Everyone was shocked, who was this, so arrogant, calling Chang An by his first name, without even the word "princess" behind it.
Princess Chang'an was also stunned in the car. She opened the curtain and looked at the handsome young man in front of her. The young man smiled mischievously, reached out and took off his hat, and his hair was full of green hair sloping down like a waterfall.
Princess Chang'an called out: "Sister Pearl! It's you!"
When An Qingyue saw that the two of them knew each other and were a woman, they stopped trying to stop him. The woman ran up to him and held Chang An's arm, her eyes sparkling with tears.
"I heard from my eldest brother that your health has improved after Mr. Xiao's treatment. I have been thinking about you. I never thought we could meet again. When I saw you today, you looked much better!"
Princess Chang An also wiped away her tears and waved to Xiao Feng: "Master Xiao, let me introduce to you, this is Prince Degong's cousin, Lord Pearl County!
Sister Pearl lived in the palace before and often took me to play with her. I never expected to meet her here!"
There are clear standards for clan titles in the Ming Dynasty. Specifically speaking, the number of words is relatively long, which may be misleading. Here I will only talk about the clan women to help everyone understand.
The issue of clan title, regardless of male or female, is simply the same question: What is the name of father's father...
Taking the emperor Jiajing as the origin of the coordinate system, his aunt, his father's sister, would usually be named the eldest princess.
Jiajing's sisters will be named eldest princess, and Jiajing's daughters, such as Chang An, will be named princess. This is based on seniority. As long as you don't make mistakes, you can always get a professional title by the end of the year.
Theoretically, when Jiajing follows Xiao Feng to heaven, no matter which of his sons takes the throne, Chang An will automatically be
Upgraded to the eldest princess, this is a passive triggering skill.
The three titles of eldest princess, eldest princess and princess are entirely distinguished by seniority. In terms of closeness and nobility, there is almost no difference.
After all, they are all direct blood relatives of the emperor. Therefore, there is not much difference in treatment. They are both two thousand shi of food a year, and their husbands are also called Prince Consort.
However, the gap in titles below the princesses will widen. Their husbands can no longer be called consorts, but must be called Yibin.
However, there is a status difference between the guest of honor and the guest of honor. Just like the army staff, they are both called staff officers. Can regiment staff and division staff be the same?
The prince's daughter is called the princess, and her salary is eight hundred shi of grain a year. Her father's father is called the emperor, just like the princess, but the father is unlucky and did not become the emperor, but only became a prince.
The daughter of the county prince is called the county head, and her salary is six hundred shi of grain a year. Her father's father is called the prince.
The granddaughter of the county king is called the county king, and her salary is four hundred shi of grain a year. Her father's father is called the county king, which is the title of Pearl.
By analogy, the great-great-granddaughter of the county king is called the county king, and she gets three hundred shi of grain a year; the great-great-granddaughter of the county king is called the township king, and she gets two hundred shi of grain a year.
Below, no more. They are all called clan daughters.
This reflects the inequality between men and women in the feudal era. No matter how many generations the men of the old Zhu family were passed down, as long as the Ming Dynasty was still there, at least there was a Lieutenant of Fengguo, and they could not get away with two hundred shi of food a year.
But the girls in Lao Zhu's family no longer count after they reach Xiang Jun's generation. Her father's father's name is Lieutenant Fengguo, which is useless.
Princess Pearl is the cousin of Zhu Zaicheng, the current king of Degong in Shandong. Her father's father is the prince of the county.
She is twenty years old and older than Chang An, so Chang An calls her sister.
Of course, when an ordinary prince meets a princess, he won't dare to say yes even if she doesn't know how to call her sister. However, Pearl lived in the palace when she was a child and has a good relationship with Chang An, so she deserves to be called sister.
Besides, in order to stay with Xiao Feng's family, Chang An calls everyone "sister" and doesn't care at all.
Xiao Feng was convinced that the county magistrate Li Tianyao in front of him must be the guest of honor of Lord Pearl County, but the guest of honor was not allowed to participate in politics and serve as an official. This was a strange thing.
Li Tianyao naturally saw what Xiao Feng was thinking, and he bowed his hands and said, "Your Excellency, you must be thinking, how can you be the magistrate of Zaozhuang County when you are the guest of honour, right?
It's embarrassing to say that I, a junior official, was conceited about his talent and refused to give up the imperial examination. In order to fulfill my wish, Pearl wrote to the court and voluntarily gave up his status as a county prince and was demoted to the rank of eldest daughter."
Xiao Feng was stunned and couldn't help but look differently at the Lord of Pearl County who was holding Chang An's arm in tears. He also looked at Li Tianyao in a different light before him, who was not a guest of honor but a son-in-law.
