The Yamen of the Criminal Department.

Wei Ze, the secretary of the criminal department, twisted his eyebrows into a strand.

Just above the court, he didn't have a good impression of Zhu Tong, a nobody.

It took him twenty-five years to reach the position of the secretary of the criminal department.

I didn't expect a little doctor to become the second-in-command of the Criminal Department in one leap.

This is difficult for an official like him to accept by virtue of years of hard work.

Not only does he have this attitude, but everyone in the Criminal Department has the same opinion.

As soon as he entered the door, he threw the wat board on the bookcase, and smashed his butt on the Taishi chair, making a creaking and squeaking scream.

Zhang Maozhi, the right waiter, held a bowl of tea, squinted his eyes and squeezed out the funniest smile to honor Wei Ze.

A few days ago, Wang Si Ding left worriedly, and Zhang Maozhi's careful thinking began to come alive.

According to the unwritten regulations of the Criminal Department, the appointment and removal of official positions below the level of the Criminal Department are generally recommended by the Criminal Department.

The emperor only made a symbolic approval, which can basically be said to be Wei Ze alone.

And if you have a little more authority, you will be able to arrange for your own cronies to take up the position, and you can ask for incalculable benefits from the superiors.

And this time, Zhang Maozhi also made sufficient preparations in order to be able to succeed in the position.

The shoes are almost about to break the threshold of Li Shanchang's house, and of course, the benefits of the top boss Wei Ze cannot be ignored.

And Wei Ze also swore that he would definitely sponsor his position, but he could be inserted into a jar by Zhu Tong, not only his reputation was discredited.

The 'credibility' that I have accumulated over the years has also been lost.

"Wei Shangshu, please drink tea!"

Zhang Maozhi bowed and came slowly, Wei Ze glanced at it and sighed, his whole face pulled down.

"Wei Shangshu, is something wrong?" Zhang Maozhi asked, he had already seen the clue from the other party's face.

His expression immediately became a little uneasy, and he hurriedly put down the tea bowl and continued to ask: "Lord Wei, you can't talk and don't count!" ”

"Xia Guan can press all his belongings, can't you talk and don't count!"

Wei Ze picked up the tea bowl, patted Zhang Maozhi on the shoulder and said, "Lord Zhang, it's not that if you don't help you, your position has long been occupied by others." ”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Mao's way.

"Zhu Tong, Your Majesty gave Zhu Tong the position that belonged to you, and even the advice of Lord Xiangguo didn't work." Wei Ze said.

As he spoke, he handed the bowl in his hand to Zhang Maozhi, and patted Zhang Maozhi comfortingly: "Don't be obsessed with this, the emperor's order is difficult to do." ”

Zhang Maozhi tried to calm the resentment in his heart, his lips were biting out blood, and his hands were holding the tea cup tightly, and he was furious.

"Look what I do with him!" Zhang Maozhi said, and then angrily carried Zuo Shilang's book case out.

After a while, Zhu Tong came to the yamen of the criminal department with the seal letter.

The officials of the Criminal Department saw a person coming in from outside the door, and took a closer look at it, and it turned out to be the new Zuo Shilang Zhu Tong.

Everyone instantly became extremely tacit, silently bowed their heads and continued to be busy with their work, without a single word, and the sound of breathing became very clear.

Since Zhu Tong was coming to the Criminal Department for the first time, he didn't know much about the situation in the Criminal Department, so he stepped forward and asked an official very politely:

"Excuse me, Your Excellency, where is Lord Shangshu?"

The official raised his head and looked at Zhu Tong very indifferently, but he didn't answer, and continued to lower his head, busy with the matter at hand.

didn't encounter a gray nose when he first took office, and Zhu Tong was naturally a little unhappy in his heart.

But I thought to myself, since Your Majesty has entrusted me with this position, I must impress others with it, so as to block the mouth of criticism.

You can't just hang your head and continue to face it because of small things.

After asking eight or nine people one after another, they all had the same reaction, Zhu Tong had already figured out a lot, and these people had to be forced by Wei Ze's bewitchment.

