Qin Official

Hei Fu was shocked when he heard that the general said that they would be punished for "missing the deadline"!

How dare he kill me! ?

But then he heard Baijiang add: "Twenty floggings!"

Ha, it’s a slap in the face, not a beheading if you miss the deadline? Heifu was stunned.

The county soldiers grinned ferociously and geared up, picking up bamboo boards on the side and preparing to beat Heihu hard.

Heifu closed his eyes. He was weighing the pros and cons. Since he was being slapped twenty times, was he unwilling to be humiliated and stand up to resist? Or should we endure it silently and take revenge in ten years?

However, at this moment, I heard another set of footsteps in the distance, followed by a loud shout: "Stop!"

Heifu opened his eyes and saw a young military officer who was also dressed as a general and a few people running over. He shouted to the county soldiers who were about to take action: "What are you doing! Don't stop!"

"General Chen Bai, what do you mean?" the officer who ordered Heifu to be captured said coldly.

"I should ask General Baiji about this." The military officer known as "General Chen Baiji" was short in stature and had a small beard on his chin. He was not as strong and powerful as the officer, but he did not show any weakness at all.

He pointed at the two men and said, "General Bin Bai, what crime did these two commit? Will they be punished by flogging?"

Bin Baijiang said angrily: "If you miss the deadline, you will be punished."

But Chen Baijiang laughed: "Isn't that right? According to the "Corvee Laws", if you miss the period of one to five days, you will be fined; if you miss the period of six to ten days, you will be fined one shield; if you miss the period of more than ten days, you will be fined one shield. They will be punished with two armors. These two people are a few hours late, and the most they can do is scold them in public. Which law stipulates that they should be beaten twenty times?"

"This..." Bin Baijiang was speechless for a moment.

Chen Baijiang came closer and said with a smile: "Furthermore, I heard that Hei Fu and Ji Ying met the robbers on the road, captured them, and then assisted in the trial in the county jail, so they came late. This matter The county magistrate has informed the county captain's office, and the county captain told me personally that he can be allowed to report again tomorrow... Bin Baijiang, you took him down regardless of the reason. Could it be that you wanted to replace the Huyang who broke the law and became a ghost salary? Is the pavilion chief venting his anger? I heard that he is your cousin!"

General Bin Bai's expression froze after he was exposed: "General Chen Bai, you and I are colleagues after all, don't try to frame me! I directly take orders from the county's left lieutenant, how do you know what orders the county's right lieutenant issued?"

"So that's it." Chen Baijiang said meaningfully: "Since it is a misunderstanding, please let me go!"

Seeing that Chen Baijiang had resorted to the law and couldn't fight anymore, Binbaijiang glared at Heifu, waved his hand and asked his men to let go of him, and then left a message in Heifu's ear: "Xiao Zhuzi, today You're lucky!" Then he left angrily.

Heifu stood up, rubbed his sore arms, stared at General Bin Baiji's figure for a long time, and then saluted the mustachioed General Chen Baiji: "Thank you, sir, for saving me!"

Ji Ying was also in shock. He bowed and said, "If General Bai hadn't stopped us, we would have had our legs broken."

"Not that much."

Chen Baijiang was polite, but he received a great gift from the two of them. Then he looked at Hei Fu up and down, and praised: "The rumors in the past few days are indeed true. He is tall and strong, and can defeat many people." , and now he has become a public servant due to his merits. How good! Anlu County has another strong man!"

"The superior is so complimentary. The little man's meager achievements and courage are not worth mentioning."

Heifu asked carefully: "The superior just said that this general is a relative of the chief of Huyang Pavilion?"

"Isn't that right..." Chen Baijiang said meaningfully: "General Bin Bai is the son-in-law of the county Zuo Wei, and Huyang Ting Changzhen is the county Zuo Wei's nephew. We often have contact with each other on weekdays. Now the Huyang Ting Changzhen Being severely punished, he will naturally feel unhappy."

It suddenly dawned on Hei Fu that there was this kind of relationship involved. No wonder the merchant couldn't withstand the pressure in the county jail today and gave perjury to the chief of the pavilion.

After saying that, Chen Baijiang pointed at Hei Fu and said with a smile: "So in the next month, you should be more careful, be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't make mistakes. If he really gets the handle, I can't protect you... "

"Thank you, General Bai, for your advice. Hei Fu will never forget General Bai's kindness."

Hei Fu bowed again knowingly, and Chen Baijiang accepted their courtesy calmly, nodded, and said with a smile: "As long as you understand..."

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Chen Baijiang asked the county guards around him to take Hei and his wife to the place where the guards lived. Along the way, Ji Ying sighed and said that this was almost the second time he was beaten today, and it was twenty times. Fortunately, he was saved. Come down, or your butt will burst.

