Chapter 196 Qingliu County

After a period of twelve rides, the horse stopped at the Qingliu County Government... No, it should be outside the county government axe door. The leading officer looked up at the plaque of the government, which said "Qingliu County Government, but there was a sign "Qingliu County Government Axe of Fujian Province" hanging next to it. There was a layer of gray tiles on the top of the government gate, and a few of the broken pieces were about to fall off. The black and mottled land on the pillars of the government gate seemed to fall, and the blue, yellow and red tricolor flags on both sides were hung in front of the gate of the county government.

"What are you..."

The yamen standing at the door of the ya were holding a single martini rifle. He just shouted the first half of the sentence. When he saw clearly that the man who jumped off the horse, he was in a tea-green military uniform, a cowhide armed with a hand-body pistol, followed by two guards, and quickly stood up.

"Welcome, sir!"

At this time, the ward finally understands who this person is. It must be the governor of the Guangfu army sent by the state government of Nating. It has been said in the newspaper that the righteous county magistrate Shangtai County will not be appointed or removed for the time being, and only the civil affairs officer will be appointed.

"Hello, I'm Peng Zhiyang, a lieutenant of the 11th Division of the Guangfu Army, responsible for escorting the new civil affairs officer to take office! Where is your county magistrate?

"Hur, here please..."

In the county magistrate's bedroom, Shi Mingyuan touched the shaved head, and the hair on his head, which was not as long as a point, looked a little harsh, but after changing into this military plainclothes that was neither a horse coat nor a suit, although he was not used to it, and even felt uncomfortable, there was a smile on his face.

"It's still comfortable to have short hair!"

Cool!

Looking at the black "official clothes" in the mirror, Shi Mingyuan's heart is that beautiful! At that time, he was afraid that his official position would be taken away, but he did not think that the previous appointment letter arrived yesterday, and he was still the county magistrate.

"Adult..."

He was beautiful but interrupted. Shi Mingyuan looked back at the yaman entering the house and quickly put on some official power.

"What, my lord, I am now a servant of the people, the county magistrate! You have to remember to call me the county magistrate next time!"

"Yes, county magistrate, the mansion... The mansion has sent someone!"

"What?"

Shi Mingyuan was first shocked, and then his expression was serious.

"Quick! Invite them to the lobby and quickly order the delicious building to prepare a table of meals... Uh-huh! If you want more than 20 taels, the food and wine should be the best!"

Speaking of kung fu, Shi Mingyuan wore this "official suit" that he was not used to and walked towards the hall of the county government office with a pair of leather shoes.

As soon as I entered the lobby, I saw twelve people standing in the hall. Eight people were wearing similar "official clothes", four people were wearing tea-green military uniforms, and three people were standing next to the hall door with live ammunition. One of them was an official and stood in the lobby.

"Welcome all the heroes to this Qingliu County. Ben... I am looking forward to the stars and the moon. I am looking forward to sending civil servants early!"

When he entered the hall, Shi Mingyuan's face was full of smiles, arched his hand according to the Han rites in the newspaper, and then bowed again.

If there is something good on the top, there must be something good on the bottom. In the past few days, Shi Mingyuan has been learning the Han rites mentioned in this newspaper. Even Long live Master... No, it is the general who advocates "redressing the crown and salutes!" How can he not learn as a county magistrate? Today's Qipin... County magistrate, it's not possible to catch up with the Ming Dynasty. The commander-in-chief has opened the court, and he can also be promoted to a member of Yipin.

"County Governor Shi!"

Cao Jieren, who was standing in the hall, bowed gently, and then took out the appointment letter under the provincial governor's axe. Shi Mingyuan, who took over the appointment letter covered with the provincial governor's axe, saw that the provincial government axe set up six departments of law, civil affairs, postal, police, education, taxation and finance in the county, with 12 people in seven departments, one person in law, civil affairs, postal, finance and taxation, three in the police department and four in the education department.

Then when he looked at the documents under the provincial axe, the expression on Shi Mingyuan's face changed slightly.

