Aunt Ye is very enthusiastic about Ye Xiaotian, the eloquent and sweet-mouthed nephew of her family, but Ye Xiaotian insists on leaving.
Aunt Ye's eyes are red and swollen at this time, and she really needs to rest. Just at this time, those women who had been separated from Aunt Ye in a panic also came to the door, expressing their condolences to Aunt Ye with one tongue. Seeing this, Aunt Ye didn't want to keep Xiaotian anymore, she sent them out of the yard herself, and pointed the direction of the county government before going back.
Ye Xiaotian and Shui Wu led Leyao and Fuwa all the way forward, turned a long street, and walked forward through two alleys. The long street in front of them was the scene of the scuffle just now. It's just that when they escaped, they walked on the other end of the street, but now they appeared at this end.
The scuffle on the long street is over, because it is too chaotic, it is estimated that there is no winning side. Ye Xiaotian saw that some people with bloody heads were being hurriedly carried away by their companions, and some people covered their bloody gourd-like heads and went to the pharmacy to wrap their wounds and grab medicines. They set up the shelves and yelled with a long voice to solicit business, as if nothing had ever happened.
Seeing such a scene, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help being amazed. Sure enough, as the man who sells medicine said, the people in this place are aggressive, and they probably really regard fighting as a daily routine, so the order was quickly restored as soon as a war subsided. This kind of place without government restrictions is easy to produce right and wrong, but self-healing The ability is also outstanding.
The Huxian county government is a size smaller than the county government Ye Xiaotian has seen. There are also stone lions and horse tethering posts at the gate of this county government office, which are also smaller than other places. If you don't look carefully, the gate of the county government office looks like a shop. As a government office, it is really shabby. However, there are also Zhaobi and Yimen in the door, which means that although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.
In the second hall of the county government office, officials from Huxian county are gathered together. Unlike the daily "arranging the government office" where only the second official is present, all the chief officials of Huxian county are also present at this moment.
Hu County's palm seal is Zhengtang, and the seventh-rank magistrate Hua Qingfeng is only in his thirties now. He has a very clear and elegant temperament. The grandfather's expression of bitterness and hatred at this moment is even more melancholy than that of Ai Feng and Ai Dianshi who "died before leaving school".
The county magistrate, Meng Qingwei, and the chief secretary, Wang Ning, who are the second officials of the county magistrate, sat on the seats on the left side of Hua Qingfeng. Very boring look.
On Zuoerguan's side, there was supposed to be a Dian Shi with a job but no qualifications sitting in the third place, but the county's Dian Shi position has been vacant for a long time, and the new Dian Shi Ai Feng has not yet arrived, so this seat is also vacant. As for the head of the third class and the chief official of the sixth house, although they are also assistant officials, they are not qualified to attend the meeting.
On the other side are the chief officials and miscellaneous officials. Sitting at the top are the county's Confucian teacher Gu Qingge and admonisher Huang Xuan. Of course he took the first seat.
Under them is Luo Xiaoye, the county inspector, Auntie Ye's son, who is not nearly thirty years old, and looks very majestic, but he is not domineering in his military uniform. Farming and guarding here for generations has already worn out his vigor. If he took off his official uniform, he would look like a shrewd farmer. Under him, there are post officials, tax ambassadors, county warehouse ambassadors and other low-level miscellaneous officials.
Huazhi County had a gloomy face, and said in a gloomy voice: "Everyone, the three-year exam is coming. The county's real household registration, tax collection, uniform service, water conservancy repair, farming and mulberry management, military administration, elimination of thieves, and government affairs. Schools, moral transformation of people, safety in exile, relief of the poor, settlement of prison lawsuits, etc., there is really nothing to report, why do you teach me?"
All the officials in the hall looked at their noses and their hearts, and no one answered.
Hua Zhixian frowned slightly, looked at Wang Ning and said, "Master Wang, what percentage of the taxes you are responsible for are collected?"
Wang Ning coughed, stroked his beard lightly, and said: "Taxation... My tax in Guizhou Province is not as high as that of a county in the south of the Yangtze River. I have always relied on the imperial court for relief. The imperial court is very clear about this matter. Is it possible that Huxian County can take care of itself? It’s not uncommon if we can’t collect it, but it’s rare if we can. As for the relief of the people... Sir, we still have to ask for disaster relief funds from above..."
Huazhi County was unable to support his forehead, Wang Ning gave him a glance and said: "Well, this county has some achievements in terms of real household registration."
Master Wang took out an account book, slowly flipped through a few pages, coughed and said: "Three years ago, there were actually 625 households in our county, with an average population of 6 people in each household. Now there are actually 625 households in our county. 911 households, with an average population of nearly 6 people per household…”
The household registration mentioned by Master Wang does not include Miaojiang Fanjie. Although Huling has been established as a county and has been set up to manage officials, the local ethnic minorities are still autonomous to a large extent. For more than 70%, it is only necessary to report the number of villages and ethnic groups to the imperial court in general, and the imperial court has no way of grasping the increase or decrease of its population.
