In addition to the Zhengyin officials, the remaining members of the ancient local government consisted of six clerks and three shifts of government officials.
These scribes are considered 'regular workers', similar to 'civil servants', except that the 'yamen servants' do not have an official status.
Even though Wang Xuan needs these police officers and yamen servants to control the situation, it does not mean that these people have high status. In fact, whether it is Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, or Dynasty Ma Han, all the police officers and yamen servants have a very low social status.
The first of the three classes of yamen servants is the Zaoban, who mainly serve as an honor guard for the county magistrate or stand on both sides during the trial to scare and punish criminals; the second is the Kuaiban, which is the type of people we often call "catchers".
The police force is not a profession, it is a collective term. The job of the police force is to catch criminals, solve crimes, collect rents and taxes, etc. The third is the strong squad, which are migrant workers summoned temporarily to assist the guards in emergencies.
City and so on.
The three classes of yamen servants have no official official status, which is equivalent to serving the yamen. Of course, they will be paid a salary, but it is very low. Among them, except for the Zhuang class, the remaining two classes of yamen servants are untouchables. How mean are they?
Their status is the same as that of slaves and slaves. Their descendants are not allowed to take the imperial examination (for three generations), and they are not allowed to donate money to buy officials. Although they work for government officials, they are despised by the gentry and consider it an insult to politeness. Therefore, some families are strict with their descendants.
Yamen, because the negative impact is too great.
Officially, the status of government officials is so devalued, but in real life this is not necessarily the case. After all, the job of a police officer is to 'manage people', and not everyone has to go to school and take the imperial examination. Although the police officer's salary is very high,
It’s so low that you can’t even have enough to eat with your salary, but a police officer doesn’t rely on his salary either…
However, all the people in the martial arts world are under control. As the saying goes, chivalrous people use martial arts to break the ban. In the official world, there is no right way in the martial arts world and there is no evil way in the martial arts world. They are all bad people. If they all die, the official side will not feel sorry for them, they will only celebrate.
That kind of person.
The so-called good and evil are just what people in the martial arts community call themselves, and they are never officially recognized.
Moreover, these martial arts people never provoke official figures. If they are made wanted criminals, they will not have a good life.
So these detectives are not used to protect Wang Xuan, but they use such a name.
After settling these guys, Wang Xuan called for the old housekeeper, "Uncle Zhao, sit down, I have something to ask you."
"It can't be done." The old housekeeper waved his hands repeatedly, asking his master, who was still a dignified minister, to call him uncle. This would probably cost him his life.
Wang Xuan felt awkward no matter what he did, asking an old man who had served him since childhood to call him master.
However, the old man said nothing and Wang Xuan just followed his wishes.
The main purpose of calling the old man here was to ask about the situation at home, who the Wang family had any enmity with or conflicts of interest with. Wang Xuan didn't believe that someone would come and massacre their entire family for no reason!
The old housekeeper sat there and pondered for a moment, "My Wang family is always kind to others, and we really don't have any enemies. If we insist on having any hatred, then it's only the Wu family."
"It sounds like this matter was caused by the master."
"Me?" Wang Xuan was stunned.
"Yes, I was still young at that time. When I was in private school, does Wu Jiaxin still remember me?"
Wang Xuan nodded, with some impression that he and his predecessor were classmates.
"Wu Jiaxin was very smart when he was a child. At that time, the old man of the Wu family always showed off in front of the old master, which annoyed the old master every time."
This is one of the most annoying creatures in the world, other people's children.
"Later, when I was taking the Tongsheng test, I came out on top and surpassed my opponent. The old family leader celebrated this for three days. After that, he always liked to mention it in front of the Wu family leader."
Revenge, Chi Guoguo’s revenge!
"After that, as he grew older, Wu Jiaxin became more and more outstanding. Whether in school or outside, he was eloquent and well-connected. He was also familiar with all poems, lyrics and songs. He was recognized as a talented man by everyone. At that time, the master
I just study hard in my room, so the Wu family often compares it in front of the head of the family."
Wang Xuan couldn't help but rolled his eyes, bitch!
"But it turned out that during the scholar examination, the master once again overpowered the other party. For this reason, the old family leader once again celebrated for three days, and liked to visit the Wu family every day... I heard that the Wu family master was so angry that he vomited blood."
"Pfft..." Wang Xuan couldn't help laughing. It was really inappropriate when his parents died, but he couldn't help it!
"After this for more than half a year, the head of the Wu family did not leave the house. Later, the master once again immersed himself in studying and did not attend the last provincial examination. Although Wu Jiaxin did not pass the exam, he did participate after all. The master of the Wu family began to laugh and say that the master
I have become stupid in studying, my talent has been exhausted, and I don’t even dare to take the exam, because it may not be good if I am young...The old patriarch of the family is so angry that he always goes around the Wu family."
Bitch is just hypocritical!
"As a result, this provincial examination..."
No need for the old housekeeper to tell Wang Xuan that Wang Xuan already knew that a total of four people from Fuzhou Prefecture had passed the provincial examination this time, but Wu Jiaxin had nothing to do with it. Needless to say, according to the routine, his 'father' must have been in Daqing for three days, and again every day
I visited Wu’s house for half a year...
emmmmmmm, it’s so scary just thinking about it...Old Wu Tou might be angry and put into the coffin!
I don’t know how poor the entertainment life of these ancient people was, but they made such a big deal out of such a trivial matter!
Moreover, this predecessor is also a talented person. He is not as useless as he thought, and he is also a master of pretending to slap someone in the face!
Think about it, modern people will have the desire to kill because of selling watermelon or having a quarrel. What's more, this is no longer a quarrel, but a visit to someone else's house... Think about that scene...
This is causing trouble!
My 'dad' is also a talented person, why don't you get a banner and hang it at his door.
Really...
In this way, the Wu family has a motive for the murder.
Apart from that, the old butler couldn't say anything else. He was just a butler, and he didn't know much about the master's business outside or the affairs of the farm outside the city.
This was at least some news. After the housekeeper left, Wang Xuan rested in the mourning hall.
He is the only son in the family, so he must do this job.
After a night of silence, he had to leave the city for burial the next day. In the height of summer, the body could not be left for too long.
The family's ancestral grave is near the manor outside the city. The manor is on the edge of the Min River. It is a large piece of good paddy field, covering more than a thousand acres. It has been accumulated by the Wang family for generations.
Although the Wang family's cloth business is doing well, these thousand acres of land are the real foundation of the Wang family.
The policeman's name was Dai Yutang. He tried his best and followed Wang Xuan to the outside of the city with six yamen servants to provide Wang Xuan with personal protection.
Of course, this was partly because of Wang Xuan's status, and more importantly, because of the prefect's orders.