There was nothing to say on the boat overnight, and the next morning Li You entered the palace and went to see Shangguan first. The king said jokingly: "The old man heard that Master Li was going to the Ya to see things after the Lantern Festival, but now he is here." ”

"Hearing that there is a vast grace of heaven, how can the lower officials dare not be summoned to be at home at home, and ignore the emperor's seal," Li You replied.

Wang Tongzhi said: "The old man guessed that Master Li couldn't sit still at home, and he would arrive today, and everything was prepared." ”

Li You first went back to the residence of the Houya, bathing clothes. Then he burned incense in the Tongzhi Hall, officially received the edict, and then changed into the seven-grade cyan official robe he dreamed of. It turned out that the nine-grade tender grass green official robe was too dazzling and ugly, but the cyan robe was elegant and generous, which was Li You's second favorite. Of course, love is the same as all officials in the world, it is a red robe and a red robe, so you can embroider a python and a bullfight... Li You read and read the edict again and again, and the refreshment in his heart came out of the 108,000 pores, and his whole body was fluttering. He thought, from a miscellaneous job to a second official, with the concept of seniors, he can be regarded as a servant of the people. It's also not right, in this era, it is politically correct to directly call a parent official, and whoever dares to say that he is a public servant of the people will definitely be impeached for a humiliating official.

Thinking of this, Li You couldn't help translating the contents of the edict into the eight strands that were common in the personnel news of his predecessors -- "Since Comrade Li You joined the work, he has been dedicated to his job, has a strong sense of responsibility and dedication, has taken the initiative in his work, bravely shouldered heavy burdens, and has completed various tasks brilliantly.

Comrade Li You is honest in conduct, sincere and diligent, takes into account the overall situation, obeys his superiors, is willing to make contributions, and has a high prestige among the people.

During his tenure as governor of the Suzhou Prefecture Experience Division, Comrade Li You was upright and had the courage to fight against the best points. When he was squeezed out, he still adhered to the truth, made great contributions to bringing the best people to justice, won the universal support of the people, and maintained the image of the Holy Emperor and the government with his own behavior.

Comrade Li You has rich experience in grassroots politics and law, and he has received outstanding results in Jinghe's six-year assessment. The imperial court believes that it is appropriate for Comrade Li You to serve as the magistrate of Suzhou Prefecture, and believes that Comrade Li You will be able to pioneer and push the work of Suzhou Prefecture to a high level, and hopes that everyone will unify their thinking with the decision of the imperial court, support Comrade Li You's work with a high sense of responsibility, and strive for the construction of a harmonious and stable Ming Dynasty. ”

Although the eight-share official document is an eight-share official document, it seems to be very boring, but those who know how to do it can naturally see the doorway, and those who don't understand can only watch the excitement.

For example, the young Li You was watching the excitement in the United States, and Wang Tongzhi saw the doorway -- this edict lacked two very common template sentences: a decent style and a good ability to unite colleagues...... Wang Tongzhi commented on this in his heart: "There is no shortage of people in the court who understand. ”

In fact, this is because when Master Chen wrote a letter to the teacher to recommend Li You, he felt that Li You's life style was really inappropriate, and he often stirred up the city, and his lustful reputation couldn't be covered, as well as his flattering and arrogant face. Therefore, Mr. Chen reminded the teacher not to write comments such as uprightness and solidarity with colleagues in the official documents, so as not to be targeted and be attacked as mediocre and blind.

From now on, Li You's office has been transferred to the Tuiguan Hall on the right side of the government hall, and the special surname of Tuiguan can also be seen from this position. The two halls of Tongzhi and Tongju are all built in separate courtyards, and some places even go out of the government to build a branch office, but the Tuiguan Hall must be close to the hall of the government office on the left and the right side of the experience department.

Although the magistrate, the same as the Tongzhi and the Tongju are the two officials of the government office, and the Tui Guan is a low-grade one, but among the three official positions, there are no fixed rules on the number of Tongzhi and Tongju, depending on the situation in each locality.

It can be said that there is no big difference between the two officials, Tongzhi and Tongju, except for the difference in grade, but the promotion officials are different. Only the magistrates are very rigid and specific according to the express regulations: the number of people is one, and the duty is to "take charge of the name of the punishment and praise the code". In local official affairs and assessments, the two most important items are money and food and criminal names, which shows the important surnames of magistrates. And the responsibility of praise is also very interesting, praise is to assist, but the word "count" can be regarded as planning, statistics, accounting, auditing... Wang Tongzhi said yesterday that he had already made people clean the official hall, and Li You walked into his official room, sat on the official seat behind the public case, and looked around. The internal layout of this magistrate's hall is somewhat similar to that of the county government office, after all, the main official business of the magistrate is to try cases, and it is necessary to extract prisoners frequently, and the office space and the county government hall should be similar. It's just that the size of the Tui Guan Hall is small and the decoration is simple.

Several scribes and miscellaneous servants subordinate to the hall lined up on both sides, waiting for the magistrate to give a lecture.

Li You coughed, and was about to open his mouth to ask about the previous backlog of cases, when suddenly a dense drum beat came from the direction of the gate of the mansion, interrupting Li You's words.

This is probably a drum beating... Li You thought about it, so he instructed one of his subordinates: "Go and see who dares to beat the drum without permission."

