Rise From the Humble

"I thought you were a monk before, but now I realize that you are just an insidious beast wearing cassock."

"Tsk, tsk. Some people look human-like, but are dirty and dirty behind their backs."

Although the witch Ruonan let Zhu Pingan go, she didn't give Zhu Pingan a good look for several days in a row, and even made sarcastic comments from time to time.

After all, Zhu Ping'an made mistakes first and was embarrassed every time.

Hua'er, on the other hand, defended Zhu Ping'an time and time again. She didn't understand why the demon Ruonan slandered her uncle again and again.

On the second day, after Zhu Pingan performed various ceremonies, he officially took office and received visits from government officials.

However, Zhu Ping'an was in charge of military equipment and was destined not to stay in the official office for a long time. He was even more rooted than Chu Xiong and others on the branch patrol. Therefore, although these officials were respectful, they did not follow Zhu Ping'an.

Of course, Zhu Pingan is also happy to see this.

After officially taking office, Zhu Ping'an discovered that the position of being in charge of military readiness was a big pit, dark and big. Simply put, it was like the line in Love Apartment: not enough money, the actors have not been decided, and the script has not yet been decided.

Zhu Ping'an currently only has an edict specially issued by the imperial court to "organize military preparations", and nothing else.

There are no men or horses. Although Zhu Ping'an has the power to command troops and command all militiamen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the current situation is that there is not a single militiaman under the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Procuratorate;

No money or food. At present, Zhu Ping'an does not have a penny or a bucket of grain and grass, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Criminal Investigation Department currently does not have a budget for this.

There is no campsite.

No

There is only Zhu Pingan, a polished commander, and no one else. Zhu Pingan's most important issue at present is to solve these problems.

On the third day of rest, Zhu Pingan went to visit Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu. Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu serves as the admiral of Caojiang and the left guard of the navy army in Yingtian's left army governor's mansion. He is also in Yingtian mansion. Due to both sentiment and reason, Zhu Ping'an should pay a visit.

Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu did not live in the Dudu Mansion, but rented a large house in Yingtian Mansion.

Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu rents a house not because he cannot afford to buy a house. In fact, with the financial strength of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion, buying a house in Yingtian Mansion is not a big deal. But because of the strong anti-corruption policy of Emperor Hongwu, Ming Dynasty regulations prohibit it. Local officials buy houses in the place where they hold office. Any official who dares to buy real estate in the place where he takes office, regardless of the reason, will be punished with fifty lashes, dismissed from office, and all the purchased houses will be confiscated. The law clearly stipulates: "Any official who is an official is not allowed to buy land or house in the place where he is appointed. Anyone who violates the rule will be flogged fifty times, dismissed from office, and the land and house will be transferred to the official position."

It is precisely because of institutional constraints that even Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu, who is not short of money, can only rent a house in Yingtian Mansion.

The capital does not count.

Zhu Pingan often hears colleagues complain that this system is too harsh, but Zhu Pingan thinks this system is very clever. In modern times, Zhu Pingan has seen too many corrupt officials corrupted by real estate and other bribes. Criminals give officials houses or give them huge discounts when they buy houses. This disguised bribery method has corrupted many officials who are not firm in their stance. Although this ban of the Ming Dynasty could not eliminate corruption, it at least solved some of it.

In addition to prohibiting local officials from purchasing real estate in the administrative areas, the Ming Dynasty also prohibited taking local women as wives and concubines. The law stipulates: Any official in a prefecture or county who is close to the people and takes a woman from the people as his wife or concubine during his term of office shall receive an eighty-inch staff. The bride's family and the person who presided over the marriage are both guilty, and the wives and concubines are still separated. If a girl is married, she will be an official with wealth and gifts. This provision is to prevent officials from marrying local women, and the woman's family will benefit from the official's influence, which will lead to more serious family corruption.

Of course, no matter how good a policy is, there will always be various loopholes taken advantage of when it is implemented, but it is still much better than no policy at all.

Zhu Ping'an brought a greeting gift, came to the house where Linhuai Marquis lived, and presented a greeting note.

"Fifth Sister, you are here! What kind of greetings do you need when you come? You can just come in directly with me. Yesterday, the Marquis specially asked me to come to the concierge and wait, just because he was afraid that the concierge would not know you, so he told me that as long as you come, I will invite you into the house immediately." Just after Zhu Pingan sent the greeting card, a surprised voice came from the concierge.

Then, a somewhat familiar person walked out of the concierge. He was Li Er, a young housekeeper from the Linhuai Marquis Mansion in the capital.

It turned out that the Marquis of Laihuai had learned yesterday that he had come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to take up his post as the Procuratorate. Knowing that he would definitely come to visit, he specially asked Li Erlai, who knew him well, to be the concierge and wait for him to come to facilitate him.

"Uncle Lao is thinking about you. Thank you for your hard work, Butler Li." Zhu Ping'an said with his hands in hand.

"We are all one family, why should I be so polite? My aunt, please come in quickly. I will take you to see the Marquis." Li Er bent down and said.

The house rented by Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu was originally a private garden and was later converted into a residence. Although the courtyard area is smaller than that of the Linhuai Marquis Mansion in the capital, it still occupies a large area. The courtyard is exquisitely and beautifully built, with the ground dug into the ground to form a pond, stacking stones to form a mountain, and the mountains and rivers making it look like a fairy home. The living environment is much better than that of the building where Zhu Ping'an was assigned to the Ministry of Justice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Zhu Ping'an was led into the mansion by Li Er. On the way, Li Er asked the maid in the mansion and learned that the Marquis of Linhuai was taking exams for the younger master in the study, so he led Zhu Ping'an straight to the study.

Examination of the younger master’s coursework? !

Is it possible that the naughty boy Rui Brother also followed Linhuai Marquis to Yingtian Mansion? ! Zhu Pingan guessed after hearing this.

Zhu Ping'an and the two came to the study. Before they entered, they heard the angry voice of Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu, the sound of beating meat with bamboo boards, and the howl of the naughty boy Rui Geer like killing a pig. With a distinctive howl, Zhu Ping'an knew that he had guessed correctly, and Brother Rui, the naughty boy, was indeed here.

However, is it just a test of coursework? Why is corporal punishment started? ! Why did the naughty kid offend his father again?

"Master Marquis, the Fifth Young Master is here." Li Er seemed to be used to this scene and went to knock on the door.

"Zi Hou is here, please come in quickly."

After Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu heard the report, he dragged his fat body out and walked out, holding a cane in his hand. He had just used it to teach the naughty child, and he had not had time to throw it away.

"Ping'an meets uncle." Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands in greeting.

"We are all one family, why bother with all these red tapes, please come in quickly." Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu patted Zhu Pingan's shoulder with his fat hand and invited Zhu Pingan into the study.

Entering the study room, Zhu Pingan saw the naughty kid Rui Geer. At this moment, the naughty kid had tears and runny nose, and his shoulders were twitching. The two tears on his little fat face were very happy. With an aggrieved and dissatisfied expression, his two fat hands were rubbing desperately, and there were faint red marks on his palms. It seemed that Brother Rui, the naughty boy, had just been slapped on the palms of his hands with a cane by the Marquis of Linhuai.