Chapter 198 Surprise of reunion
County Magistrate Ai sat in the room with his face covering his face. He heard Zhu Da and others screaming and leaving, but he did not do anything. After a while, Master Hu leaned in and came in.
The two looked at each other speechlessly. There was a scene where Master Hu shouted at the top of his lungs just now. Now I really don’t know what to say. Magistrate Ai wanted to stare at him, but his whole face was swollen and his expression would hurt even if it changed. He had to glance at him and continue to sit there. Master Hu also sat awkwardly.
Hu Shouqiu just sat down, but a few people ran in outside. The woman cried and snatched the earth, and the man looked angry.
"Master, these people are so bold that they must catch them..."
"Get out! Get out! Alas!"
Ai Zhengwen burst into a big scolding, but yelled a few words but touched the swollen and painful area. He screamed in pain, which scared the family and servants and hurriedly retreated.
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"Master, let's just leave like this?" "Master, do you want to leave a few people to watch?" As the way out, servants kept asking.
"Don't pay attention to that county magistrate. I can't get over the sky. Look at Wang Jing." Zhu Da said carelessly, pointing to Wang Jing with a smile. Unlike the servants who were worried and puzzled, Wang Jing was immediately excited when he heard the news and walked in the team with great strides. Qin Chuan's meaning of passing the imperial examination was only Zhu Da and Wang Jing. Wang Jing understood that the identity of a juren is valuable, and Zhu Da thought more deeply.
As a juren, he has already been qualified to be an official. Although except for the exception, the usual upper limit is only a county magistrate, if he has such a qualification, he has entered the ruling class and is a member of the officials and gentry.
The imperial government had various restrictions on scholars. Apart from reducing taxes, there was no other privilege, and they were not allowed to discuss political affairs. It was very simple for county magistrates to eliminate scholars' fame, but Juren was completely different. The amount of tax reduction and exemption of labor service was greater, and they had the power to participate in political affairs, so they would be considered as representatives of the gentry in the county.
When Qin Chuan told Zhu Da about these things, Zhu Da couldn't understand why Juren had such power and status. In his opinion, Juren's status was just a fame. Although it brought the benefits of exempting taxes and labor, respect and influence were not something he said, and he wanted to recognize others. If the county officials, civil servants and local tyrants refused to recognize him, he would not recognize him. So what can you be a Juren? If everyone ignores him, how can you talk about power?
If you are a Juren from a wealthy family, you will naturally have the effect of taking advantage of the situation. However, such power is related to your original strength. Juren's fame is just the icing on the cake. If a poor scholar is excluded and resisted by local strength after passing the imperial examination, then apart from economic improvement, this fame has no benefit, and he is also a weak person in front of officials and gentry.
"Since ancient times, Juren has been the best officials, and everyone thinks it is valuable." "The people think so, but what is the use of the people? What should the gentry and powerful people not think so?" Qin Chuan and Zhu Da often had such question-and-answer questions and answers. At this time, Zhu Da still felt that Juren was a paper tiger.
"...... Our Ming Dynasty values fellow villagers, the same subject, the most important thing is teachers and students. After passing the provincial examination, we will be a teacher and collude with each other. Jinshi is also acquainted with these people. We have a good relationship today, and there will be relevant care or assistance in the officialdom in the future. Party disciples come like this. If you ask for help, I will not help today. If you ask for help tomorrow, who will help me? And there will be that disciple. The head exams of the provincial examinations in various provinces are appointed by the emperor. He is the chief examiner of this examination to regard the candidates in this examination as disciples. The teachers and students must become one party in the officialdom. If you don't help each other, who will be willing to form a party, who will follow..."
This reason convinced Zhu Da. At that time, Qin Chuan felt sweat on his forehead. He didn't quite understand why Zhu Da asked so carefully. He had to explain the common sense that it was windy and rainy, but he had to explain it. Qin Xiucai said it more and more deeply.
"...... I am a poor scholar, but I have to do anything to do with the education. I can pass the imperial examination from scholars all the way, most of them are rich families, most of them are gentry from the province, and their relatives and relatives are already fame, not to mention that teacher, they are originally a noble and noble official of the Qing Dynasty. After the scholar passed the imperial examination, they are a member of the gentry from the province. If anyone is against him, they will be enemies of the gentry from the province. Let me say one thing, the juren wrote to the same year and cried with the gentry from the same year. Some people were too lazy to care about it, but if someone asked what to do, the governor, the governor, the governor, the Taoist, the magistrate, or the prefect, even if these people say something, except for places like Suzhou, etc., who can withstand..."
Speaking of this, Zhu Da thoroughly understood this system. Juren was already a member of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty. He could use the power of this system. This system was his backer and backing. Juren's identity does have natural power and power. After becoming a Juren, no matter what he used to be, he immediately became a gentry and a powerful man immediately.
