Daming: I help my wife be the empress

"The court is responsible for deciding the case, so what does the county master do?"

This is the question in the minds of most people.

Because most of the people may not be able to deal with the county magistrate in their entire lives. For them, the county master is just like in a drama, who is responsible for adjudicating cases.

Scholars like Chen Bangyan, who have some knowledge of government agencies, understand that the most important responsibility of the magistrate is actually to protect the land and the people and ensure the collection of money and food in a place.

As for trial and sentencing, it is only one aspect of the county magistrate's work. In many cases, the county magistrate may not personally intervene.

Therefore, after listening to Zhou Zan, Chen Bangyan understood that the imperial court had separated the right to adjudicate cases and judge prisons from the county and government offices.

Because there is a prefectural court above the county court, which is responsible for adjudicating cases and judging prisons in one prefecture.

There is a provincial court above the government court, and then there is the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court is equivalent to the former Dali Temple...

As for the fact that one can appeal against the result of the trial, it has existed before, so it is not surprising.

There are also a small number of readers who pay different attention to the content of the notice than most people——

"A person who is litigating for others must have a litigator's certificate?" A young man dressed as a scholar was not only surprised when he heard the end.

Zhou Zan just finished speaking, so he nodded and said, "Not bad."

"A lawyer's certificate must be obtained through the examination organized by the provincial court?" The young man frowned as he looked at the notice. "If the provincial court is stuck and does not issue a lawyer's certificate, doesn't that mean that we cannot defend those who have wronged us?"

This young man in his early thirties was a well-known litigator in Nanjing City. His name was Liang Mengchang, and he was known as Liang Dazhuang.

Zhou Zan knew him well, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about Mr. Liang. In the future, whenever there is a trial, the defendant and the plaintiff must have a litigator. If one party doesn't have one, the court will be responsible for making arrangements.

To implement the new court policy, a lot of lawyers are needed.Therefore, the lawyer's examination organized by the provincial court should not be difficult.

Liang Dazhuang is proficient in Ming law and has experience in litigation. As long as he takes the exam, he will definitely pass.

Of course, after passing the exam, only the certificate of trainee lawyer can be obtained, and other conditions must be met in order to obtain a more advanced certificate of lawyer. "

Hearing Zhou Zan's words, Liang Mengchang suddenly thought of the fact that the imperial court had asked the accountant to help check the accounts and granted an accounting certificate.

Now it seems that the imperial court is going to bring lawyers into regular management.

As a scholar with quick thinking, Liang Mengchang knew very well that this matter was beneficial to the group of lawyers.

One means that they have been recognized by the imperial court and can be less despised by some orthodox scholars.

Second, since the profession of lawyers needs to be standardized and requires examinations, it will inevitably become more and more difficult to become lawyers in the future, so those who have already entered this industry will undoubtedly gain considerable advantages.

Finally, since the new courts established by the imperial court needed litigators, maybe they could still become officials through this route?

Haven't you seen that Zhou Zan and a small clerk have become ninth-rank officials?
It should be noted that the punishment room of a general county government has only one official, one clerk, and one clerk each, with the official as the head of the official staff.

As for the remaining personnel in the book office, assistants, posting books, etc., they all belong to the non-staff personnel recruited by the county government, and are not included in the official establishment of the imperial court.

As a state affiliated to Nanjing, Jiangning has more affairs in the six chambers and more staff in the editorial staff.

There is one pawn, two save points, and two to four scribes.

According to Liang Mengchang's understanding, Zhou Zan ranked relatively low among the scribes in the criminal room of Jiangning County.

In this way, he can become a ninth-rank official. As long as Liang Dazhuang works hard, he will definitely have the opportunity to become an official!
Thinking of this, Liang Mengchang hurriedly asked: "Where is the provincial court? When will the lawyer's exam be organized?"

Zhou Zan said: "The provincial court is near the Guozijian, and it is also open today. It is said that a litigator exam will be organized within three days, and I don't know the exact time."

"Thank you!"

Liang Mengchang cupped his hands to express his thanks, and left immediately, heading towards the Guozijian in a hurry.

At the same time, there were several scholars who left, either they had already become lawyers, or they intended to be lawyers.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, civil lawsuits became popular in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in southern Zhili and Zhejiang.Coupled with the serious introversion of scholars and the difficulty of taking the imperial examination, there are not many scholars in Nanjing who choose to be litigators.

Chen Bangyan also saw that obtaining a litigator's certificate might be a means of promotion to the official career, but he was not interested in criminal names. Although he knew the Ming law, he was not good at it, so he didn't want to be a litigator.