After a while, the man came back and said, "Back to my lord, there is a woman in her thirties outside, a person from this city, because it is the thirteenth day but there is no notice, so I beat the drum in a hurry to complain." ”

Li You waved his hand and said, "Tell her to go to the county to sue." "Officials don't just have to try any case.

"Wujiang and Changzhou counties are in short supply," a scribe cautioned.

Li You remembered that the two magistrates of Guo County were escorted to Beijing as co-defendants in the Gusucang case.

Here it is necessary to explain the judicial process of the dynasty. First of all, the county only has the sentencing authority up to 100 rods, and cases with a sentence of imprisonment or more must be reported to the boss, that is, the magistrate for review, which is the main responsibility of the magistrate in the judicial process of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, after the trial of the magistrate, the prefect still needs to sign the detention.

Some people must ask, Chen Zhixian killed a Tian nun at the beginning of this book, what is this? It can only be said that the actual work has its own mysteries, I didn't see that the killing of Tian Nun was written with a cane, theoretically speaking, the situation is that Tian Nun couldn't survive the punishment and hung up, not Chen Zhixian sentenced her to death, which is both reasonable and reasonable.

Secondly, the dynasty prohibits the filing of a lawsuit at a higher level, and the complaint must go to the county government to report it. So just now Li Tuiguan said to let the woman go to the county, but he didn't accept it here. Of course, when the county does not accept the complaint, or the plaintiff is not satisfied with the county's judgment, or the county cannot control the defendant, he can go to the government office to file a complaint.

Third, handing over a petition to the yamen is not as casual as a soap opera, and you dare to go up to the lobby to stuff a piece of paper to the official. According to the real rules, every third, sixth and ninth day, the yamen will put a billboard, and there are special officials at the gate to receive the notice.

There is also a drum at the gate of the government office, and the plaintiff can also beat the drum to file a complaint. But think about it beforehand, once the drum is hit, the matter is serious, and if the accusation is false or the slightest mistake, the person who beats the drum will be severely punished. Today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and the notice board should be released, but in fact it was not released, and the woman had no way to deliver it, so she beat the drum.

The New Year's Day did not stop, and under the eyes of everyone, Li You, where his duty was located, had no choice but to take the complaint and wrote: "The complaint is a sin and unfilial piety." The concubine was unfortunate and lost her husband at an early age. At that time, the child Yang Jian was six years old, and it took ten years to raise Chengren and provide him with education, and the hard work was indescribable. Who knows that rebellion is evil, and Ping scolds his mother like a slave. This month, because of the celebration of the festival, he was angered and provoked to commit murder and beating. The widow has been guarding for half his life, and he has repaid this retribution. Heavenly principles and filial piety, begging to eliminate evil and rebellion, and to be upright. Knock. ”

After reading it, Li You muttered in his heart, Master, I have just been in office for less than half a day, and I bumped into such a big color. The mother's case, in this era when parents are heaven and etiquette and law are often common, can be called a big and serious case. Disobedience is a capital offense, and it is as heinous as rebellion.

Li Tuiguan took a closer look at the situation again, and noticed that the word "going to school" was that the defendant's son was still a sixteen-year-old Xiuxianggong, and he was involved in a wasp-like scholar, so he couldn't be ignored. But on the other hand, if it is done well, it is easy to spread fame.

"Bring the plaintiff in." Li You commanded.

But he saw two servants carrying a woman up to the court and kneeling on the ground. This Ruan Niang is thirty-four or five years old, although she is not very beautiful, but she also has a bit of white skin, red lips, thin eyebrows, and apricot eyes, and her thick winter clothes can't cover her slender body.

Li Tuiguan shouted: "Bold woman, dare to beat the drum to complain, which one instructed you?"

Ruan Niang, a woman who was frightened by Li Youyi, said in a panic: "I heard that the old man was in office, and the government had a criminal officer, so the concubine came to complain, and she didn't want to offend the master by beating the drum." ”

"Who told you about the officer's appointment?" Li Youqiu asked. It's not that he is rambling, because this case is very tricky, and Li You wants to know more about the situation (the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun).

Ruan Niang shuddered and said: "The old man is famous, he is a government official, and he has heard of it in the streets and alleys, but he doesn't know how the concubine is gone." ”

Li Younai is a careful person, looking at this Ruan clan's cowering, it seems that he has not seen much of the world, but the words he said are clearly organized, and he guesses that someone has taught him.

Could it be that someone else instigated her to come? If it can be resolved, it is not a bad way, thinking of this, Li Tuiguan said: "Mother is dead, nothing is immortal." However, the mother has her own surname, you have been widowed for ten years, only this one, if you kill him today, you will inevitably regret it in the future, it is better for the official to reconcile for you, how do you say? ”

Nguyen replied: "What a pity is it for a scoundrel to die if he does not honor his mother." ”

Seeing this, Li You put away the complaint and said: "The defendant has not arrived, and it will be said that the trial will be reviewed, and you will come again." ”

It is said that Ruan Niang has a heavy responsibility when she beats the drum, and even the plaintiff should be held in prison to await the verdict. But Li You thought about the darkness and shamelessness of prison, if such a beautiful mother was sent in, his reputation would be ruined, and he would not be able to make himself have a mediocre reputation. So he was extrajudicial and let Ruan Niang go home. In addition, he also ordered the official on duty to get the defendant, and he must be present in the court in the morning......

(To be continued)