There is a saying in the officialdom that the first level of officialdom crushes people to death!

Zhu Cihong assigned the title of Prince Zhu Hexing to the eighth rank of Tongzhi County Affairs Bureau. The officials younger than this were the eighth rank county magistrate and the ninth rank sixth county lieutenant.

, Si Xue, Si Hu, Judiciary, Si Gong, Si Bing and other six county lieutenants), from the ninth grade township chief to the town chief.

Although Ma Wanchun's position is only slightly higher than that of Zhu Hexing, his official rank is much higher. He is from the sixth rank of the county magistrate - the magistrates of the Ming Dynasty also have different sizes.

The magistrate of the county is usually the seventh rank, and the magistrate of the lower county is usually the seventh rank. Shizhu is the lower county, but Ma Wanchun has served as the magistrate of Zunyi Prefecture for many years, so his official rank is much higher than the ordinary lower county magistrate, and he is the sixth rank.

The county magistrate of Pin.

The sixth level is three levels higher than the eighth level!

Logically speaking, when a junior official of the eighth rank sees a senior official of the sixth rank, he should dismount his horse and salute respectfully!

So Ma Wanchun clasped his hands behind his back and waited for Zhu Hexing to salute...

As for Zhu Hexing, he was riding on horseback grandly, waiting for Ma Wanchun to greet him - he was the prince! When he met Wang Zhou, the governor of Dongchuan, in Yong'an County, the dignified Marquis of Kenan still had to do the same.

I bow to you and wish you all the best wishes to the Crown Prince...

The result was a cold one!

Zhu Hexing and Ma Wanchun both froze there, staring at each other.

Xia Wanchun was so embarrassed that he had no choice but to wink at Crown Princess Ding Yuying - think of a solution quickly!

Ding Yuying got off the horse with the help of an aunt and palace maid - it was not easy for her. She was two months pregnant and had to accompany Prince Zhu on horseback! Fortunately, she had practiced it and she had been there since she was a child.

Walking on the slopes of Huya Mountain, my physical condition is very good, otherwise I would have had a miscarriage!

Ding Yuying dismounted and strode up to Ma Wanchun. When Ma Wanchun was wondering, Ding Yuying had already taken out the token she had prepared and handed it to Ma Wanchun.

Ma Wanchun took the token and glanced at it, with a look of horror on his face.

Because there are six big characters on the front of the token - Zhu, the foreman of Yinke at Dongjishi Factory.

It turns out that Zhu Tongzhi is from Dongchang!

Ma Wanchun finally understood why this kid Tongzhi was so arrogant. The co-author was not a real eighth-grade Tongzhi, but a foreman sent by Dongchang - the foreman of Dongchang was no small role to Ma Wanchun!

Under the Governor of the East Factory, there is one person for each of the hundreds of households, one for each of the hundreds of households, and then there are twelve heads, such as Zi Chou, Yin Mao, etc. The leader of the head is called the chief, and the deputy of the head is the foreman.

However, the child foreman of Dongchang still looks a bit strange... This child has furry lips. He is obviously not a father-in-law. How did he come to become the foreman at such a young age?

And the person accompanying the foreman was a girl... Even though she was wearing men's clothes, Ma Wanchun could tell her gender at a glance.

"What's your surname is this girl?" Ma Wanchun asked Ding Yuying in a low voice.

"My surname is Pan!" Ding Yuying said.

"Your surname is Pan?" Ma Wanchunxin said: The governor of Dongchang is also surnamed Pan! What is your relationship?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked: "I wonder if the girl and Governor Pan..."

Ding Yuying smiled and said: "Mr. Ma County, I shouldn't ask, so you better stop asking!"

Of course, her relationship with Eunuch Pan cannot be talked about casually, as it will frighten Ma Wanchun. Ding Yuying asked Pan Shuchen for this token just to frighten officials like Ma Wanchun, not to make them ask questions.

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"Oh, I won't ask, I won't ask..."

Ding Yuying said again: "This is not the place to talk. How about we go to the city first? In addition, the 500 people Zhu Tongzhi brought are all the emperor's guards and need to be settled well. Is there room in Shizhu City?"

"There is a place, there is a place... Although the Shizhu City was set on fire by bandits, it was raining when our soldiers came, so the burning was not severe."