Finally, there was some good news. Huazhi County was refreshed, and Meng County Cheng sneered and said: "These populations did not multiply and increase naturally, but our county is located in the main post road, and refugees gradually settled here. With these people settling in the county, there are more poor people and disaster victims who need relief, and there are more incidents of theft, robbery, and fights."
Mengxian Cheng raised a finger and said emphatically: "In the past three years, the number of robbery cases and prison lawsuits in our county has doubled every year compared to the previous year. There are still a large backlog of cases, and they cannot be solved or the criminals cannot be arrested. Bring to justice, account increase? Hey! Hey hey! What is there to brag about?"
The magistrate of Meng county and the master of the king have always been at odds with each other.
The county magistrate is also in charge of the litigation and prison. To understand it in modern terms, Dianshi is the director of the public security bureau, and the county magistrate is also the secretary of the political and legal committee, and is Dianshi's immediate boss. Regardless of the fact that for the people of Hu County, the county government is basically the ears of the deaf—a decoration, but it still has some power after all, so there is a conflict of interest.
Of the three chairs in charge of the county, Huazhi County, who sits at the top, has no roots, no power, no power, and is purely a puppet who wants to serve the country but is unable to return to heaven. On the one hand, Meng Qing, the magistrate of the county, used the power of law and order to control the local Han people other than the Tunjun and their families. On the other hand, he colluded with a well-known local tycoon.
The king's master has a close relationship with the officials of the Yi and Miao ethnic groups who account for the absolute majority of the county's population. The two ethnic groups originally had a chieftain, but because they led the clan soldiers to start a war, the imperial court decisively intervened and took the opportunity to depose their hereditary chieftains. The chieftain appointed two officials from among their clansmen.
Hu County was also established by taking advantage of this opportunity, but Huazhi County came to Hu County with the high hopes placed by the court. In the past three years, the situation has not been opened at all. Spokesperson for the interests of the two tribes.
After hearing what Meng Xiancheng said, Huazhi County was very sad. He sighed, looked at Gu Qingge, the Confucian teacher of the county with a little hope, and asked, "Gu Jiaoyu, what about the culture and education of this county? In terms of culture and education, Can there be any achievements?"
Gu Jiaoyu said: "My lord, in the past three years of the county school, not a single student has been able to pass the examination and become a student member. In fact, not to mention scholars in this county, there are even very few qualified children and Mongolian children. Nowadays Almost all the students studying in the county school are 'official students'... ”
There are two sources of students for the county school, one is the students who have passed the exam, and the other is the children of officials and leaders of foreign tribes. According to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang back then, they must go to the county school to study. There is no need for exams, which probably belongs to a special kind of "compulsory education".
Forced by Emperor Taizu's imperial decree, the local tribal leaders dared not send their sons to study, but this group of little devils basically came here for a formality, not to mention studying, and if they didn't make trouble, Gu Jiaoyu would burn Gaoxiang .
Gu Jiaoyu sighed twice when he mentioned this matter, he sighed for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said: "By the way, speaking of this matter, this old man has something to report to your lord. It has not been paid for two months, and the salary has been in arrears for a long time, teachers and students have no intention of studying."
Hua Zhixian sneered and said, "It's true that the academic officials and scholars have no intention of teaching. Those students, don't they want to learn?"
Gu Jiaoyu cheered up, and said: "Your Excellency, I don't know. At the beginning of the year, a family just moved into this county. There was a student named Xu Boyi. This person was extremely knowledgeable. Now he is a student of this county. Member, the six buckets of granary food he should receive every month has not been distributed yet.”
The magistrate of Hua County is from a scientific background, and he is very clear about the affairs of the county school. When he heard this, he immediately doubted: "Gu Jiaoyu, isn't that right? Since this person moved here at the beginning of the year, he should still be a member of the attached student. Is there anyone who has become a Zengguang student or a Nanshan student so quickly?"
It is said that the students of this county school are divided into three classes. The first-timers are called attached students. After passing the yearly and scientific examinations, those with excellent grades are promoted to Zengguang students and Nanshan students. I receive rice on a monthly basis, which is like a scholarship. Since this student enrolled this year and has not yet passed the annual examination, of course he should not enjoy this benefit.
Gu Jiaoyu said: "My lord, you don't know something. This Xu Boyi is extremely knowledgeable. Among the students in our county, if there is one person who can be elected in the future, it must be this person. This person did not decide to be in this county at the beginning. Settling down is because the old man is thirsty for talents, and he specially promised that as long as he is willing to stay, he will make an exception and receive six buckets of rice every month. This...whether the county can make achievements in culture and education depends entirely on him."
Hua Zhixian sat dumbfounded, unable to complain. Inspector Luo Xiaoye saw this, touched his nose, and began his debriefing.
What Luo Xiaoye said, Huazhi County didn't listen at all. He raised his head, stared blankly at Cheng Chen on the roof, and put on an appearance that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water: "I'm already so unlucky, there will be no more unlucky things for me, right?"
At this moment, Ye Xiaotian rushed into the county office in a hurry.