To be honest, although Chen Xiaomu has not been in and out of the palace a few times and does not know the details of the palace's management, he is still deeply doubtful that the emperor's guards can go to outside restaurants to drink at will!
Putting down Wang Lianshan's case file in his hand, Chen Xiaomu raised his head and asked Ye Duzheng, who was sitting at the table and reading the case file with him, "Master Ye, is the palace guard Li Han who was killed by Wang Lianshan in the case file really the emperor's personal attendant?"
"This...!" Ye Duzheng hesitated for a moment and said vaguely: "This Li Han is indeed a palace guard, otherwise no one would report it to the emperor, which caused Long Yan to be furious. As for whether he is the emperor's personal attendant, there is no way to know. Well, no one dared to go to the palace to check!"
"Yes." Chen Xiaomu nodded, put Wang Lianshan's case files together and put them together with Zhang Xiuying's, and said casually: "Take time tomorrow to accompany me to the government prison to interrogate Zhang Xiuying and Wang Lianshan again.
Ye Duzheng cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I obey."
Next, it was a long night, and I don’t know how long it took. Wei Yuxin sat on the chair near the door of the office room, tilted his head and fell asleep, while Ye Du was adding charcoal to the heating stove, and then He added some lamp oil to the lamp, but in the end, because he couldn't really help, he just sat there doing nothing, so he couldn't help but lay down on the table and dozed off. At this time, the whole room was so quiet that only Chen Xiaomu occasionally flipped through the case files. The clatter of paper.
Unknowingly, a rooster crows in the distance, and the window paper of the office room begins to turn white. Chen Xiaomu reaches out and picks up the last case file on the table. He only flips through the beginning and briefly browses. He put it on a high pile of case files, then he stretched, yawned again, and then stretched out his hand to pat the shoulder of Ye Duzheng, who was sleeping soundly on the table. Who knew that Ye Duzheng was because of this? There was something on his mind, and he didn't sleep well. As soon as Chen Xiaomu's hand touched his shoulder, he stood up from the table with a conditioned reflex, which shocked Chen Xiaomu, and then Wei Yu's heart also He woke up with a start and looked at the two of them with sleepy eyes.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xiaomu joked: "I'm sorry to disturb you two's sweet dreams!" Then he pointed to the high pile of case files on the table and said to Ye Duzheng: "Master Ye, you have to work hard to pick these out for me. When the case file comes out, according to the names of the people in the case file, write a letter of apology to each of them in the name of the Xinjing government office, and then based on the length of time they have been locked up in the prison, they will be compensated at the standard of twenty taels of silver per month. Compensate them for their losses while in jail! In addition, write two more notices for me and post them. As for the contents of the notices, I have already written them and put them on the table. You can just copy them!"
Ye Duzheng looked at the high pile of case files on the table and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Master Tongxuan, why did you release so many people at once? In this way, wouldn't the cells in the government office have to be empty? Besides, the compensation standard It’s too high! Now in Xinjing City, a family of five can have food and clothing for just one tael of silver! Should this compensation standard be appropriately reduced?”
Chen Xiaomu said with a smile: "I let these people go because they made a few complaints or said a few exaggerated words. The government should not have arrested those people who were convicted because of their words. Now that they have been imprisoned unjustly, more money should be paid to compensate them." Isn’t it the right thing to give to others?”
Ye Duzheng was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't think of anything suitable to say to persuade Chen Xiaomu, so he had no choice but to accept.
