The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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A group of people stopped arguing and came before the three of them. Bao Zheng's name was known to everyone in Luzhou. However, Bao Zheng was awarded Jinshi as early as the second year of Tiansheng. At that time, the students present here were still a lump of soft flesh, and smoke was coming from nowhere.

"Today there are visitors in the house, please do your own thing, please remember, when you leave this door, all disputes and debates must be left behind, and you must not speak nonsense, otherwise it is unwise to harm others and yourself; and the old man All of you are invited to come here to discuss academic difficulties. You can discuss articles, Confucianism and Law, but you are absolutely not allowed to discuss government affairs. The topics you are discussing today have exceeded this scope. Wei Songhe and Zhao Zhibai are not allowed to enter for a month This door." Lord Lu said calmly.

The students seemed to be used to it, and were not surprised by such a punishment, but Zhao Zhibai was a little unconvinced, and muttered: "Wei Songhe is the cause, the students just refuted him a few words, and they didn't even sit down?"

Mr. Lu said displeasedly: "It's not that you don't know the rules here. What the old man said is for your sake. If you don't cultivate your morals today, if you speak carelessly in his official career in the future, it may lead to disaster. It will be too late to regret it." .”

Zhao Zhibai looked unhappy, turned around and walked out, Bao Zheng saw this and said: "Young master, please stay."

Zhao Zhibai turned his head and said, "Master Bao, what advice do you have?"

Su Jin frowned when he heard that, this person was disrespectful, and his speech was full of gunpowder, it was the same for Lord Lu, and it was also the same for Lord Bao, who is a fourth-rank official, it seemed that he was either a stunned young man or a yamen with a backer son.

"I don't dare to see the teaching, but as an elder, I have a few words to tell you, the six arts of a gentleman, do you know which six arts?"

"Isn't it just ritual, music, she, yu, book, and counting? Does Mr. Bao think that I don't even understand the six arts?" Zhao Zhibai's eyes had a provocative gleam.

"That's right, since you know the Six Arts, why don't you respect the Six Arts? Is it called understanding if you can only talk about it? A parrot learns human speech, and it can speak more neatly than some people, but how much does it understand the meaning of the words?" Bao Bao Zheng blackened his face and said.

"Did Master Bao compare me to that flat-haired bastard? I don't know the six arts, so I want to ask for advice." Zhao Zhibai's face was ugly, and his tone was no less condescending.

All the students around were whispering to each other, although the words were not loud, they were sent to Zhao Zhibai's ears without missing a word.

"Look, this Zhao Zhibai's temper has come up again. He usually treats me with disdain, but he has the same attitude towards Mr. Bao."

"Isn't there a good old man, didn't you see that the criminal officer came to pay a visit to Mr. Lu in person? The talk was to ask Mr. Lu to give good advice to Mr. Zhao, but he didn't expect it to be so rude."

"Don't talk about it... I am a criminal officer, and I will give you small shoes to wear when I commit crimes."

"Bah bah bah, Tongyan Wuji, what did I do? Good or bad spirits, don't talk nonsense."

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Zhao Zhibai's face was bluish and red, his eyes glared at the people around him, and he was about to explode; Mr. Lu hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Don't gossip, you need to cultivate yourself to learn a gentleman, but you like to spread these gossips, I really don't know you Where have I read the sage books, they are all scattered, the old man and Mr. Bao still have something to talk about."

Everyone hurriedly bowed and retreated. Bao Zheng looked at Zhao Zhibai who wanted to say something but didn't say it. From the words of the students, Bao Zheng basically understood Zhao Zhibai's identity. For some friendships, it would be embarrassing to Mr. Lu to teach Zhao Zhibai a lesson on his own behalf, so he just kept his mouth shut.

Su Jin doesn't know what to mention as a criminal officer. There are so many official titles in this era. Whoever remembers these official names patiently, only listens to what these students say, and feels that the mention of a criminal officer should be a relatively large official position.

Su Jin's guess is correct, the official position of the criminal officer in the Song Dynasty is indeed not small. The officials who were originally responsible for local prisons and litigation under the jurisdiction of various transfer envoys are usually appointed by the imperial court. In terms of status and official position, they are actually higher than the prefect .

The difference is that one is in charge of the military administration and the other is in charge of the criminal department, and the criminal judge has more power than the magistrate in some aspects. For example, the death penalty needs to be approved by the criminal judge, while the magistrate can only sentence non-death sentences , it can be seen that the power of the judge in this regard is far greater than that of the magistrate.

In many state capitals, beatings to death often occur in prisons, or strange methods of death such as illness, hanging, starvation, and violent death are related to this system. If the magistrate wants to kill a person, he will never follow It is common sense to report to the criminal officer for approval, but it is safer to use some unconventional means.

Although the probation officer has the power to review, inspect and accept complaints, most of the state government offices have a good relationship with the probation department, and everyone turns a blind eye to it. Hello, everyone, everyone, safe and secure Just sit in your own seat, no one will be so stupid as to seriously ignore the other party's sincerity to the end.

Su Jin was very interested to see if Bao Zheng would still be merciless after hearing that Zhao Zhibai was the son of an official. He had already heard that Bao Zheng was reprimanding Zhao Zhibai for not following the word "ritual" in the Six Arts of Confucian scholars, but Seeing that Bao Zheng actually kept his mouth shut, he was slightly disappointed.

