Idle courtiers

Chapter 129
Detaining the head of the neighborhood Mao back to the Yamen, Zhou Nan interrogated him and accused him of disturbing the people and inciting the refugees to fight with the local residents.

At the beginning, Mr. Mao still shouted that I was wronged. I was very angry, I refused to accept it, and I wanted to appeal.

After Zhou Nan ordered someone to bring out the torture tools, and slapped his face with a few bamboo slices, which swelled up, he kept saying, "I'll do it, I'll do it."

Neighborhood Leader Mao used to be awe-inspiring when he dealt with disobedient people, but now that the wrench has to be put on him, he is afraid.

He confessed immediately, and Zhou Nan threw him into the prison of the Criminal Justice Department.

By the time everything was settled, it was four watch days.After a while, it would be dawn, and Zhou Nan remembered that Zi Xiao was still waiting for him in "Green Pearl Tower".A smile in my heart: It seems that I will miss the appointment. If there is a chance in the future, I will go to exchange music with her again, and everything will follow the fate.

It's getting late, and it's meaningless to go home now, and I have to come over to do business with Xiong Tui later, it's too much trouble to go back and forth, so Zhou Nan simply slept in his office.

This time I lay down, but I felt like my heart was surging: I think about myself three times a day, let alone before going to sleep.

First of all, I, Zhou Nan, did a good job today and entered the role quickly, which shows that I am born to be an official.I thought that there was a big difference between the working methods of government agencies and grassroots units. Today, it seems that the fact is that those things are dealing with people, but there are some differences in form.The ultimate goal is to discover and solve problems, not forgetting the original intention, forging ahead, and changing the soup without changing the medicine.

Neighborhood Leader Mao suffered an injustice today, and I thought I would feel ashamed.But why doesn't a certain person feel that there is anything wrong with it?Enen, the practice has arrived, and the unity of knowledge and action has been achieved!

With a satisfied mood, Zhou Nan fell asleep.

This time I slept until the sun was up, and then a civil official came to report, saying that the official Xiong Tui had returned to the Yamen to take care of the matter, and asked Mr. Zhou to come and answer.

He also reminded that Officer Xiong Tui's complexion is not very good, and he has a lot of dissatisfaction when talking about the governor, so he has to be careful.

Zhou Nan was amazed and asked why.

The book office replied that Mr. Mao's wife came to the yamen early this morning to complain about injustice.The yamen almost needs the help of the head of the neighborhood. This time, the head of the neighborhood is arrested, and I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of the people below.

"Governor Zhou, look at your good deeds?" Sure enough, just as the book office said, Xiong Ren's face was serious.He snorted heavily: "The common people are fighting with the refugees from Zhejiang because some people suspect that Hao Miaozhu is having an affair with his own wife. Why don't you ask the innocence and see that Mao's neighbor has been arrested? Doesn't the world say that he is so stupid when he is an official? laughing stock?"

Zhou Nan asked back: "May I ask Xiong Lixing to send officials to deal with this matter last night, what is the final goal to be achieved?"

He felt a little bored in his heart, you Xiong Ren, and the other three governors are all fucking veterans in the officialdom.When encountering benefits, it is estimated that everyone rushes to be the first, but when encountering such a thankless and inappropriate thing, one slips faster than a loach.

Isn't it just bullying that I am a newcomer, and my eyes were dark when I first came to the criminal justice hall.Take what happened last night as an example. If it is done properly, you, Xiong Tui, have good leadership.If it is messed up, the responsibility will come to me, a petty official.

This guy is too impatient, right?

Hearing Zhou Nan's rhetorical question, Xiong Ren said angrily: "What else can I do? Naturally, the situation should be calmed down as soon as possible. Since the exiles from the south of the Yangtze River entered the Huaihe River last year, the imperial court has repeatedly issued decrees, ordering the two Huaihe Rivers to be properly resettled. If you get up, even if someone dies, the government will definitely investigate. The official sent you to deal with Hao Miaozhu, you have to clear the case and calm the situation as soon as possible. You, you, you, what do you think you did?"

Zhou Nan: "Dare to ask Li Xing, will this matter be properly settled in the end, and will the people all go home and let nothing happen again?"

Xiong Ren was stunned, yes, last night, more than ten people from both sides gathered together, all of them brought sticks, the scene could be described as tense.The scene was chaotic and crowded.Just like a gunpowder poke, just a little spark will explode.

Once someone started to fight and reinforcements from both sides continued to join, the situation would get out of hand.

The war in the south of the Yangtze River is unlikely to be over within three or two years, and the refugee problem is getting worse. Maintaining stability has become the focus of the work of the Huai'an government.The refugees and the common people are really fighting each other, and they don't know how many officials in this city will be decapitated.Although he threw Zhou Nan, a newcomer, out to top the tank, he still felt very nervous, for fear that something might happen, and everyone would be involved.

