Volume 2 The Storm of the Imperial Capital Chapter 154 The Man Who Died (I)
The Daxing County Government publicized the 30 decrees made by the city with such fanfare, and it was soon known to the people and officials in half of the capital. In this regard, most people with some status are very disdainful, this is the city of Beijing, how can a small county government make rules?
However, although they were disdainful, they did not show any intention of confronting the county government. Because these thirty decrees are almost all justified and consistent with the rules that the imperial court has always established, let alone them, even those officials and imperial historians who pick fault with people, they can't say half a wrong word about this.
Of course, in the eyes of some discerning people, Daxing County's behavior will obviously cause a lot of trouble to itself, and there are really many arrogant people in Beijing, and there are even more people with backgrounds and identities, and once these people really violate these laws and regulations in Daxing County, it will inevitably make it very difficult for the county government, especially the county decree that proposed this series of laws.
If he follows the decree written above, how much power can he have as a county official to dare to attack those dignitaries? But if he turns a blind eye to this, he will be slapping himself in the face, not to mention that he will not be able to convince the public, even those officials will not let him go. These officials and imperial histories can pick out the bones in the eggs, and now that there is such an omission, they naturally won't miss it.
In fact, not only the bystanders, but also many people in the county government are not optimistic about this, Zeng Guang and they even persuaded Lu Zhenmo to say everything. However, Lu County's order was iron-hearted this time, and he didn't listen to anyone's persuasion, so he had to publicize it according to his intentions.
Fortunately, now everyone knows that it is the time when he Lu County ordered the new office to put three fires, and this decree is new, so for the time being, no one dares to touch this moldy head with his own law. But presumably after a while, something will happen.
However, it is obvious that because the county government has made a big deal this time, and has also played the slogan of treating everyone equally, it has made many people dissatisfied and want to embarrass this Daxing County.
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In the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, several richly dressed young men were each holding a red card in the pavilion to push the cup and change the lamp, and in no time, there were people who walked around the delicate body and provoked, which caused a burst of light anger and anger from the beauty, and the spring color filled the whole room.
After a few glasses of wine, and a woman on the side, the tone of these sons and brothers gradually became bigger, and they took out their own Lao Tzu to show off, saying that they had a noble status in Beijing, and there was nothing that their own family could not do.
After some boasting to each other, a handsome young man looked at everyone and smiled: "It's not interesting for a few of us to say these big things here, we have to do something to make people believe us." ”
"Brother Li, what do you have in mind?" A young man with a pale face who knew that he was overly drunk at a glance asked with a smile: "You have the most ideas on weekdays, so let's hear about it." ”
"Whether it's ordinary fighting for wealth or doing some small things, we can all do it, and it's not very interesting to compare. So if you want me to look, it's more interesting than that. For example, the recent 30 decrees made by Daxing County, which has been rumored in the capital, can be compared to the other. The son surnamed Li suggested with a smile
"How do you compare this?" Everyone drank a few more glasses, and their minds naturally did not turn as fast as before.
Li Gongzi took a sip of wine, and touched two handfuls of the beauty in his arms on the chest of the beauty, and after causing a burst of coquettishness, he continued: "This is simple, it is higher than any of us, and after breaking the decree of the county government, it can make the people of the county government dare not take people." ”
Hearing this proposal, everyone shook their heads: "This is nothing comparable, just a few of us, even the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division can only nod their heads when they see it, does he dare to attack us as a Yamen of Daxing County?" ”
"It's just that it's not higher than this at all, so let's change it."
"Why, do you think it's easy? I don't see it that way. Li Gongzi's eyes flashed with a gleam and said: "These thirty decrees are all proposed by the new county order, and if he wants to make a name for himself in the capital, he has to make a show." Now that this decree has only been issued for two days, if someone does break it, what do you say he will do? ”
"Hmm...... That's a bit of a joke. One of them touched his chin with a thoughtful look. But then he remembered something again, and pointed to one of them: "But there is also a difficulty in this matter, his father is the top boss of the Daxing County Order, Shuntian Mansion Yin, this matter is too beneficial to him." ”
"Yes, Brother Huang's identity is really not too convenient here, so let's ask him to do an arbitration, and let's compare the four of us." Li Gongzi proposed again.
