Rise From the Humble

At dusk on the second day, Liu Daqiang and the others drove the carriage and caught up with Zhu Pingan and his party. The journey was windy and rainy, but the road was relatively peaceful. The Japanese pirates had just finished one wave of ravages, and the next wave was gathering momentum. This period of time was regarded as a gap period between Japanese pirates. On the morning of the sixth day, Zhu Ping'an and his party arrived at Yingtian Mansion safely without any wind or waves.

Zhu Pingan is no stranger to Yingtian. The Enke Science Examination and the Provincial Examination were all held in Yingtian back then. However, after all, he was not a native of Yingtian. After arriving in Yingtian, Zhu Pingan did not know where the Zhejiang Trial and Punishment Chasi Yamen was. .

Zhu Ping'an and his party asked three people on the street before they found out where the Zhejiang Prosecution Department's office was.

Crossing Moye Road and heading north along Chuihua Lane, you will arrive at Dongshi Street. A government office with a strict official authority stands on the street facing south. In front of the government office is a huge stone tablet with the following inscription: Zhejiang Prosecution Bureau .

After finding the Zhejiang Procuratorate, Zhu Ping'an and his party found an inn nearby and settled in temporarily.

After Zhu Ping'an took a bath in the inn, Hua'er served him and changed into the official uniform of the Provost and Inspector General.

"Giggle. It's really the clothes that make you look good. Even a bookworm, who is so unphotogenic, can fall in love with someone who looks like a jerk."

The enchantress Ruo Nan is like a soy saucer next to her. She holds Zhu Pingan's black gauze hat in her hand. From time to time, she reaches out and presses the wings of the hat twice to make it swing up and down. It circles around Zhu Pingan, blinking with a pair of fox eyes and giggling. said.

Hua'er immediately glared at the witch Ruonan, "Why is it so unphotogenic? My uncle is handsome, so someone who touches a dog like that doesn't sound like a good word."

Zhu Ping'an stretched out his hand and rubbed Hua'er's head and smiled slightly, "I don't rely on my appearance to make a living."

Zhu Ping'an changed his official uniform, settled Hua'er and others, and took Liu Mu and Liu Dadao downstairs to Zhejiang's Sentencing and Procuratorate to take up their posts.

When the innkeeper saw Zhu Pingan coming downstairs in a brand-new official uniform, his attitude was indescribable. He not only exempted Zhu Pingan and his party from room and meal expenses, but also upgraded their housing and meal standards for free. Zhu Pingan repeatedly said I declined the store's kindness and said everything would be business as usual.

After bidding farewell to the enthusiastic store owner, Zhu Ping'an took Liu Mu and Liu Dadao to the Zhejiang Sentencing and Procuratorate Office again.

The yamen of Jiang Tixing's Procuratorate opens to the south. The yamen is very wide, more than twice as big as the Jingnan yamen. Two thick towering trees stand on both sides of the yamen, and the tree canopy covers half of the gate tower of the government office. The gate tower is tall, with flying eaves and corners, and vivid roof beasts sit on the ridge. Pieces of black tiles are inlaid on the top of the gate tower like dragon scales, extending to the official wall.

The gate of the official office consists of three red-lacquered doors with copper nails, and the door knockers are a pair of lion and beast rings. In front of each door, there is a pair of drum-holding stones squatting. The two sides of the drum-holding stones are embossed with the good beast Qilin. In the ancient times when the feudal hierarchy was strict, only drum-holding stones could be erected in front of government offices or prestigious mansions.

There are tall green brick walls on both sides of the gate, extending to both sides in a figure-eight shape, and there is a majestic aura coming towards you.

"Young master, I didn't look carefully just now, but now I see that the Yamen of the Prosecution Office is much bigger than ours in Jingnan. I feel a little embarrassed standing in front of the door. If the master hadn't been beside me, I wouldn't have dared to stand at the door. On."

