dhibooks Chapter 346 Putting on airs.
Chapter 346 Putting on airs.
In fact, they didn't know that one-third of the guests full of guests were soldiers in the army who came out to go shopping and eat; one-third were businessmen and people from nearby villages; , just arrived this morning...
Wu Youwei stood under the archway, and waited for a long time before seeing a group of people walking slowly. It looked like it was not small.
But a magistrate went on a tour, gonged eleven times to clear the road, and sat in a sedan chair, doing, so capable!
The sedan chair is very particular, and most people take it by car. After all, the sedan chair uses human power as a raft, and it costs money to raise the bearer. It is also a kind of disrespect for people, because they are treated like animals.
Not to mention the high cost, it also has the meaning of damaging the reputation, but the deterrent effect is great.
The sounding of gongs to clear the way is also very particular. Generally, state and county officials travel in sedan chairs, and the accompanying guards ring the gong seven times to express "avoid quickly, and the soldiers and civilians all avoid it."
Officials at the Taoist government level go out and ring gongs, knocking nine stick gongs, representing "officials, soldiers, civilians, etc. to give way".
Provincial and Taoist officials beat eleven gongs when they travel, indicating that "civil and military officials, military and civilians alike avoid".
When officials at the central level above the governor go out, they beat thirteen gongs, which means "all officials, big and small, civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians get out of the way."
In addition to beating the gong, the person at the head yelled at Wu Youwei: "You are gentle and tough, mighty but not fierce, respectful and peaceful...
This means that the requirements need to be handled and grasped dialectically, and cannot go to extremes.
In fact, it is a must-have slogan for the magistrate's guard of honor when going on tour.
Wu Youwei kept a straight face, knowing that this was to show him off, and he was already at the door, so why beat the gong and shout slogans?
And he didn't come alone.
All the officials below the magistrate followed (see 346 for details).
From Tongzhi to Yicheng, more than a dozen people have arrived.
Not one is missing
Who can't see that this posture is looking for faults?
However, Wu Youwei came out with only a few yamen servants, and everyone else was busy.
How difficult is it to develop in Shanghai County, where a thousand wastes are waiting to be rejuvenated?Everyone is busy every day, and there are several cabinets of new files accumulated in the file room alone.
Ink ingots have used a big car.
Fortunately, he wrote a complete set of educational textbooks for elementary school in his early years, and now he has opened a bookshop with a printing workshop, and has started printing textbooks with movable type.
Everyone was busy, and besides, Wu Youwei really didn't like the governor of Songjiang, so he didn't put on a gesture of greeting. He took a few people and stood under the archway, looking at... nothing at all. grand!
After the procession stopped, the Governor of Songjiang stepped out of the sedan chair, and immediately saw Wu You...and two or three kittens behind him.
"Shanghai County Magistrate Wu Maid, I have seen the Fu Zun." Wu Youwei cupped his hands as a salute.
"Bold!" The master also got off the sedan chair, and immediately shouted coldly when he saw this scene: "Why don't you kneel down to welcome your lord?"
Wu Youwei's expression turned serious and he said: "Kneel down to greet you? My lord? According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, only the emperor of the real dragon can accept hundreds of officials to bow down and greet him. Who are you waiting for? You want me to bow down and greet you?"
The master was suddenly confused!
Indeed, the Ming Dynasty did not clearly stipulate that subordinates should kneel and greet their superiors when they met their superiors, but the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulated that only the emperor could accept all officials kneeling to greet them.
During the Hongwu period, there were more regulations, as long as the third rank (including the third rank), regardless of the ministers and generals, can be called "adults", but the lower ranks cannot be called "adults".
The county magistrates are called "old parents" or "big orders".
Except for the chiefs of Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu in the northern and southern capitals who were called Fuyin, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, except for the governors of the capital and accompanying capitals who were still called Yin, they were generally called magistrates.
There is no way, who calls someone a Beijing official.
