The next day was the middle of the holiday, and in the afternoon, Yang Fan invited Sun Yuxuan in the "Golden Hairpin Drunk" banquet in Duguan Langzhong and Yan Xiaojun in Simen Langzhong, and Feng Xihui, the director of the company, accompanied him.
Coincidentally, on this day, another group of officials happened to be gathering here, and when they saw Yang Fan during the banquet, they first made a cold noise for a while, and after a while, they actually entered their private room one after another, toasted Yang Fan, and congratulated him on his promotion.
Daoxi's people such as Guanglu Cheng Song Zhixun, and the servant Li Jun and others are the two of the "three thoughts and five dogs", and Yang Fan is relatively close to Wu Sansi, and it is understandable that they came over to toast, but several other officials are definitely not Wu Sansi's people.
For example, Su Yuheng, the Zhongshu squire, this official who is under the fourth rank and occupies an important position, is the most powerful in the court today, and even the chief prime minister Li Zhaode, the second male of the Wu family, Wu Chenghei and Wu Sansi, are the cronies of Li Zhaode.
Such as the secretary and young eunuch Jin Wucai, who was the doorman of Prime Minister Su Wei, in addition to Meng Yan of the Ministry of Rites, Secretary Cheng Li Guinu, Author Lang Li Zhanpeng, Luoyang Lieutenant Tang Zong, Sun Yuxuan and Yan Xiaojun opened their eyes, it turned out that Yang Fan's connections were not only generals in the army, but also had so many friends in the court.
The generals in the army, even if they are generals with heavy troops, are also well water and do not interfere with river water, they don't care.
Like the royal family of the Wu family's sons and nephews, they are respectful and stay away.
Even if those clans have official positions, most of them are only military generals, and there is no place for them in the court.
When Wu Chengsi was the prime minister, it was a great opportunity for the Wu family to occupy the political arena, but unfortunately he was in a hurry, so he returned under the counterattack of the prime ministers of the Baoli faction.
Wu Zetian let most of Wu's sons and nephews hold military positions, because she understands the importance of military power to the stability of her position, and does not allow them to get involved in politics, because balancing this kind of thing is the instinctive reaction of every emperor.
Therefore, the three backers behind Yang Fan can ensure that he will not be bullied too much in the Criminal Department, but they cannot attract enough attention from the officials of the Criminal Department.
And these officials, who appear one by one at this moment, are inseparable from them.
Some of these people are at the same level as them, and some are one or two levels higher than them, and they all see the respect and affection of these people for Yang Fan.
When they realized that Yang Fan's connections in the officialdom were even wider than theirs, they originally felt that their pride in being willing to show their faces had given Yang Fan enough face, so they swept away.
Yang Fan politely toasted the visitors, he knew that these people were arranged by Princess Taiping to carry a sedan chair for him, Princess Taiping had only been involved in politics for two years, and she already had the allegiance of so many people, Yang Fan couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
Of course, he knows that this is not all of Princess Taiping's power, this woman with a mind like a fox must still have the strength that has never surfaced.
Yang Fan was still slightly surprised when he first saw Guanglu Cheng Song Zhixun and the servant Li Junshi, aren't these two people Wu Sansi's people, could they have been bribed by Princess Taiping, and when he saw the secretary Li Guinu and the writer Li Zhanpeng, he faintly understood. has been with Wan'er for so long, of course he knows that there are some people around Wan'er, such as the secretary Cheng Li Guinu and the writer Li Zhanpeng, who have always been close to Wan'er, and they should be the people around Wan'er.
From this point of view, Princess Taiping deliberately used means to make her people invite other officials to come with her, so as to confuse her ears and eyes, just for fear of exposing her strength.
After all, Wu Zetian is also paying attention to Yang Fan, who knows if the empress will send someone to check who Yang Fan is having a banquet with on a whim.
And Wu Zetian is resolutely opposed to his daughter's meddling in politics, once she knows, the consequences are very serious.
Even if they belong to different power groups, as long as there is no tension between the two groups, it is common for them to drink and eat as colleagues, they can naturally easily invite other officials to come out, and they are very respectful to Yang Fan, so the people they invite must also give face.
In this way, even if someone notices it, all they see is Wu Sansi, a big bulb with a bright tile as high as three, thus branding the forces belonging to Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er.
Taiping's thoughtfulness and prudence of character can be seen from this.
Su Yuheng, Jin Wucai and the others didn't say anything or do anything when they entered the private room, they just walked in when Yang Fan, Sun Yuxuan, and Yan Xiaojun were drinking and were having a long time, and they toasted Yang Fan very cordially and politely, said a few words of joy, nodded to Sun Yuxuan and Yan Xiaojun, who were at the same table, and turned to leave.
Sun Yuxuan and Yan Xiaojun's eyes when they looked at Yang Fan were very different.
Yang Fan actually wants this effect.
If you rely on others for everything, even if you have a backer as big as the sky behind you, others will only respect you and fear you, and give you a little face for the sake of the person behind you, but it is impossible to cooperate with you on an equal footing.
What Yang Fan wants is just an opportunity, an opportunity for Sun Yuxuan and Yan Xiaojun, two professional wallheads, to face him squarely.
If he wants to open up his own world in the Criminal Department, he can only rely on his own punches and kicks to open the situation, and the external force is just a thrust.
