Yangjiang, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong!
Gu Zhengchen looked at these words and couldn't help but shook his head bitterly.
It seems that I really offended some people and was "transported" to Guangdong in one fell swoop, which is only one strait away from the end of the world.
Going to Guangdong is not only a long journey, but there are many bandits and bandits on the road. Even if you get to the ground safely, you still have to be careful of the local Yao, Zhuang, Dong Liao, Li Hu, etc. who knock on the door with a fork.
In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, more than a thousand people made trouble in Chaozhou, Guangdong and occupied Jieyang and Chaoyang counties. They were later suppressed by Chaoyang guards. As for the magistrates of the two occupied counties, no one mentioned it, and no one saw it...
During this period, going to Guangdong to take office is not much different from going to Guangdong to dig a hole and lie down. In terms of the abnormal mortality rate of officials, Guangdong is definitely not much worse than Yunnan and Guangxi. After all, it is a Big Three level existence...
After seeing it clearly, Xie Fang opened her eyes wide and looked at the doctor Meng Ren: "He is the magistrate of Jurong County. Why did he become the magistrate of Yangjiang County? Did he fill it in wrong?"
The doctor, Meng Ren, narrowed his eyes and saw that he was just a follower, so he shouted coldly: "Who do you think you are, dare to question the arrangements of the doctor, Si Xun? I said it is the magistrate of Yangjiang, that is the magistrate of Yangjiang! Gu Juren, arrive as scheduled Ren, if you miss the deadline, you will be punished severely!”
Gu Zheng closed his official certificate and made a deep mark with his fingernails. His eyes were cold and he looked up at Meng Ren. He immediately smiled and said, "Yangjiang, Guangdong, it is a good place, with soft beaches, beautiful islands, dense mountains and forests, The pleasant hot springs, when I go to Yangjiang, I will be amazed. Thank you doctor for your kindness."
"Um?"
Meng Ren, the doctor, was expecting Gu Zhengchen to panic and claim that he was the magistrate of Jurong County, crying and begging to be changed back to Jurong, so that he could humiliate him, humiliate him, make him completely despair, and then pack his bags and embark on the road of no return.
But who would have expected that Gu Zhengchen would be very happy to go to Yangjiang to be the magistrate. Seeing his bright smile and the longing in his eyes, Meng Ren was a little dazed. Could it be that Yangjiang is really a good place?
The unexpected shock made Meng Ren feel like a heavy punch had been hit on cotton, and he even ducked his waist.
Gu Zhengchen happily led the officer out of the Si Xun Department, looked up to the sky and laughed three times, then strode out of the official office.
Meng Ren, the doctor, raised his hand and scratched his back, and asked Xu Shi, the manager next to him: "Is he really happy, or is he crazy?"
Xu Shi was not sure: "I think he must be crazy. Everyone knows that Guangdong is a dangerous place. There are troubles every year..."
When we returned to Mu Mansion, it was already sunset.
When Mu Chun saw Gu Zhengchen coming back, he called "Mr. Gu" and ran out to greet him. Mu Ying arranged for wine and food to be served and celebrated.
From today on, Gu Zhengchen is considered a real county magistrate and has entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
Gu Zhengchen walked into the hall with Mu Chun with a smile and saluted Mu Ying.
Mu Ying was very happy and arranged for Gu Zhengchen to sit down with a smile: "How about it? I got the official certificate. Haha, Xie Fang, go find Tailor Zhou and measure Mr. Gu to make three sets of regular clothes."
"Wait a minute, if you make regular uniforms, won't the court give them to you?"
Gu Zhengchen was a little surprised.
Mu Ying laughed loudly: "The imperial court will only prepare two sets of formal clothes for you. As for regular clothes, you need to bring your own..."
Gu Zhengchen was extremely depressed and accused Lao Zhu of being a stingy man. You just save on salary, you even save on regular clothes.
Ming Dynasty clothing is divided into three categories.
One, the dress.
