Chapter 24 Personal Secretary
County Wei Deng really knew a little about painting. In ancient times, calligraphy and painting were the profession of scholars, and he knew a little bit more. He just glanced at it and found where the inscription of Sima Tang was, and carefully identified it. It turned out that there were two words Tang Lin. He recognized Tang Lin's calligraphy and painting, and he knew that Tang Lin's calligraphy and painting were both outstanding, and it was very famous. This landscape brushwork and artistic conception was similar to that of Tang Lin's paintings he had seen, and it should be his own handwriting.
As soon as he saw the word Tang Lin, County Magistrate Deng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
Who is Tang Lin? How could he not know that Deng County Wei was in the officialdom for a long time? Before becoming Sima of Yizhou Prefecture, Tang Lin was definitely a high-ranking official - the third-rank Minister of Justice, Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu!
The Ministry of Justice was one of the six central ministries of the Tang Dynasty. It was responsible for formulating and revising laws and regulations, managing national prisons, assessing criminal officials, and selecting relevant outstanding talents. At the same time, it may directly hear special cases according to the emperor's edict. For major cases, in the form of "three officials to judge", together with the Dali Temple and the Censorate, the death penalty case and the case of prison sentences of capital officials, and cases of death sentences and death sentences, after the Dali Temple is completed, it must be submitted to the Ministry of Justice for review. Therefore, the Ministry of Justice is actually equivalent to the current Standing Committee of the People's Congress, the Organization Department of the Central Committee (provincial and ministerial level judicial personnel assessment and appointment and removal), the Ministry of Justice and half the Supreme Court. Dali Temple is only equivalent to the other half of the Supreme Court. Therefore, in terms of rank, the Minister of Justice is the third rank, while the Dali Temple Minister is only from the third rank.
A few days ago, Tang Lin offended the emperor for some reason and was demoted to Yizhou as Sima, becoming a deputy position as a governor. However, according to the rules of the officialdom, local officials dare not really treat the demotions from the capital as deputy position, because there are many reasons for these demotions, many of which are deep-seated power struggles, which are difficult for outsiders to know. Therefore, due to the changes in the situation of the power struggle, these demotions may make a comeback. There are too many such cases. Maybe one day someone goes up and step on your head, which is not causing trouble for yourself?
Yizhou has a Grand Governor's Office, commanding the ten prefectures of Yi, Mian, Jian, Jia, Ling, Mei, Jian, Qiong, and Qiong, and the governor of Nanning, Hui Governor's Office. The governor of Yizhou also serves as the governor of Yizhou, which is equivalent to the commander of the military region and the mayor of Yizhou. It is a standard prince. Even such a high-ranking official, the governor and governor saw more than once. In front of Tang Lin, the governor and governor was very kind and even a little humble. Besides, the dignified general and governor, let alone the small county lieutenant of the ninth rank, could he provoke this demoted official from Tang Sima in the capital?
His own support is just Zhong Facao from the government office. He has seen him as the seventh rank. In front of Tang Lin, his backer Zhong Facao didn't even dare to show his grandfather, let alone his little sesame official?
Unexpectedly, this kid actually climbed such a big tree. My God, County Magistrate Deng felt cold all over. If Tang Sima knew about his secrets, he could kill his ninth-rank small official and his life and official in one sentence!
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. He pretended to be calm and stroked his beard, but he didn't notice that his beard was trembling. He forced a smile and pointed to the big tree in the woods with Tang Lin's name written on it, and said, "The title of Tang Sima is here. Haha."
Xiao Jiading felt even more funny when he saw that he was afraid of being like this. No wonder he, a county public security director, might offend a member of the provincial party committee standing committee, would be strange if he was not afraid. He hurriedly went up and looked carefully, and suddenly realized it and said, "Oh, I've been useless here for a long time and I've been looking for it on the top of the mountain. I didn't expect that he would actually write the words here. Really, who would have thought of it?"
County Magistrate Deng smiled and said, "Although Tang Sima is in a high position, he is very humble, so he naturally won't write his name on the top of the mountain. - Well, Brother Xiao, I handed over the case of Jiang Zhongyuan to you. I originally admired your criminal law, so I wanted to put a burden on you. But I thought about it for a long time just now and felt that Jiang Zhongyuan's case was a murder case after all. You just came, but I was afraid that the burden would be too heavy, so I'd better let it go and let others handle it. I'll let Xu Sifa arrange another case for you."
When Xiao Jiading heard that he didn't even say this official, he just said to me. He was obviously afraid of getting home, so he said, "Okay, I'll follow the county magistrate's arrangement."
"Well, go and call Xu Sifa, I'll tell him."
"Yes!" Xiao Jiading folded the painting and turned around to leave. County Magistrate Deng stopped him again: "Wait a moment."
Xiao Jiading stopped and turned to look at him.
County Magistrate Deng looked as calm as possible and waved: "Come here!"
Xiao Jiading hurriedly walked to his desk. County Magistrate Deng turned around, opened a box behind him, took out an inkstone and a few brushes, and placed it in front of Xiao Jiading, and said with a flattering smile: "You are a clerk in the future. We must have a handy pen and inkstone for copywriting. This inkstone is a Chengni inkstone produced in Guozhou. This pen is produced in Houdian Village, and it is also quite good. It is a small gift to welcome you."
