Chapter 383: Lord Man Zun’s Day
On the third day of the second month of the 36th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it was the day when Lord Shen officially went to work.
Although the bedroom is luxurious, there is no one beside the pillow, which makes the room bigger and empty, making it difficult to get tired. Silence just wanders around the main room and rests in the signing room that night.
It was not dawn in the morning of the third year of junior high school. Lord Shen, who was sleeping in a daze, suddenly heard the sound of cloud boards. At first, he ignored it and turned over and continued to sleep. Unexpectedly, after seven consecutive sounds of cloud boards, a buzz rang out one after another, which made him stand up and pushed open the door and wanted to ask: "What are you making noise in the early morning? Do you want to sell tofu?"
But he saw Gui Youguang leading the maids carrying the kettle, who had already stood at the door. Seeing that the door was opened in silence, Gui Youguang smiled and said, "Sir, are you getting up?" As he said that, he waved his hand, and the maids went into the house, took a basin and poured water, ready to wash up for Lord Mansion.
After silent, I realized that the sound of Yunban and the sound of bangzi was to wake him up, and I smiled reluctantly and said, "It's early for Duke Zhenchuan."
"I am afraid that the adults will not get used to it on the first day, so I got up a little early," Gui Youguang smiled and said, "But it is obviously because I am overly worried."
Silent smiled embarrassedly and said, "Will I go to the lobby or the second hall later?" He already regarded Mr. Gui as a consultant.
"Lobby," Gui Youguang replied: "Of course, I have to 'paiya' for the first day of the year."
"Okay." Chen Shu nodded and smiled, and separated from him. When Gui Youguang walked to the door of the inner house, he ordered people to knock on the Yunban five more times. The yamen runners in the outside quickly knocked on the gong in turn. This is called "Chuan Erbang". It means that the commander has gotten up and washed up and is ready to go to the hall.
Under the service of the maid, I washed my clothes silently. After eating breakfast, I walked through the inner door and came to the second hall. Then I passed Yingong Gate and arrived at the lobby. There were already six clerks in the hall. The third group of yamen runners stood there and waited for the Lord of the Mansion to come to "paiya".
When I was in Beijing, Chen Si heard that the "Paiya" was the place where Beijing officials envied the most. There was a joke circulating in the officialdom that Beijing officials met with foreign officials, and foreign officials said: "I love Beijing officials and have tooth cards." Beijing officials said enviously: "I love outside officials and have paiya."
The so-called "paiya" means that the official seal gathers his shrimp soldiers and crab generals to imitate the emperor's extreme majesty in court. The endless pleasure is something that even the Beijing officials who can only carry two people in the sedan chair cannot enjoy.
Just as there are many types of etiquette in the court, there are also many subdivisions of the "Paiya". Today, the ceremony held in the lobby was held in the lobby, that is, the ceremony of assisting officials in the palace to meet the prefectures was imitating the scene of hundreds of officials in the palace attending court. This "small king and minister" was a bit solemn.
After the silence turned out from behind the screen, the yamen runners knelt down and said, "Goodbye to the Lord!"
Silently strode to the square platform one foot above the ground, which was where his case and seats were placed. The wide and thick case was completely covered by a dark blue tweed tablecloth, with four treasures of the study and a signboard, with red and green head signs inserted into the signboard. In addition to being used to issue orders and representing authority, this signboard has other uses - the capacity of a signboard is exactly the volume of a bucket of rice issued by the Ministry of Revenue, and the length of a signboard is one foot. When encountering economic disputes that are short of pounds, you can use them as measuring tools without looking for tools.
After a look at the back of the big case, the four big words "Zheng Su Qing Feng" were hung high. Below is a luxurious screen full of river cliffs, sea water, clouds and geese. Sitting silently on the seat behind the case, looking around the lobby, he found that compared with yesterday's empty space, there were many more decorations today...
