This world, of course, has its own divine way

  It can also be regarded as a unique divine path of Chinese civilization.

  In this civilized circle, the Son of Heaven received his mandate from Heaven, which is equivalent to taking over the divine power on earth, so there is this saying: The great affairs of the state are only sacrifice and war.

  Of course, the power of the Son of Heaven to intervene in the divine way is also limited, and his own lifespan and divine powers are subject to great restrictions. In other words, the Son of Heaven himself can hardly extend his lifespan through cultivation, nor is it likely that he will acquire divine powers.

  But he could deprive and confer certain divine ways - in statutory sacrificial occasions.

  For example, the prison god just seen is a divine way of heavenly son's appointment, mostly from personnel in the criminal law aspect. Although it is an orthodox god, it is quite cruel and brutal, but it is very effective in suppressing prisons. The souls of the wrongly killed are unlikely to resist.

  Of course, if the county government sets up a judicial office of the ninth rank, there will be a county prison officer of the ninth rank below it. This is at the same level as the patrol inspector. One manages the prison and the other manages law and order. A county prison officer who has obtained an official position only needs to keep burning incense every day to use the divine strike in critical moments - please invite the prison god to possess (of course, the prison soldier can also do it, but there is no rank, so it's relatively more difficult).

  Once invited, one can obtain the martial arts and divine power of the Prison God in a short period of time, which can suppress prison riots. However, the Prison God is a cruel deity, inviting it will harm oneself, and to some extent, shorten one's lifespan.

  Yin and yang are not separated from home, the strict hierarchy is also a rule of this world. Fang Xin holds the position of Yang, ranking seventh in rank. At least before being stripped of his official position, his status was actually above that of the prison god. Of course, mortal officials always have time limits, but these Yin gods can last for a long time.

  Wait a minute, the situation is very delicate.

  Wu Jie took a bath after being released from prison. He changed into the official uniform of the imperial guard and came to pay his respects to Fang Xin, and spent a week like this. Wu Jie's spirits lifted significantly, holding a military sword, he followed Fang Xin.

  The original team led by Liu Jue Ming had become too difficult to accommodate after all these years, so Wu Jie was also clever and although he took over the official duties of the guards, he became Fang Xin's personal bodyguard, which was exactly what Fang Xin wanted. Even if you squeeze him out more, it would be better, this way Wu Jie would have no other choice but to follow Fang Xin.

  That morning, Fang Xin had nothing to do, so he got up and went for a walk. He saw Wu Jie wielding a long sword, practicing in the courtyard.

  "Wu Jie, you're practicing military saber, aren't you?" This swordsmanship was fierce and ruthless, Fang Xin watched for a few moments.

  "As for what you said, it's indeed the traditional swordsmanship passed down in our family's military!" Wu Jie panted and stopped.

  "Does your family have a Martial Arts Manual?"

  "In response to your question, some people, who were eighth rank or higher back then, received a gift from the emperor. Their ancestors had been favored by the imperial court back in the day. A book was bestowed upon them and has been kept hidden at home ever since."

  "All right, you study hard on what's above, it will be useful." Fang Xin said with profound meaning.

  In this world, the Provincial Academy has a copy of "Wu Bei Zhi", which contains extremely refined sword techniques and tactics, internal energy cultivation methods, military strategies, and knife fighting essentials. This book was compiled by order of the Great Chu Taizu and contains contributions from many seasoned generals and warriors who have been through hundreds of battles. If it weren't for ancient times, it would be impossible to systematize and theorize, almost equivalent to the three-tiered sword and knife techniques of the main faction.

  Of course, such a precious military book as "Wu Bei Zhi" is not something that ordinary people can have the opportunity to come into contact with. The famous Ming dynasty general Qi Jiguang once said: There are many knife methods, but those who transmit its wonders are extremely few. Among all the skills in the army, only the method of using a sword and knife is rarely transmitted.

  This "Wu Bei Zhi" is a precious book. It generally only circulates in the military, and must be a family of generals, it is impossible to spread to ordinary soldiers and civilians, because holding one, eating through it, can become a family on its own.

  As for the martial arts schools in Jianghu, to put it bluntly, those who generally open martial arts halls are only at the first level, while those who generally open security firms on both sides of the law have reached the second level at most, which is roughly equivalent to the level of a hundred soldiers in the army.

  Those young people who apprenticed themselves to learn a skill and struggled for over a decade didn't know that such skills were abundant in the government's book depositories.

  For book lovers, especially senior book lovers, such as jinshi, these things are nothing more than casual reading materials. Just pick up a book and it's called a secret recipe. The Provincial Academy doesn't even specialize in collecting this type of book, but after searching around, I found over a dozen good ones.

  If I entered Hanlin, I still don't know how many good things are inside, and they're just casually placed there like that!

  Unfortunately, few readers would actually study these sword techniques; they'd rather read them as a casual book with great interest.

