Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye took a careful look at the middle-aged man at the door, he turned out to be the head of Zaoli, with a Chinese character face and beard, thick eyebrows and black eyes, he looked like a honest man.

Through Zhu Pengchun's introduction before, he now knows that the three classes of yamen servants all have their own leaders, collectively referred to as the squad leader, and the squad leader of the arresting class is also called the arresting head.

The third class of yamen servants is assigned to the head of each class as an agent, and the head of the third class is directly responsible to the county Wei Gu Dezhao.

Perhaps the name Bantou is a bit confusing, but anyone who has read Water Margin knows that Bantou was also called Dutou in the Song Dynasty.

After Wu Song killed the tiger in Jingyanggang, he was hired by the magistrate of Yanggu County as the head of Yanggu County. In fact, the head of the county at that time was the head of the squad at this time.

Zhu Pengchun tugged at Guo Ye's arm, eagerly stepped forward to introduce him, but Bantou Xu waved his hand and declined, and said with a smile: "Haha, there is no need to introduce, Mr. Gu has explained before that if Guo Ye from Dongliu Township comes to the yamen to report, directly Transferred to Zaofang as a yamen servant. I am Pang Feihu, the head of the Zao team, are you Guo Ye from Dongliu Township?"

Seeing Pang Bantou asking himself with a smile on his face, Guo Ye couldn't help but feel relieved, he seemed like a good person to get along with.

Then he clasped his fists and said, "The younger generation is Guo Ye from Dongliu Township, who met Bantou Pang."

On the other hand, Zhu Pengchun, who was active in his thoughts, thought carefully about what Bantou Pang said just now. As I expected, Guo Ye and Mr. Gu have a very close relationship, and he personally asked Bantou Pang to arrange this matter.It seems that my old Zhu has lived for more than [-] years, and finally hugged his thigh.

Pang Feihu looked at Guo Ye's body and nodded, and said in praise: "Yes, he is an officer, come, follow me into the yamen."

As he said, he turned around and was about to enter the yamen, but before taking two steps, he turned around and told Zhu Pengchun who was beside him: "Zhu Pengchun, you did a good job today, it's not time to close the city gate yet, you should go back to guard first. "

Zhu Pengchun listened to Pang Feihu's order and nodded without hesitation, then smiled at Guo Ye and prepared to leave.

"Brother Zhu, wait a moment. I still have questions to ask."

Guo Ye stretched out his hand to signal Zhu Pengchun to stop.

Zhu Pengchun turned around and looked back, and said with a smile: "Brother Guo is too polite to talk about asking for advice. If you have something to ask, just ask. I, old Zhu, know everything and talk endlessly."

Shit, Guo Ye couldn't help being secretly happy, and knew that everything was endless and literary, after all, after staying in the yamen for a long time, he could still show off a few words.

Immediately, Guo Ye revealed that he was almost knocked over by a carriage at the gate of the yamen just now, while Zhu Pengchun and Gan Zhushou did not care about it, did not stop them, and did not mind the arrogance of the owner of the carriage one by one.

Finally, Guo Ye asked: "Why did Brother Zhu and Brother Gan Zhushou look at my younger brother with weird eyes before? Could it be that my younger brother said something wrong at that time? Please forgive me if my words collide with the two older brothers."

After listening to Guo Ye narrating the matter and asking questions, Pang Feihu's expression turned ugly. Who likes his subordinates to be passive and sabotage, your sister.

And Zhu Pengchun also had a bitter look on his face, and he cried out in his heart, Brother Guo, don't take you to cheat people like this, didn't you cheat old Zhu me by saying this in front of the team leader?

But this is not because they are passive and sabotage, it is indeed for a reason.

Zhu Pengchun trotted to Pan Feihu's side and whispered a few words, carefully explaining to him.

Pang Feihu nodded while listening, his ugly and almost angry face gradually eased, and finally waved to Zhu Pengchun, saying: "Go, work hard, don't embarrass the leader of this team, when the money is distributed at the end of the month, the leader of this team I will ask the county lieutenant for a reward, and give the brothers more money."

After Zhu Pengchun heard this, he immediately nodded excitedly like a chicken pecking at rice, and then waved to Guo Ye and shouted: "Brother Guo, I'm going first, and Bantou Pang will explain it to you."

After finishing speaking, he slipped away, and the person had already run away.

Seeing Zhu Pengchun running away, Pang Feihu said to Guo Ye: "Let's go, brother Guo, you are new here, the head of this class will take you to the official room to fill out a form first, and I will explain to you on the way."

