The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Liang Qiling endured the humiliation and took the county officials out to welcome Xun Zhen into the county temple. I want to record prisoners. The county magistrate should bring the case files within a year and present them to the prefect for inspection."

"Recording prisoners" is a judicial system in the Han Dynasty, that is, higher-level officials regularly or irregularly check whether the arrest and trial actions of lower-level agencies are legal and whether there are errors, patrol prisons, and record the situation of detainees in order to rehabilitate them in time. Injustice.

When Xun Zhenfang arrived at the temple in Liangqi County, he didn't say a word, he was about to take prisoners. The meaning was obvious: I want to trouble you.

Although Xun Zhen was Liang Qi who came with the intention of revenge, according to his temper, he was not in such a hurry.

The reason for such a hurry is because Liang Qiling has gone too far. He first refused to welcome him, and then arranged for someone to block the road in the county, which was too deceiving. If the damage is light, it will be very bad for him this time. In the long run, it will be bad for him this time. It will be very bad for his future governance.

You need to know: This time is his first trip to the county since he became the prefect of Wei County, and Liang Qi is his first stop in this county. It can be said that this is the beginning of his official rule of Wei County, and from the beginning Liang Qiling blatantly refused to give face, and if he could not immediately hit back hard and suppress this behavior, if he dealt with weakness, his prestige would be discredited. Once his prestige is wiped out, first of all, the counties in the back are likely to follow suit, embarrassing him, and secondly, he will no longer want to have an authoritative position in Wei County, and his future decrees, including those he issued earlier The few decrees related to farming can't be expected to be successfully implemented.

During the Han Dynasty, if you want to be a good county governor, there are three problems you must face.

The first is the officials of the county government, and the governor of the county must be able to restrain the officials.

The prefects are foreigners, and many prefects are unable to control officials, such as the modern Zongzi.

Zongzi was from Nanyang. When he was the prefect of Runan, he wanted to appoint Fan Pang's nephew as a county official because of the request of Tang Hengzhi, the permanent attendant. At that time, Fan Pang was the county meritorious officer and was in charge of the personnel power in the county. The order was released and refused to issue.

Fan Pang is a famous party member, and has a great reputation in Runan. Zongzi did not dare to be angry with him, but he took his anger at Zhu Ling, the bookkeeper, and called him "Angry Hammer". While being beaten, Zhu Ling raised his face and said, "Today I would rather be flogged to death than Pang." Zongzi had no choice but to stop.

This is a typical example of the county governor's inability to control the officials, leading to the fall of power.

Let's not say that Fan Pang's behavior of "because he is not a human, he sleeps without calling" is right or wrong, but that Zong Zi didn't even dare to get angry with him, he only dared to beat a fighting official like Shuzuo. Shuzuo, who was a fighting eater, refused to listen to him, and kept saying, "It must not be violated." You can imagine how much Zongzi lived in Runan. The people of Runan County made a rumor at the time: "Fan Mengbo, the prefect of Nanyang, the owner of the Runan sect, Huanuo", the prefect of a dignified county has become "the main painter of the promise", and he has become Fan Pang's answer, which is very sad and pitiful.

As soon as Xun Zhen arrived in the county, he expelled all the county officials who were disrespectful to him. There was no problem in pacifying the county officials.

The second is that the county magistrate and the chief have to be able to hold down.

Some county magistrates and chiefs have served in the county longer than the county governor. For example, Liang Qiling, Xun Zhen just arrived as the prefect of Wei County, and this Liang Qiling has been in Liangqi for several years. The local aristocrats and surnames are familiar with each other. In this case, such magistrates and magistrates are likely to collude with the localities and oppose the new prefect.

For example, in the former Han Dynasty, the famous minister Xue Xuan served as Zuo Fengyi, and there were two county magistrates in Zuo Fengyi who were both greedy and cunning. Feng Yi knew that the two of them had committed many wrongdoings, but tried to cure them several times but couldn't. In the end, it was all over. Such a county governor was very aggrieved in front of him, so when Xue Xuan took office, he used a The two orders were expelled separately by the method of rigidity and softness.

The third is to be able to hold down the powerful surnames in this county.

The tyrants in the county are well-deserved local snakes. If they cannot be quelled, the county governor will be oppressed by them. This kind of thing happened many times in the former Han Dynasty and this dynasty. For example, when Emperor Xuan of the former Han Dynasty, Liu Bei's hometown There is a big surname Gao in Zhuo County. Strictly speaking, there are two big surnames. They are divided into "West Gao" and "Dong Gao". "Everyone from the county officials and below is afraid of it" and did not dare to offend them. Xian said: "Ning The two thousand stones are worthless, and there is no responsibility for the nobles.” Some of the guests of these two families relied on the power of the main family to commit thieves. When the incident happened, they fled into the Gao family. The prefect's punishment did not dare to offend these two surnames.

