Now that the Admiral of the Five Cities is fully staffed, and it is still in a state of having a leisure meal just opened, there is no pressure to send five people to the various soldiers and horses to convey the order.

In the early afternoon, the nearest commander of the Xicheng Terracotta Division arrived first, and then the commanders of the South, Dongcheng, Zhongcheng, and Beicheng Terracotta Divisions came one after another, and they were all introduced into the side hall of the Imperial History Office of the Admiral of the Five Cities.

After the five of them arrived, they waited for the new boss to show up and give a lecture, which was also the right thing to do. However, he has been waiting for half an hour, but Li Baixian has a huge shelf and has not shown up for a long time.

At this time, everyone guessed in their hearts that this must be the new official's dismissal for them, that is, they were deliberately hanging them here. But as subordinates, they can only continue to wait, if they can't even endure this, they don't have to mix in the officialdom.

At this time, another half an hour has passed, the sun has turned west, and Li Baixian still has not appeared. At this point, most of the commanders of the five soldiers and horses were a little impatient. Such a long time of waiting in the air is beyond the scope of the test, and if it is said to be dismounting, it is considered to be very excessive.

Why do bosses do this? When the other four thought of this question, they looked suspiciously at Commander Gou of the Midtown Soldiers and Horses. I heard that when Li Baixian first took office, he inspected Zhongcheng, and Commander Gou deliberately avoided it, making his boss wait for more than an hour.

The scars on Commander Nakashiro's face have not been completely erased, on the one hand, he is holding his breath in his heart, and on the other hand, he is uncomfortable with the eyes of his colleagues. Therefore, he was a little uneasy, and couldn't help but get up and say to the rest of the people: "Presumably, he is busy with official affairs, and it is useless for me to wait for a long time, so the official will leave first." ”

After waiting for a while, the commander of Nancheng got up again and said goodbye. In the end, it was not until it was getting dark and the government office locked the door that Li You did not appear, and the remaining three commanders of the soldiers and horses had no choice but to leave.

In fact, during the time that the five commanders were waiting, Master Li was not in the government office, and he ordered the five commanders to be summoned. went out of the government and went to the Criminal Department, to visit Xun Feiqian, the secretary of the Criminal Department. The aim is clear, to gain as much jurisdiction as possible.

The reason is also very simple, a yamen that claims to be in charge of the security of the Beijing Division, if the judicial power is pitiful, then what deterrent power is there? Without the right in hand, its orders will not work.

Xun Feiqian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was recommended by Yang Jin, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, and Xu Daohong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials at the time, nominated him to be promoted to the official position, so he was investigated. and Li You are also like-minded. Otherwise, Master Li wouldn't have to talk about it at all.

You must know that the Jingshi is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and justice is a heavy weapon. The supreme judicial power is directly vested in the Son of Heaven, and is delegated to each yamen separately.

From the perspective of organizational structure, Li You's Admiral Wucheng Imperial History Office and the Criminal Department are actually parallel. In other words, it is parallel to all ministries, courts, and temple prisons, and they are all directly responsible to the Son of Heaven, but the judicial business needs to be subordinate to the Criminal Department.

Li You has more judicial power, and the Criminal Department has less power, so Master Li is looking for the Criminal Department to discuss the issue of judicial authority, which is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, if it is not for Xun Shangshu to be a fellow, otherwise there is no need to talk about it.

However, Lord Li is not without confidence, and his request for power is tacitly approved by the imperial court. The court established him as an official position. Obviously, he is dissatisfied with the chaotic status quo of the frequent cases of the Jingshi, and wants to change the situation of the decentralization of the affairs of the Jingshi, and take charge of the affairs and strengthen the control, otherwise what is the use of setting up a five-city governor for nothing? But how to do it, it is up to him to fight for it.

In the face of Li You's visit, Xun Shangshu couldn't put up any shelf, and he was the reason why Li's visit was "set sail without a watermark". I know it very well. He met directly in the flower hall and retired the left and right people. …,

After a few words of greeting, Li You expressed his meaning directly, "According to the regulations, the Imperial History of the Patrol City accepts the lawsuit of the boundary of the capital. Interrogate the case and make a decision on small matters. Major events are sent to the department, and the Soldiers and Horses Division is responsible for detection. Today, the imperial court is trustworthy, and the official controls the patrol of the city and the imperial history, and the general leader of the soldiers and horses. ”

The county government is responsible for the criminal names in other places, but the imperial court attaches great importance to the criminal names in the capital, so the criminal department is responsible for the system on behalf of the criminal department.

As one of the six departments, the Criminal Department is in charge of major criminal cases in the world, but it is also annoying to deal with these bad things in the capital. At the same time, it is often impossible to take care of it, so there is gradually the expansion of the power of the Terracotta Division and the Imperial History of the Patrol City.

The first of the dynasties to set up a patrol city imperial history, only to correct the ground, and did not accept lawsuits, nor was it responsible for criminal name questioning, but later gradually had some judicial authority. Generally speaking, civil cases that are minor and below the cane punishment can be adjudicated by the Imperial Historian of the Patrol City, and criminal cases above the cane punishment must still be transferred to the Criminal Department, while the Terracotta Division is supervised and commanded by the Imperial Historian of the Patrol City at the same level.

Li You mentioned this regulation, and Xun Shangshu could certainly hear the meaning of his words - since the Imperial History of the Patrol City actually has the judicial power for cases below the cane punishment, then this official, as the superior of the Imperial History of the Patrol City, should have a higher authority, otherwise how can he control the Imperial History of the Patrol City? There is no higher power in the world but not a lower level, not to mention that the establishment of the position of the official by the imperial court has the meaning of overseeing the justice of the Beijing Division, and the edict cannot be made an empty letter.

