"Let Zhen Jian go and mention the Criminal Prison Division?"
In the Lin De Palace, the emperor looked at Qin Huan in surprise.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Qin Huan said, "Hasn't the emperor been worried about Zhen Jian's position, the old minister has been thinking about it these days, and he wants to choose a suitable position for Zhen Jian, and the old minister feels that this is very suitable for Zhen Jian. ” The emperor frowned and said: "But Zhen Jian is now the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple from the fifth grade, and he is only the sixth grade when he mentions the official affairs of the Criminal Prison Division, and he has not made a mistake, why did he demote him?"
” "This is not a demotion, Your Majesty, this is a flat tone."
Qin Huan said, "Honglu Temple Shaoqing is from the five grades, but Honglu Temple is a Qing idle yamen, the total affairs of the whole year are not as much as the criminal department for a month, and it can't be compared with the criminal department at all, although the official affairs of the criminal prison department are only six grades, but the responsibilities are heavy, and it is the most suitable for honing Zhen Jian, and it can also let him give full play to his talents, the emperor, Zhen Jian is a talent, if he is always allowed to stay in Honglu Temple, it is a pearl secretly invested." ” When the emperor heard this, he thought about it carefully, and felt that this was the case, Zhen Jian's talent, he recognized it very much, if he always stayed in Honglu Temple, it would be a bit of a burying talent, and mentioning that the Criminal Prison Department is an important department of the Criminal Department, let Zhen Jian go there and judge the case, which can not only hone Zhen Jian, but also create some opportunities for Zhen Jian to be promoted.
After the emperor pondered for a moment, he nodded and said, "According to what you said, there are many people you recommend who have disappointed me in recent years, but Zhen Jian is the only one who makes me very satisfied. ” Qin Huan was embarrassed for a while when he heard this, was he praising him, it was even more uncomfortable than losing him. ……………………………………………………………… In the afternoon, Zhen Jian was sorting out and summarizing the accounts and files of the reception of foreign guests in the Yamen of Honglu Temple, suddenly, someone handed over the official document of the Ministry of Officials, Zhen Jian took it, and found that the beeswax was indeed covered with the stamp of the Ministry of Officials, and he opened it to take a look, he was stunned, and the Ministry of Officials transferred him to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to take charge of the official affairs of the Criminal Prison Department, and he took office the day after tomorrow.
Zhen Jian has a detailed understanding of the official positions of the capital, and the post of the criminal prison department, referred to as the criminal officer, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty, the criminal prison department is a local government office, with great power, and has the right to inquire and review all kinds of important cases in the local area, as well as the responsibility of supervising local officials.
In the officialdom, all those involved in the right to supervise are terrible positions, and a twist and turn can bring down an official, which is very powerful, but it is precisely because the power of the criminal prison department is too great, so that everyone in the local officials is in danger, and the officialdom of Dachu is so dark, even the criminal prison department is also dyed black, the supervisor takes bribes, and the crime is increased by one class, and later someone reported and exposed, the emperor was furious, and revoked all the local criminal prison departments, and only set up the criminal prison department in the capital, but the important cases in the capital were the government of the capital, the inspectorate, Dali Temple also has the Criminal Department to take over, so the Criminal Prison Division was merged into the Criminal Department, in charge of the trial of cases in the Criminal Department, and now the Criminal Prison Division, only the name has long been left unchanged.
Zhen Jian held the official document of transfer and paced slowly, he knew that any change in his position would be concerned by the court officials, he Honglu Temple Shaoqing did a good job, the emperor would never suddenly transfer him to the Criminal Prison Division, the only explanation was that this transfer was instigated by the courtiers, so he thought of Qin Huan, but he didn't understand a little, why did Qin Huan transfer him to the Criminal Prison Division?
That's an important position, is it just to let him be guarded by Zhou Tai and elevate him, it seems that he can't do it.