I saw a ceremonial plaque with evasion, green flag, apricot yellow umbrella, green fan, copper stick, leather spear and other ceremonies on the left side of the lobby. All his ranks were placed on the right side: Suzhou Prefecture Hall Officer, who was ordered to prepare for Japanese, inspect the river affairs, and Jiangnan market promotion. This is his current official title, but it is not finished yet. Let's look down - the first place in the Bingchen Certificate, the first place in the first place, the sixth yuan was passed, the former Zhejiang inspector, the former Zhejiang inspector, the former Hanlin Academy compiler, the former Yidian Shizhilang, the former Zhan Shifu Right Zhongyun. There are more than ten ranks, which makes him feel that he seems really amazing.
These ceremonial guards and signs are symbols of his identity and status. When he entered the city yesterday, he was all in front of the sedan chair, supporting his face and showing his pomp. When he was not traveling, he would be placed in the lobby and continue... supporting his face and showing his pomp.
After the officials stood up, he spoke silently: "I am ordered to guard the herds' side, and we should mobilize the weather, quell the prison and sue, and all taxes and service to educate the people. However, there are millions of people in a mansion, and it is difficult to do everything by one person. Therefore, I will take care of the grain, punishment, taxes, grinding, account, military craftsman, post delivery, horse pastor, warehouse, river canal, ditches, and roads on my behalf." As he said this, his eyes swept over everyone and said: "There are so many, it is really dazzling. Now please go back and write down your respective tasks and send them to the second hall in the afternoon. I will wait for you."
All the officials felt that it was new, but they also felt that nothing was wrong, so they took the order to surrender, leaving only Gui Youguang, who was responsible for the name of the crime. Silently asked him what was wrong, Gui Youguang said: "It is the third year of the junior high school and the day of refusal. Since he took office as the Lord of the Mansion, it has been more than a month since he was appointed, and there are probably a lot of complaints."
After silent, I remembered that according to the Ming Dynasty, every month was the 3rd and 8th day of the month, the official had to accept the people's advice and said nervously: "I'm not familiar with how to judge the case." Not only was he unfamiliar with it, he knew nothing.
Gui Youguang quickly said, "Most cases are usually entrusted to clerks and officials of all parties, and the criminal names are handled, and finally they are handed over to the master. You think it is fair, so just make the decision." As he said that, he lowered his voice and said, "Besides, today is just a letter of acceptance, not a trial. You just need to pay attention, just accept it or not."
"Then what should I contact? Why should I not?" asked silently.
"The experience of taking office as a servant is," Gui Youguang whispered: "If you can hand it over to the two counties, you can push it; if you are related to the province, you can push it up; if you touch the officials' houses, you can push it down."
Chen Si frowned slightly and said, "Is this what Zhenchuan Gong also means?"
Gui Youguang shook his head and said, "No, according to the officials, the people are very afraid of seeing officials. If they are forced to a certain extent, how can they complain? Since adults have the responsibility of educating the people, they should not be assigned to accept or not..." He said with a wry smile: "But if you want the officials to be comfortable and stable, you still have to do what you said at first."
Silent smiled faintly and said, "Stand Stable? I'm not old enough to seek stability," he said, slapped the table and said, "Don't worry about anything, just let's just go next."
Gui Youguang was waiting for this sentence. He took the order out and joined the clerk of the criminal room to receive the letters handed over by the people.
Chen Ji also got up and retreated, returned to the signing house, ordered people to bring the population, land, money and grain files of Suzhou Prefecture over the past decade, and began to look through them carefully.
At the beginning of noon, Gui Youguang came back with a thick stack of paper and reported to him: "A total of 180 complaints were accepted; of which 28 were criminal cases, the rest were civil disputes." As he said that, he handed the two papers on the top to silently say, "These two are murder cases, and Youdao is the utmost of human life. You should not ignore them."
Chen Si put down the file in his hand and took the two complaints. One of them was a private complaint, which means he suing himself, saying that he had a dispute with his father and accidentally killed his old father in a rage, so he came from the front.
