The three envoys in Li Shimin's mouth refer to the three people of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Yushi Dafu and Dali Siqing.

Because the matter of criminal law is related to the institutional rule of the whole country, it has been implemented since the Warring States period, with Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ as the three judges, and the Tang Dynasty is the peak of China's feudal law, and the system of three divisions is adopted in the criminal law. However, the system of the three magistrates in this period was not perfect, but it was only beginning to emerge, and it did not later collect the culmination of criminal law, but it was also decent.

The weights under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department Shangshu, Yushi Dafu and Dali Siqing are different, but they are closely related in detail.

Dali Temple is the highest judicial organ of the central government, which hears cases of crimes committed by 100 central officials and cases of imprisonment or above by Beijing masters, as well as doubtful death penalty cases transferred by local governments. The Criminal Department is the central judicial administrative organ, which is responsible for reviewing the cases tried by Dali Temple and prefectures and counties, and if suspicious cases are found, the original organs will be retried or retried. The Imperial Historical Observatory is the highest supervisory organ of the central government, responsible for supervising civil and military officials, picketing, impeaching officials, and enforcing discipline.

That is to say, Dali Temple is responsible for hearing cases and handling cases of heavy sentences above the prison sentence of Jingshi, but the cases they have dealt with need to be handed over to the Criminal Department for review, and if the Criminal Department does not agree with their handling results, they can reject them and let them retry them, or even take the case over for review. Although the Imperial Historian has no judicial power, he has the obligation to supervise the judicial activities of the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department.

complement one another, lest the laws of the world become a single word.

Therefore, the relationship between them is not harmonious, and Cui Shanwei, the secretary of Dali Temple, is very unhappy with Luo Shixin because Luo Shixin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, often questions the cases decided by their Dali Temple, and Luo Shixin is also unhappy because the imperial historian Du Yan supervised him to judge the case for no reason. There are small contradictions and estrangements between each other.

According to the ancient regulations, any serious incident must be tried by the three legal divisions. In order to ensure justice, it is commonly known as the triage of the three divisions.

Lujiang Wang Li Ying conspired against the case, although because of Wang Junkuo's "great wisdom and bravery", it did not cause a bad impact. However, rebellion is regarded as a taboo in any dynasty, and it is the most important thing. Especially Li Jin, a general who is a relative of the emperor and holds military power, their creation is even fatal to a country, especially the current foundation of the Tang Dynasty is unstable. Once the society is turbulent, it will cause panic among the people, and it is easy to cause economic collapse. plunged the people into famine again.

It is a measure that must be taken to deal with the rebels, and this is no exception in all dynasties.

According to Wang Junkuo, Li Ying was extremely ambitious and conspired for many years, but because he died too quickly, the people who conspired with him did not surface. Whether it is Li Yuan or Li Shimin. There is no tolerance for those rebellious ministers and traitors who are lurking. It is necessary to dig them out and remove them together, so that no evil may be left behind. This also led to the triage of the three divisions.

For Li Shimin's appointment, as the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Three Law Divisions, the Dali Temple, and the Imperial Historian, he should be responsible for himself, and he should be relieved.

Li Shimin continued: "The rebellion of the King of Lujiang is a matter of great importance and cannot be tolerated. Later, I will pass down an edict to Luo Shangshu as the main judge, and Cui Qing and Dr. Du will assist him, do you have any objections? ”

Luo Shixin was a little surprised.

Cui Shanwei replied as usual.

Du Yan was a little unconvinced. However, Li Shimin's words did not allow for discussion at all, so he had to nod his head in agreement.

Luo Shixin was a little surprised. Although the three divisions are in the same room, there is indeed a presiding judge among the three. Generally speaking, the presiding judge is mostly based on Dali Temple, after all, the weight of Dali Temple lies in this. Of course, if someone from the Criminal Department or the Imperial Historical Observatory is the main judge, it is also possible. Among the three of them, Du Yan was born in the imperial history of Du Ruhui's uncle, and served as the imperial historian in the Sui Dynasty, Cui Shanwei was strict and honest and honest is an old man who followed Li Yuan, with extremely high qualifications, and he worked competently in Dali Temple, and he did a good job. But Li Shimin actually appointed him as the chief judge here, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

"Luo Shangshu stays, and the two of you go down to prepare first!" Li Shimin cautiously exhorted that he obviously attached great importance to this incident of rebellion.

Dali Temple Qing Cui Shanwei and Du Yan retired successively.

Luo Shixin looked back, but his gaze was fixed on Du Yan's body until his back disappeared.

"Come, just the two of us, no need to be polite, sit down and talk!" Li Shimin's voice came into his mouth.

Luo Shixin came back to his senses and sat down in a seat next to him.

