Tan Lun's words silenced everyone, and everyone thought that this was a decision that Gao Gong and Tan Lun had discussed. Although Gao Gong, the head of the cabinet, was decided temporarily, he was always the head of the cabinet, and his status and identity were different. Even Emperor Longqing couldn't directly reject Gao Gong's decision, and he always had to give the new cabinet head a little face. Meng Chong also knew about the advance and retreat, as long as there were Gao Gong and Tan Yan, Qin Tai would not die. Besides, if Qin Tai really wants to die, Zhang Juzheng will also raise objections, and if the three members of the cabinet join forces, Emperor Longqing will not be able to decide.

Although Tan Lun's words were not said to his teacher Gao Gong in advance, Gao Gong immediately understood the intention of his disciple Tan Lun. Gao Gong also felt that it was impossible to let Qin Tai serve as the squire of the Criminal Department in one step, not only would Meng Chong and others oppose it, but even Emperor Longqing would be suspicious of him. Tan Tan's method is the best, let Qin Tai serve as a magistrate near the capital, and after gathering strength and prestige, it is logical to kill back to the Criminal Department, and when the time comes, don't say that you will be a servant of the Criminal Department, even if you are a Shangshu of the Criminal Department, it is also okay to be a Shangshu of the Criminal Department. Gao Gong immediately agreed, and Concubine Li also nodded in agreement.

Zhang Siwei raised an objection again, and his reasons were also very sufficient. First, Qin Tai has never been a local official and does not know how to govern local affairs. The vicinity of the capital is not an ordinary place, and there must be no trouble. Therefore, even if Qin Tai wants to be a magistrate, he can't stay near the capital. Second, Qin Tai is a demoted official. It should not be possible to appoint the number one leader immediately, at least not immediately. Tan Yan's suggestion was to let Qin Tai be a county magistrate or the county governor, which was not advisable. Thirdly, there has just been a draft event. The vicinity of the capital is not peaceful, and many people will take the opportunity to make trouble. Qin Tai may be able to suppress these people, but it is more likely to cause some people to have the misunderstanding that the imperial court is targeting certain people. For the sake of local tranquility and peace near the capital, Qin Tai must not go down to become a magistrate. Not only can he not be a magistrate, but Qin Tai can't let too many people know his whereabouts, otherwise someone will ask him for an errand, and maybe he will make trouble again.

Zhang Siwei's three reasons are the most important three, as soon as this reason came out, even Gao Gong didn't dare to insist anymore. It is a big taboo to incite the people to confront the imperial court and surpass the prestige of the imperial court with personal fame. Not to mention a small Qin Tai, even Gao Gong did not dare to threaten the court or the emperor with this. Throughout the period of control of the Ming Dynasty, there were many incidents of overthrowing the cabinet and reorganizing the cabinet by using the people's will. There are many more who take advantage of the will of the people or pretend to force the dissolution of the cabinet or the resignation of the first and second ministers of the cabinet. This is how Zhang Juzheng later stepped down, and at that time, Zhang Ju was like the middle of the day, and he could almost turn the clouds and rain. The young emperor tried to get rid of Zhang Juzheng's shackles, but Zhang Juzheng firmly controlled the little emperor within his own range. The little emperor sought advice from Zhang Siwei, the second assistant of the cabinet at that time, and Zhang Siwei used the people's will to target Zhang Juzheng. He deliberately improved Zhang Juzheng's reputation among the people, causing the common people to only know Zhang Juzheng and not know that there was a little emperor in the imperial court. When Zhang Juzheng inexplicably received a petition from the people, hoping that Zhang Juzheng would make decisions for the people, Zhang Juzheng found that the people were not only confused, Zhang Juzheng was called "Qingtian", but also called "Long live". Zhang Juzheng knew that he had made a high achievement, and knew that he had committed a royal taboo, so he hurriedly asked the little emperor for his guilt and submitted his resignation. In fact, it is just to take advantage of this opportunity to retreat and avoid this political turmoil. Unexpectedly, the little emperor waited for this resignation and used this opportunity to dismiss Zhang Juzheng's cabinet chief. Since then, the little emperor has been bound and has become a lawless person, which has also ruined Zhang Juzheng's hard work for many years.

Emperor Longqing couldn't make up his mind, so he simply pushed the problem to Zhang Juzheng, who didn't say a word. Zhang Juzheng straightened out his thoughts and finally expressed his own views and thoughts. Zhang Juzheng does not advocate the reuse of Qin Tai, nor does he advocate a re-sentence of Qin Tai. Zhang Juzheng believes that Qin Tai is not only a talent, but also a big trouble. If it is used well, it is beneficial to the court and the emperor, and if it is not used well, it is a great disaster for the court. Zhang Juzheng suggested that Emperor Longqing should leave Qin Tai and his wife in the capital, and it was best to control the freedom of movement of their husband and wife, so as not to cause any more trouble. Qin Tai is not a good material for being an official, and it is not necessarily appropriate to govern the place. However, Qin Tai is a master of trial cases, and he is also a master of autopsy, and Zhan Xiaoxiao is also a good assistant. It is better to let Qin Tai and his wife go to the Criminal Department to help the officials of the Criminal Department clean up the old files and old cases. It's best to be able to solve the case, and even if you can't solve the case, you can help clean up the file. Doing so not only controlled the freedom of Qin Tai and his wife, but also made the reputation of the prison of the Criminal Department a little better.

