In the feudal era, no matter which dynasty, the decrees on paper were relatively complete.

But in fact, when it comes to implementation, it is usually a virtual reality and full of loopholes.

This is not surprising, because legislators and executors are usually not a group of people, and there is even a huge identity gap between the two.

It is relatively easy to legislate, and a few literati can get together and work on it, and a decree can be introduced. Of course, whether it can be used or not, whether it is good or not is another matter!

However, law enforcement is a costly activity. What's even more terrifying is that it doesn't happen overnight, but runs through every day of the day-to-day work of the relevant institutions.

This cost includes, but is not limited to, time, money, manpower, and so on.

In the case of limited resources of law enforcement agencies, they can only try to save law enforcement costs, otherwise let alone doing things, law enforcers may be exhausted to death by high-intensity work within a few days.

Specifically, it can be understood as:

In the absence of a major incident, the relevant law enforcement agencies can just fool around.

For example, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the scope of the criminal department was very small, limited to civilians and officials below the seventh rank with the power to execute, but generally did not have the power to punish. The right to punish basically belongs to Dali Temple, and the middle and senior officials also belong to the supervision of the "Menxia Province" in the three provinces.

Why? Because the affairs of the Criminal Department can't be completed, they can only be transferred to other departments!

So in other words, if an official breaks the law, he will not be punished at all. If you are looking for a relationship to dredge, you have to find the relationship of Dali Temple.

Well, to sum it up, it means that the Criminal Department basically ignores the criminal law, and it is just in name.

So what other job responsibilities does the criminal department have?

As a department with a higher status than the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites among the six ministries of the three provinces, what do the officials of the Criminal Department do? What power do they have to support the position of this department?

The answer is very simple, that is, Datang's various domestic audits.

This includes, but is not limited to: internal and external endowments, funds, salaries, public offices, honors, ransoms, apprenticeship courses, arrears, and military funds, weapons, and revenues.

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs is responsible for the audit and verification of these items.

The Criminal Department is more like Fang Chongyong's "Audit Office" in his previous life than the "Ministry of Justice".

Don't look at the Criminal Department on paper, there are a lot of specific regulations, which seem to be very awesome, and it seems that the relevant departments are more sophisticated and perfect than Fang Chongyong's previous life.

But in fact, these are just fools.

The "Bibu Division" in the Criminal Department is responsible for these audits, but how many people are in this department?

There are only four directors of the Bibu Department, fourteen people in the history of the Bibu Order, twenty-seven people in the history of the Shuling, one person in the history of the Ji, and four people in charge of the firm, adding up to a full fifty people.

Such a big Tang Dynasty, the territory is more than thousands of miles. Just 50 people have to audit all the relevant government affairs reports in the Datang territory. Not to mention people, even if they change into robots and work day and night, they can only finish a drop in the ocean.

What's more, these central officials do not work long hours at work.

According to the explicit rules of Tang Dynasty officialdom (the unspoken rule will only be more lazy), central officials spend at least one-third of the year on vacation. The economy of the Tang Dynasty was at its peak in the feudal era, and there were many things that needed to be audited.

No computer, no calculator, no overtime at night, plus the efficiency of the feudal era.

Just think about it with your toes and you can know how big it is!

It is a typical system that "looks beautiful", but in fact it is completely useless.

Therefore, the real day-to-day business of the Ministry and Department is to casually look at the general list sent by the following states or various jiedu prefectures. Just tick the box no problem, and then go to drink with your colleagues after work, go to Pingkangfang to prostitutes, and vent the frustration of work on the white body of the orchid.

That's it, the work is inexhaustible, and the body is more important.

However, at this moment, on the desk of the Yamen of the Criminal Department and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, there is a report by Liu Yan, the director of the Criminal Department. Now that the sky has darkened, Zhang Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is reading the document written by Liu Yan by candlelight.

Zhang Jun is the son of Zhang Shuo, a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, who is good at writing essays, but he knows nothing about mathematics and auditing! Zhang Jun used to be a party with Zhang Jiuling, Zhang Jiuling was Zhang Shuo's student, Yu Wenrong was Zhang Shuo's political enemy, and Li Linfu received great favor from Yu Wenrong at the beginning.