"This is a major case about human relations." Seeing that the adults finished reading it, Gui Youguang said: "The court must be held as soon as possible, and the judgment will be made more and more urgent."
Chen Silence frowned slightly and said, "Where is the person going to do it?"
"The prison has been put in custody." Gui Youguang said: "The incident happened yesterday. In the afternoon, I will join County Magistrate Wang to take the coroner to inspect the scene."
He nodded silently and said, "It's so good." In fact, he thought about the scene, but when he thought of having an autopsy, he felt nauseous. Obviously, he had not done a good job in psychological construction.
I read another letter, which was a real official in Shengpingfang, Wu County, telling the story of a man and a woman killing in the streets of a foreign county, and the villagers sent him to the yamen for a major life case. This was also a few days ago.
After looking at the other files in silence, it turned out to be the case in Wuxian County in Qingyishui. There was no case in Changzhou County. I couldn't help but ask: "Why are you so one-sided?"
Gui Youguang replied: "According to the rules, the case in Changzhou is the responsibility of the magistrate of Changzhou. Wu County is also the government office, so it can be sued in the county office and in the government office," he said with a smile: "The people all feel that the bigger the official, the more fair the judgment, and the more effective the judgment, so they usually come to the government office to report."
"Wouldn't Wang Runlian be idle?" asked silently.
"That's not," Gui Youguang smiled and said, "You can hand over the case to him for trial, or you can ask him to assist in the investigation and handling of the case, and you can't be lazy at all."
Silently nodded and smiled, "That's good... Wang Runlian is a capable official, so she can't just give him a discount."
Seeing that the adults finished speaking, Gui Youguang picked up the charity again and said, "I almost forgot that the boss of Wanfuji has arrived and is waiting in the second hall."
"Transfer." Chen Shu nodded and closed the document.
Chen Hongchang has a good appearance, fair face, bright eyes, and three strands of broken beards are trimmed very neatly. Although he is nearly forty years old, his figure is not fat at all, which makes people feel good at it at first glance.
He was a shrewd businessman, which can be seen from the fact that he came to see Lord Wuzun in a common clothes. Because in this era, the decree that merchants were not allowed to wear silk and satin had been thrown out of the sky, and only the most old antiques would be regarded as the norm.
Chen Hongchang, whose business has been booming recently, naturally has money to wear silk clothes, but he met with him in a commonplace dress, obviously to avoid giving people a handle and causing unnecessary trouble for himself.
After respectfully kowtowing to Lord Man Zun, Chen Hongchang presented an exquisite snack box and said, "I have heard of the good reputation of Lord Man, and I admire him very much. Today I finally have the opportunity to meet the Lord Man. There is nothing to show off. There is only a box of crisp cakes produced in my store. Please enjoy it."
He smiled silently and said, "I have heard of the name of Wan Fu Ji for a long time. I am just going to buy a box to get a good time."
When he heard that Master Fuzun knew about his shop, Chen Hongchang's bones were instantly half crisped. He opened the food box and served it with both hands.
"I'm not polite." Chen Si was just a little hungry. Seeing the golden and distinctive crispy cake, he immediately felt appetite. He wiped his hands with white silk and picked them up and tasted them. It turned out to be crispy but not broken, oily but not greasy, crispy and tasty. He couldn't help but exclaim: "It's really delicious, no wonder he's so famous." He said kindly: "You sit down first, and let's talk about this cake after I finish eating it."
Seeing that the adults really liked it, Chen Hongchang was extremely happy. He carefully put half of his butt on the chair and said respectfully: "Since the adults like it, from tomorrow, the first stove of pastry cakes will be delivered to the adults every day."
After eating a pancake in silence, he clapped the crumbs and picked up the teacup and sipped it: "You can't enjoy all kinds of delicious food. If you eat it all day long, even the dragon liver and phoenix marrow will have a day of greasiness," he said with a smile: "Well, wouldn't that waste this enjoyment."
