Chapter 2 Bad news

Zhou Mengchen and Zhou's mother came to the front yard, but saw that Huang Zhubo was already there.

Huang Zhubo was wearing a Taoist robe and was walking in the middle hall, frowning between his eyebrows. He seemed to have some difficulties or some difficult to describe, but he didn't know how to speak.

Huang Zhubo wears a Taoist robe, which does not mean that Huang Zhubo is a Taoist priest or believes in Taoism. This is actually a fashion trend brought about by Emperor Jiajing. Most of these Taoist robes have pine and crane patterns, which are loose and generous, and have become a casual clothing for the entire Ming Dynasty. Especially officials, if they are not on duty, they often wear Taoist robes.

When Huang Zhubo saw Zhou Mengchen supporting Zhou's mother out, he hurriedly met her and helped Zhou's mother sit down.

Huang Zhubo followed Zhou Mengchen's uncle.

It should be noted that although the Zhou family is in difficulty, it is still an official position, and Huang Zhubo is also a clerk. The Zhou family is almost as chaotic as a clerk, but in essence, it is still an official, not an official. It is much worse than a scholar, but it is also a well-known one. The clerk family has power, but is looked down upon by others.

The two sides have similar levels, which can be considered a match.

After Zhou's father went, Zhou's mother counted on him as her younger brother.

Zhou's mother knew this younger brother very well. When she saw Huang Zhubo like this, she knew her younger brother, Sister Mo Ruo, immediately said, "Bingjia, what happened?"

Master Huang sighed heavily, sat on the chair, pressed one hand on his temple, and did not dare to look at his sister, saying, "Sister, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for my brother-in-law, and I'm sorry for my nephew, I'm useless."

After hearing this, Zhou's mother became more worried and said, "What happened?"

Huang Zhubo said, "The position of Fei Xiong is squeezed by someone."

Zhou Mengchen's name is Mengchen, and his courtesy name is Feixiong. It is the allusion that Jiang Ziya Feixiong enters the dream and responds to the wise minister of Meng. It is also a father's deep expectation for his son.

When Zhou's mother heard this, she was furious and said, "You are working in the yamen, why do you let your nephew be bullied?"

Huang Zhubo said, "Sister, it's not that I don't work hard, but they just found the county master directly. Our county master is over fifty years old and is a juren. He has long been hopeless for promotion and is devoted to making money. I have no choice but to do anything. No matter what I do, I will not dare to have a quarrel with the county master."

When Zhou's mother heard this, she panicked and said, "What's going on? Tell me clearly who the other party is? How much is it paid." Zhou's mother turned pale and gritted her teeth and said, "His father also left some money."

Master Huang sighed and said, "It's not just a matter of money. There was a Taoist emperor in Huguang, and the Taoist priests in Huguang have risen to the top. This time, this student named Wang Dao is the nephew of Wang Yongning, a disciple of Tao Tianshi. He wants to get some benefits for his family."

"He is not a good student at all. He doesn't know how many ways he has taken, so he has achieved fame."

Huang Zhubo paused slightly, and his words were quite envious.

This is the reality of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is an official or an official, the first-class person is a scholar.

"But after getting this fame, Wang Daozhi couldn't continue to study. Wang Yongning then wanted to get him an official and fell in love with your Yin-Yang official."

Although the status of Yin and Yang officials is not high and cannot even be considered a regular class, they are indeed officials and enjoy the treatment of officials. Even small officials will live better than almost all the people. If it weren't for Zhou's father's serious illness, the Zhou family's family is rich.

Moreover, many military generals and clerks of the Ming Dynasty were hereditary, but few of them were civil officials.

Only the Yin-Yang official, although the law is not clear, generally allows father and son to succeed in execution. Even in the Imperial Heaven Prison, the Huangfu family, Yang family, Wu family, and Zhu family are all hereditary. This situation continued until the Qing Dynasty. Some high-ranking officials even felt that their children were unprosperous and could not hang out in the officialdom, so they found a big city for their son to find Yin-Yang official. Even the matter could be handled by the disciples, and just had this official body.

There are not many such cases, but there are also many.

It can even be said that the reason why the Zhou family was able to preserve this official position for more than 100 years may be related to the fact that the official position is too small.

As mentioned in the previous article, there are Yin and Yang officials in various places, but the nature of the work is the same, but the official positions are different from the place.

For example, the Yin and Yang officials in Nanjing are the sixth rank. If the Zhou family is not under the jurisdiction of the county or the government, they are in the eighth or seventh rank. Generally, people who are really capable will look down on these ninth rank officials.

"Uncle, how much does the Wang family give the county magistrate?" Zhou Mengchen directly asked the key point.

Huang Zhubo said: "I didn't find out, but there are at least ten ingots."

Zhou's mother's face turned pale and she said, "Five hundred taels."

