Episode 6: Final Strike Six
Fortunately, Qin Tai had already had a plan, and in these days of being temporarily supervised, Qin Tai repeatedly scrutinized the opinions of the imperial court and the little emperor on how to deal with him. Qin Tai has never been corrupt or bribed in his life, has never done anything that is sorry for his conscience, and has not had unjust, false or wrongful convictions. The only thing that can be said to be a weakness is Qin Tai's family and Qin Tai's experience. As early as when Qin Tai was most famous, Qin Tai once sighed for Daming's case-solving methods and speed, and Qin Tai vowed to compile a purple case-solving experience to provide clues and basis for future generations to solve the case. At that time, Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun and others all knew that they were right to praise Qin Tai's approach and ideas. In recent years, Qin Taifu has been at home, and Zhang Juzheng has written many times to inquire about the progress. Because Zhang Juzheng once promised to write a preface to Qin Tai's book, as Zhang Juzheng became more and more famous, he also hoped to finish this matter as soon as possible. Three years ago, Qin Tai said that he had begun to formally organize his experience notes. Until he and Zhang Juzheng completely turned their faces, the experience notes were still not finished. Not only because of the cumbersome and complicated sorting work, but also because Qin Tai is serious and attaches great importance to the compilation experience. Zhan Xiaoxiao, as Qin Tai's wife and assistant, directly participated in the whole process of sorting and compiling, and even knew that Qin Tai had completed the compilation three times and rewrote it three times because he was not satisfied, and now it is the fourth draft. I was going to finish writing this experience in one go after returning to my hometown, but I didn't expect that no one had the energy and heart to sort out notes and experiences since I came back. Qin Tai and his wife took advantage of the opportunity of not being able to leave home these days, and secretly copied a note and experience again. Qin Tai wrapped this note and experience in brown paper and handed it to his wife Zhan Xiaoxiao. Zhan Xiaoxiao took advantage of the opportunity that everyone was not paying attention to secretly left the old mansion and stored the bag of things in a relatively safe place. However, the notes and experiences that came from the Criminal Department to confiscate were Qin Tai's original manuscripts, and Zhan Xiaoxiao was still reluctant to hand them over.
Qin Tai saw that the people from the Criminal Department were the first wave, the Ministry of Officials was the second wave, and there might be a third, fourth, or even fifth and sixth waves behind them. Not only do these people want to disgust themselves, but they also want to take away all the suspicious things. Once Qin Tai and his wife resist or hinder, they will not only take more drastic measures, but also increase the punishment of Qin Tai and his wife, and even if they really will, Qin Tai and his wife will be characterized as a rebellion, and then Empress Dowager Li and others will not be able to say anything if they want to protect Qin Tai and his wife. Qin Tai and his wife's resistance is a dead end, and if they don't resist, they will be rudely disgusted and tortured, it seems that Qin Tai and his wife must be doomed to lose their dumb losses. Could it be that these people would really find it difficult to live with Qin Tai and his wife? Will Qin Tai and his wife really let people bully themselves so easily? Will the plans of the little emperor and those people really come true?
Qin Tai looked at his wife Zhan Xiaoxiao comfortingly, and Zhan Xiaoxiao gradually calmed down her mentality under the encouragement of her husband Qin Tai's encouraging eyes. Qin Tai glanced at the people who came, and the officials of the Criminal Department came to hand over with eight scribes of the Criminal Department, and on the other hand, there were three lower-level officials from the Ministry of Officials, as well as nine county officials guarding outside the door, and of course, the twenty-seven officers and soldiers who protected these Beijing officials who came here. In addition to Qin Tai and his wife who were present, there were a total of forty-eight people who ate imperial grain. The officials and officers and soldiers did not participate in checking and checking the files, but they played a role of surveillance, and they had been observing the attitudes and expressions of Qin Tai's wife and the people from the criminal department. If these people weren't present, Qin Tai would have no way to deal with the people in the Criminal Department.
Qin Tai pulled a chair and sat down slowly. Then he said to the person from the criminal department: "Are you sure you want to check and confiscate my notes here?" Are you qualified to do that? Lad. "Qin Tai's words are both overtly and secretly reminding people that they really want to do this, can you afford the consequences of doing this? The three words of the young man are educating people in a kind of senior tone.