The director gave gifts to his subordinates, which was so strange. Xiao Jiading laughed secretly, thanked him and put it away.
Deng County Wei hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Well..., Tang Sima is busy with business. Today, you should not mention the matter of this case in front of him, okay?"
Xiao Jiading held back his laughter and said in a panic: "Okay."
Xiao Jiading came out with an inkstone and brush in his arms, returned to the torture room, and told Sima Xu Houde that County Magistrate Deng was looking for him. Xu Houde went out. When Fazuo Dong Zhong saw him coming back with a bunch of things, he asked, "Hey, so many things? Did you buy them new?"
"No, the county magistrate Deng gave me just now, saying that I had just arrived and didn't have a pen or inkstone, so I gave it to me." Xiao Jiading was not a singular person, but it depends on the occasion. When he remembered the gloating eyes of the people in front of him, he was so angry that he didn't have to be polite to them. He took action when it was time to take action. He was familiar with the matter of pretending to be powerful.
When he heard this, the clerks in the room looked surprised. Dong Fazuo glanced at him and screamed in surprise: "Oh, this is the pen from Chengniyan in Guozhou and Houdian Village. They are both top-quality. These things are not something that can't be taken down by ten cents of money! Tsk tsk!"
A clerk surrounded him and talked all over the place. The eyes of Xiao Jiading suddenly became complicated. Some felt that County Magistrate Deng was deliberately confusing Xiao Jiading so that he could handle the case obediently, while others felt that it was impossible. County Magistrate Deng did not need such expensive things to let his subordinates handle the case. There must be something strange about it. Some thought that Xiao Jiading might have a major origin, so be cautious and not cause trouble. So, the eyes that looked at Xiao Jiading mostly turned into flattery.
At this time, Xu Houde came back. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled and patted Xiao Jiading on the shoulder and said, "Brother Xiao, County Magistrate Deng is considering that you have just arrived and should not take on too difficult tasks, so he said that Jiang Zhongyuan's murder case will not be handed over to you. I will give you another case."
Now, everyone in the room was shocked again. Unexpectedly, when Xiao Family Ding came back from the cottage, things changed a lot. He received valuable gifts and removed the bone case caused by the disaster.
After Xiao Jiading sat down, Zhu Haiyin on the table next to him blinked at him and secretly picked his thumb. It means, brother, you are awesome!
According to Xu Houde's instructions, the clerk in charge of the internal affairs quickly brought another case to Xiao Jiading. Xiao Jiading took a brief look and found that it was an ordinary debt dispute and was easy to handle. However, he was not in a hurry to write a handling opinion, because the yamen was about to be disbanded.
At this moment, County Magistrate Deng followed another old man in an official robe. County Magistrate Deng looked ugly, and he wanted to laugh and cry, and it was hard to describe his expression. However, the old man was full of spring breeze and smiling. He stood at the door, looking at the clerk in the room, and asked, "Who is Brother Xiao?"
County Magistrate Deng hurriedly looked at Xiao Jiading and said, "Chief Wen, Brother Xiao is there."
Chief Literature? Could it be that this smiling old man is the chief Literature of the county government?
The chief clerk is in charge of a county's inspection, seal supervision and some judicial functions. In terms of function, it is similar to the current director of the county party committee office. However, the level is not as high as the current director, and is only one level higher than the county lieutenant, and is under the ninth rank.
Although the official is small, he is also an official. The arrival of his little scholar will not alarm him, right?
Xiao Jiading was thinking that the chief clerk Wen had already stepped forward and came to Xiao Jiading with a smile on his face, bowing, "Brother Xiao, congratulations!"
Congratulations? Xiao Jiading was a little confused and hurriedly bowed back and looked at him with a look of inquiry.
Wen Zhuan said: "It's like this. The original magistrate Kang County was jointly recommended by Sima Tang and the magistrate Kang County, and submitted to the Ministry of Personnel for approval. He will be transferred to the position of Daojiang County, Yizhou. Sima Tang also recommended you to be the magistrate Kang County Magistrate Kang County. Magistrate Kang County was very happy to accept it. In the future, you will be the magistrate Kang County Magistrate Kang County. Wouldn't it be a happy congratulation? Hahahaha."
To put it bluntly, the county magistrate's personal secretary is the county party secretary. Although it is still an official, the personal secretary around the head of a county is not comparable to that of ordinary clerks? Although the chief clerk is the real secretary of the county magistrate, the chief clerk can be said to be the immediate boss of the county magistrate. However, after all, the county magistrate is a person around the county magistrate and can often talk to the county magistrate. Therefore, even though he is the chief clerk, he still has to tell Xiao Jiading the good news in person.
The reason why he wanted to come in person was not just that Xiao Jiading would become his immediate superior, the people around his county magistrate in the future. Another important reason was that the person who sponsored Xiao Jiading was Tang Lin from the government office! What is Tang Lin's origin? He knew very well that a county magistrate had such a big backer behind him. Do he dare to put on airs in front of Xiao Jiading?
Chapter completed!