Since the news of the Imperial Lecture was spread, many talented people in the capital gathered. In addition to the four chief ministers specially summoned by the emperor, the other officials in the court, those scholars with outstanding literary reputations, often personally convened poetry clubs and literary gatherings. In their opinion, if there were no incidents caused by Zhang Shou from time to time, then this Imperial Lecture before the canonization of the crown prince would definitely be the biggest event in the Yongchen period.
And because of this grand event, the Ruiqi Battalion patrolled the inner city of the capital almost all day long. In addition, in the outer city where all kinds of people mixed, the position of the military commander of the Nancheng Bingmasi was suddenly upgraded to the fourth rank, and even the name was changed from Nancheng Bingmasi to Wucheng Bingmasi, which directly governed the Nancheng Bingmasi and the other four cities' Bingmasis. As a result... Shuntian Prefecture Yamen and Wanping and Daxing County Yamen were idle.
But it is not necessarily true that they are really idle. After all, Lin Lao Hu, the head constable of the fast squad of Shuntian government office, and the other three squads of constables, had just taken a private job from Zhu Ying and a group of playboys two days ago, and the cause was traced back to Chu Kuan, the seal holder of Silijian.
When he heard that Zhu Ying had directly blocked the outer yamen of the Imperial Household Department, even though Lin Lao Hu knew how powerful the Zhu family was, he was still worried about being implicated. Even after he heard that Chu Kuan had led everyone in the Imperial Household Department to retreat, and later expressed his willingness to apologize in front of the emperor, he was still very nervous. It was not until two or three days passed and no one caused trouble for him and his men that he felt relieved.
On this day, he accepted the invitation of Zhang, the captain of the Wanping County Court, and came to drink. The two were old acquaintances. In the past, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was a third-rank official, while the magistrate of Wanping County was a sixth-rank official. Although they were both captains, there was a distinction between the upper and lower ranks. Now, the four major counties in the country, Daxing, Wanping, Jiangning, and Shangyuan, have all been changed to the fifth rank. Lin Laohu couldn't help but tease Captain Zhang.
"As the saying goes, rising water lifts all boats. Your county lord has been promoted to the fifth rank, and you, the captain of the police, are much more valuable than usual. If there is anything in the future, it will be your turn to take care of me! Alas, although Wang Datou and Qin Guogong have different personalities, they are both difficult to serve, much more difficult to deal with than your county lord."
Captain Zhang smiled bitterly, "How can my county lord be easy to serve? He worked hard to get this position, and now he has been summoned by the emperor to receive instructions and promoted to the fifth rank. He is so excited that he came up with many new ideas. If he hadn't been stopped by a few advisers, he would have dared to implement them!"
It is said that the best way to quickly close the distance between two people, besides wine and women, is to scold the boss, not to mention the friendship between Captain Zhang and Lin Lao Hu, so they complained while drinking, and drank to their heart's content. But when the two were drinking, they suddenly heard anxious shouts from outside the thick quilted door curtain: "Master Zhang, Master Zhang! It's not good, it's not good!"
It was a common problem for policemen that they would get a headache when they heard the word "bad". Moreover, Captain Zhang and Lin Lao Hu were drunk at the moment, so they were furious when they heard this. He raised his wine glass and wanted to smash it, but when he saw Lin Lao Hu snatch it away and wink at him, he remembered that he had not only the county magistrate above him, but also a bunch of current officials who he could not afford to offend, and he sighed dejectedly.