However, people did not expect that Zhao Zhibai actually fought back, and the crowd retreated, but he did not walk away, but stuck his neck and said: "Master Bao, you haven't answered the next question, you are regarded as a flat-haired beast by adults for no reason, I want to know why? Even my father never said such words to me."

As soon as Master Lu heard this, he knew that things were going to get worse. Bao Zheng's temper was like a fire, and this Zhao Zhibai didn't know how to advance or retreat but teased him. Isn't he looking for trouble?He hurriedly dragged Bao Zheng to walk under the tree.

Su Jin was expecting Bao Zheng's volcano to erupt with the mentality that watching the excitement was not a big deal, but at this moment, seeing Mr. Lu's expression anxious, his heart moved: Isn't this the time to win the favor of Mr. Tixue?

Bao Zheng raised his eyebrows and wanted to reprimand, Su Jin took the lead and said with a smile: "Brother, you are wrong, you can't say that."

Zhao Zhibai squinted at him and said, "Who are you? What are you doing?"

Su Jin laughed and said: "I am an unknown person, Mr. Zhao naturally does not know him, but I have something to say to you and want to talk to you, let's talk aside, how about not disturbing the two adults to reminisce? If you really want to ask for advice, you can also Don't rush this moment."

Zhao Zhibai was a little dazed, this kid was strong, he didn't know what kind of tricks he was playing, he was being dragged aside by Su Jin's arms while hesitating, Bao Zheng was also a little dazed, but Lu Tixue cast a grateful glance at Su Jin, taking the opportunity He pulled Bao Zheng to sit down at the stone table under the banyan tree, ordered the servant to make some fragrant tea, and started talking.

Su Jin pulled Zhao Zhibai away staggeringly, and Zhao Zhibai kept saying: "What are you doing, what are you doing, why are you so rude, gossiping, let go quickly, what a shame."

Su Jin ignored his jumping, and pulled him to the back of a clump of flowers and trees on the east side before letting go. Zhao Zhibai, while arranging the clothes of Zou Baba, who was grabbed by Su Jin, scolded: "You man, why are you like this?" You are so tired and lazy, you and I have never met before, what can you say? Are you going to teach me a lesson for Mr. Bao? "

Su Jin cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Don't you dare? I see Mr. Zhao's Qi Yuxuan is not afraid of the officials, and I admire him very much. I only dare to think about what my brother has done, and it is precisely because of this that I have a lot of admiration for my brother. .”

"You admire me?" Zhao Zhibai didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Su Jin's gourd.

Su Jin squinted his eyes and nodded, "Admiration is like a torrential river."

Zhao Zhibai said: "Don't coax me, you and Mr. Bao came here together, you are obviously old acquaintances, but you come to admire me, do you treat me like a three-year-old child?"

Su Jin frowned and said: "Brother, I misunderstood. Bao Zheng and I have only known each other for a few days. My name is Su Jin, and I am just a merchant in Luzhou City. How can Mr. Bao be willing to make friends with me?"

"You are Su Jin? Did you beat Su Jin from Zhu Yanei? Didn't Lord Bao fight for you in the court? Why did you say that you are not close friends with him? If not, how could he offend the magistrate and help you with this?" Little merchant."

"Hmm... well." Su Jin was sweating like a waterfall, he was so famous, and that matter was also well known, so it's not easy to make a lie out of it.

Su Jin rolled his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I don't know. This Bao Zheng likes to show off and belittle others the most. In fact, I already have a way out. The prefect didn't want to do anything to me. This Bao Zheng likes to belittle others." He forced himself to stand out, making it difficult for everyone to step down."

Zhao Zhibai rolled his eyes and said, "Is there such a thing?"

Su Jinsun said: "I don't know you before, is it necessary to slander the officer in front of strangers? If I didn't hit it off with you, I wouldn't say this even if I was killed."

Zhao Zhibai said: "No matter how you say this Lord Bao is kind to you, it seems inappropriate for you to speak ill of him behind his back."

Su Jin cursed inwardly, fuck, now you are the last one to blame me, why didn't you think about whether it was wrong when you confronted me face-to-face just now.

But the smile on his face did not change, he cupped his hands and saluted again: "Brother is upright and upright, a true gentleman; but that Bao Zheng thought he was kind to me, so he bossed me around, and I was summoned by him, a dignified master of Suji Drink it like a servant, no, it forced me to put down my many affairs and accompany him to visit Mr. Lu; on the road, all the gifts and attendants were paid by me, so I was really unlucky."

Su Jin simply let go of the nonsense. If he wanted others to trust him, he had to offer some sweetness first. What Su Jin offered was to slander Bao Zheng and build up the same empathy as Zhao Zhibai.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhibai's expression relaxed, and he looked at Su Jin pitifully and said, "Young Master Su, you are really miserable. If you want to do it yourself, you don't care about him at all; I didn't expect Bao Zheng to say that he is upright and his official voice is clear and upright. But I didn't expect it to be such a master, and even the small expenses of meeting Mr. Lu have to be paid by others, which is really not worthy of the name."

"That's right, it's better to be famous than to meet. There are too many people in the world who are trying to catch fame, and we can't care about it. It's just a pain for me. I was forced to come here on a hot day. No one cares about the family affairs. This is a big loss." Su Jin said with a sad face.

There was a trace of contempt in Zhao Zhibai's eyes. The more Su Jin emphasized his status as a merchant, the more he despised him, but at the same time, he gained his trust more. Bao Zheng, a profit-only businessman, merged with him. There is no corruption or bribery, who will believe it?