Shoot rabbits in the grass.
In the huge Qufu, in addition to the Confucius Mansion, a large number of saint families were also left behind, and each one of them was hit hard. At the same time, some clan members were also punished:
Exiled to Liao Kingdom.
Jin Yiwei made a huge fortune by raiding his house. As usual, he paid 70% to the public and kept 30% for himself.
Although the main residence of the Kong Mansion was spared, the Zhuangtian Villas in various places were not, and more than 300,000 silver coins were copied.
That's almost a county's tax bill.
When Jin Yiwei saw this, his eyes suddenly turned red. If Zhu Yi hadn't stopped him, he might have caused a lot of trouble.
Of course, Jin Yiwei was also suppressed like this.
Now that the world is at peace, except for occasional civil unrest and disasters in some areas, Jinyiwei has no room to display at all.
As a sharp weapon, it is useless if you hold it in for a long time. How can you not feel uncomfortable?
It is also true that once there is a major case, they will burst out and find it difficult to restrain themselves.
To put it bluntly, Jinyiwei is like a double-edged sword. The person who controls it must be strong, otherwise it will hurt yourself more than others.
The Jin Yiwei is not an organization that eliminates violence and eliminates corrupt officials as imagined. It is a political weapon and an extension of the emperor's autocratic power.
For example, Ming Taizu was most popular during the Ming Chengzu period.
For Jin Yiwei, unjust, false, and wrongful convictions are as easy as eating and drinking. The independent judicial authority is too intimidating.
Without independent judicial power, Jin Yiwei has no teeth and no one listens at all.
Considering the evil reputation of the Jinyiwei over the years, the emperor canceled their independent judicial power and handed it over to the Ministry of Punishment.
After all, Jinyiwei has always been positioned as an intelligence agency, and its investigative power is enough. It would be better if there were fewer cases of unjust, false, and wrongful convictions and torture to extract confessions.
Dongchang is responsible for the capital, nobles, and vassal kings, while Jinyiwei is responsible for the frontiers and inland prefectures and counties.
The responsibilities of the two organizations are relatively separated, allowing for easy checks and balances.
In charge of the royal guards, Zhu Yi stayed in Qufu for half a month before returning.
At this time, Duke Yan Sheng was still in the capital and did not dare to move at all.
"The Confucius family is extremely powerful, with tens of thousands of hectares of land, and there are countless murders committed in his family. Everyone in Shandong is covering up for it, for fear of hurting the face of Saint Confucius..."
Zhu Yishu didn't read much, and he had been in the army since then. He was not very afraid of Master Kong, so he reported everything in detail.
"It's good to prick this cancer."
Zhu Yixi didn't care.
In fact, as a political creature, human lives are not important in his eyes. The political energy of the Confucius Mansion is definitely greater than these human lives.
We must know that in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Qianlong even married his daughter to the Confucius family for marriage, which shows his influence.
There have been countless bad deeds of the Confucius family over the years, but even wise men like Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Taizu of the Ming Dynasty would consider it carefully and give up after giving a warning.
This is also the reason why he has not dealt with it in these years. The political influence is too great.
Because in the eyes of those scholars, no matter what the reason is for dealing with the Kong family, it is
And once you find the opportunity, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. He will be unstinting, decisive and deal with it.
Obviously, the importance of Liao Kingdom is obviously greater than that of Confucius.
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Here, in Liaodong.
The prince Zhu Cunqu, whose alias was Zhu Qu, served as a patrol camp commander in the county. After two months of waiting, he knew everything about the place.
The county is divided into townships, and five hundred households are considered as townships, rather than based on the original alignment and local size.
In this way, there is a township government office in the village, and the people call it the township government office. The same is true for the government offices, and it is customary.
The township head, the township elder, and the township policeman, the three elders who hold the ninth-grade official position, are the most common officials among the people.
The security chiefs and armor chiefs also obeyed the orders of the three elders, which can be said to be extremely majestic.
It is a pity that in the army, to the three elders, he is just an officer with a little power, and his real immediate boss is the sixth house of the county government.
After getting a general understanding of the Beijing camp and the patrol camp, the prince became restless. He was eager to have a comprehensive understanding of the county government.
What can the emperor say about this? Once he was sent to another county, he changed his appearance and became the nominal county head Bo, from the eighth rank.
In the county government, those who are in the seventh rank are the county magistrates, those who are in the seventh rank are the general judges, those who are in the eighth rank are the county magistrates, and those who are in the eighth rank are the chief ministers.
As soon as he entered the county, he was welcomed by the county's sixth house, government officials, and the county magistrate.
Of course, after serving in the army for more than half a year, he didn't have the tender skin and tender flesh he had before, but at first glance, he was from the army.
The magistrate sat for a while and then left, as did the county magistrate and the six-room office clerk, leaving behind a group of government servants who sat down with him and became very affectionate.