So naturally, this relationship has escaped the factional purge a few years ago, and now Zhang Jun and Li Linfu are in the middle of the court, and he has no surprise to seek refuge in Zuo Prime Minister Zhang Shouqi!

It's a fellow party!

Liu Yan is an official with outstanding professional ability in the Criminal Department, and he is also a "prodigy" appointed by Li Longji back then. Zhang Jun didn't dare to slack off on Liu Yan's audit report, but he couldn't quite understand what the other party wrote, so he kept making trouble in his heart.

But fortunately, although the process was not understood, Zhang Jun understood the conclusion.

In Liu Yan's report, the last sentence was straightforward: Most of the economic data reported to the imperial court in the past four years by the five states under Hexi Jiedu Mansion should be fabricated, but the accounts are very good-looking, and there are few flaws.

Four of the states he is sure are absolutely fake data, only Shazhou can not find a flaw for the time being, but since the other states under a Jiedu province have problems, then Shazhou's data must also be fake.

Nest case, everyone who understands understands, even if there is white sand in the black sand, it is difficult to be alone.

Liu Yan believes that the person who does this account in Shazhou is definitely a local official with strong professional ability. He recommended this person to Zhang Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, saying that it was a pity that the other party was a non-unofficial in the local government and made false accounts, and he should come to the Criminal Department for an interview, and if he was qualified, he could be promoted exceptionally.

The crime problem on the other party is not something that he Liu Yan should be concerned about, he only provides "professional advice".

As for the imperial court sending people to check, they found that there was no problem with the treasury in Hexi, and there was no false report. Maybe that's because ...... The affluence of the Hexi region has far exceeded the expectations of the imperial court and the false data they reported!

Locally, there was a deliberate under-reporting, not a deliberate over-reporting. Past audits have been too sloppy to ignore this.

Liu Yan's report was "technical" and did not say what the officials were doing in Hexi, he only said that the data reported in Hexi in the past four years were false, and other matters should be decided by Zhang Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

However, Zhang Jun, as an old bureaucrat, naturally guessed a few clues.

There is no grain in the granary, but it has to be reported to the full warehouse, of course, it is easy to find out, just send professionals to pry open the cellar of the granary one by one. As long as the granary is empty, it is difficult for local officials to cover it up, and the only way to do it is to buy off the inspectors.

However, if the granary is clearly full of grain, but it is reported that there is no food for disaster relief, it will not be easy to find out.

Because this grain can be easily diverted elsewhere!

It is impossible for the officials who go to Hexi to conduct door-to-door searches, and it is too easy for the local government to get a little tired of it. And it is not excluded that they bribe the officials sent by Chang'an to supervise.

"Reverse operations" like this are very confusing.

Of course, the local people are obviously very rich, but they are called poor by the court, and there is only one reason:

The local officials didn't want to pay more taxes to the imperial court, so they put the excess in their pockets. They don't want to report real data at all, and use it as a political achievement to get promoted.

On the contrary, I think it is more refreshing to hold the real money in my hands.

Something similar to a conclusion is not something that Liu Yan, the head of the Criminal Department, should be in charge of. Liu Yan is still very duty-oriented as an official, he said what he should say, and what he shouldn't say, and handed over the right to speak to his immediate boss, Zhang Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

If Zhang Jun said that the local government on the west side of the river is fine, then there is no problem. When something happened to the emperor and asked, Liu Yan could be exempted from responsibility when he took out this report, and it was Zhang Jun who was unlucky.

If Zhang Jun said that there is a problem, then this matter is a big case! It's so big that Zhang Jun himself may not be able to hold back!

Because in the past three years, the data from Hexi has been reported, and the Criminal Department has already passed the audit.

Liu Yan is a new official who was promoted from the Xia County Magistrate to the Criminal Department this year. The problem of Hexi Jiedu Mansion was not discovered by the Criminal Department in the past, but it was discovered by Liu Yan this year, what does that mean?

The past audit statements, which were personally approved by Zhang Jun! Zhang Jun, as the leader of the Criminal Department, has a great responsibility!

