Chapter 143 Two major yamen

The other women didn't interrupt just now, and were also fascinated by this set of "The Book of Women". The principles mentioned in the book are very simple. Everyone has been exposed to those principles in the past, but only knows that they are the experiences left by the old generation. After reading this book, they suddenly feel enlightened: it turns out that the principles passed down from ancient times also contain this logic; it turns out that some things are the result of this kind of result rather than others, and they all contain the theory of cause and effect; it turns out that different ways of handling affairs will lead to different directions of things...

The girls first handled affairs based entirely on empiricism, but after reading the introduction of "methodology" in the book, when they looked up and looked at the world, the world was already different, and everything in the future was extremely clear in front of them.

At this time, at the entrance of Tianshui Lane, Shi Chuan led the carriage out of the alley, and the person who drove was replaced by a black boy servant. Huanniang pointed the direction in the carriage, and another black boy servant followed Shi Chuan behind him, holding a Park Knife for him. The two mountain yamen runners waiting at the entrance of the alley were at work today. When they saw Shi Chuan, they immediately rushed Shi Chuan and nodded attentively and said, "General, are you going to the east gate? Just leave with confidence, we will guard the alley. If you have any problems, we will notify you."

Shi Chuan replied casually. At this stop, a figure who had been waiting next to him suddenly rushed out - it was He Wu, who was selling signs for food. He rushed to the car with a basket and greeted enthusiastically: "General, you haven't eaten breakfast, I'm a talented sign for food, should I try it?"

Huan Niang on the roof of the carriage rushed to answer: "Brother He Wu, what you mentioned is for supporting the family. How can you make you less money for supporting the family? Well, I heard about your reputation for signing vegetables at home, so I tasted one and gave him advice to Brother He Wu."

Shi Chuan looked at Xiao Hei Pu and muttered in a low voice. Xiao Hei Pu immediately slowed down the carriage so that Huan Niang could communicate with He Wu while walking. He Wu took out a small plate of signs from the basket with a wink, and handed them to Huan Niang who was sitting on tiptoe to the top of the car, and said flatteringly: "Little Huan Niang said this well. My signs are also famous in Haizhou... However, I dare not compare with General Shi's skills. I heard that General Shi's roast duck and roast chicken are extremely excellent. There are chickens and ducks in my signs. Xiao Huan Niang tastes it and gives some advice."

Shi Chuan was following the carriage, smiling as Huanniang stuffed the dishes all over her mouth, and then replied vaguely: "Well, why don't there be duck skin? The duck skin is crispy, so delicious. My brother's duck roasted, Huanniang likes to eat duck skin the most."

He Wu looked back at Shi Chuan. Seeing Shi Chuan was smiling, he apologized to Shi Chuan bowed his hand, and then asked tentatively: "Xiao Huan Niang, how can the duck skin be roasted crispy? Is it possible to have your stove alone? There must be a secret method, right?"

When He Wu said this, his eyes were looking at Shi Meng. He found that Shi Meng had no objection. He quickly took out a stack of signs from the basket and handed them to the roof of the carriage. Huan Niang was not polite, and tasted it, and immediately shouted in surprise: "Oh, Yellow Chop, I like to eat Yellow Chop... Well, the stove, if you want to roast the duck skin crispy, you not only need the stove made by my brother, but also need to apply egg white and honey on the duck skin, and then dip it in sauce to wrap the cake."

He Wu was chasing the carriage, glanced at Shiteng, and asked carefully: "Xiao Huan, tell me the secret method. From now on, Brother Wu, how about I give you a roast duck every day? If one is not done, two are OK?"

Huan Niang's mouth was filled with food, and she replied vaguely: "Are you tired of eating chickens and ducks every day? Let's share my money - my brother said this is called 'discount'. You discount the amount of one chicken and one duck every day, how about it?"

He Wu smiled happily on his face: "Miss Huan, let's just say that, okay?"

After He Wu finished speaking, he looked at Shi Chuan carefully. Seeing that Shi Chuan had no intention of objection, he immediately rushed Shi Chuan apologetically, bowed his hand, and flashed with the basket, and hid in the crowd.

The methods of roast duck and roast chicken are all small matters. Shizhang didn’t plan to open a restaurant, and he didn’t expect to make money. Now some people are willing to give chickens and ducks to themselves for free every day, but the conditions are just to understand the way they make... Roast duck and roast chicken are not technically high, and it is a big craft in modern times. Huan Niang used it for some pocket money, which is also considered waste utilization. Why bother to worry?

The group walked to the prefect's yamen. Shi Chuan explained a few words, let Huanniang stay in the carriage, and followed the runners of the prefecture yamen into the government office.

This is Shi Chuan's second time, no, plus yesterday's case closing, Shi Chuan's third time has come to the prefect's office.

The architectural style of the Song Dynasty was mainstream with exquisiteness, with flying eaves and raised walls carefully crafted, and painted columns and beams were all beautiful. The whole yamen showed a lazy luxury, and the extremely exquisite atmosphere made people feel like they were in a painting... It is often said that the Qing Dynasty's habit of being an official was that being an official could not build an official yamen. It is said that building an official yamen would hinder one's own official fortune. Unexpectedly, even the official yamen were so meticulously crafted in the Song Dynasty.

After passing through many corridors, I came to the office of the Haizhou Tongzong Office.

The official position of Tongzong is considered to be a "stacked bed" in modern times because he does not do anything with his salary, and he holds tea bowls every day to supervise all officials, ready to criticize at any time. Such officials who do not raise their hands and praise, but only criticize must do things with US dollars... However, in the Song Dynasty, although Tongzong was not doing specific matters, every order issued by the magistrate must be attached to him to become an effective document. This position was also an effective supervision of the power of officials by the court in the Song Dynasty, so it is called "Jianzhou".