Chief Catcher Bai Ying grabbed him, poured the wine enthusiastically, and said nonchalantly: "Brother, don't mind, these scholars think you are from the army, so they look down on you."
"Why is this?" Zhu Cunqu asked knowingly.
"How can they think highly of us as scholars?"
Bai Ying sneered and said: "Your Majesty's kindness has exempted our government servants from the lowly status and allowed us to take the imperial examination. This naturally makes them unhappy."
"Besides, brother, I am also from Xingwu."
"Before I came here to be a policeman, I was the deputy captain of the Beijing camp." Bai Ying said proudly: "I couldn't stand the hardship in the army, so I didn't go to the patrol camp, but came to the county government office."
From his narration, Zhu Cunqu had a rough understanding of the county government's police officers.
The yamen servants are actually divided into four classes, namely Zao, Capture, Kuai, and Zhuang, each performing their own duties.
The Zaoban is mainly responsible for standing in the hall and shouting power when the Yamen is promoted; the Zhuangban is generally responsible for executing prisoners; the police officer is the person who is really responsible for arresting criminals, and is also the most lucrative position.
"The two are called catchers and fast hands respectively, so they are called catchers and they become three squads of yamen servants."
Bai Ying sighed: "Now the emperor's benevolence has brought us all into the first rank. The quickest arrests are from the ninth rank, and the chief arrests are from the ninth rank."
"But I don't have enough money to spend, so I have to be a foreigner!" Zhu Cunqu said with a chuckle.
"Hehe, I won't hide it from you. This is a well-known fact." Bai Ying chuckled and said: "The policeman has ten pieces of silver and ten stones of food a year. For ordinary people, a knife is a pleasure, but how can we have enough?"
When it came to this, he was not reserved and poured it out straight away.
Because as long as you are in the county government, you can find out with a little inquiry.
For example, in a lawsuit, eating at home and eating at home is normal operation.
"Now that Master Tongjian is here, our strong squads and police officers have to be dispatched by him, so it's a bit more troublesome and not as convenient as before."
"Of course, our fourth squad of yamen officers has also been expanded, doubled. In the past, there were only thirty or so agents in charge of the county, but now there are sixty. Many brothers are grateful!"
Zhu Cunqu shook his head in his heart. Sure enough, all government officials in the world were as bad as they were, and they couldn't change it no matter what.
But after talking about the benefits, he sighed: "But it's also hard for government officials. Once a case comes up, whether it is the county magistrate or the general judge, there is a quota. If you can't complete it, you have to cancel it."
"Bi limit?"
"Ordinary people have a time limit of five days to solve a case. For serious cases, it takes three days. If they are not solved within the time limit, they will be beaten without mercy."
Zhu Cunqu suddenly realized: "It's still rich!"
"You still have to have the power." Bai Ying said proudly: "Don't forget that the county government office only has six rooms for the office, but in fact it has a distribution room and a pavilion storehouse, totaling eight rooms."
"After the Imperial Provincial Examination, these eight rooms were basically occupied by scholars. The former lowly officials were naturally reluctant to leave after receiving the benefits."
"No wonder Brother Bai doesn't want to be a member of the seventh-level patrol camp, but wants to be the chief arrester of the ninth-level officer."
"There's no point in saving face." Bai Ying shook her head, unable to stop the smile on her face.
"Look over there, the one with a sinister face and a big bowl of wine."
Zhu Cunqu followed this gaze and saw a government servant with a sinister face who looked like he was not easy to mess with.
"He is a head catcher in the Zhuangban class, specializing in beheading. What do you think he did before?"
Bai Ying took a sip of wine and asked.
"He must have been in the military too!" Zhu Cunqu said uncertainly.
"You guessed wrong. He is a child student, just one step away from becoming a scholar. He failed the exam for more than ten years. After coming to our place, he became an executioner."
"At first he was so frightened that he fell asleep for three days, and then he was beheaded without blinking an eye. In just ten years, he had a yard in the county and twenty or thirty acres of land outside the city. He was very happy."
Bai Ying shook his head and said: "Don't think this business is dirty and smelly, but the money is rich. Before beheading, the family members of the prisoners always ask for bribes, so as to make them suffer less."
"The county government also has good wine and meat to serve. When the month is busy, one hundred and eighty yuan can't stop it. Even if it's not good, it's twenty or thirty yuan."
"He himself has no hope, so he just wants his son to take the imperial examination."
"The family members of criminals are so rich?" Zhu Cunqu didn't quite believe it, especially in a sparsely populated place like Liaodong, where there were at most three to five criminal cases a month.
"There will be an execution tomorrow. Please go and take a look."
Bai Ying didn't elaborate and kept smiling.
However, at the end of his speech, he still shook his head and said:
"Nowadays, the superiors say that running water is not rotten, and government officials are not allowed to pass on children. I am the chief arrester, and the arresters of each class, as well as the secretary's office and the clerk are all sent by the superior, either from the Beijing camp or for the provincial examination."