Not to mention Lao Zhu's Mianfu, Tongtianguanfu, and Pi Bianfu, official attire mainly includes court clothes, sacrificial clothes, and public clothes.
Second, casual clothes, that is, regular clothes, are worn daily when working or working.
Public uniforms and regular uniforms both have black gauze hats, regimental collar shirts, and belts, and many people can't tell them apart. In fact, the difference is very obvious. The one with an animal on the chest is a regular uniform, and the one with no animal and flowers is a public uniform...
Third, give it.
This is a special charter, which was relatively rare in the early Ming Dynasty.
Regular clothes, that is, the set of clothes with animal patches, are not uniformly issued by the imperial court. You have to pay for them yourself and make them privately customized...
Tailor Zhou arrived soon. Gu Zhengchen took out his official certificate and appointment instructions and put them on the table. He stretched out his hand and let the tailor measure it.
Muchun walked over mischievously, picked up the official certificate, opened it, looked at it, and said: "Guangdong, father, what kind of Qingfu is this? The magistrate of Yangjiang County, Mr. Gu is the magistrate."
"Guangdong?"
The smile on Mu Ying's face suddenly disappeared. She took two steps and took away her official credentials. She stared wide-eyed and her face changed: "Yangjiang County Magistrate? Mr. Gu, I remember you are Jurong County Magistrate. Why did you suddenly change your name?" Became the magistrate of Yangjiang County?"
Gu Zhengchen shrugged and said easily: "I was originally the magistrate of Jurong County, but later, a supervisory censor went to Si Xunbu, and he became the magistrate of Yangjiang County."
"Isn't this nonsense?!"
Muying was angry.
The resettlement of Tatar prisoners is a major matter, and His Majesty has decided to resettle them in counties near Jinling. In order to prevent the prisoners from causing trouble, there must be a capable and capable magistrate to suppress, suppress and control them!
But looking around, we can see that the county magistrates are either old men who are about to be buried, or they are step-by-step, do less, make fewer mistakes, and do not do well. The only way they treat prisoners is to allocate land to cattle for farming.
It's over, don't care about anything else.
As for whether this group of people's cattle fell to death or whether they were planning something secretly, I'm afraid they can't control it. It's better to give them one or two hundred prisoners, but if there are more, big trouble will happen sooner or later.
But Gu Zhengchen is different. Although this man is young and has no experience as an official, he is very methodical and good at solving problems.
Muying believed that he could perfectly handle the issue of prisoner placement.
But now, someone transferred him from Jurong, a hundred miles away, to Yangjiang, three thousand miles away. Damn, whose idea was this?
Supervisory censor?
Which supervisory censor has the right to interfere with the selection of officials in the Ministry of Personnel?
"Sir, are you ready to serve?"
Xie Fang asked.
Mu Ying kicked away the stool and said with a cold face: "What else are you eating?! Get me official uniform!"
Xie Fang shivered and hurriedly went to make arrangements.
Gu Zhengchen had no time to stop him, nor did he want to stop him, so he watched Mu Ying leave.
Huagai Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang was asking Zhu Biao for his views on the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" during the Han Dynasty. He was quite surprised when he heard Mu Ying asked for an audience. After allowing him to enter the palace, he asked: "Why did you come to the palace when you are not preparing a banquet at home at this time?"
Mu Ying knelt down, raised Gu Zhengchen's official documents above her head, and shouted: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly and looked at Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao stepped forward to take the certificate and helped Mu Ying up. Mu Ying stood up when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Zhu Biao handed the official document to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a look at it, and was stunned for a moment. He picked up his official certificate, shook it, and asked coldly: "Mu Ying, what's going on? I remember clearly that Gu Zhengchen was awarded the magistrate of Jurong County, and he still expected to Why did he change the name to the magistrate of Yangjiang County in Guangdong when he did something practical for the land of his ancestors?"
"Yangjiang, Guangdong?"
Zhu Biao was surprised.
Only then did he get permission from his father to participate in government affairs. Although he was just a clerk for the county magistrate, Gu Zhengchen, it was at least a beginning.
