stubborn thief

Chapter 46
In front of the county yamen, people come and go.

The soldiers from the Dongguan Express Shop rolled their saddles and fell off their horses just after they entered, and the archers from the Beiguan Inspection Department followed the yamen to clear the way in the street, followed by the yamen officials and led a group of monks and Taoists to preach the law and headed for the north gate. .

Liu Chengzong handed over the weapon to Cao Yao, and his cousin Cheng Yunzi went forward to approach the gatekeeper, greeted him with a familiar bow, handed the salutation, handed the pre-cut pieces of silver from his sleeve, and chatted a few words with a smile. The doorman just reported.

"Brother, the one who just went out is the ceremonial clerk and the yin and yang training technique, who led the monks to the Taoist meeting to ask for rain."

Cheng Yun is not very old, but he speaks like an adult. He sneered and whispered: "Hey! If the rain will work, it will take two years of drought?"

After speaking, he said: "I asked, the household king Shuban went to the Nanguan porridge shed to provide disaster relief, and the one who stayed in the yamen was Zhang Shuban, whose name was Zhang Pan, who was from Dongguan. Mu Bin, just send the post in and find him for a while."

In that long list of positions, only Yin-Yang training is an official, but only if an official is established, no salary is given. The other officials and book officials are officials.

The imperial court had six departments, the state government had six divisions, and the county government had six divisions. The staff in these six divisions were all subordinates, most of whom were hopeless in the imperial examinations. Scribe fees and work and food expenses to support life.

However, they are all locals who hold the power and work in the yamen all their lives. They can inherit their father's business. They are native, familiar with criminal law, proficient in laws and regulations, and are especially good at handling the internal affairs of the yamen. Magistrate.

Of course, there are disadvantages to being an official. An official cannot be an official, a family cannot take imperial examinations, and one can only be an official forever.

It didn't take long for the soap official of the county government to go out with the invitation, perhaps with eighty cents of silver.

Liu Chengzong turned his head and said to Cao Yao and the others: "You guys are looking for a place to wait for me, and I'll come out when I'm done."

After saying that, he was led into the door by a soap officer dressed in black and wearing a square scarf.

Liu Chengzong was all too familiar with the layout of the yamen. During those years in the county yamen with the old man, going to the Dianshi Hall on the west side of the yamen was like going home.

The ceremonial system of the yamen in the world is the same, and there is no need to lead the way at all. Passing through the corridor in front of the ceremonial door, the east and west side rooms are called the service room. It is the place where the grain chief pays taxes in summer and autumn. It is usually not used. .

The ceremonial gate is not open on weekdays, and there are small gates on the left and right sides.

The gate of ghosts is not usually open. That gate is where you go when escorting death row prisoners. Go in and turn left on the west wall. There is a small gate that leads directly to the West Yarn.

The people's gate is the place where the county officials and the people usually enter the yamen.

Before entering the hall of the county government office, there are three wing rooms on both sides of the corridor. From south to north, there are three rooms for soldiers, criminals, and workers on the west side.

The clerk's office is in charge of personnel, and manages the county government documents and the general affairs of the government.

The owner of the barracks is in charge of recruiting and training, and manages the local armed forces, post stations and three-shift yamen.

Households are responsible for collecting land and business taxes, managing household registration, warehouses, and fiscal revenue and expenditure, and dispatching corvées.

The ceremonial room is in charge of sacrifices, examinations, school education, and education of the people.

The prison is in charge of litigation and judgment, judicial trials, and prisoner management.

The workshop is in charge of the industry and is responsible for the field, water conservancy, engineering repair and equipment manufacturing.

In the county of a hundred miles, there is nothing that these six rooms cannot solve.

When Liu Chengzong was led into the household, there was another yamen in the room who was bowing his head and saying something to the book office inside. When he saw him coming in, the book office in an ochre-colored collar nodded and ordered a few words, patted the yamen and told him to go down and sat He raised his hand on the chair and said with a smile: "Liu Erlang of Heilongshan, a hero of the frontier army; I have a good relationship with the fourth master, you don't have to be cautious, sit down."

The house is not small, but the walls are full of bookshelves, and the money and grain books make the room a bit cramped.

At this time, there were only the two of them in the room, and when Liu Chengzong sat down, Zhang Pan said, "Brother Wang's letter of worship made your case very clear, you want to buy [-] mu of land in Laomiaozhuang, and the land deed has been sold. As long as the house is drawn and filed, you are very kind."

Just when Liu Chengzong was puzzled, Zhang Pan smiled indifferently and said: "Since thieves attacked the old temple in Changping, Zhang Qianhu led troops to drive away the thieves, and the landowner who held the land deed there died in disaster, and it was all wasteland. already."

Zhang Qianhu led troops to drive away the thieves?Liu Chengzong tried his best to suppress his disdain and anger.

"You Liu Erlang came to me early, and posted a notice outside the yamen, looking for thirty or forty families, and each wrote that someone opened the Panlong Valley somewhere to a wasteland, as long as no one came to the door with a land deed for three months... No one will come to your door, where will you look if everyone is dead? The house will be given a new title deed to you.”

And this one?
This is a new knowledge point for Liu Chengzong, but he really doesn't need it and doesn't want to use it. It's not enough to ask the thieves to kill the deceased people in the old temple village. It's not enough to ask the officers and soldiers to take their heads to receive the reward. Occupied for no reason?

He couldn't do such a thing. He cupped his hands and smiled and said, "Thank you Zhang Shu for your kindness. I can't wait for three months to wait for this Heyantian to eat in Xingpingli."

Zhang Pan smiled amiably, waved his hands and said, "It's okay, since it's a business, it can also be painted under the bet."

"But...it's not a good time to buy farmland." He turned his words and clasped his fists towards the north, saying, "Although the Fushi county government office is small, some things have to be done on a regular basis. Erlang can see the city when he enters the city. Refugees gathered outside? Hundreds and thousands, the rice jars in the city bottomed out, and people starve to death and fill the ditches every day.”

"Our Fushi City is the county government office, and the government office is also here. The prefect is worried about this, so no one can be exempted from an order."

Zhang Pan raised his hand and nodded, looking for the official document from the desk, and put out a copy: "The government has an order, all the wealthy and big families who have more money to buy land and land in the year of disaster must help the government to share the worries and resettle the refugees. The rule is one hundred mu. household."

"So this land deed needs to be mortgaged, and 27 households of refugees must be registered as tenants. The villain can do whatever is convenient, and the number of refugees can be small, but the number of households is fixed and cannot be changed. It must be 27 households."

This rule was difficult for Liu Chengzong, causing him to frown.

Bianbi Xiaocheng's chief official said a word, rounding up is equal to the emperor's edict.

The magistrate said that following two mouthfuls is the golden rule, which made him smile wryly and said: "It's easy to take 27 families of refugees back, but Zhang Shuban, what should I do to support them?"

"I don't know either. Except for a few villages along the river, the people have no livelihood. The refugees will always become thieves when the ants gather for a long time. The yamen can only come up with this method."

Zhang Pan shook his head and spread his hands in front of the case: "Xingpingli is fine in the suburbs of the county, and the city has already begun to distribute it. If you have three houses, you will donate five buckets of rice and grain each month; you need to donate one stone when you enter the yard."

"It's better to buy land and send the refugees. You don't even have to look for people to farm the land. It saves a life and is better than eating a long fast for seven years. You Liu Erlang will eat all the fast food in your next life."

(End of this chapter)