Chapter 17 Master Cheng's Gift to Accompany One
Wang Fulin still underestimated the crime of forging official seals and documents these days. After he returned to the inn, Song Bo, who went to She County to watch the fun in the evening, also came back. Song Bo talked about the result and was very surprised.
Although a Ming law was further refined based on the laws of all dynasties, plus the "Great Edicts" by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, "Teaching the People's List" and various written laws issued by emperors in the form of imperial edicts, most of the chief officials of each prefecture and county have studied the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood, and wrote eight-part articles. After the title of the Golden List, they recited poems and verses, answered poems and educated the people, and did not necessarily have one out of ten people who could have the leisure to study these legal texts. So when it comes to the judgment, they would judge the case in a consistent way. According to the objective malice and subjective degree, the rule of man is greater than the rule of law. Many times, it is even in the hands of the clerk of the criminal room.
According to the Ming Dynasty, any person who forged a seal in the yamen would have only one end, that is, a killing! However, the seals should also be divided into levels. The first level is the square seals of the yamen at all levels. Because they are usually made of vermilion seals, they are collectively called the vermilion seal. The second level is the governor, the education, military preparation, water conservancy and other customs defense, rectangular, silver or copper, because they are stamped with purple-red water, they are also called the purple-flower seal. If these two seals are forged, they will certainly be dead. However, the fake seal on a piece of dried tofu at that moment is not the She County Seal, but the seal of the county yamen households. The importance is far less than the former, and the sentencing will naturally be reduced.
Therefore, in the end, Wang Qiu's charges were just to beat up his brother, forging documents and seals, combining the two crimes, and then passing the major edict reduction. I don't know if the Ye County Master was very angry and sentenced him to a hundred years of vassals, and beat him up with a harsh blow!
As for Liu San, the clerk of Kuaiban, the clerk of the clerk of the clerk, Ye Junyao was determined to be judged in court because he was affiliated with the She County Yamen, but later he did not make a decision for the time being, and everyone was imprisoned first. The reason was very simple. Liu Hui, the clerk of the household office, insisted that he was unaware of the situation, and the other six clerks were divided into several factions. It is said that before the case was tried, a quarrel broke out in the She County Yamen.
You should know that the entire county government office is just like a small court. The six houses of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and work are equivalent to the six departments of the court. Chengfa House is also a small cabinet. The court is the most expensive in the Ministry of Personnel, while the six houses of the county government office are the most popular. Taking the She County government office as an example, one carrot and one pit, the old officials often ask for the top silver from the newcomers when they free up their seats. Among them, the household officials have the highest price, a total of 600 taels, and most of the time there is even a market priceless. After all, if it weren't for the old, which official officials would be willing to put down the thick oil and water?
After hearing this, Wang Fulin thought of the summer tax matter mentioned by Mr. Cheng, and thought that it was not appropriate to ask Mr. Song, so he simply inquired about the details of the Cheng family. Sure enough, Mr. Song, who often entered and left the city, was very familiar with the Cheng family. He immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng from Huangjiawu is from She County. He was born in poor background. He passed the exam not long after he entered school. However, he failed the exam many times. Later, he simply made up for a teacher. After serving as a term, he felt that he was too frustrated, so he went to Huaian, Yangzhou to go to salt. He accumulated hundreds of thousands of private houses for more than ten years, but he did not forget his foundation and settled in the county rather than the capital. He heard that he told his eldest son that he was the eldest daughter of the official family..."
Wang Fulin, who was drinking tea, suddenly became a god. In this way, Mr. Cheng was a very powerful man. He was from a poor family but he passed the Juren. He failed to pass the Jinshi several times and went to the business. After entering the business, he saved hundreds of thousands of families and married his son Cheng Naixuan to the family of officials. As a result, Cheng Naixuan was not happy and did not hesitate to defame himself for this!
Could it be that Cheng Naixuan found out that his fiancée was a shrewd woman in Hedong lion roar, so he used such a trick?