Hearing what Zhou Nan said, he was stunned: That's right, isn't this the way to settle this matter?But... At that time, neither of the two parties was fine, but in the end, they only arrested Neighborhood Leader Mao, and they always felt that something was wrong.

His expression fell into Zhou Nan's eyes without any omission.

Zhou Nan smiled secretly in his heart, and continued: "It is said in "Zhenguan Zhengyao", "The minister also heard the old saying: the king is the boat; the person is the water. The water can carry the boat, and it can also capsize the boat." People are public opinion, that is Public opinion. The people are like water, and they seem weak and weak. But once gathered together, they are very scary. And the turbulent flow of public opinion is the most blind. No one knows where it will flow in the end and what kind of damage it will cause It's like the Huai River that floods every year. The embankment is built every year. The higher the embankment, the more water will be stored. Once it bursts, the loss will be greater. Therefore, when the situation is critical, a hole will be dug on the other side of the river. , Drain the flood. As the saying goes, blocking is worse than dredging. As officials, we are to guide public opinion to the place where it should go.”

"There are so many ignorant people. The riot last night seemed to be that some people suspected that my wife had an affair with Hao Miaozhu, and the neighbors spoke up for justice. In fact, the root cause was that after a large number of refugees entered the city, they gathered people to make troubles and harassed the place. Everyone is dissatisfied in their hearts, and they want to use this to vent their anger."

That’s right, even in modern society, if there are too many migrants in a community, they will set up stalls in front of your house all day long and throw garbage all over the place, which will worsen public security and cause housing prices to fall. You also want to beat them to vent your anger .

Zhou Nan went on to say: "Dissatisfaction with the refugees is the torrent of public opinion. If this resentment is allowed to develop, the situation will become uncontrollable. The lower officials will use the head of the neighborhood to serve as the outlet for the flood."

"According to the officials, this neighbor Mao seems to have a bad reputation. People in the world have the idea of ​​hating the officials and the rich. If he is punished, everyone will naturally applaud. Once both parties are satisfied, naturally there will be no further trouble."

In the end, Zhou Nan proudly said: "The government is the arbitrator of this kind of civil mass incident. No matter how it is arbitrated, one party will not be satisfied. In the end, it will lead the public's grievances to itself. Instead of letting everyone hate our Criminal Justice Department, It’s better to tell them to hate Neighbor Mao.”

"Public opinion is like a torrent, and it needs to be guided." After listening to Zhou Nan's explanation, Xiong Ren thought about it carefully, and it really was the truth.

He couldn't help clapping his hands and said with a smile: "What a Zhou Zimu, he really is a capable official."

He couldn't help thinking: I heard people say that Zhou Nan was born as a humble yamen servant, and that he was able to be a ninth-rank governor.The other three governors under me are all scholars who have no knowledge of world affairs, and they are lacking this kind of people who can work hard.

The Criminal Justice Department is in charge of a prison, and the daily contacts are small people, mainly small and trivial cases.These cases seem small, but in fact, if one is not handled properly, it will cause a lot of trouble.

The other three governors are all bookish, so they will inevitably be a little dull when judging the matter, and they really need a husband like Zhou Nan as a supplement.

Xiong Tuiguan said with emotion: "Zimu, you and I are both from miscellaneous backgrounds. Seeing you now, I think of myself in the past. It's easy to do, easy to do, and if it's done well, the future will not be small. If you do a good job in this matter, Neighborhood Chief Mao will be dealt with by you, and let him go later."

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a system that non-jinshi was not allowed to be an official, and non-Hanlin was not allowed to be a minister.But it doesn't mean that officials without imperial examination background have no career path.

Under normal circumstances, after a Jinshi obtains the honor, if his grades are good, he first goes to the Imperial Academy to study, and then the Six Departments observe politics for three years to know how to administer.Then it will be sent to the local area to be the magistrate of Qipin county. If you have political achievements and background, you can be transferred to the sixth department to be the head.If you have enough qualifications, you can go to the local area to become a prefect or prefect.

Then he returned to the central government as a servant.

The minister's assessment is outstanding, he is the governor, and finally he can consider becoming a minister or joining the cabinet.

This is the promotion path for officials of decent background, and the official positions they hold are Zhengyin officials and people-friendly officials who rule one side.

As for miscellaneous currents, palm prints are not allowed.

But if you make political achievements, you can still be promoted continuously.For example, Xiong Tuiguan is just a student of the Imperial College, and now he is also a sixth-rank Tuiguan.By the way, Zhan Tong is also a supervisor of the Imperial College, so he can also be up to the seventh rank.Of course, Fatty Zhan has a strong background, and there is no reference value.