Who would have thought that before a ray of sunlight could see through the crack in the door that had just been opened, someone would kick it back!
The door is shut!
Normally, it takes nearly two months to send official documents from Jinling to Yangjiang, Guangdong. Calculating this way, I will participate in government affairs at most six times throughout the year!
If something unexpected happened to Gu Zhengchen and he ended up in Guangdong, the little flame he had just started to burn would be blown out with a "pop".
Zhu Biao gritted his teeth with hatred. Who deliberately targeted me and didn't want me to get involved in government affairs early?
Zhu Yuanzhang was also furious. Ever since he started looking for talents, he had not seen many capable ministers. Gu Zhengchen was one of the few officials who impressed him deeply. He had the ambition of an immortal dynasty and a long-lasting country, and could put forward an outline for governing the country. He knows the magic of medical skills and created a body-building technique that inspired the Beijing army. This kind of talent comes from a humble family and has neither background nor power. If he really has the ability to govern the country and secure the country, he will not be wronged. .
We didn't let him stay in Jinling and sent him to Jurong for training. We can keep an eye on him at any time. But if he arrives in Yangjiang, we can't see what he has done even if we stare at him like the sun!
"Your Majesty, I don't know the specific reason. I only heard Gu Zhengchen say that he was indeed the magistrate of Jurong County when he handled the matter. However, it seems that a supervisor went there later and changed his name to the magistrate of Yangjiang County. What is the truth? Your Majesty still needs to know. Order to investigate."
Mu Ying said solemnly.
Zhu Yuanzhang threw down his official credentials and sneered: "Supervising the censor? Ha, when can the people at the censor station call the staff? Zhao Xun, go and bring Wu Lin and Zhan Tong, the ministers of the staff, to me! Also! , send someone to the Si Xun Department to ask who took part in the Gu Zhengchen official credentials matter, bring them all to me!"
The eunuch Zhao Xun went to deliver the message.
A small house outside the city.
Meng Ren, the doctor, sipped tea, hummed a tune, and watched the full moon rise with his wife and daughter, feeling very comfortable.
Abruptly.
There was a sound of footsteps and stopped at the door.
Meng Ren frowned and stood up, then heard a fierce knock on the door, accompanied by the sentence: "The captain of the pro-military Duweifu Mansion, I have been ordered to invite Mr. Meng to visit the Huagai Hall!"
"Pro-Army Captain's Mansion?"
Meng Ren's expression changed drastically. What happened? Why did it alert the emperor?
open the door.
Seeing the sergeant with bright armor, his wife and daughter were frightened to tears.
Meng Ren frowned and asked the reason, but was directly interrupted by the captain: "I went to Huagai Hall, I will naturally know!"
The captain didn't give him time, and Meng Ren didn't even give him time to change into court uniform, and took him away abruptly.
When he arrived at Zuoshunmen, Meng Ren saw Xu Shi and Dian Shi Wang Chang, the principals who had also been arrested, with panic on their faces.
"Your Majesty, the officials involved in the matter from the Si Xun Department have been brought here."
Zhao Xun reported.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wu Lin and Zhan Tong coldly, and said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Personnel is related to the selection and appointment of court officials. If you are reduced to someone's private office, I will never let you go easily! Come on, take someone with you!"
Meng Ren, Xu Shi and Wang Chang were taken to Huagai Hall and knelt down to salute.
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up Gu Zhengchen's official certificate and threw it directly in front of Meng Ren: "Mr. Meng, please explain to me why officials are appointed in the Ministry of Personnel. rain?"
Meng Ren tremblingly opened his official certificate and saw the dazzling words:
Gu Zhengchen was granted the title of Magistrate of Yangjiang County, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong Province.
Meng Ren's eyes widened and he felt like the world was spinning.
Let me go, is this the ant that the censor Chen Shiju said has no background and can be crushed to death with one hand? You call this guy without any background. I am really too naive, too simple, too innocent...