By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, they were basically "adults".
But there is no express requirement to kneel down to greet them, which is a very humiliating attitude.
"Shut up!" Governor of Songjiang shouted coldly, "This is my master."
Wu Youwei said again: "Since you are a master, the county asks you, do you have fame? Have you ever seen the county salute?"
Since we want to use our status to suppress people, let's have a good discussion.
"It's all from my own family, so why bother too much!" Huating county magistrate stood up and acted as a good person at this time: "My dear brother, you are so capable? Shanghai County is really in your hands. Treat each other!"
"My lord has invited you." Wu Youwei didn't know the magistrate of Huating County at all, but seeing that he was dressed similarly to himself, he took the lead in saluting: "This county is thanks to the people's support."
Don't say what's wrong with you at all, just push it to the people, the people are the solid foundation.
"Knowing that your place is good, I specially brought my colleagues to take a look." The master has already retreated behind the scenes, and the adults are following behind the governor of Songjiang.
They are also very concerned about the changes in Shanghai County, how much does it cost!
Those who have a bright eye and a bright heart think secretly that not only do they have to be rich, but they also have to have power and power!
Otherwise, from a distance, the cannon in red would be better than the ones on the city wall of Songjiang Mansion. Looking at the city gate, the craftsmanship of the craftsmen is very good.
Each of these is very rare, not to mention that Shanghai County has almost all of them.
"Since that's the case, please come to the county government office to have a talk." Wu Youwei also generously invited people in.
Everyone looked at the brand-new Shanghai county government, and the envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes were about to turn into substance.
Their yamen is so dilapidated that it can barely work. Even if they have a lot of money, they dare not spend it on it. On the contrary, this servant Wu really dares to do it.
The unspoken rules of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the more dilapidated the yamen, the more people think that the official is a clean and honest person.
In fact, they are deceiving themselves and others. The office space is so dilapidated. If they don't know how to repair it, they know that there are plenty of money.
Entering the archway means entering the gate of the county government. The walls on both sides of the gate are in the shape of "eight", and the so-called "eight character yamen" comes from this.
On the horoscope wall, notices and announcements can be posted, and the admission results of the imperial examinations can be announced, and some can be covered with ceilings and fences, which are called "bang corridor" or "bang shed".
There are many notices posted on the horoscope wall in Shanghai County.
The first one is the "Tax Exemption Notice", which tells the people that the emperor will exempt Shanghai County from taxes for three years.
At that time, the Governor of Songjiang was so angry that he fell on his back!
Pointing to the notice with trembling fingers, he questioned Wu Youwei: "Who gave you the right to exempt you from taxes in Shanghai County?"
Wu Youwei replied solemnly: "When the lower official came, he had already mentioned this matter to the emperor. The emperor exempted the tax in person, and there was an imperial decree."
Wu Youwei's answer made Governor Songjiang's heart tremble!
Face to face?
And the decree?
It seems that this tax cannot be paid out.
"Cough, cough, cough!" The Governor of Songjiang coughed, "So that's the case, it's just that the government has not received the official letter from above."
In fact, the official document has arrived, but he really didn't receive it.
What Wu Youwei wondered was that Wantong and Zhang Shen were not seen at the door. What did these two people do?
Didn't you agree to give him the waist?What about people?
I couldn't see anyone, so I had to lead people to go inside.
Everyone looked around and it was very lively, especially the place is new, not only beautiful, but also luxurious and novel.
In addition, they passed by a lot of gates, and found that there were many people in each yard, coming and going frequently, and it seemed that there was work being done, and no one looked up at the gate when they were busy.
Of course, if you look up, you will see a group of adults coming, but no one looks up, um, you can see all the adults passing by when you look up, why don't they come out to meet each other?What a delay!They simply pretended they didn't see it, because they were too busy to eat something every day.Wu Youwei wants to build a big Shanghai, but he doesn't know how many things are waiting for him to do.