It can be summed up in one word, which is "to have power".

In fact, from Xun Shangshu's point of view, he is already at the level of one of the nine kings and the second rank of the senior member, and his vision is very high, and he is no longer eye-catching to these trivial matters on the ground of the Jingshi and the judicial power of three melons and two dates.

For example, if the thief who steals in the capital is sentenced, he will also be put on the case of his dignified criminal department Shangshu, what is the pleasure of this? It is enough to be able to catch big and serious cases.

But Xun Shangshu still had to take into account the influence of all aspects, so he didn't dare to promise anything to Li You easily, so he only asked, "Then what do you think?" Speak up. ”

In this regard, Li You has already had a belly case, "If you know the county from other places, you can still be sentenced to a sentence of 100 rods." The capital is still in need of caution, and the official does not dare to compare the affairs of the other places, but only the county? It is only for the case to be determined by oneself if it is below 100 rods. ”

Xun Shangshu said abruptly: "You also know that the Jingshi is extremely cautious!" For the case of the Beijing Division, our criminal department only has the right to adjudicate itself with less than 100 rods, and the criminal case with more than 100 rods still needs to be judged by the Son of Heaven! If it is like you, my criminal department will not have to worry about the affairs of the Beijing division in the future! ”

"It's all for the sake of the king, the criminal department is the criminal department of the world, and the affairs are already overwhelmed. Why did the big priest bother to entangle himself in the capital, a place where the people gathered, and do the mundane things like the county. ”

Xun Shangshu replied: "If you have this intention, you can directly ask the Son of Heaven to play." If there is a holy oracle, my criminal department will not dare to disobey, why do you have to come here to tell this to this official! ”

Li You said helplessly: "The big priest is laughing, if I don't send a note to the big secretary, how dare I be self-conscious." ”

Xun Shangshu thought for a while, and said: "The king of Hades is so difficult to deal with little ghosts, and the official in the criminal department is this king of Hades, but there are still many little ghosts in the ministry. If it is really as you wish, the official can not care, but the ministry will inevitably complain, making it difficult for the head of the department to be the official. ”

The affairs of the capital are cumbersome, which certainly makes the criminal department in charge of the criminal case of the Beijing division tired. But at the same time, for petty officials, the oil and water and benefits are also great, and even the main source of gray income. …,

Yes, the Criminal Department is indeed responsible for the world's criminal names, but after the cases from other places arrive at the Criminal Department, the cost of dredging is also very high, and the enthusiasm of the criminals to deal with them has declined.

For example, when the Guizhou case arrived at the Criminal Department, if the relatives of the criminal wanted to dredge up, it would take two months to travel 3,000 miles to the unfamiliar Beijing. For ordinary people, encountering this situation is not just daunting, but they are afraid that they will immediately give up dredging and resign themselves to fate, so the benefits that the officials in charge of the criminal department can leave behind.

On the contrary, the people of Beijing committed a lawsuit, and they were close to the criminal department, so it was much more convenient to dredge and their enthusiasm was high, and at the same time, the people of Beijing were relatively wealthy and could get the money.

Therefore, the Jingcheng case is annoying, but it is still the main source of gray income for officials in the Criminal Department. As the high-ranking secretary of the Criminal Department, Lord Xun Feiqian may not care about this matter, but he can't help but take into account the emotions of the officials of the Thirteen Qing Officials under him, and the specific affairs of the Ministry still depend on them to do.

Even though Li You has all kinds of reasons from the court to the people, when it comes to the need to challenge the unspoken rules of officialdom, he can't lobby Xun Shangshu or anything. The explicit rules can be changed by people's subjective thoughts, but the unspoken rules are never changed by people's subjective will.

Seeing that Li You was silent, Xun Shangshu smiled calmly, "If this official is still the secretary of the Criminal Department, it is not good to set this precedent, otherwise the ministry will be chaotic." When you don't have this criminal department book, you have no scruples, and I can help you before leaving. ”

Seeing that it was getting late, Li You took his leave. Sitting in the sedan chair, I remembered Xun Shangshu's last sentence, and suddenly realized.

When will Xun Da Sikou not be the secretary of the criminal department? He was only in his fifties, far from the time of his career. So what else can he do if he doesn't punish the Ministry of Justice? How many better positions in the world are there than the Shangshu of the Criminal Department?

But when I think about it, there really is one right now, such as the military department book that is vacant... The Shangshu of the Ministry of War is the upper-middle status in the six departments, and the criminal department is the lower-middle status, and the relocation of the criminal department is equivalent to promotion.

Li You immediately understood, Xun Shangshu politely refused, in fact, he secretly put forward the condition, if he can become the secretary of the military department, he can naturally help him eat inside and outside the criminal department before leaving.

That's too much to look up to! Li You was speechless, it was estimated that Xun Shangshu had taken a fancy to his influence on Lu Ge Lao. With Lu Ge Lao, the former secretary of the military department, and Yang Ge Lao working together, and Zhao Liangren, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, the odds of winning are still very good.

But now he doesn't want to get involved in these things anymore, and even if he succeeds, it's like a sweet poison that quenches his thirst.

Since the Criminal Department can't make sense for the time being, Master Li decided to implement the second set of plans, that is, to imitate the special policies of a special stage in his previous life, and ask for a "strike hard".