Zhao Zhenji went to the cabinet on the front foot, and after taking a closer look, he knew that it was not good, the people who came were all Li Mo's protégés, but if they were all Li Mo's protégés, it would be fine, but these two people were still the six grade officials in the matter, and they were the main ones in the six sections.

Since the beginning of the founding of the country by Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, in view of the lessons of the Song and Yuan dynasties when the monarchs were weak and the ministers were strong, the power of the court was out of control and even collapsed, and the stimulation of Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the left, to oppose him, prompted him to abolish the prime minister system and divide the power of the prime minister into six departments.

But in this way, he was worried that the power of the ministry would be too heavy and threaten the imperial power, and he set up six departments in response to the six ministries to contain and supervise the power of the six ministries. In this way, the six departments were not only not subordinate to any department and were directly responsible to the emperor himself, but also had the power to participate in and discuss state affairs, increased the power to supervise impeachment, and all civil and military officials of the imperial court were not subject to his supervision.

In terms of official rank, although these six subjects are six grades, they are the three princes and nine ministers with the most important titles, and the ministers of the ministries and courts, and they have to give their hands when they meet them. All the major government yamen are located in various parts of the capital, but only the cabinet and the offices of the six departments are located in the Forbidden City.

It can be seen that the six sections of this Taoist official are on the same level as the cabinet.

If you enter the noon gate and enter the gate to the right, it is the cabinet; Go to the left and enter the Guiji Gate, and there are six branches.

According to the practice handed down from the previous dynasties, on the first and fifteenth days of each month, the six departments should go to the cabinet and the auxiliary ministers to meet with each other, which is called "huiyi", which is equivalent to a regular meeting to exchange voices.

It's just that Zhao Zhenji looks at today's meeting this time, first, the time is not right, there are still two days before June 15; In addition to Li Mo, Yan Song and Xu Jie, the two auxiliary ministers of the second cabinet, are not in the cabinet.

Yan Song inspected the emperor's mausoleum in Tianshou Mountain and had not yet returned, and Xu Jie studied the pros and cons of Hu Zongxian's case at home; The three things were not all there, and only seven or eight came, most of them were Li Mo's protégés.

Zhao Zhenji and his gang of directors of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of War and the few people in the cabinet sat down in the room on the second floor of the cabinet, and only then did they know that Li Mo was also in a hurry to issue a few important messages and could not go upstairs immediately.

Suddenly, Zhao Zhenji noticed the seriousness of the matter, and was afraid that Li Mo was going to arbitrarily judge Hu Zongxian's case, so he hurriedly found a small servant and went to Xu's mansion to report the news.

At this time, Xia Mu was on an errand in Beizhen Fusi, a few days ago he disemboweled people alive and established his prestige, and no one in the entire Beizhen Fusi dared to go against his will, even Yan Shaoting was timid when he saw him, and he didn't dare to look at him.

However, as soon as Xia Mu came, he received the news that Cheng Guogong was going back to Beijing, and his heart was also up and down, after all, Su Lou fell because of him, and those cousins were still in Jinyiwei Prison, he cut off Zhu Xizhong's financial route, how could he give an explanation.

Just in the middle of this thought, Li Mo came to the cabinet and asked him to enter the cabinet to sign the matter of Hu Zongxian's finalization.

Xia Mu's heart was shocked, he hadn't received the excerpt that the emperor wanted to transfer Hu Zongxian's case to the three divisions for trial in advance, why was it so sudden, Hu Zongxian hadn't returned to Beijing yet, and the excerpt came down first?

For a while, he couldn't care about it, so he hurriedly asked Luo Kedi to bring a fast horse, and rushed towards the cabinet with a whip.

Xia Muyin had the emperor's order to walk in Ouchi and ride a horse in front of the emperor, but this was the first time he rode a horse in Ouchi.

The brocade guards on both sides looked at it, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the little eunuchs also hurriedly gave way.

"My God, which master is this, actually riding a horse in Ouchi?"

"Shhhh

"What, that Xia Yama who disembowels people alive?"

“……”

Xia Mu didn't have time to pay attention to these whispers, and walked all the way through the Huiji Gate and landed in front of the cabinet office building.

When he went upstairs, he saw Zhao Zhenji and many of the six subjects in the matter, sitting together and laughing, Li Mo was not on the second floor.

