Chapter 114: The Seventh Thousandth Household

In the previous dynasty, the Qingluan Guards were spies, assassins, and guards.

However, in this dynasty, the functions of the Qingluan Guards have changed a lot, and they are between the black-clad men and the constables.

Although the Qingluan Guards still retain the title of the emperor's personal army, they are no longer responsible for the protection of the imperial palace. In addition to retaining some of the duties of the emperor's ears and eyes, they mainly target secret societies, bandits, and gangsters, and investigate all kinds of illegal activities such as murder and looting. The main responsibilities of the thousand-household and hundred-household offices in various places are to maintain stability and crack down on bandits, which is equivalent to taking away some of the powers of the Ministry of Justice and the Criminal Procuratorate, while the local Criminal Procuratorate is mainly responsible for civil cases.

In terms of weapons, there are also obvious differences among the three. The black-clad men mainly use various heavy firearms, and massacres are not a problem. The constables mainly use iron rulers, chains, and waist knives, and are equipped with a pistol at most.

The Qingluan Guard is somewhere in between the two, equipped with a large number of firearms, not only hand guns and sabers, but also armor, strong crossbows, long guns, repeating guns, large guns, etc., and even cavalry.

You should know that before firearms became popular, private possession of bows, crossbows and armor would be considered treason. If it were in ancient times, the Qingluan Guard could be considered an army, but in today's world, because it lacks large firearms for the black-clothed men to attack, it is no match for the organized black-clothed men. However, most of the members of the Qingluan Guard have unique skills, some of them are similar to the people of the rivers and lakes, and their attainments in cold weapons when fighting alone are quite high.

Because of this, the reputation of the Qingluan Guard has improved, and they are often seen all over the world, and even got the elegant name of "Blue-clothed People". However, because the reputation of the Black-clothed People is too great and the history of the Qingluan Guard is too long, the name of the Blue-clothed People is not very popular. People are still used to calling them the Qingluan Guard, and only call them the Qingluan Guard when they are distinguished from the Qingluan Guard of the previous dynasty.

Of course, the improvement is only compared with the Qingluan Guard of the previous dynasty, which was notorious. There are also big problems within it. For example, the group of Qingluan Guards in Fengtai County, even the county magistrate does not take them seriously, and kills them at will, killing people and families. So can we still expect them to treat the people well?

In fact, whether the Qingluan Guard plays the role of spies in the past or the role of constables today, it is nothing in the eyes of real big men. The people always felt that the omnipresent Qingluan Guards were a scourge, with the power to arrest, try, and execute, and seemed to have the ability to change the world. But in fact, the powerful people were not afraid of the Qingluan Guards, but the emperor behind the Qingluan Guards. If one day, the emperor abandoned the Qingluan Guards, then this seemingly huge special organization, can it defeat the men in black?

It's like a knife. The knife itself is not scary, the key is the person holding the knife.

Obviously, the current emperor does not attach much importance to the Qingluan Guards, and does not want to start a big prison. This has led to the Qingluan Guards having little presence in the court. There is no longer a situation where the leader of the Qingluan Guards is on an equal footing with the elders, and they can only be active in the local area. To put it bluntly, it's like a hound that is trying hard to show itself, hoping that the owner will notice it again.

This is why the Qingluan Guards have repeatedly cracked down on secret societies. Regardless of the results, in terms of enthusiasm, they are even better than the Tiangang Hall.

However, this metaphor is only for the real big shots. For ordinary people, the Qingluan Guard is still an unshakable giant, such as Qi Xuansu now.

Qingluan Guard blocked Shimen County. If Qi Xuansu was alone, he could sneak away. Even if he forced his way through, it was not impossible. But with Liu Hu and two horses, it would be difficult to do it. What's more, Qi Xuansu had to guard against strong enemies at this time and couldn't provoke Qingluan Guard for no reason.

Qi Xuansu showed his true face and saw from a distance that the Eighth Tianyang was giving a lecture to a group of Qingluan Guards. His face was not very good.

Qi Xuansu took Liu Hu and walked towards the Eighth Tianyang. Just halfway through, he was stopped by two Qingluan Guards with very ferocious faces.

Qi Xuansu took out his two signs calmly: "I am an old acquaintance of your master. Please inform him and say that the old friend Wei Wugui is visiting."

The two strongmen were shocked by the two signs.

If a commoner came over and said he was an old friend of their boss, they would definitely not believe it. But the man in front of them was a man in black and had a relationship with the Taoist sect. Obviously, he was not an ordinary person. They dared not not believe it. Even if he was not an old friend of their boss, they could not afford to offend him. They immediately changed their faces to be kind, asked Qi Xuansu to wait, and hurried to report to the Eighth Tianyang.