Ma Wanchun explained it, and then he didn't care about official etiquette, and quickly invited Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying into Shizhu City - they were Eunuch Pan's people, and they were probably on errands under orders, and they were one level higher than officials!

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The area inside Shizhu Castle is not small, and there are many houses - this was Qin Liangyu's former headquarters. The Dashun Dynasty also set up a Zhechong Mansion, a prefecture office and a brigade division (equivalent to a camp) here, housing more than a thousand people.

There are thousands of people living in Hufubing.

Now that all the soldiers in the government have fled, Nuoda's stone pillar castle is free, which is enough to accommodate the 1,000 Xichuan soldiers brought by Ma Wanchun and the 500 Guards brought by Zhu Hexing.

Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying were placed in the brigade yamen of the Dashun Army. After settling in for a while, they went to meet Ma Wanchun accompanied by Xia Wanchun.

Ma Wanchun had already arranged a banquet for Xia Wanchun, Zhu Hexing, and Ding Yuying. Before sitting down at the table, Ma Wanchun also checked Zhu Hexing's official notice according to the rules, as well as the appointment and dismissal documents jointly signed by the Dongchuan Jiedushi Division -

—Dongchuan is a Jie town and has greater personnel power than the province. It can appoint officials at the county and prefecture levels on its own, and then report to the court afterwards. If the court does not agree with the appointment, it can also issue an edict to reject it, but this rarely happens.

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However, official notices from civil servants can only be issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the imperial court. Dongchuan Jie Town only has the right to recommend, not appoint.

After reading the official notice and appointment documents, Ma Wanchun was finally completely relieved... The official notice and documents were all true, and it seemed that Zhu Yun couldn't be fake.

"Zhu Tongzhi," Ma Wanchun did not call "Zhu Yun" by his name (Yunzhi), but rather used the surname plus official title in a more unconventional way, "you must have some royal destiny to come to this small place like Shizhu, right? You

If it's convenient, just tell the official directly and we'll get it done quickly, and you can be promoted as soon as possible."

Ma Wanchun wanted to send away the two Dongchang spies as soon as possible - no matter why they came, it was always scary!

When Zhu Hexing heard this, he nodded in agreement - he didn't want to stay here any longer. What's so good about a rural place?

But before he could speak, Ding Yuying spoke first: "Master Ma County, Nu and Zhu Tongzhi are here to see how you pacify Shizhu County. If we can be of any help, we are also happy to do so."

Speaking on behalf of Dongchang? Ma Wanchun’s scalp is a little numb!

Unlike the officials in the direct province who were afraid of the censor, he, a county magistrate with a warlord background, was not afraid of the censor catching him for corruption, but he was afraid of the two palaces of hell, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang!

Seeing Ma Wanchun's ugly face, Ding Yuying said warmly: "Eunuch Pan also said that I want Nu and Zhu Tongzhi to take a closer look at how Ma County Zun opened a subject here in Shizhu to recruit scholars, and brought all the local masters who can do anything to the imperial court.

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It turns out that it is to supervise Shizhu’s recruitment of scholars! Ma Wanchunxin said: Maybe it is to supervise the admission of scholars in various prefectures and counties in Dongchuan?

This matter must be taken seriously, and the local officials in Dongchuan cannot be allowed to take advantage of the chaos and recruit their own people into the yamen.

Ma Wanchun said with a smile: "We are already preparing for the opening of Shizhu's examination. The formal examination will be held next month. However, Xiaguan was born in the army and does not know much about this imperial examination..." He glanced at it from beginning to end.

Zhu Yun, who didn't say anything, smiled and said, "Zhu Tongzhi must be knowledgeable, why don't you help the official to check it?"

Zhu Hexing asked: "What are you taking the test? Are you taking the French test? My French is not good..."

French? Ma Wanchunxin said: This boy is from Ying Tianxun's noble family! His surname is Zhu... the young master of Chengguo Gong's family?

Ding Yuying frowned when she heard Prince Zhu mention French - what a revelation! Those who learn French are either rich or noble, most of them are the nth generation of Ying Tianxun's noble family!

She quickly changed the subject, "Master Ma County, I heard that there are still rogue bandits on Shizhu Dafeng Castle?"

"There are some," Ma Wanchun said, "about 3,000 people!"

"So many?" Xia Wanchun was surprised. Zhu Hexing only brought 500 people, plus Shizhu's original 1,000 people, a total of 1,500 people!
Chapter completed!