Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"My lord, it wasn't my intention to do this, it was really a last resort." Facing the sullen envoy Sun, Tang Cheng told the ins and outs of the incident one by one.

Sun Shijun listened quietly. When Tang Cheng said what Lao Liang said, his hand that was gently turning on his abdomen stopped suddenly, and he returned to normal after a while.

After Tang Cheng finished speaking, Sun Shijun pondered for a moment, "Since you can promote this matter, you naturally didn't get involved in it."

"Yes".

"Pull out the radish and bring out the mud", Sun Shijun muttered to himself and then turned his head, "Tang Cheng, Sitian Cao will have two or three newcomers in the near future, you should take care of them more in the future." .

Tang Cheng didn't expect that Sun Shijun would mention this all of a sudden, he was slightly taken aback and then realized that Sun Shijun was starting to lay the groundwork.

Before the matter has started to be dealt with, I have already thought about making arrangements. How long will it take?With this short sentence, Tang Cheng's understanding of Sun Shijun deepened.

"I am the emperor's shepherd guarding one side, and I should treat the people as my son. Although the state government will never condone raising traitors, this time the evil happened to Sitian Cao. As a judge, Tang Cheng, you should strictly abide by the court's laws and work hard. Cooperate with the investigation of the fraud case."

This was not only Sun Shijun's attitude towards this matter, but also his answer. Tang Cheng nodded in agreement.

"Well, you go." At the same time as Sun Shijun spoke, he pulled the bell rope leading to the utility room.

When Tang Cheng came out of Sun Shijun's room, he just heard the order from inside, "Go and ask Lord Sima to come and see me."

The handyman went in later, but he ran quickly in front of Tang Cheng.Seeing this scene, he smiled unexpectedly.

Just as Tang Cheng walked out of the atrium, he bumped into Yang Dechi, the old man who was in charge of the state yamen. Old Yang had a good temper and was very popular. Normally, when Tang Cheng came to the yamen and passed the janitor, he often joked with him. Now something like this happened. Naturally, it was indispensable, but he hadn't said the joke yet, and he could barely see Jin Yushi following behind Lao Yang.

Because the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty had official examinations, the first item required the appearance of new scholars. Therefore, these officials of the Tang Dynasty who were promoted by virtue of the imperial examinations were really not particularly ugly. The Jin Yushi in front of him is even more handsome. Tangtang, with such an appearance coupled with a dignified expression, it seems that he really looks like a royal censor.

The joke was naturally irrelevant. After exchanging glances with Lao Yang, Tang Cheng avoided the side of the road and did not continue until seeing Jin Yushi walk into Sun Shijun's office.

When he returned to his office room, Lao Liang had disappeared. Tang Cheng looked out, and Feng Haizhou stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Not long after your lord left, Lao Liang also went out, because your lord didn't give orders." , so Xiao Miao and I did not stop us."

"Well, where did he go?".

Feng Haizhou didn't speak when he heard the words, he raised his head and swayed to the left.

Turning to the left at the top of the door is the official office of Chen Liang, the secretary and military officer. Tang Cheng nodded, "Okay, let him go if he wants to go." After finishing speaking, he went back to the official office.

What he should do and what he can do has been done, Tang Cheng's heart has settled down, he opened the cabinet and turned out the papers he brought from Lao Liang in the morning and read them carefully.

After Tang Cheng reduced the loss of more than 100 mu from the combined total, and evened out the account on another document, he signed and signed it comfortably. As the judge of Sitian Cao, he can see Seeing that the loss in your own hands is a little bit more, no matter what, it is a thing to be happy about.

Not long after finishing the work, when Tang Cheng was sipping a cup of tea lightly, there was a burst of noise outside the office, which was rarely seen in the past.

"Here we come", Tang Cheng put down the teacup and went to the door of the office room outside.

