The excitement in Changsha City lasted for three to five days. Hundreds of green-skinned scoundrels were taken into custody, and many county and state officials were arrested for this. In an instant, the entire Changsha City seemed to have taken a big bath.

Quiet and harmonious.

At this time, under the personal control of the prefect Diao Guangzhen, the Patrol Division also officially appeared and began to recruit patrol officers with great fanfare. Since they were in the ranks of police officers, there were very few people who came on their own.

Diao Guangzhen was a little helpless. He was also a scholar, so he naturally understood the lowliness of the policemen. In addition, he had arrested many policemen now, and the people were afraid of them like tigers. How dare they come here.

In the impression of ordinary people, the grassroots government officials in ancient times seemed to be arrogant. Although as grassroots civil servants, their positions and establishment were far inferior to the "officials" who entered the system through formal examinations, but

At least they should be stronger than ordinary people, and their social status should be a bit higher.

In a broad sense, yamen are generally considered to be servants. The word "pawn" in oracle bone inscriptions means slave clothes. In Xiaozhuan, it still means slaves. Therefore, they were excluded from the official ranks and were considered unworthy.

He was considered by the common people to be a slave of the government, a person who pretended to be powerful.

In fact, although the government servants can rely on the government and rely on the little public power given by the government to show off their power in front of the people, and even use it for personal gain to prey on the people, the people despise them even more, and the children of good families are unwilling to go there, so they can only rely on

Collection.

In the hot-blooded dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, aspiring young people basically served as soldiers to fight for the title of tens of thousands of princes, and were not willing to serve as government officials. Therefore, there were few people recruited, but government officials and so on were only hereditary. This was formed by the special background of the times.

In addition, officials regard them as slave dogs, and the laws are even more stringent. There are even fewer people who want to be yamen servants, and only hereditary subordinates can be qualified.

For example, the "Regulations of the Qing Dynasty" stipulates: Any arrest of criminals such as robbers and robbers shall be captured within one month from the date of the crime. If the officer fails to capture him within one month, he shall be punished with twenty whippings; if he fails to capture him within two months, he shall be whipped twenty times.

If a prisoner is captured, he will be flogged thirty times; if he fails to capture him within three months, he will be flogged forty. And so on, until the prisoner is caught.

The chief officials did not even want to be held accountable, so they set a time limit for their capture and continued to torture them, so that many officials were beaten to death before they even caught the prisoners.

Which ordinary person would dare to take up such a dangerous and threshold-breaking profession?

"It just so happens that Xiu Mu, let's go and visit the home of Cheng Xue County!" Diao Guangzhen was good at civil affairs. For a while, he felt very troubled by the affairs in these yamen. If he could not complete the emperor's entrustment, he would be in trouble.

Therefore, he planned to visit the home of the Prime Minister of Xue County, Xue Yuan. This person was talked about by the emperor, and he must have won the emperor's heart. It would be appropriate for him to explain something to him.

Having made up his mind, Diao Guangzhen came to Xue County Cheng's home with some food and wine.

This is a small house located in an alley. It is relatively narrow, the gate is narrow, and even a little dilapidated. The walls are short and the cracks between the bricks are full of weeds. I am afraid that it will not be able to prevent many thieves. Diao Guangzhen is accompanied by two followers.

, came to visit.

"This man is actually poor!" He nodded.

"Dong dong dong——" The attendant knocked on the door.

A little maid poked her head out, a little confused.

"Is Xue County Cheng at home?"

"Today happens to be Xiumuli! My master is at home, I wonder who you are?" the little maid said innocently.

"Our master is the prince of Changsha Mansion, please report it quickly!" the attendant took out the name card and said.

Soon, Diao Guangzhen did not wait long. A man in his twenties, wearing a white robe and hemp boots, walked over quickly with a little surprise on his face, a little out of breath, but polite and courteous, as if

Gentleman.

"I didn't know that the emperor was coming, so I hope you can forgive me!"

"Somewhere, on a whim, I heard about the reputation of the gentleman, so I came to visit you. I hope you will forgive me!" Diao Guangzhen was also very polite and said with a smile.

Afterwards, the two of them entered the courtyard and sat up in the living room.

Diao Guangzhen took a closer look at the house. There were not many decorations, just more calligraphy and paintings. The tables and chairs were also ordinary, which was quite consistent with him as the county magistrate.

Made in the Tang Dynasty, he was the eighth-ranking county magistrate, with a dark green color, an annual salary of 20 guan, a grain of 60 shi, and a farmland of 250 acres. The rest of the clothing, grain, tea, wine, cooking materials, fuel, charcoal, salt, clothing, food, horses, and millet were added (

Increased salary, ministerial money, rewards and other subsidies, taken together, are approximately twice the salary.

These are enough for a county magistrate to live in Changsha City. This is only a medium level. If you add in the income from your authority, it will be easy to live happily.

However, looking at him, he didn't look like someone who used his power to seek money, so Diao Guangzhen's evaluation of him was even higher.

"There are not many officials in the world who are dedicated to serving the public and willing to protect the poor!"

The two chatted about some scriptures and other articles, and then came to the topic.

"These days, the whole city of Changsha is smoky and smoky, which has made the emperor dissatisfied. No, I will obey the superior's orders and arrest and examine all those young scoundrels and corrupt officials in the yamen. This can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people!" Diao!

Guang Chen said with emotion.

"The prince is noble!" Xue Yuan praised.

"It's enough to clean up those people. Now we have to set up a patrol department. There are about three hundred people. So far, there are only a few dozen people. The people think it is like entering a tiger's den and are terrified. We still have to find someone capable for this job.

Go-getters!"

"I wonder, does Xue Jun have a candidate?" Diao Guangzhen asked curiously.

"Forgive me, Mr. Fu, but there is no one who can take charge of this person!" Xue Yuan thought about it and realized that he had not recognized any good talents since he entered Changsha City for several months, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Oh? Mr. Xue, please don't lie to me. I heard that there is indeed a very suitable person, and Mr. Xue also knows him and is very familiar with him!" Diao Guangzhen said.

"If I knew what was going on, how dare I deceive the prince? I would have recommended it to you long ago!" Xue Yuan waved his hand quickly.

"Hahaha! It's not difficult to find this person!" Diao Guangzhen said with a smile:

"Far away, yet so close!"

"Me!" Xue Yuan was a little unbelievable.

"That's right!" Diao Guangzhen said with a smile: "This patrol department must have a gentleman like Xue Jun to be the most suitable!"

"Why do you deserve such an important responsibility?" Xue Yuan stood up immediately, feeling quite flattered.

The head of the patrol department was an official of the fifth rank, and he was currently only a county magistrate of the eighth rank. Such a leap was indeed quite big, and he was really shocked.
Chapter completed!