To be the prefect to this level is also very boring and very aggrieved.

Among the county officials, county magistrates, and Haoqiang, the most difficult to treat is Haoqiang. Especially Wei County, Wei County has Zhao clan, the emperor calls Zhao Zhong "mother", and he wants to rule the Zhao family for two thousand stones? Basically impossible. However, for Xun Zhen, the surname of the hero is the easiest, because he has already decided to kill the Zhao family, and he will destroy the family as soon as the fire arrives. However, before the clan exterminates the Zhao clan, that is, before the fire is over, he has to do a few things in order to get this "fire".

One of the most important things is that he must establish his authority among the officers of the county.

Whether it is a county official or a county official, at least let them not dare to go against their own wishes.

Otherwise, it will not only be detrimental for him to secretly collect evidence of the Zhao family's illegality, but also detrimental to his actions against the Zhao family in the future. Just think: If the county and county officials are more afraid of the Zhao family than he is, then even if he wants to collect the illegal evidence of the Zhao family, no one will dare to cooperate. The second is that the Zhao family can't find anyone who can do anything for their sins.

In short, whether it is for his future decrees to be seriously implemented by the counties or to exterminate the Zhao family, this Liang Qi decree must be rectified. - The fact that the decree was implemented by the counties is also a matter for Xun Zhen. It is very important that he has always focused on the military since his fortune, and he has never shown it in civil affairs. Although the military is very important, he does not want to be regarded as just a "military minister", so he is very important as the prefect of Wei County. I want to make some civil achievements.

When Liang Qiling heard the trial match, he froze for a while, swallowed Wei Qiu's affairs involuntarily, looked out of the hall subconsciously, and said, "It's almost dusk, it's too late, now we're recording prisoners?"

Shen Pei asked, "Is there any inconvenience for the county magistrate?"

"...That's not true."

"Since there is no inconvenience, please ask the official to present the case."

Looking at Xun Zhen who was sitting on the table with a flat expression, Liang Qiling felt guilty for no reason.

A few days ago, he found Zhao Ran's subpoena. He knew that Xun Zhen was going to Xun Zhen Xing County, and he had ordered people to review all the cases. Although he felt that there was no problem, he saw Xun Zhen's indifferent expression. But suddenly felt uneasy.

Probably because the twilight was getting darker and the hall was getting darker, this feeling of unease became stronger and stronger. He said: "Although it is not inconvenient, but it's getting late, and the bus ride in the morning is exhausted, so it's better to take a rest tonight and try again tomorrow. It's not too late to record the prisoner."

Shen Pei turned to look at Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen remained silent.

Shen Pei turned his face back, asked Liang Qiling again, and said, "Is there any inconvenience for the county magistrate?"

What he asked in the last sentence was, "The county lord is inconvenient." This sentence asked, "The county lord is inconvenient." Although there is only one word missing, the meaning is subtly different.

Liang Qiling laughed dryly and said, "Is there any inconvenience."

"Then please submit the case."

"Yes."

Liang Qiling didn't dare to say more, so he ordered the county meritorious cao who was sitting in the hall to go to the county cao to collect the case files within a year.

Xun You opened his mouth and said slowly, "Bring the official staff book, the money and grain book and other books together."

"……Yes."

Xun You coughed and winked, Dian Wei and Zuo Bohou, who were standing outside the hall with a halberd, understood. After the county meritorious officer came out, Zuo Bohou followed closely behind with two personal guards. Liang Qiling's expression changed, he glanced at Xun You, saw that this man was wearing a Confucian robe and did not wear a seal, guessing that it was Xun Zhen's first-class "guest", he said to Xun Zhen in dissatisfaction, "What does Duke Ming mean?"

Xun Zhen was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Shen Pei said: "There will be many cases and books, and these few guards of Duke Ming can help your county's meritorious officers to get them."

Liang Qiling was furious and said, "Do you think I'm a fool? These soldiers are clearly there to monitor my meritorious officers!" He was about to express his dissatisfaction, but saw Xun Zhen calmly stand up and walk out of the hall. He was caught off guard. , I don't know what Xun Zhen meant, but the words came to the mouth, and changed to, "Where does Duke Ming want to go?"