To say that the battle outside is really not small.Sun Shijun accompanied Jin Yushi to the front, Ma Biejia and Zhang Sima followed behind them a little half a step behind, and then a group of tolerance officers holding iron locks, and then...it turned out to be the one holding the iron locks. The little widow with filial children and several other people with nervous expressions.

After passing through the gate of the west courtyard, this group of strange groups came straight here.

Because Sun Shijun and others usually go up and down the yamen through the exclusive side door, so even though they are in the same yamen, it is not easy for these ordinary knife and pen officials to see these leaders. Moreover, the three of them appeared at the same time, with serious expressions on their faces, and the chains in Tolerance's hands rattled behind them. In this scene, even the dullest people would know that something serious happened.

Seeing that Sun Shijun and others didn't look at other Cao Si, but came straight to Sitian Cao, Lao He and the others who were still curious about watching the fun were a little surprised, "What do you mean, what do you mean? ?”, muttering in a low voice, their eyes naturally fell on Tang Cheng, who had just been called by Mr. Envoy.

"The matter of Lao Liang happened." Tang Cheng paid special attention to Lao He's face when he spoke, and he was surprised and flustered.

"Pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and Lao He is finished." The responsibilities of the two are too closely connected. Lao Liang is responsible for writing the contract, and Lao He is responsible for reviewing and signing the contract. It can be said that without the cooperation of Lao He, Lao Liang couldn't do anything either, so it was expected that Lao He would be involved as well.

At this time, all the swordsmen and writers from all over the courtyard gathered at the door to watch the excitement. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Sun Shijun and others stood still outside the gate of Sitian Cao.

"Tang Cheng, are all Sitian Cao and others here?".

"Except for Liang Delu who is in Chen Canjun's office, everyone else in this Cao is here."

"En", Sun Shijun nodded to Chen Liang's office, and walked up even if there were two tolerances.

"Since Tang Cheng and below, everyone in Sitian Cao will stand in the corridor with their backs to the wall." After Sun Shijun finished his order, Tang Cheng took the lead to step forward, and then the others lined up neatly under the corridor outside the door with him at the head. .Although Old He and the others turned pale, they had no place to hide at this time.

After Tang Cheng and others stood up, Sun Shijun turned sideways and said, "Jin Yushi, please."

The expression on Jin Yushi's face was a little too dignified. It is really not a good job to supervise the censor. It seems that the local yamen is always adoring him when he goes there on weekdays. How can you complete the exams with the old ones?There are clear requirements and records in Yushitai for how many books a year; no matter whether they are trying to complete the task or are eager to make contributions, in short, when they want to investigate the case, the yamen who originally provided for it immediately changed their faces and said It's good, but it's dragging and pushing, in short, it's how it drags its legs, and even the upper and lower joints cover up with hands, and there are many.

There is no way, whoever made Yushitai's duty is to picket the officials, and the supervisory censors are destined to have trouble with the local yamen, and because of this, Jin Yushi has suffered a lot in recent years.

Since I came to Jinzhou in September, seeing that I haven't taken a single exam book for two months, Jin Yushi is also anxious. Today, I came to visit Zhang Sima, who is in charge of criminal names, and I hope to gain something. , but in front of the cautious Zhang Zishan, all he can gain is disappointment.

Lost in the east, harvested in Sangyu, when the little widow holding her son knelt down in front of him, the comfort in Jin Yushi's heart was hard to describe in words, and then, as more and more people complained, Jin Yushi Shi was both excited and worried.

What is exciting is that this case is big enough, and at least enough people are involved. With his experience, he naturally knows that just one or two people in the fraud case in the Yamen cannot make such a big move; Whether it is because they are afraid of involving themselves, or because of the face of the government, they must stop such a big case.

In other places, Jin Yushi might still avoid trouble, but this is Jinzhou, the Jinzhou next to Fangzhou!For a supervisory censor, is there a better place to make a contribution than this?

When Tang Cheng met Jin Yushi on the road just now, he had a dignified face. The root of this dignifiedness lies in this. When the young supervisory censor stepped into Sun Shijun's office, he was fully prepared. Get ready for a fight.

