There were more than 10,000 people on the list sent by Dali Temple and the Sentencing Yuan. After a busy morning of verification, the Constitutional Yuan rejected their request and issued a new approval opinion.
Out of more than 10,000 people, more than 300 officials killed more than 100 people, and the crime was not serious enough to kill more than 200 people. The least severe case was that they were all exiled to Lingnan.
A large number of gang members and evil forces, except for a few who were forced to join and did not have much evil deeds, most of them were beheaded. More than 7,000 people were sentenced to death. The rest were severely punished even if their crimes did not lead to death. punishment.
When the review order from the Constitutional Yuan was issued, the Dali Temple and the Judicial Yuan were all frightened. Since the Song Dynasty, even during the Taizu period, there had not been such a large-scale killing, not to mention there were so many officials.
Qian Zhengwei, the minister of Dali Temple, and Zhang Kui (kui) of Tongzhi Trial Court quickly reviewed the matter.
At this moment, in Dali Temple, the two of them were gathered in the hall, looking at the official approval document issued by the Constitutional Yuan, their expressions were not very good.
It's not like they had any collusion with these criminals or had any other connections. They simply felt that the Constitutional Yuan's instructions were ridiculous and unacceptable to them.
"Since Taizu, it has been an iron rule of the Song Dynasty that officials should not be punished. Previously, it was intolerable for the imperial court to send the Imperial City Secretary to arrest officials."
Zhang Kui was the first to speak, looking at Qian Zhengwei and said: "Although he is arresting criminals who have violated the law, he still has to go through the Yushitai, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and the Court of Punishment. Now not only has he not gone through, but he has also exceeded his authority. Order, I’m afraid this is against the law!”
Qian Zhengwei glanced at him. Zhang Kui was actually a Jinshi scholar in the same year as him. He was forty-eight years old and Zhang Kui was forty-six years old. Moreover, Zhang Kui had been a young minister of Dali Temple before, and he had partnered with him for a while.
It's just that Zhang Kui later resigned and went home to recuperate due to illness. He didn't return to officialdom for ten years and was only recently transferred back. Otherwise, he wouldn't have just served as a waiter in the fourth-grade Tianzhang Pavilion and concurrently knew the trial court.
However, the Trial and Punishment Yuan is also a powerful department, in charge of officials and Dali Temple punishment verification, so although the position is not as good as Qian Zhengwei, it has greater power.
Therefore, Qian Zhengwei persuaded with a wry smile: "You have only recently returned to Bianliang to take up a post. I'm afraid you are not aware of the recent news. The officialdom will be restructured. From now on, all ministries will obey the orders of the Political Yuan. What's more, with the power of the Political Yuan today, it will control hundreds of millions of people. Officer, issuing political orders is not considered ultra vires, so let’s leave it at that.”
"How could this be?"
Zhang Kui said dissatisfied: "Doesn't this violate the ancestral teachings?"
"Excuse me, the magistrate doesn't care about the ancestral teachings."
Qian Zhengwei shook his head: "Nowadays, many prime ministers and officials support him. The weight of the Constitutional Yuan is inevitable. Didn't the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty object to it? Is opposition useful?"
Zhang Kui was silent for a moment and said: "I don't know how to sign this anyway. I will go directly to the official for review and deliberation."
"If you don't want to sign, don't sign."
Qian Zhengwei sighed and said, "What I can only tell you is that there may be no use in looking for an official."
"snort!"
Zhang Kui stopped talking, snorted coldly, stood up and left.
Looking at the other party's leaving figure, Qian Zhengwei shook his head. Lao Zhang had only recently returned to the court. Even if he heard something, he never saw it with his own eyes. How could he know that the world of Song Dynasty had changed now?
In the afternoon, Dali Temple returned the official ruling document to the Constitutional Yuan. It only had the signatures of a few officials of Dali Temple. This is the characteristic of the official system of the Song Dynasty.
Each department not only has supervisors and deputy supervisors, but also a large number of subordinate officials, with names such as commission, promotion, and detention.
A document or a government order requires the signature of these officials before it can be implemented.
The result is that various departments blame each other and argue with each other. If the policy continues to be promoted, as long as any one of them does not sign, the policy cannot be promoted, and the administrative efficiency is extremely slow.
That is to say, Zhao Jun arrested some officials of Dali Temple and frightened Dali Temple. These people did not dare to violate it. If it were anyone else, it would not be easy to sign this word.
The Constitutional Yuan did not say anything after reading the new official document, and then sent it to the Kaifeng Mansion and the Imperial City Division. The formulation and judgment of charges are usually done by Dali Temple and the Sentencing Yuan, but before execution, it is done by Kaifeng Mansion, but now the Imperial City Division has been added.
As for the matter of the Criminal Court, Zhao Jun did not take action immediately, but wrote it down in a small notebook. In the future, after the new system is promoted, various officials who perform poorly will be criticized and recorded in the Dibao.
