golden scales

Kunshan County is located in the southeast of Suzhou Prefecture, adjacent to Qingpu County in Songjiang Prefecture.Although it is not like Huzhou where almost all mulberry trees are planted, the land in this county is mostly mulberry trees, cotton, and tobacco, and the real grain fields are less than three to four out of ten.Such an economic structure is placed in the history books as an advanced sign of the transition from an agricultural society to an industrial and commercial society, but in the current era, it represents a decline in resistance to natural and man-made disasters.

Once a natural disaster or man-made disaster occurs, it will immediately lead to famine, which will lead to social unrest.

In this case, the food in Jiliu Cang is even more important.Any literate person will come to a conclusion after reading the newspaper: Kunshan County is over.

As long as the county magistrate has a chance to turn around, someone may speculate.

No one is willing to die with the iron-clad waste that is destined to be discarded.Although the county magistrate made a lot of sense, changing the county magistrate, especially an official from the north, would make life difficult for the big households in the county... But this does not mean that others are willing to provide food.

In the eyes of the local gentry, any county magistrate, regardless of whether he came from south or north, had to abide by the rules of Ming Dynasty.

What are the rules of Daming?It is the county magistrate who does not go to the countryside.

If they want to complete the regular tax quota, they can only rely on the gentry; if they want the capital for promotion, they can only rely on the gentry;

All in all, if they want to spend their tenure smoothly and without disaster, they can only rely on the gentry.

In this case, what's the point of changing the county magistrate?

The hope that had just been raised in Kunshan County was extinguished immediately. Going to the government office every day is like a punishment, waiting for the gate of the government office to be kicked open, and Tiqi holding an iron chain and iron ruler will arrest him... In just a blink of an eye, that Ti Qi turned into a bull-headed horse face again...

"Your Majesty, it's okay, it's okay." Seeing that the magistrate was in a habitual twitch again, the magistrate hurriedly woke him up, and persuaded him: "Don't worry. Nanjing has brought documents, saying it's this time The Crown Prince attaches great importance to this matter, and in order not to cause injustice, not only people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came, but also interviewers from various newspaper offices. With so many people, there must be delays on the way."

"It's better to kill the three-foot white silk..." Kunshan County couldn't help crying again: "This kind of torture, life is really worse than death... That's right! I still want to arrest those three people who eat inside and outside! I want them to die be made a scapegoat!"

The county magistrate said: "They fled a long time ago, and they didn't even see a trace, obviously because of guilty conscience." In fact, Wu Sunchang and the other three went to Shanghai on business with the official document issued by the county magistrate.

This county magistrate is not a brainless person, and he was implicated in a deficit but exiled. If he was involved in the assassination of the imperial court official, it would be a big deal!

What's more, if the three officials from the north are preserved now, no matter which way the wind blows in the future, he will have a way out.Why not do it?

When the magistrate heard that Wu Sunchang and the others had fled, his molars were grinding and he suddenly asked, "Why did the Metropolitan Procuratorate send someone here?"

The county magistrate recalled it for a while, and said: "It seems that there was an official document before, saying that the six departments were restructured. In the future, the power and responsibility for the investigation and investigation will all belong to the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Both of them don't care about the so-called system reform. Anyway, it's enough to manage one-third of an acre of land. Doesn't any official come to serve them the same?

The magistrate of Kunshan County said "Oh", and said again: "Do you think we can start with the censor of the Duchayuan?"

"That's what I should do, but I don't know if it's the same as those officials from the north..."

"Go and try." Kunshan County settled down: "I'll talk to those grain mice again, if I die, they won't even try to escape!"

The county magistrate nodded heavily.After he goes out.Finding that all the connections in Yingtian Mansion Yali have been wiped out, he had to go to his old friends in other prefectures and counties to inquire about the news of the special censor.

Originally, I thought that the imperial court would cover up such a big event, but who knew that I hadn't seen my old friend yet, so I just bought a copy of "Qu Yuan Miscellaneous Tan" and saw the imperial censor's large number hanging on it.It was as if he was afraid that others would not go his way.The county magistrate really had a love-hate relationship with this newspaper, so he rolled it up into his sleeves and went straight to arrange a private meeting with the censor.

The only thing that pleased Kunshan County and the county magistrate was that although the censor was from the north, he was also a Jinshi.Most of them still have to talk about officialdom and morality.

After finally waiting until the eighth day of March, Zhang Ren and Zhang Wenquan, the censor of the special case, finally brought a mighty group of interviewers to Kunshan County and stayed in the post house.Kunshan County and the county magistrate have already got Zhang Ren's resume, inquired about the Nian Ke, and rushed to the post house to meet him with an appropriate gift.

Zhang Li was originally an official in Shandong, but because he accepted a gift from his subordinates, he was listed as a prisoner and entered the prisoner's courtyard to live.In the environment that was only better than the shack, it really tormented Zhang Ren's heart, and it also made him see the warmth and coldness of the officialdom - no one offered a helping hand to him in the same year, so that his wife actually moved into it. The idea of ​​being a female official!