Regarding this, Zhu Cunqu had no words, and thought to himself, without your humble status, if you are really allowed to remain hereditary, then people's hearts will really be impetuous.
In fact, the purpose of incorporating yamen servants into Liupin was to facilitate replacement, thereby breaking the unity of county yamen.
However, just like the strong class catcher, even though he is a scholar, he is merciless in collecting money and is colluding.
"However, sixty officers are not enough for the county government." Bai Ying shook his head and said with a heavy tongue, "There are still many Bai officers."
"In our county, there are sixty yamen servants, and there are only 200 white servants. They bring their own dry food, and they are just waiting to make a living. They will be promoted to yamen servants first in the future..."
By the end of the drink, everyone was almost lying down, and they were all drunk.
Only Zhu Cunqu was still awake.
In the end, he didn't ask Bai Yi about it.
Because the imperial court really couldn't support so many people.
Ordinary government servants earn ten yuan and ten shi of food a year. This is already a rare gift. If it is expanded too much, the pressure on the local area will be too great.
You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, a county government had no more than a hundred people in its establishment. Now it has doubled. Although it is lighter than before, it is still limited.
This kind of white labor will naturally continue.
What they gain is nothing more than the supply of merchants on the streets and sharing the benefits of litigation cases.
The number of white servants depends on the size and prosperity of the county. Small counties are two to three hundred, and large counties are two to three thousand.
Even if he is considered a temporary worker, he must register with his household registration. After all, he has the power to enforce the law.
The four counties of Gyeonggi in the capital city are among the top counties in the world. There is no one with less than a thousand white soldiers. In this way, with the help of thousands of soldiers and horses from five cities, it is possible to really suppress the millions of people in Jingying City.
The emperor actually wanted to establish a system, but once he calculated it, he felt that the finances were too much.
Four thousand white servants would have a salary of at least two hundred thousand.
If all the white servants in the world were given a salary of at least three to four hundred thousand, there would not be eighteen million that they could not withstand.
Besides, even if you give money, they will still do it.
Therefore, in the capital, white servants can only receive one silver dollar per month and are regarded as temporary workers.
As soon as the capital city became popular, all the prefectures and counties in the world followed suit and acted according to their ability. Basically, one stone of grain or five cents of silver yuan was enough.
Even so, prefectures and counties all over the world are still complaining, and this money and food are quite a lot.
The next day, Zhu Cunqu met the magistrate at the county government office. After learning that he would be responsible for the thankless task of being responsible for the river channel in the future, he had no choice but to admit it.
Zuoerguan also has his own yamen, each in charge of his own stall.
The general judge is responsible for litigation, prisons, and patrols; the county magistrate is responsible for taxation, money and grain, tax collection, and household registration.
The official rank of Zhubo is even lower, and he can only be responsible for a certain aspect, such as money, food, or patrolling.
The person in charge is the county magistrate, who has decision-making power and also has the power to allocate things to the boss and the county magistrate.
If the power is monopolized, the county magistrate and the boss will become empty shells with no power at all.
In other words, the county magistrate didn't approve of him, so he assigned him a job on the river.
Not long after we sat down, the person in charge of river inspection came to ask for an audience, and his tone was respectful.
According to the Ming Dynasty, there will be inspections at all dangerous passes, lakes and rivers in the world, but they are only at the ninth level.
"Xiaguan has three small boats, three to five servants, and about thirty white servants. The county's errands are done considerately, and there have never been any thieves or water bandits."
Zhu Cunqu nodded at this: "When a new official takes office, I don't have three things to do. You should take good care of it, as always."
When the inspector saw Shangguan being so polite, he felt relieved and put down the red envelope: "You are old and new, this is the filial piety of the people on the lower river..."
Seeing this, Zhu Cunqu accepted it.
This is a stereotype that cannot be changed.
After sitting for a while, he walked towards the market entrance.
I have never seen beheading.
Sure enough, before noon, the market entrance was crowded with people. A large number of people gathered around to watch, and many white servants surrounded them, beating those who came forward.
"The auspicious time has come, let's carry out the execution!"
After a while, the supervisor and beheading officer, who was the county magistrate, issued the order.
Soon, Tong Sheng, who had a slutty face after drinking last night, picked it up, took a sip of wine with no expression on his face, blew on the edge of the knife, and stabbed him.
"Click——"
The big human head hangs to the ground, with only a layer of skin connected to the neck.
The family members on the side immediately went over to check and saw that the skin and flesh were connected, and they immediately felt grateful.
The onlookers were even more excited.
Holding the bowl in one hand and holding silver cents and copper balls in the other, it can be said that he is crazy about it.
Some people who paid money rushed in directly to get steamed buns with blood, and wolfed them down for fear that someone would snatch them.
After eating, it felt like some magic elixir, and my face was filled with relief, as if the medicine had cured my illness.
