Since the early Ming Dynasty, the establishment of the local government in the Ming Dynasty has never been able to meet the needs of governance. There are many non-staff personnel in various places. In the early Ming Dynasty, they were added to the labor force or sent to each district. After the middle Ming Dynasty, with the development of the commodity economy

, there are more and more affairs that need to be handled in the local area, and there are more and more non-staff personnel, commonly known as helpers, who follow the government to eat. Some have the ability to do practical work, such as He Xianya, but there are more

He is a green-skinned man, not a kind person.

Pang Yu hugged Zhou Yueru and looked around carelessly. Whenever he encountered a fierce look, Pang Yu would look directly at him and write down those features.

After sweeping down the circle, Pang Yu smiled and said: "Since no one comes out to speak, it means no one has made any decisions."

After saying that, he let go of Zhou Yueru and said, "See, there are good people here. No one dares to touch you at the gate of the county government."

Zhou Yueru didn't even have time to pursue the matter of hugging, and said: "I think they are very fierce, but they still want to get in."

Pang Yu stared at her, "Then do you have any money?"

"If you don't bring it, all my money will be given to you."

Pang Yu pointed to the six door leaves in the middle of the ceremonial door inside, "Why are you going in without any money? I've never heard of the six-leaf Yamen opening, so don't come in if you have no money."

While Zhou Yueru was stunned, Pang Yu had already entered the gate.

At midnight in the morning, there were the most people. Pang Yu followed a group of government officials and entered the lobby from the Yimen. The Yimen of the county government had three horizontal bays, each with two leaves, for a total of six.

Yamen in the Ming Dynasty were often commonly known as the Six Gates, which is how they came about.

As for the martial arts-oriented Six Gates of the Ming Dynasty’s secret service, it was just made up by novelists.

However, these six doors belong to the main entrance and can only be entered by officials. Pang Yu and others are not qualified to enter. There is a convenience door on each side of the Yimen. It is usually used to drive on the right when going east or west.

Entering from the side door is the county government lobby. The lobby is not only a hall. There is a pond in front of the Yimen. The pond is still running water. It is the river where the lights were placed the day before yesterday. It is surrounded by green trees. There are rockeries on the left and right of the pond and a stone bridge.

Across the pond, Tongcheng people call it Tangqian Bridge. After crossing the bridge, there is an open space covered with bluestone slabs. There are two rows of wing rooms on the left and right, with a total of eight large bays on both sides, which are the important six-room offices of the county government. Above the wing rooms are the county offices.

The Yamen Hall is where the magistrate handles official business.

At this time, the open space in the middle was full of people, including various people from the county government. Six-room clerks, prison chiefs, yin and yang, medical officers and others stood in the front row.

Ce Shu and others stood behind, chatting in low voices to pass the time while waiting for the morning service.

What Pang Yu saw in his eyes was that those with certain positions were all very arrogant, while the government servants had a bit of a vulgar image. They either surrounded the officials and fawned over them, or they stayed back and did not dare to talk. Pang Yu felt that he should be the most elegant government servant.

Pang Yu passed through the crowd and finally squeezed to the top of the right wing.

This room is still above the official's room, where the county government's official office is located. It means "shangchengxiafa". It mainly handles documents and conveys instructions. It is similar to the offices of various institutions in later generations, such as the official office (Note 1)

He is the director of the Tongcheng County Government Office, a very high-status official in the county government.

Official Chengfa's surname was Tang. He was quite old. He had a neatly trimmed yellow beard, wore a black Qingjin jacket and a square scarf on his head. The government officials called him Tang Chengfa.

This official is the real power department in the county government. Attendance is one of them. There are also lawsuits, reports, and documents. As long as it is not designated by the county magistrate, it will be dispatched by the official of the official. Whoever offends him will be fine.

There is no division of errands, and drudgery is inevitable one after another.

As for Pang Yu's lawsuit, Chengfa Guan not only can peel off the skin of the Zhou family, but also Pang Yu, because the ranking of lawsuits is in the hands of Chengfa Guan, and he will always rank you last.

, after a few months of not being able to go to court, even if you want to go to Shenmingting, as long as the official says that the matter is too serious and should not be taken care of by Shenmingting, there is nothing you can do.

Therefore, for Zaoli, this official Chengfa cannot be offended at all.