In desperation, Zhu Tong walked towards the main house.

On the main seat of the main hall sat an elderly man, and on the ground to the left was clearly visible the marks left by the bookcase that had just been removed.

Scattered files all over the place.

Zhu Tong saluted the old man and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but is it Lord Wei Shangshu?" ”

Hearing this, the old man waited for a while before opening his eyelids slightly and said, "It's this official, which one are you?" Why do you come to my criminal department? ”

Zhu Tong smiled and muttered in his heart: I saw me in the court just now, but now I pretend not to know!

Then he said: "In Xia Zhutong, the new Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department!" Zhu Tong deliberately raised his voice.

Just in case the old man is making things difficult for himself in some minutiae.

"Oh! You see that the old man has forgotten all about this with this memory, you are the new little doll Zhu Tong? ”

"Go back to the big ......" Zhu Tong replied with his hand, as a junior, he must do a thorough and thorough job of etiquette.

Without waiting for Zhu Tong to finish speaking, Wei Ze continued to babble: "The criminal department is not as good as the medical hall, and it is not possible to do things well by memorizing a few prescriptions and rubbing a few grains of black mud." ”

"We must sit on the cold bench and do practical things conscientiously."

"The so-called empty talk misleads the country and works hard to prosper the country!"

"You can't be like a scoundrel in the market, doing this business today and going to engage in some industrial and commercial end-of-life tomorrow."

"Remember..."Zhu Tong was about to answer when he was interrupted by the other party.

"It is absolutely not feasible to be arrogant in the land of the Criminal Department, and these officials really start from the most basic affairs."

"For example, copying papers, interrogating prisoners, and arresting important criminals are all down-to-earth affairs, no better than those tricks."

"For example, what kind of salt making and so on, selling salt and so on! By the way, the old man heard that Zhu Shilang seems to have sold salt, right? After speaking, Wei Ze took a sip of tea.

"Yes, down..."Zhu Tong said.

"The old man is not insinuating Zhu Shilang, he is not right about the person, and I ask Zhu Shilang to forgive me." Seeing that Zhu Tong was about to speak, Wei Ze continued.

Zhu Tong didn't answer this time, so as not to be interrupted by him again, but unexpectedly this time Wei Ze paused for a long time.

kept staring at Zhu Tong, a pair of gray eyes stared at Zhu Tong, as hideous as a clay statue in a temple.

It makes people panic and creepy, and it is not the look that a living person should have.

No wonder people call him "Lao Jun of the Criminal Department" because he is too much like the clay statue in the Huangcheng Temple, with a dull expression and colorless eyes.

Seeing that Zhu Tong didn't speak, Wei Ze continued: "Why don't you young man know etiquette! ”

"What Lord Shangshu said is extremely true, the younger generation will be clothed and eaten at night!" Zhu Tong said, but complicated emotions rolled in his heart.

Zhu Tong pointed to the compartment on the left and asked, "Wei Shangshu, this is the office of the lower officials, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Wei Ze said in a long, long nasal voice.

Zhu Tong walked into his office, personally packed up the files scattered on the ground, and came back like a bookcase.

As soon as he sat down, Zhang Maozhi held a stack of files and placed them on Zhu Tong's case.

Zhang Maozhi said with a straight face and deep resentment: "This is last month's case, and I will handle it if my predecessor is in a hurry." ”

"You need to find this month's case file yourself, and the official won't do it for you!"

After that, he turned his head and left, without giving Zhu Tong a chance to ask questions.

Zhu Tong finally found the official in charge of managing the case, but as he expected, the officials did not buy his account at all.

No matter what Zhu Tong says, the other party always has all kinds of excuses.

For example, if the case has been accumulated for a long time, please find it yourself!

There is no such case, my lord is not mistaken, my lord is responsible for this case, and I also ask my lord to negotiate with Mr. Zhang.

Zhu Tong looked at everything in front of him and made it clear in his heart, so he silently left the yamen of the criminal department.

Seeing this, Wei Ze, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said with joy: "If I don't give you a case, I will see what you do!" ”