After a while, the Eighth Tianyang hurried over. Obviously, he did not expect to see Wei Wugui here. He signaled two strong men to take over the horses of Qi Xuansu and the others, and then said: "Brother Wei, let's talk somewhere else."

Under the leadership of the Eighth Tianyang, Qi Xuansu and Liu Hu came to a house, which was temporarily requisitioned by the Qingluan Guards. The Qingluan Guards in and out were all wearing blue military officer robes. After seeing the Eighth Tianyang, they all avoided and saluted.

Came to a living room and sat down separately.

The Eighth Tianyang asked with a smile: "When did Brother Wei join the Black Clothes Men?"

Qi Xuansu asked in return: "Does it mean that only the Eighth Brother is allowed to be promoted, but I am not allowed to seek a career?"

This is an open matter. If the Eighth Tianyang was still in the local Qianhu Office, he would never appear here.

"Brother Wei, you are joking." The Eighth Tianyang waved his hands repeatedly, "What promotion? It's just a horizontal transfer."

Qi Xuansu said: "You can't say that. When it comes to promotion, the Imperial Capital is always faster than the local areas, and you can't just look at the grade, the key is the position."

The eighth day Yang did not deny it and said: "What Brother Wei said is true. Brother has just been transferred to the 7000 Household Station. Although he is still deputy to the 1000th Household, the road ahead will indeed be easier." Qingluan Guard's The headquarters is the pro-military Duwei Mansion located in the Imperial Capital, which is divided into North and South Town Fusi, South Town Fusi is internal, and North Town Fusi is external. Among them, there are several thousand households under Fusi in Beizhen that are not stationed in the local area.

The thousandth household is engaged in the old business and supervises hundreds of officials. In the past, it was one of the most critical departments, but it still depends on His Majesty the Emperor's wishes. Since His Majesty the Emperor does not pay attention to the Qingluan Guards, then this Thousand Households Office is just a decoration, filling the story.

The Second Thousand House is also involved in intelligence. The difference from the First Thousand House is that the Second Thousand House is mainly external, sending spies to enemy countries. It has a close relationship with the men in black and often cooperates with them. It is also the Qingluan Guard. A department with the best reputation in China.

The officials of the 3000th Office responsible for supervising the nineteen states in the world used to have great power, but now they have the same fate as the 1000th Office and have become a decoration.

The 4000th House, because it sounds like the word "death", is responsible for assassinations and other matters. However, over the years, the business has been very small, and it is not suitable to maintain a large business staff, so it has been streamlined again and again, and most of the few businesses have been outsourced to "inns".

The Fifth Thousand Households Office, also famous, is called the Thousand Households of Punishment Office. There is one person each in charge of the Thousand Households and the Hundred Households. They are also called criminal officials. They are responsible for the jail, perform the functions of jailers, detain and torture prisoners, and each All these horrific tortures were carried out in this Qianhu Station.

The Sixth Thousand Household Office, responsible for guarding the palace and the emperor's ceremonial guard, is now also a decoration.

The Seven Thousand Household Office is a newly established rising star, specializing in various major and important cases. Qingluan Wei's cases are divided into two types. One involves temples. This kind of case has no technical difficulty and is mainly about trying to figure out the meaning. The other type has nothing to do with temples, but the impact is quite bad, and it is extremely difficult to solve the case, such as the massacre of a large family, or the princes and dignitaries being patronized by snitches, etc. The 7000 Household Office is mainly responsible for the latter case, which can be regarded as The more outstanding department of Qingluan Guard.

On the eighth day, Yang looked at Liu Hu, who had been silent, and asked tentatively: "This is..."

Qi Xuansu said: "This is my niece. Her father and I are old friends and asked me to send her to her aunt in Zhili."

"Speaking of which, after I was transferred to the 7000th household by a piece of paper, I didn't have time to go to the imperial capital to report on my duties." Yang Yang said on the eighth day, "It's a pity that I can't go with Brother Wei now that I have official duties."

Qi Xuansu took advantage of the situation and asked, "What difficulty does the eighth brother seem to have encountered?"

On the eighth day, he regained his energy and said: "Speaking of this matter, I would also like to ask Brother Wei to help me."

Qi Xuansu said: "If there is anything I can do to help the eighth brother, I will naturally not stand idly by."

On the eighth day, Yang said: "To be honest, the reason why I appeared in Shimen County is because a major serial murder case occurred here. The local 100-household office could not solve the case, so it was reported to us."