Generally speaking, a big ingot is fifty taels.

For a moment the atmosphere solidified.

Zhou Mengchen knew that Zhou's mother had some money, but it was definitely not as much as 500 taels. The cost of marrying a wife, bride price and banquets, was less than 100 taels. The money that Zhou Guanxing didn't use when he died was the money that was prepared to marry Zhou Mengchen.

Even when the Zhou family was in full swing, they might not be able to take out five hundred taels at one time, let alone now.

Although Huang Zhubo's family has some family background, he may not be able to take out the money. Even if he can take it out, Zhou Mengchen cannot use it. Huang Zhubo has children and a young family.

Master Huang sighed and said, "I thought about it, why don't I add a yamen runner to Fei Xiong and become a regular squad in the future, maybe I can still take over my squad in the future."

"No." Zhou's mother insisted and said, "No matter what, I will not let my son be a clerk."

Huang Zhubo also understood this.

Although these clerks make money, they are never good at reputation and are also listed in politics, and at most they have some financial potential. However, they are clerks in Jiangxia County, which is a misfortune in their lives. They are not only officials but also officials are unfortunate, and they even misfortune. If they want to get some from the side, they may meet their boss's boss's boss.

Even if there is a little gray income, it is still divided by the province and the government. After the government is divided by the government, it is hard to say whether there is any matter in the county.

Just like this Wuxian Zun is now forced to be honest and ignore everything when he sees money. As long as there are some benefits from the above, Wuxian Zun will definitely not let the people below share the benefits.

Who doesn’t know the reputation of Fuguo Provincial Capital?

Anyone with some abilities and some backstage people will not come here. Most of the people who can come here are poor officials like this Wuxian Zun, and most of them have the same face. However, this Wuxian Zun is really too ugly.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Mother, uncle, this matter may not be without a turnaround." Zhou Mengchen turned his head and said, "Uncle, have you ever thought about it? This Wuxian Zun is so greedy. In Jiangxia County, there has always been more trouble and less money. He can sell my official position today. Will he not sell these quotas for clerks in the future?"

"This is not my family's business."

When Huang Zhubo heard this, he was stunned at first, then he was overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay, okay. Why didn't I think it was your brain that was spinning fast."

In the Ming Dynasty, local officials and local clerks were always in a struggle.

But most of the time, clerks will not offend the county magistrate easily. Nothing else, the county magistrate has too much discretion over the clerks. Many times clerks hold on to the county magistrate, as long as the county magistrate does not delay them making money.

However, the strength of the joint efforts of clerks cannot be slighted.

Moreover, the clerks are all hereditary.

Don’t think that Zhou’s mother refused to be a clerk, but it doesn’t mean that no one from all over the Ming Dynasty wanted to be a clerk. On the contrary, there were never many people who wanted to be a clerk.

After all, it is useless to many people who can't eat anything else.

The official positions in Zhou Mengchen's family can be sold, so the officials inherited from generation to generation can also be sold.

It immediately transformed Zhou Mengchen's own problems into problems of the entire group of clerks.

The group of clerks is the most treacherous and smooth. How can he work hard for other people's affairs? Huang Zhubo wants to help Zhou Mengchen, but he can only find a solution by Huang Zhubo himself, but now it is different. Many people in the entire clerks will help Zhou Mengchen.

Huang Zhubo laughed and asked, "Feixiong, although these people are helping, our county magistrate is not easy to share with each other. He will definitely not spit out what he eats."

Zhou Mengchen said: "My nephew didn't want the county magistrate to spit it out. What his nephew thought was just to preserve his ancestral property. As for other things, he would ignore my family's affairs."

Huang Zhubo said: "In this way, Fei Xiong has an idea?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "The nephew has no idea, but in the past, he always had to teach astronomy and arithmetic. At this point, his nephew would definitely surpass the kingly way of being confident."

Huang Zhubo stood up and walked, suddenly stood still and said, "I understand. I will give you a fair competition with Wang Daozhi. It's just the rest of things, and I can't interfere."

Zhou Mengchen said: "As long as the uncle helps his nephew, it is enough."

Huang Zhubo said, "No need to delay, I will visit a few old brothers' houses. Just listen to my good news."

Zhou Mengchen and Zhou's mother then stood up and sent Huang Zhubo away.

After Huang Zhubo left, Zhou's mother asked with some concern: "Mengchen, are you really sure?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "My Zhou family has a lot of knowledge, and I will not lose the face of my ancestors."

Zhou Mengchen not only has the origin of family education, but also has the knowledge of later generations. Now he has been mourning at home for three years, and has conducted special research on ancient astronomical, calendar, mathematics and other studies. In this era, he dare not say that he is a master of mathematical science, but Zhou Mengchen is still very sure of ordinary people, such as this ignorant kingly way of learning.
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