In May of the third year of Tianshun, after Yang Yuxuan, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was killed, his seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son were sent to the frontier.

In Cao Shaoqin's view, the master of ceremonies is under the control of his uncle Cao Jixiang, Dongchang is in his hands, and the soldiers and horses in the capital are in the hands of Shi Heng, plus the connections they have in the civil officials, it is enough to control the capital, as long as Zhou Huai'an is killed, there will be no forces against him in the world.

Therefore, Cao Shaoqin led the Dongchang forces to dispatch this time, preparing to take Zhou Huai'an in one fell swoop with the momentum of a goshawk binding a rabbit.

It's a pity he doesn't know.

He left the capital on the front foot, and Shi Heng, the governor of the Ming Jingying and the prince of Zhongguo, was attacked by the government and the opposition because of his nephew's "rebellion" and bullying of the prince.

Ming Yingzong immediately pushed the boat down the river, stopped Shi Heng from going to court, cut him to the people, and investigated Shi Heng's party, and deposed them all.

From the noble figure of the Ming Dynasty at the height of the limelight to the prisoner who was spurned by tens of thousands of people, it was only a few days.

Feng Zhou also became famous because of this, and was promoted to the head of the five products because of his merits. Although some of his older colleagues in the Criminal Department were not very willing to deal with him, he still easily gained a firm foothold in the Criminal Department.

Especially Wu Fan, who was the same director of the Criminal Department with him before, but at this time he was his direct subordinate, Wu Fan, the six-grade director, saw that Feng Zhou had a bright future, and he was already a middle-level official of the fifth grade before he was twenty, and he immediately strengthened his mind to hug his thighs, and he looked like a dog and a horse before and after the saddle.

With the help of this 'head snake', Feng Zhou quickly became familiar with the affairs of the Criminal Department, as well as the process of doing things, and so on.

However, after all, he was too young, and he knew that if he was in the limelight again, he would be opposed by everyone, so he began to keep a low profile, and before everything was clear and he did not thoroughly understand the affairs of the Criminal Department, no matter whether his boss and colleagues had good intentions or bad intentions, let him start handling the affairs of the Criminal Department in the area of Shuntianfu as soon as possible, and he was all familiar with it.

Anyway, he has already overthrown Shi Heng and Jian is in the emperor's heart, speaking and doing things, as well as his own network foundation, even if he is not weak to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the official position of the Criminal Department is still rewarded by the emperor not long ago, as long as he does not take the initiative to make mistakes, others have nothing to do with him.

Feng Zhou is a top-ranked jinshi in this subject, the chief examiner is a cabinet scholar, and he also belongs to the disciple of the big guy, such a person, but the obvious set is not good, once exposed, it is likely to attract the dissatisfaction of the court boss, this is not a joke, under normal circumstances, there is no need to go against Feng Zhou.

After understanding and familiarizing himself, he had a clear understanding of the functions and scope of management of the Criminal Department.

The Criminal Department is in charge of the world's criminal administration, examining and enforcing laws, adjudicating cases, and managing prisoners. Because of the heavy litigation, it is also divided into Qing Officials Division according to the province, each in charge of the criminal administration of a province, and Feng Zhou is in charge of the criminal affairs of the Shuntianfu area.

It's different to have a younger brother to help, after these few months, he has a rough understanding of the affairs of the Criminal Department, and at the same time, he has a clear understanding of the process of the Criminal Department.

When looking through the past case files, a very strange phenomenon suddenly appeared on him.

Pick up the case file that my predecessor had judged, and the brief description of the case is very simple, that is, it describes that XX committed a crime in such and such a region, because such and such a thing violated the royal law, and finally convicted of such and such a crime and should be sentenced to imprisonment or beheading, or exile and other punishments.

At first, it was nothing, but I felt that the case file was too simple, and it did not clearly explain the motive of the criminal, as well as the means and circumstances in the process of committing the crime, only that so-and-so was killed or injured or died, and nothing else.

Just looking at the file, it is impossible to judge whether he is guilty or innocent, and it is completely impossible to say that he wants to overturn the case and remand for a new trial.

Could it be that the criminal department of my Ming Dynasty is so concise?

You must know that the Criminal Department is the final examination and approval body for all kinds of cases, whether it is the death penalty or exile from the army, and other heavy punishments can only be executed by the Criminal Department.

Feng Zhou sighed, but then woke up, all official documents in this era are mainly notes, and they are also big characters such as brush characters, and there are not many words written on one side of an official document, so he understands the difficulties of the government below.

If it is really written in too much detail, it is estimated that the official documents reported to the Criminal Department will have to be delivered by horse-drawn carriage, and it is also a freight carriage in units of ten.

Writing a piece greatly restricts the details of the official document file!

No wonder the literati invented classical Chinese, otherwise they would not be able to write official documents!

This is especially true of those who write history books. It is said that when Ouyang Xiu was in the Hanlin Academy, he and two colleagues were walking on the street, and saw a galloping horse trampling a yellow dog lying on the side of the road to death, so he said: Please record what happened here in writing. A said, "A dog lies down in the thoroughfare, and kills it with the horse's hoof." B said, "There is a horse that escapes in the street, and the lying dog is killed." Ouyang Xiu smiled and said: If you are asked to write history, you will not be able to write 10,000 volumes. A and B asked Ouyang Xiu: Then how should you write it according to your opinion? Ouyang Xiu said: "Yima kills the dog in the Dao", these six words are enough!

It's just that the history books can be brief, if the criminal department does this, it will be too hasty, no matter how you say it, it is a major matter related to human life, or a wrong sentence is a head, or a person is exiled, and a family or even a family is completely disintegrated, and the impact is too great to be cautious and cautious.

Of course, although he thinks so in his heart, he doesn't have the intention of changing, at least he hasn't changed his ability yet, so he can only wait for the right opportunity in the future and then take his time.

But when he turned to a case file, suddenly there were some magical changes in the case file in his hand, it should be said that his eyes had some strange changes, and the case file in his hand actually emitted a dark red light!

What's going on?

Feng Zhou's heart was shocked, but his face was silent, he carefully flipped through the case file, and carefully printed the contents into his mind.

On the eighth day of the third month of the year of Ding Chou, Yang Lin, an Orion on the outskirts of Shuntian Mansion, killed the Baozheng family in Stone Village and was sentenced to death!

He couldn't see anything from the case file, but the flickering dark red light reminded him that there must be something wrong with this case!

Call!

Feng Zhouchang breathed a sigh of relief, reluctantly suppressed his thoughts, put this case file in its place, and scratched an inconspicuous mark on the wooden frame next to him with his fingernails when he pulled his hand, and then picked up the other case file and observed it carefully.

After that, he picked up more than a dozen case files in a row, but there was no strange situation, which made him shake in his heart, could it be that he was hallucinating?

This is naturally impossible!

He is a quasi-saint and spirit, whether it is an illusion or not, he can still distinguish the true from the false.

Since it's not an illusion, there must be something special!

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