However, Heifu seemed to be thoughtful. Apart from thinking about what had just happened, he muttered in a low voice: "It turns out that the penalty for missing the term of service is not to die without mercy. What was the agreement that if you fail to complete the term, you will be executed? Isn't that somewhere? Was it a mistake? Or was I deceived by the history textbook again..."

He couldn't figure it out for a while, so he just let it go. At this time, Ji Ying had already used his talent of talking a lot and got close to the county soldier who was leading the way.

It turned out that the county soldier was also from Jinshui Township, and his name was "Zhao". He was said to be a county soldier, but in fact, except for the gun in his hand and the armor he took off, he was no different from Heifu and the others. Because they were fellow villagers, Zhao started chatting with Ji Ying in the Jianshui dialect after walking a few steps. By the time they got halfway there, the two of them were already quite familiar with each other.

Heifu saw this and secretly marveled that this Ji Ying had some communication skills. He pulled Ji Ying and whispered a few words to him. Ji Ying nodded in understanding.

"Brother Zhao." When he was about to arrive at the watchman's residence, Ji Ying suddenly asked, "Are General Chen Bai and General Bin Bai not getting along?"

Zhao smiled and said: "Didn't you just see it? It's obvious! General Bin Bai was originally a public servant. He fought on the battlefield with the county's left lieutenant. He gradually rose through the ranks by decapitating people on the battlefield. General Chen Bai inherited his father's title. , he worked for a long time when he came of age, and he was a school disciple. He was promoted by the county's right lieutenant and directly joined the army as an official. From the first day they worked together, they couldn't sit together. Similar things, We’ve seen too much.”

Heifu nodded silently after hearing this. No wonder Chen Baijiang talked about laws and regulations in detail. It turned out that he was from the "school", which was the cadre training class of Qin State.

From this point of view, he saved himself just to make General Bin Bai unhappy? That's too honest. If it were me, I would definitely stay aside and watch for a while, wait for the slap to hit him, and then come out and call for a stop. This way, I can impeach General Bin Bai for his arbitrary use of punishment, and even if I can't remove him, I can still pay a fine. Disgusting, disgusting opponent. In addition, it can make the two men hate Bin Baijiang even more, and be even more grateful to Chen Baijiang. This is simply killing two birds with one stone...

Heifu suddenly felt that compared with the simple people of this era, modern people are really shady. Of course, he would not dare to compare with Zhao Gao, Li Si and other outstanding people.

But he heard Ji Ying ask again: "Are the county right lieutenant and county left lieutenant also not compatible?"

Zhao was shocked when he heard this and quickly denied it.

"I never said this. The two county captains usually look kind and friendly..."

He then looked around suspiciously, and saw only a group of patrolling county guardsmen passing by in the distance. When they were far away, he lowered his voice and said: "But now the orders of the two county captains are often sent to their respective generals without even saying a word to each other. It's just a pain for us, the soldiers, who don't know who to listen to." of……"

When Heifu heard this, he understood clearly that the two leaders of the Anlu County Public Security Bureau were not on good terms with each other.

He had already guessed that the reason why General Chen Bai saved them was not to enforce the law impartially like Doctor Xi, but had his own purpose, which was to make General Bin unhappy, and at the same time make Heifu, who had just arrived in the county, The famous "strong man" in the country was grateful to him.

Digging deeper, this also involves an open and secret fight between the two lieutenants in Anlu County!

It seems that not only is the follow-up to the case of Huyang Pavilion Chief unfinished, but he has also accidentally been involved in a more troublesome "political struggle"...

Although the deputy director of public security is not a high-ranking official, he is still the fourth-in-command in Anlu County. He can make the black man miserable with just a move of his fingers. Even if the county Zuo Lieutenant cannot deal with him personally due to public opinion and laws, he can still let Bin Baijiang find excuses to make things difficult for Heifu.

"It seems that this month of service is more difficult than I imagined."

Heifu shook his head helplessly, sighing secretly that he had suffered a lot of misfortune, only to win the lawsuit and get into trouble again.

At this time, a light drizzle suddenly began to fall in the sky. Lian Dao stopped because of the bad luck, pointed to a row of low and dilapidated houses in front of him, and said to them: "The watchman's residence has arrived! Just go there by yourself, the one on the far left is the one!"

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PS: The discovery of the Yunmeng Qin Slips' "Corvee Code" has made the direct cause of Chen Sheng and Wu Guangguang's Zexiang uprising "missing the deadline, all laws will be cut off". There are currently two main views in the historians on this.

First, during the reign of Emperor Qin II, Zhao Gao once "updated the rules and regulations". In this revision, the penalty for missing the deadline was changed to beheading.

Second, what Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were escorting were garrison soldiers going to the frontier to guard. They were military conscripts and were no longer ordinary corvees. They had to act in accordance with military law. In Nanjun in the early Western Han Dynasty, there was a case where a barbarian ruler was cut in half for escaping from the garrison. Of course, even if they had to be beheaded, only two county captains and Chen Wu would die, and it was impossible for all the others to be executed.