The most excited person at this moment is Feng Xihui, he knows that this is Yang Fan's first step into the criminal department, and Yang Fan's connections and strength are somewhat beyond his estimates.
He believed that if Yang Fan could really take charge of the Criminal Department, he would definitely be able to go to the next level.
He is looking forward to the moment when "three years without a bang, a blockbuster".
When he came out of the "Golden Hairpin Drunk", Yang Fan was very tired, and this tiredness was spiritual tiredness.
When he first entered the court, he was in the army, and the army was relatively simple, saying what to say and doing things straightforwardly, and rarely like the civil officials who liked to cautiously probe, figure it out on the side, and confess around the corner.
Following the customs, he can only communicate with Sun Yuxuan and Yan Xiaojun in the same way, and his too straightforward means will make these two people treat him as a stunned young man without a city government, and he will be scared away.
Although he was a little tired, Yang Fan was still very satisfied when he walked out of the "Golden Hairpin Drunk", and today's banquet completely achieved its goal.
If you want to show such a hand, it is impossible to let Sun Langzhong and Yan Langzhong bow their heads, not to mention that Chen Dong is now more powerful than him, not to mention that there is an ambiguous Cui Shilang on his head.
As long as Sun Yuxuan and Yan Xiaojun remain neutral under normal circumstances, it is enough for him to express his support a little at the critical moment.
He is the commander of the Criminal Department, and the most effective way for him to establish authority in the Criminal Department is to challenge Chen Dong's authority, which is also the only way.
Time flies, and more than ten days have passed.
Early this morning, in Cui Shilang's meeting room, the main hall of the four divisions was sitting in danger, Cui Yuanzong was sitting at the top, and Feng Xihui, the director of the Criminal Department, was sitting at the bottom, reading the case weakly.
This is the rule of the Criminal Department, and every ten years the Criminal Department will take out all kinds of cases at or above the death penalty level that the Criminal Department will try and handle during this period, and the main hall of the Criminal Department will discuss with the chief officials of each department.
If the main hall of the Criminal Department or more than half of the judges raise an objection, the case will be reopened.
This is a summary of the routine of public affairs for ten years, in fact, the chief officials of each department are responsible for their own share, and rarely point fingers at the official affairs that others are responsible for, if anyone asks for extrajudicial favors, and has already communicated privately with the official in charge of the case, who will make trouble at the official meeting Therefore, this is a meaningless summary meeting, since Yang Fan arrived at the Criminal Department, he has participated in this kind of meeting twice, and each time Xu Shu entered Cao Ying without saying a word.
However, the same is true for others, usually one of the directors reads the case again, and the chiefs of each department do not shake their heads or nod their heads as if they have not woken up.
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Cui Yuanzong, who is the main hall of the Criminal Department, sometimes asks two questions, and several Lang Zhong will say, "The lower officials have no objections", and Cui Yuanzong will ask someone to continue to read the next one.
This kind of unnutritious thing, even several other directors of the Criminal Department didn't bother to participate, so they naturally handed over this errand to Feng Xihui, who had the least authority.
This is the third meeting that Yang Fan has attended, and he decided to challenge Chen Dong today.
The day before yesterday, through Feng Xihui, he had carefully learned about all the death penalty case files he had handled in the past ten years, and the breakthrough he chose was the case of Qin Xiaobai, a civilian killed by the Beishi Fang Ling Ying with a cane.
Ying Tu is the North City Fang Ling of the three cities in Luoyang, don't underestimate this official from the eighth grade, the management of Fang City is full of oil and water, and it is impossible to get such a fat difference without a background.
Yang Fan has already checked that Ying Tu's backstage is a member of the ministry.
Qin Xiaobai had a quarrel with a guy in a store when he was shopping in Beishi, and that store had a lot to do with Ying Tu, Ying Tu acted as a fang order and came forward to maintain order, Qin Xiaobai was not a good stubble, he actually scolded, Ying Tu was furious, ordered someone to take him down, and beat him to death on the spot.
Involving human life, this is a case of death penalty or above, but the result of the handling by Chen Langzhong, the director of the Criminal Department, is "acquittal", on the grounds that he should be slaughtered as a fang order, and he has the responsibility to maintain the order of inter-market transactions.
Qin Xiaobai resisted the fang order, disturbed the peace, and should be punished with a cane, Qin Xiaobai's body was weak, and the severity of the cane was different, so he died.
Therefore, although Ying Tu was suspected of improper punishment, it was neither intentional homicide nor manslaughter, and he was not punished because he was in the performance of his official duties.
And the reason why the exoneration was successfully passed was that the sufferer did not pursue it is also the main reason.
In this regard, Yang Fan had already made an unannounced visit and knew that the deceased Qin Xiaobai's wife had received a lot of money from the other party, so she was "private".
According to the law of the Great Zhou, private harmony is also a crime.
Turning Qin Xiaobai's case over, he can also touch the official department member Wailang behind his back, this battle, he challenged not only Chen Quan's authority, but also involved the officials of the ministry, as long as the battle is successful, he can pick Chen Dong off the horse and establish his authority in the criminal department.
The Criminal Department is in charge of the criminal law, and if it wants to establish its authority here, of course, it must work the law.
Just as the military neutrality is mighty, it is as good as the military exploits.
Yang Fan was ready to attack To be continued: