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The distant Linjin County
In the early morning, I was bathed in a ray of new spring sunshine, and I was in a happy mood to shuttle through the front hall and back hall of Linjin County. At this moment, I see your tall and majestic, see your vicissitudes and ancients, and see your inspiring "Qingguan culture".
It was the eye-catching couplet on the yamen that read, "Live up to the heavens and what is the theory of the official ranks, only seven products, often Huaipu loves to be afraid of losing half of the people's hearts" made me feel the true connotation of "serving the government of the officials and benefiting the people" of the previous Linjin officials.
Linjin County, founded in the Yuan Dade period. Although it has suffered from the erosion of time, it is the earliest surviving county-level office in mainland China compared with the relatively well-preserved Yuci County Ya, Pingyao County Ya, and Xindi County Ya.
Linjin County Ya is designed according to the traditional orientation of the ancient Chinese "Kanyuxue" sitting north and facing south. Between the central axis is the main hall, and there is a corridor in front of the main hall. From south to north, they are arranged in order: Yamen, Yimen, Shifang, Zhengtang, Retreat Hall, Three Provinces Hall and the living quarters of the county orders. This architectural pattern completely preserves the architectural styles of the Tang and Song dynasties inherited by the Yuan Dynasty. Entering the Yamen and crossing the YiMen Gate, the poems of the Yuan Dynasty official Wang Sicheng and the county commander Guo Sixing are lined up on both sides. These two poems completely describe the unique geographical environment, thick cultural history and beautiful and rich property resources of Linjin and Yishi from different angles.
With Linjin Zhengtang as the center, the east is the county seat, and the west is the main thin ya. On either side of the lobby is the office of the Department. The ancient Linjin County Ya is arranged according to the Zhaomu system of zuowen and right wu: the front two sides of the main hall are side by side as corridors. The left is for civilian officials, and the right is for military attaché deacons. Among them, there are official houses in charge of appointment and dismissal, examination, and promotion; there are household houses that manage the civil affairs, land, and household registration of the whole county; and there are ceremonial houses that are in charge of education and county examinations. There are also execution rooms that assist Zhixian in cracking cases, soldiers' quarters in charge of soldiers and horses, and workshops for engineering design. After the gallery, there are the Land Ancestral Hall, Yinbin, Police Station, Prison, County Lieutenant, Dianshi, Ya Gong and so on. Zhen Nai: The first ritual of the canonical system, the general text of the scientific examination law. The editor Fang Tian is diligent and cautious, and the film is rich and wealthy. All servants shall perform their duties and responsibilities.
The Yimen of Linjin County has a couplet: "Justice and fairness are no different from ancient to modern times, and there are comments on the government and the public." On both sides of the Yongdao were erected the ring stone inscriptions of the Song Taizong Imperial System: "Erzhu Erlu, the people's fat people's anointing." The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. This steely warning made corrupt officials feel frightened. Let the sword of the Qing official hang high. Those few official proverbs, diligent proverbs, gongzhen, and jingyizhen made the county orders of Linjin all sigh. Be considerate of the people's feelings, serve the government of the official, and educate the party and benefit the political character of the party. Although the extraordinary Linjin Hall has gone through 700 years of ups and downs, it still presents: the cloth roof of the barrel tile bag ditch, the overhanging peak of the single eaves diagonally picked, and the ancient and exquisite peak of the rest mountain. All these give people the shock of the staggered eaves and tall and majestic. It is worthy of being a living fossil of the architecture of Jinnan Yafu.
Linjin Lobby, the hall is five rooms wide, and the rafters are six rafters deep. It adopts the "subtractive column method structure" of the middle Yuan Dynasty. The arrangement of the pillars and the structure of the interstitial structure of the main hall is very clever. As a result, the hall space with its strict decoration is wide and bright, which reflects the legal dignity of the feudal society.
Walking into the lobby, the bronze statues of the people shouting injustice and the county officials trying the case were vividly displayed in front of me. Therefore, I came up with the idea of beating drums and ascending to the hall, the platoon of servants, and the standing hall of the execution room shouting in unison: "Mighty." "The county clerk, the lord, and the canonical history are all in place." The county grand master was cautious in judging the case, and the official recorded the confession on the record. Therefore, in the face of the criminal law that clearly observes the heavenly reason and shows the mirror, and the justice, honesty, and prestige are awe-inspiring and law-abiding: the criminal book is called, and the soap is summoned. The plaintiff and defendant each kneel in the east and west. After some interrogation, the county grand master slapped the shocked wood and threw the order to sign. Hearing the order, he knocked down the defendant, picked up his staff and stick, and crackled and beat him up. After that, he was imprisoned.
