"I didn't get admitted as a civil servant in my previous life, but I didn't expect that I would get one in this life."
After leaving Lin Mansion, Chen Xuan sighed in his heart.
Although the civil servants in the execution room of the county government are only minor officials, they are also included in the local government system, and their salaries are distributed by the government. Most of these subordinate officials are controlled by some wealthy local families.
It is basically impossible for ordinary people to become subordinate officials.
Unless you can be appreciated by high-level officials in the county government, you can be promoted to a subordinate official.
From the beginning, Chen Xuan never thought about entering the government system. He just wanted to quietly improve his proficiency. When he joined the patrol team, he was also recruited by the government. He did not expect that he would be related to the county captain later.
This really fits that sentence.
If you plant flowers intentionally, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will create shade.
The Lin family, where the county captain Lin Changrong belongs, is a noble family and is much more powerful than ordinary aristocratic families.
Ordinary aristocratic families can only place some subordinates in the local government, but the noble family is a famous family that has served as officials for generations. Each generation has people serving as officials in the court. After generations of accumulation, it will naturally become a behemoth.
Although the Jin Dynasty also had a cultural examination similar to the imperial examination, which was used to select talents, in order to obtain the qualifications for the examination, you must first be recommended by local officials. You must become a disciple of these officials and be respectfully called teachers.
This threshold determines that an individual's background has a far greater impact on his or her career than his or her own talents and expertise.
Therefore, the official positions in the Jin Dynasty were basically monopolized by some big noble families.
If you want to become an official in the court, you have to join the sect of these great noble families.
"Now that I have entered the imperial establishment, do you want to find someone from the patrol team and the logistics institute to celebrate?" Chen Xuan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's keep a low profile."
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The next day.
Chen Xuan came to the Yamen to report.
The execution chamber was originally under the jurisdiction of the county captain.
If the county captain wants to promote a person to serve as a clerk in the torture chamber, it is a matter of just one sentence.
After a while, Chen Xuan completed all the procedures and officially became the clerk of the torture chamber.
After becoming a prison clerk, Chen Xuan's life did not change much. It was still the same as before when he worked in the Logistics Institute, or in other words, it was more relaxed than working in the Logistics Institute.
In the logistics yard, I am also responsible for purchasing some supplies from time to time.
However, the prison clerk is mainly responsible for keeping the files of prosecutors, prisoners, detectives, jailers, jailers, etc. To put it bluntly, he is a file administrator, and he is very busy.
Every day when he came here, Chen Xuan would practice martial arts for a day in the courtyard of the execution room, and then get off work at the same time.
He had already refined a batch of the secret medicine Purple Jade Bone Cleansing Pill required for the Bone Tempering Realm when he was still in the Logistics Institute, so he didn't have to worry about cultivating the secret medicine for the time being.
Next, it’s time to repeat the cycle again.
Go to work, practice martial arts, get off work, analyze and study the secret medicine for nourishing the internal organs.
A blink of an eye.
Ten days have passed.
Early that morning, a police officer came to the execution room to retrieve the prisoner's files.
"What is the purpose of accessing so many prisoners' files?"
Looking at the list of files to be retrieved, Chen Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"These are prisoners to be executed."
This officer seemed to know that Chen Xuan was a county captain, so he did not hide it.
"What a serious crime was committed by executing so many people at once."
Chen Xuan looked at the list and found that there were only a few of more than a hundred people.
As he spoke, he looked for the files of these prisoners in the archives.
In the Jin Dynasty, even if ordinary criminals committed murder, they would be transported to the county seat to wait for execution in the autumn. Only serious crimes such as rebellion and rebellion would be executed in the county seat after the verdict.
"These are the people who rebelled against the Taoist Temple in Changchun. The county captain had been recuperating in the mansion before, so these people who were captured alive from the Taoist temple in Changchun were not rushed to judge. Now the county captain returned to the Yamen, and after the discussion of several adults in the Yamen
, execute all these rebels and execute them in three days."
The guard replied.
"Changchun Taoist Temple, are they really going to rebel?"
Chen Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"Changchun Taoist Temple conceals heavy armor. Regardless of whether it is rebellion or not, this is a capital crime." The officer looked around and found that there was no third person, and then whispered: "But I heard from the interrogator that Changchun Taoist Temple's
Some of these rebels could not bear the torture, confessed their crimes, and secretly defected to the Taiping Religion, but some were completely unaware and had no idea that there was heavy armor in the warehouse. They were completely implicated.
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"People who don't know anything should also be executed?"
Chen Xuan said softly.
"Changchun Taoist Temple has now been designated as a rebel. All those with Taoist registration are on wanted orders. Even if they are unaware of it, as a member of Changchun Taoist Temple, they will naturally be imprisoned."
The guard sighed softly.
"Sitting together."
Chen Xuan knew that this was a very cruel method of implicating others.
If a person breaks the law, especially if he commits a major crime, such as rebellion, he will often be exterminated.
Since there are people in the Changchun Taoist Temple who have taken refuge in the Taiping Sect, secretly hid heavy armor, and attempted to rebel, it is a serious crime to punish the Nine Tribes, and those masterminds will naturally be punished to annihilate the Nine Tribes.
If the Changchun Taoist Temple had not been labeled as rebels, those who did not know it might still have survived. However, the government has already made a judgment. As a member of the Changchun Taoist Temple, even those who did not know it will be implicated.
This is the cruelty of the law of association.
After a while, Chen Xuan handed all the files to the officer and asked him to sign.
Under normal circumstances, if a prisoner is sentenced to death and is to be executed, his file only needs to be stamped with the official seal by the county official. However, if a serious crime like rebellion involves execution and there are too many people to be executed, the county official will be required to do so.
It is only necessary that all three of you, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, affix their official seals. As long as one person disagrees, it will be difficult to execute Lien.
In the blink of an eye.
The day came when the prisoner was to be executed.
Chen Xuan did not take advantage of the excitement and stayed in the county prison execution room.
You know, although the Changchun Taoist Temple was destroyed and the Shanmen Taoist Temple was destroyed, many people still escaped, and among them there were people who had taken refuge in the Taiping Religion. If these prisoners were executed publicly, there might be tribulations.
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Those who go to join in the fun may risk their lives.
It's better to stay at the county government office and be safe.
"The execution should begin soon!"
Chen Xuan counted the time in his mind.
At this moment, he heard the movement in the express room next to him.
Among the yamen in Qingshui County, the largest one is naturally the county magistrate, followed by the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, all of whom are subordinate officers of the county magistrate. The most noteworthy thing is that Qingshui County has two county magistrates, one of whom is responsible for the river channel.
County magistrate.
Then there are the chief records, inspections, and river inspections. These three are also high-level officials.
Downstairs is Room 3 and Room 9.
The third class is the soap class, fast class and strong class, responsible for honor guard, public security, arrests and so on.
The guards on the fast shift are what people call the policemen.
"Everyone, gather quickly."
Chen Xuan heard the noise and immediately went out to check.
After asking around, I found out that someone had actually robbed the execution ground.