But the result was quite unexpected. Jin Yushi met the most cooperative magistrate since he became the supervisory censor. As for why Sun Shijun cooperated so much, he didn't want to care at all.

Since being the supervisor of the censor, there are very few opportunities to show his face so smoothly and show his face like today. Jin Yushi, under the eyes of everyone, made his face look a little too dignified because of his excitement.

"Thank you, Mr. Envoy." After bowing his hands sincerely as a thank you, Jin Yushi walked up to the little widow and the others, "Who among the people standing in the corridor has ever exploited you, please identify them."

When filing a complaint, the more people there are, the more courageous they will be. Now that they have gone deep into the state government, all the "officials" are staring at them. Under such an atmosphere, how dare the little widow and others step forward?Some of them even had weak calves and cramp, regretting that they should not have come.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment, but just as Jin Yushi was about to speak, he saw the child in the widow's hand suddenly broke away from his mother's hand, and he ran straight to Lao He in a filial piety.

"It's you who bullied my mother, you are a bad person." The child who was less than five years old still had a milky voice when he spoke, but at this moment, the voice of the baby's voice seemed so loud, calling out bad guys, The child's hands were still tightly grasping Lao He's pants, and he kept kicking him with his feet in tiger-toed shoes.

Seeing the child's clear and clear eyes staring at Lao He full of hatred, Tang Cheng, who was standing on one side, felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Since he entered the Yunxi County Yamen, he may have stayed in the Yamen for a long time, and many things happened. He gradually got used to it. For example, in the case of Lao Liang, if it wasn't for the purpose of using the other's way, he would return it to the other.As far as the matter of collecting money itself was concerned, he really felt that it was no big deal in his heart.

Now, listening to the childish voice and looking at such eyes, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that his previous thoughts were really wrong. No matter what others say, at least as far as he is concerned, when he thinks of the child's voice and eyes in the future , The money that should not be collected and should not be taken can no longer be taken.

The more pure and simple things are, the more they can touch people. For some people, every touch in their hearts will change some of their behavior patterns more or less, and every change in behavior patterns will inevitably bring about deep or shallow emotions. , good or bad results.

Behavior determines habits, and the accumulation of habits will ultimately determine the direction and outcome of life.For example, Lao Liang, such as Lao He, the details determine success or failure. Although this saying is very popular in later generations, although it is about doing things, why is it not the same for being a person?

People who are good at learning must be diligent in thinking and summarizing, such as now, such as Tang Cheng.

The child's actions really made Jin Yushi overjoyed, and immediately said while the iron was hot: "You are in vain to be a parent, even this child is not as good as this child?" He had just finished speaking, and suddenly the tearful little widow was gone. Finger Lao He said: "There is him."

Someone took the lead, and the other commoners followed, "There is him", and all nine fingers pointed straight at Lao He.

"Take it!" Following Jin Yushi's blushing command, the two servants looked at Zhang Sima and went straight forward to lock the snow-white old He.

Tolerance's move greatly encouraged those few people, and immediately someone pointed to another person and said: "There is also him".

Sitian Cao is known as the most lucrative place in the state government. After all, it is not for nothing, and they are responsible for managing the fields that are the lifeblood of the people. As many as five other 14 people were pointed out.

Although Tang Cheng's face was serious, it was only on the surface. After such a period of experience as "air" and the short time he spent together, he really couldn't say how deep his feelings for these subordinates were. The censor's hand cleaned up Cao Li, which was only good for him, the judge.

Or, this can be regarded as another windfall of his counterattack!

Just as Tang Cheng was thinking about it, a shocking scene appeared. Feng Haizhou beside him became the last person to be pointed out.

Seeing Feng Haizhou being pulled aside by the errand, Tang Cheng's face really became heavy.

Feng Haizhou is young and vigorous, proficient in Cao affairs, and has a calm personality, thinks things clearly, and more importantly, he can fulfill his orders without compromise. Tang Chenggang is also thinking about using him more in Cao affairs in the future. How come...

