Dai Tongzhi wondered: "Why did Master Jianzhou transfer Ye Xiaotian to Tongren?"
Yu Junting said: "Our purpose is to weaken the Zhang family's control over Tongren, and to recruit all the chieftains for my use. Huxian County is directly under the government, and the only variable for us is that it is under the rule of officials. This time Huxian has so many I don’t know whether it has anything to do with Ye Xiaotian, but the previous series of incidents must have something to do with it, let this monkey stir up trouble in Hu County, it’s better to recruit him to Tongren Mansion and restrain him.”
Yu Junting took a sip of tea and continued: "Originally, it was not easy to transfer him to Tongren, but now that there are accidents in Hu County, it is the best time. The county magistrate suffers from hypochondria, if another magistrate is replaced, no matter whether it is Prestige is still connections, how can it compare to Ye Xiaotian who has been operating in Hu County for several years, I believe the imperial court will have this concern."
Dai Tongzhi said disapprovingly: "Master Jianzhou thinks too highly of him, right? A small county magistrate deserves such caution from Master Jianzhou?"
Yu Junting said coldly: "If you go to Huxian County, do you have the ability to kill two county magistrates and a master book within three years?"
Dai Tongzhi was at a loss for words, suffocated, and finally arrived: "Hu County is under the rule of officials, and the county's candidates are selected by the imperial court. Whether the county magistrate will be transferred or not is also decided by the imperial court. I'm afraid we can't make the decision."
Yu Junting said: "Although the candidates are determined by the imperial court, local officials have the right to recommend them. It is impossible for the imperial court to understand the situation of each county. Who to choose depends largely on who is recommended by the local government. Didn't you say that , Is that Master Bai transferred from Jinling?"
Dai Tong knew: "Yes!"
Yu Junting's eyes narrowed slightly again, as if she would subconsciously narrow her eyes when she was thinking about something, and the style was very seductive: "Master Bai acts as the master of the seventh-rank official. The promotion is reasonable. And he is from Jinling, so it is safe to put him in Huxian court. Just persuade Zhang Duo to nominate him!"
Dai Tong knew: "What about Ye Xiaotian?"
Yu Junting smiled and said: "Ye Xiaotian was originally the county magistrate, and he was above the chief secretary. Now that the chief official is promoted to the position of the county magistrate, what should the county magistrate do? The former subordinates became immediate bosses, and the court It will also not allow such a situation that will inevitably lead to a disagreement between the Zhengyin official and the leader of the Zuoer official, so it is only necessary to mention one thing, and it is inevitable that Ye Xiaotian will be transferred to Tongren."
Dai Tongzhi frowned, and asked again: "Then, if Zhang Zhifu asks how to arrange this person, how should Dai answer?"
Yu Junting said: "My cousin is now the governor of the government. I asked him to resign and assign him an errand in the department. Let Ye Xiaotian do this job!"
Dai Tong knew: "Since Master Jianzhou thinks that Ye Xiaotian is in the way and transfers him to Tongren, isn't he afraid that he will become the Monkey King who is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace?"
Yu Junting said confidently: "Fatty Zhang is the Jade Emperor, and Yu is the Tathagata Buddha, even if Ye Xiaotian is the monkey grandson, can he escape from my palm?"
The officials in Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion are from the sixth rank, and the officials in other prefectures are all in the seventh rank, who are in charge of criminal names and praises, that is, the president of the city court and the director of the audit bureau. It is reasonable to say that from the county magistrate of the eighth rank to the promotion official of the seventh rank, this is a big step forward, but there is a special situation here: Tongren is under the rule of a native official.
The biggest difference between the rule of native officials and the rule of former officials is that although the official hats and official clothes worn by these officials are all made by the imperial court, and they call each other official positions of the imperial court, in fact, they are He is still a tribal chief with considerable autonomy.
This is not only reflected in the economy, civil affairs, and law, but also in the military. Therefore, who will come to you to complain about the so-called criminal name in charge? You are in charge of auditing, but their finances are completely independent, who can you audit? Therefore, in the state capital where the native officials are in power, the promoted officials are idle officials who receive forty-five taels of silver every year.
Knowing Yu Junting's instruction, Dai Tong immediately went back to lobby Fatty Zhang, the idiot magistrate. As for the so-called mediation, he didn't even mention a word. Ways to mediate.
