Chapter 1428: A Guide for Serving as an Official for the Ming Dynasty's Provincial Governors!

The quiet high walls and deep courtyards, the spacious courtyards and houses, together surround the territory of power. Just like the vermilion gate, it is not something that ordinary people can or dare to have. Even the truly wealthy sea merchants did not dare to go beyond the limits in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation during the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. Because, although the laws of the Ming Dynasty seem vague and loose, they are often ignored. But if you really ask about it and reach out to investigate, it will be a mountain that can crush the local tyrants!

"Li Wenxi Gong Ji? Mr. Pu'an Li Chun? I seem to have heard from my master Liu Daxia that when he was young, he studied under Mr. Pu'an as a disciple and respected him very much..."

Shi Wende's eyes flashed. This is all he knew about Li Chun, the first-class champion in the first year of Tianshun. The door to the officialdom has always only opened a small crack for him, the descendant of a sea merchant.

And he could shamelessly call Liu Daxia "Master" because Liu Daxia was the invigilator in the Zhejiang Renzi Provincial Examination two years ago. He barely got the last place in the 100th place among the 104 Zhejiang Juren selected from more than 800 candidates.

Then, it was by relying on this "Juren" official status and calling Liu Daxia "Master" that he could find a way to spend the wealth of his sea merchant family and let the Right Governor of Zhejiang meet him once in his spare time. Otherwise, even if he had more money, with his family's dirty sea merchant background, he would not be able to get in the door!

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At this moment, in front of "Wang Fantai" who was in charge of a province and reading "Collection of Li Wenxigong". Shi Wende stood in the courtyard, "leaning forward and listening attentively, his face became more respectful, and he was more polite, but he dared not say a word" to remind him. He suppressed all distracting thoughts and waited patiently for the governor to pay attention to him.

But Wang Zhe, the Right Provincial Government Commissioner, was always concentrating on reading the "Collection of Li Wenxi Gong" as if he was reading a profound and good book. Sometimes when he came across a pondering and meaningful passage, he would even read it out loud, and the sound was just enough for Shi Wende to hear.

"Sending off Shangshu Zhang to retire and return to Nanjun"... He has been in charge of Nanji for a long time, and he loves the king and worries about the country with all his heart. He is the Sima of Lubeijie in Xijing, and the common people of Dongtu Daijiagong..."

"Well, Nanjun is Jingzhou. He was in charge of Nanji Nanjing, and he was a minister. His surname is Zhang... Oh! That's right! It is Zhang Chun, the Nanjing Minister of War who retired in the fifth year of Jingtai (1454), Zhang Zhizhonggong... Zhang Gong and Li Gong are both from Huguang, and Zhang Gong has always supported the younger generation... With such a relationship, it is only natural to write a farewell poem!"

Wang Zhe, the right governor, nodded slightly, and connected Zhang Chun and Li Chun together in the relationship network of memory. In this network of "fellow villagers, classmates, friends, old friends, and students" of the literati, this is the first most common and usually the most stable "fellow villager".

Wang Zhe was born in northern Shanxi and served as a councilor in the Shaanxi Provincial Administration. This is his first time to serve as an official in the south. He was not so clear about the network of relationships among the southern literati, so he needed to read the "collected works" that were circulated in public to make up for the interpersonal common sense of the southern officialdom.

Otherwise, if he was born in the southern literati family, these relationships should have been ingrained in him, and the elders in the officialdom would have told him since he was a child, and then he would have memorized them completely and it would become an instinct. In this way, every time he met with other literati officials, he could quickly sort out the other party's network, connect with them through a certain line, and continue to expand each other's network of people!

"Sending my classmate Xu Qi home"...Chuanguangjutaizhangwu...Hai Cuiqiu Xiang enters Yueshan...Qinghuaqing sees the moon should pity me, calm down and join the class to face the imperial screen..."

"Taizhangwu? Yueshan?...Let me think, Li Gong was the first place in the first year of Tianshun, and Xu Qi, who is in Taizhangwu, is from Wuyue...Oh! It turns out that it is Xu Jingwengong from Hangzhou Prefecture! Xu Gong is a prominent family in Zhejiang. Generations have worked in Yuhang and passed down the family with culture and morality...Well, if there is another provincial examination, I have to take a good look at Xu's children...Ha! Liu Gong has already opened it once the year before last, so there is no need for me to do more..."

Wang Zhe stroked his beard lightly, with a thoughtful look on his face. This once again connected a local prominent family in Zhejiang with Li Chun through the friendship of "classmates". At this moment, through this "Collection of Li Wenxigong", sorting out Li Chun's network of relationships is to sort out Liu Daxia's network of relationships.

Liu Daxia, the left governor of Zhejiang, was his predecessor in charge of Zhejiang. He stayed in Zhejiang for two years and held another provincial examination. The Xu family of Yuhang had the same background as Liu Daxia's mentor. If there were disciples of the right age, as long as their knowledge was not too bad, they would definitely be admitted as Juren.

These were all the unspoken rules of this era. "Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teachers" were closely related and had nothing to do with the integrity of the literati. If local officials wanted to carry out their work, the first thing they had to do was to sort out the local gentry network one by one, so that they could decide to what extent they should show mercy, to what extent they should enforce the law, and whether they should take a heavy hand.

