"Ayawn!" An official wearing a fourth-grade official uniform yawned and walked slowly from the backyard of the Yamen to the front yard. The official was short and fat, and the layers of fat on his face seemed to be hanging down, and he was erect.
Her belly was as big as that of a pregnant woman who was three or four months pregnant. Only though she was still red from a hangover, her shrewd eyes showed that she was an official of high rank.
"Your Excellency, you are blessed and well." As soon as he walked out of the backyard, a man wearing a ninth-grade official uniform came up to him and saluted and congratulated him.
"Captain Li, have you come to the Yamen so early?" the fourth-rank official returned the salute and asked with a smile.
"How dare you be called Captain in front of adults? I am just a petty official. Please call me by my name." The ninth-rank official said hurriedly.
The fourth-grade official heard what he said was nondescript, but he was full of flattery towards himself. He smiled and said: "That's fine, you don't have any words, calling me by name seems more intimate. Then I won't be polite."
"Why are you so polite to me, my lord?" the ninth grade official said again.
This official of the fourth rank is Zhao Yan, the prefect of Suzhou; the other official of the ninth rank is a captain of the Suzhou Fuzhongcheng Police Station named Li Jiucheng.
It was already the 19th day of the first lunar month, the second day after the New Year. However, although the office had already opened, everyone was still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year. Few people were working seriously, and most of them got up much later than usual.
, the office basically left after noon, and in the evening we had all kinds of fun and fun, just like during the Chinese New Year. Zhao Yan spent half the night playing horse tag with several relatives from his hometown last night, and went to bed after midnight.
I got up a little late.
While talking to Li Jiucheng, he walked towards the front office. After a while, he walked to the lobby and sat on his seat. He subconsciously picked up the gavel, hesitated for a moment before putting it down again, and smiled at Li Jiucheng:
"It's been a few years, but I still feel that every Wednesday, Saturday, and ninth is the day for the prosecution, and the case should be investigated. I always forget that the right to investigate the case has been given to the Sima of the Prefecture, and it has to be a case that is difficult for the Sima of the Prefecture to decide.
Discuss with the official."
In fact, what Zhao Yan said was inappropriate. According to the regulations formulated by Yunxi, the Sima in charge of Xing Ming has actually opened a yamen independently and can be regarded as an official. If the Sima in charge of Xing Ming were here, he would probably correct him in a joking tone.
, but Li Jiucheng did not have the courage, and he felt that whether Sima was a Zhengtang official had nothing to do with him, so he hurriedly said: "The imperial court also thinks that the affairs of Zhengtang officials are complicated, and it is also a good intention to ask Sima from various governments and states to help share some errands.
"Master Magistrate, you mentioned that when you were the magistrate of the state in the past, wasn't it the case that after the imperial court ordered Sima to be in charge of punishments, his work became much lighter and he could imitate the sages and tour the mountains and rivers?"
"That's not what you said." Zhao Yan said. After the errands were handed out, it was indeed much easier, but without this power, I felt that I was not following the law in the government, and had all the power. Especially if you were in charge of criminal matters.
If Sima doesn't deal with him, many things will be difficult to do. But fortunately, this Sima from Suzhou probably also covets the Li family's property and is very cooperative with him. Otherwise, it would not be easy to force the Li family to donate their property.
Thinking of the Li family's property, Zhao Yan suddenly felt warm in his heart. The Li family's business was such a big piece of industry. Even if most of it had to be distributed to the big bosses in the court, what he could get was still a huge share.
'When I get it, I will first sell some of the goods in stock at half price, and use the money to go to the Central Government for activities, and strive to be re-elected for three years. However, it is impossible to serve for three years and nine years. Suzhou is such a good place.
Unless there are extremely special circumstances, an official will not be allowed to serve three full terms. One more term is enough.'
'When the next term ends, I will sell the property to local businessmen. Anyway, if I am not an official in Suzhou, I will not be able to retain the property. It is better to sell it as soon as possible. Even if it is just my share, I guess I will still have it.
With this money, I can have enough money to go back to my hometown even if I quit being an official.'
'When you get the money, you will first rebuild the clan's ancestral hall, then the old house, and then spend money to build a not-so-gorgeous but durable school for the clan, and invite famous teachers to teach the clan's children.
The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own beauty like jade.'
He was thinking in his mind, but he said: "But you are right. If the errand is light, you can follow the example of the sages and visit the mountains and rivers. There are so many scenic spots in Suzhou, places visited by the sages of the past dynasties, if you are an official
Isn’t it a pity that I haven’t seen it once?”