When Zhao Zhenji saw Xia Mu, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, he looked at Xia Mu, let him sit beside him, and said in a low voice: "Lord Xia, this is going to break the sky." He pointed to the desk on the side.

Xia Mu couldn't help but look in the direction pointed by Zhao Zhenji, his eyes showed shock, and he saw the supplement ordered by the emperor on the case, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What?" The emperor agreed to Li Mo's recital? ”

"Not only agreed, Li Mo is even done with the vote, this kung fu Yan Song is no longer in the capital, Yan Shifan is gone, the teacher is at home again, Li Mo is no tiger in the mountains, the monkey is the king, and he will give it in private, no, are these six officials all Li Mo's protégés!"

Xia Mu didn't recognize the two six subjects on the opposite side, Zhao Zhenji introduced them to him one by one, only saying that the first one on the left was a little Sven in the affairs department to Lu Youcai, and the one on the right was the engineering department in the middle of the matter.

At this time, the two giggled and joked.

Lu Youcai was Li Mo's protégé, and seeing that the teacher was not there, he felt that he was half the master here, so he acted like a master and laughed at Xia Mu and Zhao Zhenji.

Xia Mu didn't smile, Lu Youcai smiled awkwardly, and found the catering official in charge of logistics supply: "You go and get two iced watermelons to quench your thirst for Lord Xia." ”

The chef answered, and went to get the watermelon, there is an ice warehouse behind the cabinet, which was originally for the auxiliary ministers to dispel the heat, and later they found that the watermelon in this town is good, and put the watermelon into the town for a night on the first day, and pick it up to eat the next day, it is sand and cold, and quenches the heat and thirst.

Xia Mu looked at the little official and brought a colorful plate, on which a few watermelons were neatly placed, and then took one and ate it, which was indeed cool and quenched his thirst.

After eating the watermelon, the official who has always been broad-hearted and fat gave Lu Youcai a full burp, sat on the chair and raised Erlang's legs, and gestured to Cheng Youliang, who was sitting opposite, and said: "Two adults, my teacher told you to wait, presumably the two adults know it, and Hu Zongxian's case is also given." ”

Cheng Youliang had a concave face, and his chin was full of watermelon water, and at this time, he took out his hand from his cuff and replied while rubbing it: "Lord Lu is reasonable." ”

Lu Youcai smiled at Xia Mu and pointed to the official document on the case: "The emperor has approved, Hu Zongxian's case will be transferred to the three divisions for trial, Li Mo, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhu Xizhong, the commander of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, Xia Mu, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi, Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, Chen Hong, the governor of Dongchang, Wang Shizhen, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, and Zhao Zhenji, the left waiter of the military department. ”

Xia Mu nodded and arched his hand: "Since the emperor has issued an order, I will naturally handle it impartially." ”

"Lord Xia, this is powerful, you really understand it if you know!" Lu Youcai blinked a pair of bulging eyes, and said treacherously, "The three divisions will be tried, but only the six departments and two Shangshu are not the criminal department in charge, and even the three chief judges such as Dali Temple have become people standing aside, and the innocence of them, does Lord Xia understand?" ”

Xia Mu saw that he had something to say, and he didn't say it himself. Zhao Zhenji was so stunned that he couldn't think of a clue, and looked at the pot of melon skin in a daze, and was stumped for a while.

"A heads-up." Lu Youcai said.

"Haha, it's really hard for you guys to talk about it, don't you just want Hu Zongxian to come in and can't get out!" Xia Mu laughed three times, but he was already angry in his heart, "The constitution under this cabinet, we are waiting for the jury appointed by the emperor, so we naturally know how to do it, and it is not Lord Lu's turn to point fingers." ”

Lu Youcai was slightly angry, and secretly said that this kid was shameless.

"You're here." Just when Lu Youcai was about to get angry, Li Mo came down from downstairs and walked into the duty room.

