Chapter 19: The Divine Catcher
Divine Capture Division Dossier Pavilion.
As the most heavily guarded place in the Divine Hunting Division, in addition to being guarded by nearly a hundred warden officers embroidered with hounds, there are even dozens of wardens embroidered with leopard patterns who rotate guards for twelve hours, and even in order to strengthen the guard, the living rooms of the chief priest and the seven gods are built around the file pavilion, just to guard the attic as quickly as possible, and it is also more convenient to consult information.
The dossier pavilion is divided into three layers, the first layer, some of the administrative decrees can also be consulted, recording the details of the low-level officials at all levels under the rule of Dachen and the seventy-two prefectures of Kyushu, and even a part of the general situation of the six kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The second layer is the archives of all kinds of secrets and high-ranking officials that only the Seven Divine Catchers can read.
The third layer, which has always been accessible only to the chief secretary of the Divine Capture Division, records the important ministers of the third rank and above in the court, as well as the secret files of the royal family. Of course, this is known only to the Seven Divine Catchers, and it took decades for the Divine Catchers to collect these.
Speaking of the establishment of the Divine Capture Division, we have to start from more than 900 years ago.
More than 900 years ago, the Dazhi Empire, which had only been in existence for 12 years, collapsed, and died in one lifetime, and the founding emperor Zhishen Emperor Li Xinglin actually became the king of the country in only 12 years.
Li Xinglin was born in the last years of the Great Qi Dynasty, Emperor Qi was mediocre, the whole Zhongzhou was threatened by famine and war, and the displaced people rose up one after another, Li Xinglin as a border general guarding the middle wall, led the troops into the imperial capital Shendu under the banner of the Qing monarch's side, and only took a few months to steal the country to gain power, overthrow Emperor Qi, and establish the Zhi Dynasty.
However, the world was already in turmoil, and after Li Xinglin established the Dazhi Dynasty, he was not able to defend this rotten land.
Hundreds of officials are not satisfied, and there are more than displaced people. Li Xinglin, who had just taken over the authority of the Qi Dynasty, opened the treasury of Emperor Qi, only to find that the treasury was empty.
There is no money to spare, and even the most skillful king is powerless to return to heaven. Li Xinglin began to punish corrupt officials and looted a large amount of money to recruit soldiers and horses to supplement military salaries.
However, it backfired, and the old ministers who had spent a stable life from the Qi Emperor Dynasty could not tolerate the heavy pressure and punishment of the new emperor, and they privately contacted the rebels and the leaders of the exiles, intending to overthrow Li Xinglin.
Under internal and external troubles, only 12 years later, Li Xinglin was killed by the old ministers who rushed into the palace.
And after Li Xinglin's death, the false Zhi Dynasty he established also completely fell apart.
Later generations often treated Qi and Zhi as the same dynasty, thinking that the so-called Zhi Dynasty was just a fluke of rebels and rebels.
Of course, there are also the old pavilion masters of Taishi Pavilion, after carefully studying that period of history, they think that Li Xinglin has the talent of an emperor, but he does not have the appearance of an emperor. He was lucky to be born in troubled times, and he was lucky to have a heavy army, but unfortunately he was born in troubled times and held a heavy army.
Li Xinglin, who was born in the troubled times and held the last frontier army of the empire with combat effectiveness, has the capital to play the world, which allows him to inherit everything from Emperor Qi with incredible speed and strength, but because of this, the desire of the border army, who has never enjoyed the glory of the imperial capital, is also rising.
Although Li Xinglin inherited the rights and status of Emperor Qi, he also inherited Emperor Qi's chaotic world and corrupt courtiers.
No one can change these things in just over a decade, but Li Xinglin just took over this mess.
The internal and external troubles made Li Xinglin lose his last blood in the last few years, and Li Xinglin, who was only forty years old, was killed by a knife in his bedroom.
And by his side, only fine wine accompanies him.
Whether it is called Qi or Zhi, under the collapse of the huge empire, the rebels in various places have set themselves up as kings, known as the Rebellion of the Six Kingdoms.
When Emperor Geng Zhou Qilong came to prominence, it was the pinnacle of Li Xinglin's life.
As the centurion of the border army under Li Xinglin, Zhou Qilong was the most ordinary one among the hundreds of centurions, but the opportunity still came to him.
When searching for Feng Shouxian, the left minister of Emperor Qi, Zhou Qilong intercepted the left minister and his party from the backyard who received the news in advance, fought alone for more than a dozen hospitals, and almost died on the spot, so Feng Shouxian was captured.
Li Xinglin rewarded Zhou Qilong for this and sent Zhou Qilong as a special envoy to distribute Zuo Xiang's property.
From that time on, Zhou Qilong began to become Li Xinglin's arm.
There is no record in the history books of what Zhou Qilong was doing when Li Xinglin was killed.
I only know that later, Zhou Qilong repelled the rebels in the devastated imperial capital and gathered the old border army.
Then, there was the era known in the history books as the Rebellion of the Six Kingdoms.
Then, after 30 years of turmoil, it was Da Geng who finally unified Zhongzhou again, and Zhou Qilong, who was nearly sixty years old, planted the flag of Da Geng in the ruins of the Shendu, and declared to the whole world that the Da Geng Dynasty and Zhou Qilong were their new emperors.
Perhaps it was to sigh at the chaos of that troubled era and the decay of the courtiers, after Zhou Qilong became emperor, although he followed the three provinces and six ministries system of the previous dynasty, but the emperor who came from the troubled times knew the terrible military power and officials. The new emperor who was still not at ease ordered the establishment of the two temples of Zhengfa and Guangming, and since then, the eight temples of the three provinces have maintained the Sheji of the Da Geng Dynasty for nearly 800 years.