"But Jiang Sima, who is in charge of Xingming, probably doesn't have time to visit famous places. Haha." He laughed again.
"Master Magistrate, I heard that the court is going to change the rules of criminal names again." After hearing Zhao Yan mention that Sima, who is in charge of criminal names, probably doesn't have time to visit scenic spots, Li Jiucheng suddenly thought of something and said: "It is said that arresting people is still done by the police.
We can do it, but the power of investigating cases must be taken back. We should set up some kind of patrol police station, and use the Metropolitan Procuratorate or the Ministry of Punishment, or maybe officials from Dali Temple, to serve as patrol guards. Each patrol police officer is in charge of several state capitals, and in each state capital,
I used to patrol here and there to ask questions."
"Why are you patrolling and talking so vulgarly?" Zhao Yan laughed and scolded. However, in his opinion, Li Jiucheng was originally from a low background. He was originally a subordinate official and was promoted to a ninth-grade official. It is normal for him to speak vulgarly.
He cursed and then said: "That's not bad. All the errands of investigating cases are assigned to the patrol inspector. The patrol inspector is not a local official, but it can better prevent favoritism and malpractice. It's just that Sima's power is small again, haha."
"
Sima is the boss of Li Jiucheng, the captain of the team. He does not dare to comment on his boss casually, he can only make a haha.
They said a few more words. The magistrate and other subordinate officials came one after another to pay homage to Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan all said hello, stood up, exchanged a few words, said a few words of good luck, and made a few jokes. The whole morning was very busy.
It'll be over soon.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yan took a nap, got up on time, dressed neatly, and left the government office. He went to a relatively ordinary restaurant in Suzhou, asked for a booth, and sat down to drink tea, as if waiting for someone.
Not long after, Li Jiucheng pushed the door in. Zhao Yan was stunned when he saw that he was the only one. He was a little disappointed and asked: "Why, you are the only one?"
"Sir, the head of the Li family, Li Taiyuan, still has some things to prepare. He won't be here for a while, but he will definitely arrive before the appointed time." Li Jiucheng explained.
"It's not like we asked him to sign documents and prepare something today." Zhao Yan said dissatisfiedly.
It turned out that he was waiting for Li Taiyuan here today. Just the day before yesterday, Li Taiyuan suddenly sent someone to say that he was willing to give the property to them. Zhao Yan was overjoyed and asked him to meet here today to discuss how to transfer the property.
He himself wanted to get another sum of cash from Li Taiyuan. Because it was the first time for Zhao Yan to do such a thing, he subconsciously came a little earlier, two quarters of an hour earlier than the agreed time.
Although Zhao Yan was a little dissatisfied that Li Taiyuan still had to wait here by himself, he could not send people to the Li family compound to find him out. He could only continue to wait, chatting with Li Jiuzheng at one time or another.
"By the way, Li Jiucheng, I heard that there were a few less bullies in the city a few days ago? What happened?" Zhao Yan suddenly thought of something and asked.
Hearing this, Li Jiucheng was stunned for a moment, and then said nonchalantly: "Hey, they went out to play. They got such a large sum of money this time, and they said they were going to the capital to see the world, and begged the villain to open the way.
Let them go to the capital."
"These people have to go out to see the world." Zhao Yan looked down upon these bullies very much. Although he had to use them, he still looked down upon them. He was also not very satisfied with what Li Jiucheng did. "It's a Chinese New Year.
If I go to the capital and commit something, wouldn't it be my fault if I check that my registered residence is in Suzhou? Remember, you can't lead the way for them again in the future."
"Yes, yes, I will remember it, little one." Li Jiucheng hurriedly agreed.
Zhao Yan was about to say something else when suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside. "It must be Li Taiyuan. Li Jiucheng, please open the door." Zhao Yan said hurriedly when he heard the knock on the door.
Li Jiucheng agreed and went to open the door. But as soon as the door opened, a few well-dressed men rushed in, grabbed Li Jiucheng and Zhao Yan, and pushed them to the ground.
"What are you doing! I am the prefect of Suzhou! Are you not afraid of the court's laws when you treat officials like this?" Zhao Yan immediately shouted.
"I know you are the prefect of Suzhou." One of the big men said: "The person arrested today is you, the prefect of Suzhou!"
"Who are you?"
"We are the Jin Yiwei, and we are here to arrest you and investigate the case of embezzling the Li family's property!" (To be continued)
