Sure enough, he saw Lingfu turn his face and smile at him: "You have a total of twenty-three documents, of which nineteen are old documents, do you think Cui Xianling is illiterate, or Master Li is illiterate?" ”

The old official's face froze.

Lingfu continued: "And even these four documents from that year are far from urgent enough to require you to block the county order today. Just now I asked Master Li, and the Great Xuan Dynasty has a clear rule that ordinary homicide cases must be solved within three months of the case, and the first instance is over; Major cases such as theft, robbery, and tomb robbery need to be solved and concluded within two months. ”

Lingfu picked up a few documents and pointed to the old official and said: "You have four documents here, two are for wives and concubines to murder their husbands, and the other two are disputes over money and land and land, and the deadline for the earliest one is also fifteen days later. ”

She walked up to the old official, looked at him, and said word by word: "You are deceiving and making things difficult for Shangguan, aren't you?" ”

The old official was poked in the back and felt cold, but he didn't expect it to be exposed so quickly, so he had to say to him: "How dare the little one deceive the county order, yes, it's the little old man I was dazzled, I didn't find that it was mixed with the old documents, and I also asked the county lord and Master Li to take care of me this time." ”

Lingfu Wan'er smiled: "Don't do these troublesome things anymore if your eyes are spent, otherwise if you really miss a big thing one day, won't you affect Shangguan?" ”

"I'm ......" the old official was about to argue, but Lingfu interrupted him: "You are also old, and you have made so many mistakes this time, which is enough to prove that you are not qualified for your current errand. ”

The old official wanted to sprinkle at the moment, he had been a Xu official for more than ten years, relying on all kinds of stereotypes and bad habits and every year to drill the camp in the yamen to grab benefits, so the life was very good, if he was allowed to go home, then he would still be able to get these good things in the future?

But when he looked at Xu Lingfu's eyes and saw the hand that was pressing the scabbard, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he immediately stood there silently with his head down.

Xu Lingfu turned to the rest of the officials: "If you have any documents that you are in a hurry to dispose of, bring them all!" ”

A few officials still couldn't see the end of today, and they hurriedly said: "The little ones don't dare to make a mistake, so go back and check it carefully, and then hand it over to Shangguan for disposal." ”

The swarm of bees in the hall dispersed, and the Lingfu breathed a sigh of relief.

The chief bookkeeper Li Ye looked at her, his eyes full of unexpected appreciation and admiration.

The sun and shadow are slanting westward, and Cui Yuanting is back with people.

Lingfu, who had always been worried that there would be turmoil on the other side of the granary, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Cui Yuanting was still calm and relaxed.

But when she paid a little attention, she found that there were many people who had returned, and several of them who had gone with her had taken them back.

This shows that something is still happening!

Cui Yuanting said to the two judicial assistants who came up: "Take these people down and take care of them, and the official will deal with them himself later." ”

There are two judicial assistants, one is Zhang Qiu, who led the team to surround Cui Yuanting that day, and the other is Cai Xiong, who is older.

Zhang Qiu was a little embarrassed by the meeting with Cui Yuanting that day, and seeing that Lei San was gone, he had relatives in his heart and always wanted to find an opportunity to bridge the gap.

Hearing Cui Yuanting's instructions, he immediately actively stated: "Rest assured, the subordinates must be firmly guarded and will not give them the opportunity to collude." ”

Cui Yuanting stood on the steps and hugged his fist to the people behind him: "You are all good and strong people selected by Li Zheng and Fang Zheng, and today the warehouse fire is also fortunate that you acted in time, stopped the riot, extinguished the fire source, and the official will be rewarded later." ”

He immediately instructed the clerk to bring a few scribes to settle down dozens of people and rest after drinking tea.

Lingfu was sharp-eyed, and found that there were several familiar figures among the people, who were He Xin and several people who were rescued by Cui Yuanting that day.

It wasn't until he was done with this that Cui Yuanting entered the hall.

Li Ye asked with concern about the fire in the official warehouse, and Cui Yuanting told the story again-

It turned out that a wave of splashes came from nowhere when the grain was released today, crowded in the team and made trouble, Cui Yuanting asked the officials to step forward to stop it, these splashes not only did not converge, but the more they disturbed, and even pushed with the officials, and shouted that the government beat people and so on.

Cui Yuanting saw that the situation was not right, so he asked the Minzhuang who had prepared in advance to send people to restrain the group of people who were making trouble.

At this moment, I don't know who shouted that the official warehouse was on fire, disturbing the people, and seeing that there was about to be a riot, fortunately Cui Yuanting had early precautions against traitors, and the key point of prevention was the idea of the unscrupulous people to hit the granary, so this was the reason why Li Ye gathered more than 60 people in advance.

After returning from the Chuyun Pavilion, Cui Yuanting divided more than 60 people into two shifts and patrolled covertly around the official warehouse day and night.

Li Ye was thrilled to hear it. These people are bold beyond imagination, if it weren't for Cui Yuanting's prediction of the incident, it would be difficult to escape the blame for today's accident.

Lingfu watched Cui Yuanting's calm talk, relieved and respectful in his heart.

It's really hard to sit in this county order!

Cui Yuanting naturally asked what was going on with the officials, and Li Ye told them one by one about the officials being deceived by old documents, and praised Lingfu one by one.

Cui Yuanting listened, looked at the Lingfu and looked approvingly, and the Lingfu lowered his head slightly.

Cui Yuanting said to Li Ye again: "These officials are used to being slippery, and they usually engage in personal fraud, but now they are deceiving officials, which is really hateful." They shall not remain any longer, and shall send them away from another available one. I think the group of people you selected that day is very good! ”

When Li Ye heard this, he showed some joy: "What does the county mean is to choose from these people?" ”

Cui Yuanting nodded: "Since this official took office, the officials of the Guanxian County have been lazy and treacherous, so I just took this opportunity to clean up." ”

The Great Xuan Dynasty had a unified code, which had its own norms for the employment of state and county officials. At the level of the county government office, except for the county order, the county officer, the county lieutenant, the chief bookkeeper, etc., who are serious officials within the rank of the imperial court, the other officials have no rank and no rank.

Some of them are appointed by the state government, such as the governor of the cang, the doctor of the county school, the city order, and the Yuedu Zhushi (a priest who specializes in worshiping the gods of the mountains and seas) who manages the temple of the Haidu Temple in Yuezhen.

The term of office of the officials is four years, and they can serve for a long time if they are not at fault, and the county officials have the right to elect and dismiss the officials.

Speaking of the suffering of the officials, Li Ye has far more say than Cui Yuanting in this regard.

He has been in Chuyi for nearly three years, and he has suffered countless losses and secrets from these traitors, but under Jiang Xiancheng's words, he has nothing to do.

But now that Cui Yuanting is here, he is a county commander who is clear and fair, and he wants to be demoted and elected, so naturally there is no problem.

What's more, Cui Yuanting was still selected from the people he recruited by Li Ye.

This is not only turbidity and clearing, but also tactfully selling him Li Ye a face!

Although the county officials have no quality and no rank, on the surface, they can only be exempted from part of their own servitude, and they can manage food when they are on duty, but they are easy to do things in the yamen, and naturally there are countless benefits to be taken.

Especially in turbulent times, the identity of such a half of the official family is undesirable for many people!

Li Ye was overjoyed in his heart - could he really live a good life in the future?