In the Ming Dynasty, the alarm drum sounded. Regardless of whether the officials in the government office were willing or not, they had to come out to handle official business.
This was the iron law that Zhu Yuanzhang had given to the officials of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, a group of bailiffs quickly ran out with the Water Fire Rod in their hands.
Originally, they thought that it was a complaint from a troublemaker, but when they came out to take a look, it turned out to be a scholar wearing a new shabby shirt.
This put them in a difficult position.
If they were dealing with ordinary people, they could intimidate them with just a few words.
However, the other party was a scholar and a scholar with an official rank. Their scaring of the common people would not work.
The head of the bailiffs from Yingtian Prefecture stepped forward with a toothache.
"Scholar, what are you doing?”
"If there's anything, let's go straight to the back hall and talk. Why are you beating the drum!”
Since ancient times, China had been a society of human relations. Even Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, could not cut off the human relations in all aspects of society.
Qin Mu was stunned when he heard that, and he instantly knew that he had made a fool of himself.
Under normal circumstances, he should have paid a private visit to the Yin Tian Prefecture Magistrate and greeted him before going through the normal process of complaining.
If he rashly sounded the alarm drum, it would more or less affect the magistrate's reputation.
However, he had wanted to make a big fuss this time, so this wave was not bad.
"The chairman is right. Wansheng was rash.”
"Please introduce me to the class…"
The chairman waved his hand helplessly.
"What's there to recommend? Your Stunning Drum has already alarmed the old master inside!”
"Come, follow us to the main hall to meet the magistrate.”
Under the guidance of the class leader, Qin Mu walked into the main hall of the Yin Tian Prefecture.
To be honest, this was the first time he had come to an ancient hall.
He didn't even show his face when the restaurant was involved in the lawsuit.
This was because when he first established the restaurant, he didn't take it seriously and directly put it under Liu Dabiao's name.
He planned to hand over the restaurant to Liu Dabiao after he completed his initial accumulation.
When Qin Mu came to the main hall with a heart full of longing, he saw a strange sight that he had never seen in his two lifetimes.
In the court, an official with shackles was sitting upright!
Judging from the red official robe this official was wearing and the peacock patch on his chest, he should be at least a third-grade official.
However, since when did the officials of the Ming Dynasty have to wear shackles in court?
Just as Qin Mu's face was filled with astonishment, the magistrate in the hall was also dumbfounded.
What was going on?
How could a scholar learn from the commoners and start beating the drums?
In principle, anyone who passed the imperial examination and obtained fame could call themselves a disciple of a saint.
Then, they would use their respective teachers as a link to build up their relationships and build friendships with each other.
Most of the officials would give him some face.
If it involved a lawsuit, they would also take care of it if the law permitted it.
After all, no one knew if this group of young scholars could pass the imperial examinations in the future.
"Chairman, this…"
Qin Mu pointed at the shackled officials in the hall and didn't know what to say.
The class head had an indifferent attitude. This kind of scene was not rare in Da Ming, and it was even very common for a period of time.
"Hey!"
"Our master committed a crime and was originally going to be dismissed and returned to his hometown.”
"However, there are so many yamens in the imperial court, and there are so many things. Someone has to deal with them, right?”
"Therefore, our current Emperor has shown mercy and allowed our master to work with shackles.”
When Qin Mu heard this explanation, he only had one thought in his heart.”。
At the same time, he was even more determined not to take the imperial examination.
This was because getting into the imperial examinations was equivalent to becoming a national reserve cadre.
With Zhu Yuanzhang's character, once the number of officials killed was not enough, he would definitely not let those High Scholars off!
Even though Qin Mu didn't plan to be a corrupt official, there were many trivial matters in the officialdom.
He might fall into someone else's trap.
Not to mention, in the Kong Yin case and Hu Weiyong case a few years ago, how many people were implicated and wronged?
Some people were killed by Old Zhu just because they had letters with Hu Weiyong.
Hence, being an official under the Ming Taizu was really less money, more trouble, and more risk.
If he was not careful, he might lose his head!
When the class head brought Qin Mu in, it was considered that he had completed his mission.
After the chairman left, Qin Mu and the shackled magistrate stared at each other.
In the end, it was still the magistrate who spoke first.
"Are you a new scholar?"
"There must be no scholars in your family. At least, they haven't obtained any achievements!”
Qin Mu nodded awkwardly.
"It is indeed as Lord Prefect said. Junior has just passed the scholar examination and there are no other scholars at home.”
The magistrate in the hall laughed loudly when he heard this and immediately removed the shackles on his shoulders.
The shackle was not locked, it was just a light wooden cangue.
After all, the officials in the yamen couldn't really get a wooden cangue that weighed dozens of kilograms for the magistrate to wear.
"Haha!"
"Looking at your reckless appearance, I know that you don't understand the rules of officialdom!”
"But it's good that you don't know anything. If you don't know anything about officialdom, you can save yourself the trouble of getting involved in the muddy waters of officialdom.”
"Since you don't know anything, you definitely didn't investigate my identity beforehand, right?”
"Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Song and my name is Yi.”
"You can call me Old Song or Lord Song.”
"Song Yi?"
Qin Mu scratched his head awkwardly and quickly searched his mind. He realized that he had never heard of this person.
However, the other party's attitude was easy-going and did not put on any airs. On the contrary, he felt quite cordial.
"Junior Qin Mu greets Lord Song!”
Song Yi smiled meaningfully.
"According to the rules, you should call yourself a student in front of me, not a junior.”
"Uh…Is this another joke?"
Song Yi saw Qin Mu's embarrassment and laughed out loud again.
"You really are a chick, hahaha!”
"Let me tell you, you've made a lot of jokes today!”
"In the future, if you pass the examination and become an official in the imperial court, today's matter will become a joke among the scholars in the world. Hahaha!”
Qin Mu looked at Song Yi who was laughing so hard that he was swaying back and forth, and he was momentarily stunned.
He had originally planned to complain, but looking at the current situation, he was here to embarrass himself?
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