Xiangye

Chapter 27

Li Jinbao's family lived in a small courtyard in the middle of the county town. When they got to the ground, when they entered the door, Li Jinbao was lying on the bed and moaning non-stop.

"Brothers still want to visit me, this unlucky person, so I appreciate it." As he spoke, he shed tears.

Gao Wen felt uncomfortable, he quickly twisted the towel and handed it over, saying, "Master Seventh Uncle, what happened?"

"What else can I do? I was framed." Li Jinbao said with sadness on his face, "Gao Wen, thanks to Uncle Seven, who loves you a lot and knows that he came to visit Uncle. What a killer! If you can't solve the case after three days, I'm afraid your uncle will be murdered."

Gao Wen: "Master Seventh Uncle, don't be sad, there is no obstacle in the world that you can't get over, what happened here?"

Another policeman quickly said, "Yes, team leader, if you don't tell me what's going on, how will the brethren know?"

"It's useless, this is a case without a head, it can't be solved." Li Jinbao sighed: "It's also me, Li Jinbao, who had bad luck. When I encountered this incident, I touched the head of the county magistrate."

After sighing for a long time, he told the story from beginning to end.

It turned out that in the past two days, Du Zhixian went to the countryside to inspect, and Li Jinbao and other relevant people from the county government would naturally accompany him.

Li Bantou and his brothers served Hou magistrate very attentively, and magistrate was very satisfied with him.

But in the process of going to the countryside to inspect, something happened that made Du Zhixian furious.

The thing is, just yesterday, Mr. Du's team passed a place called Zichuan Town.This place is the largest town in Hancheng, and it is said that it was the seat of Hancheng County in Song Dynasty.However, due to the drought in the Yuan Dynasty, the Lianshui River on the edge of the town stopped flowing, and there was no convenient water transportation, so the county seat was moved to the present place.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Anyway, Zichuan Town is a big town with a population of [-].In addition, there are many squires in the town, and every county magistrate will probably go there when he takes office.

Du Zhixian went to the countryside for the past few days, and he spent all his time in the valleys in the northwest. It was inconvenient to eat and live, and he was tired.Seeing the affluent town of Zichuan in Yimapingchuan, I was thinking about resting here for a day to rest and recuperate.A sudden situation completely ruined his old man's mood-someone entangled dozens of people to stop the sedan chair and shout for innocence.

The person in the lead, surnamed Shi, is an old scholar in his early fifties this year.There is an old wife, two sons and a daughter in the family.The two sons are both in their twenties and have already married and started a career. The only daughter is sixteen years old, nicknamed Ah San, who lives in her boudoir.

Shi Xiucai's family has a large population, and life is not too good.Let's not talk about the old scholar putting on airs, but the old and the young in the family have to work in the fields on weekdays.On the early morning of the [-]th day of the first month of last month, Miss Shi Asan of the Shi family went out to collect firewood with a bag on her back and a machete in her hand.Ordinarily, he would go home at noon at most, but he still couldn't see anyone at night.

The family became anxious and took people to look for it, but they couldn't find it.After searching for two days, I asked my relatives and relatives all over, and I couldn't see anyone alive or dead. Only now did everyone realize the seriousness of the problem, so they reported to the government.

Originally, it wasn't a big deal, it was just a missing person.According to the government's working regulations, it is nothing more than registering in the register, sending government servants out to check, and then issuing official documents to neighboring counties.If you can find it, everyone is happy, but if you can't find it, it's okay.As long as the program is completed, it is considered a matter.

Coupled with the Oirat invasion, northern Shanxi and Beijing became a mess, and even the emperor was changed in the Forbidden City.The former magistrate of Hancheng also knew that he might be replaced, and all he thought about was his future. As for where Shi Xiucai's daughter went, he naturally didn't care.

Fortunately, he quickly waited for the imperial court's transfer order. Once he received this order, the county magistrate couldn't wait for a day, and went directly to Fujian with his luggage.

Poor Shi Xiucai's family waited for no one at home, and waited for no news. They went to the yamen to ask several times, but they couldn't even see the county magistrate, and there was already a cloud of evil fire in their hearts.This time, the new magistrate Du happened to be visiting the town.Shi Xiucai brought the whole family laughing, and gathered a group of relatives to stop the sedan chair to call for grievances, and sued the county government officials for dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty.

Old man Shi also said that if he couldn't find anyone, he would bring the case to Xi'an Mansion.Not only do they have to sue the three shifts and six houses in the county government, but they also bring in the two county magistrates.

If ordinary people stop the sedan chair and cry for injustice, it's fine, at worst, accept his pleading paper and calm down with a few words.I really can't find him, and the Yamen can't do anything about it.

Sufferer, if you make trouble again, the magistrate of the county will be unhappy and beat you up.

But who is Shi Xiucai? He is a well-known and famous teacher.Generally speaking, the culture and education in Shaanxi is not very developed, and the Guanzhong area is not bad. If it is replaced by the bitter cold places like Pingliang and Qingyangfu in northern Shaanxi, there will not be many scholars in a year.As long as someone obtains fame in the examination, it will be regarded as a treasure.Even in Hancheng, if you count it with your fingers, there are no more than a hundred people in such a large county.

Shi Xiucai was selected as a scholar 20 years ago, and he chose Linsheng to enter school.The school he entered was not the county school in Hancheng, but the prefectural school in Xi'an.After staying in a government school for more than ten years, there is really no way to make further progress in terms of fame. The country thinks that it is not an option for you to keep living in a government school like this, so they persuaded him to return to his hometown.

