The city belongs to the Taoist gods, is the god of the land on one side, and supervises the affairs of the two worlds of yin and yang, and plays an important role in the social life of the Ming Dynasty.

Shinto can "understand the king's platform", from the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang until the years of Jiajing and Zhengde, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty devoted themselves to Daoism.In the first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu sealed the gods of the city of the world, and called "the emperor" in the city of the capital of heaven, and he was praised with the king's etiquette.

The prefectures of the world have also built the temple of the city, and wherever there is a city, there will be a temple of the city.According to the Ming Dynasty system, after the local officials took office, they first had to worship the local city, and stayed in the temple, and the gods swore in front of them, "In the yin and yang table, to settle down the people."The criminal department, the local officials, the jinjie , etc., are often in the judgment of the court in the city God temple, with a three-foot god on the table, justice should not be deceived by the darkness.

According to the practice of Chongyang County, every month at the beginning of each month, it is a big worship of the city.

In the morning, the city gate had just opened, and the people of the four townships entered the city incessantly, flocking to the city temple on East Second Street, in addition to burning incense and worshipping God, they also rushed to see the city on the street, and sacrificed God to save, and this day was a rare entertainment and resting time.

East Second Street in the head, lively very, sell early, sing, fortune-telling, selling style..., plus the people who come to see the lively, the small square in front of the city God Temple filled with the square.

There were dozens of local squires in front of the temple gate, rich tooth merchants, looking up at the distance from time to time, waiting for the county to come.They are all people with some identity in Chongyang County, invited to participate in today's ceremony of sacrifice, although the three or five groups have their own small circle, but the whole is still gathered together, and the ordinary people are clearly separated.

Tooth merchants are rich and not expensive, in front of the gentry is low, there is no common language between each other, Xiangchu business bank money, Long Maochang Song officials, Chongyang dock Zhao port head..., more than a dozen dental businessmen are a group, are mouthful of the prison.

"Have you heard?"The silver has risen to twenty-two!”Money is a public tooth, well-informed.

The people immediately shouted.

"Ah?"“So much, didn’t the water bandits run away?”

"Song River is in Tongcheng, the county also has to repair the city defense, to help the victims, anyway, change the law to ask for money."

"Create the name, the storm, I am in the hands of these corrupt officials!"

"Alas!I wanted to hide out today, but I was forced to come by a big command, almost like a clear robbery...”

“Gentlemen, please be careful!”Song Da official said: "Xu Dajun is also to ensure my Chongyang peace, twenty-two silver is not much, which of you can not take it?"

"It's not the wind, I won't donate today!"Some are unconvinced.

I also don't donate!Every time the sacrifice to the city is to fruit and silver, and now it has risen to twenty-two silver, and half a month is busy again."Someone responded.

"Don't pretend to be poor, last month in Wuchang Province, you spent twenty-two times in combing a powder head..."

At this time, the distance came "toning ..." seven sticks of gong, meaning "military and people to avoid", this is the county order Xu Bingzhong arrived.The people shied away from both sides, and the squires and the dentists were dressed and bowed down, ready to meet their parents.

The copper gong in the open road was getting closer and closer, but the onlookers were a bit restless, pointing and talking excitedly, as if something strange had happened, and the squire-tat-goal looked up and looked up, and could not help but be caught.

Xu Bingzhong wearing black-sided green robes, under the black side of the red roost, crowned with embroidery, a very formal dress, but he suddenly rode a horse, Wang Kefan and he walked with him, only a little behind half a horse head.

“What kind of thing is this...?”Several famous old Confucians were heartbroken, and they changed their faces, and others were also in an uproar, doubting, laughing, disdainful, envious, and both.

Chengyu Sacrifice is a very important official ceremony, the court has a set of corresponding rules and regulations system, Xu Bingzhong as the parents of the county, should be a full set of public service of honor, horse stick official car, in order to maintain the court decent, so open riding in and out, is too light!

According to the Daming system, civil officials are not not unable to ride horses, but they are special occasions for His Holiness to avoid, such as governors, royal history and other members to the scene, Xu Bingzhong should ride with.However, today's worship of the city's chief is Xu Bingzhong, he lost his identity in front of a six-pin military attaché, two people walking together, it is simply a ceremonial collapse, Shilin's humiliation!