Guo Ye said hello, and followed Pang Feihu into the yamen.

After entering the yamen, Pang Feihu did not go straight towards the courtyard, but walked around the courtyard and the court, and walked towards a tree-lined path on the left, because the six houses of the county government are located in the side courtyard.

The court in the front yard is for trial and interrogation, the back yard is the residence of the magistrate and his family members, the left side yard is the office of Yamen Liufang Dianshi and the county Wei Gu Dezhao, and the right side yard is the place where the yamen servants change shifts and rest.

Of course, as for the county government prison, warehouses, granaries, and morgues, the autopsy rooms are all in the repaired houses on the left and right sides of the county government office. Generally seamless.

Walking on the boulevard, Pang Feihu said to Guo Ye: "Brother Guo, it's your first time as a yamen servant, and there may be some things that you don't know. Don't look at us yamen servants wearing official uniforms with the salary money from the yamen Walking on the street with a knife is very majestic, but in fact, only you know your own suffering."

Said, helplessly shook his head and sighed.

Guo Ye didn't know why, so it was a good job, and Bantou Pang told him what he was doing.

Just when he was puzzled, Bantou Pang asked: "Do you know who owns the carriage outside the east gate today? Who is sitting in the carriage?"

It was the first time for Guo Ye to know where the gate of the county government was opened when he first came to Longxi County. How could he know who owned the carriage and who was sitting in it.

Then he shook his head to express that he didn't know.

Pang Ban stroked his beard on his cheeks, tightly grasped the handle of the saber at his waist, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why Zhu Pengchun and Gan Zhushou let the carriage rush to the east gate, regardless of whether they asked, is because of that The owner of the carriage,... surnamed... He!!!"

What's your last name?

Guo Ye was even more puzzled.

What is the surname He?Is he the king of heaven?

No, there was something wrong with Bantou Pang's expression when he spoke. Could there be a story here?

Chapter 13 It turns out that this is the real black pot

Guo Ye watched Pang Feihu, the leader of the team, hold the knife handle tightly in his right hand when he said the surname He, his brows were wrinkled, and his tone was cold, he asked tentatively, "Could it be that this person with the surname He has any grievances with the leader of the team?"

Pang Feihu's heart tightened, he looked at Guo Ye in surprise, and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, he slowly shook his head, changed his expression, and said with a smile: "Hehe, what kind of grievances can there be? He's a scholarly family, and I, Pang Feihu, are just a low-level yamen servant. How could there be any relationship between us?" Is there an intersection?"

Obviously, Pang Feihu's smile was a bit far-fetched, but Guo Ye knew how to deal with the world, and he knew that in the officialdom, he should not ask. He had committed a small taboo just now, and he could not make another big mistake.

Then I didn't ask any more questions.

A few casual compliments Pang Bantou is too humble.

Pang Feihu saw that Guo Ye was a little different from the yamen servants in his class, but at a young age, he had a little understanding of the world, not bad.

So he woke up kindly and said: "The He family is a well-known scholarly family. It has a deep foundation in Longxi County. It was a Jinshi during the Sui Dynasty. Now the second master of the He family, He Xun, is a juren in the reign of Gaozu Wude, and the eldest son of the He family Young Master He Mao is only nineteen years old, but he already has the reputation of a scholar. As the He family is both a scholar and a scholar, they don't need to pay the city entry tax when they enter the city, let alone be arrogant and domineering."

Then he patted Guo Ye on the shoulder and warned: "Guo Ye, if you go out to do business in the future, if it involves the He family, you have to report it first and then deal with it. I heard that the He family has a very close relationship with the magistrate of our county government. .”

I'm dizzy, I finally understand why the He family is so arrogant and domineering.

Because he has arrogant capital, let's not talk about the relationship with the second brother of the county government, the county magistrate, whether it is a power-for-money transaction or a power-for-sex transaction, your sister, she is so good that there are people in the government.

As far as he is concerned, the He family is a juror and a scholar. Can you not be proud and arrogant?

As the saying goes, everything is inferior, only reading is high.

Ever since Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty put forward the idea of ​​"abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism only", it was adopted by the imperial court.

Since the implementation of the imperial examination system in the Sui Dynasty to obtain scholars, studying has become a shortcut to promotion to the upper class.

Whether in the Tang, Song or Ming and Qing Dynasties, the status of scholars is very high, either tax-free or kneeling-free.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars rank first, can scholars not be proud?

Fortunately, the head of the team reminded me, otherwise I might foolishly bump into the He family's muzzle in the future.