Kunshan County is located in the southeast of Suzhou Prefecture and adjacent to Qingpu County in Songjiang Prefecture. Although it is not like Huzhou, where almost all mulberry trees are planted, the land in this county is mostly mulberry trees, cotton, and tobacco, and the real grain fields are less than three-four out of ten. Such an economic structure is an advanced symbol of the transition from an agrarian society to an industrial and commercial society, but in the current era, it represents a decline in resistance to natural and man-made disasters.

In the event of a natural disaster or man-made disaster, it can immediately lead to famine, which can lead to social unrest.

In this case, the grain in the warehouse is even more important. Anyone who can read and write, after reading the newspaper, will come to a conclusion: Kunshan County is finished.

But as long as there is a slight turnaround in this magistrate, some people may speculate.

For the waste that is destined to be discarded, no one is willing to die with it. Although the county Cheng said it is very reasonable, changing the county, especially changing the official from the north, it is not easy for the big households in the county...... But that doesn't mean that others are willing to give food.

In the eyes of the local squire, any county official, no matter whether he came from the south or the north, had to abide by the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

What are the rules of the Ming Dynasty? It is the county officials who do not go to the countryside.

If they want to complete the positive tax quota, they can only rely on the gentry; The capital they want to promote can only rely on the gentry; If they want to have a foil in the event of natural and man-made disasters, they can only rely on the gentry.

All in all, if they want to get through their tenure smoothly and without disaster, they can only rely on the gentry.

In this case, what is the matter of changing the county?

The hope that had just been raised in Kunshan County was quickly extinguished, and every day the government office was like a sentence, waiting for the door of the office to be kicked open, and the cavalry holding the iron chain and iron ruler took him away...... In just a blink of an eye, the horse turned into a bull-headed horse again......

"County honor, it's okay. Anyway. Seeing that the county lord fell into habitual sluggish convulsions, the county magistrate hurriedly woke him up, and persuaded: "Don't worry, Nanjing brought documents, saying that this time the crown prince attaches great importance to this matter, in order not to be wronged." Not only did people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate come, but there were also interviewers from various newspapers. With so many people, there must be delays on the road. ”

"It's better to be a hundred than a three-foot white silk...... Kunshan County couldn't help crying again: "This kind of torture is really better than death...... That's right! I'm going to grab those three things that eat inside and out! Death also requires them to cushion their backs! ”

The county said: "They have fled a long time ago, and they don't even see a shadow, obviously because of their weak hearts." In fact, Wu Sunyi and the other three went to Shanghai on a business trip with the official document issued by the county.

This county magistrate is not a brainless person, he was implicated but exiled, if he was involved in the assassination of the court official, it would be a proper deal!

What's more, these three officials from the north are now protected. In the future, no matter which way the wind blows, you have a way back, so why not?

When the magistrate heard that Wu Sunjiao and the others had fled, his back molars were grinding loudly, and he suddenly asked, "Why did the Metropolitan Procuratorate send someone?" ”

The county reminisced for a long time and said: "It seems that there was an official document before, saying that the six ministries were restructured, and the power and responsibility for the investigation and investigation in the future will all belong to the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

Both of them don't care about the so-called restructuring and law changes. Anyway, just take care of your own one-third of an acre of land, and don't all officials serve the same when they come?

The magistrate of Kunshan County let out an "oh". He said: "Do you think you can start with the imperial history of this Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

"This is the right thing to do, but I don't know if it's like those officials from the north who can't ......eat salt and oil."

"Go try." Kunshan County froze: "I'll go to those grain rats again and tell them, if I die, they don't want to escape!" ”

The county nodded with a heavy face. After he went out, he found that all the connections in Yingtianfu's government had been removed, so he had to find old friends in other prefectures and counties. Inquire about the news of this project.

originally thought that the court would hide such a major event, but who knew that Lu Dao hadn't seen his old friend yet, so he just bought a copy of "Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan", and saw the big trumpet of the imperial history hanging on it, as if he was afraid that people would not go to his door. The county is really in love with this newspaper. Rolled it up vigorously and put it in his sleeve, and went straight to arrange for someone to have a private meeting with this imperial history.

The only thing that makes Kunshan County and County Cheng happy is that although this imperial historian is a northerner, he is also a Jinshi, and most of them still have to talk about some officialdom morality.

Finally, on the eighth day of the first month of March, Zhang Wenquan, the imperial historian of the project, finally took a huge group of visitors to Kunshan County and stayed in the post house. Kunshan County and County Cheng had already obtained Zhang Ying's resume, inquired about Nianke, and rushed to the post house with appropriate gifts to meet him.

Zhang Ying was originally an official in Shandong, but because he accepted gifts from his subordinates, he was listed as a criminal official and lived in the criminal court. In that environment, which was only better than the shack, it really tormented Zhang Ying's heart, and also made him see the warmth and coldness of officialdom - no one extended a helping hand to him in the same year, so that his wife actually moved the idea of entering the palace as a female official!

Finally, in the past two years, the East Palace has recovered very quickly, and many prisoners have been reinstated. Those who are more courageous go directly to the front line as herdsmen officers, and now they are among the nobles. He was too timid at the beginning, and he missed the wind of promotion, and now he still only has six grades.

