Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

The fat yamen servant rubbed his hands and said with a laugh: "Ah, so it's a brother who is new to the yamen to report, tsk tsk, Master Gu personally introduced him, it's really amazing."

Then he said to the thin yamen servant: "Zhugan, I'll take this brother to the yamen to report a report, you should keep an eye on the city gate first."

The thin yamen servant didn't say a word, he nodded to himself and then leaned against the wall of the city gate with his eyes closed, basking in the sun leisurely.

Guo Ye couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he heard the fat yamen servant call the thin yamen servant, and it really was also called bamboo pole.

Seeing the virtue of the bamboo pole servant who doesn't like to talk indolently, Guo Ye couldn't help sighing, since ancient times, it seems that this thin bamboo pole is also a strange flower.

Originally, Guo Ye had no eyes for Longxi City, he was not familiar with it at all, and he didn't know where the county government gate opened.Now hearing that the fat yamen servant volunteered to take him to the yamen to report, why not do it?

So he said something to the fat yamen servant, and followed him into the east gate.

The county seat is the county seat, after all, it is not comparable to the dirty places like Dongliu Township and Daze Village.

As soon as I entered the city, I finally opened my eyes. As the saying goes, you can see the whole leopard at a glance. Only when you really see the bustle of Longxi County, can you know what the rule of Zhenguan in the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty is.

Bustling merchants from the north and south, peddlers in the alleys, receptionists at the doors of teahouses and restaurants, small merchants peddling along the street, and various shops shouting and buying, constitute a picture of the downtown of the Tang Dynasty.

Only the small counties in central Sichuan are so lively, one can imagine how bustling and lively the larger cities are?

Along the way, Guo Ye was like looking at the flowers on a horse, looking at the ancient style and charm of the street scene, which really made him linger.

However, on the way to the yamen, the fat yamen servant was not idle, and always asked Guo Ye's background in indirect ways. You must know that it would be a great amulet to get a letter from Mr. Weigu, the county's master, to come to the yamen to do errands.

If Guo Ye is really Master Gu's confidant or some distant relative, it's also a backer if he can't remember it?

How could Guo Ye not know what the hell the fat yamen servant was up to?

Now that I have already borrowed Gu Dezhao's power, why not borrow him again.

Then he explained to the fat yamen servant, saying that his father-in-law had a very close personal relationship with Mr. Gu, and Mr. Gu asked him to come to the yamen to experience it because he saw that he was worthy of education.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the fat yamen servant's eyes popped out as if he had got some shocking secret, and there was a bit of coquettish color between his brows.

Under such circumstances, it was logical for Guo Ye to inquire about some information he wanted to know.

For example, the names of the fat and thin yamen servants, and the thin yamen servant who continues to guard the east gate is called Gan Zhushou. As the name suggests, he looks like a thin bamboo pole.

And his own name is Zhu Pengchun, which is really appropriate, and he is still named Zhu when he grows up like this.

Then, Zhu Pengchun, the fat yamen servant, introduced some situations in the yamen to Guo Ye in a friendly manner.

For example, who is the surname of the county magistrate, who is the master, who is the county magistrate, who are the chiefs of the six divisions (or six cao) under the county government, and so on.

The six Caos (six divisions) are divided into Gong Cao, Cang Cao, Hu Cao, Bing Cao, Fa Cao, and Shi Cao.

For example, Gongcao is in charge of the county government's personnel affairs, and he is in charge of the official hat of the whole county. It is a bit like the organization minister of later generations. The chief of Gongcao is called Mr. Gongzuo.

For example, Bingcao is in charge of the military affairs of the county government, and the military and armed forces of the whole county, including the three classes of government servants and the strong class. It is a bit like the minister of armed forces in later generations.

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In Guo Ye's eyes, Zhu Pengchun is a living dictionary of the county government, and there is no gossip news that he doesn't know.

Especially when Zhu Pengchun mentioned the specific situation of the current county yamen servants, Guo Ye became more and more interested. This was what he cared about the most. The magistrate and magistrate were too far away from him.

Only the matter of the yamen servants is the most closely related to him at present.

