Chapter Seventy-Five: Petty Officials and Factions

In the important places of the county government, ordinary people are not allowed to trespass, except for those who have meritorious reputation, and Wang Fulin, who used to walk around the back door of the county magistrate's house as his own back door, is an exception. And this morning, he just walked through the back door to visit Ye Xianzun, and the white wolf with empty gloves brought a lot of Ye Xianzun's housewarming gifts home.

Entering the gate and the instrument gate, it is the most spacious courtyard in the whole county office, due north is the lobby, and the wings on both sides are the offices of the six rooms, the Chengfa room, and the shop chief. When the county government was still in the city at the beginning, it was also the same as most county offices in the early Ming Dynasty, the six rooms were arranged according to the left and right of the promotion hall, the west wing room was the officials, households, and rites, and the east wing room was the soldier, criminal, and worker, which was exactly the same as the pattern of the six departments of the imperial court.

But with the passage of time, the errands of each house are heavy, especially the heaviest responsibilities of the household, and so the county itself circled the county, don't build the county government, and gradually divided the money section and grain department, and the horse department was separated from the military room. Nowadays, the household and the official room occupy the west side, and the ceremonial room is crowded out to the east side.

Now there are a total of four rooms in the east wing, and the layout is also different from the six departments of the imperial court, the criminal department of the central court is heavy and does not have much real power, but the punishment room in the county government is the most frightened place for thousands of small people. If you offend them, do something to sue in front of the big man, and turn back the card, that is, you have to shed your skin if you don't die. At this moment, when Zhang Min, the official of the torture room, heard that Wang Fulin asked to see him, he took a bamboo stick and picked his teeth without smiling, and then stood up slowly, and said to the warden and the white-clothed clerk: "When Zhao Sicheng provoked him before, he directly found Ye Xianzun, and this time he came to see me, which is really rare." ”

"Official, after all, that little minister is very valued by the county......"

Hearing a whispered reminder from a bookstore next to him, Zhang Min raised his eyebrows disdainfully. He is not Zhao Sicheng's idiot, as a person, he actually sat crookedly, helped those powerful people in the five counties to calculate their own people, and even stupidly coerced the county honor, and in the end, the position of the secretary fell before he was hot. He sat up straight, and there was Wang Shangning, the first eunuch of Shexian County, who was standing behind him, and he offered Ye County Zun politely, so he was afraid of a little showman? If that was Wang Daokun's son, he naturally had to be a little more careful, but he was just a nephew with an unjustified name.

Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Min just smiled, and when he got out of the officer's room, he saw that Xiao Xiucai in a blue shirt was pacing back and forth in front of the room, as if he was a little anxious, and he was even more determined. The file that Wang Daoguan sent to report the case is still on his desk, which is another reason why he is not afraid of Wang Fulin. He would never admit that today in the county zun's study, this little show disrupted Mrs. Wang's plan, and his plan to force Ye Xianzun to lead the Junping Xia tax silk silk was also in vain, which was the real reason why he didn't want to see the other party!

"Wang Xiaoxianggong."

Wang Fulin raised his head at this time, and when he saw that it was Zhang Min coming out, he politely arched his hand to the other party, but his expression was a little clear. Although he is begging for someone today, Zhang Min in this torture room is not a person who is familiar with him like Liu Hui and Zhao Wuye, and there is a reminder from Wang Daoguan, of course he can't reveal all his hole cards. So, when he spoke, his tone brought out a bit of stiffness that would not beg for others.

"Commander Zhang, because of the traitor's scam, my family is almost restless, I don't know when the result of this matter will be found?"

"Wang Xiaoxianggong, I already have to report this matter, but I won't tell you that there are countless case files accumulated in the county government for many years, and there are many fraud cases like this. This is not to say that a person who can solve the case and succeed immediately, it is a need for a fast class to conduct an in-depth investigation, and the strong class to assist in running, even if the net is widespread, there may not be a result, even if you are in a hurry, I can only say that please wait patiently. "Zhang Min is ten years older than Ye Junyao, the county commander, and he is also very official when he speaks. Seeing that Wang Fulin's face was stiff, he arched his hand and said, "I can understand Wang Xiaoxianggong's heart, but the torture room is heavy, and I don't dare to leave for a while, I still have to go back to do things." ”