Even if he thought about this, it was not his turn to worry about other people's affairs. Because after watching this excitement, it was too late. Song Bo planned to return to Xixinan Village tomorrow, so he treated the elder well and left someone to stay in the small courtyard of the Ma Family Inn that he had rented.
Early the next morning, except for Song Bo, the three villagers could not let go of their homes and said goodbye. He took out the gifts he had bought before and thanked them. He then sent them away, and asked them to send a message to the two sisters at home to tell him about their recent situation. Song Bo naturally agreed. However, the four sedan chair owners said that the master was destined and had to send the little official back to the office before he could get the job. Wang Fulin was happy to leave four helpers and let them go.
Now that he has turned over, the county magistrate has made Wang Qiu and others recklessly. Wang Fulin naturally hopes to go home and hide in the leisure time, but the grand master has not left yet, and all kinds of information are not equal. He has to patiently continue to linger in the Ma Family Inn. In the afternoon, he was idle, but he was too lazy to go out, so he simply took the Analects of Confucius to teach Jinbao. At first, he was based on the memories in his mind, but it was unconsciously extended to endlessly. When he finally heard the sound of a soft knock on the door outside, he woke up suddenly. This was outside, not at home, and it would be bad to be deprived of a deviant crime!
"who?"
"The villain comes to report the good news to Mr. Wang! The great master of the Great Wen Huizhou Prefecture has corrected you and praised you for your kindness and filial piety. If there are any rumors in the future, you should investigate it strictly."
Although Wang Fulin successfully turned around and bought his nephew as a slave after the drama of the Minglun Hall the day before yesterday, Cheng Naixuan called on the support of the students, and alarmed the She County Magistrate Ye Junyao, and brought the other two charges of being useless and successfully cleared his reputation. But he had not passed by Ming Road in the government at all. At this moment, he was overjoyed by it, and Jinbao moved faster than him. He went forward three steps and two steps to open the door, but saw a strange middle-aged man standing outside. Seeing that he was dressed, he seemed to be a servant of a wealthy family.
Sure enough, when the visitor saw Jin Bao, he immediately bowed and called Brother Bao. When he saw Wang Fulin coming out in person, he knelt down and kowtowed. After getting up, he said with a smile: "The villain is Cheng Hu of the Cheng family in Huangjiawu. On the order of my master, I came to report the good news to the young minister! A great master personally determined that the scene the day before yesterday had been known to everyone, and no one dared to talk about the fame and reputation of the young minister."
"Please thank Mr. Cheng more for me, I have any concerns."
Cheng Hu immediately agreed and then smiled and said, "The master also asked the villain to lead the conversation. The grandmaster is going to set off for Nanjing tomorrow. Many husbands from the Fuxue and County School will go to Xin'anmen to see him off in the morning. Please don't forget it. This is also an opportunity to make friends with classmates."
Only then did Wang Fulin realize that he had gloated about Cheng Naixuan being beaten, but he didn't know other students in She County. Now the only guy he knew can only lie on the bed to recuperate. He had to use more brains when seeing him off. Moreover, he wanted to go back to his hometown to stay lazy, but forgot that he was a student after all, and he had to study in Minglun Hall, the Academy Palace! Although he could skip classes, you can't escape every day, right?
This is the sequelae of trying every means to preserve fame and fortune!
Wang Fulin was about to speak and thank him again, but Cheng Hu suddenly clapped his hands, followed by a pair of boys and girls who were standing in the yard with their heads down and each carrying bags walked forward in small steps, and then knelt down and kowtowed. When the two of them looked up, he suddenly recognized that the boy on the left was something he had seen before.
Even if this kid turns into ashes, he will not forget that it was Qiu Feng, the one who Cheng Naixuan ordered the tooth to send to his house, why did it come again?
As for the girl next to him who was about to touch the twelve and three, he didn't recognize her. She looked pretty stern, but her body had not yet grown, and she looked a little weak.
