Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 1: Trapped in the Air Seal Case!
  Hongwu ten years.

Yingtianfu, Xinghua Lane.

It was already dusk, and the house was covered by green shade, making it even darker.

"Madam, I'm sorry for you!"

"It's pitiful that my son has been smart since he was a child, but now he has to go to jail because of me as his father. It's my fault. I've caused you all..."

The man looked to be in his thirties and was wearing a white washed blue shirt.

He is not tall, has a short beard, and is neither fat nor thin.

But now, it looked like he had just run violently, his breathing was rapid, and his face was covered with sweat. Sweat and tears were mixed together, his tone was sad and painful, and he looked eagerly at his wife and children in front of him.

When talking about painful places, beating one's chest and stamping one's feet seems to indicate great sadness.

But he could only suppress his crying and whispered:

"When I was in my prime, Su Guiyuan, I spent all my wealth to become a scholar. In this way, I married a good wife and gave birth to my beloved son. I don't want to be rich or famous."

"I have worked diligently at the Zhaomo Institute and served as an inspector for five years. I pride myself on having a clear conscience!"

"After five years of hard work, I didn't expect to be involved in this bloody case of empty seal, and it was overturned in one day! Wow!"

The man's beard was trembling, and the words about a man bleeding but not crying were all left behind, just thinking that the peaceful life in the past had become a thing of the past, and only horror remained in the future.

I can't help but feel sad about it.

"Ugh! Husband, is there really nothing we can do about this case? We can't discuss it with Master Li. This has nothing to do with us."

In front of him, the woman looked frightened and frightened.

The man was stunned for a moment, then sighed and was about to speak.

"Uh……"

At this moment, the child in the woman's arms slowly opened her eyes, as if she had just woken up.

The black and white eyes first turned towards the father and mother's faces.

Immediately, he weakly raised his hand to wipe the woman's tears.

I saw my son was awake.

Su Guiyuan couldn't bear it anymore and quickly wiped his tears without saying anything else.

He just walked quickly towards the front door, cautiously sticking his head out, looking both ways, and seemed to feel that there was no one there.

Then he quickly turned around and walked towards his wife and children.

He touched his son's head lovingly.

"I will never let you two go to jail with me!"

"While the curfew is still half an hour away, we might be able to leave the capital. We are so quiet people that we don't deserve the attention of those big shots."

"Let's go and leave now. Xianeryou is the only man in my Su family. I need to eat well and grow up quickly..."

While talking.

The intensity of the man's caress became smaller and smaller, and finally he couldn't help but feel sad and suppressed his cry, "Go quickly! Go quickly!"

The woman also cried: "Husband..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Su Xian's confusion about waking up from a deep sleep suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, my heart suddenly shook.

No way!
  What jail time?
  Ever since I stayed up late to ascend to heaven and opened my eyes again.

Su Xian found himself in this world.

Ming dynasty!

I thought I could transform into a living emperor's grandson, or simply a royal heir, like in the books I had read.

But I don’t want to go home.

He was just a subordinate of the General Office of the Household Department, an extremely low-ranking school inspector.

There are only two errands in Zhaomo.

One is zhaomo (zhenge 8th grade), and the other is calibration (zhengjiu 9th grade).

If a brick is dropped here, it can hit the capital of the royal family. My father, who is inspecting the school, is really a petty official.

The father's responsibility is also simple, which is to verify and audit the account books and files sent to the Ministry of Accounts from various places under the leadership of his superiors.

On weekdays.

The position of school inspector is very busy, and the two tax collections every year are even more busy. I can't even go home and work in the government office by an oil lamp.

It only takes a month or two to get started.

His father, Su Guiyuan, was a kind-hearted man who was neither greedy nor competitive. To be precise, he was a bit cowardly. Even when he suffered a loss, he never mentioned revenge. When his boss asked him to do more work, he remained silent and could do whatever he could. Just do it.

And because of his errand.

The official position is small and the power is only a little bit.

After all, the "tax and grain files" of the chief envoys of various provinces in the Ming Dynasty had to be audited and verified by my father and others.

these past few years.

Su Xian went from a newborn baby to a six-year-old child who can now run and jump.

It can be considered a very comfortable life.

If you continue to live like this, in this Ming Dynasty, in the future, you will grow up, marry a wife and have children, and then use what you have learned to shock the world, it seems really good.

But now.

Because of his position as a school inspector, my father seemed to be involved. This symbolized Emperor Hongwu's ruthless nature and was the biggest murder case in the early Ming Dynasty...

Blank case!
  "But didn't you hide away?"

Su Xian patted his head. He still remembered that when later generations saw it, it was the ninth year of Hongwu.

But last year, I had a "hard time". I got seriously ill and had to go through a lot of hard work to get my father to be transferred from the Ministry of Household Affairs to inspect the school.

But the bloody thing is that for a whole year, no case occurred.

Just when Su Xian thought he had remembered it wrong, after all, the history of the Ming Dynasty had changed too much, and even the Kongyin case had two time versions.

Sudden.

At the end of last year, my father had just been transferred back by his boss.

The empty seal case broke out!

At first, the small family in their own household didn't know anything about it. When the storm from above swept down, it was like a tsunami that covered the sky and the sun, making it impossible to escape.

