Idle courtiers

Chapter 269 Zhou Nan's Another Duty

Seeing that the yamen servant looked anxious, Zhou Nan asked, "But Deputy Envoy Li has returned to the yamen?"

What could be the matter with Lao Guo watching over at the Weapons Bureau? If so, it must be Li Gao.

The visitor: "My lord, after the Chinese New Year, Deputy Envoy Li returned to the yamen for half a day, and then returned to the city after finishing the tasks at hand. Up to now, he has not shown up for six or seven days."

He also shook his head secretly in his heart, our Military Weapons Bureau is also true, Mr. Zhou has not been to the Yamen for a long time, and Deputy Envoy Li is also true.

Zhou Nan: "Then what else can happen?"

The visitor said in a low voice: "My lord, there has been a case of disobedience in Baigezhuang, please return to the yamen as soon as possible."

That's right, Baigezhuang belongs to Daxing County, and it is said that if a criminal case occurs there, the county government will take care of it.But there is another special thing here, because the Military Weapons Bureau has soldiers and territory, and almost everyone in the area depends on it for survival.

The Military Weapons Bureau is too powerful, and local forces can't intervene at all.

The common people all have a steelyard in their hearts. Seeing that Daxing County is really useless, if there is a dispute among the people, they will file a complaint with the Military Weapons Bureau.

Whoever is the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau will not think that he has too much power at hand, so Zhou Nan's predecessors kept intervening in local affairs.The result of enterprises running society is that the power of the local grassroots government is constantly being squeezed by the bureau and gradually withdraws from Baigezhuang.

Up to now, there is only money left to inspect the three or five cats and dogs under his command.

If something happens to Baigezhuang, the old money doesn't care, and he can feel at ease as a decoration.

Speaking of which, the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau handles production, administration, and justice in one hand, which is a bit like Bailihou of Qipin Zhixian County, and it is very enjoyable to be an ambassador.

Zhou Nan was busy grasping the revolution and promoting production some time ago, and fought with Li Gao.In addition, the place is still relatively calm, but I forget that I still have the responsibility of maintaining local law and order on my shoulders.

According to the usual practice, if there are civil disputes or criminal cases on the Baigezhuang site, report to the Armament Bureau.Zhou Nan can send people to arrest, judge, and then hand over to relevant departments.The cases that are resolved will also be included in the performance appraisal at the end of the year.

When other people become officials, they hope that there will be work in the jurisdiction, and only when there is work can they get results.

Zhou Nan was subconsciously overjoyed when he heard that there was a major case in Baigezhuang.

However, when I thought about it again, I screamed in my heart.

He hurriedly said: "The case of disobedience... No, prepare the carriages and horses, and we will go back immediately." He had a feeling that something was wrong.

Disobedience cases are different from homicide cases.

If Bai Gezhuang killed someone and Mr. Zhou quickly solved the case, he would gain the reputation of a capable minister.But once the case of disobedience comes out, our Zhou Xingren not only has no political achievements at all, but he will be implicated if he is not good enough, and he will even take off his official title in the end.

The Ming Dynasty ruled the country with loyalty and filial piety.What the king values ​​most is the loyalty of his subjects to the Ming Dynasty. If a person is not filial to his parents, how can he be loyal to his father.Those who are not filial are animals and potential rebels.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, the sentences for disobedient sons were extremely harsh, starting with exile and ending with death.

Speaking of this, some people may wonder, what does it matter if there are disobedient people in the local area and the civil affairs officials, as for being decapitated?

The truth is simple to say. What do local officials do? In addition to acting on behalf of the emperor to herds people, collecting taxes, and maintaining social order, they also have the responsibility of educating the people.

Therefore, according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, once a serious case of disobedience occurs in the local area, the local officials close to the people will be held accountable, and their official career will be considered to have come to an end.Those who are light are dismissed from office, and those who are serious are exiled for three thousand miles.

Now that the case is in the hands of the Weapons Bureau, it is impossible to move it to Daxing County now.Even if they hand it over, how could they accept this piece of hot potato that is hot to the touch.

At this moment, the magistrate of Daxing County is probably secretly escaped, right?

Thinking of the important point, Zhou Nan's heart beat wildly: Could it be Li Gao's game?This possibility is extremely high, what a ruthless method!
Immediately, Zhou Nan bid farewell to Xun Fangyu, took the carriage and greeted the yamen servant to also get in the carriage, and asked carefully about the ins and outs of the case.

After asking, Zhou Nan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's okay, luckily no one was killed, and no one was injured, otherwise, my lord can only resign from the court."

The thing is, didn't the imperial court promulgate a decree to clear the hidden land of the Gyeonggi royal family a few years ago?At that time, the clan sold a large number of real estate properties in order to escape the catastrophe.

Later, it was abolished because of the royal family's petition.

As a result, the rich and powerful families in the capital began to buy properties again, and the land prices were extremely high.Things in the world have always been buying up and not buying down. Even Zhou Nan's teacher Wang Shizhen also moved the idea of ​​buying a house.

Baigezhuang is only twenty miles away from the capital, and it is considered a high-quality asset. Many people came here to buy land and houses a few years ago.Quite a few people even went to the Military Weapons Bureau to apply for the Fish Scale Atlas, which annoyed the people in the bureau.

One of them, Yu Er, came to Baigezhuang after the Chinese New Year to buy [-] mu of land and a three-entry house, and settled down in Daxing County.