The person from the Criminal Department was not a fool, of course, he heard Qin Tai's suspicion and disdain for himself. As a hairy young man who has just entered the Criminal Department, a low-level official of the Criminal Department who has no foundation and no background, of course he is about to explode. In fact, this is not only known to the people who came with him, but even the Qin Tai couple who just met can see it. A scholar who was born in the imperial examination would rather sit and wait for the opportunity to become an official in the local yamen than be willing to come to this criminal department to be a grassroots official. The people who come to the Criminal Department to become grass-roots officials are either the descendants of the old people in the Criminal Department, or the "back door" officials who come in through the purchase of officials, or they are scholars from small families who have no background and are in a hurry to become officials. The person who came is not like the descendants of the old man of the Criminal Department, and even less like the descendants of the official family. Judging from his businesslike and arrogant posture as soon as he came in, he looked more like a child from a poor family, and he forgot his original origin for a while. I don't know how to use it as a tool, and it's not calm and tactful enough. Qin Tai was really worried about the person who came from the Criminal Department and the overall quality of the Criminal Department, could such an official be able to bear the heavy responsibility of the judicial yamen? Is this the quality of the highest judicial yamen in the country?
The person who came said excitedly: "Qin Tai, you are just a sinner who has been stripped of his fame. What qualifications do you have to doubt this officer? This decision was personally explained by Lord Lang Zhongge of the Criminal Department, and the eight of you scribes were also present and heard it with your own ears. Lord Ge represents the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department is certainly qualified to do so. This official is a new branch of Jinshi, and he is currently the eighth grade of the Criminal Department. ”
Qin Tai looked at the official of the Criminal Department, who was gradually out of control, and said, "Okay, good, good." Just when what you say is true. Is Kutzu-sama right? When will his small Zhengwupin Criminal Department Langzhong represent the entire Criminal Department? If he can represent the Criminal Department, can the waiter of the Criminal Department of the Fourth Product represent the six departments of the capital? So is the criminal department of Zhengsanpin able to represent the cabinet? On the other hand, if Lord Ge can represent the Criminal Department, what is the use of the Squire of the Criminal Department and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department? Just let this Lord Ge do it together. It's okay for Lord Ma, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, to go to the Ministry of War to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lord Wu, the left attendant of the Ministry of Justice, to go to the Ministry of Rites to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Lord Wang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, directly serves as the head of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Justice. Is the grade very high? At the beginning, he was born in the two lists of Jinshi, and when he first came to the Criminal Department, he seemed to be the seventh grade, and soon after, he was directly promoted to the sixth rank, and he had the authority to handle cases independently. I don't know what this criminal department official of Zhengbapin thinks? By the way, I remember your so-called Master Ge, who was my junior brother back then, and served as my assistant, if you don't believe it, you can ask which Master Ge you are. Madam, you also know this Lord Ge, who went to the prison because of his poor eyesight and fell and broke his front teeth and leaked his speech. Hahaha" When Qin Tai said that he should let Lord Shangshu Wang of the Criminal Department go to the Ministry of Officials to be the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Qin Tai deliberately paid attention to the expressions of the people from the Ministry of Officials. Sure enough, the face of the person from the ministry changed, and he glanced at the person from the criminal department with a dissatisfied and disdainful look. It turns out that the six departments in the capital will not die alone, not only are there many internal contradictions in each department, but the problems between the six departments and yamen have been very obvious. As the Ministry of Supervision and Management of Personnel, the Ministry of Officials has always looked down on several other departments, especially the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. Among the six departments, the officials are the most popular because they are in charge of hats; Although the Ministry of Rites is hard, it is responsible for the fame of the scholars, so it is also noble; Although the military department is in charge of the uncivilized soldiers, fortunately, they are majestic and powerful; The household department is the busiest, but it is also relatively the most profitable, and the generosity of the household officials is well known; Although the Ministry of Engineering is the most despised, fortunately, every project has oil and water, as long as you undertake a project, you can eat and wear up and down without worrying; Only the Criminal Department is not only bitter but also very risky, and if it does a good job, it will be praised at most, and if it can't do a good job, it will either be beaten or demoted. Therefore, the officials of the Criminal Department are the least valuable in the Sixth Ministry, and officials of the same grade who are transferred to the Criminal Department are demoted, and transferred out of the Criminal Department are promoted. The Lord of the Criminal Department Shangshu Wang is quite a scholar of the Ministry of Justice, and he simply entered the Jinluan Treasure Hall directly from the beggar's nest.