Longdu Prefecture is equivalent to Yanjing City in Hebei Province. Longdu Prefecture has one prefecture and six counties. One prefecture is Longdu City, which is divided into 108 squares and one imperial city. The six counties are Longyang County and Mishan County.
Yixian, Chechi County, Wuguan County, and Ping'an County. Zhang Xiaowu's first stop when he arrived in Longdu was Ping'an County, Longdu Prefecture.
Zhang Xiaowu saw the words "Ping'an County" from a distance, and he felt funny in his heart, because he thought of Li Yunlong, the story of Li Yunlong leading his troops to attack Ping'an County, and the most famous words: "Second Battalion Commander, take away my Italian cannon."
Come up." And this Ping'an County is naturally not that Ping'an County, the Ping'an County of Longdu Prefecture.
It is named because it is the base camp of the Qinglong Army. There are four base camps of the Forbidden Army. The Qinglong Army’s base camp is in Pingan County on the east side of Longdu Prefecture, the White Tiger Army’s base camp is in Wuguan County on the west side of Longdu Prefecture, and the Suzaku Army’s base camp is in
Longyang County is on the south side of Longdu Prefecture, and the base camp of the Xuanwu Army is in Mishan County on the north side of Longdu Prefecture.
Although the Qinglong Army was defeated, the headquarters of the Qinglong Army was still there. The battlefield was quite wide, and there were many industries in Ping'an County that were dependent on the Qinglong Army. Most of Zhang Xiaowu's men were from the Qinglong Army, so after arriving in Ping'an County, some
The guards officers immediately found Zhang Xiaowu, hoping to go home.
Zhang Xiaowu naturally agreed and gave them three days' leave. As a result, half of the guards were gone. Xia Ming was afraid that someone would do something bad to Zhang Xiaowu, so he laughed loudly: "Just us people, if someone does something bad to me, they can't protect me.
By the way, you can go home too."
Xia Ming was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head with a wry smile and said, "I have already had someone report that I died fighting in Saibei."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "You are obviously still alive, but where are your wife, children, and parents? What will they do if you die like this? Your wife will be left a widow for you, and your parents will cry heartbroken with gray hair? Stupid!"
Xia Ming hesitated for a long time before saying: "My parents live in Longdu City. If Longdu City falls, I will go back and visit."
Zhang Xiaowu took out a silver check and said: "Here is one thousand taels of silver. Take it and count it as the salary I have advanced for you and give it to your family. Then tell them that you are now an official in the Ghost Guard.
Guarding the border and guarding the northern imperial dog barbarians, the assassination of Li Gaotu was accomplished by you and me together."
Xia Ming was so moved that he held the banknotes in his hand and remained silent.
Zhang Xiaowu patted him on the shoulder and then ordered him to stay in Ping'an County temporarily.
Since there was no inn in Ping'an County, everyone found an inn to stay. And because high-ranking officials often passed through Ping'an County, there was a larger inn here that could accommodate more than a hundred people at the same time. Zhang Xiaowu called this one
Gao Sheng's inn was rented. But soon, the owner of Gao Sheng's Inn found out who the guest was. It turned out to be the famous ghost general Zhang Xiaowu, who hurriedly came to pay a visit.
The innkeeper was a local expert and a smart man. He invited Zhang Xiaowu to drink, but Zhang Xiaowu was disrespectful and asked him about the current situation of the Qinglong Army while eating and drinking.
The inn owner said that after the defeat of the Qinglong Army, many families in Ping'an County wore sackcloth and mourning, and some workshops and shops that were dependent on the Qinglong Army had to close down, so Ping'an County suddenly fell into depression. Now that the plague is rampant, people are even more panic-stricken.
, there are very few people coming and going for business, except for some candidates who go to Beijing to take the exam, they are people running for official positions.
"What is running for an official position?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.
The innkeeper did not answer, and Ruan Qingwen answered first: "The so-called running for office means going to the official department to seek help. Our holy Han official rank has a total of seventeen levels, the first rank, the first rank, the second rank, the second rank, the third rank.
From the third rank, to the fourth rank, from the fourth rank, to the fifth rank, from the fifth rank, to the sixth rank, from the sixth rank, to the seventh rank, from the seventh rank, to the eighth rank, from the eighth rank and to the ninth rank. There are six people in the first rank, namely
Prime Minister on the left, Prime Minister on the right,
There are twelve people from the first rank to the Grand Master, the Grand Tutor, the Grand Marshal of Soldiers and Horses, and the Prince of the Supervisory State. They are the eight ministers, the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Zhao, and the King of Qi. However, these four kings will not grant rewards easily. And after that
The officials will update
There are too many, so I won’t give examples one by one, but the rules of the officialdom of the Holy Han Dynasty are that officials of the eighth rank and below are appointed by the magistrates of various places, officials of the third to eighth ranks are appointed by the Ministry of Personnel, and officials of the third rank and above are appointed by the Holy Emperor and supervised by the Senate.”
Zhang Xiaowu smiled and asked: "The Senate has quite a lot of control."
While pouring wine for Zhang Xiaowu and others, the innkeeper said: "If the Holy One ever trusts a treacherous minister and gives a high-ranking official to an actor who makes him happy, the Senate will naturally not agree. I heard a joke that Qingzhou has
There is a country on the eastern sea called Fusang Kingdom. The emperor of Fusang Kingdom is a female.
Emperor, one time Queen Fuso favored a pretty boy and made him a general. After the pretty boy became a general, he became an executioner and killed all those who opposed him in the past. He also made all his friends officials.
He even gave his cats and dogs high-ranking positions. Are you ridiculous?"
Ruan Qingwen said: "So the Senate was established to prevent the Holy Emperor from making wrong decisions. But Fusang Kingdom does not have a Senate, so shocking jokes will happen."
"So those who run for office are local officials who are three or below eight or above. They want to be promoted or want to go to the capital or want to be transferred to a prosperous place. They come to the capital to find backers and let them assist in the transfer. For example, Yangzhou is well known to the world.
The Yanguan officials in Hangzhou and the agricultural officials in Hangzhou are the most profitable officials in the world." Ruan Qingwen said, "So I think
There are many people who want to be officials in these two places. Let alone being a seventh-grade county magistrate in Hangzhou, even being a ninth-grade official will make more money than being a county magistrate in Bingzhou. There are many officials
We collect people's wealth and people's anointing in the local area, and then use the people's wealth and people's anointing to send gifts and money to the capital, trying to become a higher official, and collecting more people's wealth and people's anointing."
Zhang Xiaowu said angrily: "These damn dog officials!"
The innkeeper laughed dumbly and thought to himself, you are also officials, why are you scolding officials?
Ruan Qingwen said: "This has been true in all dynasties. Generals have been in the army for a long time, and the frontier army has always focused on military achievements rather than official positions, so it is normal to be angry."
Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said, "No, it's the same in the military. Don't talk about others, I've also given gifts to officials."
Ruan Qingwen said: "So giving gifts has always been something that cannot be discussed. You give gifts so that you can kill the enemy better, and those who run for office give gifts so that they can collect more people's wealth and support." What else did he think of?
, suddenly laughed
Said: "However, on the way to give gifts, something often happens. Money is robbed by gangsters, and the team running for office is killed by gangsters. In order to successfully run for office, some people even send out several teams that are false and true.
, very interesting.”
The innkeeper said: "But in Pingan County, there are no gangsters or robbers. The Qinglong Army is stationed here, and those robbers would not dare to rob here even if they are brave enough."