Listening to what Xiong Ren said, it was to introduce himself as a capable general.Zhou Nan was very excited, that's right, Xiong Tuiguan is also a miscellaneous stream, and everyone can get to the seventh rank.

This guy doesn't look like a shrewd person, and I have the foresight of history and rich experience in grassroots administration. How can I still lose to officials of this era?

He can mix to the sixth grade, so can I.

"Yes, this subordinate is going to settle the case right now, and I am willing to serve for the punishment." Zhou Nan bowed to the ground and expressed his loyalty to Xiong Ren without hesitation.

The place where the prisoners are held in Fucheng is the Prison Secretary, which belongs to the Criminal Justice Department and is located one mile away from the government office.

When I got to the field, I saw the wife of the head neighbor Mao waiting there, a fat and big woman.

After asking people to release Mr. Mao, who had been beaten with a clear nose and a swollen face, she saw how miserable her man was, and the woman burst into tears: "You thief, my thief, why did you become like this? I miss your hard work I worked hard for the government, but ended up in such an end, the law of heaven is unfair, the law of heaven is unfair! There are villains and villains in the yamen!"

She pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, and the treacherous villain in her mouth was naturally referring to Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan is also very self-restraining, just smiled, and said to Neighborhood Chief Mao: "The matter has been investigated, and it is none of your business. In order to quell public grievances, I can only wrong you. I'm sorry, just follow your wife." Go home!"

After one night, Mao Lin's swollen face had turned purple.He looked at Zhou Nan with resentment on his face: "Hey, you are a stupid official who crossed rivers and demolished bridges. If you have something to do in the hall in the future, you will also be expected to help you as a neighbor. I don't accept it. I want to file a lawsuit with you to make it clear."

Zhou Nan wasn't angry either, and said calmly: "It's clear what to say, what to talk about, and what happened yesterday. In the end, the officials probably deported Hao Miaozhu and sent him back to Zhejiang. As far as I know, These refugees have no way to guide them, and they are supposed to be unable to rent a house in the local area, and you charge a high price because you are the neighbor’s elder and no one cares about you.”

"Let's think about it, how much is the monthly rent... It seems to be one or two taels of silver per month? Just rent your dilapidated house to the locals, and you can get three cents a month, which is Amitabha. If you really want to be an official Law enforcement, I will go and arrest Hao Miaozhu later. In addition, I will also investigate the matter of you renting the yard to someone of unknown origin."

There was already a vague threat in his mouth.

Neighbor Mao's complexion changed drastically, cutting off people's fortunes is like killing their parents.In the face of money, all grievances and hatreds are nothing.

He covered the mouth of the wife who was scolding non-stop, and said with an apologetic smile: "Master Zhou, a woman with long hair and short sense, please forgive me. There will be things on the street in the future, but there is a place for villains, order Just one sound."

"You are a good person, go down!"

Neighborhood Chief Mao was really wronged in this matter, and it was really bad luck that it happened to grandma's house.

However, seeing a big weapon fight being wiped out by Zhou Nan in such an unconventional way, it is quite unique.

After the people in the government office knew about this, they were all amazed, saying that Zhou Zimu from the criminal justice department was indeed an old man who came from the county government office.

Nowadays, there are more and more refugees in Huai'an, and the atmosphere is getting worse. It is really necessary for this kind of iron bowl figure to be rectified.

Another person with good intentions inquired about it, and found out about Zhou Nan's romantic affairs in Andong County.What beat a classmate friend to death, whoring a prostitute on the head of a friend's wife and still treating her as a concubine;

The most interesting thing is that with Zhou Nan's status in Anton back then, as long as he wanted to, he couldn't get any kind of woman.But he was born to disregard the big girls with yellow flowers, and went to kick the widow's door exclusively, and said that only these women who have gone through human affairs are knowledgeable and interesting, and they have a long taste.

This is simply too absurd, too stylish, right?

In this way, after only one day in the government office, Zhou Nan became a star-level figure in Huai'an political circles.

Hearing this rumor, Zhou Nan was angry and anxious.When he was in Huai'an, he crazily copied the poems of Ming and Qing masters, thinking about establishing himself as a romantic talent and a master of poetry in the scholarly circle and cultural circles.

Last night in the brothel, I even didn't hesitate to throw out the famous poem "It seems that this star is not last night, for whom will the wind and dew stand at midnight."

Whether it's the previous "how much hate the west wind blows, the eyebrows can't be blown away." or "For whom the wind is exposed and the night is set up." It is enough to make his name enter the literary history of the Ming Dynasty.However, when the world mentions Zhou Zimu, why do they immediately think of the nickname "Widow Harvester"?
Why did he go straight to Xiasanlu as soon as Zhou Nan was mentioned?

Zhou Nan swallowed silently, and finally came to a conclusion: this Huai'an officials, people, and officials are not good enough.

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