After staying in the city of Xi'an for more than ten years, Shi Xiucai has nothing else to do, but he can't meet many classmates in the same year.If he really wanted to go to Xi'an Mansion, he might cause a big disturbance, and Du Zhixian would be impeached by those who were interested in the officialdom.

Du Zhixian felt that he was wronged. This was obviously a mess set up by his predecessor, so he had to clean it up by himself.If he didn't give Shi Xiucai an explanation, he would definitely be in a lot of trouble.

After receiving Shi Xiucai in a hurry, he asked who handled the case and why it was delayed until now?
Huang Wei replied: "My lord, Liu Dianshi is handling this case. However, Liu Dianshi has already gone to Fujian with the former county magistrate. I don't know exactly what happened. You can ask Kuaiban .”

As soon as the words fell, Shi Xiucai jumped up, pointed at Li Jinbao and cursed, saying that he only saw Li Bantou eating and drinking and making money all day long, but he didn't put his mind on the case. I want to sue you, I want Sue you!Xianzun, you have to make the decision for me!
"Bastard!" Du Zhixian's voice was stern, and he pointed at Li Jinbao angrily. .Come here, take it down for me, give me fifteen sticks!"

Hearing this order, Han Kui, the new head of the soap team, was overjoyed, and led his men to press Li Jinbao to the ground, and he lifted the wrench and whipped him.

Zaoban is the one who is in charge of playing the wrench. Several generations of people have lived in the public family, and the skills of playing the wrench are quite good.If he intends to let you go, even if you are hit with thunder and roars, it won't even hurt the fur.Li Jinbao is the leader of the fast class, one of the most prominent figures in the yamen.Everyone was eating in a pot again, held it up high, let it go gently, and just had an explanation in front of the magistrate and Shi Xiucai.

But this time it was different, Han Kui hated Gao Wen deeply, hated Wu Jiwu, so he raised the water and fire stick himself and exerted all his strength.After more than a dozen boards, poor Li Jinbao is considered pampered on weekdays. How could he stand it?

"Han Kui, that thieves and birds are really hateful. This is trying to put me on the ground... Ouch, it hurts me to death!" Speaking of this, he was probably too excited, and he accidentally touched his grief, and there was cold sweat on Li Jinbao's forehead flowed down.

"The one surnamed Han is not a thing. Don't worry, leader. If the bird man falls into our hands in the future, he will not be lightly forgiven." The arresters also showed resentment.

Gao Wen didn't agree, and his heart moved: "I'm afraid it's not Han Wei who wants to put Seventh Uncle to death, but the person behind him."

As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent.

"It's Huang Wei?" Li Jinbao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again: "Although Huang Wei and I don't like each other, we are in the same yamen after all, and we have known each other for more than ten years. We talked and laughed when we met, he There is no reason to kill me. Besides, what good will it do him if he kills me. I still know this man, and he only has profit in his eyes. He is naturally daring for profitable things. But if he doesn't It's an advantage, but it doesn't take a bit of energy. Moreover, this person is very present on the scene, and he always smiles when he sees people."

Gao Wen: "Seventh Uncle, everyone is from the Gongmen. Boy, let me ask you, old man, who is the most powerful in this Yamen?"

Li Jinbao: "Nonsense, the county magistrate had the most power at that time."

"what's next?"

"The next is the county magistrate, the master, and the third class and the sixth room." Li Jinbao's butt hurts badly, and he speaks a little impatiently: "Gao Wen, what exactly do you want to say?"

Gao Wen: "Uncle Qi, you are wrong. Huang Wei and you are the most powerful people in this county government."

"Huang Wei and me?" Li Jinbao's eyes widened: "What are you talking about, how can I compare with the county magistrate and magistrate?"

"A yamen made of iron, an official with flowing water." Gao Wen leisurely said: "The county magistrate and magistrate are flowing water, Uncle Qi and Huang Wei are the yamen!"

"Si!" Everyone seemed to realize something, and took a breath at the same time.

Yes, the county magistrate and county magistrate have terms of office.According to the election system of the Ming Dynasty, officials are evaluated every three years. If they are outstanding in the evaluation, they will be promoted; if they are inferior, they will be dismissed from office.Whether it is promotion or dismissal, he must leave Hancheng.Even if you regard this official as mediocre and stable, you can only serve one term at most. After six years as an official, you have to move somewhere.

Once the county magistrate and county magistrate left, the masters of the sixth room were all their own people brought by them, so naturally they also left with them.

On the contrary, the boss and the third shift leader don't have a term of office or assessment. As long as you don't make a big mistake, you can do this job forever.Even if you die in the future, you can pass it on to your descendants.

Li Jinbao has been the team leader in Hancheng for more than ten years, and Hancheng is a key place, with a high status in politics, military affairs, and economy.Therefore, he couldn't remember exactly how many times the county magistrate and county seat in Hancheng had changed over the years.

Only myself and Huang Wei remained in the yamen, and whenever the folks had something to do, they would go to him and Huang Zhubo first.

From this point of view, in fact, in many places, Huang Wei and his power and benefits are even more than that of the county.

If he really had that thought, it would not be difficult for him and Huang Wei to join hands to cut off the news and treat the county magistrate as a decoration.

As the saying goes, officials are as clean as water, and officials are as slippery as oil.

On the surface of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together, but in fact the real grassroots were subordinate officials.

(End of this chapter)