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

Qin Yunhe sent County Magistrate Fu and others away before taking the case file and taking a closer look.

Although judging from the case files and the statements of Magistrate Fu and others, there is nothing wrong with the handling of these exam-faking cases, we cannot just listen to the one-sided statement of the magistrate and others.

Qin Yunhe called the clerk who was waiting outside the door and said, "I want to see the impostors, informants and witnesses involved in these cases of impostorism. Go and tell them."

The official took a look and said, "My Lord, there are several people here who are not from the city. If we want to send them, I'm afraid we will have to wait until at least tomorrow morning."

Qin Yunhe looked at the time, wondering if he had read the time wrong or heard the words wrong.

"It's not even noon yet. Is your county so big that we can't get there today?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know. Our county magistrate has ordered that the village headman should go to the yamen every three to five days to do his duty. In order to avoid any troubles just after returning, he usually cannot return until the end of the afternoon, regardless of whether he has any errands or not. By the time the village head returns, he will naturally be too late to come here today."

Qin Yunhe was puzzled and asked, "Why does the village head have to go to the yamen every three to five days to do errands? Isn't passing messages and arresting people the job of the quick hands in the yamen?"

The officer continued, "In our county, unless we are arresting criminal suspects or street bullies, we do not send out runners to announce the arrest. Instead, we ask the village head to go back and notify them and bring them back the next day. Our runners are not allowed to go to the countryside unless they are sent out."

"Why not send the bailiffs?"

"The county magistrate said that ordinary people would be in a state of panic for days when they saw the officials, whether they were guilty or not, so they generally did not send runners to the countryside to disturb the people.

If it is not related to a vicious incident, the village head will go back to notify the police and bring it to the county government office the next day."

It’s quite interesting. Qin Yunhe suddenly became interested.

Qin Yunhe was appointed as a prosecutor the moment he took office. He only knew how to judge cases, and never thought about whether the bailiffs' summons and arrests would alarm the common people.

Even the arrangements for county affairs were something he only knew a little bit about through his communication with Lin Zhaotang.

"Then you, the yamen runners, have no complaints about this?"

Qin Yunhe knew that many yamen runners relied on this kind of assignment to make money. Not to mention the guilty, even the innocent people would sometimes give hardship fees to avoid embarrassment to their family members.

The more vicious yamen runners would even ask for it directly.

Although Qin Yunhe strictly ordered the yamen runners not to ask for money at will when he was the magistrate, the yamen runners may not have fully obeyed the order in private, and at most they were not so arrogant.

Fu Qingyun's words cut off the extra income of the yamen runners. Would they be happy about that?

"When the county magistrate issued this order, he increased the monthly salary of the clerks in the yamen by 10%..."

Qin Yunhe suddenly realized.

The hardship pay is good but it is not fixed. The monthly salary is different. It increases by 10% every month.

Qin Yunhe continued to ask with great interest: "What other rules do you county officials have? Tell us more."

The official was young and looked a little embarrassed. "Also, when you go out to arrest or send a message, you are not allowed to ask for bribes, and you are not allowed to intimidate the people. Even when collecting taxes, you are not allowed to threaten or use force, otherwise you will be punished with forty heavy penalties and kicked out of the government office."

"Has the collection of grain taxes in your county always gone smoothly?" Qin Yunhe suddenly became very interested in the money and grain books of Nanping County.

"It's going pretty smoothly. The taxes in our county are not that heavy right now. If you are short of money and can't pay it, you can explain the situation to the village head. If it is found that you are really unable to pay, you can report it to the county magistrate and defer payment for another season.

Moreover, the county magistrate had ordered the village headman to spread the word in the countryside that resisting paying taxes and grain was a serious crime. Not only would one be punished, but one's descendants would also be banned from taking the imperial examinations. No one in the county had deliberately refused to pay."

Did Fu Qingyun come up with all this on his own?

These measures may not seem as grand as land surveying, but they are indeed for the benefit of the people in the county.

Of course, this premise is that these are all true. Qin Yunhe has been solving cases for many years, and now he always has some doubts when listening to people talk.

"After you, County Magistrate Fu, took office, have you made any decrees that are different from those of other county magistrates?"

The official thought for a moment and said, "In our county, even those who have no official title and are over 60 years old can see the officials without kneeling. Their families will be exempted from paying taxes for their support."

Also, if there are women involved in a case in our county, as long as it is not a crime like adultery, they can refuse to be summoned for arrest without a verdict, unless they are willing to appear in court. "

"Can everyone refuse to accept the summons? How will the case be tried?"

"The Lord will summon and arrest the father, brother, husband, or nephew of the woman involved in the case to come to the court for questioning. If there is no father, brother, husband, or nephew, the woman involved in the case will be asked to designate one person to come to the court for questioning.

If you can't designate one, then you must come to the court, but the adults will hold court in the second hall, and no one is allowed to watch."

Qin Yunhe could understand the reason for this rule.

Women value their reputation and are unwilling to show their faces in public, so Fu Qingyun tries her best to avoid this situation.

If all these are true, then Fu Qingyun is indeed a practical person.

Recommending virtuous and capable people is also one of the duties of the Imperial Censor. Qin Yunhe decided to investigate and found out that Nanping County really implemented it in this way.

If Fu Qingyun is really a capable person, I should recommend him.

However, these yamen runners and clerks were sent by Fu Qingyun, and Qin Yunhe did not completely believe what they said.

Seeing Qin Yunhe was silent and deep in thought, the official asked carefully, "Sir, shall I... notify the head of the village first?"

"Okay, go and notify the head of the village first and ask them to bring the relevant people here tomorrow."

After the clerk left, Qin Yunhe called over another clerk and said, "Go back to the county office and get the tax and grain books and case files of your county for the past two years. I want to copy them."

The clerk took the order and went out.

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Let me say this here, it is true that in a certain period of time, the head of a village went to the county government to do errands and did not allow the runners to make announcements and arrests in order to avoid disturbing the common people. Here, it is simply applied to Fu Qingyun to make him appear more sympathetic to the common people.

However, I don't know the specific process of how the village head is assigned, so I can only write according to my own ideas.

There is also the practice of not easily passing on the message to women, which is also true, I didn’t make it up. But the specific implementation process is also made up by me, haha.

If anyone knows about this, please give me some information about the actual situation. Although this article will not be changed, I may be able to use the settings in the future, haha~