Idle courtiers

Chapter 124 finally relieved

Lin A was shocked: "A Er, are you crazy?"

Lin A'er: "The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring. This is what is said in the story of the storyteller. Mr. Zhou has kindness to my brother, and now there is a place for us, so we should serve him."

Lin Ada: "You are a fool."

Zhou Nan nodded inwardly: This Ah Er is a reliable and loyal person.

Zhixian County Zhan was furious: "Two damned bastards, get out of here quickly, Mr. Zhou, please follow me to the back office."

After entering the Hou Yamen, Zhou Nan made a bow: "Your official, Zhou Nan, has seen Zhanzhi County."

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhixian Zhan supported him, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Zimu, Zimu, you are back. If Jiangyin had to be you last time, I would have died of illness or starved to death. His head was cut off. Such a great kindness, I naturally remember it in my heart."

Zhou Nan smiled: "The county lord is a great official."

Zhan County Magistrate said: "Zimu, I am also the lord of a county. Today you came to the yamen for official business, and you still have to go to the scene. You must not be too intimate."

Zhou Nan suddenly understood: "That's right, public affairs are public affairs, and private affairs are private affairs. They are separated." Yes, everyone is now an official. Also inappropriate.

At that moment, the two sat down as guest and host, and each talked about business.

In the end, Zhou Nan couldn't help asking: "Zhanzhi County, you know that I entered Tang Shun's veil and got a ninth-rank official position because of my military exploits. There is still one thing I don't understand. Are you and I still carrying the Liaodong Army Horse Case?" Is it a lawsuit? I dodged it, but why didn't you go to the capital to await trial?"

That case was really too big, it involved Prince Yu's Mansion and Bian Town, anyone from these two forces would be able to destroy him forever with a single finger.I finally got a future, but this time bomb may explode at any time, and it would be a lie to say that I am not worried.

Hearing Zhou Nan's question, Zhixian County Zhan was annoyed. He slapped his hand on the tea table and began to scold his mother: "It's all Xia Yi's bastard, who almost killed the county. If you don't take this revenge, you are not a gentleman. I will write to the princess and empress to punish her severely." This is an eye-opening thing!"

Hearing the roar of Zhan Zhixian in the back yamen, the yamen servants standing outside thought to themselves: Zhan Zhixian and Master Zhou are fighting again, the county magistrate has a jealous temper, we used to be quite close to Master Zhou, we will not do it in the future It is convenient to come and go, and we must prevent being engaged by the county magistrate.

Seeing that Zhan Tong was so angry, Zhou Nan wondered, "What's wrong?"

"What's the matter, Xia Yi is a villain with great ambitions, she's just an insane beast with chicken feathers as arrows."

Zhan Zhixian vented his anger for a long time, and then said that Xia Yi came to Andong to arrest him and Zhou Nan not on the order of Jin Yiwei Beizhen Fusi, but on his own initiative.

The thing is like this, after Zhou Xiucai reported the palace and the border town, the pleadings were sent to the capital, and the Ministry of Punishment was the most advanced.

The Ministry of Punishment saw it, yo, it involves the palace and the army of the border town, which is a troublesome matter.Military matters belong to the Ministry of War and have to be transferred.

When the Ministry of War saw it, it was unreasonable. When did our Ministry of War take charge of prisons? This kind of impeachment of officials has to be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there are actually Qingliu civil officials, many of whom are up-and-coming political students like Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Li Chunfang from the palace.It is true that we impeach officials, but we also have to fight against dissidents. How could we go crazy and even beat ourselves?

This matter involves the palace, it is an imperial case, and it has to be transferred to the Beiya.

The three departments all knew that this case was a hot potato, and once it was accepted, it would be eye drops for the future emperor, and if they wanted to have a future, they might not even be able to save their old lives.

The Tian family's affairs, the Tian family can figure it out for themselves!

In this way, the pleadings arrived at the Beiya.

The power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang comes from the emperor, they are members of the royal family, and the procedural justice of the Ming Law has nothing to do with them.

At first glance, Zhou Xiucai is also hateful, dare to fight against our future master, isn't this courting death?Send a letter to Liaodong Town, telling them to silence Zhou Xiucai. If there is no plaintiff, naturally there will be no defendant.

As for this ambition, it will be ashes.

So, once Zhou Xiucai died, the case was put on hold.

According to the archives management system of the Ming Dynasty, there is only a ten-year confidentiality period for such insignificant documents after they are sealed.When the time is up, it will be transferred to the secretary's cabinet.

The so-called Secretary's Pavilion is the National Library.

The Secretary Pavilion has a limited inventory, and some low-class files will be destroyed regularly.At that time, the case will naturally disappear.Even if it doesn't disappear, after ten years, King Yu may have succeeded the Great Treasure, who would dare to mention this matter again?

