Xiao Jiangyuan said unexpectedly: "Do you want to change both?" ”

Li Longji nodded. Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan was still reluctant, he thought about it and sighed lightly: "After all, it is not worthy of Song Gong, not Song Gong's fault." He is upright and lonely, and after years of tempering, he still retains his pure heart, and he is too clean and ideal. If people in the world were like Song Gong, like evil money and crimes, they would not appear - unfortunately, it was a fairyland, not a human world. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't seem to understand the previous words, and she needed to taste them carefully, but what Li Longji said just now, she immediately understood.

As if in order to corroborate Li Longji's words, it was not long before new problems arose in prison.

At this time, although the Tang Dynasty was much more stable and wealthy, although the number of criminals was never eliminated, there were also a lot less. It stands to reason that from the Dali Temple, down to the Criminal Department and the local prisons, they should be more relaxed, but in fact this is not the case, because at any time, there are always many criminals who have clearly proved that the evidence is conclusive and have no way to deny it, and they always feel that the punishment they have received is too heavy, and frequently appeal. As a result, many cases could not be concluded for a long time, and the officials were unbearable, and they couldn't think of a solution for many years, until Song Jing paid a visit to the prime minister.

In the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister is only a title, not a position, and his specific official position is either Shangshu Ling, Zhongshu Ling and Men Shizhong, or Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin or Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, most of them are part-time, Song Jing's own job is the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and this matter is just in his part.

What Song Jing hates most in his life are those criminals who harm the world. Among those criminals, there are many who use their own pity to win sympathy, and there are also those who pour dirty water on the victims to show that they are excusable and righteous, and they are all unwilling to honestly confess their sins and submit to the law. If it was just like this, Song Jing would still be patient and prove evidence to convince them, but I didn't expect them to dare to use their right to appeal and redress their grievances, and repeatedly test the edge of the bottom line of law and morality? !

It's so arrogant, it's really hateful!

Song Jing couldn't bear it, so he didn't need to endure it anymore. He wanted to teach these people a lesson a long time ago, so not long after he became the secretary of the Criminal Department, he issued an order to Yushitai: All criminals with a good attitude of admitting their guilt can be punished lightly, and those who have committed minor crimes can be released in court, but if they insist on appealing and disrupting justice, they will be directly detained by Yushitai until they admit their guilt.

When this order was first issued, it was really effective, and the Criminal Department and even Dali Temple were very respectful and grateful to Song Jing, but after a long time, its drawbacks became apparent - those who appealed were not all real criminals, and many of them were really wronged. They have no other way to prove their innocence than appeal, but because of Song Jing's order, even if they are wronged, they are still imprisoned, and no matter how they complain, there is no hope of rehabilitation.

The suspect's family had no way to appeal, so they could only spread it by word of mouth, and by the end of the seventh year of Kaiyuan, public opinion was already boiling.

Li Longji trusts Song Jing and never interferes in Song Jing's own affairs, plus in the past two years, he has seen that the Criminal Department is thriving, and the statistics of the closed cases every year are very good, so he has not found anything. And if the people's discussion wants to spread to the palace, it really needs some chance, and Li Longji is too busy to pay a private visit for a long time, so he doesn't know anything about this matter.

On weekdays, Xiao Jiangyuan can also use her free time to occasionally go out of the palace to learn about the people's situation for Li Longji, but she is too busy. First of all, Concubine Wuxian gave birth to the fifteenth son of the emperor, and the other concubines followed by several little princesses, she had to arrange manpower, and help the queen regain the power of the inner court.

Fortunately, Jingzhong is extremely talented, and he has been able to take charge of many small things on his own, so Xiao Jiangyuan asked him to temporarily replace himself and serve by Li Longji's side.

Li Longji refused at first, and said that Jingzhong was too ugly and insulting to the façade of the Son of Heaven, but after hearing Xiao Jiangyuan say that it would be enough for a few days, he relented and said: "Then let him be allowed for a few days—just a few days." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan did it on purpose this time. In the past few years, she has been very keenly aware that since the country and the throne have been stable, although on the surface, her family Ah Lang has been tirelessly teaching her all about political affairs, in fact, she has gradually begun to consciously or unintentionally avoid using her in various places.

This does not bode well for Xiao Jiangyuan. Once one day, Li Longji does not need to deal with all the big and small affairs in person, and she is completely reduced to a dispensable marginal figure around him, or even a simple useless bystander, her identity will be easily replaced by others. By that time, who is she?

Xiao Neijian, General Xiao? I'm afraid that for the entire first half of her life, she will have to say goodbye. Unless she dies, she can't avoid becoming one of those concubines. This is contrary to her principles and wishes in this life, and she must not compromise. Love is pleasant, but she must always be vigilant and not allow herself to be immersed in it.

