Yaren cupped his hands and said: "Two of your staff went to drink wine last night, and one of them found a prostitute to accompany the wine. As a result, early this morning, two prostitutes came to complain, saying that they only accompanied the wine and did not sell their bodies. But your two staff He made them drunk and defiled their bodies, so the county magistrate arrested two aides and tortured them. They couldn't stand it and had to admit that they had sex under the influence of alcohol. Both of them confessed and were taken into custody and are now in the county jail. , no one is allowed to visit.”
"Ah! What should I do? Is there any way for me to see them?"
"Seeing that it's impossible, I offered to pay more, but even the prison guards didn't dare agree, but I can make some changes."
"How to work around it?" Zhang Bin asked urgently.
Yaren smiled and said: "I know an elder brother, who knows the inside story better. If I am willing to spend ten guan, he can tell you the inside story, and maybe he can also send you a message."
Zhang Bin had already given up and ordered his entourage: "Give him twelve guan of money and ask him to find me some clothes. I can't afford to be humiliated in official uniform."
Half an hour later, Zhang Bin changed into dark blue clothes and a futou on his head and came to a teahouse near the county government office. He had just applied medicine on his shoulder and the pain was gone.
The Yaren introduced him to Song Yasi from the county government, a black man in his thirties.
Song Yasi took him to the inner room, while the others were waiting outside.
"I'll just tell you a few words. I won't recognize you outside this door. If you come to me again, I won't recognize you."
Zhang Bin nodded, "I know, just say it, Song Yasi!"
"I know that the official is Zhang Zhifu appointed by the imperial court, but for you, Chengdu is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. His Highness King Yong will never allow the imperial power to appear in Chengdu, so you are destined to have no good results. I advise you to leave and return to Lin'an as soon as possible. go."
The words of Chief Song were extremely harsh to Zhang Bin. He waved his hand and said, "Tell me about the case first. Can my two staff be rescued?"
Song Yasi sighed and said: "I know you don't like to hear it, but for the sake of ten dollars, I tell you a few words of truth. The case of your two aides is true. There are all witnesses and material evidence. Two It is true that prostitutes are accompanying people with drinks and not selling their bodies. It is estimated that your staff was drunk and drugged with aphrodisiacs. This kind of thing happens a lot. It is usually to extort a sum of money, but this time it was a big deal. Two prostitutes reported to the police. Two of your The staff also confessed and were handed over to the government and the Sentencing Department for review. Under normal circumstances, they would be moved thousands of miles away and exiled for three years."
Zhang Bin gritted his teeth and said: "Zheng Ainong must be behind the plan, there is no one else except him."
His eyes suddenly lit up, "Wait a minute! Did you just say that the case needs to be reviewed and approved by the government?"
Song Yasi shook his head secretly. This Magistrate Zhang is really an idiot. He talked for a long time and wasted his words. He still thought he could be the Magistrate?
"It needs to be reviewed and approved by Zheng Ainong's officials. It has nothing to do with you."
Song Yasi stood up and said: "One of your aides named Qian asked you to find Zheng Dutong. Well, I have said what I have to say. I will not recognize anyone after walking out of this door."
After saying that, Song Yasi turned around and walked away. Zhang Bin sat in the room in a daze. After a while, he stood up and said to his entourage: "Let's go find Zheng Dutong!"
In the afternoon, Zhang Bin rushed to the military camp and met Zheng Ping. Zheng Ping handed a letter to Zhang Bin, "Please arrange for someone to send this letter to my father. This is my official reply to him."
Zhang Bin took the letter and said: "Two of my men were arrested by the county government. I beg Zheng Dutong to help and release them."
Zheng Ping said for a while: "His Royal Highness King Yong is in Chengdu! I dare not interfere in local government affairs. Let's wait for two days! When he leaves, I will ask for your favor."
Zhang Bin left with all his thanks. He had no choice now and did not dare to go to Chen Qing. He could only patiently wait for news in the post house.
Two days later, Lu Qingshan arrived in Chengdu, and Chen Qing personally went to the pier to welcome him.
Lu Qingshan was not only an elder to Chen Qing, but he was also the Prime Minister of the imperial court. With his status and ability, he was in charge of Sichuan Road for him, able to suppress the evil spirits of Bashu and Sichuan Road and stabilize Sichuan Road quickly.
"Your Highness, among all the places in the Song Dynasty, Chengdu is my favorite. It has not been ravaged by the Jin people. Only here can you still see the prosperous Xuanhe era."
Walking into the city, Lu Qingshan liked the prosperity of the city very much. He pointed at a tall building in the distance with his riding crop and said with a smile: "That is the library of the official school! I built it when I was studying in Chengdu when I was seventeen years old. I am almost forty in a flash.