Under the new system, in the future, those who have demerits will not only be promoted slowly, but also will be dismissed from office once they have three demerits. Therefore, this small notebook can be called the Death Note of the future.
A decree on the death penalty was soon issued, confirming that the execution of the first group of criminals who had committed the most heinous crimes would begin in December.
This process can take a long time.
Perhaps by the time Zhao Jun left Beijing, people were still being sent to the execution ground outside Tokyo every day.
The next day, the notice of the restructuring of the Ministry of Punishment was quickly issued. The original Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Xia Song, was changed to the Bachelor of Baohedian. Because the previous six Shangshu were sent to the official position, they only needed to change their official positions.
But now it was clear that the Ministry of Punishment was going to become a department with real power. Li Di no longer served as the Deputy Envoy of Salt and Iron of the Third Division, but was changed to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He then went to dispatch, leaving only his own official.
In the past, everyone must have thought that Li Di was dismissed from his post, but now with a new notice, the officialdom exploded.
On this day, it happened to be the time for the monthly Di newspaper.
In the past, Di Bao was issued by Jinzouyuan. Simply put, this department was the publicity and distribution agency of the imperial court. It forwarded the decrees issued by the imperial court to various roads, and also forwarded the official affairs submitted by the various roads to the various ministries of the imperial court.
The headquarters of Jinzouyuan is in Bianliang, and it is also distributed in various roads. It is equivalent to the Propaganda Department of later generations and the Propaganda Offices and Propaganda Bureaus of various places. The current instructions of the Constitutional Yuan are also issued by them.
At present, the major offices in Bianliang include the Privy Council, the Third Department of Salt and Iron, the Ministry of Revenue, the Duzhi, the Zhongshu Province, the Menxia Province, the Yushitai, the Jiantai, the Yintai Department, the Tongjin Department, the Fachi Department, and the Sanbanyuan. Among the dozens of government offices in , Kaifeng Mansion, and Jiu Temple Six Prisons, officials performed their duties and ran errands as usual.
It’s just that the efficiency of officials in the Song Dynasty was indeed not high. Many officials worked lazily all day long. Although there were many who worked seriously, at least most of them worked slowly. Even if they encountered something, they would just do it. Procrastinate as long as you can, rarely efficient.
This is the current situation of administrative efficiency of officials in the Song Dynasty.
But soon as the Di report continued, these officials became a little unable to sit still after seeing the latest news.
Because they never expected to really have to restructure.
In the Privy Council, some officials were talking about it: "I didn't expect the recent rumors to be true. The Constitutional Yuan is going to be reorganized into a single chamber with multiple ministries."
"A large number of new departments will be added, and idle officials will be selected. Isn't this a great thing?"
"That's true, but Prime Minister Cheng is not happy. He is the Prime Minister. Now it is going to be changed to the Ministry of Finance. The original Ministry of Household Affairs is only responsible for the population. From now on, the Ministry of Finance will be responsible for the treasury's revenue and expenditure."
"Salt and iron also need to be separated and placed under the Ministry of Geology. This Ministry of Geology is the department in charge of the country's mineral resources. It seems to be very similar to the Shaofu in the Han Dynasty."
"The Ministry of Etiquette has also been divided into the Ministry of Education. From now on, the Ministry of Etiquette will be responsible for etiquette. All matters related to schools and imperial examinations across the country will be under the control of this Ministry of Education."
"Fortunately, we at the Privy Council have nothing to do."
Everyone said.
The other departments also have their own discussions.
And the news spread quickly, making many officials who were idle at home overjoyed after hearing about it.
Many idle officials rushed to tell each other, telling their colleagues about the official restructuring. The imperial court would add a large number of departments, and they, the idle and idle officials, could also be employed.
For a time, officials were everywhere in Bianliang, using their connections to find out the news. Many people had even begun to take action to see if they could transfer themselves to a department with real power through some connections.
Although Zhao Jun's relationship cannot be found, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Wang Sui, Song Shou, Sheng Du, Cai Qi and even Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, which one of them is not a disciple, former official, colleagues and friends?
So after the notice was sent out, the threshold of these people's homes was almost broken, and all kinds of relatives and friends came to the door to inquire about information.
The third division next to the Privy Council had another scene.
In the Du branch, Xia Song, the deputy envoy of the third division of the Du branch, was correcting documents in his office.
He is quite diligent, after all, the Constitutional Yuan cannot tolerate disdain in his eyes. If the government affairs are not handled properly, it would be too bad to end up like Liu Yuanyu.
Xia Song is a man who is determined to enter the Constitutional Yuan.
At this moment, an official who entered the memorial hall came in, informed him first, and then placed today's Di newspaper on his desk.
Xia Song put down the official document in his hand and took the Di newspaper over.
There has been a lot of news from all over the court recently, so he really needs to pay attention to the official news at all times.
When he opened the Di newspaper, the first thing he saw was a letter written by Zhao Jun himself about reforming the official system.