Damn, is this considered lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot!

When Feng Haizhou turned around, he saw Tang Cheng's stunned and surprised eyes, and a look of regret appeared on his face. After a long sigh, he turned his head and followed the tolerance to the side without a word.

It's not over here, the two tolerances above have brought Lao Liang down, and behind the three of them is Chen Liang with an uncertain expression.

It was almost as if Lao Liang had just rounded the corner of the house above, just like the treatment of Lao He just now, nine fingers had already pointed straight at him.

"And him", the voice was exceptionally loud.

After seeing the situation below clearly, Lao Liang's legs immediately went limp. After Jin Yushi said "take it", Lao Liang was dumbfounded at first, and when the cold iron chain in Tolerance's hand was wrapped around his neck, he suddenly reacted, Hula Turning around with a sound, "Chen Canjun, I was wronged, you have to make the decision for me, I was wronged."

Because Lao Liang turned around too sharply, Tolerance, who was putting chains on him, staggered.

It's the same Yamen, you can't look up and you can't see down. Although the tolerance officers and the knife and pen officials don't usually match each other, there is always love. So when they took Lao He and others just now, they were more of a gesture. Li Suo's method was useless, and of course this was also related to Feng Haizhou and others' non-radical behavior.

As soon as Lao Liang came and made such a move, the tolerance he had done could not get off the stage under the watchful eyes of everyone, his face flushed and he resorted to tricks, and after he stood firmly, he put on and twisted his hands, and Lao Liang immediately cut his hands back bent over.

"Your lords will decide this matter, what can you say?" Tang Cheng admired Chen Liang's quick response.

Tolerance pulled the chain and dragged the old Liang with a bow like a shrimp to go down. As he walked, Lao Liang kept screaming for grievances, calling Chen Liang to call the shots for him. He shouted vigorously, and the content of the call changed from "Chen Canjun" to "Master Ma".

Seeing the panic on Chen Liang's face and Ma Biejia's expression of eating a fly, Tang Cheng really had the urge to laugh out loud. As for Lao Liang, at this moment, he just felt that this man was really pitiful, how brave he was to do such a great thing In a daze, Lao Liang obviously overestimated his courage.

Lao Liang lost his composure in front of the common people and Jin Yushi, which only made the entire prefectural office feel ashamed. Following Sun Shijun's look, the tail of the iron chain in the tolerance's hand suddenly twitched, In just one click, Lao Liang's mouth was already covered in blood and he was forcibly sealed.

Seeing this scene, the child hid in his mother's arms in fear, and immediately, the little widow, who had completely vented her hatred, hugged her son and cried bitterly.

When Jin Yushi and others escorted Lao Liang to the east courtyard, the west courtyard suddenly became lively from silence. With an excited expression, it is obvious that Si Tiancao, who is the fattest in oil and water, is a little gloating.

"What are you crazy about?" Chen Liang, who was hesitant to follow in the middle of the yard, yelled, and Cao's knives and pens, like frightened mice, slipped out and went back to the office.

Tang Cheng didn't return, and then his eyes collided with Chen Liang's.

Chen Liang's eyes were as complex as his face, with surprise, fear, regret... But when the eyes of the two met, the biggest thing turned into resentment.

resentment!Tang Cheng really felt wronged, the incident happened because of him, Lao Liang was directly ordered by him to dig a hole for himself, how can he resent me now?This mother is too bullying, is it unreasonable?

Yahweh said: When others cast a look of resentment, you should smile back!

Although Tang Cheng is not a believer of Jehovah, he obeyed the advice at this moment, and walked to Chen Liang from the corridor with a smile. , The retribution is not good, when Mr. Joining the Army is busy digging a hole for me, have you ever thought that you will be the one who falls into the hole?".

"Do you think this pit can definitely bury me?" Chen Liang sneered, "As long as...".

