The official position of "Sima" was mainly in charge of military taxes during the Warring States and Pre-Qin Dynasty. As the name suggests, the duties and powers of Sima are related to the war horses of the army.
The recruitment and feeding of all military horses, including ordnance related to cavalry, etc., are all under the jurisdiction of the Sima.
After the Han Dynasty, Sima's authority gradually changed. It became an official title and no longer specifically managed the horses in the army.
There are many other official positions with such untrue names, such as "horse washing in the East Palace" and so on. No one would be naive enough to think that this official position is really just for washing the prince's car, right?
After the Han Dynasty, the same was true for the official position of Sima. In the Tang Dynasty, Sima was the important right-hand man of the governor of a state. The boss of a state was the governor, and the second was Biejia, so Sima was the third.
Sima held important real power, and could ask questions about all matters including criminal investigation, case resolution, civil taxes, water conservancy, etc. within a state.
Of course, in the middle and late period of the Tang Dynasty, Sima's real power had gradually declined and basically became a decoration, and most of it existed in the form of demoted officials in the establishment. For example, the sentence "Sima Jiangzhou's green shirt is wet" in "Pipa Xing" is representative.
Now it belongs to the early Tang Dynasty. Li Jingye, the Liuzhou Sima, is indeed very powerful and handles enough things.
With so many things to deal with, it seems reasonable to be caught in the pigtails, especially Li Jingye... Who can expect a super dude to be upright and honest when serving in a local position?
The person who came to the Duke's Mansion spoke unclearly, and Li Qinzai couldn't ask anything, so he had to order Liu Asi to prepare his horse and prepare to rush back to Chang'an.
Cui Jie knew that the situation was serious, so she packed his luggage for him without saying a word and sent him out the door.
Seeing Li Qinzai and his friends mount their horses and set off, Cui Jie, who was worried, suddenly stopped him.
"Husband..." Cui Jie stopped talking.
Li Qinzai reined in his horse and looked at her: "What's the matter?"
"Husband, leave early and come back early..." Cui Jie bit her lower lip after finishing speaking.
Li Qinzai asked curiously: "What does it mean to cut off half of your life?"
Cui Jie took a breath, looked up at him and said, "Husband, the Lord of Jinxiang County is still in Chang'an. Husband, you..."
Li Qinzai understood: "I understand, don't worry, I will take good care of her."
After speaking, Li Qinzai kicked the horse in the belly, and the horse galloped away, followed closely by Liu, A, Si, Lao Wei and other tribesmen. A group of people passed by the rural road in Zhuangzi like a wind and a lingering cloud, and soon disappeared.
Cui Jie still stood there, gritting her teeth and stamping her feet: "I didn't mean that! Bastard!"
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It was sunset when the group arrived in Chang'an.
Arriving outside the Duke's Mansion, Li Qinzai dismounted his horse, threw the reins to the servants who were waiting outside, and ran towards the door without looking back. He ran like a gourd boy and shouted loudly: "Grandpa, Grandpa." …”
In the backyard of the Duke's Mansion, Li Ji squatted in front of a peony and loosened the soil. This was a new peony. After the last peony was destroyed by Li Qinzai's urine, Li Ji did not change his mind and transplanted another peony from elsewhere. The plant comes back.
The peonies have thin rhizomes and it is not yet the flowering season, so the peonies stand lazily in the soil.
Hearing Li Qinzai's call, Li Ji's expression tightened, and with quick eyesight he poured the bucket he used to water the flowers upside down on the peonies. Then he stood up and quickly ran into the study. The whole operation was smooth and smooth.
Li Qinzai quickly ran outside the study room in the backyard. With a casual glance, he suddenly discovered a bucket upside down on the ground in the yard.
This bucket was so eye-catching and so abrupt that it was difficult for Li Qinzai to ignore it.
Curious, Li Qinzai stepped forward and opened the bucket, and found the newly transplanted peony. Seeing the peony drooping its leaves lazily, Li Qinzai suddenly felt heartbroken.
"Since you have planted flowers, why don't you take good care of them? Look at how droopy these flowers are, they are lacking in nutrients."
Without saying a word, I lifted up the hem of my shirt and was about to add some green organic fertilizer to it. When I was getting ready to go, I suddenly heard an angry shout.
"You evil beast! Stop! If you harm this peony again, I will break your legs!"
Li Qinzai was so frightened that he trembled all over, but the urge to urinate in his lower abdomen had already entered the barrel of the gun, and he couldn't hold it back any longer.
As the saying goes, when you are outside, your life will be compromised. Li Qinzai had no choice but to grit his teeth and turn around.
Wow.
A clear, non-irritating urine suddenly changed its target and poured down into the open space next to it.
Turning his head to see Li Ji's eyes that were about to burst into flames, Li Qinzai grinned: "Grandpa, it said it was thirsty..."
Li Ji said nothing and began to look left and right.
Li Qinzai's eyelids twitched and he said hurriedly: "Grandpa, let's get down to business! My grandson came all the way here just to save my Li family from hanging upside down and save the building from collapsing."
Li Ji finally calmed down his anger a little and said coldly: "It's not that serious. The Li family can't fail."
The grandfather and grandson entered the study, and after Li Qinzai inquired, he learned the whole story.
Cousin Li Jingye is indeed not a worry-free person. As soon as it was reported that he had stolen the concubine of the Minister of Civil Affairs, he was targeted by someone unknown. The dark history of a few years ago was also dug up.
Let’s not talk about stealing other people’s concubines. It was not serious in the first place. In the open-minded Tang Dynasty, it was just gossip at best.
But Li Jingye’s dark history a few years ago was really a bit troublesome.
About three years ago, Li Jingye took office as the Sima of Liuzhou. His appointment was certainly not selfless. He was just dawdling around and accumulating seniority. As a dandy, he could be considered at ease in the barren and backward city of Liuzhou.
The cause of the incident was a murder case. A farmer in a village under the jurisdiction of Liuzhou got into a dispute with a farmer from the same village because of his bad temper. He beat the farmer to death out of reason.
In the Tang Dynasty, where the folk customs were simple, murder cases were relatively rare, and the local government must seriously investigate and deal with them.
After the county government detained the banker for interrogation, he immediately reported it to the governor's office.
It happened that the Liuzhou governor was inspecting the place at that time, and the biggest official in the governor's office was Sima Li Jingye.
Li Jingye took over the case and ordered the local county government to send the prisoners and evidence to Liuzhou City for review. w
At this point, all procedures are still legal. Major cases involving human life do need to be reviewed at all levels until they are reported to the Ministry of Punishment. If the prisoner is indeed guilty and deserves to be punished, the Ministry of Punishment will issue an official document and wait for execution in the future.
It was originally a simple murder case. After being reviewed according to the procedures and reported to the Chang'an Criminal Department, nothing happened to Li Jingye.
But when Li Jingye was reviewing the case, the wife of the banker who committed the murder came to Liuzhou City.
Although the wife is a typical village girl, she is very pretty and has the charm of a charming young woman.
When Li Jingye was hearing the case, the prisoner's wife had been kneeling outside the governor's house, pleading for her husband and asking to see the presiding judge. She knelt for two days and two nights without getting any water or rice, and attracted many people in Liuzhou City to watch.
The governor's office was afraid that another life would be lost, and the onlookers were making unpleasant gossip. Li Jingye had no choice but to summon the prisoner's wife privately.
As soon as the two met, Li Jingye fell in love.
Well, actually it's not that pure and romantic. To be precise, Li Jingye became interested in it.