The Legal Affairs Section is responsible for cooperating with the circuit court to the trial of criminal offenders and preside over civil disputes. The Civil Affairs Section is responsible for the civil affairs of the miscellaneous departments of Qingliu County. The Postal Section receives postal and telegrams. The Police Section takes over the county government office patrols and the yamen are responsible for maintaining local public security. The Taxation Section is responsible for clarifying the excessive and miscellaneous taxes and the actual collection of new taxes. The Finance Section is responsible for liquidation of the county. Ku, Lihe budget... The responsibility of these six subjects is almost equivalent to all the power of the county magistrate. The smile on Shi Mingyuan's face was originally piled up slightly. When it was seen that the county gentry was set up and the county and township consultation bureau were set up, and when the county magistrates were assessed in the next year whether the county magistrates were competent or not, his face became even more ugly. .

"Is there a problem?"

Seeing the change in the expression of the county magistrate Shi, Cao Jieren asked with a smile.

"No... No problem, you are all heroes of restoration. It's really a blessing for the county to come to serve in the small county..."

After two dry smiles, Shi Mingyuan squeezed out some smiles and said one after another, but the pain in his heart was not deceptive. Even if they all divided their powers, what's the use of being the county magistrate?

What other county magistrate should be responsible to the county advisory bureau, and he needs to accept the requirements of the county advisory bureau every month, which makes Shi Mingyuan feel that the county magistrate is far less majestic than in the past. Although the county magistrate is appointed by the provincial government axe, he can be admitted to the school one year later. If he can't pass the county advisory bureau examination, he will be dismissed.

"Blessings, if a year later, we will be satisfied if we can get the claim of a position in Qingliu County!"

Cao Renjie said with a smile that he knew that these county magistrates and magistrates would have resistance to the officials of the seven departments. After all, after the division of powers of the seven departments, both the county magistrate and the mayor were decorated. The officials of the seven departments only needed to be responsible for the advisory bureau and the provincial government axe, instead of being responsible to the county mayor.

"Sy colleagues, this is our pommel horse, my public servant prepares a table of water and wine in the restaurant, please..."

Before Shi Mingyuan finished speaking, a teenager who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old stood in the hall, but opened his mouth.

"The meal can be eaten after the afternoon. It's only ten o'clock in the morning. I also asked the county magistrate to hand over all kinds of official documents, and Yu Lian also had to liquidate the county treasury to calculate the budget of each department of our county from this month."

"Yes! Please ask County Magistrate Shi to arrange office space!"

Most of these young people who seem to be only 20 years old have graduated from Shanghai Industrial School or Fuzhou Majiang School. Most of them have only received several months of administrative training. At this time, they are also assigned to various positions.

For these young people who have just been appointed as civil affairs officials, nothing is as good as the government at hand. Before they took office, most of them accepted mobilization and knew that the responsibility on their shoulders was directly related to the success or failure of recovery.

"Ah!"

Listening to this, Shi Mingyuan suddenly sweated on his forehead. He borrowed 7,000 taels of silver from the treasury. If... nodded in a sinate, Shi Mingyuan had no choice but to smile. He knew that on the surface, there were only twelve people sent to the house, but there was a regiment of restoration troops stationed in Tingzhou Prefecture. Now If he doesn't cooperate, he can't last for three days. As soon as the army arrives, he will become the soul of the sacrifice flag.

Entering the dungeon in the backyard of Qingliu County, Feng Xue was immediately frowned by the choking stench. There were three prison rooms in the dungeon, and more than a dozen prisoners were locked in the thick wooden prison. Several of them were locked next to the urine tank, and several of them still had bruises after being beaten.

"What's going on?"

Feng Xue frowned and asked.

"Chelion Feng, these prisoners were disobedient and fought with other prisoners, so..."

The yaman who bowed his waist hurriedly replied.

"Oh"

He turned his head and looked at Liang Yuquan, the head of the fast class behind him. Feng Xue looked at the people who were locked next to the urine bucket. One of them looked a little weak. Will this kind of person fight with the fierce-looking prisoners?