“Yuntai, you see these people with strange looks, what do you think you can guess?”He turned around and asked in a low voice.

"Nine or ten, 'Gentlemen are not heavy and unwed', 'there is a loss of the court's integrity' such as."

“You are still shy.In addition to these clichés, they must still scold me Sven sweep, obscurantism!"

Xu Bingzhong reached out, stopped Wang Kefan, who wanted to be guilty, smiled: "A little false name does not have to be on the heart, I am just going to deliberately build a momentum for you."However, I can help you with limited, and below it depends on your own means...”

The large army of water bandits was still in the tiger's eyes, threatening Chongyang, and the honor and humiliation in Xu Bing were all pinned on the court camp, and Wang Kefan proposed to raise military pay when he worshiped the city, and he promised to come down with almost no hesitation.

However, he is only responsible for beating the side drum, and the bad guy still wants Wang Kefan to do it, and he can't make things too big, so as not to get into trouble.

"... these people are mostly rat-wilight, guarding the wealth of the family but refusing to donate to the fund, is the city broken and their good?"

Xu Bingzhong paused for a moment, and said in a heavier tone: "But you and I are court officials, and if they do not want to help, they must not violate the court law, and the soldiers are strong."

You can ask for money, don't be rude, let them take out their own money, that's your ability.

“Please rest assured that students have their own balance...”

Speaking to the gate of the temple, Wang Kefan turned over and got off the horse, stepped back to give up Xu Bing, his eyes swept to the crowd, and had seen Sanlang and Su Hanzhang, both of them looked at some tension.

Xu Bingzhong and the gentry saw the ceremony, led the land to the official linguist into the city temple, the temple a class of Daoists is setting up a practice, fine music, cigarettes are in vain.The leading Lao Dao introduced the people into the hall, worshipped the city as a godly, and went to the temple to ask the wooden master of the city and the mother of the city.(The wooden image of the small one is used for the city when traveling).

The people donated some incense money to the temple, and then looked at Xu Bingzhong together, in accordance with the unwritten rules of many years, before patrolling the streets of the city, they also donated a piece of fruit and silver to the county.

The group of dental dealers muttered in the back row, and their hearts were quite dissatisfied.They think they know the inside information of the price of the fruit and silver, twenty-two silver some meat pain, but has arrived at this occasion, but can only bite their teeth to recognize.

"Gentlemen, the former water bandits committed me to Chongyang, all in the righteous camp to kill the enemy bravely, to ensure the safety of the people of my city..." Xu Bingzhong opened his mouth, enthusiastically praised the achievements of the camp, and praised it very hard.

These are all real credit, there are many echo sounds in the crowd, but the brain is fast and feels wrong - when the worship of the city is worshipping, how do the county adults run the question?

Xu Bingzhong deliberately paused, his face became heavy: "Unfortunately, breaking into the thief's minions to disturb Wuchangfu, the food pay of the Gongyi camp has been broken, but I plan to leave Chongyang."

“So what can you do?”The first one was called out.

“The camp must not go!”Sue Hanzhang also came forward.

Many squire rich people are talking about, worried, Song Jiang is in Tongcheng, Dulong King is still in the sheep building cave, if the Gongyi camp is gone, Chongyang can be finished.

However, more people were silent and heard the subtext in the middle of the words.

Seeing the look of their guard, Xu Bing center secretly shook his head, these people took the lead, let them take out the real money is not an easy thing, Wang Kefan is afraid that he will not raise much military pay.Looking back at Wang Kefan's attitude, solemnly, the hope of reporting is still very large, and when the two sides say it is rigid, we must restrain him, and do not do anything out of it.

"Gentlemen, if you want to stay in the camp, you must rely on the generosity of the father and the father, and the fruits and silver of this month in the county are gone, and you will give Wang Qian as a military pay."

Xu Bingzhong made up his mind, today, at least, to Wang Kefan to put together hundreds of silver, so as not to go to the court of honor to really pull up the legs.

The noise suddenly stopped, and there was a strange silence in the room.The slow-reaction people also understood at this moment, and the people around Xu Bing were to let the gentlemen and rich people who were present pay.