There is a long table at the door of Chengfa House, with a pile of bamboo pieces and two bamboo baskets placed on it.

Tang Chengfa is sitting behind the long table. This is the place where the county government's attendance is checked. The Chengfa clerk is responsible for signing in at Mao o'clock every morning. The later mentioned "Dian Mao" comes from this.

That is to say, in future generations, you have to go to work before seven o'clock. This working time is not ordinary early, and there is no such thing as a weekend in the future. You have to go every day when you need to.

When Tang Chengfa saw Pang Yu coming over, he expressionlessly picked up a piece of bamboo from the table and threw it into the bamboo basket on his left.

He can save paper by checking attendance in this way. In the end, the people whose signs are not framed are those who are late or absent from work. Just recording them does not cost much paper.

Before Pang Yu could speak, Tang Chengfa said with a cold face, "Pang Yu, I heard that you had a cut on your head and the lawsuit was settled without filing a lawsuit. Did the injury heal early? Then why haven't you been there for so long?

Come to the Yamen for duty."

Pang Yu heard that his tone was wrong, but it shouldn't be the prisoner's complaint, because neither He Xianya nor Jiao Guozhao mentioned any serious relationship between the prisoner and Chengfafang. After thinking about it for a moment, he leaned close to him and whispered: "Alright?

It's not thanks to Tang Chengfa's blessing that his injuries have healed greatly. The lawsuit was just settled yesterday, and he is here today. Asking for leave these days has caused trouble for you. The dismissal of the lawsuit is all due to your convenience. Xiaoxiao

Please don’t dislike it.”

After saying that, he put the two pieces of silver he had prepared in his sleeves and put them into Tang Chengfa's hands. Tang Chengfa weighed them in his hands and found that there were four taels. Forty taels of silver was not a small amount for a small lawsuit. He was a little surprised.

, but he didn’t say anything.

This was also due to Pang Yu's lack of experience in using money, but Tang Chengfa understood that Pang Yu was deliberately trying to please him, and he felt that this fool from the Tang family had finally figured it out.

Pang Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that yesterday's withdrawal of the lawsuit had to go through the Chengfa official. After getting the money yesterday, he should first come to share the profit with Tang Chengfa. It seems that Tang Chengfa didn't see the money, so he had already made a note of it in his heart. Fortunately,

The amount I gave was not too small, so I managed to get through this.

However, Tang Chengfa had always looked down upon Pang Yu, and he didn't show any expression after accepting the money. Instead, he looked at Pang Yu coldly and said, "Remember this in the future. When the Shenming Pavilion is settled, it's not just the execution room. The Chengfa room is also numbered.

It also needs to be settled, otherwise what will happen if it is accidentally sent to the hall? Who can afford to delay the important matter of the hall?

Even if you are stupid, you still have to understand the rules when working in the yamen."

Pang Yu cursed in his heart, he was so seriously injured, and his colleagues didn't even say hello to each other, and they looked fierce. Could it be that the relationship between colleagues in the Ming Dynasty was like this.

After a while, I have to go to the execution room to make some arrangements for the clerk. After careful calculation, all parties have settled the matter. I only got a dozen taels of cash from this lawsuit. He is still an insider with the convenience. If he were an ordinary person, he would

You can't go to Shenming Pavilion. Once you go to court, you have to bribe the relevant people through litigation sticks. It's not just the commission, the yamen inside and outside have to take away 70-80%.

"This is a fucking lawsuit. I can't do this shit anymore. I have to find a big business to do it."

Pang Yu murmured a few words in a low voice, bowed his head to Tang Chengfa a few times, retreated to Zaoli's position at the back and stood up, looked around and found Jiao Guozhao.

Jiao Guozhao probably just got his money, and he looked refreshed.

"Brother, what happy event has happened to you?"

"That's not all. Last night, I used the little capital I shared to win another seven taels. I'm so lucky. If Yin Mazi hadn't started a fight with someone and ruined the situation, I would have won twenty or thirty taels.

.”

"so many?"

Pang Yu was still waiting to ask again, but there were three bangs on the right side of the lobby in the direction of the County Government Office. This was the third bang, commonly known as "Three Bangs", which meant that the official had finished washing and was about to go out to work. Everyone in the hall
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