He put down these words and went into the house by himself, and as soon as he stepped through the door, he saw that a group of people were not working at all, but were all whispering in it, and he exclaimed, "Give me all the heart!" This case is almost piled up, how can there be any chat. Didn't there be a homicide a few days ago? This has to be broken within the time limit, and if it can't be broken, it will be reported to the county to chase the comparison! ”

Wang Fulin, who was standing outside the torture room, heard the voice inside and had a clear understanding of this torture room Zhang Min. Wang Daoguan really didn't say it wrong, this person has a hard backing behind him, so he doesn't take him seriously, but on the big picture, at least people can't make mistakes, and Zhao Sicheng is not an order of magnitude like a fool. No wonder one was in charge of the torture room early, but the other stayed up for so many years, until Liu Hui went wrong, he was promoted to take charge of the household, and he was planted in a few days, this is the difference!

Wang Fulin thought about it, turned around and left, but instead of leaving the county office, he walked to the west wing opposite. Compared with the nominal boss's house, the household occupies three rooms, and each of them opens the door outside, only to see the white-clothed clerk constantly coming in and out. He called a scrivener to ask someone to help carry a letter, but after a while, Liu Hui came out.

Seeing that Wang Fulin did not shy away from running here to find himself, Liu Hui had been hiding this relationship from his superiors and colleagues, and he couldn't help but be taken aback at this moment, and then greeted him: "Why did the little official come?" ”

The people who came in and out all around looked this way, and Wang Fulin motioned for Liu Hui to follow him to leave a little, and then he said that he had invited Liu Hong's family to help cook at home. Seeing that Liu Hui's face was blue and white for a while, he coughed dryly: "I really don't know much about the county, there is no one at home to help cook, and a bunch of people are already dying at lunch, so I can only ask my sister-in-law to do a favor......

"No, no, the little official misunderstood, the villain is not unwilling to ......"

Liu Hui's face turned red, and he was really grateful in his heart. After all, although almost all of the white servants who blackmailed him at the beginning were wiped out, and Zhao Sicheng also fell, the money was not returned. His parents died, and his wife had been married for many years but had no children, when he was still a priest, his relatives, distant relatives, all wanted to stuff women to be his concubines, or begged for help, except for one Liu San, most of them refused, so he and many relatives had a bad relationship.

After Liu San, he hated these relatives who had more than enough success and more than failure, and there was no one to help them when they fell. Now that he had turned over, he had completely cut off contact with them. But in this way, his financial pressure is even tighter. Now he is not a household secretary, he has not fully recovered to the status of the peak period, and he does not dare to make oil and water casually after returning, Zhao Hongshi not only got a job to supplement the family's livelihood, but also let him not worry about his wife being bullied when he is not at home!

Wang Fulin didn't answer when he heard that Liu Hui only squeezed out this sentence, so he said with a smile: "I told my sister-in-law before that I would give her one or two pieces of silver every month." Because she has to help prepare at least two meals, you can still make do at the county government at noon, and you won't be able to eat dinner, so I mean, you just have a gang with me, one is close, and the other is to pick her up on the way. ”

"No, no, no, it's even worse! She just cooks some home-cooked food, and she is not a good cook, how can she ask for so much work? And how good is the villain to disturb! ”

"First, I don't know many people in the city, but I can trust your daughter-in-law; second, it is necessary to cook home-cooked meals, and it is not a tavern to hire a cook; Third, I just hit a nail that is neither soft nor hard in Zhang Min's torture room, you still have to help me, what is it to have dinner with a partner every day? Wang Fulin refuted all the reasons for Liu Huineng's refusal, and then took out the third reason.

Liu Huideng was stunned for a moment, quietly glanced at the torture room, and then he whispered: "The relationship between the villain and the petty official, there is no need to hide it in the future?" ”

"Your daughter-in-law is helping in the kitchen at my house, and you go to my house to partner up, everyone can see it, what else are you hiding? If someone asks, you will say that you came to me sincerely to apologize when you were desperate, as for how you got on Ye Xianzun, anyway, you can make it up yourself. It doesn't hurt to let people know that you are a county confidant, after all, you are not as good in the household as before, there is still a person on top, and you have not turned positive. ”

Since Zhang Min, the official of the torture room, was from Wang Shangning's faction, why couldn't he pull up Ye Xianzun's banner and form his own forces? Even if Wang Daokun has someone in the county government, it is different from his own people after all.

When Wang Fulin said this, he lowered his voice again: "By the way, no matter what method you use, go back and get the files of those fraud cases from the torture room after the county zun took office, so that I can see." ”

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