Zhu Pengchun had been talking nonstop on the road before, but now he got stuck when he talked about what Guo Ye was most interested in, and he kept pursing his mouth and swallowing saliva, as if he was extremely thirsty.

Immediately he said: "Brother Guo, it's still a short distance from the county government office. I, Zhu Pengchun, will have a drink of herbal tea to quench my thirst when I arrive at the government office. I'll tell you more about it."

Guo Ye was taken aback, mother, you are thirsty at the critical moment, damn it.

Thirst is fake, your sister's, bribery is real, right?

Looking at Zhu Pengchun's posture, it seems a bit like that.

I am a newcomer who has just arrived, and I just took advantage of the power of the county captain by chance to make Zhu Pengchun risk his life to show his favor to him. It's not worth it if you violate the taboo of any Shangguan.

Ever since, Guo Ye reached into his left sleeve with his right hand and fumbled for a while, and found that there were broken silver, and there were no copper coins or big money at all.

Guo Yewei was really reluctant to buy news from Zhu Pengchun with broken silver, but he couldn't bear to let the child be trapped by wolves, right?

Afterwards, Guo Ye frowned slightly and gritted his teeth. He took out half a tael of broken silver from his sleeve and stuffed it directly into Zhu Pengchun's hand, and said softly, "Give this little money to Brother Zhu. Later, you can buy a few catties of good wine to quench your thirst."

Damn it, Zhu Pengchun was dumbfounded as he weighed the broken silver in his hand, mother, the broken silver is actually half as heavy.

After all, it was the person introduced by the county lieutenant, and his actions are extraordinary, two words, rich and generous.

Half a tael of silver is fully worth half a month's money of Zhu Pengchun's, enough to feed his family of three or four for a month, so it's no wonder he doesn't feel tempted.

Although he held the broken silver firmly in his hand, he smiled shyly at Guo Ye and declined, saying: "How can this be done, how can this be done, you are too polite, brother Guo is too polite."

your sister!

The moment Guo Ye took out the silver, his heart ached so much. Hearing Zhu Pengchun's false refusal, he couldn't help but bemoaned, "You're too polite, then you return the silver to me, damn it."

But before he could speak, the fat man Zhu Pengchun had already bent down and carefully stuffed half a tael of silver into the black leather boots on his feet.

After hiding the broken silver, Zhu Pengchun was no longer thirsty and his legs were no longer sore, and he spoke to Guo Ye with great interest: "As far as the situation of the yamen servants in our yamen is concerned, Brother Guo, you are asking the right person. I, Zhu Pengchun, have held the job of Tolerance in the county government for so many years, so I know it like the palm of my hand."

Immediately, Zhu Pengchun slowed down, and slowly told Guo Ye the specific situation of the yamen servants in Longxi County.

There are 40 servants in the three shifts of the Longxi county government. The so-called three shifts are not three shifts, but each of the three shifts performs its duties.

For example, Zhu Pengchun and Gan Zhushou belonged to Zaoli in the third class of yamen servants. Their main tasks were guarding the city gates to collect taxes, going to the countryside to collect taxes, collecting taxes from shops along the street according to yamen orders, or demolishing some indecent and illegal buildings. Classes, etc., referred to as soap classes, a total of ten people.

According to Guo Ye's understanding, the yamen servants in this class are a bit like the urban management and tax police of later generations.

In addition to soap classes, there are station classes and catch classes.

As the name suggests, the standing shift is standing. The main job is to beat the magistrate when the county magistrate is promoted to the hall, shouting mighty yamen servants.

It is somewhat similar to the court police in the courts of later generations.

The number of standing shifts is equal to the number of Zao shifts, both are ten people.

The most powerful of the three classes of yamen servants is the arresting class.

The arrest team, as the name suggests, is the arrester, and is mainly responsible for security inspections, arrests, arrests and other work.

In the words of later generations, the Datang policeman is not only a public security policeman, but also a criminal policeman.

The nature of the work of the arresting class determines that the benefits they enjoy are higher than those of the other two classes. For example, although the arresting class has only 20 people, it is equipped with three fast horses, five Tang knives, and five bows and arrows. The other two classes don't even think about it.