But the emperor still did not expect that eight hundred years later, the great empire he created would still rot from the inside and fall apart. If the only thing that pleased him may be that the school palace he inadvertently set up, so that after the collapse of his huge empire, his children and grandchildren can spend the rest of their lives in peace and enjoy their old age in his divine capital.
The new dynasties that rose on the land of Zhongzhou, Beili, Dongchen, Southern Tang, Southern Chen, Southern Chu, Qing, Chun, and Qingyue, enjoyed the rights of empire in their respective lands as princes and kings.
Perhaps agreeing with Zhou Qilong's system, the eight vassal states also adopted the system of three provinces, eight ministries and two temples.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Divine Arrest Division, it was to check and balance the Criminal Department and supervise the hundred officials, in the prosperous era of the Da Geng Dynasty, the Divine Capture Division had become the most feared place for the hundred officials, abusing lynching, fabricating charges, and the courtiers were all afraid, and even for a while, overpowering the limelight of the remaining seven departments.
Under the impeachment of the ministers, all the seven gods were executed, and the gods also experienced a trough. After this incident, the eight departments all converged their minions.
A hundred years ago, with the support of the Ten Palaces, after the eight countries were at peace, the system of eight departments and two temples in three provinces prevailed in all countries.
In his later years, Chen Zhaowen Wang Yao secretly ordered the Divine Arrest Division to collect evidence of hundreds of officials' crimes, but it was not allowed to be used, and it was only used as the last hole card for King Chen to control the ministers.
It was the first time that Fang Junyue had climbed to the third floor of the Dossier Pavilion.
Unexpectedly, the layout of the three-story building is very simple, but the large and small lattices are sealed with dense fire paint, once someone plots against the wrong and forcibly seizes the file, the secret fire paint will spontaneously combust, and then ignite all other secret volumes, even downstairs is not spared.
"It's so tightly preserved!" Chu Qingqing walked around and found that almost all the case files of important ministers were there, and at the end of a few cabinets, there were three big characters of Zhuo Zhenggong.
"Do you even have Lord Zhuo's own?" Liu Shuang stood in front of Zhuo Zhenggong's case file in surprise, and his eyes couldn't help but tighten.
"Okay, I'll open the secret box, and you take out the secret scroll and destroy it with a brazier." Fang Junyue looked at the ranking words, the left and right ministers, the six deacons, the eight Shangshu, and even the seven national princes who had lost power, and the former important ministers who had returned to their hometowns, were listed one by one.
Over the years, the Divine Catcher Division didn't even know how many things he had. Lord Zhuo and the second sister Huashang, how many secrets there are.
"Third son, why don't you use this certificate and arrest them!" Liu Shuang opened a file with great interest, and looked at the shocking accusations, his eyes instantly became cold, and he couldn't help clenching his fists, feeling indignant.
"Third brother, this ......" Chu Qingqing never knew that these so-called important ministers had done so many shady things, her delicate face, her brows were furrowed, and those appalling accusations made her shudder.
They were too young to see such a dark side of a courtier, and it was not incomprehensible to have such thoughts.
"In this world, not everything is black and white." Fang Junyue also drew a volume of secret news, which was when he was on the right side, Zheng Zhi.
Fang Junyue unfolded the dense scroll, his slender fingers caressing the words, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.
"The secret scroll says that on the 14th day of the first month of the second year of King Taining, Zheng Xiang secretly ordered the Criminal Department to execute a group of death row prisoners in order to fill the chaos of the people and confuse the king." Fang Junyue said slowly, without a tone of blame, "But the secret scroll didn't say it, such a consequence did suppress the chaotic people outside the city, making the next day's Shangyuan Lantern Festival smoother." ”
"So, some things, it's gray." After a pause, Fang Junyue threw the file in his hand into the brazier, and the flames engulfed the old dense scroll, and the flames were in full bloom.
"But ......" After hearing such words, Liu Shuang still found it difficult to accept, even if this matter could be explained, then how should those who killed innocents in vain quibble.
Chu Qingqing was silent and watched as the case files that could rectify the court were flooded by the firelight, and it seemed that something of faith was burned to ashes together.
"I know what you're thinking, some things, maybe it's really black." Fang Junyue looked directly at the young colleague indifferently, staring at the young man's pure and clean eyes, his hands on his shoulders, and his fingertips were unconsciously forced, "Liu Shuang, why do you think Lord Zhuo wants us to destroy the evidence of the crime instead of destroying it himself." ”
Looking at Fang Junyue's eyes as bright as stars, Liu Shuang suddenly remembered that Old Wentou's eyes were also so deep, but there was the same thing flickering in the deepest depths, and he didn't understand what it was.
It's like why even the scheming old Wen Tou obeys the laws of Dachen.
It's like the old Wen Tou who strictly obeys the law, why doesn't he severely punish himself who violates the law and commits suicide by committing suicide.
is like Zhuo Zhenggong, who knew the sins of the courtiers but turned a deaf ear.
"Qingqing, do you understand?" Fang Junyue put down the hand that was holding Liu Shuang, turned his head to look at Chu Qingqing, who had stopped what he was doing, and asked.
Chu Qingqing looked up at the third brother who was extremely familiar and unfamiliar, nodded gently, and the next moment, shook his head gently.
Fang Junyue didn't explain, but showed a look of relief, thinking about it carefully, when they were as old as them, they didn't understand, Lord Zhuo ordered before leaving, if they want to see it, let them see it, these shady things, it's better to see them early than later.
"Someday you'll understand." Fang Junyue just continued to open the lock, waiting for his colleagues to throw those files into the fire.