Feng Bao has already seen some eyebrows, Zhang Juzheng is not optimistic about Qin Tai on the surface, but in fact, Zhang Juzheng also wants to help Qin Tai. On Qin Tai's side were Li Guifei, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Yan. Only Meng Chong must be good-looking in Qin Tai, and there are Emperor Longqing and others who remain neutral. Feng Bao decided to help Qin Tai, at least let Gao Gong know that he was not a person who was against him. Feng Bao pretended to ask Zhang Juzheng, what is Qin Tai's identity when he goes to the Criminal Department? If you are an official of the Criminal Department, what kind of official is it? If he wasn't an official, in what capacity would Qin Tai go to the prison of the Criminal Department? Is it a criminal? Or are they ordinary people? Or a royal envoy? There's a lot of mystery here. If Qin Tai went to the prison of the Criminal Department as an official, he would be an official of the Criminal Department, and Emperor Longqing would give Qin Tai a certain status grade. No matter what grade it is, as long as Emperor Longqing is confirmed, it means that Qin Tai is the current official, and it means that Qin Tai's crimes are written off. If the criminal is sent to the prison of the criminal department, can the criminal check the case at will? How can you clean up the case if you don't even have freedom? If he went to the prison of the Criminal Department as a common person, not only would the prison of the Criminal Department not cooperate, but he would not let Qin Tai enter. If he went to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment as a royal envoy, Qin Tai would be the personal representative of Emperor Longqing, indicating that Qin Tai was Emperor Longqing's person. This is forcing Zhang Juzheng to ask Emperor Longqing to give Qin Tai a reasonable and legal identity to go to the prison of the Criminal Department.

Meng Chong immediately realized the core problem of this matter and prevented Emperor Longqing from giving orders at will. Meng Chong's reason was that Qin Tai had made mistakes many times, and each time it was hasty. If this continues, Qin Tai will think that the royal family and the imperial court have no way to deal with him, which is not conducive to controlling Qin Tai. Meng Chong suggested that after the imperial court taught Qin Tai a big lesson, he would send Qin Tai to the prison of the Criminal Department, and Qin Tai could not be given any right to put in the box. Otherwise, Qin Tai would not only not remember his mistakes, but would also intensify them in the future.

Emperor Longqing rarely agreed with Meng Chong's suggestion, saying that this was a punishment for Qin Tai, not a reward and reuse. Therefore, Qin Tai not only could not go to the prison of the Criminal Department as an official official to investigate the case, but also restricted the freedom of their husband and wife, and strictly forbade them to meet privately with any unrelated person.

Gao Gong and Tan Yan glanced at each other, and seeing that Emperor Longqing was so resolute, it was not easy to directly oppose it. Zhang Ju wanted to speak several times, but he was embarrassed to say anything, and he was very anxious. Feng Bao also saw Li Guifei's anxiety, so he asked Emperor Longqing on behalf of Li Guifei, in what capacity did Qin Tai go to the prison of the Criminal Department? The treatment is different depending on the status, and the food, housing, and rooms used are all different.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Longqing came up with a compromise plan. Qin Tai applied for a certain official of the Criminal Department in his private capacity, and went to the prison of the Criminal Department on behalf of this official to help clean up the old files. Qin Tai went to the prison of the Criminal Department on behalf of this official, and he could enjoy the treatment of an official, but he did not have the right to dispose of it or the right to overturn the case. All suspicious points must be reported, and Qin Tai cannot investigate, collect evidence, and deal with them at will. Zhan Xiaoxiao, as Qin Tai's assistant, helps Qin Tai deal with the cleaning of old archives while protecting Qin Tai's safety. To prevent someone from assassinating Qin Tai, all behaviors that are unfavorable to Qin Tai must be avoided and prevented. In order to prevent unnecessary conflicts between Zhan Xiaoxiao and some people, Emperor Longqing asked Jinyiwei to lend a token to Zhan Xiaoxiao. But Zhan Xiaoxiao must not use this token to do misdeeds, otherwise the imperial court and Emperor Longqing will definitely punish Qin Tai and his wife heavily.

originally thought that Qin Tai would be unhappy with this decision, at least Zhan Xiaoxiao would not be obedient. Unexpectedly, Qin Tai didn't say a word, and immediately took Zhan Xiaoxiao to the prison of the Criminal Department. Qin Tai is a person who will feel uncomfortable if he has nothing to do, and the prison of the Criminal Department is a place that Qin Tai has long wanted to go. At the beginning, because of the different functions, I never came to the prison of the Criminal Department. Later, he was locked up in his hometown, and he couldn't go to the prison of the Criminal Department. Now the couple is locked up in the capital and will not be allowed to leave here. Going to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is even happier for their husband and wife than Ouchi in the palace. Zhan Xiaoxiao is the person who understands her husband best, and once worked with Qin Tai to investigate and handle cases outside. knows Qin Tai's hobbies and habits, so he still understands and supports Qin Tai's preference to go to the prison of the Criminal Department. For them, the political struggle forced the criminals to be more terrifying. It's much easier to deal with criminals and cases than it is to deal with officials and royalty. Zhan Xiaoxiao has also heard that there are several "hard guys" in the prison of the Criminal Department, and it is said that these people are not small. Zhan Xiaoxiao also wanted to fight with them to prove how far his kung fu foundation had come. Besides, Zhan Xiaoxiao, like Qin Tai, is very interested in some bizarre cases and likes to solve strange cases. So the two of them happily packed their luggage and moved to the prison of the Criminal Department in the afternoon.