In the eyes of ordinary people, all the people who do things in the yamen are old men. In the eyes of those who know some tricks, only those who get the work and food in the official list are the masters. As for the white-handed deputy servants, they are just idle men. In the eyes of those with wealth, the Jingcheng and Guannian of the six houses in the yamen, the heads of other rooms and departments, the heads of the third class and the deputy heads of the third class are the important positions and are powerful and powerful.

For the vast majority of people, that's all they know. As for the officials of the county government, they belong to another class, which is completely different from the civil servants and servants. The servants' attendants in the official family are at a level similar to those of civil servants and servants. As for the staff and teachers, they are often the same as those of officials.

But for the gentry, the one who can give them some face in a county is nothing more than the magistrates in the county and the inspections stationed in various places. One is the local chief officer and the other is the leader of various places. No one else is in his eyes. Of course, a family that can be called a gentry must have a reputation as a juren.

In the political ecology of the county, officials and gentry in the county are of the same class, high-ranking class, and powerful civil servants who are in the eyes of the people are no different from the slaves of the gentry. In fact, civil servants and servants in various yamen in prefectures, prefectures and counties are often filled with slaves of the gentry. This is also a means for gentry to control local power and a common rule since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if fame and fortune cannot be tested for each generation, then the qualifications of the gentry will no longer exist, and privileges will disappear. The previous generation of servants who were still servile will become tigers and wolves.

Huairen County is no exception in this situation. However, the entire Datong border town has a declining literary style and the imperial examination is not prosperous. It has not been a juren for thirty years. Without fame, he naturally cannot become a gentry. Then the civil servants and servants in the county are formed into one, and they have mastered various public powers and become local tyrants. Therefore, Fang Ming has such power.

But thirty years ago, the situation in Huairen County was completely different. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been only sixteen Jinshis in Datong’s border town, of which six were produced in Huairen County. Among them, five of these six Jinshis came from one family, that is, the Huairen Liu family.

The five Jinshis of the Sixth Generation mean that the Liu family has been prosperous for nearly a hundred years. At that time, the government did not turn to Huairen County. The Liu family made a decision. Such gentry and wealthy families were far more than small county towns, and even had an influence in Datong City. Famous posts were sent to Taiyuan, Shanxi, and there were signs. At that time, the official and the magistrate of the inspector could not stand up in front of the Liu family.

Huairen County is the county seat of the border town. Most of the people who come here to be magistrates are juren. How can such fame be loudly heard in front of the Jinshi? At that time, the letters from the Liu family could go directly to the capital. The officials and officers in the county were similar to those of ants. They wanted to arrange for someone to work in the county government, but they just wanted the parents to come and say hello.

This kind of high-ranking sect looked like the fire and cooking oil. Anyone thought it could be passed down from generation to generation. However, after the last Jinshi of the Liu family died in office, the Liu family's children never won the title of Juren again. The seemingly unsuccessful high-ranking sect immediately collapsed. Not only did the officials' affairs go away, but the local area no longer worry. It turned out that many of the Liu family's industries were taken away by others. If it weren't for the Liu family's old friends who were officials, they would have been bitten away long ago.

Huang Duo, the head of the Zhuang class, was born as a slave of the Liu family. When he was arranged to work in the yamen, the last Jinshi in the Liu family would die in office for half a year. When Huang Duo was a member of the Liu family, he was different from other people from the Liu family. He was well-off and knew how to be sensible, so he was not kicked out when there was only one scholar in the Liu family.

On that day, the scholar in the Liu family was still young. Huairen County thought that this scholar would win the exam like his elders and ancestors, and he won consecutive victories in the exam and went all the way to high school. However, he did not expect that this scholar was just a scholar throughout his life. His son did not pass the exam for the scholar's fame until his forties...

Relying on everyone's illusion and expectation, Huang Duo took the position of the head of the Zhuang team. Just over ten years have passed, everyone can infer that the Liu family may not be defeated, and Huang Duo's position of the head of the Zhuang team is not reliable. But just when everyone was about to touch Huang Duo, another incident happened. Someone wanted to occupy the family property of the Liu family. It was a foregone conclusion, but he never wanted to force the Liu family to write a letter to ask for old friends and pass it on layer by layer. As a result, the county magistrate was dismissed from office, and someone who led the matter was also questioned and imprisoned, which shocked Huairen County. Everyone knew how many pounds of nails there were in rotten ships.

In the next ten years, the Liu family became increasingly bleak. Even scholars were in a position to fail the exam. The old relatives and friends of those years disappeared. Everyone knew this, but they gave them some face and were a dead tiger to see them, so they would not be too lazy to pay any more of the disasters they had done back then. As for Huang Duo, who has managed his own relationship for so many years, he has flattered him well and has not argued with others. So he just went down like this and became an empty air without real power.