Four hundred shi of food a year is not a small amount. If nothing else, how much is the annual salary of a county magistrate? Eighty-four shi is less than one-third of a soft meal!
Of course, looking at Li Tianyao's temperament, he doesn't look like he was born into a poor family. The father of Lord Pearl County would definitely be reluctant to let his daughter go hungry and would definitely provide some subsidies. However, the courage to abandon his status as a royal relative and the iron rice bowl in pursuit of advancement still makes him proud.
People admire.
Therefore, Xiao Feng's attitude towards Li Tianyao was much gentler, and he returned the courtesy and said: "I see, it's admirable. It's just that Mr. Li's etiquette joke is a bit too big."
Li Tianyao smiled and said: "Big
Because of the pearl, the lower official knew more about the affairs between the man and Princess Chang'an than others.
I think that as a great person, she would never quit the court for the sake of the position of consort, so Princess Chang'an would probably follow Pearl's example.
In this way, Xiaguan and your Excellency have become civil relatives, and it is time for us to perform family rituals."
Xiao Feng smiled helplessly, and Yu Dayou and Zhang Wuxin couldn't help laughing. The group entered the county in a harmonious atmosphere, and their mood was completely different from when they entered Qingzhou.
When Princess Chang'an heard what Li Tianyao said, she felt even better and looked at Pearl with a smile.
"Sister Pearl, you are so lucky to have found such a reasonable husband, but did the county prince's palace help you choose him?"
Pearl blushed and pinched Chang An quietly: "Why, it's reasonable to say that you and Mr. Xiao can make it work. He was not chosen by the county prince's palace, but I met him during a trip."
Lord Pearl County has been fond of dressing up as men and going out for fun since he was a child. A few years ago, he secretly took his maid out for an outing, but met a few dandy boys.
Those dandy boys did not realize that Pearl and the maid were women disguised as men, but they thought they were pretty, which made them even more excited and had evil intentions.
The result was just like what was written in the book. Li Tianyao passed by with his book boy and acted righteously, beating away several dandies and getting injured himself.
After hearing the news, people from the county prince's palace rushed to Li Tianyao and took Li Tianyao back to the county prince's palace as a reward for treating his injuries. Only then did Li Tianyao know that Pearl was the county prince.
The two fell in love at first sight. Although Li Tianyao was already a civil servant, in order to marry Zhenzhu, he still gave up going to Beijing to take the exam and became a guest of honor.
But he comes from a scholarly family and has great ambitions. He can't do anything in Yibin Mansion.
Like an eagle with broken wings.
Pearl saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart. Finally she gritted her teeth and stamped her feet, forcing her father to write a letter to the clan government and voluntarily cancel her status as a county prince so that her husband could take the imperial examination and become an official.
Li Tianyao was indeed talented, and he passed the Jinshi examination in one fell swoop. With his special status, the official department originally wanted to find a city in Shandong to serve as a deputy, but Li Tianyao voluntarily chose the small, remote and chaotic Zaozhuang County to be the magistrate.
Chang An asked puzzledly: "Why?"
Pearl pursed her lips and smiled and said: "He said that the more chaotic the place, the more ability can be reflected. It is easier to get a top grade in the evaluation and to be promoted quickly. Although the rank of Fucheng Deputy is high, it is difficult to be promoted."
Zaozhuang County is naturally much smaller than Qingzhou Prefecture, but Li Tianyao repeatedly invited Yu Dayou to lead troops to station in the city to facilitate his care. Yu Dayou repeatedly declined, and finally stationed outside the city.
Xiao Feng took a calligraphy test in the morning and knew that Chang'an was not in danger today, so he still brought twenty soldiers, plus Zhang Wuxin and An Qingyue, into the city together.
Li Tianyao prepared a banquet for Xiao Feng and his party to wash their hands of. The dishes were rich but not extravagant, and very decent. After three drinks, Xiao Feng told Han San about blocking the road and complaining.
Li Tianyao sighed: "I have been the magistrate of Zaozhuang County for three years now. In the beginning, this kind of thing happened every few days.
It seems that in the mines, human life is not as important as life! Many times when someone dies, the mine burns it directly without reporting it to the county.
Later, I forced all the agents to work as supervisors in the mines, leaving only one agent to take turns on duty in the city. Only then did I gradually curb this trend.
For this reason, I am the most difficult to recruit as a police officer in Zaozhuang.
Many people ran away after working for only a few days because they thought it was too hard. But the hard work paid off, and there were far fewer crimes now, and there were no prisoners in the county government cells.
I didn’t expect that there is still such chaos in the mines today. This catcher has been working in the county government for many years, and he has always been experienced in doing things. Shantun is a big mine, so I gave it to him specially. I didn’t expect that something like this would happen."