""Tu Fan Jingzhou Prefect Li Renyi"... Jia Jiao was in power and met a great traitor, and he knew that Han Zi would be exiled to Yangshan. Fortunately, Chang Huan was given the position of Turtle Group, and was praised as a heavy hoe and worshipped as a jade class. The talented and miscellaneous teachers of Gang County traveled day, and the beast year was kind in the wild fields. Who can sleep when flies are tickling the wall, and Gaolijiashan holds the temple..."

"Haha! Fortunately, Chang Huan was given, and the beast year was kind, and flies are tickling the wall... This scolding is refreshing, refreshing! In the second year of Jingtai, Li Renyi, the censor of the two capitals, Li Shijie, was not afraid of tyranny and impeached the powerful minister Shi Heng who murdered Yu Qian and Yu Zhongsu, so that he was demoted to Xiangyang as a county magistrate... Until Shi Heng died of treason and Xianzong succeeded to the throne, Li Shijie was reinstated as the prefect of Jingzhou Prefecture... This poem is enough to show the character of Li Gong, who can be said to be a gentleman who is honest and sincere, making the villains and treacherous people feel sad!..."

For this poem "swearing at treacherous and cunning military men", the governor Wang Zhe applauded and smiled happily. It is obvious that Li Renyi and Li Chun are "cliques" against Shi Heng. Among all the network relationships, "cliques" that have expressed political inclinations and had the same enemies are extremely solid, and even the descendants of the two families are connected for generations.

As for the general Shi Heng, he was a military meritorious class. He was promoted to Wuqinghou, the general commander of the five military camps, for his military merit in defeating Wala. Later, he made great efforts in the "Duomen Change" to welcome the retired emperor Yingzong, and finally murdered Yu Qian, who had promoted him, to consolidate Yingzong's power.

In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty scholar-official class, this is a complete military meritorious traitor, a military thief, not only can everyone kill him, but also condemn him verbally and pen, and nail him to the pillar of shame forever! Therefore, even if Shi Heng defeated the Wala in Shanxi and saved Wang Zhe's hometown of Wenxi County, it would not change Wang Zhe, a scholar-official, at all! Of course, "the bandits come like a comb, and the government troops come like a rake", and the military discipline of the Ming army in foreign lands has nothing to do with peace...

"Sending Zhengzhou Prefect Hong Youyue to his post... The old man is the ancient county of Xingyang, and the spring rain and dew are in one side. The envoys of the ministry repeatedly praised the officials' governance, and the state's northern house was engaged in farming and sericulture. The deserted land was trampled by soldiers and dust, and the water dried up in the Honggou and the grass and trees were lush. Returning to the city, the grace of heaven was full, and the imperial seal should be promoted to the desert and follow the good..."

"Zhengzhou Prefect? ​​That is the prefect of Kaifeng, or the prefect of Zhengzhou. The surname Hong... Well, during the Jingtai or Tianshun period... Thirty or forty years ago?..."

Governor Wang Zhe pondered for a while and did not remember who this person was. But it doesn't matter, it is likely that he has nothing to do with the Zhejiang officialdom. The "old friends" here refer to the "old friends" in the network of scholar-officials, who are often spread all over the thirteen provinces. Some of the connections between "old friends" are very close, while others are very unfamiliar. It is not easy to see from the poems and essays, and it is just a reference.

After leaving the political considerations, the governor Wang Zhe was willing to appreciate the literary talent of this poem.

"The rain and dew are in spring... good words!... The deserted land is quiet, the dust is quiet, the water is dry, and the grass and trees are green... good sentences!... He can write such peaceful and happy words and sentences, and he is worthy of being the Li Wenxi of Longfeng Academy!..."

Appreciating this poem, the governor Wang Zhe sighed with emotion and his eyes were fascinated.

In fact, the first function of the "collection of essays" in this era is "resume", telling the achievements of the scholar-officials in their past positions. The second is "network", clarifying the relationship between oneself and other scholar-officials. The third is "concept", indicating one's political stance and tendency. As for the last one, it is "literary talent", which attracts the admiration of contemporaries or future generations through the talent of poetry and prose...

"The government is in order and the people are harmonious, and the administration is clear. Encourage farming and sericulture, and calm down the war. Accept the grace of heaven and comfort the people. Let farming and reading flourish, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Let the cunning villains be calmed down, and the merchants abide by their duties... This is the responsibility of governing a place and educating a place!..."

Speaking of this, the governor Wang Zhe sighed and put down the collection in his hand. After reading these poems, in the network of scholars and officials of "township party, peers, friends, old friends, and disciples", there is only the last one left, the "disciples" with the largest number and the greatest relationship difference. And Li Gong's disciple is Liu Gong. Liu Gong presided over the provincial examination, and among the group of Jiangsu and Zhejiang disciples who taught without distinction, there was another one waiting in the courtyard...

Thinking of this, the governor Wang Zhe smiled slightly and turned his head suddenly. He looked at Shi Wende, who had been waiting respectfully for a long time and was sweating, with a sharp gaze, and asked with a smile.

"Sicheng, you have been listening to the lecture for so long, how do you feel?!..."

I read the "Collection of Li Wenxi Gong", sorted out some poems and characters, and wrote this chapter to share with readers~ In fact, some culture has been passed down, and I hope to gain something.