Compared with inland provinces, Yansui Town is not a large area and has a small population, but it still has a lot of civil and military yamen. After careful calculation, there are about five systems.
There are two types of guards and general soldiers mentioned above. There are Yulin Guards in Yulin City, and there are thousands of households stationed in the subordinate forts. From top to bottom, a complete set of institutions for managing local affairs, logistics, farming, and household registration have been formed.
, military craftsmen, etc. are all in charge of the guards.
As for the task of the garrison general soldier, it is actual combat and camp management. There are two main sources of camp soldiers. One is the main soldiers selected from local military households, and the other is the guest soldiers transferred from other places. The garrison general soldier is unified.
Responsible for commanding operations and daily drills.
Under the general army, there are deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, and garrison troops, who are distributed among the thirty-six battalions in Yansui Town. Each leads its own troops and is responsible for its own responsibilities.
The governor is the third type, responsible for the comprehensive dispatch of all affairs in the town and participating in military decision-making, achieving the purpose of controlling military affairs with civility.
Before the Jiajing Dynasty, although the governor of the border town had not completely become the superior of the general military officer, he had gradually surpassed the general military officer in terms of status. As for the administrative branch located in Yansui Town or the later military preparation road
, are only subject to the control of the governor.
In addition to the three more well-known government offices mentioned above, the fourth type is the guard eunuch. There are guard eunuchs appointed from the Imperial Household in border towns, who serve as the emperor's eyes and ears and supervise the army.
In Yansui Town, not only Yulin City has garrison eunuchs, but also the thirty-six subordinate camps have garrison young eunuchs or garrison eunuchs stationed there, forming a strict surveillance system.
Finally, there is a fifth type, which is the censor. This is a censor sent from the imperial court. He works completely independently as an imperial envoy. He is not subject to any local yamen.
The main responsibility of the patrol censor is the word "cha", which is to inspect military discipline, inspect military merits, and supervise local areas.
The biggest feature of these five institutions is that all five parties have the power to directly report to the court and the emperor. The mutual checks and balances ensure that no one party in the border town can be completely dominant.
Therefore, Yansui Town or Yulin City may seem to be small border towns, but the government office system is as strict and complete as that of provincial cities in the mainland. It is more appropriate to describe it as a sparrow with all its internal organs despite its small size.
Of course, this mutual restraint is not surprising. It is also a common feature of the top-down institutional structure of the country, making it almost impossible for anyone within the system to successfully rebel.
However, there are many shortcomings in multi-party management, and sometimes mutual restraint and wrangling are unavoidable. For example, Fang Yingwu was kicked around as a ball this time.
Colonel Niu Ma and Fang Yingwu were in great distress, squatting side by side under the shade of the Bell and Drum Tower in the center of the city, looking blankly at the crowds on the street.
The Guard Office, the General Military Office, and the Procuratorate and Procuratorate do not accept Fang Yingwu. The eunuch yamen and the patrol censor are relatively special surveillance agencies. Their personnel are dispatched from Beijing and will not recruit people randomly from the local area. This can be
what to do?
Although the two men with the bull head and the horse face are known as Jin Yiwei, they are the lowest-level errand captains. They are not much better than ordinary big-headed soldiers. In a strange place like Yulin, they naturally have no weight. If others don't accept Fang Yingwu, they will have nothing to do.
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Not only was Fang Yingwu worried, but the two captains were also worried. They couldn't afford it either. Kanhe had already been handed over to the Yulin Guard. If Fang Yingwu could not be settled, Kanhe would not be able to be taken out from the guard again.
Without the proof of survey, it means that the errand is not completed. It also means that they cannot live and eat for free at the inn or relevant government offices. If they have to pay out of their own pockets, how can they afford to spend a lot of money when going out?
I don't know how much time passed. Suddenly I heard someone shouting: "Ms. Fang, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
This person was none other than Sun Jing from Shanxi who was delivering military supplies to Yulin. Next to him was his daughter. Fang Yingwu had made an agreement with him before. After finishing the work, they would meet at the Bell and Drum Tower, and then find a place to treat guests and thank him.
Fang Yingwu saw Sun Jing's relaxed expression and asked, "Have you finished everything?" Sun Jing smiled and replied, "Everything has been counted and put into the warehouse. This errand has been successfully completed!"
But Mrs. Sun was more attentive to Fang Yingwu’s words and deeds, and saw some clues before her father. No matter how difficult and dangerous the situation was along the way, in her eyes, Mr. Fang was calm, calm, and resourceful most of the time. Why?
When he arrived in Yulin, he became frowning?
Miss Sun asked with concern: "Why is Mr. Fang so frowning? Is your situation bad there?"
Fang Yingwu sighed, "The dragon swims in the creek, the tiger falls in the sun, and now there is no place to stay!"
Sun Jing's face was full of surprise and he quickly asked. Although Fang Yingwu didn't want to show the embarrassing thing to others, but now that he had nothing to hide, what else could he not say?
After Sun Jing heard about Fang Yingwu's experience, he thought for a while and said, "I have a place to go here. I'm just afraid that I have wronged Mr. Fang."
Fang Yingwu smiled bitterly, "In this situation, how can I still be picky?"
"I have a fellow countryman who serves as Kuang's ambassador in Guang Youku. I just heard from him that there is a shortage of people who can write and calculate. Why don't we ask him to take Mr. Fang under his wing?"
The Second Lieutenant Niu Ma suddenly realized that Sun Jing had a fellow villager serving as the treasury ambassador. No wonder it was so smooth for him to pay military supplies without any difficulties or deductions.