"So what are we going to compare? Thirty laws, we can't violate them all, right? ”
"It's too late now, I remember that there is a night ban in the thirty decrees, let's try it!" Li Gongzi smiled and put forward his meaning.
Several people glanced at each other, and then they all nodded: "Okay, it's better than this!" If you can't tell the winner, then compare the other. But since it's a competition, there always has to be a lottery. ”
"This is easy to do, as long as it is taken down by the county government, a table of flowers and wine will be placed here tomorrow to invite those who have not been caught, what do you think?" Li Gongzi hurriedly proposed.
"Good idea, I want to see if Daxing County can let a few of us pay this money!" As he spoke, one of them had already pushed away the woman in his arms in a hurry, and walked out with some stumbling steps: "A few brothers, I will take the first step, junior brother." ”
Seeing him move, several others also stood up, only Huang Gongzi of the Yin family of Shuntianfu sat still, and said with a smile: "Everyone, I won't send you." If anyone is really caught and doesn't want to alarm the old man in the family, I will help you. ”
"you, we'll be trapped by this little county office? Isn't it just a curfew? That's forbidden for ordinary people, and he can't ban a few masters at all! In the midst of a few laughs and curses, three of them had already gone out quickly. Only that Li Gongzi walked a little slower, and after nodding at Huang Gongzi, he followed them.
The few beautiful ladies in the room were helpless, they could have gotten a lot of benefits from these sons tonight, but now they could only let them leave......
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After nightfall, the city of Beijing will enter a state of curfew, which is a rule handed down from ancient times, in order to ensure the stability of the capital. For this reason, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Shuntianfu and other yamen will send a lot of people to roam the streets and alleys after the ban, but there are night walkers who do not have a certificate waist card and other things, they will all be severely punished, and even in serious cases, they can be killed on the spot.
Of course, these statements were only implemented in the decades after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and by now, the law and order have long been relaxed. Especially for those powerful families, they don't need to take any certificates to do something at night, they just need to hang the lanterns on their own houses, and the officers and soldiers who patrol the night will naturally have to retreat.
After all, the rules are made by people, and naturally there are people who break them. And when a rule is broken by too many people, it becomes useless.
Outside the Nuanxiang Pavilion is a street, and when the four sons and brothers came downstairs one after another, a team of officers and soldiers on night patrol walked over with torches. Although they saw that these carriages were about to hurry at night, they also turned a blind eye to this, and did not even come over to ask what was going on.
Because everyone knows what kind of place this warm incense pavilion is, and those who can spend money here are people with status, and from a distance, you can see that they are the children of the eunuchs, and for them, these night patrol officers and soldiers will never dare to provoke, even if they see that they have violated the curfew, they should not see it.
In fact, this practice is no secret in the capital, and it can be said that it is known all over the city. However, even those officials who like to find fault with others also turn a blind eye to this, and they have neither impeached the bad and forbidden, nor impeached those officials and yamen for inaction, because they know very well how much trouble they will cause if they really find out the matter, and they don't want to be enemies of the Manchu people.
The four carriages drove slowly towards the area of Daxing County with lanterns on their respective houses, just like in the daytime. The carriage with the lantern of the Li family in Langzhong of the Criminal Department fell to the end, and Li Huan, the son of Li, played with a piece of jade pendant in his hand, with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth.
Two days ago, the people of Daxing County passed in front of their house and made him very uncomfortable, so there was this gambling game tonight. He wanted to use his own means to teach the arrogant Daxing county order a lesson, telling him that he knew that this capital was not a small county order that could issue any decree at will.
Along the way, they encountered two groups of officers and soldiers who were on patrol at night, but they did not see them, and even avoided them until they left, and then continued to move forward.
This is the situation in Beijing today, although the laws and regulations are strict, but they are only aimed at ordinary poor people, and there is no restraint at all on them, the eunuchs and powerful families.
The road at night was much smoother than during the day, and in just a few moments, several carriages had been transferred into Daxing County. At this time, this point was quiet and dark, and it looked much quieter than elsewhere, and I wondered if the thirty decrees were at work.
Several carriages moved forward, and quickly made a lot of noise on the road. At this moment, a team of more than ten people suddenly came up at the corner of the street in front of him, and under the light of the torches, it was a group of soapy clothes!