The big case broke out, and it was very likely that he would give his political opponent Li Linfu a small braid, and the position of the secretary of the criminal department would naturally not be kept, and it would be bad at that time.

Zhang Jun tapped his finger on Liu Yan's report, hesitating whether to sign his name and write his own suggestions on it.

He found a confidant in the Criminal Department, and asked him to hurry to the political hall of Menxia Province to find Zuo Xiang Zhang Shouqi, and told the other party that he would open a room in a brothel in Pingkangfang tonight, and the two of them would discuss this matter.

Zhang Jun smelled a smell of the storm before it came.

……

In the pharmacy of a certain medical hall in Liangzhou City, Dr. Li saw his adopted daughter Anaye, who had not been heard from for many years and only had some legends. Finding that the other party's attitude towards him did not seem to have changed, Dr. Li's hanging heart slowly relaxed.

He knew that Fang Chongyong did not tell Anaye's life experience to this simple child who had grown into a big girl.

looked at the spring that could not be concealed on Anaye's fair-skinned little face, the red kiss marks on his neck, and the demonic figure that had been bewitched and moved. Medical Officer Li sighed helplessly and asked, "When did it start?" ”

"What, when?"

Anaye asked suspiciously, slightly stunned.

Then she suddenly realized, her eyes rolled, she lowered her head a little embarrassed, and stopped talking.

If you want to say when the two started hugging and kissing, it started a long time ago, and it has been almost two years; But when it comes to the love between men and women, she is still a virgin, and she hasn't started yet.

So Anaye didn't know how to answer her father, Doctor Li's question, she couldn't say that there was nothing between her and Fang Chongyong, right?

Now as long as the two of them are together, what day will they not hug or kiss?

"He's okay with you, why did you have time to come and see me this time?"

Medical Officer Li asked with a little dissatisfaction.

Anaye basically enjoys the treatment of "Mrs. Thorn Shi" in Shazhou, and Fang Chongyong is popular in the local area, she really wants what she wants on weekdays, and she doesn't want to go back to Liangzhou to visit her old father.

Besides, Fang Chongyong has a lot of things to do on weekdays, and he also needs a careful woman around him to take care of his daily life, Anaye feels that he can't leave it for a moment.

Now that I think about it, their pair of white-eyed wolves are indeed a little sorry for Medical Officer Li, who raised Anaye since childhood.

"Aaron was very nice to me, well, very good. Father doesn't have to worry about it. ”

Anaye whispered, like a child who has done something wrong.

"You are so busy on weekdays, how can you have time to come back to see me, an old man? I heard that your medical skills in Shazhou are very famous, and you have seen many patients, so you should have very little free time. ”

Medical Officer Li asked suspiciously.

In fact, Fang Chongyong's reputation in Hexi has been thunderous all these years. As Anaye's adoptive father, Medical Officer Li also followed the light and received all-round care from the Hexi Jiedu Mansion, and his life was very comfortable.

Medical Officer Li knew that Fang Chongyong's energy in Hexi was so great that it could almost be described as a hand and an eye to the sky, so he was very worried that Anaya would fall out of favor.

It's definitely not good for a woman to look for a man who is too cowardly, but it's not good to look for someone who is too powerful, and I can't really tie it if I don't have any ability.

"Well, this time, it was Ah Lang who encountered something, and the envoy of Hexi Jiedu had an urgent matter, so he came to Liangzhou on business. In order to take care of his daily life, I came to Liangzhou with me and came to visit my father by the way. ”

Anaye replied honestly, almost making Dr. Li half angry.

Anaye, this kid has been honest enough since he was a child, and he will be like this when he grows up, and he can't even lie!

Let's talk about it, let's see if it's going to die!

"In that battle four years ago, I provided wound medicine for the border army in Liangzhou. Knowing that Shazhou is besieged, Suzhou Guazhou is occupied by Tubo, and Shazhou's communication is blocked, I have been worried about your safety.

Later, I learned that Fang Chongyong led his troops to independently lift the siege of Shazhou, and sent troops to intercept and kill the retreating Tubo, but in the end there was no reward.