Although he didn't say anything, he knew some rules in this prison. These old and sly prison officials used to blackmail prisoners in this prison. Some soaps that specialize in shackles and boards for prisoners will secretly ask for bribes from prisoners. If prisoners pay money, they will secretly tamper with them during torture to alleviate the prisoner's wounds, otherwise it will make prisoners suffer a lot. Not only ordinary prisoners, but also those prisoners on death row who are dying can't escape the fate of being knocked on by the jailers. This is the rule of the prison!

Listening to the moans in prison, Feng Xue hated it, but there was not much on his face. He just looked at these prisoners and finally said something.

"Lao Li, you go out first. I want to interrogate a few prisoners here!"

Several wardens behind him were stunned, and then left the dungeon with a smile. Naturally, they knew the rules. New officials often took office. The first was to check the tax, and the second was to check the prison, which was to scratch the "little braids" of their predecessor.

"The prison head of Li told me that if I want to be comfortable, it is also easy. In the inner room, there are high bunks and tables. What do you want to eat, but first spend fifty hangings to enter this room; then spend 30 hangings, remove the chain; if you spend another 20 hangings, you can lay underground; if you want a high pave, you have 30 hangings; if you eat opium, you can bring your own. Whether you come or do it on their behalf, turn on the light once and hang it five times. If it's open every day, it's good to take a hundred bags. The rest of the food has a price. Whether it's a long package or a meal, it's a good meal.

The person who looked a little weak at the edge of the locked urine bucket sighed.

"Then why are you still locked here?"

"I didn't have any money with me. As a result, I was pushed into the prisoners by the prison officials. I was beaten half to death by the criminals, and I was punished to stand for another night. It's not early in the morning, and it can be locked here again! Are these all the rules?"

The prisoner who was questioned squinted at the young man who was called the " section chief" by the jailer and sighed weakly.

"Don't say it's us. Even if it's a death row prisoner in that room, you have to pay,"

"No, the person sentenced to Ling Chi's execution will tell him that if he doesn't give money, he will stab his heart first and let him die happily; if he doesn't give it, he will be cut with a thousand knives, and his limbs will be cut off, and he will not die, and he will suffer alive. ... For the death row inmate who was going to be hanged, he told him: "If you pay the money, you will die if you hang once. If you don't pay the money, you can die if you hang three times and add other torture tools. Can you pay the money?"

Listening to them, Feng Xue took a pen and wrote them all down in the notebook he took with him. When he came, he already knew these rules, which were the same everywhere.

"Adult,"

"Huh?"

"I heard that the blood has recovered. In the past, I have also read "Enlightenment" and know human rights. I don't know when the darkness in this prison will be revealed?"

Feng Xue, who asked a question, smiled awkwardly. For the time being, he would not interfere with these. Although he was in charge of the legal department, he still had to put up with something at least before the stability of Qingliu County.

"Hmm! Let's wait until the overall situation is a little stable!"

With the book in his hand, Feng Xue shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"Many people are so "dead" under hunger and cold, disease and resentment." Yu's death is actually a "universal cause of death". Whether it is really due to illness or other abnormal deaths, it can be called "yu's death". More importantly, the government is not responsible.

When he walked out of the dungeon, he just sighed at the prison investigation report written in the school report. At least before the promulgation of the new law, he could not change everything here, even if he wanted to change it. After all, if he wanted to change the situation here, he needed not only the new law, but also the reform of the political axe at all levels. And this is not what he can control.

When the abacus was playing in the lobby of the county government, and occasionally looking at the lobby, Shi Mingyuan sighed for a long time. This governor's axe was completely different from the officialdom he was used to in the past. These people seemed to be young, but they could find out how many tricks from those files, but what he was most worried about was not the surname Fang. The chief of the legal department found out something from the criminal file. Since he took office, he has not been sentenced to unjust imprisonment. The only thing he was worried about was the teenager surnamed Liu. He also knew that this man could definitely find out his little thought.

At this time, Master Ma came to him and jingled in a low voice.

"Master, don't worry!"

"Why don't you worry!"

"Master, don't worry, several of these new prefectures and counties have clean buttocks, but you have heard that several people have been beaten into prison. Now, this Fujian is the first recovery, and the governor's axe is looking for a stable word,"

As he spoke, Master Ma clicked those young people with his chin again.

"Master, didn't you read the newspaper that most of these young people are handsome students. Do you think they can stay in a small county like ours for a few days?"