As long as a juren does not go to another place to be an official, he will be in charge of the officials and the same subject, and in the local area they are powerful and gentry, and have mixed relationships with local natives. Such strength and favors are not frightened when facing the apostle who has only been in office for a few years. I am afraid that only the city can barely suppress it, so there is no need to say that the county will.
"It's rare to see you are so happy." Zhou Qingyun said beside him as he was walking forward.
Zhu Da realized that he was feeling happy and angry. He was usually very tense, but at this time he was really happy from the inside out. He smiled and replied: "Of course you have to be happy. You don't have to be so nervous next time, so you can sleep with confidence at night."
The county town is not big and the streets are very empty. Not long after Zhu Da and his group came out, they saw the team in front. Such a team is rare. More than ten high-headed horse columns are walking on the street. There are all kinds of people on both sides of the horse team. These people are following the horse team and are working hard to get forward, wanting to get close to the rider in the first place.
After looking at it this way, you can already see the dresses of those people who are close to each other, most of them are long gowns. These are the wealthy people in Huairen County waiting. You can even see a few white-haired old men who are moving forward regardless of their hard work.
"Why are the gong and drum teams coming?" Someone in the servants' team muttered and looked over, but saw a man holding gong and drums coming on another road.
Zhu Da saw the first person in the horse team. He was Qin Chuan, who had been separated for several months. Qin Xiucai and Qin Juren did not care about the changes in fame and fortune. Zhu Da just felt intimate. The Mongolian horse team invaded and the bandits washed and killed. His parents, the two masters and most of the villagers died in the disaster. Only he and Zhou Qingyun and Qin Qin depended on each other. Now another relative and elder survived. Zhu Da's heart was surging, his steps became more and more urgent, from slow to fast, from fast to trotting, from fast to trotting, and running faster and faster.
When he ran, Zhou Qingyun followed him, and the servants behind him also ran. They were all fully armed, and running like this was like charging. The street was not long at first, but suddenly, he looked at the murderous intent of the opposite side and suddenly saw a group of people rushing towards him with murderous aura. The whole street was quiet.
"Who!" "Mr. Qin, don't move!" A few loud shouts could be heard. The knights behind Qin Chuan rushed forward without caring about the people approaching the roadside. When they ran, they had already drawn their swords and pulled their hair out. Someone was on the horse and slapped the arrow.
Almost subconsciously, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun stopped their steps, and Ji Xiaodong behind him shouted "Raising the Spear". The servants were very skillful in this movement. They immediately put the short spear on the spear throwing device and raised it to throw it. The cavalry rushed forward and had to fight back. The posture of counterattack was not bad. The knights stopped their mounts, and some people turned around and shouted: "If something is wrong, prepare to leave!"
However, the Huairen County people who joined the fun and flattered each other on both sides of the horse team settled down after a panic, but the sudden tensions slammed many people and made them dare not move. The servants on Zhu Da's side had killed people, and the horse team thought they had seen the elites who had seen blood. Suddenly, the murderous aura was released, which shocked the joyful Huairen County people and others inexplicably.
"Entertainment Father! Entertainment Father!" Zhu Da couldn't help but shouted a few words.
When the person came over, Qin Chuan on the horse was talking to the people around him. When something happened, his vision was blocked. Qin Xiucai was a person who had seen the scene of killing. Of course, he would not lose his composure. He was just puzzled. Before he could ask, he heard Zhu Da's shout, his body was shocked, and his originally listless expression also changed.
"Is it Xiaoda? Are you still alive, are you still alive?"
This shout made the people of Huairen County on both sides react. Everyone looked at each other again, but this time it was quite embarrassing because the people living in the county were not so deeply impressed by the disaster of the Mongolian bandits' plunder, and it was difficult for them to put themselves in the shoes of the separation of life and death.
It was only then that they realized that Qin Chuan, who left Huairen County before and after the disaster, learned about the news of the disaster before and after the Taiyuan urban and rural examination. They should have been a bit lucky, but they rationally felt that their family was destroyed, otherwise they would not have returned to Huairen County so late.
People from Huairen County all thought that Zhu Da was alive for granted, and subconsciously felt that Qin Chuan should know, and there was no need to say more. This was the pure darkness under the lamp. A few smart people complained about themselves in their hearts. What a good opportunity to curry favor with him. They thought that this juren was tired without much energy, but they didn't expect that they were forcing everyone to be sad.
"It's me, I, Qin Qin and Qingyun are alive, we are all alive!" Zhu Da shouted. He was mentally prepared to never meet again, but he didn't expect that things would still develop in a good direction. Qin Chuan not only came back, but also passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Hearing Qin Chuan's shouting, he only saw him splitting the crowd and running over.
Before Zhu Da could speak, he was hugged by Qin Chuan. Zhu Da subconsciously wanted to dodge, but when he saw the other party's face was full of tears, he still didn't move.
Chapter completed!