Xia Hong's face slowed down slightly, and said: "Virtuous son-in-law, this master helps officials deal with the expropriation of Qiangu, hears criminal cases, handles civil disputes, solves criminal cases, and avenges the people's grievances. It's just that you don't know accounting, and you're not good at criminal law, so you can't do this, so it's better to be a 'master of calligraphy'. ”

"What does Master Shuqi do?"

"It's to help the official master deal with official correspondence, help the master write some letters or something, it's all desk work, you have been reading poetry and books for many years, you will definitely be able to do it."

The masters of the Ming Dynasty are mainly divided into criminal masters, Qiangu masters, folding masters, Shuqi masters, Zhengbi masters and registered masters, etc., and the criminal masters are in charge of the trial of criminal and civil cases; Master Qian Gu is in charge of money and grain, finance and taxation; The master is mainly responsible for drafting the recital and reporting official documents; Master Zhengbi is mainly responsible for inspecting and verifying Tian Fu, which is similar to the function of Master Qiangu; The registered master is mainly responsible for approving documents, that is, acting as the chief official to approve documents, handling correspondence, official document registration and making form books, etc.: Master Shuqi is responsible for writing official documents and handling letters, etc., which is equivalent to the position of secretary and clerk, and the salary is lower than that of other masters.

Among these masters, the ones who are most valued by the officials and have the greatest impact on the promotion and disgrace of the local state and county officials are the criminal masters and the Qian Gu masters. For high-ranking officials such as political envoys, the most important thing is to play the master.

Listening to Xia Hong's words, Meng Tianchu complained bitterly, dancing and writing, even in modern society, Meng Tianchu is not good at it, in addition to writing appraisal reports, what experience he writes, learning materials, summary reports, and he can't hold back a few lines for two or three days, so if you can download plagiarism from the Internet, you can't download it, so you can only sweeten your mouth, spend some money to entertain you, and let the little girls in the office help write it.

Now let him do this, it's better to take a piece of tofu and let him crash to death.

When Meng Tianchu was big, he suddenly remembered that there was a sentence in Xia Hong's words just now, "Solve criminal cases and avenge the people", and he couldn't help but move in his heart, this is his old profession, although he doesn't know much about the legal system of the Ming Dynasty, but he can make up for it by spending a period of time studying hard, how can he have some legal foundation, it is better than playing with a pen.

Thinking of this, Meng Tianchu said: "Father-in-law, this criminal case, the son-in-law knows a little bit about it, and the son-in-law Mao recommended himself, as the master of this case, okay?" ”

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment, he didn't know that Meng Tianchu still had this ability, and shook his head: "Virtuous son-in-law, don't be too ambitious, although the status of this famous criminal master is higher than that of Master Shuqi, and he is also the most respected by the official master, but solving a murder case, human life is a matter of heaven, it is not a child's play, you are not good at criminal law, how can you take on this important task." It's still safe to be a scholar. ”

Meng Tianchu didn't dare to say that he graduated from the Criminal Police Academy with a major in forensic medicine, and has been engaged in criminal police forensic work since graduation, and the major cases solved according to the clues provided by him have been as many as three digits, and it is not easy to solve the case, so he had to say vaguely: "Father-in-law, the son-in-law is quite interested in criminal names, and I have read a lot of public case novels, so this case should be solved." ”

Xia Hong still shook his head: "There is no need to say that the virtuous son-in-law has a lot to do with the criminal master, and being a father can't hurt you and others." "Pick up the pen and start writing a letter of recommendation to the magistrate of Pinghu County.

Meng Tianchu was very depressed, with a sad face, imagining that he would be the master of Shuqi and would not be scolded by the magistrate for anything, and he imagined that Xia Fengyi and Feiyan's master and servant looked at him gloatingly, and it was even more uncomfortable.

Xia Hong was halfway through writing, and when he dipped in ink, he saw Meng Tianchu drooping his head, looking depressed and a little unbearable, but the old man always said nothing and did what he said, and knew that the criminal master was very important, so he didn't dare to let his son-in-law take risks.

After writing it, he put the letter in an envelope and handed it to Meng Tianchu: "Virtuous son-in-law, you go back and prepare, and leave tomorrow morning." ”

"Tomorrow morning?" Meng Tianchu was a little surprised, this was too anxious.

Xia Hong nodded and said, "Tomorrow morning, if you stay here for your father for one more day, there will be one more day for someone to gossip about you, sooner rather than later." ”

Meng Tianchu agreed and said goodbye to Xia Hong. Think, prepare? I just have a forensic evidence investigation box, what do I have to prepare? Although the old man only recommended himself to be the master of Shuqi, but when he got there, it was not his final say, as long as he really had the ability, the magistrate would also let himself be a famous master of punishment. After all, this is my old job.

However, although it is his old profession to solve the case, in addition to assisting the master to solve the case, he is also responsible for the trial of criminal and civil cases.

When I was in college, I also studied the law of the main departments of modern China and also took the history of the legal system, with this foundation, I should learn the law of the Ming Dynasty relatively quickly, and it is okay to memorize it by rote first. When the time comes, I will slowly integrate it.

Xia Fengyi heard that she was going to go to Zhejiang with Meng Tianchu to a small county town the next day, although the boss was not happy, she was helpless to marry a chicken and follow a chicken.

The main reason for preparing the bags was that the Xia family was busy, and Meng Tianchu couldn't intervene, so he simply went into the study, selected the books he needed, and filled a large box, most of which were Ming Dynasty legal classics. There was nothing to do left and right, so I took a copy of "Da Ming Law" and began to bite hard.

This book is a vertical row, traditional, these are easy to do, the most annoying thing is that there is no punctuation, you have to read it several times to understand what it is saying, some places involve ancient legal terms, and modern is different, I didn't understand it after reading it several times.

While he was reading "Da Ming Law" with a bitter face, Xia Hong stepped into the study.

Meng Tianchu was meditating on the "Da Ming Law" with it, and didn't notice that Xia Hong came in. The old man on the side hurriedly came over and whispered, "Young Master~!" Master~! The lord is here! ”

Meng Tianchu opened his eyes at this time, and saw Xia Hong looking at him with a smile, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly got up to salute.