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Ye Xiaotian soon received a reply from Tongren Mansion, ordering Ye Xiaotian to act as the county magistrate temporarily. With this official document, Ye Xiaotian naturally took up the post, but many important matters were still left to Master Bai to handle. Master Bai has been a county magistrate for many years, and his experience is far richer than Ye Xiaotian's, which is also Ye Xiaotian's self-knowledge.
But Ye Xiaotian's act of ceding power made Li Qiuchi very sad. He felt that his lord was too self-motivated, too easy to get rich, and too ignorant of seizing opportunities. Some remonstrance.
Before that, he felt very wronged. He could have used the case of the bizarre death of Zhao's daughter-in-law to make a name for himself in the world, but Dong Weng, out of consideration of political interests, made this case a big deal and a trivial matter. Forget it, since he has taken refuge in Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian's interests are his interests, no matter how bad his reputation is, real power is the most practical interest.
But now Ye Xiaotian is not keen on real power, Li Dazhuang really can't bear it! From time to time, he went to remonstrate Ye Xiaotian bitterly, and when he was emotional, he burst into tears. Looking at the situation, if Ye Xiaotian didn't accept the remonstrance, he would write a blood letter and hang himself to remonstrate.
Ye Xiaotian felt his sincerity at the beginning, and he tried to persuade him with good words, but later he was too disturbed, so Ye Xiaotian didn't say much, and the next day he asked Mr. Bai for two pending official affairs. After counting, I went to the examination school Li Qiuchi.
Ye Xiaotian threw the two official documents to Li Qiuchi, and said: "I have never been in charge of a county's government affairs, and I am afraid that I will be neglected, so I entrusted it to Master Bai. Since you are not angry, let's deal with these two matters." , if it is handled properly, I will consider taking back my power."
Ye Xiaotian thought that Li Qiuchi would have to investigate for a long time, and asked all the people involved before he could reply, but he didn't want Li Qiuchi to take over the two official documents. With the verdict, submit it back to his case.
Ye Xiaotian was taken aback: "It was finished so quickly? It is said that in the Three Kingdoms period, there was a phoenix young Pang Tong who handled a hundred days of county affairs in one day. Could it be that Mister also has such talents?"
Li Qiuchi smiled and said: "Don't dare, dare not, these two small cases are naturally easy to judge."
Ye Xiaotian hurriedly imitated the big-eared thief Liu Bei, respectfully invited Mr. Li to sit down, poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, then returned to his seat, unfolded the two official documents and read them carefully.
After reading the first verdict of Li Qiuchi, Ye Xiaotian frowned, but he didn't speak, but opened the second one. After reading this, Ye Xiaotian finally couldn't hold back, and said to Li Qiuchi sternly: "Mr. Wrong, both cases were wrongly judged!"
Li Qiuchi asked calmly: "Dong Weng thinks the student's sentence is wrong?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Sir, please read this first copy. It says that a certain squire kicked a certain villager with his horse, causing his thigh to be broken. , So he sued the squire, requesting compensation for medical expenses and hiring people to cultivate the fields and other expenses totaling seven taels.
Just looking at the case, the squire is hateful and the villagers are pitiful. However, when I visited the village, I found out that there was something else. That squire was going to visit friends in the city that day, so he stopped his horse in front of the mansion. It was because of that countryman's bad temper. First he threw stones at the horse, and then he pulled the horse's tail, causing the horse to hoof and injure him, which has nothing to do with the squire. "
Li Qiuchi smiled slightly and asked, "What do you think the students did wrong in the second case?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "This case is about a peasant woman whose husband is sick. The daughter-in-law went to ask her father-in-law for money to see a doctor. She had a quarrel with her father-in-law, pushed her father-in-law, and caused him to fall to the ground and was injured. It is a case of disobedience. But the truth may not be the case. According to the original The official searched and found out that the father-in-law was indiscreet, often harassed the women in the country, and even spied on other women's women taking a bath. Therefore, it is very likely that the daughter-in-law's report was true, and the father-in-law took advantage of him with his hands and feet. There was a quarrel. The husband didn't check the facts, so he sentenced his daughter-in-law to lose the case, twenty sticks, it's too arbitrary."
After Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, he said to Li Qiuchi earnestly: "Mr. is enthusiastic and wants to help this official manage government affairs. He has good intentions, but although Mr. has been a lawyer for a long time and is familiar with litigation matters, he still needs to think twice before handling cases, so don't trust him speech."