However, Lieutenant Niu still had questions, "The Guards Station and the General Military Administration have made it clear that they will not accept Fang Xiucai. Whose family does this warehouse belong to? How dare you make the decision?"
Sun Jing explained: "What Niu Xiaowei didn't know is that there is a Shaanxi administrative branch in the city, which is in charge of several warehouses, warehouses, and guards. Bingzhen is not a government office."
It turns out that since the establishment of Yansui Town, it has been theoretically separated from Shaanxi Province and has become a parallel unit at the same level that is not subordinate to each other. However, after all, Yansui Town and Shaanxi Province have a very close special relationship, and the two places can be called
It's so intricate that it's hard to sort it out.
Therefore, the Shaanxi Chief Executive's Office set up a Chief Executive's Branch in Yansui Town, which is responsible for coordinating affairs between the two places. On the one hand, this Chief Executive's Office is a dispatched branch of the Shaanxi Chief Executive's Office, and on the other hand, it also accepts orders from Yansui.
The moderation of the town governor.
Of course, the main role of this administrative branch in Yulin City is to supervise the supply of grain, grass and military supplies from the mainland. It also manages several warehouses, and its daily work is to receive supplies from various places.
Fang Yingwu sighed, did he really go to the munitions warehouse to settle down? He was the son of a Shujishi and a member of the Zhejiang Linshan School, so why did he end up like this?
He had previously expected to be the secretary of the garrison headquarters, or the governor's clerk, or at least a clerk in the guard station, but in the end he became a warehouse clerk. This psychological gap was a bit big.
But Fang Yingwu had no other choice at the moment and could only follow Sun Jing towards the north of the city. He smiled bitterly on the way. He had never dreamed before that he would have to accept the help of an ordinary citizen before he could settle down.
Guangyouku is one of several key warehouses under the Chief Executive Branch. Ambassador Ku's surname is also Sun, and his single name is Lin. He is about the same age as Sun Jing.
A minor official in Guang Youku died of illness recently, so Ambassador Sun really needed someone to supplement him, but he could not find a suitable person in Yulin City for the time being.
After hearing Sun Jing's introduction to Fang Yingwu, Ambassador Sun glanced at Fang Yingwu lazily and asked contemptuously: "Are you a scholar sent by the imperial court? But we don't need lazy scholars here, but you have learned
Arithmetic?"
Fang Yingwu replied expressionlessly: "I have learned it. This is what I am good at."
Ambassador Sun slapped the table and said, "Oh? In this world, there are not many scholars who are willing to study arithmetic. I will give you a test. If you are really proficient in arithmetic, you can stay."
Fang Yingwu said very irritably: "It's up to you, please come up with a question."
Ambassador Sun picked his ears and asked the question casually, "There are two kilograms of salt that need to be divided among three families. How many taels can each family get and how many taels are left?"
This kind of application question at the elementary school level is really not difficult, so Fang Yingwu quickly answered without thinking: "Of course, six taels per family, and there are still two taels left!"
Ambassador Sun seemed to be shocked. He was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "Let's go! It's hard to keep anyone here!"
Let him go? Fang Yingwu suddenly realized that in ancient times, jin liang was based on the hexadecimal system. One catty was sixteen taels. Two catties were divided into three parts. Each part should be ten liang and the remaining two liang!
But he was so eager to answer the question just now that he subconsciously calculated one pound as ten taels.
Ambassador Sun seemed to have found something exciting. He stood up and lectured loudly: "What did Sage Kong say? You know what you know and you don't know what you don't know. You don't know the answer, but you still make up an answer quickly. This is enough to show that you have a vain heart!"
You can’t even calculate two pounds or three pounds, and you are ignorant and incompetent!”
Since Fang Yingwu traveled through time, who except Wang Shu, the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, had taught him such a lesson? Sun Lin, the unscrupulous ambassador of Guang Youku in Yulin City, was fortunate enough to be the second one.
Fang Yingwu, the son of a concubine and a native of Chun'an County, Zhejiang, suppressed his grief and indignation and patiently answered the question again to Ambassador Sun, who was probably a low-level official: "I just made a mistake out of necessity. The answer should be twelve taels per portion."
And there are two taels left."
Ambassador Sun was surprised, "So you are still accurate? Did you just deliberately tease me?"
Sun Jing hurriedly stepped forward and said a few good words, and then put the broken silver coins given by Fang Yingwu into Ambassador Sun's hand. Ambassador Sun nodded and said, "In that case, let's keep it."
Captain Niu was overjoyed and was about to hand the official document to Ambassador Sun, but he was secretly stopped by Captain Ma. Captain Niu also woke up immediately. If Ambassador Sun could read the official document clearly and figure out the origin of Fang Yingwu,
I'm just afraid that I won't be able to take him in again.
However, Lieutenant Ma may have been overly worried. With Ambassador Sun's level of knowledge, he probably would not be able to understand the political connotations.
Lieutenant Ma took a step forward and said to Ambassador Sun: "Master 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, so that we and I can go back and deliver the letter."
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Ambassador Sun agreed: "This is what it should be. This is an important military supply area. Naturally, I would not dare to retain people with unknown background without authorization."
An acquaintance, a relative from the same hometown introduced him, and Ambassador Sun didn't care whether the official document was official or not. It couldn't be fake. Is there still someone pretending to be assigned to serve in the military these days?
Afterwards, Ambassador Sun and the two lieutenants went to the nearby Administration Office of the Chief Executive Branch to go through the relevant procedures. This usually involved issuing an official document stamped with the seal of the Chief Executive Branch to prove receipt of the "Fang Ying Wu".
