"I've seen Zuo Xiang!"

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Zihuan Palace, and two rows stood in front of the yamen of the Zhongshu Provincial Government, wearing leather armor and holding a sword in one hand and a knife on their waists in the other.

"Excuse me!" After Chen Xu got out of the car, he looked at the three gilded ancient seals of Zhongshu Province hanging at the door of the tall and majestic hall, nodded slightly, and then walked down the steps into Zhongshu Province.

Zhongshu Province has carried out several internal adjustments and reforms after Chen Xu took office, many subordinate offices and officials have also undergone a wide range of adjustments, now two years have passed, the work status and atmosphere of the entire Zhongshu Province has been very good, in the past, the kind of Li Si dictatorship led to the following officials floating on things every day on a business is to chat and tout the matter has almost disappeared, Chen Xu's work system is formulated in great detail, the internal supervision department has a small inspection every three days, a major inspection in ten years, under the strict work system and supervision system, All the officials in Zhongshu Province are very diligent and diligent on weekdays, for fear that Chen Xu will grab his pigtails and drive them home to farm.

Therefore, Chen Xu usually comes to Zhongshu Province to inspect after the dispersal of the dynasty, and by the way, arranges the official affairs discussed by the court, there is no major event on weekdays, and Chen Xu will not take the initiative to work overtime.

And after the autumn, in order to take care of his three pregnant wives, Chen Xu has begun to fish for three days and dry nets for two days, and even the early dynasty is sometimes too lazy to go, the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are also accustomed to it, Chen Xu does not come to the court, and many officials even feel extremely relaxed.

But today, Chen Xu suddenly came to inspect the work, so from the moment Chen Xu's carriage arrived at the gate of Zhongshu Province, the entire Zhongshu Province instantly fell into a tense and serious atmosphere.

Qinghehou inspects, no one is allowed to greet him for no reason, and he will seriously handle official business on a bad errand, if he thinks that he will be very favored by Qinghehou if he goes up to take a few words of horses, it must be a new official.

Therefore, after Chen Xu walked into Zhongshu Province, except for the guards and the clerks who came and went with documents, all the offices were busy and crackling with the sound of reviewing and sealing.

Chen Xu walked into his office first, called the secretary to inquire about the government affairs in the past two days, and then asked the secretary to make a cup of hot tea and sit at the desk to watch several pieces of music submitted by various departments that needed to be reviewed by him.

At present, Daqin's chapters are all paper documents, and the bamboo and wood slips that cherish words like gold in the past have been eliminated, so the chapters and documents in various places can generally be written in great detail, and it seems that there is no longer the obscure and difficult to understand situation that needs to be guessed for a long time in the past.

Most of these recitals and documents are related to the people's livelihood and government affairs in various parts of the country, such as grain tax, commercial tax, road and canal repair, emergencies, criminal cases, business development, and the implementation of the Great Qin Five-Year Plan.

Chen Xu saw it very quickly, basically ten lines at a glance, for the disposal opinions of Shangshu Province, Chen Xu also basically took it at a glance, there are already regulations for the disposal of these things, as long as he is not particularly interested, Chen Xu generally will not deliberately pay attention to it, so after reading most of the recitals, Chen Xu will directly instruct the secretary to let the confessor send them back to Shangshu Province to distribute six pieces of execution, as for the more important recitals, Chen Xu will sign them and arrange for someone to send them to the palace for the emperor to make his own ideas, and he thinks that the six parts are not properly disposed of The recital, I will also carefully write down my opinions.

In general, the work efficiency of today's Zhongshu Province is very high.

Half an hour later, Chen Xu only had the last copy of the recital from Yanmen County in his hand.

This is a recital approved by the Criminal Department, stamped with the official seal of the Guangwu County Order, and the content is that there is a Jingbian Temple near Yanmen Pass, and in mid-March this spring, a group of horsemen on the border had a conflict with the local people in the Jingbian Temple, resulting in several injuries to the people, and now the injured soldiers have been arrested by the county government and submitted to the Criminal Department for ruling.

This book, which didn't seem to have any problems, made Chen Xu's face solemn.

There is a saying in later generations, the shorter the news, the more serious the matter.

This recital is uncharacteristically only a few sentences not to say, and the time is also very long, it is still spring and March, but now it is autumn and August, during almost half a year, and according to the law of Daqin, the conflict between the soldiers and the people leads to injuries, no matter what the situation as long as the responsibility is clearly distinguished, it can be tried, although Daqin attaches great importance to military merits, and the treatment of soldiers is good, but in fact, the status of civilians is also very high, and soldiers do not have an advantage in civil trials, but according to different military lords, there is a corresponding culpability to offset it, Even if it is a murder, it will not necessarily be sentenced to death in the end, not to mention that it is only written in this recital that it hurts people, but why is it that a small civil conflict is actually submitted to the Criminal Department of Guangwu County to apply for a ruling?

Is there something wrong with it?

After Chen Xu pinched his chin and sat in the office for a long time, he called the Zhongshu Provincial official who was in charge of reviewing the criminal department's recital.

"I've seen Zuo Xiang, but I don't know what to do with my subordinates?" Zhongshu Provincial Criminal Inspector Lang Yanzhuang came in a hurry, and after saluting respectfully, he was a little uneasy.

Now two years have passed, all officials in Zhongshu Province have been accustomed to Chen Xu's office style, he generally does not scold his subordinates in the office in person, even if the subordinate officials do their work wrong, as long as they act in strict accordance with the rules and regulations, Chen Xu will not be too careful, at most criticize a few words, and then educate and correct, the attitude is very friendly.

