The Yamen of the Terracotta Division in Nancheng originally occupied a large area, and Yongle Nahui was one of the largest yamen in Nancheng, with more than 100 houses and more than 4,000 personnel.

However, after two hundred years, the Terracotta Division has not been compared to the past, and now there are only more than 40 houses left in the south city, and there are only six or seven hundred people counting the bunks. Among them, there are more than 300 perennial errands, and the rest only come out when there is something to do.

Chengping has been for too long, and the Soldiers and Horses Division has long lost the spirit of the beginning of the country, and its power has been invaded too much, so that now it has become a small yamen where anyone can come and drink a few words. If it weren't for the fact that this yamen directly dealt with the market, there would still be some oil and water to be fished, and the officials who listened to the errand would not want to hide it. No matter what year it is, there is no real thing, who wants to be angry if you have the ability.

The sun is about to set in the west, and most of the soldiers who went out to patrol at this point have returned, and then wait for the change of shifts, the next duty, and the entry and exit are not lively, but today it is strange - there is no one in the huge courtyard of the Terracotta Division, only a helper with a teapot standing in the corridor on the left outside the main hall.

This group of idle people surnamed Wang is a resident of Zuojin, and people call him Wang San. According to the system, it is the turn of Wang San to sit on the bunk this month.

The so-called sitting bunk means that the residents of the left neighborhood regularly take out a period of time every year to come to the yamen to listen to errands, and most of them are patrolling and helping to do some chores to maintain order, so it is very bitter. Therefore, the rich residents will pay to hire people to sit in the bunks, just like the soldiers in the guard post will pay people to "substitute for them".

Because there was a relative in the family who was related to Commander Meng and the concubine, Wang San got an easy job of serving the yamen. Otherwise, I will follow the patrol every day, and I will have to go out in the middle of the night, who can stand it.

There was no one in the courtyard, there were people in the lobby.

Meng Guozhong, the deputy commander of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, was sitting in it with a guest, and he didn't know what to say, and he didn't come out for half an hour.

The kettle Wang San was holding in his hand was changed and changed, but he didn't hear Deputy Meng commanding them to change tea for a long time, so he was a little curious. He saw it just now, Commander Meng's guest was from Dongchang, and after someone came in and said a few words, Commander Meng asked Chen Tou to take people to Zuo'anmen.

But I don't know which one on the other side of Zuo'anmen is called Dongchang Xiangzhong, and he specially sent someone to take care of it. It seems that if the head is not locked, it will probably have to bleed profusely. Otherwise, it is possible to peel off a layer of skin alive.

But this matter has nothing to do with Wang San, he is just a helper, and even if there is oil and water, it can't fall into his hands, I just hope that Li Meng in the main hall will command them to disperse early, and he will go home soon.

On a cold day, the hot kang head of the wife and children is the most real.

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In the lobby, there are three people sitting and one standing.

Meng Guozhong, the deputy commander of the Nancheng Terracotta Division, sat as the master, don't look at him as a seven-rank official, but he was born as a genuine jinshi.

In the early years, the officials of the Terracotta Division were selected in the army, and the system was very chaotic.

is usually the deputy commander of Ren Zheng Qipin, and the commander is still the father of the prince and princess of the county. Therefore, in fact, the actual person in charge of the respective yamen of the Five Cities Terracotta Division is the deputy commander of Zheng Qipin.

Meng Guozhong is in his forties this year, and he looks quite thin, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is skinny. But although others are thin, none of the soldiers and horses in Nancheng dare to snub him, and they all call Meng Guozhong "the living king of Hades." ”

This nickname is not called in vain, Meng Guozhong stayed in the Criminal Department in the early years, and there are many ways to clean up people. In the past few years as the deputy commander of the Nancheng Terracotta Division, none of the scoundrels who have called him rectified have not trembled when they heard his name.

There is a person sitting at Meng Guozhong's hand, it is Zhang Wenkun, an official, who is one of Meng Guozhong's most useful subordinates. The appearance is likable, pot-bellied, sitting there like a smiling monk, people can't help but feel a little close when they see it. However, when Nancheng mentions the Living Hades, he must mention the Smiling Tiger. can be favored by Meng Guozhong, he is not an idle person.

The one standing was the secretary of the Terracotta Division, and he was also Meng Guozhong's staff, a talent named Chen Shicheng. has a very flexible brain and writes well, and is deeply trusted by Meng Guozhong. Chen Shicheng was in charge of all the documents in the yamen, and even most of the documents handed by Meng Guozhong to the military department were written by him. And some shady private accounts are also handled by Chen Shicheng.

The other person who was sitting, about thirty years old, was a hundred households, wearing a flying fish suit, and looked very capable.

This person's name is Youdakai, and his identity is amazing, and he is the punishment of 100 households in Dongchang.

It stands to reason that the hundred households are also seven-grade officials, but whether it is Meng Guozhong or Zhang Wenkun, they dare not despise the punishment of the hundred households of this Dongchang factory, and their words and deeds treat the other party as an official.

The East Factory has a strict hierarchy, and the bottom is the fanzi, the secretary, the foreman, and the foreman, and the top is the 100 households and 1,000 households. Ordinary people can see more are the lowest fans, and these fans are already extremely vicious for officials and ordinary people. Therefore, the punishment of 100 households is already at the level of important people in Dongchang, and if such people come forward, I am afraid that the cases handled will have to be at the level of servants and governors.

Now, a hundred households in Dongchang are sitting upright in the yamen, how can Meng Guozhong and them not fight with the spirit to deal with it. Even if he is a genuine Jinshi, Meng Guozhong's attitude towards You Dakai can be called extremely humble. After all, he is a practical official, not a clear stream, after more than ten years of being an official, Meng Guozhong knows more about interest than those clear streams, who can be provoked, who can't be provoked, he is clear.

On the one hand, the factory guard has the right to command the Soldiers and Horses; On the other hand, You Dakai, a hundred households who are punished directly, can speak directly in the four stalls of the East Factory. And the four major stalls, not only is Yu Dongchang second only to the admiral eunuch, but also in the inner court, they are all the existence of a supervisor's palm print. It can be said that if any of the four stall heads spoke, half of the ground in the capital would shake.

This kind of character, Meng Guozhong, who is only a seven-grade person, really can't show the style of a literati.

It's just that You Dakai hasn't spoken since he came in and confessed a few words. He didn't speak, and Meng Guozhong didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, so everyone sat quietly. The tea bowl on the table was already cold, but no one called for a change of tea, just sat there.

Chen Shicheng couldn't help but look out, and he was very anxious. This Dongchang You Baihu came to the door in person like a Tai Sui, and his own commander made the adults not even dare to put a fart, if Chen Er smashed the matter, maybe the surname You would smash the Terracotta Division.

Zhang Wenkun saw that it was getting dark, and pondered that Chen Er's side was almost finished. I was thinking about it, and sure enough, news came.

The soldier who came to report the news was the soldier who went to Zuo'anmen with Chen Er, and after entering the lobby, he panted: "My lord, it's not good, that eunuch beat our people!" ”