"Nothing but." Tang Cheng smiled and shook his finger at Chen Liang, "Those who are lucky are often disappointed. Old Liang is far less courageous than you think. He has already collapsed just now. A collapsed person can still recover." What are you hiding? Maybe what he is thinking about right now is how to get rid of the crime? Mr. Joining the Army, what do you think?".

"Tang Cheng, as long as I can pass this level..."

"I've already said, there's nothing but it!" Tang Cheng interrupted him again, stripping off Chen Liang's luck bit by bit, and nakedly presenting the result he didn't want to think about deep down in his heart.

Now that a hole has been dug, it must be buried!Tang Cheng is now practicing the profound lessons of later generations working as a part-time writer, and now breaking all of Chen Liang's luck and ravaging him psychologically is part of the burying hole, "Even if Lao Liang doesn't say anything, in After Sitian Cao committed such a big fraud, do you think you can continue to work as a supervisor?"

"Huh! Fifty steps laugh at a hundred steps, don't you do the same?"

"Don't compare me with you, this is an insult to me! I have only been in office for a few days? Not to mention that it is as clean as white paper, unstained from mud, maybe Jin Yushi will praise me so much" , Tang Cheng laughed, then slowed down, stared at Chen Liang almost every word and said: "The dog in the water still wants to bite people? Lost the recorder to join the military, Chen Liang... you think you are still something! "

1 Forty Chapters Golden State Chaos!

After all, this is the state government, Tang Cheng and Chen Liang are also civil servants, no matter what they do, they have to worry about face, so although the language is extremely harsh and offensive, the conversation between the two did not turn into a martial arts. Of course, if you really want to Tang Cheng didn't mind if this was the case. In terms of stature alone, the dark and thin Chen Liang was like a chicken in front of him, not a heavyweight at all.

Seeing Chen Liang leaving the west courtyard in a panic, Tang Chengyou let out a sigh of relief, the depression of having a nightmare last night finally dissipated.

In fact, waking up so early this morning was not all caused by the bluegrass tossing and turning and being unable to fall asleep. What was more important was Tang Cheng's own nightmare, a very scary dream - he dreamed of his own head It was chopped down and hung bloody on the flag bucket of the Jinzhou Town Army camp. The headless corpse under the flag bucket was left in a wild place, with piles of flies fluttering around; In the messy house, the Tang and Zhang couples, Li Yingwan, and Lancao were strung together with a rope and were about to be dragged to the north of the city to be sold by officials...

When Tang Cheng suddenly woke up from this nightmare, his spine felt chills and he was sweating profusely. He couldn't sleep anymore, and the blue grass next to him was tossing and turning.

Tang Cheng didn't tell Lancao about this nightmare, and he wouldn't tell anyone. As a man, he should and must let his family feel safe and live with dignity.

The atmosphere in Sitian Cao's office was very gloomy. With the addition of Feng Haizhou and later Lao Liang, Tang Cheng's fourteen knives and pens were folded in half during the identification just now, and half of them were removed at once, making the huge room outside The office in the office seemed extremely deserted, and the remaining seven people obviously hadn't recovered from the shock just now, they were dull and dazed in silence.

Seeing Tang Cheng walk in from the outside, the seven people sitting on the stools all cast their eyes on him in unison. He is Si Tian Cao Pansi, and at this special moment, he naturally became the backbone of everyone.

"What kind of seeds to plant, what kind of seedlings to reap! Don't take chances in everything, and hope that all colleagues can remember today, reflect on themselves from time to time in future official affairs, and take Liang Delu and others as warnings." After finishing these words in a deep voice, Tang Cheng relaxed his face, "Of course, the people's identification is not without the possibility of mistakes. Whether there are any disadvantages is another matter; if there are disadvantages, there is always a difference between the size and size. Currently, Jin Yushi and all the adults are in the east courtyard. This case is being tried suddenly, and our judge will always pay attention to this matter. As a judge, as long as there is one person in this Cao who can be saved, we will fight hard with reason and will never sit idly by!".