As for the empty seal case.

Although Su Xian is not as proficient in history books as the great scholars of later generations. But I also basically understand some of the process.

The reason is that Ming Dynasty's annual tax accounts must be verified and reported by local officials in each province with the account details.

These accounts need to be sealed in advance by the seal officials of each prefecture, state, and county.

However, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was thousands of miles long.

It's easy to say that the capital is nearby.

According to current travel distances in Sichuan, Sichuan, Ningxia, Shanxi and other places, a trip of three and a half months is more than enough.

If there was a mistake, he would have to go back and get the seal stamped again, and then come back to the capital to settle the account.

Going back and forth like this, not to mention the waste of manpower and material resources, but also to say that it is definitely too late to go to Sichuan, Shu, Ningxia and other places far away.

If the tax accounting time of the Ministry of Revenue is delayed, the assessment rating of local officials will be graded lower!
  So, they used a trick.

First stamp the "blank document" with the official seal in advance, so that when it comes to accounting at the Ministry of Household Affairs, you can fill in the amount at that time.

I don’t know how many years this unspoken rule has been going on.

Anyway, during the Yuan Dynasty, officials from various places were already very familiar with it, and most officials from the Ministry of Revenue also acquiesced.

however.

Who would have thought...

Today's Emperor Hongwu cannot tolerate the slightest bit of sand in his eyes.

After becoming aware of this.

Furious!
  "Such cheating and concealment from me will kill this official, so he dares to fill in the blank paper. The Minister and the Chief Secretary will punish him!"

This matter is so involved that everyone in the Ming Dynasty is already frightened.

The emperor with the highest authority in the Ming Dynasty.

Finally, the cold and iron-blooded ruthless fangs were revealed to the officials.

In His Majesty's understanding.

There are countless people involved in cheating with empty seals, including corruption and perversion of the law!

Anyone involved in this case will be killed!

And what a coincidence.

Su Guiyuan is the government office of the Ministry of Household Affairs, a sesame official directly responsible for auditing and verification.

The Holy One was furious.

The entire household department was in turmoil. The chief envoys of each province and the chief seal officers of each prefecture, prefecture, and county were about to be escorted to Beijing at the beginning of this year.

This can be called a scene where the sky is falling and the earth is falling. My own little home is like a weed trapped in it.

You will be crushed by the strong wind and rain at any time!

And now.

Su Xian didn't know why his father came back. Looking at it like this, he just wanted his mother to take him out of the city quickly.

Escape the murder!
  "Can you escape?"

At this moment, Su Xian, who was held in her mother's arms, looked at her fat, white and tender little hands after she realized what she was doing. Her whole body was already sluggish.

I made a joke on myself when I traveled through time.

After obviously escaping for a year, we encountered him again when we were due.

The protagonists in the novels who traveled through time were all princes and grandsons. Did I travel through time just to be exiled or even beheaded?

But I'm only six years old!

"No, no, I still have a golden finger!"

At this moment, Su Xian suddenly remembered something, but soon he was speechless again.

Speaking of which, travelers also have their own benefits.

Moreover, it seems to be related to his father, or rather, his personal status, as well as his current status!

such as.

A few years ago, my father was appointed as the inspector of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the ninth-grade official position was confirmed.

He appeared in the first entry!
  Children's words are unbridled!

[Children are innocent and honest in their speech. Even if they say something unlucky, there is no need to be offended! 】

Think about it carefully.

Over the past year, no matter what I said, no one seemed to be angry. Instead, many people happily said that Su Xian was precociously intelligent...

but.

What's the use of this entry besides making people happy?

According to Su Xian's speculation, as long as his father's official level is improved again, he can continue to obtain the second and third entries...

Originally, Su Xian was pleasantly surprised because it was very simple.

As far as he knew, during the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the promotion speed of officials was faster than riding a rocket. If you are lucky, you might wear a scarlet robe in three to five years and become a real super boss above the third rank!
  Even if you can't make it, you can still get promoted slowly, right?

By then, I will get more and more entries. Not to mention Emperor Hongwu's indiscriminate killings and violence. As long as I have an entry like "turning danger into good luck" or "safe and sound" by chance, no matter how dangerous it is, it will be a turn. Less than yourself.

So much so that once upon a time, the young Su Xian even felt that a better life in the future was beckoning to him, and all he had to do was grow up safely.

But who would have thought, five years! In five years, my father's position has not changed at all!
  Wait, wait, wait, the official position will not come, but the death of the empty seal case will come?
  And just when Su Xian was thinking about it.

"Quickly! After you two go out, come out from the back of the alleyway. Hurry up...go as far away as possible. No matter what you hear, don't come back."

At this time.

Father Su Guiyuan didn't waste any more time, rubbed his face with both hands, seemed to have made up his mind, and pulled his mother and daughter out of the door.

At this time, it was already dark outside, and the neighbors had already gone home.

Be careful, you can definitely escape!

A "squeak" sound!
  The door was gently opened by his father. When his father turned his head, he asked the woman to take Su Xian and leave quickly.

But don't want to.

The steps my mother was about to lift just stopped in place.

In the air, a sense of despair gradually grew stronger.

"I said, where are you running?"

(End of this chapter)