Baishui's new * county magistrate is named Gu Huaxiu.

A few days ago, Chen Guanyu, the county magistrate of Baishui, suddenly resigned, saying that he wanted to return to his hometown and retire for the rest of his life. If it is an important official of the imperial court, such a resignation will usually be rejected, but it is only a small county order, if you want to resign, you can resign, no one will care about the departure and stay of the seven-grade petty officials, so a large number of officials in the ministry, Chen Guanyu went home to raise a concubine.

The position of a county magistrate was vacant like this, and a large group of Tongjin Shi and Juren who were waiting hungrily for the vacancy of the official position immediately became excited. Pull the relationship of the pull of the relationship, go through the back door of the back door......

Why is this happening? This has to start with the appointment method of officials in the Ming Dynasty!

Some people who don't know about ancient history think that if they study hard for ten years in the cold window, and then take the examination to become an official, they will be able to become an official immediately, but this kind of thinking is wrong. In the Ming Dynasty, there will be a big exam every three years, and hundreds of Jinshi will be tested every time, and at the same time, some people from the same Jinshi background, lifting people, grace shade, difficult shade and so on will be born in a mess, so many characters want to become officials immediately, it is impossible! It was also impossible for the Ming Dynasty to dismiss a large number of officials before each imperial examination and wait for these scholars to take their places.

Generally speaking, the best test scores, such as champions, Bangyan, Tanhua and others, can immediately get an official to do, but the people behind are not so lucky, they have to wait for the current official to leave before they can take the place of the outgoing official.

Why do good officials leave their posts if they have nothing to do? It is not easy to wait for the official position to vacate, sometimes it will be a few days, and sometimes it may not be your share if you wait for ten years. Therefore, as soon as there is a vacant official position, the alternate athletes immediately use their mixed tactics and sharpen their heads to occupy this position.

There are countless dirty transactions in the middle, sending money and land to women, anyway, everything that can be sent to the top is sent over, after I don't know how many games, the person who finally got this position is Gu Huaxiu.

Gu Huaxiu is five years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, in the prime of life, and has a square face with Chinese characters, which looks quite righteous, and this face has also made a lot of efforts to win this official position, because handsome people are always more liked.

After getting the position of county order, Gu Huaxiu spent a lot of money and invited a powerful Shaoxing master to follow him to take office. He knows that his catties are not enough, this official position is to be carried out with money, and if he wants to manage government affairs well, he will definitely not be able to do without a powerful master, so he relies on the master for everything.

This morning, Gu Huaxiu got up early and came to greet the master first!

The officials are not surprised, why does the boss still have to say hello to the employees he invited? This is really not a strange thing, in the Ming Dynasty, the county order could not work without the master, so many county orders regarded their master as a guest, not only called the teacher, Mr., and even asked for peace in the morning and evening......

Gu Huaxiu found the master in the lobby of the yamen and asked for peace, and then asked with a smile: "Sir, I don't know how you investigated the case yesterday?" ”

It turned out that he was asking about the case of the demolition of Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall, he was a small official, he was ill-informed, and when he left the capital, Chongzhen had not yet revealed his posture to deal with Wei Zhongxian, so he didn't know that Wei Zhongxian was about to lose power.

A few days after arriving in Baishui, he heard that the Wei Zhongxian Ancestral Hall in the county seat under his rule had been demolished, which frightened him...... It's really almost oozing out of the urine, if this matter reaches the ears of the nine thousand years old, his county order position, which he has finally moved, will be finished immediately, and his small life is also good. So I attach great importance to this case, I didn't sleep well all night last night, and I took the opportunity to ask my master early this morning.

His master was about forty years old, wearing a green cloth robe, and he looked like a very learned person. This master is also a person who knows etiquette, so he first returned the salute to Gu Huaxiu, greeted the owner, and then said in a low voice: "The owner, don't worry about this matter for now, something happened last night...... The late student is about to inform you. ”

"Big deal? What could be more important than a 9,000-year-old ancestral hall being demolished? "Gu Hua Xiu is surprised.

The Shaoxing master said mysteriously: "Last night, in the middle of the night, the shirt family of the nine-thousand-year-old Lisheng Ancestral Hall suddenly moved his family when it was dark...... It turned out that the thirty-second father-in-law, who was on duty in the court, suddenly ran back and wanted to move out with his whole family......"

"What?" Gu Huaxiu almost jumped up: "Why is this?" ”

"Don't worry, proprietor, there's something more exciting." Master Shaoxing smiled: "The people of the shirt family moved their families, and after the carriage in front left, the last shirt and shirt twelve had just left the house not far away, and they were suddenly intercepted and killed in the middle of the avenue. ”

"Murder? Oh, my God! I had just taken office when I was confronted with a murder case...... My evaluation is all over. Gu Huaxiu screamed: "The case must be solved as soon as possible...... Solve a case...... My ...... Evaluation"

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are to be evaluated regularly, in fact, it is to examine the ability of an official from all aspects such as political performance, case handling, etc., if the evaluation score is high, there is a chance of promotion, if the evaluation score is low, then it is all over.

