Song Zhixian continued to teach Song Yun'er: "The sage Mencius has a cloud: 'There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great, Shun marries without telling him, and he is without a queen, and the gentleman thinks that he will still tell him.'" Han Zhao Qi Yiyun: "If you don't marry and have no children, you will never be an ancestor, and you will not be filial." Among the three, no one is the greatest. Is there anything wrong with what these sages say? Song Yun'er shrank back, not daring to answer.

Song Zhixian turned to Yang Qiuchi, and his face suddenly softened: "Virtuous nephew, this, this is a trivial matter, don't worry!" Phase, is it appropriate? ”

"My mother said, go to the matchmaker today."

"Oh! That's good! What's the difficulty, as much as I speak, uncle! You're welcome! Song Zhixian patted his chest and said very proudly.

Yang Qiuchi agreed, but said in his stomach: It's really a fake fight! I clearly said that I don't have money to marry a concubine, this is not a difficulty, I really want to help, take the money, I will only do superficial work. After thinking about it again, no, what is the purpose of this goatee magistrate who thinks he is a nephew around the bend? Help him solve the case himself, he has already rewarded him, is there anything else to ask for himself? Well, let's continue to see how he performs.

Song Zhixian sat back in his seat and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, from the fact that you examined the corpse yesterday, you are good at this, and you don't need to do it again as an apprentice." Turning his head to look at Master Jin: "Isn't it?" Mr. ”

Master Jin nodded: "Exactly, exactly, Brother Yang is self-taught, he is really a genius!" ”

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly humbled a few words.

Song Zhixian said: "This, this resentment, low status, attributed to the untouchables, in my opinion, virtuous, virtuous nephews should not do this business anymore, if you like it, will, become an official in the future, you can also be a post-mortem." ”

Like? Who likes it? You think it's fun to examine a corpse? It's dirty and smelly, and I can't even find a girlfriend.

"So, what should I do if I don't do anything wrong?"

"The virtuous nephew is a talent, what, what can't be done, so let's do it, uncle, uncle, the original manager in the yamen, the supervisor is not competent, I have already transferred him, you, you help the uncle to take the position of the chief supervisor," Song Zhixian smiled with a smile on his face, and looked at Yang Qiuchi expectantly, "The service is five taels a month, for example, the money is the same." Would the virtuous nephew be willing? ”

Supervisor? He didn't understand what this prison was. Just as he was in doubt, Master Jin had already stood up and bowed his hand to Yang Qiuchi, "Congratulations to Brother Yang!" ”

Yang Qiuchi hurriedly got up and hugged his fists to return the salute.

Master Jin seemed to see through Yang Qiuchi's inner thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother Yang may not know much about this position of supervisor. ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded.

"This chief supervisor is an official hired by the magistrate of the county, and he is appointed to take charge of the Yamen prison, and he also has to assist in the investigation of cases, especially new cases and omitted cases that occur in the prison."

Oh, Yang Qiuchi understands a little, it turns out that the supervisor is the prison director, because the prisons in the Ming Dynasty Yamen are all unconvicted prisoners, so to be precise, it should be the detention center, and the post of the prison supervisor should be the director of the detention center. Five taels of silver a month, that's 5,000 yuan. The monthly salary of 5,000 is considered good.

Song Zhixian smiled: "Yes, Jin, what Master Jin said is right. How? Virtuous nephew. ”

Of course it's good, this job is a hundred times stronger than that of resentment, Yang Qiuchi doesn't want to do this forensic doctor who can't even find a girlfriend in modern society, and when he comes to the Ming Dynasty, he has to do resentment, and his heart has long been tired. Being the director of the detention center, of course, is comfortable. Yang Qiuchi stood up and bowed to the ground: "The little nephew is willing, thank you uncle for promoting!" The little nephew must do his best. ”

Song Zhixian laughed and got up to help each other: "It's so hard!" ”

Yang Qiuchi thought of a question, but was a little embarrassed to ask. Song Zhixian saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and asked, "Virtuous nephew, yet, is there anything unclear?" ”

Yang Qiuchi said: "It's nothing, I just want to ask, this supervisor ...... How many officials is this supervisor? ”

Song Zhixian and Master Jin were both stunned, and then laughed. Master Jin shook the folding fan: "This post of supervisor is set up at the three levels of the political envoy department and the government and the county level, and the one set up in the political envoy department is called the 'prison department', and there is one prison secretary, which is from the ninth grade; although there is also a prison at the government level, it is not in the stream." ”

Speaking of this, Master Jin put away the folding fan, clamped it under his armpit, and began to count with his fingers: "There are only county officials at the county level, which is the seventh grade, and there is a county Cheng below, which is the eighth grade, the main book, which is the ninth grade, as for the classic history, although it is an official, it is not in the stream." Therefore, there is no prison department at the county level. But someone has to do this work, so our county lord can only pay for it out of his own pocket and hire someone to take care of it. ”

"Huh? Then this supervisor is out of quality? ”

Master Jin said with a smile: "You can't say that, it depends on how you use this official, if you do it well, you can earn more money than the county Cheng!" For example, this case of money, which is the silver that has been established by convention in all dynasties, and there are more rules in prison, which one should not charge some money? More than the Qingshui Yamen County has collected. He smiled and paused for a moment before he continued meaningfully, "I'll understand when my brother takes office...... In short, as long as someone gives you money, you take care of it. ”

Yang Qiuchi now understands a little, although the supervisor of the county government is an official, he is rewarded by the county master, that is to say, he does not belong to the state civil servant, but is hired by the county master privately, and if he is unhappy, he will be fired at any time. Besides, this county is held every three years, and when he expires, he will have to get out.

Now it seems that the only way to do this is to take one step at a time, take advantage of this time to make more money, have a capital, and have a capital to do a small business.

Song Zhixian asked, "Virtuous nephew, where do you live?" ”

Without waiting for Yang Qiuchi to answer, Song Yun'er preemptively said, "Dad, my brother lives in Xicheng. The tattered is not a place where people live. ”

Song Zhixian nodded, this Xicheng is full of ordinary people, and it must not be much better: "After the virtuous nephew takes up the post of supervisor, I am afraid that most of the time in Pingli will be in the yamen, for the sake of the aspect, it is better to move to the yamen." It just so happened that Master Dian Shi thought that the yamen was dilapidated, and he found a house to live outside, and his courtyard has been falling, so you can move your home to that courtyard. ”

Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed and even thanked him. When he saw the poor family last night, he kept thinking about when he could have a big mansion so that Yang's mother and Xiaoxue could live a good life. The county lord asked them to move to live in the yamen, although it was not a long-term solution, but it was better than living in those two wooden houses. When you have money in the future, you can build a big mansion.

Yang Qiuchi was happy, but he was always a little unsure, how could the old man of the county be so good to himself, rewarded a small official, and gave him a place to live, although this little official didn't cost him much silver, this residence is also the state, he didn't pay a penny, in the end he solved his big problem, why did he do this to himself? There must be a reason for this.

Song Zhixian saw Yang Qiuchi's very happy appearance, glanced at Master Jin, and then said slowly: "Virtuous nephew, these are nothing, yesterday, yesterday you helped my uncle and me solve the murder case, and jointly solved the big case of widow Xie's rebellion, uncle, I want to thank you well!" ”

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