So this person has not had many benefits, but he has to take advantage of things when he encounters difficulties. For example, when dealing with Zhu Da this time, another deputy Liu team leader who is in power dared not show up. Huang Duo could only come over with the bullet. You must know that the whole class is afraid of death and no one dares to stand up.

There is nothing rare about Huang Duo, it is just a normal human relationship. However, the relationship between the Liu family in the imperial examination family made Zhu Da very interested. It is said that Zheng Jiaji would not be unable to hear such a high-ranking family, but no one mentioned it at all. From Qin Xiucai to the Zheng family, it is believed that in the eyes of the world, the Liu family no longer exists, and they are too lazy to mention it.

In these more than ten years of life, anyone Zhu Da met, no matter how high or low, no matter how poor or poor, would like to praise one thing, that is, "only high school study". In everything in the world, only success in the imperial examination is true success. In fact, in those more than 20 years of memory, it was also generally the case. However, learning in that era was a training, cultivating your logical thinking, accumulating basic knowledge, and then engaging in all walks of life. The civil service examination similar to the imperial examination is just one road, which is only particularly respected in the three eastern provinces and Shandong.

But in this era, the so-called success is only a path of hard study, passing the imperial examination, and then becoming an official, among mainstream values, there is only this path to go. Therefore, whether Qin Xiucai, Yuan Biao or Xiang Yue, they all told Zhu Da that it would be a pity for you to not study with such a mind.

But such a golden road is so unstable, it looks like a duckweed. If you pass the exam, you will be rich and noble, but if you fail the exam, you will live in poverty. Even if you create wealth and honor, if your descendants fail the exam, they will disappear, as if they have never existed. It is not as good as those civil servants and servants who have passed down from generation to generation in the local area. Their identities are innate and deeply rooted.

Zhu Da knew that he was thinking too far, and it was not easy for a person to live a good life. There would be many difficulties and obstacles to plan the inheritance from generation to generation, not to mention that there was no way for children and grandchildren to control them. However, Zhu Da was still ready to go like this. Since he came here, he must have great determination and perseverance to do what he did not dare to do in the past.

When Chang Kai saw that Zhu Da was listening carefully, he could guess that Zhu Da wanted to understand the various situations in Huairen County. When talking about his understanding of the local area, who could compare with the people like them, so Chang Kai also said it in detail.

After saying that, Huang Duo continued to talk about the reactions of all parties in the county. Chang Kai also specifically reminded Zhu Da that whether it is a fast class, a soap class or a strong class gift-giving person, in addition to defending his own family, he also has to say a few words for the people behind him. The three-class service is not an independent existence. They are similar to the extension of the official room, a household room, a military room, and a punishment room. Therefore, in addition to explaining to his own family, he also has to worry about Zhu Da misunderstanding behind him. After all, Fang Ming was also killed in the middle of the night.

"This time, it was actually Fang Da, the official room... Fang Ming... and Uncle Zhou, who had left the house, had a sign of separation. Uncle Zhou knew that Fang Ming wanted to take more, so he deliberately wanted to sell it at a low price and everyone shared it equally. Although he was thinking, what he did was good for Mr. Zhu."

Hearing this, Zhu Da understood and implied it. He asked with a smile: "Brother Chang is talking for this Uncle Zhou?"

"Actually, it was Mr. Jin Er of the household house who asked me to say it, because Mr. Zhu this time, I came forward to receive the goods. Mr. Jin Er knew that we had something to do. Mr. Jin Er also had bad intentions this time, but later he suppressed it." When he said the three words "Owner", Chang Kai looked at Zhu Da and found that Zhu Da's smile remained unchanged, so he continued to speak.

"It is not wrong for people to have bad intentions. If they don't do wrong things, they will not be punished by God. God has eyes." Zhu Da said with a smile, and Chang Kai nodded repeatedly.

Although we all know who did the fire that night, and the two sides were close to their families, no one would make it clear, just to understand each other tacitly.

After chatting for a long time, Zhu Da learned a lot of news in the county. He originally wanted to ask about any people in the world who are worth noting, but Chang Kai answered that it was not worth mentioning. These people in the county were all attached to the gentry and the official gentry, but now the official gentry and the gentry were scared and silent, let alone the group of people under their command.

"According to this, we have stood firm in this county?" Zhu Da asked.

"Stand firmly, stand firmly." Chang Kai nodded like pounding garlic.

......

Because of the murder and setting fire last night, the entire county town was extremely chaotic, but the county yamen hall was very quiet. Huairen magistrate Ai Zhengwen sat opposite his master Hu Shouqiu and drank tea, leisurely and comfortable.

"The boss, those little officials and yamen runners are panicked and have no usual arrogance. It looks funny. If it was indeed done by the boy from the Zhu family, it would be really satisfying."

Ai Zhengwen looked motionless, took a sip of tea and said, "Kill officials, prevent fire and extinguish the family. There is a royal law in the Ming Dynasty. This county cannot tolerate such evil deeds!"
Chapter completed!