Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 204 Fake County Magistrate

Li Ke nodded, and heard the little woman continue:

"My husband took part in the imperial examination a few months ago, won the Jinshi, and made a masterpiece at the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting, defeated the aristocratic family, and won glory for the emperor.
This is something that our whole family is very honored... But some time ago.Xianggong suddenly sent a letter saying that he was assigned an official position by the Ministry of Officials and asked him to come to Sanjiang County as the county magistrate.

Our whole family was very happy, so we followed the address he gave.So I came by train and arrived in Sanjiang County, planning to enjoy happiness with my husband.

But... I didn't expect that when I arrived in Sanjiang County today and went to the Yamen, the county magistrate I met was not my husband at all. "

Li Ke was taken aback and said:
"Why? Is it because your husband hasn't come here yet, or is it that the place mentioned in his letter is wrong?"

The woman shook her head and said:

"That's not the case. He has repeatedly emphasized the address of the post, which will never be wrong, and the little lady also asked when she went to the Yamen, that the new county magistrate does have the same name as my husband.

I told the officials that I was the wife of the new county magistrate, and they went in to report.But the county magistrate said that he didn't know me at all, and there was no wife like me.

I felt something was wrong at the time, and I thought it was my husband who was rich and wealthy who abandoned my poor wife, but I couldn't figure out why he would abandon his own pair of children.

So I was not reconciled, so I waited until late at night, secretly climbed up the wall of the back teeth, and took a look into the courtyard of the back office.

After looking at it, I found that the county magistrate who took office with the same name and surname as my husband was not my husband at all. "

Li Ke stared, and immediately said:

"You mean, someone pretended to be your husband and came to be the magistrate here."

The little woman looked around, then nodded to Li Ke, and said:

"The reason why the little woman is crying is because she guessed that something bad might happen to my husband."

Speaking of this, she cried even more sadly, and Li Ke's face darkened.

This kind of impersonation of officials was not uncommon in ancient times.

After all, ancient times were not like modern times, with ID cards and various things to determine identity.

And the network is quite developed, and any information can be found online.

In ancient times, it was difficult to determine a person's identity information.

When an official goes to a place to hold a post, he usually has to give several certificates.

The appointment documents and official certificates given by the Ministry of Officials are made of five-color Xuanhua paper, which can only be used by the imperial court.

Moreover, the information written on it can also be very rigorous and comprehensive. First, it is difficult to fake, and second, it is almost exactly the same as my own situation.

In addition, a fish charm will be given to the serving officials to represent their identity.

In addition, the Ministry of Officials will draw a picture based on the appearance of the designated official, similar to a photo.

Adding these together, generally speaking, it was not so easy to impersonate others in ancient times.

But this kind of thing is not absolute. For example, it is not impossible to find someone who looks similar to replace it.

Therefore, in ancient history, there were countless incidents of pretending to be officials to take office in localities.

Some of them will never be found in their entire lives.

Li Ke attaches great importance to this matter.

You must know that since local officials should be appointed by educated people, there is a certain reason for it.

Only those who are familiar with the sage books have the ability to govern one side.

Moreover, these officials are all selected by the imperial court, and they will be appointed as officials only after their ability and character are determined.

And these people pretending to be officials, just because they dare to pretend to be officials, this kind of thing can confirm that their character must be bad.

And the cultural level is definitely not as good as my own, so it must not be a good thing!
Seeing that Li Ke was silent, the little woman said:

"My lord, this matter is very important, so as not to implicate you, please don't gossip around.

For this matter, I will go to the capital in person.Find a bigger yamen to break this matter.

Regardless of whether my husband was born or not, this guy pretending to be the county magistrate will not make him feel better. "

Speaking of this, there was a hint of determination in the woman's eyes.

Li Ke took a deep breath and said:
"There's no need to go to the capital, I'll settle this matter."

The woman was taken aback and looked at Li Ke.

Li Ke also said:

"You stay at this inn first, and I'll go to the county government office."

The woman's face was shocked, and she wanted to say something, but she saw that Li Ke had already gone towards the county government.

Seeing that she couldn't catch up, the woman could only stand there helplessly and wait.

Li Ke's face was gloomy and cold. At this moment, the county government office was closed. Li Ke went around to the backyard, and directly used lightness kung fu to turn into the backyard of the government office.

In the backyard, a light was still on in one room.

The window was not closed, and a figure could be vaguely seen sitting at the table drinking wine and eating food.

Next to him was a girl in his arms, drinking and having fun.

Li Ke was expressionless, and approached the room step by step, then kicked the door open and walked in.

His sudden appearance startled the 30-year-old man in the room. Immediately afterwards, the man's expression darkened, and he shouted angrily at Li Ke:

"Bold, who let you in? Who are you?"

Li Ke took a few steps forward with a sullen face, stared at the man firmly and said:

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is who you are?"

(End of this chapter)