Looking at the thick file on the case, Zheng Peng, the manager of the army, sat silently, and only looked up after a while and said, "It's almost done, are you arrested?" ”

Du Zhongxiao sat down and nodded slightly: "Catch it-"

Liu Ji, the general judge, tapped the table lightly and pondered for a long time before nodding heavily: "The state officials don't ask for the time being, and the news must not be revealed." As for the prisoners in Yongcheng County, regardless of the public officials and households, as long as they are involved in the case, arrest! ”

Gu Zhixian listened, and his body shook: "If you arrest the people in the yamen, who will do things?" ”

Liu Ji said in a deep voice: "There are several surrounding counties, and a few people from each county will be transferred to work as errands for the time being." After two or three months, there will be a punishment! ”

Gu Zhixian and Cheng County Lieutenant glanced at each other, shook their heads slightly, and sighed. With this word "grasping", the Yongcheng County Government will be paralyzed for a few days, which is easy to say, and their county officials are busy.

Zheng Peng picked up a few official documents from the desk, handed them to a public official standing below, and said, "Shi Kongmu, arrest people according to the list!" You have been in the Faculty for many years, and you are very familiar with affairs, so you don't need me to explain it anymore. ”

Shi Kongmu forked his hand and agreed, stepped forward to take the list, and carefully put it away.

Liu Ji gently pushed a piece of paper on the desk to Du Zhongxiao and nodded to him.

Du Zhongxiao held the pen in his hand, signed and drew the seal, took out the knotted seal on his body, and carefully stamped it on it.

Liu Ji picked up the military order and read it again, before signing his name and saying to He Kun, the owner of the village: "He Zhai master, you take the patrol soldiers and horses, and go to the county to get people with the time." Remember, everything is decided by Shi Kongmu, and those who dare to disobey will be killed! ”

He Kun sang a promise with his hand, stepped forward to receive the military order, put it away carefully, and put the pocket in his hand on his head.

Liu Ji has the full authorization of Zhizhou Han Yi, and these people are sitting here, not only are the procedures for arresting people complete, but even the authority to use the patrol soldiers and horses is also sufficient. He Kun's inspection village is not only Guan Yongcheng County, but also includes several nearby counties, Gu Zhi County did not bring soldiers and horses to the rank of supervisor, and without Liu Ji and Du Zhongxiao, he could not mobilize the soldiers and horses to inspect the village.

When the Song people talked about Zhizhou, they often used a sentence that was to go on the horse to manage the army, get off the horse to manage the people, and grasp the military, government and civil power. The meaning of this sentence is not that Zhizhou commands the army with civilian officials, but that Zhizhou holds two positions, and the official title is Zhijun State Affairs. The military refers to the military administration, and the prefecture refers to the civil affairs, and there are institutional guarantees for everything from the post to the establishment of the organization, and in fact they go to the localities in the capacity of central officials to perform the functions and powers of the former envoys and observers. It is precisely because of the origin of the Jiedu envoy that the power of the Song Dynasty Zhizhou was extremely great, and the military, administrative, judicial and other local affairs were almost omnipresent. The posts of transport envoys, pacification envoys, and prison commissioners at the higher level of the road have only one authority, and the counties at the lower level are also extremely restricted in terms of military and judicial powers. Only the position of governor is the governor, and almost all the matters in the jurisdiction are under his jurisdiction. The most important state power collected by the imperial court is actually the financial power.

In the state yamen, the capital hall or embassy represents the envoys of the festival, while the state court represents the civil power. The use of patrol soldiers and horses in the village needs to be performed by Du Zhongxiao as the official in charge of the secretary, and the seal of the festival is sealed, which is a general judgment that Liu Ji cannot overstep his responsibilities. Without this seal, the military order can only add the word "right," and the formalities still have to be completed when they go back. Of course, even if it is stamped, without Liu Ji's signature, it has no effect, and He Kun will not carry it out. This is the right to approve and belong to the governor and the general judgment, except for signing and judging Zhao Luan to temporarily replace him in an emergency, no one else can do it.