In this Linjin hall, where countless cases have been tried, there are still generations of officials who govern the side of peace. While collecting taxes, collecting grain, educating the people, persuading the people to do so, providing relief from disasters and famines, listening to lawsuits and prison breaks, and studying in a disciplined manner, they kept the warmth and coldness of the local people in mind. There have been: Linwei Yong, LincaiLian, Linsishen, and Linminren Of the Four Linzhi County Shi Bangzhi. Emerges: the morning case is over at dusk, and the night petitioner is two more days. The incorruptible county that leaves justice in the world makes Li Huaihe diligent and diligent not to speak of hardship, and not to speak of poverty. Wu Chongli of Sanyan Zhi County, who does not speak of himself. Once upon a time, Linjin Zhi County used to say in the admonition of officials: self-discipline is honest, and care for the people is benevolent. Diligent in his work and with the intention of taking justice as the criterion, he once made a vow of serving as an official for the benefit of Linjin.
With great reverence for the ancient officials, I once again saw the propaganda pages in the "Three Provinces Hall" that reflected the linjin county officials' skillful determination of unjust cases. In these stories, it is clearly recorded how the Linjin County Order used the code of law, promoted righteousness, and carefully judged unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.
The short story "Taiyuan Prison", which was once written by Pu Songling into "Liaozhai Zhiyi", tells the story of LingQiao's unjust case in Linjin County. The widow Zhang Shi had an affair with someone, and the daughter-in-law tried everything to stop it. Zhang Shi held a grudge in his heart and falsely accused his daughter-in-law of having other adulterous feelings. The government fainted and was wrongly imprisoned. The daughter-in-law did not accept the continuous petition. Later, this tricky and difficult case was judged by Ling Qiao of Linjin County. After Sun Xianling's three examinations and six questions, he skillfully used bitter meat plots, and finally the unjust case was revealed.
In the annals of the history of Linjin County, it has been recorded that a batch of good ministers and officials who have asked for the people's lives and are just and righteous have not been. They are called "officials and bones" by the common people. As a result, the folk have praised: the iron mask of the imperial history, the white bread gong, the Qingtian alcohol Confucianism, the black donkey county order and other touching stories of political integrity. Seeing things and thinking about people, I was thinking bitterly: whether it was the "Three Provinces Hall" or the "Retreat Hall". The officials of Linjin County shouted: "When things are doubtful, do three lessons, bear the four knowledges of the Yatang" and "Be cautious and cautious in filing a case and sentencing, and those who are close to the people and are safe are in the same security", let the common people shout: Linjin County Ya has a green sky!
In the residence of Linjin County Ling, hanging are the warnings and family trainings of officials of the past: in the morning and dusk, Li Min is always remembered, and Yi Mu'en is never forgotten. As light as autumn chrysanthemums, Qianruo dongmei is not afraid of cold. It is precisely because of this good family style and family training. Only then has it forged the selfless dedication spirit of the Linjin County Order of the past: "The worries of the world before the world, and the joy and happiness of the world after the world". However, this precious spirit is precisely the cultural system of mutual integration between the ancient "Qingguan culture" and the traditional "Confucian culture" of the mainland. Although in the operation of this cultural system, although the monarch and the subject are branded, the feudal brand of respect and inferiority is left. But it gives the new era the connotation of integrity. At the same time, it has played a role in fueling the construction of today's "culture of honest government."
At this moment, I am crossing through the infinite imaginary space. yes! The distant Linjin County is here, the root of history is here, and the immortal "Qingguan culture" of a thousand years is here. It not only accumulates the rich humanistic history of Linjin County, but more importantly, it has left a very valuable spiritual and cultural heritage.
At dusk, I climbed the tall city wall of Linjin County and silently read this encyclopedia of "Linjin County". Imagine this ancient land in history, whether it is Xie County, BeiXie, Sangquan or Linjin, depending on how the name of the county is changed, but the historical story of integrity that occurred here cannot be changed. It made me see once again the splendor of this ancient county town.
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