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

Qin Yunhe didn't expect that he would suddenly hear a drama while asking questions, and he couldn't help laughing.

This Zhou Defu is quite interesting.

However, Qin Yunhe was not here to decide who the manuscript belonged to, so he said, "Okay, you guys can decide the matter of the manuscript privately, and now let's talk about Zhang Wei being reported.

Chen Xiu, I will ask you again, do you have any objection to the magistrate's judgment?"

At this time, Chen Xiu had already lost his composure and was no longer as righteous as before. He just replied hastily: "Your Excellency, I have no objection to Zhang Wei's background..."

"Hmm..." Qin Yunhe nodded and said, "If there is no objection, then the case is settled. In the future, concentrate on studying. Even if you can't pass the imperial examination, at least you can cultivate your character."

Chen Xiu naturally understood what the inspector meant.

Although he might never have the chance to meet the Inspector again in his life, and the Inspector would not do anything to him because of this, he still wanted to say a few words in his own defense.

But obviously I don't know how to tell the difference.

Qin Yunhe did not give him a chance to explain himself. Seeing that he had no objection, he let him leave.

Chen Xiu looked at Zhou Defu in panic, who was not asked to leave, and had to leave uneasily.

Zhou Defu was obviously a straightforward person. Seeing that Qin Yunhe asked Chen Xiu to leave but kept him, he became even more excited.

"Sir, you see, he has nothing to say when I mention that poem. He is just a thief who stole other people's poems. I told him to mention it earlier, but Avi didn't allow me to mention it."

Qin Yunhe had not originally kept him to ask about the poem, but seeing that he was in high spirits, he smiled and asked, "Why didn't Zhang Wei allow me to ask about it?"

"Awei said that the poem was just average, so there was no need to worry about it. I didn't understand, but other students said that the poem was well written, which made Chen Xiu proud for a while."

"You and Zhang Wei are childhood friends."

"Yes, we often played together when we were young. But I am not saying this just because he is my childhood friend. His family has nothing to do with the Zhang family in Zhangjiazhuang. Everyone in our village knows that the master of Zhangjiazhuang wanted to marry Zhang Weilian but was rejected. You can find out if you ask someone."

Qin Yunhe nodded.

"I kept you here because I wanted to ask you something else. I heard that the current magistrate is different from other magistrates in many ways after taking office."

"Sir, you are asking the right question. You can see that Avi's case can be easily solved.

If it were the county magistrate in the past, wouldn't he have to ask people to make arrangements and delay it for another year or two? Maybe nothing will happen, first the official title will be revoked, and then even if it is cleared up in the end, won't you have to take the exam again?"

This is true.

Some county magistrates were afraid of being implicated, so upon receiving a report, they would immediately strip the person of his official title or cancel his examination qualification regardless of whether the report was true or false.

It is even more uncertain whether the truth can be found out later.

However, Fu Qingyun's insistence on checking before making any conclusion can easily put himself at risk.

If someone is too radical and becomes dissatisfied when he sees that he has not immediately stripped the person of his official title, he may file a complaint with the government or even the prefecture or province.

If it is proven that the person did indeed cheat in the exam, or if it causes dissatisfaction among local scholars, the superiors will not care whether he was considering it carefully or accepted bribes, and he will most likely be held accountable.

"I heard that the idea of ​​not allowing yamen runners to go to the countryside and having the village head summon witnesses and arrest criminals was also proposed by Magistrate Fu?"

Zhou Defu finally reacted after being reminded: "Yes, I almost forgot about this. Your Excellency, is this considered as the magistrate's achievement? Are you going to ask for credit for him?"

Qin Yunhe laughed.

Although this was indeed the case, Zhou Defu really did not consider himself an outsider and asked directly.

"Tell me first, and then I'll see if it counts as merit."

Zhou Defu first glanced at the clerk outside the door before he said, "Sir, to be honest, it's not that I look down on the clerks. It's just that some clerks in the yamen are really arrogant when they go down to do their work. They would charge two taels of silver for just a glance.

It’s not that the previous county magistrates didn’t care, at least they didn’t manage it. County Magistrate Fu really managed it.

Now we only see yamen runners a few times a year, and the county magistrate doesn’t allow them to ask the people for money, so it’s much quieter.”

Perhaps fearing that the clerks outside the door might have heard and complain, he quickly said, "But the magistrate has changed a lot of people in the past few years, and now they are much more friendly. The clerks nowadays are different from before, and we are not afraid even if we see them."

"I heard that every family in the county with an elderly person over 60 years old can reduce one cent of tax to support the elderly."

"Yes, that's true. I don't have any elderly people in my family, so I forgot about this for a while. This is a real benefit to the people in the county. I told Avi that he should do the same when he becomes an official in the future."

Qin Yunhe's move to deal with Qingyun had a new understanding. His move brought more than just benefits to the local people. The gentry and students influenced by him would probably be more sympathetic to the people under their rule once they became officials in the future.

This is probably what is meant by educating someone.

This will not only benefit the local people.

"Then is there nothing that County Magistrate Fu has done that has displeased the people?"

"Dissatisfied?" Zhou Defu scratched his head and said, "Does forcing children aged eight to fifteen in the county middle school to study in community schools for at least two years count?"

Since the previous emperor, this dynasty has ordered various places to establish and promote community schools, recruiting naughty children from the countryside to attend school and learn to read and write in order to educate the people.

However, even after the current Majesty ascended the throne for several decades, the implementation was not very good.

One is that it is difficult to invite a teacher from a school.

Those who are truly knowledgeable are either too eager for fame and fortune to teach, or they open their own schools to teach.

Another thing is that enrollment is not going smoothly.

Most people who wanted their children to go to school would send them to private schools, or if their families were well-off they would hire a teacher to give lessons at home.

And those poor families still expect their children to help with many chores, so they would not send their children away.

So although a number of community schools were indeed opened, many of them were almost abandoned.

If Fu Qingyun really manages to run the community school, it would truly be a great achievement.

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Don’t worry about which dynasty the social school was actually founded in. This article is fictional.