Jianzhou and the magistrate are officials of the same level. They have been to the magistrate three times. This is the first time that the administrative units of the entire magistrate are actually divided into two parts. The left half is the "Jianzhou" yamen, and the right half is the magistrate's yamen. The two major yamen are parallel to each other in the courtyard... Ah, with a court, the administrative system will be complete - the West of the Song Dynasty did not have such a perfect government structure.

However, local officials in the Song Dynasty did not directly manage case trials. The judiciary in the Song Dynasty was completely independent. The judicial institutions of the prefecture were the sanctuary or the sanctuary, and the chief officials called it "promoting the criminal prison". This criminal prison yamen was often not in the same county as the provincial government yamen. This complete judicial independence and supervision independence system is often called "stacked beds" by modern historians, although the West in the Song Dynasty had not yet achieved the separation of powers...

The judge was asking for trouble for Shideng. He was not here to investigate the case. He was the supervisor of all officials. When Shideng entered the door, the judge left a document and asked calmly: "Shideng Shideng, I heard that your apprentice passed the 'repair office' and undertakes the repair project of the 'house and housekeeper' in Haizhou County. There is no evil here, right?"

Shi Chuan opened his mouth wide and was very shocked: "Judge, everyone in Haizhou knows that I am stupid... Can you give me some advice on what is the 'finishing office'?"

"'Repairing the House' is not something... Ah, I mean, 'Repairing the House' is something, it is an institution of the government..." Haizhou Tongzong felt that it was difficult to explain this topic clearly to the fool. He patiently put on his mind and made a protracted battle attitude, and explained with a tea bowl: "'Repairing the House' is an institution of the court, which is usually responsible for repairing city walls and renovating roads.

But in addition to repairing the city walls, this institution also undertakes other projects. After all, the city walls and roads are repaired every few years. As long as the project is done carefully, there will be basically no work to do in a few years.

The court did not support idle people. After "repairing the office" completed the work of repairing the city wall, it received salary for many years and waited for the next phase of the repair project - such things that the court could not afford, so "repairing the office" often undertakes engineering projects assigned by the Ministry of Works, such as building a bridge, paving a road, and clearing the canal.

However, the biggest project of "finishing the office" is to use the idle land in the state corps to build houses and hostels, and hand them over to Zhaisebu, so that the latter can be rented to the candidates who take the imperial examination every year and merchants who travel from south to north. I understand where those houses in Zhaisebu come from, they are all built after the renovation."

Shi Chuan was as gentle as a cat, and nodded frequently: "I understand, I'll say it earlier, just an 'official real estate company', I understand."

When the judge looked at it, he looked at it, pondered for a while, and replied: "People say that Shi Changqing's words and phrases were not in accordance with the rules, "official real estate company" - I understand these words. It's really fresh, but it's also very appropriate."

After a moment of pause, the magistrate continued: "The county towns of our Emperor Song Dynasty are divided into Junzhou, Zhenzhou, Minzhou... and the county towns are divided into Shangxian, Zhongxian and Xiaxian. Institutions such as the repair office are generally located in the prefecture, because only the prefecture is held every three years. A large number of scholars flock to the prefecture city to temporarily borrow their apartments to prepare for the exam.

The purpose of the court is to "govern the world with scholars and officials". The seeds of scholars cannot be slacked off, so the "repair office" and "house-ceiling houses" were set up in the prefecture city to facilitate the students to participate in the scientific examination. Haizhou is the prefecture city, and this "repair office" is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture. Although Haizhou County has houses, it is only county-level official residences, and its official positions are insufficient and its jurisdiction is lacking. However, over the years, we have followed the official rules: when the prefecture and county governments overlap, we always have to divide the county government into some soup. Therefore, the county government has a little spare house for rent."

After the judge said that, his back was leaning heavily on the chair. His clerk looked at Shichi and handed over a few pieces of paper. This style seemed to be like the judge who was trying a case was constantly handing over the file by the secretary next to him. However, Shichi was used to the trial mode of modern courts. For the clerk's actions that increase the psychological burden on the prisoners, he felt ridiculous and felt that the play was too strong.

His lips curled up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head and refused the file handed over by the clerk: "I am stupid and I can't understand it. You read it."

The secretary was so angry that he fell down. When the judge saw that he could not be fooled, he took the paper handed over by the secretary, glanced at the paper with a deep attitude, and sighed and said, "For a long time, the house repairs of Haizhou County were undertaken by the 'repair office'. I know that Huang Xiang and Huang Hechen are about to take over the Haizhou County. At this time, the current Haizhou County suddenly handed over the house repair project to your apprentice. Is there anything strange?"

Shi Chuan kept listening to the magistrate's speech in a daze. When he heard this, he scratched his head embarrassedly: "Judge, is I here because I heard that I was accused and sued me because I was done with the office?"

Tong Gong was so angry that he threw the pieces of paper casually. The paper fluttered in the wind. Shi Chuan glanced at it quickly and realized that there were no words on the pieces of paper just now, but in fact it was just a stack of white paper.

Shi Chuan complained dissatisfiedly: "What am I? I am just a 'general', a bounty hunter. I have no salary or grade, and I still have to spend money to buy equipment by myself. Do I need a judge to come forward? I walk around in the streets under the sun every day, helping the state and county dynasties to maintain public order, and also bring my own dry food - whoever is willing to do such a hard work."

The judge is a supervisor of the official. The common people want the judge to ask questions - it is not as good as the administrative level. What Shi Chuan wants to say is: Is my administrative level a time that the judge needs to come forward?
Chapter completed!