"Sir, the truth is right," Chen Hongchang said with a heart-wrenching look on his face: "The truth that too much is not enough, the villain has only recently understood it."
"It's too much, too little..." Chen Si put down the teacup and said slowly: "Well said." He said this, looking at Chen Hongchang and said: "How did you understand this principle?"
"That..." Chen Hongchang said with a smile: "I can't tell you what you get by chance."
"Haha," Chen Si smiled faintly and said, "It's not necessarily true?"
Chen Hongchang's face tightened, his heart was pounding, and he pretended to be calm and said, "The little talent is rude and shallow, just like cooking dumplings in a teapot. He obviously has it in his stomach, but he can't pour it out."
"Talented and learned from Qian Xueqi?" The silent laughter turned cold and stared at Chen Hongchang and said, "I don't believe this. How could a genius who can create a 'small cake coupon' and make money in the future be Cai Xueqiqi?"
"This..." Chen Hongchang felt sweat on his forehead.
Chen Mo took advantage of the situation and forced him to force him: "You can't speak, you dare not speak! Because you are scared, am I right?" His eyes were like sharp swords, and Chen Hongchang was so nervous that he didn't dare to move.
The silent questioning put great pressure on the parties involved. In Shen Hongchang's opinion, it was clear that the other party had already figured out his entire background, and he said in sweat: "Sir, the villain is just a businessman who is obedient and obedient. He never lacks any weight or cheats, and he cannot bear your blame."
"When things are coming, do you still want to deny it?" Silently sneered: "Actually, I already know that the cake coupons you sell far exceed their production capacity. Now you can use fraud to seal your store, and you can ask anything under Sanmu!"
Chen Hongchang felt like he was struck by lightning, and his knees were weak and he fell to the ground.
He looked at him in sympathy and said slowly, "The reason why I don't do this is because of your good deeds in building bridges and paving roads in the past, and I don't want to force you to a dead end."
When he was looking through the files in the morning, he accidentally discovered that among the investors who added bridges and roads in the past decade, Chen Hongchang's name was the one. The effect was absolutely killing when he said this!
When Chen Hongchang heard this, he knew about this, so he must have touched himself. What else can I hide? He couldn't help but kowtowed in tears and said repeatedly: "Sir, please spare your life, please help me, please spare your life, please help me..."
Seeing that the bluff was effective, I stopped playing with it and said softly: "Get up and talk."
Chen Hongchang was heard by the fairy voice, wiped his snot and tears with his sleeves, stood up, and looked at Lord Mansion with a begging face.
"You brought your motivation and process to make pie coupons from real tricks," Silence let him sit down and said, "Let me see if there is a glimmer of hope."
Although Chen Hongchang was extremely smart, he still had no ability to resist when facing the Lord Mansion Master who could penetrate him into the eighteenth level of hell with his backhand... This has nothing to do with wisdom, and it was purely caused by a huge disparity in status.
Taking a deep breath and sorting out his chaotic ideas, he explained to the adults his experience of selling cake coupons:
Wanfuji Cookie Shop, which can be traced back to the time when the Ming Dynasty was not established, has a history of more than 180 years. Because of its exquisite materials and unique production methods, it has been very popular among Suzhou people since its opening and has now become an inseparable part of the lives of ordinary people.
When it came to Chen Hongchang's generation, Wanfuji's reputation was no longer limited to Suzhou City. People even came to Yangzhou, Yingtian and Songjiang. It is said that being famous far and wide is a good thing, but every day there are long queues at the door of the store, and the store is still in short supply when it is fully equipped for production.
Not only that, there are often governments and big customers who go to the line to place large orders. One order is enough for Wanfuji to be busy for a few days, so the store business will naturally not be taken care of. Of course, the rich and powerful bosses cannot afford to offend, but individual customers cannot neglect them at will. In order not to let individual customers go for free... Of course, it is also to make more money. In desperation, Chen Hongchang made a blank note after collecting the deposit from individual customers and promised to deliver the goods after a certain day.
Chapter completed!