"But for most of the month, the government and the opposition have been praising you, which is really unexpected." Li Shimin looked at Luo Shixin with a little surprise and said, "I really underestimated you a little at the beginning. ”

Luo Shixin said with a bit of modesty: "Your Highness is wonderful, it's just the help of Ma Zhou and Liu Yanke, with them, ordinary cases are really difficult for me." ”

Since Ma Zhou came to the Criminal Department, Luo Shixin launched his three-fire plan and transferred Ma Zhou to Simen to investigate Liu Yanke. Liu Yanke was born in a judicial family, has a great understanding of criminal law, and knows all about criminal allusions in history.

Luo Shixin directly used his power to promote Liu Yanke and become one of his arms to assist him in handling criminal matters. Liu Yanke has been in the Criminal Department for many years, although his status is not high, he is in a key position, and he knows everything about the big and small things in the Criminal Department. They all know which people were promoted by Dewei Lau and which people are close to him.

Luo Shixin was able to avoid them lightly and build a team to cultivate himself. After all, Luo Shixin is the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he is really the principal of the Criminal Department, and he also has the support of Li Yuan and Li Shimin behind him, and all the resources are above Liu Dewei. Liu Dewei only had a little chance when Luo Shixin was in charge of the Criminal Department at the beginning and was ignorant, but Luo Shixin was not Qu Tutong and did not give Liu Dewei a chance to take advantage of it.

After gaining a firm foothold, there was no chance to stop Luo Shixin's move to cultivate his own team. Andy Lau is also a smart person, and he didn't choose to fight with Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin also did not make a move on Liu Dewei. After all, his position has just been stabilized, and Liu Dewei does have a credit to the Criminal Department and has a strong prestige. At the same time, the official position of the squire of the Criminal Department is not small, and he is in the court, not that he will be withdrawn, even the secretary of the Criminal Department does not have the power to remove the position of the squire of the Criminal Department.

However, it is an indisputable fact that Luo Shixin took control of the Criminal Department in a short instant.

Not only is it in control, but it is also doing a good job.

With Liu Yanke, a judicial know-it-all, Luo Shixin was able to make the most correct criminal judgment in the first time. He is an unswerving person, not afraid of the power to review cases, one is one, unambiguous, and quite famous.

What really surprised Luo Shixin was Ma Zhou, he thought that Ma Zhou's ability in government affairs was outstanding, but his knowledge in justice would be slightly inferior. But I didn't expect Ma Zhou's knowledge of justice to be better than Liu Yanke's, especially his character and temper are naturally picky. There is nothing to hide in front of him in any detail, and he can judge whether the official is mediocre or stupid or square or righteous from the handling of the case by the local officials from the cases of the criminal department received below.

How did he know that Ma Zhou in history was the prime minister who came out of the imperial history platform, and compared with governing the world, his judicial talent was not inferior to his ability to govern the world.

In just over a month, three county lieutenants had already pulled him off the horse.

Li Shimin is not just a sigh, such a character does not enter the imperial history platform and pickets hundreds of officials, it is really a condescending talent.

Luo Shixin's achievements are obvious to all, and it has only been a month for those who think he was promoted in the Criminal Department.

Li Shimin saw that Luo Shixin was proud, and he didn't boast, lest he proudly open a dyeing workshop, but he just said: "Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, has been planning for many years, and there is nothing unusual, which shows that it is very deep, and it must be implicated. You have only been in charge of the Criminal Department for two months, and you need to be cautious when you encounter such a big case. The imperial historian Du Yan has rich experience and can refer to his construction more, and Cui Shan, the secretary of Dali Temple, is old and serious, and can consult him for details. ”

Luo Shixin could see that Li Shimin really attached great importance to this matter, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why am I the chief judge?" ”

Li Shimin didn't answer positively, but said unexpectedly: "No confidence? Well, I can take back my fate and let Cui Shanwei be the chief judge......"

"Who said that!" Luo Shixin jumped up like a cat with his tail stepped on, "Isn't it just a presiding judge, what a big deal." To ensure that the handling is done properly, it just so happens that I also have one thing that needs to be confirmed. ”

Li Shimin smiled faintly, there was naturally a reason why he was so appointed. According to the normal point of view, Cui Shanwei and Du Yan are above Luo Shixin in terms of experience and qualifications, and they should be put first. However, Li Shimin has never been a person who looks at things with normal eyes, and in employing people, he attaches importance to ability and ability.

Needless to say, Du Yan is indeed very competent, but he is greedy, not honest enough, and easy to be tempted. Cui Shanwei is strict and honest, but he is rigid and tactful enough, and both of them have their own shortcomings......

And Luo Shixin is certainly inferior to them on the surface, but the essence is above the two, and Li Shimin takes a fancy to this essence.

What's more, the purpose of his ousting of Luo Shixin to the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department is to arrange his own people in the criminal law, so that he can have his own people in key positions in the face of unpredictable problems during the transition of imperial power. His cronies have arranged him everywhere, and the criminal department is Luo Shixin, which is just to test the waters. (To be continued......)