Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Qin Yunhe understood.

The Liu family had always had some conflicts with the Han family, and they had always disliked the Han family, but there was nothing they could do. Now that they finally had fame, they thought they could suppress the Han family, but in the end the Han family still refused to buy into it.

Liu Mao's fame was his most impressive thing, but he heard that the Han family was also going to take the imperial examination to become an official. If the Han family also had fame, wouldn't they be even more superior to him?

He felt unfair and created all kinds of troubles.

Although Liu Mao was not broad-minded enough to make trouble out of nothing, it just so happened that whether one's family background was clean was the most important hurdle in the imperial examinations and was also what the scholars and the court cared about the most.

Therefore, not only is Liu Mao's insistence on this matter blameless, he may even get the support of other students.

Qin Yunhe knew that the manuscripts of the books, the county magistrate, and whether the witnesses had been bribed were secondary. The most important thing was to prove that Han Fang was indeed adopted.

This matter must be clarified once and for all, and must be approved by everyone, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future. I don’t know what trouble Liu Mao will cause next.

"Because the facts are not clear, in order to prevent collusion and other situations, Han Fang and his son, Hu Xiaoyi, and Han's neighbors are temporarily detained in a detention center."

Han Fang, Hu Xiaoyi and others were all shocked.

"Sir! We have not been convicted of any crime, so how can we be detained?"

After hearing this, Liu Mao felt very pleased with himself. He glared at everyone and almost said "just untouchables".

Qin Yunhe said: "I am doing this for your own good. If we let you go now, even if we find witnesses, people will probably say you were bribed, so we have to let you stay in the detention center for the time being."

Han Fang said, "Sir, I feel ashamed that my neighbors were detained because of my family's affairs. Can you help us find a clean place nearby to be detained and assign officials to guard it? I will bear all the expenses."

Liu Mao said, "You think the government office is your home, so you can lock them up wherever you want. Sir, the students think that if we lock them up somewhere else, they won't be able to pass on information."

Qin Yunhe ignored Liu Mao, but still said to Han Fang and others: "I will have someone find a clean place to imprison you, and the officials will not make things difficult for you. As for detaining you outside, it is really inconvenient.

I will investigate this matter as soon as possible and will not let you suffer for too long.

Liu Mao, the rest of you should go back first, and try not to run around these few days. I will summon you again next time I go to court."

After everyone had left, Qin Yunhe looked at the county magistrate.

"County Magistrate Lu, I am not asking whether you have torn up the manuscript. I am only asking whether you have any dealings with the Korean party."

Although it is not certain that any manuscripts were actually torn up, Xue Hai insisted that he had a friendship with Han Fang, so this matter must not be groundless.

If there really is no connection at all and it will be missed once checked, what's the point of saying it.

Magistrate Lu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Sir, I dare not hide anything. It's not to say that we have no contact at all, but I certainly won't bend the law for his family's affairs and destroy the manuscript."

"Then why didn't you report what Liu Mao had reported?"

County Magistrate Lu continued, "At the very beginning, I really didn't know that anyone in the Han family had worked as a jailer. At that time, I looked at their guarantee and felt that there was nothing wrong, so I stamped it. Later, Liu Mao came to report it, and I summoned Han Fang and his son, as well as the head of the village and the elders, to ask them in detail. I confirmed that although Han Fang's biological father had worked as a jailer, he had already been adopted, so I still let Han Lin take part in the county examination.

because……"

Magistrate Lu looked at Qin Yunhe with a guilty look on his face and said, "Because I didn't check the facts when I first issued the seal, and I thought that Han Lin's background was indeed innocent after all the investigation, so I thought it was better to have less trouble than more, so as to avoid being blamed by my superiors, so... I didn't report it."

Qin Yunhe had long seen that Magistrate Lu probably never took the matter of signing the seal seriously.

Not to mention a sealed statement, even when Liu Mao came to report the case, he did not even think of looking at the old case files, but hastily asked someone to come and question him and then closed the case.

He probably didn't expect to run into such a stubborn whistleblower like Liu Mao, who actually reported the case to the government office and even went to the Education Department later.

Qin Yunhe said: "County Magistrate Lu, you are the head of the county and in charge of the county affairs. The imperial examination is the way for the court to recruit scholars. The guarantee of the scholars of the county is in your hands. You have a heavy responsibility. How can you be so perfunctory?

Even if you don't want to clear the gentry, just for your own future, shouldn't you be extra cautious?

Also, since we are talking about old cases, isn't it the most basic thing to check the case files? Can you just do this perfunctorily?"

County Magistrate Lu was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead. He wiped it with his sleeve and said, "Your Excellency is right. I will learn from your teaching."

"Also, is the rumor about the county following your housekeeper's path true or false?"

Qin Yunhe naturally knew that he would not tell the truth, so he added: "You'd better tell the truth. If you tell the truth, as long as it's not too serious, I can let you go easily. If you don't tell the truth and I find out in the end, don't blame me for punishing you severely."

Lu Qing was originally prepared to deny it completely.

However, as a local official, it is impossible for him to have no dealings with the local gentry and landlords.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Qing finally said, "Sir, it's really an exaggeration to say that I'm following the butler's path. How can I not make friends when I go to a place? Sometimes, some people who want to see me but can't find me may look for my butler.

But you can go and ask around, there is absolutely no case in this county where anyone would violate the law by collecting money.

When I first arrived at the place, I agreed to take only 100 gold coins as a gift, and never more."

Qin Yunhe naturally understood that it would be almost impossible to go to a place without making any friends.

The magistrate is different from the procurator. Just talking about governing the local area and implementing government orders, it would be difficult to carry out the work without the support of local gentry.

Making friends does not necessarily lead to corruption and abuse of power.

As for Lu Qing, Qin Yunhe planned to investigate it himself.

So Qin Yunhe just nodded, and let the magistrate go back without saying anything.