Whether it is Zhizhou or Tongju, or Du Zhongxiao, in fact, there is a long list of official positions on the official notice. Loose officials and high-ranking officials represent the status of the military, and some positions in the military and administrative systems that have long been abandoned are still on the official notice. Those official positions are useless in peacetime, but under special circumstances, such as now, Liu Ji brought the seal of the Jiedu envoy, and Du Zhongxiao temporarily played the role of the Jiedu envoy and issued military orders.

Compared with Du Zhongxiao's previous life, this is a different officialdom habit. In his previous life, an official was temporarily in charge of a certain task, and he would dedicate a document or even set up a temporary body, and then he would use a certain official position, and some even came from a very long history. For example, most of the marching Sima of the Jiedu envoy were scattered officials at this time, which were used to place degraded officials. But once he took care of his own duties, he picked up the system of the previous dynasty.

Du Zhongxiao was very fresh, and carefully put away the seal of the festival that he had kept. He was a petty official, and he was able to keep the incomparably majestic festival seal of the late Tang Dynasty, which was really flattering.

Shi Kongmu and He Kun sang a promise to leave, and Cheng County Lieutenant moved his buttocks in his seat, but he didn't stand up after all. This time, even his subordinates were implicated, and there were almost no available soldiers in the county office, so it was really his turn to lead troops to arrest people.

Liu Ji didn't see Cheng County's actions, and said lightly: "The cunning people in the countryside, colluding with slippery officials, and making things out of money, are just trivial things." After months of disturbance, the state and county are not at peace, and you have all worked hard. The military order has been issued, and the thieves are captured alone, or they are beheaded or beheaded, and the case can be handed over to the old officials. I heard that Du Tuiguan has been here since he came here, and he used the secret method at home to make dozens of jars of wine, but he easily refused to show it. There are also prostitutes who are good at guqin, good at playing ancient and modern famous songs, and it is rare to hear them. There is nothing to do left and right, push the official, why don't you take the wine at home, the beauty strokes the piano, how about getting drunk? ”

Seeing Liu Ji looking at himself, Du Zhongxiao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up and said: "Don't hide the verdict, I did make some wine, but it was not hidden and not revealed, but the wine needs to be aged before it is mellow, and it is harmful to drink it too early." Now that winter is in place, the wine is ripe, and it is about to be tasted. ”

Liu Ji stood up, said again and again, and walked to the backyard first.

Du Zhongxiao was not used to this kind of big event, drinking and singing in the style of celebrities, everyone stood up before they followed Liu Ji.

Seeing that Liu Ji's steps were calm, and he was not affected by the big event just arranged, Du Zhongxiao was a little admired in his heart. It's not that he doesn't have this concentration, but he doesn't have this habit. When things come to an end, they will devote all their energy to dealing with things, and will not be distracted by other matters.

When he arrived at his own courtyard at the back, Du Zhongxiao hurriedly ordered Chai Xin to take his entourage to arrange the feast and prepare the tent. His dwelling was cramped, and there was no room in the house to accommodate so many people. At this time, it was already winter, and it was freezing outside, so I prepared to set up a big tent according to the habit at this time. In winter, large families like to do this the most, and the former prime minister Kou Zhun likes to drink for a long night, surround the tent, and light a large candle, day and night.

Liu Ji waved his hand and said: "Don't set up a curtain, it's cold at this time, just put two pots of charcoal." Looking at the scenery in all directions, it is best to drink, and hide in the tent like a Hu person, what's the point? ”

Du Zhongxiao said yes, and ordered Chai Xin to lead people to prepare braziers. He also quietly instructed him to make a pot of mutton shabu and serve it with the good wine he had brewed.

The guest sat down, Liu Ji looked at the few chrysanthemums that had withered next to him, and sighed: "Before I knew it, it was winter, and everything in the state was complicated this year, and there was not even a day to enjoy chrysanthemums." Liu Guest's "Burrow Ming" talks and laughs with Confucianism, there is no white ding, no silk and bamboo mess, no case work, we eunuchs, I don't know when there will be that blessing. ”

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads and sighed. These days, everyone is really tired and miserable.

Du Zhongxiao looked at the withered chrysanthemum, and felt it in his heart for a while, and unconsciously chanted the poem he learned in his previous life: "The lotus has no rain cover, and the chrysanthemum still has proud frost branches." A good year must be remembered, it is the time of orange, yellow, orange and green. After saying that, he shook his head and went to the house to urge wine.