Xun Zhen looked at it, grinned, and said, "Is Xianling's nose bad?"

Liang Qiling was stunned and asked, "What does Duke Ming mean?"

"The county temple in Guixian has a rancid smell, which is really unpleasant..."

When Xun Zhen said this, she paused, looked at Liang Qiling thoughtfully, her eyes shifted from his thinning hair to the wrinkles on his forehead, then to his gray beard, and asked, "Excuse me, Xianling, this year Gui Geng?"

Xun Zhen's two sentences jumped too far, Liang Qiling was unpredictable, and answered truthfully: "There are six of fifty this year."

"No wonder, no wonder!"

"Why?"

"No wonder the county temple in Guixian has a rancid smell."

Liang Qiling was stunned for a while, and then he realized that Xun Zhen was scolding him for getting old and dying, so his body had a rotten odor, and even stained the entire county temple, he was furious, stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "Official official Although it is small, it cannot be humiliated!"

"I've entered your county now, and before I entered the city, there are suitors on the road, covering the road is full, no less than a few hundred people, you are extremely incompetent in governing the county! The county temple, but I went to the county temple, but there was no one in the temple. It can be seen that in the county, you must be violent in terms of government and punishment, like a wolf herding sheep. Therefore, the county people are afraid of your prostitution, so they dare not come to the county temple to file a lawsuit. , It can be seen that your corpse is a vegetarian meal, and you are tyrannical. It can be seen that your tyranny is more fierce than a tiger. You are so arrogant in the county, how dare you roar and rude in front of me?"

"you!"

Liang Qiling was so scolded by Xun Zhen that he couldn't say a word. He couldn't say to Xun Zhen: Most of the hundreds of people were brought by him, and most of them did not have any lawsuits. I won't come to the county temple.

"What am I?"

"Those hundreds of people..."

"What about the hundreds of people?"

Liang Qiling stared, opened his mouth wide, but couldn't say a word.

Xun Zhen turned and asked outside the hall, "Where is Chen Dao?"

This time, there were 500 righteous chariots in the county, with Dian Wei as the leader and Chen Dao and Zhao Yun as their assistants.

Dian Wei responded from the corridor outside the hall, "Chen Dao is outside the courtyard."

Zhao Yun was in charge of the protection of the temple gate, Chen Dao was in charge of the protection outside the courtyard, and Dian Wei was in charge of the protection outside the hall.

"Pass him up."

A few steps inside and outside the courtyard, and soon, Chen Dao came with a sword in his armor and bowed down in the hall.

"Liang Qiling is unable to serve, I will impeach him, and now take Chen Dao as Liang Qiling."

When there is no chief officer in the county, the county governor can appoint the chief officer and the chief. Don't do it, because most of the people who can serve as county magistrates are the children of the county gentry family or the children of the powerful. Doing so would hurt their family's face, and it would be equivalent to cutting off their careers. As mentioned above, "No "Competent" is the biggest denial of an official~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Liang Qiling was shocked and angry, he thought he had Zhao Ran as the backing, he charged with blood, pointed at Xun Zhen, and cursed: "How dare you do this, Shuzi. !"

"Not only is he incompetent, but also humiliating the officials, where is Dian Wei?"

"Wei is here!"

"Take him down and put him in the custody room."

Liang Qiling said angrily, "I am a minister of the imperial court, how dare you look at me without authorization?"

"If Xian Ling is willing to hang his seal and resign, then I can temporarily not serve as the commander, or I will not detain you. If Xian Ling refuses to resign, I will write to the prefecture and the court tomorrow to impeach Xian Ling."

Xun Zhen strode out of the hall, put on her shoes at the entrance of the hall, looked back at Liang Qiling who was standing on the hall, smiled at him, and said again: "I'm resigning myself to leave room, or I can show my eyebrows in the future. , or be appointed by me to guard the order and impeach you, so that your leader will be humiliated, please think about it."

Also as mentioned above, there is a characteristic of the administrative law of the two Han dynasties, that is to ignore the past, Liang Qiling is like resigning himself, then after some time, there is still a chance to become an official, but if he refuses to resign, he is appointed by Xunzhen as a guard. Therefore, the comment of "incompetent" will most likely cut off his future career. At the same time, the law of governing officials in the two Han Dynasties has another feature, that is, if the officials break the law, they will not only deal with the officials, but also "election". In this way, if Xun Zhen is convicted of his impeachment, he will also be punished by his advocate. One of the most shameful acts, he will surely be cast aside by public opinion.

Liang Qiling's face was pale, but Xun Zhen's smile made him feel cold.