Liu Dadao stood in front of the official gate, looking at the spacious and majestic yamen, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Nonsense, Jingnan County Yamen is a seventh-grade yamen, but this is a third-grade yamen, can it be the same?" Liu Mu couldn't help but say.

"Haha, Dadao, you are now an official, what's the point?" Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.

With that said, Zhu Ping'an climbed up the stairs and took the lead to step forward.

Liu Dadao and the two followed Zhu Ping'an and came forward. Liu Dadao didn't notice the height of the threshold and stumbled. He was quickly caught by Liu Mu who was next to him. After he stood firm, Liu Dadao couldn't help but smacked his tongue and said, "Mother." Ah, the threshold is really high, more than a foot, right? Even with such a high threshold, I'm not afraid of stumbling when I enter."

"It's really worthless." Liu Mu couldn't help but said speechlessly when he saw this.

"Ahem, the threshold is too high." Liu Dadao coughed and defended himself with a blushing face.

Zhu Pingan and his entourage walked up the stairs. A doorman in the concierge heard the noise and came out to check the situation. After seeing Zhu Pingan in official uniform, he stepped forward with a wink and asked about the situation. He learned that Zhu Pingan was from Zhejiang Province who came to take office. After being sentenced and inspected by Si Qianshi, his immediate superior, he suddenly became more enthusiastic and respectful.

When the other disciples learned the news, they all came out of the concierge immediately to greet Zhu Pingan.

The government office was going to have a Lord Qianshi. They had known about this news a few months ago. They also knew that the Lord Qianshi who was coming was very young and was still a top scholar. Therefore, as soon as the disciple saw Zhu Pingan, he knew that there was nothing wrong. He was so young and wearing a fifth-grade official uniform, so he must be the new Master Qianshi.

"My lord, please rest for a while in the concierge. I'll go inside and report to you." The doorman who came out first invited Zhu Ping'an and his party into the concierge. "It's just that the tea here is a bit vulgar, sir. Please bear with me." .”

"It's okay." Zhu Ping'an replied with a smile, "I'd like to trouble you to go and report it."

"My lord, I'm so sorry for you." Menzi was a little flattered, feeling that this young lord was so kind.

When one disciple went inside to report, Zhu Pingan chatted with other disciples without any airs.

In the process of chatting with Menzi, I intentionally learned about the situation of the Zhejiang Procuratorial Envoy Siyamen, and the Menzi also knew everything about Zhu Ping'an. After chatting for a while, Zhu Pingan had a certain level of understanding of the government office.

At present, there are one chief official in the Zhejiang Provincial Government Office, two deputy envoys, and three ministers. Of course, after he took office, there were four ministers. According to the inspector, deputy envoy, and Qianshi are the "official officials" of the inspector. In addition to the main officials, the yamen also has four "chief officials" including experience, governor, care and inspection, and school inspection. The so-called chief officer refers to the leader of the staff, which is the five members: the experience department, the governor, the Zhaomo office, the inspection department, and the prison department. The leaders are the experience department, the Zhaomo office, and the prison department. The director of the experience department is responsible for collecting documents and investigating criminal names. There is one person each for the experience and the governor, and there are six rooms for setting up households, ceremonials, soldiers and punishments; the director of the zhaomo department is responsible for brushing the case files, and there is one person each for zhaomo and school inspectors; the prison department is in charge of prosecutors For prison affairs, there is a person in charge of the prison.

The concierge had a very detailed record of the number of clerks in the government office. After their narration, Zhu Ping'an learned that there were fourteen clerks and twenty-eight clerks in the six rooms of the main hall of the government office. Two clerks were appointed to build the pavilion. There is one official in the library, and four people are responsible for it. There was one official in charge of the office, four officials in Zhaomo, and one official in prison, for a total of fifty-five officials.

In other words, there are more than 60 officials in Zhejiang's Yamen. Of course, these do not include menzi, zaoli, jinzi and other servants.