Xiao Feng advised him: "This matter is not yet clear. What both of them said is possible. Brother Li does not need to be so angry. Just interrogate carefully."
Li Tianyao frowned, not satisfied with the food, and drank three glasses of wine with Xiao Feng, stood up, and cupped his hands at Xiao Feng.
"Brother Xiao, I'm sorry. This matter is stuck in my throat. Please allow me to deal with it first."
Xiao Feng changed his title to him, obviously to express his closeness, and Li Tianyao also changed his title accordingly, but after all, he was not as shameless as Zhang Tianci. He was embarrassed to call himself younger brother, and he did not dare to call himself elder brother, so he could only use it vaguely.
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "Brother Li is really resolute and resolute."
Pearl and Chang An were eating at a table next to them, with a symbolic bead curtain hung up. Accompanied by Ru Hua and An Qingyue, they were laughing and joking happily. Upon hearing this, Pearl smiled.
"Master Xiao, don't be offended. Li Lang has always been like this. When he first came to Zaozhuang, there were so many cases everywhere. He couldn't sleep all day and all night, and he often went to court to hear cases overnight. He has gradually gotten better in the past two years."
Xiao Feng nodded: "Brother Li's style of judging cases, can you let me also watch?"
Li Tianyao nodded repeatedly: "I have long heard that Brother Xiao is profound in Taoism and can solve cases like a god. I will be lucky to have Brother Xiao teach me."
Princess Chang'an was eager to go to the hearing.
Grab her.
"When it comes to men, you just have to make do with it. As a man, you have to make him feel that you can't do the things he can do. Only then will he have a sense of accomplishment and like you more."
Ru Hua and An Qingyue blinked, and seemed to smell the faint fragrance of tea. They didn't know whether the women in the old Zhu family had this talent, or whether the two young ladies had nurtured each other since childhood.
In this version of Li Tianyao's promotion to the court, there was only one policeman on duty, and even the slogan for the promotion had to be played by one person in two roles.
First, he stood on the left and shouted "Wei...", then quietly moved his steps to the right and said "Wu...", which is quite true to Liu Tong's example.
Li Tianyao was shocked, and everyone in the audience raised their heads. Han San was the accuser, and he cried and told what happened on the road again.
After Han San finished speaking, the supervisor/captain Zhang also said what he said. As a slash young man, Zhang had a good grasp of his identity as the supervisor at this time and did not get into the emotions of the supervisor.
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The only policeman on duty in the hall, who had just returned from his shift recently, felt the same way about the policeman, and stood aside and glared at Han San.
Li Tianyao pondered for a moment: "Han San, what you said is generally consistent with what the supervisor said. The only difference between the two parties is why Boss Han died.
The body has been disposed of on the spot. This matter is illegal and the supervisor should be punished. However, if it is suspected that Boss Han was killed by others, there is insufficient evidence for this matter.
Do you have any other evidence that can prove that Boss Han died at the hands of others? Or you can prove that the next two people died at the hands of the supervisor."
Han San cried bitterly: "Sir, I really have no evidence, and neither do the two brothers behind me.
He died at the hands of the foreman, but he was indeed the one who ordered the crowd to beat him to death!"
The supervisor also kowtowed and said: "Sir, how can a villain know the laws of the court and let people beat and kill people? It's just two people who blocked the road to complain and offended the public. In the mining area, public anger is difficult to cause, and the villain can't control the situation.
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Li Tianyao pondered for a long time, and suddenly looked at the supervisor with stern eyes: "Captain Zhang, as a captor, you have rich experience in solving cases. Have you really looked carefully at Boss Han's wounds? Are they really caused by coal?
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The foreman was stunned and panicked under Li Tianyao's gaze: "Sir, I... I didn't look too carefully at the time, but there were cinders on the back of his head, and the cause of death should be suffocation under the soil. The back of the head was not fatal...
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Li Tianyao said coldly: "Is there anyone in the mining area who has any grudge against Boss Han?"
The supervisor looked at Han San: "It's not surprising that there are some frictions between the miners, but when Japan and Han San were digging the trails, no other miners came close..."
Li Tianyao said: "No miners have come close, but have any supervisors come close?"
The supervisor was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to reply: "I have never noticed that, the supervisor can move around the entire mining area at will..."
Li Tianyao pondered: "What Han San said is that Madam Han intends to hang herself. Is this possible?"
The supervisor nodded and said: "I have heard about this, but I have already distributed the pension money as usual, and I really can't take care of that much. I think the man died, and I couldn't think about it for a while..."
Li Tianyao said to the policeman on duty: "Take Zhang Captou and Han San to find Boss Han's wife and ask her