In Chen Xu's eyes, the work system and work style are far more important than the mistakes in the work, and only by developing good habits and styles of strictly abiding by the rules and regulations will the mistakes in the work have a chance to be corrected.

And Daqin's current office habits, most of them are still in a very primitive office process, relying on feelings and moods and assumptions of judgment, there will inevitably be various negligence and mistakes in the work, this is the process that Chen Xu is trying to correct and change, so for the mistakes of subordinate officials, Chen Xu is very tolerant, so as long as the officials in Zhongshu Province feel that they have not violated the rules and regulations of the office, they are generally not too afraid of being named by Chen Xu.

"Sit down!" Chen Xu nodded slightly and then raised the book in his hand and said, "I have this book in my hand about the conflict between the soldiers and civilians of Yanmen County, you think it is inappropriate for the Criminal Department to offset the criminal responsibility according to military merits, and submit it to me for review, but this matter is too simple to write in the Guangwu County Order, and there is no way to judge the true appearance, tell me your opinion on this matter!" ”

Yanzhuang pondered slightly and spoke: "Zuo Xiang, this matter is a little strange to the subordinates, there are three doubts, first, why would the soldiers go to a sacrificial temple for no reason to clash with civilians? Second, when this incident happened in March, it was delayed until July, so why didn't there be half a minute of news for nearly four months? Third, it is also the most suspicious of the subordinates, at the time of the incident, Jingbian Temple was near Yanmen Pass, and there were soldiers involved, it stands to reason that this matter should be handled by the Yanmen Pass Guard, but why is it the Guangwu County Order and the Criminal Department? ”

"You're right, this book is indeed full of doubts, which is why this is the reason why this is the prime minister asked you to come, but if it is returned to the criminal department, the matter will inevitably be slowly dragged down, and from the point of view of the book, this matter will not be too concerned about whether it is the criminal department or the court officials, and this matter has no root and no reason, if it is handed over to the emperor for review, it will inevitably not get a useful result, so this minister is a little hesitant, Zhongshu Province, as an audit department, can not let go of any doubt, otherwise it may cause grievances and tragedy, You've handled this well! ”

"Thank you for the compliment, this is the duty of my subordinates!" Yan Zhuang's anxious mood calmed down instantly.

"Since there are doubts about this matter, and it involves border soldiers and civilians, so you can't stop there, you take this book to the Criminal Department and see if you can figure out more detailed beginnings and ends!"

"Yes, my subordinates will do it!" Yanzhuang took the book and hurriedly left Zhongshu Province and went straight to the Criminal Department.

And Chen Xu then went around the various offices in Zhongshu Province, inspected it, and for about half an hour, Yanzhuang returned with the edict, but the news brought back was still similar, and the Criminal Department was also confused about this matter, and even the Criminal Department ordered Yin Wu to personally help inquire, but the officials below still did not know the reason for the matter.

Chen Xu sat on the chair and stroked his chin vigorously, feeling that a layer of skin was about to be peeled off.

Yanmen is more than 2,000 miles away from Xianyang, there are mountains and rivers in the middle, and the northwest is originally vast and sparsely populated and wild beasts are rampant, it is very inconvenient to come and go, an ordinary book is sent from Yanmen to Xianyang, the time is at least about a month, even if it is the so-called 400 miles of urgent information, a trip on weekdays is at least ten days, and it even takes fifteen to twenty days in the winter and summer rainstorms and ice and snow seasons, fortunately there is a Taiyuan county town in the middle of Jinyang, otherwise it is more difficult to travel to and from the northwest county.

Therefore, although this matter is full of suspicions in the eyes of Chen Xu and Yanzhuang, if it is specially arranged for the imperial history to investigate, it will take more than a month just to spend more than a month on the road back and forth, plus there are many things that may be hidden behind it, the investigation may encounter many obstacles, and it may fall short in the end.

Damn,I don't even have a phone.,It's too j8 fuckin!

Chen Xu depressedly continued to pull the few beards that were already small.

"Prime Minister Zuo, although this matter is a mess, my subordinates have heard something, maybe it has something to do with this conflict!"

"What's the matter? Come on. Chen Xu suddenly became interested.

"This incident happened in Jingbian Temple, but does Xiangye know the origin of Jingbian Temple?"

"Jingbian Temple, since it is a temple, it is naturally a place of sacrifice!" Chen Xu frowned slightly.

Many people in later generations have always thought that the temple was only after the monk, but in fact it was not, the temple had it very early, and the temple and the temple were different buildings, and the functions were not the same, at the beginning they were all used as a place of sacrifice, the temple was a place to worship the gods and ancestors, and the temple was an official sacrificial institution, and later the temple evolved into an official office, subordinate to the imperial court, such as Taichang Temple, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other institutions, all of which are important departments in charge of the court Jiuqing, and the most familiar is Dali Temple, Responsible for presiding over the trial of major cases, equivalent to the Supreme Court, is the highest judicial organ, until the Ming and Qing dynasties, the temple is not a bald donkey...... Well, the professional gathering place of Buddhists, only because when Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, the monks from Tianzhu were placed in Honglu Temple to take care of, and later all Buddhist buildings were named after the temple, so there were names such as White Horse Temple, Xiangguo Temple, and Shaolin Temple.

It is also strange that the conflict in this recital took place in a sacrificial temple.