When Master Ma was talking, he pointed to the beard on his lips, looking like he was full of breasts.

"In this world, sooner or later, the commander-in-chief will definitely be beaten down. At that time, my lord, you think the world is so big, just how many officials are needed in the capital. The commander-in-chief must want to take advantage of the present, first to send his disciples to the place first, to stabilize the place, and implement the new policy of restoration. After all, although the old rule is temporarily extended, but This advisory office is always to be built, and new taxes are always to be levied. Isn't it all up to them!

Then he straightened his chest again.

"Secondly, but I want to sharpen one or two with local chores and wait for a big use in the future!"

"What do you mean?"

Shi Mingyuan's eyes were shining, but his eyes changed slightly when he looked at those young people.

"Master, just take a look! Whether the new dynasty is in Jiangning or Beijing in the future, they will definitely go back. At least the new emperor will definitely make great use of them in the future. We just need to follow them. This new dynasty and new atmosphere will not be guaranteed..."

With that, Master Ma put his mouth to the master's ear and muttered softly in his ear.

The more Shi Mingyuan listened, the more reasonable he felt. Looking at the eyes of those young descendants, they had already appeared. It seemed that these young people were his way to advance in the future.

Feeling the strange look thrown outside the door, Cao Jieren just smiled in his heart. He knew what these old officials were thinking, what they thought was their business, and what they did was their own business, not to mention that they thought so, which was more beneficial to the future work.

When these people were rummaging through the accounts and checking the files, the education departments were there with a simple oil printing machine and printed a notice. The content of the notice was very simple. Like the restoration of all prefectures and counties, it was a notice of advice. There was also an enrollment notice for the county teacher's accelerated class.

Near noon, two government officials posted a few notices on the notice board outside the county government office. After a while, they surrounded a group of people who had been curious since they saw more than a dozen people riding horses to the county. People crowded around the notice and looked at the content of the notice.

"... According to the Measures for the Implementation of Public Treatment of Students in Temporary Government Axe Normal School", normal students are exempted from tuition fees, accommodation fees, books, sports, medicine, health and other miscellaneous expenses, and all meals. And the school provides 2 sets of single uniforms and 1 set of cotton uniforms for normal students. The cost of internship materials such as art, labor, physical and chemical, biology, etc. is also paid by the school, and excellent students can also enjoy scholarships..."

When the literate held the admission notice of the Qingliu County Rapid Normal School, he saw that one of the old scholar dressed up shook his head and sighed.

"If you want to teach people to be a teacher in the normal school, why don't you open a father school to teach people to be a father?"

His words caused a burst of laughter around him, and some young people stared at the notice. The provincial governor's specific "Measures for the Treatment of Primary School Principals and Teachers" "The minimum monthly salary for primary school teachers: Class A qualification is 20 yuan; Class B qualification is 18 yuan; C qualification is 16 yuan; D qualification is 14 yuan; The E-class qualification is 12 yuan.

This salary has attracted some poor scholars, especially those who know that their families are poor at a glance, and they are staring at this free school and the generous treatment.

"Wow... The teacher's salary, the poor county shall be filled by the governor's axe, and shall not be in arrears, and the county magistrate shall be dismissed..."

Eyes at the content of the notice, although the notice was too white, the young man in the crowd was dressed in a green cloth scholar's robe. After reading this sentence, he looked at the patched clothes on his body again. When his head was raised, he broke his short hair between his neck and stroked his neck. He walked towards the county government. The notice said that he was in the county government. Name, after the textbook is delivered in January, the normal school can start.

At the door of the government, he met a person. As soon as they met, they bowed and saluted.

"Brother Mingli, are you... Are you also here to apply for that normal school?"

"Zhezhi, you just got the township A-class in your year. Did you also come to report to that school?"

"There is no way. Now the new and old dynasties are changing, but I don't know how many years will it take for Enke to reopen. This family is poor and should make a living..."

The two bowed and talked side by side in the Qingliu county government office. "If you want the teacher's school to teach people to be a gentleman, why don't you open a father's school to teach people to be a father?" The fast-growing teacher's school.

(to be continued)