He's so much like your father! ”

Doctor Li couldn't help but say that he slipped out.

Anaye covered her mouth and laughed: "Father, just brag, I won't laugh at you, where are you comparable to my family." ”

"Hmph, your father and I, when we went into battle to kill the Tubo people, we were also very brave, okay! Where can it be compared to Chongyong, a hairy boy who couldn't even hold a knife back then! ”

Doctor Li blushed and argued strongly!

The conversation between Anaye and her adoptive father, Dr. Li, was casual and warm, and the pharmacy was filled with a relaxed air.

But in the study room of the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, the atmosphere was so solemn that it was about to explode, and everyone could only hear their own heartbeat.

Including Wang Qi, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, all the bureaucrats of Hexi Jiedu Mansion were looking at Fang Chongyong, who was flipping through the government report in front of the bookcase. Everyone wanted to ask, but they were afraid of interrupting the other's train of thought.

"The audit booklets handed over to the imperial court over the years have indeed been reported very problematicly, and some of them have to be redone in a sloppy manner.

How to operate, Wang Jieshuai will do it.

One thing is certain, however, and that is that a scapegoat must be pushed out of this matter and all sins must be taken off. And this person must also know the ins and outs of these data, and be able to answer them fluently when interrogated by officials of the Criminal Department.

In this way, the matter can be fooled. In any case, a saint does not ask whether it is right or wrong. ”

Putting down the account book, Fang Chongyong sighed and said.

These feudal bureaucrats are not soft when they take money, but they are too sloppy and sloppy, and they have no professionalism at all!

Once there is a careful and careful review by professionals, the signs will definitely be seen.

As the history of Shazhou's assassination, the local data fraud was all written by Fang Chongyong himself, carefully calculated, and the fake was regarded as a real calculation, and never borrowed the hands of others.

This is called: report the most fake, do the most true!

"Yang Yan, come out and take the blame, your family, Hexi Jiedu Mansion will take care of it."

Wang Qi pointed to a local official in his early twenties. This person's green official robe, there is not even a pattern on the official robe, and he is not even a liuguan!

Of course, for such a big thing, the result of the guilt is basically to go straight to the road happily, and you don't even have to go to jail.

"Wang Jieshuai, why me. The documents in this year's festival house, a certain person said before that there is a problem. It's because you're lazy and don't listen that things have gone wrong now. But it's not my responsibility, why should I stand up and take responsibility......"

This petty official named Yang Yan wanted to forcibly defend himself, but he heard Wang Qi rudely interrupt:

"Is this something you can refuse! What is your identity, do you think you are the envoy of the party? Do you deserve to say no?

Fang Yuanjun is willing to think of a way for us if he doesn't take money. When everyone split the money at the beginning, why didn't you refuse? ”

Hearing this, Yang Yan stopped talking, this was his death hole. The hot money is not so easy to get, which shows Fang Chongyong's foresight. Yang Yan has always regarded Fang Chongyong as the first idol, thinking that in time, he can also have Fang Chongyong's achievements.

No money stumps the hero.

Who hasn't dragged their family these days? Without the extra "Yulu" provided by the Shazhou caravan, it would be difficult for him to even support his family.

"Yang Yan, you resign first. Hexi Jiedu Mansion will say that you are just a temporary appointment from the government, and you have long been out of business in Jiedu Mansion. Then you follow me to Chang'an, run errands by my side, and I will cover up this matter for you. ”

Fang Chongyong looked at Yang Yan and nodded and said.

Seeing that Yang Yan was stunned, Wang Qi kicked the crook of the opponent's knee, and the latter knelt down with his strength.

"What virtue do you have! Fang Yuanjun is saving your life, don't thank you!

You don't want to live anymore, we still want to live! Do you know the seriousness of this, idiot! ”

Hexi Jiedu made Wang Qi point at Yang Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, and scolded.

"Thank you, thank you."

Yang Yan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, so angry that his teeth were about to be crushed.

In his opinion, the people in this room, except for him and Fang Chongyong, are all a bunch of fools!

Asking for tickets, it's the last day of the month

(End of chapter)