It stands to reason that the hall will be built and rebuilt and opened, but there are only more than 200 taels of silver left in the public account, and there are some odd jobs to be finished, and there is still a little salary that has not been paid to others.

Ji Yunfei and other Beijing officials can understand Han Xiufeng's difficulties, and the Guangxi Taiping bandits entrenched in the city of Yong'an not only broke out of the siege, but also coerced the people all the way to besiege the provincial capital Guilin. The imperial court was in an eventful time, and everyone agreed that it was better not to operate it wantonly.

In the next few days, I moved and vacated the original yard, and handed over the cleaning to the Ao family.

After the candidates who entered Beijing to take the examination, the candidates who entered Beijing and even the officials who met with them stayed in the guild hall, they would more or less buy some daily utensils such as copper stoves, washbasins, and footbaths for heating, and when they went back, they would simply leave them with the guild hall, and over time, the things they purchased during their stay in the guild hall could not be taken away, and it became an unwritten rule of all the guild halls in the capital.

There are not many candidates in Chongqing, and the Chongqing Hall was built late, so there are not many of these utensils.

The provincial hall is the place where the candidates in Sichuan stay, and it was built in the Qianlong period, if it is not sold every few years, the various living utensils accumulated over the years can not be piled up. Director Zhang came over to take a look and found that the mansion lacked these things, so Pan Er, Datou and Xiaoshan moved over.

Don't do anything that doesn't cost money, Pan Er pulled back the three carts neatly, and even pulled back a few large boxes of books left by those who fell to the first people in this year's Enke meeting, and the old carpenter made a bookshelf with the remaining wood, and put the books neatly on it, adding a bit of scholarly fragrance to the antique hall.

The same year that the Hanlin Academy edited Ji Yunfei to invite him back to Beijing.

Hanlin Academy's Jishi Ao Tongxian feasted guests.

He Heng hosted a banquet for his cabinet bosses and colleagues.

Yang Juren of Jiangbei Hall invited the bosses and colleagues of the Huidian Hall.

He Juren of Tongliang County and Cao Juren of Qijiang County feasted friends in Beijing.

Seeing that the autumn trial was coming, the governors of various provinces sent people to Beijing to deal with it, and first communicated with the masters of the criminal department in private, so as not to reject the murder case that was submitted, Jiang Haoxuan found another errand, and has been helping in the autumn trial office these days. I don't know if he accepted the benefits of others, but when he saw that he came to Beijing to do some punishment, he had no place to live according to the prosecutor's inspection, and he brought him to the guild hall regardless of whether he was from Chongqing or not.

However, Wang Jianxiao entered Beijing with silver, and he was very generous, not only gave fifty taels of museum fees, but also gave them a reward of one or two silvers when he saw that Pan Er was sensible, honest, and Xiaoshan was smart and clever. As long as Han Xiufeng is given silver, he will be welcomed, and he will be arranged to live in the best champion room, and he will help Zhang Luo if he wants to feast guests, in short, he will be very busy after moving over.

A few days ago, Ji Yunfei sent his family a few pairs of calligraphy and paintings, Pan Er took them to frame, and the guy from the framing shop just sent them in the afternoon, Han Xiufeng opened them and looked at them, and asked Xiaoshan and Datou to hang up the calligraphy and paintings.

Standing from a distance to see if it was hanging upright, Henan according to the inspector Wang came back, and as soon as he walked into the main hall, he asked with a smile: "Brother Han, what are you busy with?" ”

"What about the words of Master Ji, Master Wang, you can help me see if it is hanging or not."

"The left side seems to be a little higher."

"Xiao Shandong, do you hear it, it's higher on the left!"

"I heard it, Master Han, take a look again."

"So be it." Han Xiufeng beckoned Wang Jian to sit down, and shouted, "Come down, hurry up and make a pot of tea." ”

"Great!"

Since Xiao Shandong came, the work of serving tea and pouring water has not been done by the big head, and the big head is not as jealous as before, wiping the dirty chair he stepped on with his sleeve, straightening up and grinning with Han Xiufeng, and then bypassing the screen to the backyard and then giving the old carpenter a hand.

Wang Jianxiao had been a prison judge for several years before, responsible for guarding the vicious death row prisoners, unlike ordinary civil officials, how he looked at the big head and how pleasing to the eye, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Han, this is in the capital, if it is in Kaifeng, I will definitely talk to you to ask for a big head." ”

"Master Wang, don't be joking, what do you want him to do?"

"Follow me on an errand, tall and mighty, and honest, we lack a man like a big head."

"Well, he's five big and three rough, and he really makes the best use of his talents when he goes to you."

"So it's a pity."

Han Xiufeng didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, but asked with interest: "Master Wang, how is the matter of the autumn trial, when do you plan to return to Henan?" ”

Wang Jianxiao took the tea from Xiao Shandong's hand and sighed: "It's almost done, but it's rare to enter Beijing once, and some entertainment is inevitable, and it is estimated that I won't be able to go back until the end of this month." ”

"More than 270 cases have all been completed?"

"Okay, what do you say, there should be only one that hasn't been done. What we presented was a beheading decision, but thinking about it, it was changed to a beheading waiting. The reason why the prisoner was changed to a prison sentence was not that we wanted to open the net, but how much we had to leave one piece for the Criminal Department to reject, and then change the beheading to make a decision, otherwise how to show the authority of the Master of the Criminal Department. ”

"Can the case still be handled like this?"

"If you don't do this, if our Henan sentence is correct, then what else do you want the Criminal Department to do."

Han Xiufeng couldn't help laughing, thinking about it and asking curiously: "Master Wang, how much did it cost to enter Beijing this time?" ”

Wang Jianxiao held up two fingers.

"Two thousand taels?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"What are you doing with two thousand taels, it's twenty thousand taels!"

"So much?"

"You think it's too much, but it's too little!" Wang Jianxiao took a sip of tea and said with a wry smile: "If you really dare not spend this money, it is estimated that half of the more than 200 cases reported this time will be dismissed, and they will be rejected again and again, which can make us very embarrassed." ”

"It won't be so exaggerated, you handle the case impartially, why are they making it difficult?"

"Not that exaggerated? Brother Han, you said it lightly, you know how difficult those masters in the Criminal Department and those officials below those masters are. I can't talk nonsense recently, I'll tell you a case during the Qianlong period, there was a man named Ma Er in Zhili, who provoked someone Chen who had no suspicion for no reason, and in a hurry, someone Chen picked up a stone and injured Ma Er, and after a few days, Ma Er died of convulsions. ”

"And then?"

"According to the law, it is proposed that Chen be sentenced from hanging to exile, and in view of the fact that Chen is an only son and has an old mother to support at home, there is no need to be exiled with a flail and a cane."

"Rejected by the Criminal Department?" Han Xiufeng asked curiously.

"Hmm." Wang Jianxiao put down the teacup and said: "The Criminal Department said in the approval that Ma Er's injuries were all fatal, and he died after only two days, which is inconsistent with the original example of minor injuries. Zhili argued on the basis of reason, citing the precedent of Qianlong's three years to draft a stream and ask for retention. The Criminal Department rejected it again, grasping the phrase 'the original beating was minor and not causing death' in the previous submission, and instead introduced 'those who were seriously injured and killed by their own feet must not be indiscriminately invited for relief', pointing out that the case was serious enough to kill, not that the injuries were minor and not fatal, saying that the precedent of Qianlong's three years should not be applied to the case. even questioned whether Zhili dared to let the murderous Chen survive without finding out whether the slain Ma Er had parents and whether he was an only child, was it 'so light'? ”