  Fang Xinzhen wanted to say something else, but suddenly, a report came from outside: "Sir, Min Fanbai is back to report!"

  Fang Xin was shocked and said: "Quickly call him in."

  Min Fanbai was the one he had chosen from among several candidates over the past few months, and he was indeed quick-witted and talented. The last time he had given him a very important task, and sure enough, he saw him come in, bowing: "Sir, I'm back."

  "How's everything at home?" Fang Xin asked.

  "As for the master's words, everything is fine at home. Both wives are pregnant and have servants to attend to them. I delivered the old master's letter and gifts, which made the old mistress very happy, and she rewarded me with ten taels of silver."

  "You deserve it, you deserve it, this is what you should get, how's the old lady's body?"

  "Old Mrs. is a blessed person, she's in good health, she said don't worry about home, everything at home is fine, let the adults be at ease." This was Old Mrs.'s letter, and the three wives' letters! Min Fanbai hastily took out three letters from his inner pocket and handed them over.

  "Alright, alright, I'm delighted. Come on, follow me. The county will reward you with another ten taels of silver. You can make a round trip in two months. You've really worked hard." Fang Xin said this sincerely, because the journey was long and it wasn't easy to make a round trip in just two months, even with horses.

  "Thank you, sir!" Min Fanbai said with a smile, following him up. It was indeed hard work, but he also wanted to finish the task as soon as possible and return home for the New Year's celebration. After all, it was already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

  Upon entering the inner chamber, Fang Xin first opened the letter, his eyes complex as he gazed at it. After a moment of silence, he asked again: "And what about that family I sent someone to investigate? Have they been found?"

  "Adult, just on the way, found Zheng Xin'an, three-year-old son, Zheng Shun. The humble one followed your order and returned him 100 taels of silver."

  Fang Xin said "Ah" and turned around a few times, then turned back and said sternly: "Do you have any discounts? If so, speak now, otherwise wait for me to find out, hum!"

  "Adults and children, how dare I? This is the receipt." Min Fanbai immediately knelt down with a thud, saying so as he handed over a piece of paper.

  "Alright, let's talk about their current situation." Fang Xin took it over, looked at it, was stunned for a moment, and then said.

  Their situation isn't very good, I heard that the woman was originally a madam of a brothel and had a house, but after she died, they were driven out and now live in a small hut in the city. This hundred taels of silver is being sent at just the right time!

  Fang Xin's emotions were somewhat complicated. As the county magistrate, he was actually the county's spiritual restraint. Without special permission, not to mention traveling or having fun, even wanting to return home to see his family was not allowed. After a moment of silence, he said: "You've done a good job with this task, here are ten taels, take them and go back home now. It's already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, you can come back on the fifteenth of next year to handle official business!"

  "Yes, thank you, sir!" Min Fanbai bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude. In fact, he had gained a lot this time. His travel expenses were 20 taels, but he was frugal and only spent 10 taels. The old lady had indeed rewarded him with 10 taels, but the three ladies also gave him rewards: the first lady gave him 9 taels, the second lady gave him 8 taels, and the third lady also gave him 8 taels. Adding to that, the county magistrate had now rewarded him with another 10 taels, making a total of 55 taels of silver earned in these two months!

  The salary is almost as good as it was ten years ago.

  Mian Fanbai retreated and left, Fang Xin felt a sense of relief in his heart, and he could go back to see Li Fei again.

  This time it's been 7 months since May, and now it's the end of December. In the real world, it's been 20 days, so I should go see Xiao Bing too. After all, we're still in the honeymoon period, and being apart for a long time isn't good.

  As for many political affairs, they have all been arranged by one hand, and these merits are counted as being presided over by the incarnation - in fact, even if it is the incarnation itself that earns the merit, it also gets a part of it, only with a proportion of about one tenth.

  In feudal society, the county magistrate actually has nothing much to do unless he wants to. He should handle things fairly and properly. These days, I haven't opened the Jade Ruyi, let's take a look at the merits.

  At this time, seeing that there was no one around, he took out the jade Ruyi and saw that there were 630 merits.

  Originally, the Jade Like Intention had about 500 merits. The spread of this world's Hou Tu Niang Niang was also due to him and can be considered a merit. Although it didn't have the original explosive development, it stabilized at around 3 merits per day (this day refers to the main world's day, which is equivalent to one year in this world). The main world's charity fund and the previous medieval interface each had a stable merit of about 1 per day, so for these 20 days, there were approximately 100 merits.

  Since becoming a county magistrate until now, I have only achieved 30 merits. However, considering the current main policies have not yet taken effect and have not benefited the people, it is understandable that there are not many merits.

  Thinking of this, Fang Xin no longer hesitated, calling out the password. Now he had high authority in the base, A-level, so the base immediately responded to his command. The dimensional transmitter came over and transferred his soul back to the main dimension.