What's more, he is also a well-known Confucian scholar in Lingnan. If he became a lawyer, wouldn't it make people laugh?
'Since the imperial court has made a big move to separate the judicial power from the county government and the government government, it is afraid that it will not be small in other aspects. '

Thinking of this in his heart, Chen Bangyan cheered up, and was going to turn around and ask someone to inquire again, to see if there was a way to enter some yamen he wanted to be an official.

Chen Bangyan left the Jiangning County Court and walked south, passing by the original Nancheng Bingmasi Yamen.

Suddenly, it was discovered that the plaque of this yamen had also been changed, and now it became the "Nancheng Patrol Bureau".

There were no notices posted outside the yamen, and there were not many people watching. Chen Bangyan wanted to leave after just one glance, but he saw groups of officers and soldiers rushing out of the yamen and lined up in front of the gate.

There was originally a large open space outside the gate of the Nancheng Bingma Division, which was used for gathering soldiers and horses, but it was quickly filled up at this time.

Seeing that this is really Chen Bangyan, he didn't want to leave.

Therefore, in the past 20 years, there were endless wars in Ming Dynasty, and Chen Bangyan was most interested in military affairs.

This patrol station seemed to be a government office related to the military, of course he had to take a good look.

After careful observation, Chen Bangyan found that these officers and soldiers were divided into several types due to differences in clothing.

The one on the far left is wearing a cloth mask of the Ming army, wearing a flying saucer hat, carrying a bow and arrow on his back, and holding a knife card in his hand, just like the previous officers and soldiers.

Then there were officers and soldiers in red shirts, without weapons, but standing with several water dragons.

Then there are officers and soldiers in black and red official uniforms and hats similar to the uniforms of the previous government officials, with waist knives and chains, and a patch with the word "capture" on their chests.

The last is a kind of officers and soldiers wearing blue and white government uniforms and hats, holding only a water and fire stick in their hands, with the word "Xun" on their chests.

These officers and soldiers are divided into four teams, the first three teams have 250 people, only the last team has 50 people.

As the officers and soldiers lined up to fight, more and more people came to watch, and many people even pointed and discussed.

This kind of situation rarely happened in the past, and ordinary people avoided officers, soldiers and yamen servants.

However, since the empress took control of Nanjing, there were very few incidents of officers, soldiers and government servants oppressing the common people. Occasionally there were one or two cases, but they were all severely punished, and the common people no longer shunned them like snakes and scorpions.

"Did this place used to be the Bingma Division? How did it become a police station?"

"Who knows? But it seems that he is still in charge of the yamen servant?"

"Not only the yamen servants, but also the fire soldiers."

"I don't know if the officers and soldiers of the new yamen will bully the people." Someone said worriedly.

"They dare! Since your majesty came to Nanjing, which of the officers and soldiers who bullied the people has not been severely punished?"

"···"

Listening to the discussions of the people around, Chen Bangyan couldn't help but said to himself: "This police station not only replaced the former Bingma Division, but also took over the errand of arresting criminals by the government officials.

If the police station is not under the jurisdiction of the county government or the government government, then the county government government can control even fewer things. "

"Brother, you are very knowledgeable!" The person next to him seemed to have heard Chen Bangyan's words, and praised him aloud.

Turning his head, Chen Bangyan saw a tall man who was more than eight feet tall, with a slightly dark and ruddy complexion, and a long beard, who looked like Guan Yu.

Seeing this person's majestic appearance, Chen Bangyan subconsciously developed a friendship, so he cupped his hands and said: "I'm in Guangdong, Chen Bangyan, whose name is Lingbin. Dare I ask your brother's name?"

The big man bowed his hands and returned the salute, "A certain Tongzhou Yan Yingyuan, whose name is Wuheng."

It turned out that Yan Yingyuan learned that today was the opening day of the Nancheng Patrol Bureau where Chen Mingyu took office, so he asked for leave and came to watch the ceremony and congratulate him in casual clothes.

When he arrived, he found that Chen Mingyu was gathering the patrolmen from various teams under his command, so he didn't go up to disturb him, but followed the crowd to watch.

Hearing what Chen Bangyan said with emotion, he felt that this person was very knowledgeable, so he praised him.

After notifying each other of their names, Chen Bangyan also wanted to know Yan Yingyuan's insights, so he asked, "Does Hu Heng know anything about this police station?"

Yan Yingyuan smiled and said, "Brother Ling Bin is the right person to ask."