It doesn't make any sense to me whether it is the best in the country. Because today's world, no matter what scenery, who and what animals, it is not so difficult to put the best crown on it with the wisdom of the world. However, there is no need to discuss the integrity of this old county government.
I remember that there are a pair of stone lions on both sides of the gate of the old county, which are magnificent. If you look at that hole, you will mention the sacred yamen. But I stared at it carefully and found that the fierce eyes of the lions seemed to overflow with goodwill, feeling that their inner essence was not as fierce as I thought.
I thought "The Lion Guardian" was a sealed history. The majesty of the sunset has turned into a fleeting cloud, and now it has become a monument that people pay tribute to. At this time, the stone chamber can still borrow the prestige and strictness of the government? But not as good as the stone lion at the entrance of the real yamen today, showing a threatening and lost face?
Traveling abroad, people always bring a kind of unspeakable happiness, and I am no exception. Besides, it's a rare trip. Anyway, you have to adjust your mood to be refreshing and sunny. Before stepping into this old county government, my mood is still as bright as the sunshine of the day.
But the moment I stepped into the gate of the county government, there seemed to be a kind of yin min qi. I suddenly felt that I had become a prisoner, a prisoner who seemed to be free but not bound. I felt that I was whipped all over. The mood is very tacit, and the thinking is a little heavy with the movement of footsteps.
Look up at the tourists who filed in. I thought to myself: it looks like a joke, but it takes two to slap it, but which one is not a prisoner who is more or less escorted by this desire?
At this time, I am writing these words under the escort of the chief, and my mind is full of what I saw and heard when I visited the county government. Although vague, it is still imprinted; Thinking about moving forward step by step at that time, although stumbling, I was still persistent.
But it did take a long time. I really can't remember how many three rooms and six halls, a Confucius Institute. The doors of the yamen are one after another. Who can count them so carefully? Besides, playing the role of a prisoner always feels that he doesn't know what crime he has committed, what crime he will be sentenced to and what punishment he will be sentenced to in the end. Where can I look around and remember it vividly?
When people walk with gloomy mood, it is easy to feel tired. Just when I was sleepy, I suddenly saw a gold plaque with "neixiang county purlin". I thought, this should be the key to embody the spirit of yamen!
Sure enough, this majestic purlin is the place where magistrate of a county holds major ceremonies, hears major cases and greets superior officials. Blame my ignorance. In my impression, the function of the county government seems to be to judge prisoners, and there is no other responsibility. It seems that this is not the case.
In the magistrate's yamen, on the secret case-solving, Four Treasures of the Study, Yin He, gavel and starter were listed for trial. I am familiar with all these things, and I often see them in plays. Especially when the county grandfather was furious, he was suddenly stunned and ordered to sign and throw, which was like flying into a rage. At this point, people kneeling on the ground have already been scared and don't know what to do. How dare they quibble again?
I was standing in front of the hall when I suddenly remembered the costume drama I had seen. Especially when you look at the county magistrate, when you go out, you will clear the way, which is very imposing; Drumming in the lobby to complain, grandfather went to court; Honest officials are majestic, and corrupt officials are short-sighted; The leader pressed the buzzer and grandpa sat down at the back of the hall. A good play has just begun.
Therefore, life is like a play, but play is different from life. As soon as the officials in the play appear, they can distinguish between greed and loyalty. And what you encounter in life can be seen at a glance?
It is said that there are many honest officials in neixiang county, but I can't remember my last name, but it reminds me of Qipin Sesame Official. The honest official who said that "it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes than to be an official for the people" really made people who expected justice feel proud.
It's just that our screenwriter is so loud that he dares to let this tiny sesame official judge Gao's life. No matter how the trial is conducted, it is tantamount to sending him to the jaws of death in vain. After reading it, while paying tribute to that Cheng Tang, it also made me feel a little sad.
Fable or joke, it always gives actors a stage to commit crimes and gives the audience a plot to vent their anger. China people look for satisfaction in the play. How dare I ruin everyone's good mood because of my own doubts?
