There is a joke circulating in the official circles of the capital. It is said that when a foreign official meets a Beijing official, the foreign official says: 'I love the Beijing official with his toothpai.' The Beijing official says: 'I love the foreign official even more with his paiyamen.'
Pai Yamen is also called "Xiao Shang Chao". The emperor will hold court in the Jinluan Hall in the capital, while the county magistrates will go to court in local county offices. Although it is a typical fly-headed mosquito-headed dojo in a snail shell,
Etiquette and systems cannot be abolished. Every day at Mao hour, the county government office fires cannons, the county magistrate, the chief registrar, the precepts, the edicts, the history, the inspection, the post commissioner, the tax supervisor...these sesame and mung bean officials wearing black gauze,
There are also subordinate officials in black shirts such as the six-room secretary, the pian official, and the leader of the third team, all of whom stand in class in the second hall.
When the two bangs were struck and the hall drums were beaten, the chief attendant came out and sang loudly: 'The county magistrate has been promoted to the hall!'
The county magistrate walked out from behind the screen of "Hai Hai Chao Ri" with a square step, and sat down behind the big case.
All the officials came together to pay their respects and sang: "Greetings to your Majesty!"
Then the magistrate called for exemption and invited all the assistant and miscellaneous officials to sit down. The subordinate officials were not qualified to sit down and could only stand and listen to the great master's speech.
The county magistrate is speaking from above, but all the officials are looking at their noses, their noses at their hearts, and their minds are distracted... They just hope that it will be over quickly so that they can go back to their respective offices and use their subordinates to show off their authority.
This kind of county government office is just like a national dynasty. It is just a ceremony. For serious official business, there are documents and individual discussions. Only when a decision is made will it be announced here.
There may be many official fans who are never tired of trying hundreds of times to organize the Yamen, but Wei Yuan, the magistrate of Fuyang County, is only 29 years old this year. He is at the age of high-spirited and enterprising, and he is very impatient with this dull ritual. As soon as he saw
Those people in the hall who appear to be respectful but actually have their own hidden agendas, I just want to slap them all in the face!
It's a pity that I can only think about it...
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wei Zhixian asked the officials if they had anything to report.
Seeing that everyone was silent, he nodded slightly and immediately sang: "Quit!"
All the officials quickly stood up and handed over their hands: "Send it to your Majesty."
Wei Zhixian bowed his hands to everyone, then moved behind the screen and returned to his pledge room.
Another long attendant changed his clothes for him and then served him some snacks. Magistrate Wei took two snacks and felt less gloomy, so he asked, "Who is outside?"
Chang Sui reported: "It's Hu Captou."
"Let him come in." Wei Zhixian still had a good impression of Hu Buliu. At least he was conscientious in what he told him.
After Hu Buliu came in, he bowed deeply and said, "Greetings to the Lord."
"What's the matter?" Wei Zhixian's face was as dark as water. As the head of a county, he couldn't let others see his likes and dislikes.
"I have something important to report from my humble position." Hu Buliu said in a low voice.
"You go down first." Magistrate Wei waved his hand, and the chief casually exited the room and closed the door.
"Tell me." Wei Zhixian nodded, and Hu Buliu came closer and whispered: "Does the county magistrate remember the wounding case before you took office? He was the son of Wang Xingye, the original criminal secretary of the county.
The one who was beaten to death."
"Yeah." Wei Zhixian then remembered. Because it was a case before he took office, and the injured person was probably injured due to a gambling dispute, so he was not considered a good citizen, so he just made a routine inquiry and settled it.
"The injured Wang Xian is awake now." Hu Buliu said softly.
When Wei Zhixian heard this, he was surprised and said: "It's true that my life should not be cut off."
"This morning, Wang Xian's brother Wang Gui went to the villain to report," Hu Buliu followed Father Wang's instructions and whispered: "His brother was injured not because of a gambling dispute, but because he was silenced."
"Quiet?" Wei Zhixian frowned. An ordinary injury case was going to develop into a major case?
"According to Wang Xian, he had already asked someone to write a petition at that time, planning to stop the driver on the day he took office to complain." Hu Buliu said: "In the end, the news leaked out somehow, and he was almost silenced..."
"What injustice is he going to cry out for?" Wei Zhixian frowned even more tightly.
Hu Buliu took a breath and said in a low voice: "Lin Rongxing's wife murder case."
"..." Wei Zhixian's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that it was indeed the scholar who brought his predecessor down for murdering his wife!
After he took office, the Lin family also submitted a petition to express their grievances. The petition listed various doubtful points in the case. The magistrate of Wei County was convinced after reading it. However, the case was decided by the sub-inspection department. After being reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice by the prosecutor, the case was closed. He
How can we offend a bunch of high-ranking officials in the province and Beijing just because of a few doubts?
Therefore, Wei Zhixian only reasoned that the case had been handed over to the branch patrol, and he had no right to intervene. Later, I heard that the Lin family was so unyielding that they went to Hangzhou to file a complaint, and then went to Nanjing. I heard that a senior official had agreed to Qiu.
The case will be re-examined during the trial!
What's even worse is that the newly appointed Zhejiang Inspector Zhou Xin is famous for his ability to break up prisons and is known as the "cold-faced cold iron". It is said that the Lin family has also sued him. With Zhou Xin's character, he probably cannot ignore it!
