Luo Zhaoyun returned to the palace, and before leaving, he instructed the Criminal Department Shangshu Xin to be righteous and thoroughly investigate the favoritism of the officials of the Criminal Department, and issued a holy message in the palace, ordering Dali Temple and Yushitai to co-organize, and the corrupt officials involved in this case must be brought to justice, especially to remove the tumor of the Criminal Department.

It is related to the face and bottom line of the Criminal Department, Xin Gongyi, Pei Xingjian and others all attach great importance to it, and they are arraigned overnight, Pei Jinguang, Pei Da and others are isolated and interrogated, and some things about bending the law for personal gain and taking bribes have gradually been shaken out.

It turned out that this Pei Datong, a few people from the traditional Dou family and the Dugu family, individual officials within the Datong Criminal Department, and the head of the prison cell, dropped the bags of death row prisoners, and privately arrested beggars, homeless people, etc., pretending to be death row prisoners, and executing them instead.

After Xin Gongyi heard this, he was so angry that he was like thunder, this kind of thing happened in the Criminal Department, his face was gloomy, and he was embarrassed.

"Severe punishment is not a loan, it must be severely punished, reckless of human life, ignoring the law of the country, must be beheaded!"

"We support Shangshu's proposal to severely punish these corrupt officials."

The next day, Xin Gongyi did not delay, and directly entered the palace to plead guilty, and truthfully reported the progress of the case.

Luo Zhaoyun was in the imperial study to review the folds, and after hearing Xin Gongyi's report, he was also angry, but he also calmed down, and also understood that these things were inevitable and existed in later generations, not to mention the ancient feudal dynasty, where information was underdeveloped, supervision was not effective, and there were too many cases of favoritism.

Where there is power, there are parties, where there are official careers, there is darkness, and if there is no old aristocratic force, new aristocratic forces will naturally be born to compete for power and profit.

Especially some relatives and nobles, wealthy families, etc., their official positions are not big, but they rely on backers, do evil, and the little ghosts are difficult.

It is very important to promote the rule of law, to rule the country by law, and to pay attention to education and normative guidance.

Luo Zhaoyun said: "In this case, all the officials involved will be severely punished, and the evidence is required to be conclusive, and the civil and military officials will be vigilant. ”

"I understand."

Luo Zhaoyun pondered for a moment and said: "This time, although the matter is in the Criminal Department, you, as a scholar, are also jointly and severally responsible, you did not detect it in time, you were vigilant, and your position remained the same, but you were demoted to a first-order rank and fined half a year, do you have any opinions?" ”

Xin Gongyi said shamefully: "The minister has no opinion, the management of the criminal department is not effective, and several lives have been replaced, and he is ashamed of the national law and should be punished!" ”

Luo Zhaoyun glanced at the old minister and nodded slightly: "Well, but don't blame yourself too much, at any time, there is this kind of corrupt judges, in the future, we must find a way to establish a multi-trial mechanism in the department, and the power must be shared, and everyone must not just deal with their own affairs, not open, not transparent, then it is easy to have problems." ”

"Yes, go back and take precautions." Xin Gongyi replied earnestly and cautiously.

"Retire." Luo Zhaoyun waved his hand, this matter was not discussed much for the time being, and let the criminal department Shangshu out of the palace.

After reviewing the folds for a while, Luo Zhaoyun got up and felt a little irritable.

Piles of twists and turns, in the end need the emperor's nod and approval, involving the law, taxes, conscription, military use, land reform, trade and economy, transportation, construction engineering, water conservancy, bureaucracy, medical care and other fields, a person has limited energy, it is impossible to be omnipotent, to the emperor to evaluate the last, it is really embarrassing.

It is no wonder that there are more than 400 emperors in ancient times, there are not a few Ming monarchs, except for some founding emperors, eloquent and strategic, or a few heroes of the Zhongxing Dynasty, ninety percent of the emperors are unreliable, and even half of them are inactive, and there are some ridiculous emperors who do not go to court for ten years, and they don't care about anything, they only eat, drink and have fun in the palace.

How to decentralize power, how to set up and improve the system, let all departments handle the work well, and then there are review bodies, supervision bodies, and post-evaluation bodies, and the emperor is only the last veto or consent right, which is OK, reduce some of the workload, so that the emperor can have a benign guidance for the later emperors.

Otherwise, if you change to other heirs, see the piles of twists and turns, retreat in the face of difficulties, and give up on yourself and ignore the government, it will be a wrong example.

"I've been in the palace for a long time, it's too comfortable, and I really haven't enjoyed leading troops to fight outside!" Luo Zhaoyun is a little nostalgic for the joy of the battlefield at the beginning, and now he is trapped in the palace, dealing with national affairs every day, racking his brains, promoting the reform of the imperial court, and improving the productivity of all aspects, which consumes a lot of energy.

Walking to the courtyard of the harem, I found that several concubines were playing mahjong in the queen's bedroom.

Each concubine is dressed up, with a long skirt and splendid skirts, and her temperament and appearance are one in a million, but her behavior at this time

"Two cakes!"

"Don't!" Empress Changsun shook her head, touched a card casually, and then played one, her voice was as crisp as a warbler: "Eight!" ”

"Kong!"

"It's bar again, Sister Zhiqing, you're almost nonsense." Xiao Yiyi was a little envious and nervous.

"It's still a little bit closer, hehe, if you lose this time, you can get half of it back." Even Xue Zhiqing, a talented girl, has recently been integrated in, and she got together with other concubines to play mahjong for a while.

Of course, the amount of bets is not much, and the concubines don't get together to meet their financial needs by winning money, they all like this kind of game to pass the time and communicate, and several people talk and laugh very well, promote the relationship, so as not to find a topic when they get together like before.

On the other side, Gao Yufei is playing chess with Ning Muhe, which is also a new thing, which was proposed and manufactured by Luo Zhaoyun, and has been widely spread among the people.

Xiangqi is generally believed to have been formed in the Northern Song Dynasty, stereotyped in the Southern Song Dynasty, and developed in the Ming Dynasty.

Luo Zhaoyun walked in, looked at the queen and the concubines, getting along well, and looking happy, and the irritability in his heart due to the backlog of official cases became much lighter.

His soul crossed into this world similar to the Great Sui, after some efforts and struggles, and finally had a beauty, this is a kind of harvest, now sitting on the emperor's throne, there is no way back, only to move forward, otherwise, once someone else seizes power or is empty, not only his own life is difficult to protect, but even his family and descendants are in danger of extinction.

Thinking of this, Luo Zhaoyun's gaze was a little firmer, the reform of the system, the governance of the government, and the unification of the world must continue to advance, and there can be no slackness.