It is said that this person used to be the son of a rich family, and recently became a rich man and redeemed himself.He was about forty years old, and he was an honest bachelor.

It is estimated that life was hard in the past, but now that he has regained his freedom and has land and houses, Yu Er has the idea of ​​getting married and having children, and continuing the incense for the Yu family, so he entrusts a matchmaker to find a suitable candidate.

Ordinarily, with his current net worth, it is not difficult to marry a yellow-flowered girl. Although he is in his 40s, he can still be considered a middle-class man.

But when everyone knew about it, they were shocked to find that the owner of Yu Er's house and land was his sister.

Naturally, no one is willing to marry his daughter.

At this time, a middle-aged woman with her mother and six-year-old child came to Baigezhuang one day.

The middle-aged woman's surname is Shi, she was born beautiful, and everyone called her Shi's wife.

Her mother's name is Tan Po, she has chicken skin and white hair, and a very vicious face.

As for the child, he followed his mother's surname, and called him Brother Yi, in the name of teacher. He was a not very talkative child.

It is said that Mrs. Shi used to be a private prostitute in the capital.Later, because of getting older, the business gradually failed, and a while ago, the state severely cracked down on unlicensed operators.

She couldn't get along in the city, so she came to Baigezhuang with her mother and children, and wanted to rent a house to live in for a long time, so she went to Yu Er's house and asked if there was any house for rent.

When Yu Er saw Mrs. Shi, he couldn't move his eyes away.I told Tan Po that it is not an option for your eldest sister to continue like this, and besides, the child is getting older and sensible, and needs to be raised.Why not find a good family to marry, women always want to find a home.

Tanpo has read countless people, and she knows the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, so how can she not understand Yu Er's mind.

Seeing that he lived in a mansion with fertile land at home, he thought he was an outsider, so he was tempted and wanted to give him a large gift.

As the saying goes, bustards love banknotes, and sisters love beauty.Seeing that Yu Ersheng was too ugly, Mrs. Shi felt displeased, but she refused.He couldn't hold back his mother, so he made harsh demands.Said that the mother in the family is old and needs someone to serve her, and she is taking care of the child, how can she ignore it?If officials are willing, they can join our teacher's family.She took care of her old mother and raised her brother-in-law as her own son.

This is already a very harsh condition. In ancient times, the status of the son-in-law in the family was no different from that of a servant. The teacher wanted to use this to make Yu Er quit.

But he didn't want to, Yu Er was born in a family, and now he is also a bachelor. He is used to the work of a servant, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with being a son-in-law, so he readily agreed.

At that moment, Yu Er found a matchmaker, choosing a date would be better than hitting the date, and held a banquet the next day.

"Being a good son-in-law for others, this Yu Er even gave up his ancestors for the sake of beauty, what a bastard." Zhou Nan shook his head: "By the way, why was he accused of disobedience? Mother-in-law was beaten?"

The yamen servant replied: "Going back to the old man, I made a move. The wife refused to accept it, so I sued the yamen."

Zhou Nan nodded: "That's right, it's considered disobedience, how did it hurt?"

Yamen servant: "There is no injury, but there is a bruise on the forehead. It will be fine after two days."

"A little injury, as for suing for disobedience, is it putting people to death?" Could it be that someone wants to use the topic to play the bad luck of finding me. Zhou Nan's recent things are not going well, and he always suspects that "there are always bad people who want to harm me."

Beating up the mother-in-law can only be regarded as a civil dispute. As long as you don’t beat her to death or maim her, you can file a lawsuit with the government.

But once you become a son-in-law and your mother-in-law becomes a mother, the nature becomes serious.

Zhou Nan was annoyed in her heart: "This talk about a wife is also troublesome. The son-in-law is half, and the son-in-law is her own son. She still relies on Yu Er for the elderly! Besides, even if Yu Er is taken care of, the land and house of the Yu family are surnamed him." Sister’s, even Mrs. Tan can’t get it. It’s crazy!”

The yamen servant said: "The old man doesn't know, Tan Po has found a new family. That man is a wealthy businessman with endless money on hand, and he is born with a handsome appearance. Naturally, he hates seeing him when he was not married."

Zhou Nan was startled: "What nonsense are you talking about, you villain? Didn't you just say that the Tan Po is over 60 years old, with skin and white hair? Which good-looking rich man would fall in love with such an old beggar woman?"

The yamen servant stretched out his hand and slapped himself on the face: "My lord, please forgive me, but the young man is about to say something wrong. It is the teacher who has found her next family."

Zhou Nan: "This kind of thing can also be wrong. When I said who has such a strong taste, I was shocked. By the way, who is that person?"

He quickly went through the rich merchants of Baigezhuang in his mind.

This bastard, you dare to hook up with a decent woman on the labor-management site?If you hook up, you'll hook up, and let people get divorced. In order to achieve your goal, you even instigated the wife-in-law to sue the bitter master for disobedience.

Isn't this Ximen Qing in the present world?
Finding trouble for my lord is unforgivable.Let's take him up first, beat him up and throw him in prison.

However, the capital hides dragons and crouching tigers, so you must find out the details of this person before taking action.

The yamen servant naturally knew Eldest Master Zhou's thoughts, and said: "Don't worry, Elder Master, he is just a salt merchant from Huai'an, his surname is Wu and his name is Xinhua, he has no background."

"So it was him?" Zhou Nan was taken aback.

Yamen servant: "By the way, sir, you are also from Huai'an, do you know this military man?"

(End of this chapter)