So, she came up with such a solution. Taking advantage of the fact that Queen Wang wanted to regain power and needed her help, she simply left everything on Li Longji's side and concentrated on assisting Queen Wang and doing her own work. Say it is a few days, but if you want a woman who is not literate and has never learned how to be a good housewife, and directly become a competent and good queen, where can it be done in a few days?

Xiao Jiangyuan himself has no relevant experience, and he still needs to explore, which will take more time. During this time, her family Ah Lang will feel very deeply whether he will be happy without her as a eunuch.

——This is exactly what Li Longji wants.

In the past few years, Xiao Jiangyuan has done everything himself in the internal service department, and gradually became authoritarian, and he has no idea of cultivating the next generation of internal service supervisors, Li Longji can see it clearly. Of course, there is a reason why Yang Siqiao is too lazy to take care of things, and Xiao Jiangyuan's own mind should not be underestimated.

If it's just an internal service, it's fine. She had close contacts with the palace supervisor of the Inner Chamberlain Province in her duties; The left prison guard, who corresponds to the right prison guard, actually respects her? The concubines of the inner court also loved her, and the courtiers respected her even more, and this time, his Li Longji's food, clothing, housing, transportation, and work life were all in Xiao Jiangyuan's control.

Courtiers can be appointed full-time but not for a long time, because their every move is public, so the Son of Heaven should eliminate their selfishness as much as possible, but eunuchs are different. The eunuch only does things for the Son of Heaven alone, so naturally the more stable the better, so that the Son of Heaven can use it easily. If the eunuch is also changed in a short time, the Son of Heaven will always have to adapt to the newcomer, once something goes wrong and affects his handling of state affairs, it will be a big loss because of a small loss.

If you want stability, you have to serve for a long time, once you have a long term, you will have dictatorship, and once you have dictatorship, it will be difficult to let go. Li Longji was worried that he would not have the opportunity to keep Xiao Jiangyuan away from these powers, so that he would have a reason to find someone else to take her place, and then gradually disintegrate Xiao Jiangyuan's will, so that she could convincingly give up her status as a eunuch, so as to marry him and become his woman.

As long as this period of time is not much different from the previous one, he can start to do it.

- Even if the person who can successfully replace her is Jingzhong.

The dark tide between Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Longji is turbulent, and outsiders can't see it clearly, so this time it is just a normal temporary adjustment, but Jing Zhong has spied some clues.

Although he didn't like Li Longji, after all, he was entrusted by his master, so he wanted to do things well. But he was just a little eunuch who had just learned, and he suddenly ascended to the top and did things for the master, he was very worried and had no confidence, so he went to talk to the master, but he heard Xiao Jiangyuan say lightly: "You can do whatever you want, you don't need to think about it." If you do it well, that's your credit, and if you don't do it well, it doesn't matter, your own master will take care of it for you. ”

At first glance, Jingzhong felt very heartwarming, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong. Normally, other fathers or masters, at such times, don't they all give a lot of instructions and teach as much as possible, lest the disciples do not do well, make the saints unhappy, and then cause themselves to lose their sacred hearts? His master had no such worries.

Is Master too confident in him, or is he too confident, or is he ...... Didn't want him to do well at all?

Whether Li Longji is good or bad, Jingzhong doesn't think about it, he just wants to do what the master really wants, even if it angers Li Longji because of this, it doesn't matter, anyway, the master said that he will bear it for him, so he has nothing to fear. But what is what Master really wants?

Jing Zhong finally decided to listen to Master for the time being to see the effect. What he knows is nothing more than serving tea and passing food, and the others have no experience yet, so they don't dare to do it easily, and after just a few days, Li Longji will be depressed.

Seeing that Li Longji was angry, Jingzhong was naturally happy, but thinking about his master's thoughts, as long as he was not worth the night, he would go back to talk to Xiao Jiangyuan for a while. He will tell Xiao Jiangyuan about what happened that day, no matter how big or small, with an open mind to ask for advice, and at the same time secretly observe Xiao Jiangyuan's every move and smile, hoping to see something from it.

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't seem to care much on the surface, but in fact, she listened to every word very carefully, and learned that Li Longji was very unaccustomed to it these days, so she always lost her temper, and she even pursed the corners of her lips. Jing Zhong looked at it in his eyes, both excited and puzzled. What he was excited about was that only he had guessed Master's mind correctly, and what he didn't understand was why Master had such a mind.

Could it be that it is to let Li Longji know her benefits? Master has been by Li Longji's side for many years, and Li Longji should have known her benefits a long time ago. This time, the master took the initiative to do it, as if he was proving something, but the master was already a first-class celebrity by Li Longji's side, what else did she need to prove, what was she worried about?