Daybreak came very quickly, and the window paper turned white in the blink of an eye. At three o'clock in the morning, on the wall outside the Xinjing government office, two notices were posted side by side. Most of the poor people who got up early to earn a living and worked hard were illiterate. I just pretended not to see him and passed by in a hurry. Around midnight in the morning, the people who had gathered in front of the court yesterday to watch the excitement began to gather at the door of the court again. I saw the man who had been with Zhuque Street Baozheng. Hou Qi stood together with the young scholar-looking young man whom he called Master Qi. As he walked, he waved his hands to the more than ten young people who were about the same age and dressed as him, waving his hands and boasting with great joy: "Brothers, Taiwan, you were really unlucky for not coming to the government office yesterday. Listen, the difference between life and death is so vast that it is hard to think about and forget. Thousands of miles of lonely tomb, nowhere to say desolation. The artistic conception of this word is so desolate. Beautiful! Not to mention Lu Yingshu of Qi State, Wu Qingqiu of Chu State, even Gao Jianli, the prime minister of Qin State, who is known as the most talented man in the world today, is here, I am afraid he will have to accept defeat!"
"Brother Jingwen, isn't it?!" At this time, a scholar with whom he didn't usually have a good relationship interjected: "I heard you say yesterday that the new Master Tongpan in our Xinjing Prefecture is actually a reliable person. You're a nepotistic idiot, why did you change your tune so quickly?"
Before he finished speaking, the scholar who was called Brother Jingwen immediately changed his expression. He stared at his eyes and said angrily, "Chai Erpi, don't give me that pot and don't open it. Yesterday Lord Tongpan just came to Xinjing Mansion to take office." , How did I know he could be so talented!"
As the saying goes, a slap in the face is not a slap in the face. Brother Jingwen's call "Chai Erpi" immediately aroused everyone's laughter. It turned out that this Chai Erpi's real name was Chai Bo. Once, the master of the academy held a monthly exam. Chai Bo was careless and wrote something on the test paper. When filling in his name, he forgot to write the radical "水" (三点水), and only wrote "Pi". After collecting the test paper, he saw the paper with "Chaipi" written on it. He was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry. He picked up the test paper and held it up. Shaking his hands, he asked, "Who is Chaipi? Chaipi, stand up!"
Chai Bo didn't react for a moment, and followed the master's gaze around the room, looking for this classmate and disciple named Chaipi whom he had never heard of. It wasn't until the master angrily walked up to him with the test paper that he suddenly remembered It seemed that he was the only one named Chai in the classroom, so he hurriedly stood up from his seat, causing other students in the classroom to burst into laughter. The master pouted his goatee, rounded his eyes and scolded him: "You idiot Leatherface, you can't even write your own name well, how can you be useful in the future?"
From then on, Chai Bo was nicknamed Chai Erpi by his classmates, just because Chai Bo's family was very rich in the capital. His father, Chai Yugui, was not only the largest bank account in the capital, but also the Jin State Rishengjin Bank. The shopkeeper of Zheng Guo's branch also owns a large cloth shop called Xiangyun, one of the best in the capital. Chai Yugui is also known as the official of Chaili in the new capital, so the nickname Chai Erpi is only used in Chai Bo's absence. Sometimes, his classmates secretly screamed behind him to make him laugh, otherwise they would make him unhappy. So for the expenses of going to restaurants, going to Goulan, and going to brothels, they would never find anyone willing to pay for them. Unjustly sown.
It turned out that Chai Bo had vaguely heard that a classmate gave him the nickname Chai Erpi. At first glance, he felt quite unhappy, but then he thought, forget it, if he really pursues the case, he will hurt many classmates. The feelings between each other, besides, who knows which of these people will be outstanding in the future! As long as they don't shout in front of them and save some face for themselves, they can just turn a blind eye and muddle along.
Unexpectedly, today, Hou Jingwen would call him the nickname Chai Erpi in front of everyone. At that time, he couldn't hold it in his face. He glared at Hou Jingwen with bulging eyes and said angrily: "Hou Jingwen, I don't agree with you." If you play together, I will break off our relationship with you!"
"Haha" Hou Jingwen sneered: "It's up to you, don't you just have two stinky money! I won't wait for you anymore!"
"Okay!" Chai Bo stretched out his hand: "Since we have broken off our friendship, then you can return the five taels of silver you lent me a few days ago!"