What is being built now is just a rough idea. He followed the rules of later generations.
Entering the lobby and passing through the second hall, there was a large wave of servants who stopped in the lobby, and many people stayed in the second hall, and when they arrived at the third hall, they were basically officials and their assistants up.
As I said before, Wu Youwei also brought a maid with him when he took office this time, and because he was going to be an official, butler Lin Su was afraid that Wu Youwei would lose face, even though the maid was bought from Old Dong Not the kind of maid with a big heart, but she is also a pretty girl.
Each of the six servant girls has their own looks. Beauty is one thing, but more importantly, they all have good temperament, because they all got the master's words, and they will marry in the future to be flat-headed ladies, and they will be in a good mood with their husbands. Cultivate it the day after tomorrow, and it seems to be the same.
These six servant girls are all dressed in the same way: wearing a color-changing robe of lotus blue flower plain silk with a straight collar and pipa lapel, a long skirt with blue feathers and colorful embroidered butterflies embroidered on the floor, and a soft fur shawl with golden branches, threads, leaves and flowers.
She has long, soft hair tied up in a chic bun with black clouds, and in the ink-colored temples are flowers, long-lived and rich Vitex twigs. On her creamy-skinned hands, she wears a bracelet with twisted silver patterns, and her waist is tied with gold satin embroidered with yellow flower patterns. The face is tied around the waist, and a small sachet embroidered with white magnolia flowers is hung on it, and the feet are wearing butterfly shoes. When walking, it is as light as clouds, and the room is full of brilliance.
In particular, the six girls are all young, quick-moving, not sloppy at all, pretentious, and have a dashing demeanor of their own.
The six people brought Junshan Yinzhen, Chongyang Cake, Chestnut Cake, Milk Dumpling and other pastries brought by Shangjingzhong, and after they were properly placed, they said in unison: "Everyone, please have some tea and refreshments.
With a crisp voice and clear eyes, after finishing speaking, a group of young and beautiful maids bowed and went down.
Wu Youwei was dumbfounded!
The maids in his family didn't dress so eye-catchingly in the past, and they all wanted to dress themselves up as Cinderella, why are they so flamboyant now?
Just this kind of clothes, probably not many ladies in the entire Songjiang Mansion can afford to wear them!
So high-profile, what do you want to do?These are all engaged people!
Those subordinates he brought also selected their betrothed ones to serve as petty officials. Although it was said that the imperial examination was impossible within three generations, they would be good citizens after three generations.
This is already a very good home for them who were born as slaves. In addition, when they came, they also made it clear that they don't want to climb into the master's bed.
If you dare to have that thought, your lord will send them into the women's branch camp!
The maids of Y also took care of her wholeheartedly and didn't think much about it. What's going on?
No matter how surprised Wu Youwei was, the officials who came looked straight at him anyway.
There is no shortage of beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is too rare for a maid to grow up like this, especially if there are as many as six of them, all dressed in the same clothes, not to mention their looks, but they also have the unique vigor of northern women. This is no less than a fatal temptation for men who are used to the gentleness and gracefulness of southern women.
Even the governor of Songjiang's mansion stared straight at him. Although there are many wives and concubines in his mansion, there are not such outstanding women. All of them are like dough, and he can shape them into rounds and flatten them casually.
Wu Youwei was at a loss for himself.
After a long time, Wu Youwei coughed lightly: "Everyone, please use it.
These people took a sip of tea without taste, huh?
Everyone is either from the south, or someone who has been an official in the south for many years. Once you drink this tea, you will know that it is extraordinary.
This is not something a county magistrate in a small broken county can afford to drink.
The master brought by the governor of Songjiang couldn't even taste what kind of tea it was.
Only the Governor of Songjiang drank it. He drank this kind of tea once at the chief envoy's place. It was the chief envoy's first year in office. It is said that it was a parting gift from the chief envoy Enshi. Only one tael of tribute tea: Junshan Silver Needle