Then a loud voice sounded.Everyone is very clear, the total amount of fruit and silver is only two or three hundred silver, this money would have been donated to the county, let the Gongyi camp take it and what is the matter?

“Yes, that’s what I’ve been waiting for!”

“The great honors of Wang Qian, should be repaid!”

“Long Maochang, be willing to donate twenty-two fruits and silver!”

The Song officials suddenly came out, directly doubled the fruit and silver, and immediately attracted a angry around.But he smiled unconcernedly, came up to Xu Bingzhong and Wang Kefan, and leaned forward and made a proud snoring.

Everyone secretly regretted in their hearts, this Song official was really cunning, with only twenty-two silver coins out of a big breeze, but made everyone inside and outside is not a person.

Xu Bingzhong is a happy, since someone takes the lead, others also have to donate more money, and now smile and nod.

"Song Da official is really heavy and light money..." He was ready to commend the Song official.

"Yes, the officer of Song Daquan is really heavy and light, but the twenty-two silver is still too little."Wang Kefan suddenly interjected and interrupted Xu Bingzhong.

Xu Bingzhong and Song Daguan, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and turned to look at Wang Kefan.

“Yunshan, what do you mean?”Xu Bingzhong as low as possible, but can not hold down the anger in the heart, greed is not enough snake swallowing, this is not helpful?If it weren’t for the public’s eyes, he would have cursed a fool.

"General Wang, the old example of the fruit and silver in my county is 12 silver, and there are many twenty-two silver!"The Song Daguan deliberately raised his voice, and the twenty-two silver coins were nothing to him, but this man could not afford to lose, and since this Wang Kefan was not interesting, he slapped him with his backhand.

"Your number Long Maochang business is booming, the monthly profit is about four hundred and two, this month and from the Gongyi camp to make a sum, only twenty-two is too little?"Wang Kefan was calm, telling the truth, and making sense.

"This, General Wang has some misunderstanding..." Mr. Song couldn't help but start, his mouth was wild, but he jumped a few times in his heart, as if he suddenly fell into the trap of prey, feeling a burst of inexplicable fear.

How did Wang Kefan know the bottom of Long Maochang?It seems that he was ready to investigate himself secretly, and wanted to take Longmao Chang!

"Good teaching General Wang learned that the profit of the sting is far less than five hundred and two, most of the current silver is also sent to the Wuchangfu branch cabinet, and now there is really no money on the account, the 22 silver has gone to do their best..." Song Daguan is the treasurer of the big tooth, waiting for people to do things are quite experienced, the mind is a little determined to open the counterattack, not only bite the money, but also carry out the background of Wuchang.

I don't have a hard top with you, but for these twenty-two pieces of silver, you like it.

“Isn’t there silver?It doesn't matter."Wang Kefan's smile was very cordial: "I have a fruit book here, and Song Daguan will draw a bet first."

With his command, Jing Liang responded to the front, holding a book of fruit books like the fruit book to the front of the Song Da official, and the Song Da official fixed his eyes, and immediately lost his voice.

"Five hundred and two?! General Wang, the sting number really doesn't have that much money!"

Blow up, the people in the temple almost fried the nest, the squire toothmen were startled, five hundred and two, the number is too amazing!

A family wants five hundred and twenty-three silver coins, how much should others donate?The squirers immediately pointed the finger at Wang Kefan with their enemies.Some people ask softly, some people are sarcastic, some people are bluntly rebuked, and some people have cheered up the Song officials, and they must not sign the pledge in this fruit book.

Xu Bing on the side and angry and urgent, so that the trouble must be a shot and two scattered, will not all mess up!

The pressure was about to persuade, but Wang Kefan spoke again.

"Since it is not necessary for Officer Song to draw a bet, he will not be reluctant, let's talk about it later."

He faintly put this sentence, even let go of the Song officials, turned to Xu Bingzhong, smiled and said: "It is not too late, please leave the city master to go on the street."

"Oh, to patrol the street, first ask the lord of the city to patrol the street..." although Xu Bingzhong was inexplicable, but a storm disappeared into the invisible, but also asked for it.

But what is this thorny, what is this obscurity?

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