The content is hundreds of words long, but the core idea is actually only one - the current official system is chaotic, administrative efficiency is low, and the division of responsibilities is unclear, so the officials ordered the Constitutional Yuan to undergo restructuring.
After the restructuring, the official status was redefined. It was no longer in the form of sending salary and dispatch as before. Instead, officials were the officials they were supposed to be. The superiors and subordinates were clearly defined, and the powers of the chiefs of each department increased. Unless it was important to sign, Otherwise, the documents are basically signed by the chief official.
But at the same time, the responsibility system has also been determined. For example, if the chief officer of a department has signed a certain document, then this person will be responsible for the document. Once there is a mistake, it will range from a demerit to dismissal, or even violation of laws and disciplines. , there is a risk of being jailed and beheaded.
"It's really going to be restructured."
Xia Song narrowed his eyes. There was so much news these days that it was hard to tell the truth from the lies.
At present, the restructuring has been confirmed.
Because the Di newspaper said that a new Ministry of Punishment will be re-established, and the new Ministry of Punishment will formulate the charters of other departments. Around the end of November, the restructuring of various departments will officially begin and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Therefore, except for the Privy Council, the entire officialdom system must undergo major changes. Judging from the current situation, the new department minister seems to be second only to the prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan.
"wrong."
Xia Song suddenly noticed something. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Although the Ministry of Justice was just an empty shell, he was still the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
Why was it that the Ministry of Punishment was the first to undergo restructuring, but he didn't get any news?
Thinking of this, he quickly put down the official document and was about to leave.
At this moment, a chamberlain led several guards into Xia Song's branch office, went straight to his office in the backyard, and said, "Is Deputy Xia here?"
"exist."
Xia Song walked over, frowned and said, "What's the matter?"
The chamberlain said: "Your Majesty has a decree."
Xia Song quickly handed over his hand.
The chamberlain took the edict and said: "Due to the reorganization of the Ministry of Punishment, the Political Council has discussed that Li Di, the former bachelor of Zizheng Palace and the deputy envoy of Salt and Iron of the Third Division, will be the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the deputy envoy Xia will be changed to the bachelor of Baohe Palace. I appreciate this!"
Xia Song shook his hands, calmed down for a moment, and then said: "I accept the order."
He didn't ask why it was Li Di and not him, because it would be useless to ask. This was an order from the Constitutional Yuan, or perhaps from Zhao Jun.
After the chamberlain left, Xia Song's expression turned serious.
Although he hid it well last time and Liu Yuanyu's confession alone did not pose any threat to him, it obviously made Zhao Jun very dissatisfied.
This made Xia Song regret a little bit why she was so mean-mouthed in the first place and had to mention it to Liu Yuanyu casually.
Mainly because I didn't expect the officials to trust Zhao Jun so much.
You must know that today's officials are always suspicious and extremely wary of party disputes. Therefore, once someone holds power, they are often dismissed or demoted.
Even prime ministers such as Lu Yijian, Li Di, and Wang Zeng were in and out of the court several times, and they almost never held real power for a long time.
Therefore, when Zhao Jun suddenly came to power, it shocked the court. Countless people in the court did not want the emergence of a political institution with such power, and it also controlled a law enforcement department like the Imperial City Division, so there was a wave of opponents.
However, Xia Song held his own qualifications, but he was only the deputy envoy of the third department. He had nothing to do with him, whether he was the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister or even the political affairs minister. Naturally, he felt dissatisfied, so he thought about whether he could give him some eye drops or a stumbling block.
I originally thought that Liu Yuanyu would cause some trouble for the Political Yuan, and let the officials see the capabilities of the Political Yuan, and then remove him and promote him. Who would have expected that the power of the Political Yuan is so terrifying.
It's terrible to have a dignified deputy envoy of the third department and the entire department be dismissed.
Now Zhao Jun not only holds great power, but also has strong support from officials and many prime ministers, establishing a huge force in the court.
Although he was not exposed, Liu Yuanyu had already confessed him. Obviously, Zhao Jun would be afraid of his existence whether he believed it or not.
It seems that I should be more restrained during this period of time and stop moving lightly.
Xia Song pondered.
At the same time, other departments also have different attitudes.
The Third Secretary Cheng Lin was naturally annoyed. She was a dignified Third Secretary, with a high position, but in the blink of an eye she was no longer a Prime Minister. She was about to become a Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
Judging from the current situation, the status of each ministry is slightly lower than that of the previous three envoys and privy envoys, and is similar to that of deputy envoys.
Cheng Lin was naturally unhappy when she was suddenly "demoted", so she planned to object to it the next day.
The other yamen officials were different. Some complained that the imperial court had nothing to do this time and insisted on restructuring.
Some are overjoyed and feel that an opportunity has come.
Others have an indifferent attitude. Anyway, they were just messing around before and they will be messing around in the future.
Little did he know that many officials would regret it in the future.
(End of chapter)