Dare not stay long. The county magistrate sitting on the stage stared at me for a long time. If there is disrespect again, it is really a crime. So they mixed up, staggered and quickly slipped out of the lobby.
When I got out of the purlin, I saw the tourists in the yard, and I was in high spirits, pointing and taking pictures as a souvenir. Very lively. Accompanied children are more interested than adults, full of curiosity and lingering about prisons, prisoners held in prisons, and instruments of torture for extorting confessions or punishment.
It is out of children's curiosity that we are interested in seeing and enjoying the hardships. Are some of us adults the same? In prison, before the appearance of cool tools, even in this world, aren't you keen on caring about natural and man-made disasters? Although it is full of sighs, it will also be a bit lucky!
The history of yamen has been frozen in this Fiona Fang, but it seems to be revived in the noise of tourists. Looking at the top ten tortures in ancient China displayed on the prison wall, I seem to hear the groans of the prisoners. Think again about the suffering of revolutionary heroes in red movies. It's like being there, and I suddenly felt a chill in my heart, and really realized the "hard-won happiness" instilled by education.
Some people say that Jing has a plan. When ordinary tourists visit the old county government, the first thing they think of is three trials, torture, imprisonment and so on. For officials to visit the county government, in addition, hanging or hanging plaques will be especially favored. Traveling around the county government, it is a waste of time to talk about your feelings, repeat the warnings of being an official over and over again, and express some feelings accordingly.
Speaking of plaque couplets, it is really a delicious meal for officials to go to the county government. Moreover, I think that a major function of the county government culture may also be to learn from the past and remind our politicians at least conceptually!
Artistic reproduction of a few memorable pictures:
The couplets with pillars in the three halls should be the most famous: "It is not glorious to get an official, and it is not shameful to lose an official. Don't say that an official is useless, and the place depends on an official; Eat people's food and wear people's clothes. Don't say that people can be bullied, they are also human beings. " Although the couplets are simple, they are really touching. This was written by Gao Yongyong, a magistrate of a county, when he was working in Neixiang during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
The couplet of Confucius Institute: "It is not enough to talk about politics, but to rest from the province and self-denial;" When you become an official, you have a big picture and think that everything is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. "
County Yamen couplet: "If you forgive one point, the people will suffer one more point;" It's not worth a penny to take the civil service exam. "
The couplet at the entrance of the main book yamen: "I am here because of the people's orders; I have a clear conscience and am not ashamed of the people. "
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The symbolic meaning of the plaque is self-evident. It is really not easy for officials to really practice. Just let it be, compensation has become a creed used by some people to decorate and ponder, just like a bright fat product sticking to a dirty face, which is particularly ironic.
Sometimes I think that when no one is happy, the plaque hanging will look particularly lonely and helpless. If it really played the role of enlightenment and was implanted in the bones of officials, wouldn't it be hanging in the sun for nothing! And what has been done by people full of this greed? Will this deep connection be awkward? Thoughts are hovering in my mind, and I can't help but feel lost.
Small county government, big society; Big society, small county government. The county magistrate seems speechless, but in fact he has a lot to say; Tourists look at the county government, and the county government is also looking at tourists. No matter you or me, once we enter the county government, tourists or prisoners, whether they are tied or not, are all interrogated together.
What's the value of leaving this cold building without trial function?
The justice inside makes people look up. But if the judge sitting in the lobby is partial to the king's law, how many people will be accused of kneeling on the bluestone in front of the hall?
Writing here, I suddenly remembered the couplets on both sides of the doorpost of the East Flower Hall in the county: "I didn't mean to see the clouds rolling in the sky, but I was not surprised to see the flowers blooming before the court." I feel relaxed and happy when I think about it. I think the person who wrote this couplet must be an open-minded and distinguished person!
After reading this couplet, my heavy heart relaxed a little when I wrote this article. It seems that the power of words can sometimes be used to dissolve people's hearts!