Li Qiuchi laughed and said: "Dong Weng's words are wrong. If you sue a rich and powerful family for being poor and weak, you must be full of grievances? Not necessarily! If this is the case, why come from the countryside. Unfilial and disrespectful to the elders? Not necessarily, otherwise why would you be disrespectful to the elders? The sound of blood and tears may not be the truth of blood and tears."
Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Since Mr. understands, why are you so rash?"
Li Qiuchi said seriously: "The student is not rash, it is precisely after thinking twice that he made such a cautious judgment!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Why did you say that?"
Li Qiuchi said: "The villager is stubborn and teased the fierce horse. He has already learned a lesson. Although he deserves to be blamed, if this judgment is followed, although there is no loss of justice, it will harm his family. He has no money for medical treatment. I am afraid that I will become disabled, have no money to hire people to plow in the spring, the fields will be abandoned for a year, and there will be no livelihood. At that time, it is inevitable to sell wives and children, and the family will be destroyed.
But to sentence the squire to be responsible, seven taels of silver is not hurting the squire, but it can save the poor family. And it can also be used as a warning to the rich and powerful squires, those who are originally well-behaved will be more disciplined, and those who are not very well-behaved will not dare to easily bully their neighbors, isn't it killing two birds with one stone
Besides, in the case of the quarrel between the father-in-law and the daughter-in-law, the father-in-law may really be disrespectful, but judging from his past actions, he may not dare to do things that are too much. Can do really illegal things.
If he is convicted in this case, and the old man molested his daughter-in-law, the reputation of the father-in-law and daughter-in-law will be damaged, and the relationship between father and son will be broken, so why bother. Furthermore, there are many unruly and shrewd peasant women in the countryside who deliberately disrespect their elders. There is a precedent for this. If they hate their elders and refuse to support them, if they make false accusations, who is the culprit
No matter what the truth is, the verdict is only based on the quarrel between father and daughter, with filial piety first, no one would dare to say that Dong Weng was wrong. As for the twenty sticks, since Dong Weng knew that the peasant woman was innocent, wouldn't he order the yamen servants to just put on a show? Judging her to be disrespectful is a big deal. In this way, the dignity of the family can be maintained, and the villain in the country will not be allowed to follow suit and sue her parents-in-law every now and then. "
Ye Xiaotian was dumbfounded by Li Qiuchi's words.
Li Qiuchi said to Ye Xiaotian earnestly: "You must know, the law is the law, not for the sake of the law. The law is nothing more than reason. How to maintain the stability and harmony under the rule to the greatest extent is the most appropriate decision." The students have heard that Hai Rui Hai Qingtian judges cases. Whenever the poor fight with the rich, regardless of indiscriminate, the poor will win the lawsuit. Where the younger generation fights with the elders, regardless of indiscriminately, the elder will win the lawsuit.
This is moral etiquette first, what is the result? Everyone scrambled to praise him, the one who gave him the Wanmin Umbrella, the one who took off his boots and left his beloved, left his name in history! Dong Weng, maintaining the foundation of morality is fundamental, and judging right from wrong is second. What is social conditions and public opinion? That's it! "
Ye Xiaotian continued to be tongue-tied.
Li Qiuchi said: "During the time of the Three Kingdoms, Pang Tongtong handled the hundred-day county affairs within one day. You think he can understand clearly without visiting or asking anything? How can this be true! It's just that he has a certain rule in his heart and doesn't care about the truth. No matter what, it must be judged so that no one can refute it."
If Dong Weng doesn't believe it, just hand over the two cases to Master Bai. If his verdict doesn't match what the student said, the student will pack up and leave immediately. My lord, you went to investigate these two cases carefully in order to test me.
However, a county is officially sealed, registered, registered, taxed, uniformed, repaired water conservancy, persuaded agriculture and mulberry, led the military administration, eliminated thieves, opened schools, moralized the people, put them in exile, helped the poor, and resolved prison lawsuits... all these things, all kinds of things. Encumbered, do you allow you to check them one by one? If you don't have such rules in mind, how can you manage them in an orderly manner
Ye Xiaotian looked up to the sky and sighed: "Listening to the king's words is better than reading ten years of books. Mr. Li, this county magistrate, it's better for you to do it!"
Before the words were finished, Ma Hui ran in to report: "Second Master, Mr. Li, the experience officer of Tongren Mansion, has arrived in Hu County, please come to the front of the Yamen to meet him!"
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment: "What is the green hat king doing here?"