By chance, Xia Yi saw the file of this case.He is an ambitious man, he is not afraid of trouble, but he is afraid of nothing.As long as the water is muddy, it is his chance to rise to the top.

This time I went to Jiangyin on a business trip, and I caught Zhan Tong and Zhou Nan by the way, and the next step was to bargain with the palace.

"Is that so?" Hearing this, Zhou Nan suddenly realized.He doesn't have any resentment towards Xia Yi now, he just sympathizes when he thinks of the heartfelt words he said to himself when he coughed and vomited blood in the stable.Xia Yi wholeheartedly wanted to be an official, but she couldn't get it, but it was an extremely miserable thing in the world!

Zhou Nan: "By the way, how did the county magistrate come back?"

"What else can I do? Xia's conscience found out, or he knew that he couldn't offend me, so he let me go. However, I still don't intend to let him go. I, Zhan Tong, are not so easy to bully. Vengeance must be avenged."

Zhan Tong also said that after he was imprisoned with Xia Yi, Yu Chongjiu and others that day.Because Zhou Nan begged for mercy in Xingyuan, Liu Xianchi was not escorted to the execution ground to beheaded.

However, Tang Shunzhi ruled the army very strictly, and embezzling military assets was a serious crime.So Jin Yiwei came to try the case.As soon as he came, he recognized Xia Yi and realized that he was not a profiteer, so he released Xia Yi and Zhan Tong

As for Yu Chongjiu and others, they were each given [-] sticks and sent to the front line to fight.Now that Xingyuan is disbanded, it is estimated that he has moved back to the capital with the Jizhen Zhenjun.

Xia Yi narrowly escaped death twice and was already disheartened about her future, so she told the truth and asked Zhan Tong to apologize to Zhou Nan on his behalf and returned to the capital to return to her command.

Seeing the indignant Zhan Tong, Zhou Nan persuaded him: "The county magistrate, Xia Qianhu and I have been through hardships together anyway, there is a share of human kindness, and you don't have to take it to heart. By the way, Master Zhan What's the matter with He Guixian Cheng?"

Zhan Tong: "It's estimated that they will be released after a while. It's okay. They are also unlucky, and they are in trouble! Zimu, when will you go to Huai'an to take office?"

Zhou Nan thought for a while and said, "After resting at home for two days, I will report to the Huai'an Criminal Justice Department, and then I will go to Shanyang County. There are some personal matters to be done. Only after completing these matters can I officially start my job."

Zhan Tong: "Shanyang is Fuguo County, and the government is in Huai'an City, isn't it the same way?"

Zhou Nan: "The house I went to is not in the city, it's about thirty miles away from Fucheng."

Soon Zhou Nan went to the ceremony room to complete the handover procedures and returned home.

The family is already packing up, Yunniang said that tomorrow her father and elder brother will go to the city to hold a banquet to congratulate him.He also took out a bunch of posts, saying that the gentry in the county were cleaning up the dust for Governor Zhou.

It seems that Zhou Nan will spend the two days at the wine table at home.He originally planned to accompany Yunniang quietly, but it seemed impossible.

Yun Niang also said that Yang Liuye and Yang Youtian would stay at home for two days after entering the county, and then use the family boat to personally send Zhou Nan to Fucheng to take up a post.

Zhou Nan laughed and said, "Boss Taishan and Arita are coming, they have a good relationship, and I'm going to discuss with them about sailing on the Huai River. I don't know how their boat will go when I'm not in Anton? "

Yunniang replied that the family's business was doing well, and no matter how bad the monthly business was, there would still be a few taels of silver.She was a little worried that Zhou Nan would go to Huai'an, and Shi Qianshi would not let the Zhou family and the Yang family go.Although she is a woman, she also knows the truth that the tea will be cold as soon as people leave.

The reason why Shi Zhongshi agreed to let Zhou Nan's boat in at the beginning was because his husband was working in the yamen, and he needed help from the county when something happened in Yandao.As soon as Zhou Nan left, I was afraid that Shi Qianshi would not buy it.

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm afraid that people who don't remember old feelings will turn their faces faster than turning a book, and they will ruin their reputation. Who will dare to deal with you in the future? Shi Qianshi still understands this truth."

That's right, Zhou Nan was transferred to Huai'an.But with his long career in the county government and his personal relationship with Zhan Tong, if Shi Qianshi repented, it would not be easy to find a reason to pin him down.

Yun Niang was full of sadness again: "Master, we go to Huai'an this time, and we don't know how to get used to eating and living. We haven't found a house yet, so why don't we stay in the inn first?" , no matter how big or small, good or bad, you will worry to insomnia.

Zhou Nan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Yunniang. You stay in Anton first, and I will go there first. Wait until you find a good house and arrange everything properly before calling someone to pick you up. Also, how can there be someone who works so quickly?" , After reporting to Huai'an, I guess I will ask for a few days off first. One is to arrange room and board, and the other is to go to a place to stay for a day or two."

