Zhou Man has always been critical of gambling houses.
"Although it is better to block than to open up, we should also have strict requirements. If you ask me, just setting up a gambling house in the prefecture city is enough. There should not be gambling houses in counties and villages. Anyone who sets up a gambling house privately will be arrested.
She said: "If rich people want to gamble, they can naturally afford to go to the state capital. Those who are not rich can just stay and work hard."
Bai Shandao: "It's a good idea, but it's very difficult to do it. Since it's up to you to follow the example, it's better to ask from the top first."
When Man Bao heard this, he thought it made sense, so he said: "Let's give your Majesty a break, so that he can have nothing to do without fighting cocks and lackeys."
Bai Shan: "...His Majesty doesn't seem to like cockfighting and lackeys. What he likes is raising parrots?"
Man Bao: "Then we can only ask the prince not to go horse racing."
Bai Shan: "Anyway, even the prince has asked for it, so why not ask for a few more people, and also ask for the descendants as well."
He rolled his eyes and said, "How about giving this envelope to Cui Yuan?"
Just look at his abilities.
Zhou Man nodded excitedly, "Okay, okay."
She also wanted to see how good Cui Yuan was at cursing.
After getting to know each other, Bai Shan finally decided to hire Cui Yuan as his master.
Because this job was not easy to come by (Bai Shan inspected it for twelve days), he cherished it very much. After being hired, he did not go home. Instead, he stayed directly in the guest room in the backyard of the county government office, and then let the book boy who followed him
Go home and pack your luggage: "Tell my family that I'm working as an aide to Magistrate Bai, so they don't have to worry about me."
The book boy should be happy.
Cui Yuan took the Ming Jing exam once, but unfortunately he failed.
The cost of going to the capital is also quite high. Just because their family can support their servants does not mean they can afford another trip to the capital.
And if he goes there, he may not be able to pass the exam.
That's why he wanted to find another way.
It is not difficult to take the exam to become a county official. Cui Yuan passed the exam to become an official in Yidu County and Qiancheng County, but he quit after working in both counties for half a year.
This year he was still hesitating whether to go back to Yidu County, because County Magistrate Lu was much more pleasing to his eyes than the Magistrate the year before.
However, after meeting Bai Shan, he felt that Bai Shan was more interesting than Magistrate Lu, so although Beihai County was poor and remote, he decided to stay in Beihai County.
Cui Yuan was still a little excited, but he didn't expect that the first thing he would do after following Bai Shan was to write a book about the ban on gambling.
Cui Yuan was a little nervous, "Just ban the prince from horse racing?"
Bai Shandao: "If you change it to impeachment, I would have no problem with it."
Cui Yuan: ...Although the excerpt was written by him, it was in your name. Aren't you from the prince?
Bai Shan never thought that he was the prince's person, but he was indeed closer to the prince, so he smiled and said: "You write it first, I will change it later."
Cui Yuan took note of it.
But his task is not limited to this. As a staff member, he has many other things to do.
For example, the next day he followed Bai Shan to meet Jia Dalang in court, who was sentenced to be beheaded.
When the clerk saw him, he smiled at him in a friendly way, feeling that his work was finally shared with someone, and he was so happy.
In the past, Magistrate Bai did not have a master, so he did a lot of work.
Jia Dalang was now unshaven and his whole body had lost weight. After being escorted up, he stood firmly with his legs spread apart. The yamen officials pressed him twice but did not push him down.
The officer got angry and kicked him directly in the leg socket, then pushed the man to his knees and fell to the ground.
Bai Shan looked at him steadily and said, "Are you not convinced?"
Jia Dalang straightened his back, raised his head and looked straight at Bai Shan and said, "I'm not dissatisfied, but I'm about to die and don't want to kneel to you."
"Then who will you kneel to?"
Jia Dalang thought for a while and then said: "My mother can barely kneel down as me."
Bai Shan couldn't help but smile and asked, "Where are you and Your Majesty?"
Jia Dalang sneered and said: "What the hell does heaven, earth and the emperor have to do with me? I was born to my mother."
These words were so treasonous that Bai Shan, who considered himself enlightened, couldn't help but sigh and looked behind him, "What about him?"
Jia Dalang turned around and saw that his father, who had been powerful for half his life, was being brought in from the outside, shaking as if he had a stroke, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth and a rope tied around his body.
The yamen servant broke out in sweat and said to Bai Shan, "Sir, this man is a very scoundrel. He keeps yelling. Whenever he gets a chance, he sits down on the ground. He can't pull himself up no matter how hard he tries."
In the end, they had no choice but to drag the person away, so the clothes on his back were basically torn. Humph, who should be blamed for finding the fault?
Unlike Jia Dalang who raised his head high, Jia's father was trembling and his whole body was weak to the ground.
Jia Dalang looked at him with disdain and disdain. It was such a person who dominated his life before he was fourteen years old and brought him to the brink of death several times.
It's strange that he is so powerful in front of them, but why is he so cowardly in front of officials?
In the past, Jia Dalang thought that the reason why he was so bad was because he had such a father. After all, he was his father's son. If his father was so evil, couldn't his son also be evil?
But now it seems that he is much better than his father.
He dares to kill people, but does his father dare?
He is not afraid of Bai Shan, how dare his father not be afraid?
Thinking of this, Jia Dalang became happy. In the end, the more he thought about it, the happier he became. He couldn't help but laugh out loud...
Everyone saw him suddenly laughing like a madman, and his laughter became more and more crazier. They couldn't help but hold the knife in his hand.
Bai Shan waited quietly, and waited until his laughter stopped before asking more questions, "What about him?"
Only then did Jia Dalang remember his previous question. He lowered his eyes and glanced at Jia's father who was kneeling not far away, and said with a corner of his lips: "He? If he hadn't been my father, I would have smashed his head."
Bai Shan said "Hey" and said, "You actually won't kill him just because he is your father?"
Jia Dalang thought for a while and then shook his head and said: "It's not because he is my father, it's mainly because he is my mother. She keeps blocking me, and I have a brother. If I kill him, it will be even harder for my brother to marry me."
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The family was not rich to begin with, his father was so dead, and his brother was a notorious gangster. It would be difficult for his younger brother to marry him. If another patricide happened, he would never be able to marry her again in this life.
However, Jia Dalang still felt a little regretful when he thought about it now. If he had known he would be caught, it would have been better to kill him first.
Bai Shan seemed to see what he was thinking, and the light smile on his face disappeared. His face became more serious. He raised the gavel and patted it, saying, "Take the thing out of his mouth."
Then a yamen servant came forward and took the cloth from Jia's father's mouth. Then he kowtowed loudly and said in a trembling voice: "It's unfair, it's unfair, sir. It's a small injustice."
Jia Dalang was also curious as to why Bai Shan caught him.
This man was a very reserved person, beating his mother and his two brothers as if they were desperate, but he rarely took action against outsiders.
But it is not illegal to beat your wife and son.
Bai Shan said in a deep voice: "Jia Wu, you corrupted the customs and covered up the murder and robbery for Jia Dalang. Do you admit to these two crimes?"
? ? ?There is a graduation ceremony tonight, so I estimated the time wrong. I’m really sorry.
? The update is a bit sleepy today, so only two chapters are updated, and the remaining chapters are placed on the day after tomorrow.