In this world, ordinary people are under the jurisdiction of the district chief, who is equivalent to the director of the subdistrict office and can handle most minor disputes. Further up are the local government offices, which basically govern all aspects of people's lives.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Xuanqingwei belongs to a terrifying and dangerous department that is higher than the yamen. Aren't people who can deal with such terrifying things as evil spirits not ferocious enough?
The Yamen alone makes the common people feel superior, let alone the Xuanqing Guard?
The people in other places are okay, because they may not see the black robe of Xuan Qingwei once throughout the year. But to the people of Licheng, Xuanqingwei was just a butcher's knife placed beside them with cold light.
Not long ago, this butcher knife chopped off the heads of hundreds of people.
Therefore, when it comes to Xuanqing, the people in Weili City are more in awe than people in other places. Because to them, the blood on Xuanqing's sword was visible and smellable.
But now, Xuan Qingwei, who is so frightening, has actually set up a copper cabinet on the street to collect "report letters" from everyone? !
Whether it was the strange-looking copper cabinet or the "report letter" that no one had ever heard of, everyone who read the notice was horrified.
According to the notice, anyone can submit a "report letter" into the copper cabinet, and the "report letter" is a letter of report and exposure. The target of the report can be someone in the Yamen or even someone in Xuanqing Wei. Whether the reported matter is corruption or bribery or unjust, false or wrongful convictions, as long as it is an unfair matter, as long as it is a matter where justice cannot be served by normal means, you can submit a "report letter" to the copper cabinet.
To use a sentence in the notice: the reporting mailbox is the country listening to the real voice of the people.
On the first day, the ten copper cabinets ignited the chatterbox in the entire city of Li. From the upper echelons of officials in the city to the traders and servants, everyone talked about the copper cabinets and the notice the most.
"I have lived for sixty-one years, but I still have to hear this kind of notice urging people to commit crimes!"
"How can you be considered one of the following criminals? Are you illiterate? Report, report and expose. It is the country that wants our people to redress their grievances!"
"Wake up! Are you still redressing your injustice? The people have sued the officials and the case has been closed, but they have to fight thirty times before we start. Do you think the following accusations are empty talk?"
"Tsk tsk, didn't you read the signature of the notice? It was written by Black Flag Camp! It was Black Flag Camp that brought down the traitorous Li family before. Do you think the notice they issued was a joke? Besides, what's in the notice? As I said, the report can be made anonymously, so what are you afraid of?"
"Anyway, I think this is unreliable. Anyone who is not afraid can give it a try."
"There must be people trying it."
...
On the first day when the copper cabinet was set up, no one dared to try it.
First, I was worried about the unwritten rule that the old man mentioned just now: "The person below should commit the crime above." Secondly, there were too many people watching. Even if someone wanted to report, it would be difficult to submit a report letter in front of so many people.
It was not until the third day that the first report letter appeared.
When the report letter was placed on Shen Hao's desk, it was already the fourth day after the copper cabinet was set up.
"There is a businessman named Hengshun of the Wang family who violated the law and bribed the chief official of the Licheng Yamen with more than 500,000 taels of silver..."
Shen Hao clicked his tongue and read the thousands-word report letter in his hand, then raised his head and asked Wang Jian standing in front of him: "Who wrote this? The writing is very good!"
"Hey, General Qi, this is the letter received in the No. 9 locker. According to the whistleblower over there, it was a man with a painted face, but when they followed them back, they found out that it was a guest from the Yamen Adjutant's house. I guess the words above The adjutant’s main writer must have asked someone to write it for him.”
"Hmph, the bullshit thing is indeed the first to pop up."
There are definitely more bad things in the local government than in the Xuanqing Guard. The sharing of various powers alone involves countless overt and covert struggles. Shen Hao has heard of these things for a long time, which is why he has kept away from local officials for so many years, because there are too many troubles.
But now the first report letter received in the report mailbox was about such bad things in the yamen, which made Shen Hao angry and funny.
"It's indeed funny. But my lord, according to some of the information listed in this report letter, the credibility is actually very high. Do you think we should send someone to follow it?"
"Follow what? We don't have enough manpower? Besides, we only need to know about these bad things in the local area. It is not appropriate to interfere in the past. After all, it is not appropriate for our Black Flag Battalion to put our hands into other people's money bags and attract hatred. "
"Then what kind of cases are we mainly dealing with?" Wang Jian has been a little confused in the past two days. He simply can't understand the confusing behavior of his general.
"Don't worry, in a few days, after the news about the copper cabinet spreads, there will definitely be a suitable case. Now your task is to have people keep an eye on everyone who submits reports to the copper cabinet. .”
"General Flag, please don't worry. I have found more than twenty homeless homeless people according to your instructions. They will keep an eye on the ten copper cabinets every day. No one will notice and nothing will happen."
"Well, the homeless thing can be taken a step further and they can be given some simple training, such as watching, following, hiding, etc. You should catch this matter yourself and keep it confidential."
"Okay, Commander-in-Chief. In addition, the people you have transferred out have been trained individually. Do you think we can start recruiting people from outside?"
Shen Hao put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and asked with a smile: "Did Zhang Liao ask you to ask?"
"Hey, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. Zhang Liao was a little anxious."
Except for Wang Jian who dared to say these words to Shen Hao in the entire Black Flag Camp, no one else dared to say them.
Shen Hao smiled and said: "You are in charge of expanding enrollment. Do you think they can recruit people?"
"That's enough. Zhang Liao has been a small flag officer and has experience in these. Moreover, the people I assigned him are all veterans. After recruiting new people and training for half a month, they should be able to form combat capabilities."
"Okay, if you think the time is right, then put up the recruitment notice. It's still the old rule, choose the people from the rootless and unreliable casual cultivators, don't recruit any noble disciples, but leave me seven If there is a shortage of strong men, the school commander will leave one for me."
"Okay flag general."
Wang Jian gave an "I understand everything" look, then turned around and went to An's instructions to do the work.
In terms of being "sensible", Wang Jian is more than a little bit better than Zhang Liao, Han Xin and others. He has a quick mind and does not need Shen Hao to explain many things clearly.
...
In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Jian reported the Black Flag Camp's plan to expand the camp to a small flag camp to Tang Qingyuan's apartment, who immediately approved it. Black Flag Battalion was already in a state of serious shortage of personnel, and Tang Qingyuan had no reason to disagree.
After that, the news spread that the Black Flag Battalion was going to select manpower from the Xuanqing Guard reserves and the garrison soldiers in various cities. Unlike the previous time when Black Flag Camp was founded and wanted to recruit people, which was cold, Wang Jian received more than a hundred notes in just half a day, all of which were self-recommendations.