Zhen Jian is not a roundworm in Qin Huan's stomach, naturally he doesn't know what Qin Huan is thinking, although his heart is full of doubts, but since the transfer official documents have arrived, then he is ready to leave his job, who will take over Honglu Temple, he doesn't need to worry, the emperor will naturally send someone over, even if it is a month or two at night, it doesn't matter, after all, Honglu Temple is estimated that there will be no foreign envoys to visit in the next one or two years, it is really leisurely.
The next day, Zhen Jian went to report to the Criminal Department, received the official uniform and hat, hung up his post, and went home.
First of all, the first thing is to meet Shangguan, the highest official of the Criminal Department, naturally Zhou Tai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, then the left and right servants, then the Langzhong, and then the outsiders and the various principals.
According to the unwritten rules in the officialdom, the first thing a new official does when he takes office is not three fires, but to honor the official, how to say, give gifts, many people are not to blame, Zhen Jian is more single, dangling two big sleeves to visit Zhou Tai, salute, greet, and then leave, and then all the waiters, Langzhong, Wailang, all the principals, are treated like this, the officials are very dissatisfied, but now Zhen Jian is the emperor's grace, Jane is in the emperor's heart, they don't have much to say.
Zhen Jian returned to the yamen of the Criminal Prison Division, and Mu Cong, the governor of the Criminal Prison Division, had already waited here with all the officials to welcome Zhen Jian, whether they were sincere or not, but at least the surface work was very good.
Next, Zhen Jian and the officials under him got to know each other and lectured each other, and then Mu Cong took him to check the files, and the first thing to check was the case files, and there were thousands of files that had been closed, and these files that could not be read for the time being, and the files that had not been closed were a total of twenty-two.
Zhen Jian looked through the 22 cases, the farthest case was in March this year, seven months from now, and the most recent case, just transferred from the Hangzhou government two days ago, the time of the case was three days ago, these cases are all criminal cases related to human life, some cases have more than one death, and the criminal department only accepts major cases.
But Zhen Jian found that these cases have one characteristic, either the evidence is insufficient, or there are many suspicious points, or they involve officials and elites, anyway, they are some more difficult cases, and it is estimated that there will be no backlog if they are not tricky.
Zhen Jian read the file and asked Xiang Mucong: "Is there such a case this year?"
” Mu Cong said: "Lord Hui, there are a total of 85 cases this year, in August, the previous criminal officer suddenly died of illness, and since then this position has been vacant, temporarily acting by the lower official, the lower official has handled a total of 20 cases, and the case files that have been closed this year are all here."
He said, gesturing to a corner of the bookshelf.
Zhen Jian randomly took out a few case files and took them out to check them, heh, although they are all big cases, they are all cases with conclusive evidence and easy to try, and they are the kind that can be tried by anyone, so leave these twenty-two most difficult cases for him to solve.
Zhen Jian didn't say much, picked up a piece of paper, wrote it in a smug manner, and after writing it, handed it to Mu Cong, and said: "The people written on this note are all suspects in these twenty-two cases, and they have been acquitted because of insufficient evidence. ” "This ......"
Mu Cong was embarrassed, "My lord, just arrest it, it's not good, the Arrest Department may not be willing to do it." ” Zhen Jian snorted coldly: "Tell them that if they refuse to do it, the official will report to Lord Shangshu, and if Lord Shangshu does not accept it, the official will go to the emperor!"
” Mu Cong immediately shrank his head when he heard this, he knew that Zhen Jian was different from ordinary criminal officers, he was a popular person in front of the emperor, and he could talk to the emperor, who would dare to compete with him, so he hurriedly answered "yes" and left with the note.
After a while, Mu Cong came back, and Zhen Jian asked, "What did the Inspector and Arrest Department say?"
” Mu Cong smiled and said, "The words of the adults really worked, and they immediately set off to arrest the suspect." ” "Hmm."
Zhen Jian nodded and said, "An hour later, the court will ask about the case!"
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