Chapter 1052: The First Court Session in Life
The "Daqian Civil Servant Code" stipulates that local officials have morning and evening sessions every day.
The morning court starts at Mao time (5:7-:).
The evening court session starts from the Shen hour (15:17-:).
The sitting time is about 1-2 hours, and the rest of the time is either reviewing documents or patrolling around.
Officials had one day off every ten days, but they had to be present in time to deal with important emergencies (such as fires, robberies, and bandits).
Serving in a local position is a matter of fact, as the emperor is far away from home, and the working hours of local officials are often flexible and changeable.
Especially for an official like Sun Shan, the local leader and the highest decision-maker in the entire place, he has the final say on when to go to work and when to get off work.
Of course, when encountering important incidents, he must step forward to deal with them, otherwise it will cause civil unrest and Sun Shan will be the first person to be held accountable.
Sun Shan looked at his work hours and off-get off work hours and found that they were almost the same as when he was in school.
There are regulations on when to go to work, but there is no regulation on when to get off work.
Due to the complexity of local officials' affairs, their actual working hours are often delayed indefinitely, and even rest days are not guaranteed.
Especially when cases are brought to court, people always gossip about other people's affairs, and each person has his own reasons. It takes more time to handle such cases than to deal with official documents.
If a murder happened, it would be extremely annoying.
Regardless of the time and place, the crime-solving rate is also a point of assessment of political performance.
If a local official has many unsolved cases hanging over his head, Sun Shan's official resume will not look good, as it will also have a certain impact on his future promotion.
As a local official, I pray all the time that I will be safe, smooth and peaceful during my tenure.
Therefore, local officials generally like to embezzle while in office and do not like to force people to death.
If someone dies, it will often affect Alexander's future.
Sun Shan thought that as a county magistrate, he not only had to be Di Renjie, but also the neighborhood committee auntie, Confucius, Shennong, and even Shen Sanwan, a multi-talented person.
Of course, Sun Shan has no way of becoming an all-rounder and can only leave professional matters to professionals.
All he needs to do is control the overall situation and do what he is good at.
The next morning, after Gui Ge'er had taken care of Sun Shan's food, drink, defecation, urination and sleep, he tidied Sun Shan's clothes, especially his official hat, which had to be worn straight to show Sun Shan's majesty.
Gui Ge'er said cheerfully, "Brother Shan, you look so handsome in your official uniform. Uncle Min and Auntie would definitely be very happy if they saw you in court."
Not only Gui Ge'er thought so, but Sun Shan also thought so.
Wearing a beautiful official uniform, he really looks very handsome.
If Sun Boming and Su saw him slamming the table and shouting in court, he would be even happier.
Speaking of home, Sun Shan was very worried about it, especially the little fat girl, and he didn't know whether she would be obedient or not.
But judging from her appearance, she is usually disobedient. She feels like she is missing a piece of flesh when I hug her. If I scold her a few times in the future, she might run away from home.
Oh, it’s hard for Sister Yun. She gave birth to a willful little girl and has to deal with her every day. No wonder she has lost so much weight.
Sun Shan asked, "Did Escort Wei say he would leave the day after tomorrow?"
Gui Ge'er nodded and said, "Yes, Escort Wei said he will leave the day after tomorrow and will also help us take the letter. Escort Wei said don't worry, Brother Shan, he will definitely arrange the letter, take good care of it, and help send it back to Sunjia Village."
After Master Wei said this, Sun Shan became a little worried.
The big and small Wei escorts had weak legs and were afraid that they wouldn't be able to do it smoothly.
Oh, forget it. This is the only solution. The escort agency that Master Wei belongs to is the largest one in Yuanlu County. If not them, who else can I turn to?
Sun Shan flicked the non-existent dust off his official uniform, checked the time, and reported for duty at the court. Then, around nine in the morning, he began his first court appearance in his life.
Sun Shan sat in the court, looking at the rows of officials standing upright, and then feeling the "mirror hanging high" above his head, he had a strange feeling.
Maybe this is the first time, and I feel particularly nervous, but maybe I will get used to it slowly in the future.
If you want to watch the magistrate try a case in court, you don't have to watch it from the doorstep like in TV dramas.
If one wanted to watch the trial, one had to pass through many doors to enter, and ordinary people generally could not get close.
The case being tried today was that of a bandit. Sun Shan was building up momentum for the trial, and the case was open to the public, so the common people were allowed to pass through the main gate, enter the ceremonial gate, and walk into the court.
The corners of Sun Shan's mouth twitched as he looked at the crowds of Yuanlu people that filled the entire hall, with many more people pouring in from the back.
Fortunately, the police were maintaining order and setting up a cordon, otherwise the people would have rushed into the hall and stood next to Sun Shan to watch the trial.
The spectators who were on the front line heard yesterday afternoon that the bandits would be tried today, and they started waiting at the county gate at the hour of dawn the next day.
After receiving the order to rush to the court, the crowd rushed in without saying a word.
Then they saw their short and thin Magistrate Sun sitting on the high hall.
Commoner A asked in a low voice: "Alas, I was not dazzled that day. Magistrate Sun is indeed very small."
After sighing for a while, he continued, "I didn't do any business today, I just wanted to watch the magistrate try bandits. Oh, I didn't expect our new magistrate would try bandits in his first class. Tsk tsk----"
I don't know why Citizen A is tutting, but it's right anyway.
Citizen B had a louder voice, and even a low voice sounded louder when he said, "Yes, I stopped selling pork because I came here to see the bandits. That's right, where are the bandits? How come I can't see them? I've never seen what bandits look like since I was a child."
Speaking of bandits, Citizen C asked fearfully, "Why do we have bandits in Yuanlu? Will there be more in the future? Did the magistrate wipe out the bandits? Oh, I'm so proud of you."
Citizen Ding, who didn't know where he got the information from, said confidently: "Don't worry, there will be no more bandits in the future."
Then he said mysteriously: "I heard that these bandits came from Wuling. Oh my god, they actually ran to our Yuanlu County."
The crowd had vaguely heard of such rumors, and they couldn't help but widen their eyes and asked anxiously: "What's going on? Wuling is a long way from us, how did he get here?"
Citizen Ding, who thought he had inside information, said even more proudly: "Didn't you hear about it a few months ago? Wuling was suppressing bandits, and while suppressing them, these bandits ran over to our side. Emma, we in Yuanlu suffered an unexpected disaster. There were no bandits originally, but when the higher-ups started suppressing them, they ran over to our side."
When the people of Yuanlu County heard this exclusive revelation, they immediately started cursing: "Why are we going to suppress them? The bandits are just staying in Wuling Mountain, why are we going to suppress them? We suppressed them, but they couldn't be completely eliminated, and they brought them to our Yuanlu area."
Commoner Wu sighed and said, "Fortunately, we have a good county magistrate who came to solve this big problem for us. God bless us, Yuanlu bless us, and give us a good county magistrate."
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