Concubine

Chapter 31
Song Zhixian continued to teach Song Yun'er: "The sage Mencius said: 'There are three unfilial acts, and having no heirs is the greatest. Shun married without telling, and because he had no heirs, the gentleman thought he would tell." Zhao Qi of the Han Dynasty also said: "If you don't marry To have no children is to have no ancestors, and there are three types of unfilial piety. Among the three, having no descendants is the greatest.' Could there be any mistakes in what these sages said?" Song Yun'er shrank back, not daring to answer.

Song Zhixian turned to Yang Qiuchi, his face suddenly softened: "Nephew, this, this is a trivial matter, don't worry! Look, is the look right?"

"My mother said, go ask a matchmaker today."

"Oh! That, that's good! If you have any difficulties, just talk to Uncle! You're welcome!" Song Zhixian patted his chest and said proudly.

Yang Qiuchi agreed, but said in his stomach: It's really a fake beating!I made it clear that if you don’t have money to marry a concubine, it’s not a problem. If you really want to help, you’ll only do superficial work if you bring money.After thinking about it again, no, what is the purpose of this goatee magistrate going around to recognize himself as his nephew?He has already rewarded him for helping him solve the case. Is there anything else I can ask of myself?Well, let's continue to see how he performs.

Song Zhixian sat back in his seat and said with a smile: "Nephew, from your examination of the corpse yesterday, it can be seen that you are proficient in this way, and you don't have to be an apprentice again." Turning to look at Master Jin: "Isn't it? ?gentlemen."

Master Jin nodded: "That's right, that's right, brother Yang is self-taught, he's really a talent made in heaven!"

Yang Qiuchi hastily said a few words of humility.

Song magistrate said: "This, this disobedience, the status is low, and it belongs to the pariah. In my opinion, the virtuous nephew should stop doing this business. If he likes it, he will be an official in the future. He can also be worthy of the autopsy. "

like?Who likes it?Do you think autopsies are fun?Dirty and smelly, you can't even find a girlfriend.

"Then, I shouldn't be disobedient, what are you doing?"

"Nephew is a talent, what, what can't be done, how about it, Uncle, the original supervisor in the yamen of uncle is not competent, I have already transferred him away, you, you can help uncle as the supervisor The position of long-term follower," Song Zhixian looked at Yang Qiuchi expectantly with a smile on his face, "the service salary is five taels a month, for example, the regular money remains the same. Would my nephew be willing?"

Supervisor?He has no idea what this supervisor is.While he was wondering, Master Jin had already stood up, cupped his hands to Yang Qiuchi and said, "Congratulations, Brother Yang!"

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly stood up and cupped his fists in return.

Master Jin seemed to see through Yang Qiuchi's inner thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother Yang may not be very clear about the position of supervisor."

Yang Qiuchi nodded.

"The superintendent is an official hired by the magistrate. He is ordered to take charge of the Yamen's prison. In addition, he also assists in the detection of cases, especially new cases and missing cases that occurred in the prison."

Oh, Yang Qiuchi understands a little bit. It turns out that the supervisor is the director of the prison. Since the prisons of the Ming Dynasty Yamen detain unconvicted criminals, to be precise, it should be the detention center. The post of supervisor should be the director of the detention center.Five taels of silver a month, that is RMB 5000.A monthly salary of [-] is not bad.

County magistrate Song said with a smile: "Yes, Jin, Master Jin is right. How about it? Nephew."

That's good, of course, this job is a hundred times better than being a coward. Yang Qiuchi didn't want to be a forensic doctor who could even find a girlfriend in modern society. When he came to the Ming Dynasty, he had to do a cowardly job again, and he was already tired of it.Of course it is comfortable to be the head of the detention center.Yang Qiuchi stood up and bowed to the ground: "My nephew is willing, thank you uncle for promoting me! My nephew will definitely do my best."

Song Zhixian laughed loudly, stood up and helped each other: "It's so hard!"

Yang Qiuchi thought of a question, but was a little embarrassed to ask.Song Zhixian saw that he was hesitant to speak, and asked: "Nephew, return, is there anything unclear?"

Yang Qiuchi said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask, this supervisor... what rank is this supervisor?"

Both Zhixian Song and Master Jin were taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.Master Jin shook his folding fan: "The position of superintendent can be established at the three levels of Chengxuan's political envoy, prefecture, and county. In Chengxuan's political envoy, it is called 'prison secretary', and there is a prison supervisor. Human beings follow the ninth rank; although there are prisons at the first level of the government, they are not in the ranks."

Speaking of this, Master Jin put away the folding fan, put it under his arm, and started counting with his fingers: "The only official rank at the county level is the magistrate, that is the seventh rank, and there is the county magistrate below, which is the eighth rank. As for the classics and history, although they are officials, they are not in the mainstream. Therefore, there is no prison secretary at the county level. But someone has to do the work, so it can only be done by us The magistrate of the county pays out of his own pocket and asks someone to take care of it."

"Huh? Then this supervisor is worthless?"

Master Jin smiled and said: "You can't say that, it depends on how you use this official. If you are a good official, you can earn more money than the county magistrate! For example, this example of money is the rule of money that has been established in the past dynasties. There are too many prison rules, which one should not be charged? It is more than that of the Qingshui Yamen county magistrate." He paused with a smile, and then continued meaningfully, "I will understand after my brother takes office... In short, as long as others give you money, you take care of it.”

Yang Qiuchi understood a little now. Although the supervisor of the county government is an official, he was rewarded by the magistrate. That is to say, he is not a national civil servant, but hired by the magistrate privately. If he is unhappy, he will be fired at any time. .Besides, the county magistrate is elected every three years, and when his term expires, he will leave, and he will also leave.

Now it seems that we can only take one step at a time, take advantage of this time to make more money, have capital, and start a small business with capital.

Song Zhixian asked: "Nephew, where do you live?"

Before Yang Qiuchi could answer, Song Yun'er said first: "Father, my brother lives in Xicheng. The dilapidated place is not a place for people to live in."

County Magistrate Song nodded. The people living in this west city are all ordinary people, so it must not be much better: "After my nephew takes up the position of supervisor, I am afraid that he will spend most of his weekdays in the yamen. For the sake of convenience, we should move Come and live in the yamen. It happened that Master Dian Shi thought the yamen was dilapidated, so he found a house outside to live in, and his courtyard has been falling down, so you can move your house to that courtyard."

Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.Seeing that poor family last night, he kept thinking about when he could have a big house so that Mother Yang and Xiaoxue could live a good life.The magistrate of the county asked them to live in the yamen. Although it was not a long-term solution, it was better than living in the two wooden houses.When I have money in the future, I will build another big house.

While Yang Qiuchi was happy, he always felt a little uneasy. How could this old magistrate treat him so well? He rewarded a small official and gave him a place to live. Although the small official didn't cost him much money, this place belonged to the state. Without paying a penny, he solved his own big problem. Why did he treat himself like this?There must be a reason for it.

Seeing that Yang Qiuchi was very happy, the magistrate of Song Dynasty exchanged a glance with Mr. Jin, and then slowly said: "Nephew, these are nothing. Yesterday, yesterday you helped my uncle and me to solve the murder case. I also broke the big treason case of Widow Xie, uncle, I have to thank you very much!"

(End of this chapter)