Hunting 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 also received a blow. At the same time, some tribesmen also suffered punishment:

Exiled to Liao Kingdom.

Jin Yiwei made a huge fortune from ransacking his house. As usual, he paid 70% to the public and kept 30% for himself.

Although the main residence of the Confucius Mansion was spared, the Zhuangtian Villas in various places were not, and more than 300,000 silver coins were copied.

This is almost the tax of a county.

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, apart from occasional civil unrest and disasters in some areas, Jinyiwei has no room to display its capabilities.

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, people 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 Jinyiwei is not an organization that eliminates violence and eliminates corrupt officials as imagined. It is also a political tool and an extension of the emperor's autocratic power.

For example, it was most popular during the Ming Taizu period and the Chengzu period of the Ming Dynasty.

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 Jin Yiwei 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 powers are sufficient. 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 Jin Yiwei, 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. 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 Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor 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 over the 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 he finds an opportunity where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, he will deal with it decisively and without hesitation.

Obviously, the importance of Liao Kingdom is obviously greater than that of Confucius.

…

Here, in Liaodong.

The prince Zhu Cunqu assumed the pseudonym Zhu Qu and 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 township, and the people call it the township government office. The same is true for the government offices, and it is customary.

The township chief, the township elder, and the township policeman, the three elders who hold the official rank of the ninth rank, 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 county head Bo in name only, 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 magistrates, 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 does not have the tender skin and tender flesh before, but at first glance, he is from the army.

The magistrate sat for a while and then left, as did the county magistrate and the six-room secretary, leaving behind a group of government servants who sat down with him and became very affectionate.

Chief Catcher Bai Ying grabbed him, poured 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 as a police officer, I was the deputy captain of the Beijing camp." Bai Ying said proudly: "I couldn't stand the hardships 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 criminals; the police officer is the person who is really responsible for apprehending criminals, and is also the position with the most money.

"The two are called catchers and fast hands respectively, so they are called catchers and they form three squads of yamen servants."

Bai Ying sighed: "Now the emperor's benevolence has put us all into the first rank, and the quick ones are from the ninth rank, and the head is 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 thing." Bai Ying chuckled and said: "A 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 office, you can find out with a little inquiry.

For example, in a lawsuit, after eating, you go home and eat at home. This is normal operation.

"Now that Master Tongjian is here, our squadrons and detectives 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 police officers 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 it actually has a distribution room and a cabinet warehouse, 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 and a look that 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 was a boy student, just one step away from becoming a scholar. He failed the exam after 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 worry, 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 provides good wine and meat. When the month is busy, one hundred and eighty yuan can't stop you. Even if it's not good, you can still get 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 really 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, but smiled broadly.

However, at the end, he still shook his head and said:
To be continued...