"Proprietor!" Master Shaoxing snorted a little hatefully, and said seriously: "When is it, you still care about your own evaluation?" This is not a matter of mere evaluation, if you think about it carefully, how powerful is the thirty-two father-in-law of the shirt family in the court? That's a nine-thousand-year-old loyal dog, a great eunuch who responds to every call, he suddenly sneaked home and wanted to move his family, tell me, how big of a deal is this? ”

Gu Huaxiu was not completely stupid, and after thinking about it carefully for a long time, he exclaimed: "Nine thousand years old is going to lose power?" ”

Master Shaoxing sighed, and thought to himself: Such a simple thing, the proprietor actually thought about it for a long time before he thought of it, it was really stupid enough.

He said again: "Think about it again, the loss of power at the age of nine thousand, with the identity of you and me, I don't know, who else in this white water can be better informed than us?" Probably not! ”

"Well, yes! Ordinary people can't get news faster than we do. Gu Huaxiu nodded.

The master said again: "Then I want to dare to ask the proprietor, without knowing that the nine thousand years old is going to lose power, give you a hundred dares, do you dare to make a move against the shirt family?" ”

"No...... Don't dare. ”

"Hmm!" The master shook his head and said: "But last night, the Shirt and the thirty-two father-in-law were killed together, and the body was thrown in the middle of the big, how brave do you say this murderous guy must be?" ”

"This ...... This ......" Gu Huaxiu trembled and said: "What does Mr. mean, the murderer knows that the murderer knows that he is nine thousand years old, so he did this?" ”

"Yes, it's very likely!" The master clapped his hands and said, "If you think about it in combination with the fact that the Nine Thousand Years Old Ancestral Hall was demolished the night before...... Hey, look, isn't that all coming together? Someone knew that the nine thousand years old was coming to an end, so they took the lead in demolishing the ancestral hall, which was regarded as a warning to the Shirt family, and then the Shirt family was frightened and moved the family, and this person jumped out and killed the Shirt and the Shirt Twelve......"

"Silk ......" Gu Huaxiu gasped: "This person's official must be very big, at least bigger than me, otherwise I don't even know the news, he has no reason to know." ”

The master nodded with a serious face.

At this moment, a catcher ran into the lobby and said urgently: "Lord Xianzun, the little one found a batch of wooden spears in the ravine...... he took out a blood-stained spear from behind him, which was a wooden spear sharpened from an ordinary wooden stick, and there was no mark on it that could be used to identify him.

The master touched the wooden spear twice, shook his head and said: "The murderer didn't use a sword, he deliberately used a wooden spear, and he threw it away when he ran out, just so that we couldn't guess his origin, because the handle of the sword often leaves the forger's mark, and if one is left at the murder scene, it is easy to be recovered." Seemingly...... This killer has a certain identity, so he doesn't want to be exposed. ”

Gu Huaxiu couldn't root his master's thinking anymore, so he had to nod his head lifelessly beside him.

At this time, two more catchers walked in, and they were actually carrying a family member in a green coat and a hat.

The two catchers said happily: "Master, let's investigate the case of the demolition of the ancestral hall near the shirt family, and suddenly found that this guy fainted in the ditch, as if he was a member of the shirt family, so we brought him back." ”

The arrest of a shirt family member will obviously make huge progress in the case, so the joy on the faces of the two arresters can't be hidden.

The master was also overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Wake him up and ask!" ”

The two catchers quickly pinched and shook the housekeeper and woke him up. The family opened his blank eyes, looked left and right, and found that he had appeared in the lobby of the yamen, and suddenly trembled with fright.

The master snorted coldly and asked, "You are a member of the shirt family, right?" Let me ask you, what happened last night? Why did the thirty-two father-in-law die on the road? Did you kill the lord and take the wealth? ”

This is the master's favorite technique to ask questions, first put on a big hat for you, and put a big crime of killing the master and seizing wealth on your body, ordinary people will be scared to say anything when they are smashed by this big hat.

Sure enough, the family was frightened and shouted, "I didn't do it, I didn't kill the master...... Be...... It's ......"

"What is it? Don't spit out. Gu Huaxiu slapped a startled face: "Say it quickly!" ”

"It's the emperor!" Jia Ding exclaimed: "It's the emperor who wants to kill them all...... It was the emperor who sent someone to kill us...... Yes...... The emperor spared his life......"

As soon as this sentence came out, Gu Huaxiu, Master, and several catchers in the hall were all dumbfounded!

"Your Majesty?" Gu Huaxiu said blankly: "What does this matter have to do with the emperor?" ”

"Proprietor!" The master pounced on Gu Huaxiu suddenly, slapped the desk with his hands in a hurry, and said urgently: "This is the emperor who is going to destroy the eunuch party...... Oh my God, how did this happen to us? We are little people, and we are involved in this whirlpool and have no place to die. ”

In fact, people of their status were already stupid when they heard the emperor's words, let alone heard the second half of the paragraph.

The master turned around, gestured at a few catchers, and said viciously: "Beat this person who is full of nonsense and slanders the emperor to death and bury him in the back mountain!" ”

"Yes!" How dare a few catchers not listen.

"Remember, you haven't caught any of your family members today, you haven't heard anything, you haven't seen anything......

"Yes! The little ones understand! ”

After a long time, until the body of the shirt family was carried out of the yamen and secretly sent away through the back door. The master wiped a cold sweat: "Lord County, this case ...... Don't check, let's live our own little life! ”