hundred taels of tattooed silver!
He is really related to those big shots in Beiping Mansion!
Tang Wenming did not accept the bag of silver, but returned it directly to Su Yang.
"Young Master Su is joking. It's an honor for me to be able to do things for you. Please take this money back!"
"Changing the household registration and issuing a road guide are both trivial matters, but now it is a bit troublesome. The imperial court has just ordered that all the prefectures in Peiping are not allowed to issue road guides across provinces!"
After hearing this secret, Su Yang's expression changed.
It’s Zhu Yunwen again!
Blockade the entire Beiping Prefecture!
What a big deal!
Su Yang pondered for a moment, then pushed the money bag over.
"Please, Lord Registrar, please think of a solution!"
Tang Wenming looked at Su Yang and finally spoke.
"Okay, Mr. Su, please wait for ten days and come back in ten days, okay?"
"Okay, thank you, sir!"
Su Yang sighed, left the money bag and turned to leave.
Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen were fighting with gods and immortals, without caring about the lives and deaths of the people!
Such an emperor and such a court are so disappointing!
Maybe going to Jiangnan and becoming a small businessman is the best choice!
I will never enter the court in this life!