Fortunately, Zhang Ying heard that the Imperial Procuratorate was recruiting, and took out the hard work of the imperial examination that year, and read the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the books and articles of the crown prince and Li Mingrui, and finally succeeded in entering the Imperial Procuratorate and serving as the imperial historian. This is really a blessing in disguise, who would have thought that it would be among the clear streams of the Taiwan wall.

Zhang Yi soon found that his understanding of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was a little biased, and the imperial history seemed to be still doing the things of picketing discipline, but his power was greater. Moreover, the treatment is a bit excessive, and if an official who violates discipline is picketed, not only will he be rewarded, but he may also be credited with meritorious service. Of course, if the imperial history is corrupt and perverts the law, the punishment is also extremely heavy, and the lightest is to appoint Liaodong as a scribe, and the heavier one is to directly build roads and mine.

At the beginning, Zhang Ying was still a little weak-hearted, and secretly said that with this point of the imperial history, it seems that he still has to live a few years of hard life.

Anyway, it's much better than being in the prison court, and the wife doesn't have to be a female official, so it's harder.

Who knew that the Metropolitan Procuratorate had issued the task of "purging the judicial officials", and almost all the eyes of the imperial history were fixed on those new judicial officials.

Zhang Ying is old in the end, unlike young people who listen to the wind and rain, and deliberately slows down, but regrets it.

There are so many violations of discipline and law by those magistrates!

It can be as small as accepting gifts from the parties to as big as being corrupt and perverting the law...... It's a mountain of silver!

The most exciting thing is that most of these judicial officers are female Ding Ke, who served as local judges after entering the School of Political Science and Law, and have no backers in the DPRK and China, and there is no network between them.

After Zhang Ying saw the situation clearly, his movements were not slower than those of young people, and he chased after judges at all levels and beat them fiercely. Because he has a good pen and is familiar with the regulations, especially the perennial Confucian education, he can find the "great righteousness" from the "micro words", and his interpretation of the regulations is very good, and he soon stands out among the young people.

Relying on these judges, Zhang Ying successfully made a fortune, and was also commended by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he was specially issued with 100 taels of "banknotes", which he framed and hung on the wall.

At the beginning, Zhang Ying also had to comfort himself with different backgrounds: he was a genuine Jinshi, and those people were just Bai Ding and Broken Boots from the female Ding family. Later, where is there a question of origin, there is only white silver and a certificate of recognition that shows his identity. So much so that when he met an official who was born as a jinshi, he never relented even in the same year.

This time, he was recommended by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve as the imperial history of the project, naturally because of his reputation for being quick and ruthless.

Zhang Ying rushed to Nanjing, and the visiting group was almost formed, and they happened to go to Kunshan together. On the way, he had already read various newspapers, and he knew that "Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan" was from the crown prince's side - that is, from his own side, and the other newspapers were mostly from the Jiangnan Shilin faction, which was more or less unfriendly.

These interviewers are known as the "Imperial History of Cloth Clothes", staring at each pair of eyes, and their words and deeds cannot be careless.

On the first night of his arrival in Kunshan, Zhang Ying received a post from Kunshan County that he wanted to come to the post house to visit his seniors. This kind of normal interpersonal interaction is nothing, and Zhang Ying naturally did not refuse. What's more, he also wants to touch the opponent's character and see how big this case can be.

According to the rules of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: the bigger the case, the higher the prize, and the more meritorious the merit.

Therefore, experienced imperial histories generally start with serious crimes first, and they are not qualified to reluctantly decline their difficulties.

Zhang Ying was not very satisfied with this case, because the loss of the granary was the most important thing that was corruption; If an official is caught selling grain to a grain merchant, he can also add a private sale of public property; Counting the huge amount of family property that the official himself cannot explain, one crime of unknown source of huge wealth can be deducted.

The punishment for several crimes is only thirty or fifty years in Liaodong.

"Later, Yang Chengde has seen his predecessors." Kunshan County and the county Cheng met Zhang Ying and respectfully performed the post-study ceremony.

Zhang Ying nodded, motioned for them to take a seat, and said, "The two of you have come here all night, how hard it is." ”

Yang Chengde looked at the other imperial historian who was sitting with him, and his heart was itching, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "This is ......"

"According to the rules of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, when handling a case, you are not allowed to meet with the person involved in this case alone." The imperial historian said with a cold face: "You don't have to worry about me, and when I'm not there, I'm not a jinshi anyway." ”

Yang Chengde twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, trying to put on a smile but failed. He glanced at the county officer, and the county official also shook his head, with such a huge candle present, how could he say those private words?

"Houxue has prepared some local ......" Yang Chengde pushed forward the prepared gift, and said with a smile: "Please also ask the seniors to smile." ”

"It's too troublesome...... Zhang Ying shook his head slightly, stretched out his hand to push, but saw that Kunshan County was quite persistent, so he had to take it, took out another form, and said, "Then bother Xian Ling to fill out this form." ”

Kunshan County took it and was dumbfounded: this form has the gift time, the giver, the recipient, the witness, the name of the gift, and the value of the gift......

Is this Donggong so harsh under the rule! (To be continued......)

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