"Ah! This..." Hou Jingwen was dumbfounded when he heard this. He had just forgotten this incident. As the saying goes, a penny can stump a heroic man. Now he has five taels of silver, let alone five taels of silver. I can’t even take out two taels of silver! This was embarrassing. Gu Jingwen stood there with a stern expression on his face and was speechless!
At this time, Yan Defa, his best friend who usually had a good relationship with him, suddenly pointed at the wall outside the government office and exclaimed: "Hey, dear friends, look at it! There is a notice posted inside the government office. Could it be that Lord Tongpan today?" Aren’t you going to ascend the throne?”
Hearing Yan De's cry, everyone immediately turned their attention to the outer wall of the government office. Sure enough, there were two notices full of words posted side by side, with the prefect's red square official seal stamped underneath. !
Now everyone no longer cared about watching Gu Jingwen and Chai Bo bickering, and walked over to see what was going on.
Unexpectedly, everyone was shocked when they saw this. The first one of the two notices encouraged the people in Xinjing City to report the officials in the Xinjing government office for extortion, and even if the reports turned out to be unsubstantiated, The informant will not be held accountable and can report anonymously. However, if the matter is confirmed, the government will also reward you with a reward!
"Wow, is this true? The government actually asked ordinary people to report that their own officials were extorting money. This has never happened since ancient times! Could it be a trap deliberately set by the government? So that those who like to complain can be punished. Come and catch them all!" Yan De posted a question before he finished reading the announcement.
Chai Bo shook his head: "Brother, look down. Isn't it written below that we will recruit a new batch of government officials? It means that this new prefect of Xinjing Prefecture has no regard for these government officials in the current government office. I was very dissatisfied and deliberately asked people to report them so I could find a reason to fire them!"
In fact, Hou Jingwen already regretted the impulsive verbal conflict he had with Chai Bo, the God of Wealth. At this time, he quickly seized the opportunity to flatter Chai Bo: "Brother Chai is so clear-eyed and what he said is not false at all. You are not talented." Yesterday, when I was watching the new Master Tongpan ascend to the court, I saw that he could hardly move the yamen in the government office, so it makes sense to want to replace these disobedient yamen!"
Someone next to the conversation said, "Dear friends, come here and take a look at this notice. Here is your chance to make a fortune!"
As soon as they heard about the opportunity to make a fortune, this group of scholars, who usually regarded money as dirt, rushed to another notice and stopped to look at it. It turned out that the content on this notice was about the resettlement of refugees. The general meaning of what it says is that starting from today, local residents inside and outside the capital city who have a vacant room at home and a spare bed and quilt will receive a monthly rent of 400 Wen from the government for each refugee they take in. Those who can provide three normal meals a day will receive a monthly food subsidy of 200 yuan from the government. In addition, each refugee will also have a monthly pocket money of 200 yuan. If the refugee himself does not want to be taken in by a local resident, Can the government arrange food and lodging uniformly? For craftsmen among the refugees who possess various skills and are willing to come out to work for the government at any time, they can go to the government to register themselves. The government will pay the craftsmen a salary of one to ten taels of silver per month depending on the level of the craftsman's skills. !
"Good boy! How awesome! Absolutely awesome!" After reading the notice, Yan Defa couldn't help but exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "Our new prefect is really generous. If he does what he does, won't all the homeless people on the streets become adults?" Got a baby bump!"
When Hou Jingwen heard this, he couldn't help but curled his lips and said suspiciously: "This month will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver! Can the Xinjing Mansion be able to get it?"
Chai Bo said disapprovingly: "It's only tens of thousands of taels of silver. I don't believe that the government can deceive people for this!"
At this time, a scholar named Zhu Ping looked at Chai Bo and said with a smile: "Brother Chai, you have such a strong tone! Tens of thousands of taels of silver are nothing!"
Chai Bo smiled and said nothing. In fact, when he saw the last paragraph under the notice, he had already made up his mind. He wanted to go home quickly to help his father fulfill his dream wish.