Although Tang Cheng said these words slowly, they were sonorous and powerful. Under the current situation, he dared to say such words, which was nothing less than a shot in the arm for the remaining seven people. At least the expressions on their faces were vivid. too much.

"The so-called loss of a horse is not a blessing. Although nearly half of the Cao was lost after this incident, it also proved the innocence of the rest of the people. Just like the big waves washing the sand, what emerges after the storm is real gold. For Sitian Cao, what is the real gold?" Is it the most precious real gold?" At this point, Tang Cheng's deep and forceful words paused, and after scanning the faces of the seven people one by one, he said loudly: "For our company, it is Lie who is still present at this moment. colleagues."

At this moment, Sitian Cao, who was already quiet, could hear the needle dropping more and more, and Tang Cheng's sonorous voice became more powerful in the silence. Miao Shi and the other seven people straightened up without realizing it, and their eyes were fixed on him. Look at the magistrate.

"The merits and demerits are clear, and the rewards and punishments are clear! What is merit? Colleagues can get out of the mud without being polluted. It is meritorious service to be able to get out of the mud for many years. It is a great merit! If there is a fault, it will be punished. I must personally draft the official document to ask for your credit and reward." When Tang Cheng said this, the atmosphere in the office had been swept away from the gloomy atmosphere just now.

Before Tang Cheng became a judge, he was "air", and after he became a judge, he was also Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. The three new officials who took office did not even have a spark, so that these knives and pens inevitably had a lot of slander against him, There are more than three or five people who say that he is mediocre in private.

Only by encountering troubles can one show people. What he experienced just now was nothing less than an earthquake to Si Tiancao. It was against the background of such a major event that Tang Cheng made his first real appearance since he served as a judge. As for the effect, only You can tell by the changes in the expressions of Miao Shi and the others from the changes in the atmosphere in the office.

"Now the entire Yamen is watching our jokes. Your Excellency wants to ask us for credit. I'm afraid it will not be easy." One person spoke, and the rest of the people who regained their spirits followed suit, "Yes, look at the situation just now. Those people's faces, I'm afraid they wish that everyone in Cao Li would be folded in."

"It's jealousy"

"Yes, it's red-eyed jealousy, who doesn't know that the entire state government belongs to our Cao is the most important."

Just like asking for a reward, the same hatred and hatred are always the most able to unite people's hearts and invigorate the atmosphere. Tang Cheng deliberately did not speak at this time, and let the seven people below talk to each other. The more they got hotter, and in the process, the fright and pressure they had just suffered were released to their heart's content.

After a long time, with Tang Cheng's clear cough, the office quickly became quiet again.

"The matter of asking for credit and rewards is left to my secretary. If Ma Biejia doesn't approve it, then my secretary will go directly to Sun Shijun. If Sun Shijun doesn't approve it, even though I'm poor, these bounties will always be worth it." It's enough. If this is not enough..."

When he said this, everyone laughed when they heard the words. Will Si Tian Cao be poor?This is the biggest joke in itself, so amidst the laughter, one person asked jokingly: "If Cao Li is not enough, what should I do, my lord?".

"Then I will pay for it myself," Tang Cheng also laughed, "My colleagues are out of the mud and not stained, this is to give me the face of the chief judge, and I am willing to pay for this money."

After finishing speaking, Tang Chengduan turned serious, bowed his hands to the crowd, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you very much!".

"Your Excellency, you can't do it." Seeing this, the seven people hurriedly got up to return the salute, and their smiles had long since disappeared, as dignified as Tang Cheng.

Si Tiancao's remaining eight people worshiped each other solemnly in the seemingly empty office room. If people who don't know this situation saw it, they would definitely be able to think that they were engaged in some kind of Taoyuan sworn ceremony.

After the salutation, the knife and pen just now said in a loud voice: "There are adults' words, this kind of heart, even if we don't take a penny, it is warm in our hearts, and it is worth it!".

After saying a word, the other six people echoed one after another, their solemn faces made their words appear extremely sincere.