"It's better for the husband to go there first, and the concubine stays in Anton first. Sister Su's body is getting heavier every day, so it's just a matter of these few days. However, the child in her belly is small, but it is too late. Let her travel again. I'm afraid there will be troubles. I'd better wait for her to give birth to the baby first, this is the first doll of the Zhou family, so don't be careless." Yunniang nodded, feeling strange, and asked Zhou Nan where she was going after she arrived in Huai'an.

Zhou Nan replied, "I have a letter to take to Xun's family in Shanyang County to report the funeral."

The thing is like this, when Zhou Nan was in Tang Shunzhi's residence.In the battle of the three sands, although the imperial army achieved unprecedented victories, the soldiers were still somewhat damaged.Among them, one of the Tang governor's staff, Xun Juren, was about to go to the battlefield for the first time. He stood on the bow of the ship with a strong heart, and wanted to follow the example of the ancients to read poems.As a result, he was hit by a stray bullet from the Japanese pirates, right in the chest.

After returning to Yangzhou, lead poisoning broke out. Coupled with his advanced age, he couldn't sustain it.

The reason why Xun Juren cast himself in Tang Shunzhi's curtain at the beginning was that he really had the heart to serve the country.The second is that he is fifty-two this year and has no hope of imperial examinations. He also wants to make some contributions so that Master Tang can recommend him to seek an official position such as county magistrate.As a result, luck was really bad, and he died for the country.

Zhou Nan and him are fellow villagers, and they get along well on weekdays.

When Xun Juren was dying, he was worried about his wife and children, and even more worried about his family business, so he wrote a suicide note and asked Zhou Nan to take it home.

The Xun family had a large family business. Xun Ju had one wife, three concubines and two children.

According to him, the main wife is a jealous person. If he dies, the concubines will probably be kicked out of the house.

After he closed his eyes, he couldn't care about this matter, but one of the daughters was the apple of her eye.In order not to let his daughter suffer, Xun Juren allocated part of the property under his name to his daughter as a future livelihood.

Zhou Nan: "By the way, the mother of this Xun Juren's daughter was born as a maid, and she died of dystocia after giving birth to her."

Yun Niang: "It's also pitiful. The concubine gave birth to a daughter, and her mother died again. I don't know how she grew up."

Zhou Nan smiled: "Don't feel sorry for her, this woman has a lot of money now, even if she is born like a vanilla, the matchmaker will step through the threshold of the Xun family."

Xun Juren said in a letter that the Xun family had ten thousand mu of fertile land and two manors.In addition, there are [-] shops in Huai'an City.After his death, two manors and [-] shops in the city were left to his eldest son Xun Xiucai.As for the [-] mu of land, [-] mu belonged to the eldest wife, and the remaining [-] mu was reserved for the daughter as a dowry.

This is three thousand acres of land. Ms. Xun has suddenly gained such a fortune from a concubine's daughter, and she has transformed into a rich and beautiful woman. What's the pity?
You know, according to the interests of the ancients, concubines have no status.The daughter she gave birth to will have no dowry in the future, and she will not marry well.In this way, it is a good thing to change the fate of Ms. Xun.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan looked at Sister Su's big belly, but her heart was moved: Sister Su will give birth to a son in the future, and if she gives birth to a daughter, I will treat her equally, and she will be well-off for a lifetime, and she must not suffer at all.

Hearing that Miss Xun had a dowry of [-] mu of land, Yunniang was taken aback and couldn't help sighing, "It's really rich!" Thinking of the day Zhou Nan just came back from Liaodong, Zhou Yang asked for a few mu of land. Let her remarry.

In her opinion at the beginning, a few acres of land was already an incredible asset.Three thousand acres, but I don't know what Dacheng looks like. Standing on the ground, I'm afraid I can't see the end at a glance.

Poverty limited her imagination.

The next two days, as expected by Zhou Nan, were spent on the wine table.

Hearing that Zhou Nan became an official, the rich and powerful households in the county came to congratulate him one after another, which made Zhou Nan extremely proud.

From this time on, the Zhou family had squeezed into the ranks of the gentry and officials in Andong County, but Zhou Nan was too shy to match the big and wealthy families.

The only bad thing is that Mei Yuanwai didn't come, and Mei Pu wrote a fierce letter to break up with him, which made Zhou Nan a little puzzled.

Zhou Nan found out afterwards that the Mei family was annoyed that he took Sister Su as a concubine.That's right, Sister Su has been free since she left the Mei family, and she has no control over who she will marry.

However, everyone in the world knows that Zhou Nan and Sister Su are ambiguous. Now that Mr. Zhou is marrying her again, it will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable, and there is also suspicion of slapping the Mei family.

Zhou Nan originally planned to do business with the Mei family to make some money, but now it seems that it is out of the question.

There are gains and losses, but it is also a helpless thing.

(End of this chapter)