Years have passed."
"Uncle, do you feel that time passes too fast?"
"Exactly!"
"I thought I would retire and be buried at home, but fate sent me to Chengdu again. Your Highness, do you think I can work for another ten years?"
"If my uncle is happy with his work, there will be no problem in working for another twenty years."
Lu Qingshan laughed and said, "That's good! If I am happy with my job, I will work for you for another twenty years."
Sichuan Road Shangshu Xingtai Mansion is the former Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy Siguan Yamen. It covers an area of about 20 acres. The chief officer is the general manager of Shangshu Xingtai, who is concurrently held by Chen Qing. Lu Qingshan serves as the chief history officer, and Chen Qing serves as the chief officer of each place.
Conventionally, for example, in the Hedong Road Shangshuxingtai official office, Chen Qing was also the chief secretary, and Zhang Xiaochun was the chief secretary. There was also the Hexi Road general manager, who was also Chen Qing.
Zheng Ainong greeted the arrival of Lu Qingshan at the door. Chen Qing introduced Lu Qingshan: "This person was originally the Chengdu magistrate who succeeded Li Yi, but now he has been appointed as the general magistrate of Chengdu."
Lu Qingshan immediately understood that this was an agreement reached between Chen Qing and the imperial court. The imperial court would send someone as the magistrate, and someone from Chen Qing would be the general judge. In order to deal with this situation, Chen Qingcai decided to establish the Sichuan Road Shangshu Xingtai Prefecture.
"Let's go in and talk!"
A group of people came to the official lobby. Chen Qing sat in the main seat, and everyone sat on both sides. Chen Qing asked Chao Qing to hang up the structural diagram of the Shangshu's office, and Chen Qing personally went on stage to explain to everyone.
"The Shangshu Xingtai Mansion has one general manager, and according to the usual practice, I will serve concurrently. Next, there will be a chief historian and a military envoy. Zheng Ping will be appointed as the military envoy, so I won't go into details. The chief historian will be Lv Gong.
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Lu Qingshan stood up and smiled and nodded to everyone, who burst into warm applause.
Chen Qing continued: "The long history is composed of three parts: the Government Affairs Office, the Penalty Inspection Office and the Salt and Iron Transfer Office. Previously, the Internal Affairs Hall asked me to set up an inspection office. I think there is no need to repeat it, so I still have the Inspection Department of Prince Yong's Mansion.
The fourth department is also in charge of Sichuan Road. The fourth department was originally in charge of Hanzhong and will soon move the government offices to Chengdu."
Everyone immediately understood what Chen Qing meant. It was not that there would be no inspection office, but that there would not be an inspection office under the Shangshu Xingtai. The Supervision Office was independent of the Shangshu Xingtai.
Chen Qing pointed to the Government Affairs Office again and said: "There are six Cao Cao, judges and officials under the Government Affairs Office. In addition, it also has a very special department called the Envoy Station. The general magistrates from various states in Sichuan Road also serve as the Envoy. What is the Envoy Station?
It means that the review submitted by each county must be aggregated to the branch office of the state where it is located. In other words, the branch office is the real seat of the state government in each state on Sichuan Road."
Lu Qingshan smiled and said: "In other words, now the state offices of various states have become empty frames."
"That's exactly what I mean. The agreement I reached with the imperial court is that the imperial court is in charge of the state capital and I am in charge of the county. So how can I manage it? I rely on the envoys to manage it."
Lu Qingshan nodded and said: "His Highness has a very large structure for Shangshu Xingtai, which requires a lot of manpower, but where will the manpower come from?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I roughly estimate that the imperial court will send twenty governors to Sichuan Road to take office. In this way, we will have twenty officials who will be replaced and retired. Except for some officials who are older and will directly retire.
, there are still sixteen or seventeen high-ranking officials. Some of them will go to the five states on Jinghu South Road to take up posts, and the rest will serve in the Shangshu Xingtai Mansion. As for the civil servants in each state government, they will serve in the Envoy Office. In this way,
The manpower shortage in Xingtai Prefecture has been solved, and the state capital is basically empty."
Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment and said: "It's okay to do this, but I still suggest that the treatment of these prefects and prefects should be guaranteed as much as possible. This is just a struggle between us and the court and has nothing to do with them. On the other hand, it also seems that
Your Highness's attitude towards things rather than people shows His Highness's broad-mindedness."
Chen Qing nodded with a smile and said to Zheng Ping: "Let's give Lu Changshi some face. Later, you say hello and release Zhang Bin's two staff, and arrange the official residence behind the government office for Zhang Bin, allowing him to go to the government office every day."