"Little husband, Qiu Feng was brought back to the county town by the tooth woman, and he was sent to the Cheng family courtyard with the deed letter. The young master kept him in the front yard to clean. After the master came back, he personally asked him, in fact, he was innocent and had a few words. He also checked the contract again. There was no fraud. He was just because he was pretty, and the tooth woman misunderstood the young master. He said nonsense. When he came back, he was angry and had spread words that were not good for his younger husband. The master had already spoken and refused to establish a foothold in the six prefectures of Huizhou. Seeing that Qiu Feng was still a decent job, the master meant to give it to the young master as a book boy."
Speaking of this, Cheng Hu glanced at Wang Fulin's face, and saw that he did not refuse immediately, he felt relieved and pointed to the girl on the other side: "As for this girl's name, Lian Qiao, it was bought by the master in Huai'an. She had no relatives and no reason in Huizhou Prefecture, and was diligent in work and gentle, so she didn't have to worry about handing over to outsiders. When the master heard that the little husband had no maid at home, he sent her to serve the little husband and the two little wives. This was all the wish of the master to apologize for the young master, and he also asked the little husband to accept it tens of millions."
Seeing that the other person had said it, he handed over two contracts for sale, but Wang Fulin really couldn't refuse this time. Mr. Cheng's apology was different from Cheng Naixuan's last time, not to mention that there was a difference between elders and seniority. If he pushed it back this time, it would be too disrespectful. However, he hoped that the two girls would be sent, not to give one to one, and a girl would be with Qiu Feng, who had once made him very confused!
"Okay. Please reply to Mr. Cheng. When I send the Grand Master tomorrow, I will come to my door to thank you!"
After saying this, Wang Fulin took the contract for selling his body. He saw that it was the same as before, selling the contract for raising a man and a woman. He instructed Jin Bao to reward Cheng Hu with one cent. When the servant of the Cheng family who completed the task happily left, he looked at the two slaves who were included in his name, and thought for a while and said, "Since you two follow me, we will call them Xiaoguanren in the future, so as not to be confused with Jin Bao."
It's enough to call him Dad by a Jinbao. He doesn't want to have a tender face, but he is surrounded by a person calling him Dad. Every moment he has the illusion that he is already a lot of old and has a lot of children and grandchildren!
When the two agreed, he said to Jinbao again: "Jinbao, Qiufeng will be assigned to you as a book boy in the future."
"Ah?" Jin Bao almost thought he had heard it wrong, and after a while he said a little hesitantly, "Dad, I can do everything myself and don't need anyone to serve me."
"The elders give you, how dare you refuse?" Wang Fulin glared and showed his father's style, "You are my son. You will be the scholar and the juren in the future. You will not have enough time to study, so how can you have so much time to do chores?"
Wang Fulin glared at him and blocked the little guy without saying a word, but he didn't notice that Qiu Feng gently bit his lips after being stunned for a moment. After arranging Qiu Feng, he looked at Lian Qiao and said, "Liang Qiao, when you return to Songming Mountain, you go and serve my two sisters. In the past few days, you will do some chores such as tea, brush and ink."
"Yes, little official." Lian Qiao quickly kowtowed and agreed again. When she saw Wang Fulin and Jin Bao return to the house, she stood up with her knees. Seeing Qiu Feng still on the ground, she spoke and reminded, "Hey, little official official and Baoer have already entered the house!"
Seeing Lian Qiao say this, Qiu Feng hurried into the house. He got up a little stagnantly. He remembered that when he was sent to the Wang family in Songmingshan last time, Wang Fulin refused to ask for him. On the way back, the tooth woman beat and scolded him. Although Mr. Cheng finally left him in the Cheng family compound, he was not even as good as the lowest servant. Now he was sent to Wang Fulin after a walk. Jin Bao, who was also a child servant, was approved by the great master at the time. He went from being a child servant to the sky in one step and became the real adopted son of the scholar's husband!
He is also a human being, and he is willing to learn and improve himself, and he can read and write. Why can he be so humble and sent to others?
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