Wei Zhixian had already agreed with the teacher that the Lin family had no evidence, and as long as he stayed out of the matter, no one could make any mistakes. Then he would make a pot of tea and sit back and watch the storm rise. When the dust settled, he would still be himself and would not cause any trouble.
Therefore, Wei Zhixian quickly calmed down and said slowly: "I heard that Wang Er is an idle and broke man, so his words may not be credible."
"Your Majesty is right." Hu Buliu nodded and said, "But Wang Xian provided a clue. Those who hold a humble position must report it to His Majesty Ming."
"speak."
"Wang Xian said that the Zhao family is not dead, but is hiding in..." Hu Buliu's voice became softer and softer, and only Wei Zhixian could hear it.
"What!" Wei Zhixian was shocked and speechless for a long time. After a long time, he whispered: "How credible do you think it is?"
"In my humble position, I would rather believe something exists than something that doesn't exist!" Hu Buliu followed what Father Wang taught him and repeated: "Since the Lin family has brought this case to the province, with Zhou Zhitai's character, most of the time he has to go into detail.
Inquiry. What if he comes to supervise in person during the autumn trial?"
"Hmm..." Thinking of Zhou Zhengtai, Wei Zhixian's hair stood up all over his body. According to legend, this was a Qingtian master who knew the smallest details and was good at solving strange cases. When he came to Zhejiang at the beginning of this year, the people who were wrongly imprisoned cried with joy.
, 'I have to live.' When Zhou Xin took office, he solved the case like a god, and it was so unexpected that officials who were corrupt and violated the law were unable to guard against it.
For example, once, in order to learn the truth about a case, he went on an incognito trip and deliberately disobeyed the Shanyin County magistrate and was arrested and imprisoned. In prison, he learned from the prisoners the truth about the county magistrate's corruption and perversion of the law, and thus impeached and punished corrupt officials.
This incident became a good talk for a while.
But for the officials under his rule, it is an out-and-out nightmare. There is such a Mr. Tai Tai who loves to visit privately incognito and also likes to sneak into jails. The following prefectures and counties dare not be careless for a moment. Not only do they not dare
People were arrested randomly, and even the prisoners in the cells had to be treated as ancestors. This life was simply impossible.
I guess the Lin family resolutely decided to impose restrictions after hearing about his deeds...
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After recovering from his wild thoughts, Wei Zhixian asked Hu Captou to go down first, and then invited Mr. Sima, the teacher.
Mr. Sima is an old scholar. He taught and worked in the government office. He was later recommended to be a master under the banner of Weizhi County... Of course, it is not popular to call him master in these days, but to call him a teacher. In fact, it is the same thing.
Son.
He was sleeping in at the back, but when he heard that the magistrate was looking for him, he quickly put on his clothes, washed his face, and hurried to the signing room, where he saw the magistrate Wei looking constipated, as if there was something difficult to resolve.
"Dong Weng, you are looking for me."
"Sir, here you go, help me come up with an idea." Magistrate Wei hurriedly asked him to sit down and told Mr. Sima what Mr. Hu had just reported.
"Oh..." Mr. Sima twirled a few goatees. After listening, he pondered for a moment and said: "Dong Weng, now that we know that Mrs. Zhao is still alive, we shouldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore. What if someone else breaks this story?
In this case, Dongweng said it was dereliction of duty at the least, and complicity at the worst."
As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Moreover, this case has twists and turns and is extremely involved. If it can be reversed, it will definitely shock the whole country! People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong, but being an official is most afraid of not being famous! Think about it, the Ministry of Punishment has already
If the approved case is reversed by you, Dong Weng will definitely become famous all over the country and become a famous official like Zhou Zhitai. Will he have to worry about his future in the future?"
"Sir, what you said is too far..." Wei Zhixian couldn't help but admire it, but he couldn't admit it yet.
"Then let's take a step back." Mr. Sima couldn't help but said with excitement: "If Dong Weng can solve this case, at least he can establish prestige in this county and wipe out his perfunctory attitude. Let's see who dares to do it openly and secretly?"
It turns out that since Wei Zhixian took office, the officials in the county deceived him into being young, having no background, and being busy, which made him hit a few soft targets. As a result, Wei Zhixian was unable to do anything, and his strength was nowhere to be used, all day long.
Be anxious...
After listening to Mr. Sima's words, Wei Zhixian finally told the truth: "To be honest, sir, I think so too." He sighed and said, "But this case is subject to observation and finalization. If I intervene rashly, I will definitely make him angry.
.This person is the most intolerant, which can be seen from his treatment of my predecessor. If Wang Xian lies, he will cheat me to death."
"Dong Weng's words are reasonable. Wang Xianfeng's comments are not good, so you can't believe what he says." Master Sima nodded and said, "It's better than this. I will quietly go to his house tonight to find out the truth. If what he says is not true,
If it’s false, let’s discuss it later.”
"Well, there's no rush at this moment." Wei Zhixian nodded and said, "But we must not leak the news." Obviously, the balance in his heart was already leaning towards meddling in this nosy business.
"If Dong Weng is worried," Master Sima said with a smile, "you might as well send an emissary to the torture chamber and ask them to make up a confession for Wang Xian so that his case can be settled."
Wei Zhixian thought about it, raised his palms and praised: "Great goodness, whether it is real or not, who can predict it!"