"Master Lee." Xia Mu and the others hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Since your Excellency has already voted alone, and the emperor has agreed to hand over Hu Zongxian to the three divisions for trial, I will wait for Hu Zongxian to enter Beijing, after all, your lord is the chief judge, and all the regulations are still up to your lord." ”

"Hehe" Li Mo slapped his face, grinned before he spoke, and scolded: "Okay, you Xia Guangzhong, don't you talk to the old man, the three divisions will be tried, multiple people will be judged, and everything will be returned to the discussion, after all, the jurors are hand-picked by the old man, but only you Xia Mu is the person appointed by the emperor, you naturally speak on behalf of the emperor, although we have not presided over the trial, we still have to look at your face." ”

Xia Mu was stunned, and couldn't help but think, it turned out that he himself was the person who was inserted by the emperor, so there may not be no other meaning in this, the emperor wanted to be his own eyes, looking at the cat in the triage of the three divisions.

"Lord Xia is here?" At this time, Huang Jin on the porch suddenly walked in, and saw that Xia Mu was really in the cabinet, and hurriedly smiled, "Lord Xia, you can let me find it, I first went to Beizhen Fusi, saying that you entered the palace, and I turned around and ran towards the cabinet again, but I found you, don't say it, hurry up and follow me, the saints have been waiting for you in the Qianqing Palace for a long time!" ”

Xia Mu was shocked when he heard this, and secretly said that this was indeed the case, the emperor arranged for him to be interrogated by the three divisions, and he must have other meanings, thinking about it, he smiled at Li Mo, whose face was uncertain, and said: "Lord Li, the next official will go first, let's meet the three divisions." ”

"The holy matter is important, Lord Xia is so angry that he thinks about the holy will, don't listen crookedly, it's good to have other thoughts."

Xia Mu knew that Li Mo had something to say, and when he patted his head, the look of sudden realization was very funny, causing a burst of laughter, "Lord Li's words, how can the lower officials not listen, the lower officials will go and figure out the holy will, absolutely not listen crookedly, think about other things, what the Holy Lord asks me to do, I will do it." ”

Li Mo was secretly annoyed in his heart, but he smiled on his face, parted, made a look of enlightenment, and said with a smile: "Chengguo Gongjin returned to Beijing early in the morning to face the saint, the old man heard that Lord Xia copied Sulou the day before yesterday, which alarmed the 'King of Jinling', but I think Grandpa Guo will not care about you, who doesn't know that Grandpa Guo's mansion, it is pearls like earth and gold like iron, naturally I don't care about these little money." ”

Xia Mu didn't expect Cheng Guogong to return to Beijing so quickly, and he arrived after two days of fast horses, presumably the saint didn't know if it was thunder and rain or the holy fire.

I wanted to hurriedly follow Huang Jin towards the Qianqing Palace.

Li Mo looked at Xia Mu and disappeared, turned his head to look at Zhao Zhenji, pointed his hand, asked him to sit down and talk, and sat on the kang on the side first.

Zhao Zhenji didn't know what Li Mo's intention was to order him, the left squire of the military department, to go to the third division for trial, so he listened attentively.

Li Mo glanced at Zhao Zhenji, who was extremely vigilant, put down the teacup in his hand and smiled: "You are the proud protégé of Xu Ge Lao, this time the old man is in charge of the case of Hu Zongxian, the third secretary, it stands to reason that there should be a strict first auxiliary vote, Xu Cifu signed the seal, and the old man will also send an excerpt......"

Zhao Zhenji secretly scolded this old fox for being cunning, Yan Song was no longer in the capital, and the teacher was punished for three days of introspection at home because he annoyed the emperor the day before yesterday.

Li Mo laughed, took out the proposed fold, handed it to Zhao Zhenji, and said: "Here is the evidence of Hu Zongxian's crime prepared by the old man and the three divisions of Dali Temple and Yang Bo, the secretary of the military department, you take it back to Xu Ge Lao to see, if he has anything to make up, or suggest, you let him write it on it, give it to me to see, and I can discuss it with the third division again." ”

"The lower official must deliver it." Zhao Zhenji took the fold, and walked out of the cabinet, not daring to delay for a moment, he walked towards the Xu Mansion, and his heart was even more burning, just because the first major crime of Hu Zongxian determined by Li Moding was to collude with Zhao Wenhua, embezzle military salaries, and insinuate that he wanted to get Yan Song's father and son, and the second was to bribe senior officials in Beijing, hundreds of thousands of gold, which was clearly aimed at the Xu Party.

This Li Mo is very ambitious, he wants to take advantage of Hu Zongxian's case and serve it all in one pot, and he really wants Li Mo to try something during the trial of the three divisions, and Xu Dang will be peeled off if he doesn't die.