Finally, in the past two years, the recovery of the East Palace has been extremely fast, and many criminals have been recovered.Those who are more courageous, go directly to the front line to become herdsmen officials, and now they are among the ranks of Tonggui.He was too timid at the beginning and missed the wind of promotion, and now he is still only at the sixth rank.

Fortunately, Zhang Ren heard that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was recruiting, so he used his hard work in the imperial examinations, studied the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the books and articles written by the crown prince and Li Mingrui, and finally succeeded in entering the Metropolitan Procuratorate and became the censor.This is really a blessing in disguise, who would have thought that he would become the Qingliu of the stage.

Zhang Ren soon found that his understanding of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was a little off. The censor seemed to be still doing picket work, but his power was even greater.And the treatment was too good. If a discipline-violating official was picked up, not only would he be rewarded, but he might also be credited.Of course, if the censor is corrupt and bends the law, the punishment will be extremely severe. The lightest is to appoint Liaodong as a scribe, and the most serious ones will go directly to road construction and mining.

At the beginning Zhang Ren was still a little guilty, and secretly said that with the censor's salary, it seemed that he would have to live a few years of hard life.

No matter what, it's better than being in the prisoner's court, and the wife doesn't have to be a female officer, so it's better to suffer.

Unexpectedly, the Metropolitan Procuratorate issued the task of "purging the special judges", and almost all the censors' eyes were fixed on those newly appointed judges.

After all, Zhang Ren is old, unlike young people who listen to the wind and rain, deliberately take a step back, but regret it in the end.

There are too many facts about those judicial officials violating discipline and law!

As small as accepting gifts from the parties, as big as corrupting the law... This is simply a mountain of silver!

The most exciting thing is that most of these magistrates are female Dingke.

After seeing the current situation clearly, Zhang Li moved no slower than young people, chasing and beating judges at all levels.Because of his good writing skills and his familiarity with the regulations, especially his years of Confucianism education, he was able to find the "big meaning" from the "micro-words".

Relying on these judges, Zhang Een made a fortune smoothly, and was commended by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He issued special "notes" of 100 taels, which he framed and hung on the wall.

At the beginning, Zhang Yan had to comfort himself with his different backgrounds: he was a genuine Jinshi, and those people were just white men and broken boots from the female Dingke.After the fight, there was no issue of birth, only white money and certificates of honor in his eyes.So much so that when he met an official with a Jinshi background, even in the same year, he never relented.

This time, he was recommended by the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the censor of the special case, naturally because of his reputation of being quick, precise and ruthless.

Zhang Ren hurried to Nanjing, and the interviewer team was almost formed, and they happened to go to Kunshan together.He had already read various newspapers on the way, and knew that "Qu Yuan Miscellaneous Tan" was from the crown prince's side—that is, from his own side. The other newspapers were mostly from the Jiangnan Shilin faction, which were more or less unfriendly.

These interviewers are known as "commoner censors", staring at each other, and they must be careful in their words and deeds.

On the first night in Kunshan, Zhang Ren received a post from Kunshan County to come to the post house to visit his seniors.This kind of normal interpersonal communication is nothing, so Zhang Ren naturally did not refuse.What's more, he also wanted to touch his opponent's character and see how big this case could be.

According to the inhuman rules of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: the bigger the case, the higher the bonus and the more meritorious service.

Therefore, experienced censors generally start with serious crimes first, and only if they are not qualified can they be reluctant to descend.

Zhang Ren is not very satisfied with this case, because the granary is short of money, and the most serious thing is corruption; if an official is caught selling grain to a grain merchant, he can add a private sale of public property; For family property, a crime of unknown source of huge property can be deducted.

Punishment for several crimes is nothing more than 50 years of garrison in Liaodong.

"Yang Chengde, a later student, has met his predecessors." Kunshan County and the county magistrate met Zhang Ren, and respectfully performed the post-academic salute.

Zhang Ren nodded, motioned for them to sit down, and said, "You two, Kuiye, have worked so hard to come here."

Yang Chengde looked at the other censor who was sitting with him, and felt itchy in his heart, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "This is..."

"The rule of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is that you are not allowed to meet with anyone involved in this case alone." The censor said with a cold face, "You don't have to worry about me, and just pretend I'm not here. Anyway, I'm not a Jinshi."

Yang Chengde twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, trying to put on a smile but failed.He glanced at the magistrate, and the magistrate also shook his head, with such a huge candle present, how could he say those private words?

"The junior students have prepared some local products..." Yang Chengde pushed the prepared gift forward, and said with a smile: "Please accept it, senior."

"It's too troublesome..." Zhang Yan shook her head slightly, stretched out her hand to push, but saw that Kunshan County was quite persistent, so she had to take it, took out another form, and said, "Then please trouble Xianling to fill out this form."

Kunshan County took a look and was stunned: This form has the time of gift giving, the person who gave the gift, the recipient, witnesses, the name and color of the gift, and how much it is worth...

Is the rule of the East Palace so strict!

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