After entering the main hall, Zhai Xiu sat down angrily, poured a pot of tea, and looked at Chu Qing with a wary look on his face.
He always felt that Chu Qing's current state was that he had returned from studying at the border. Now he probably looked down on doctors, ministers, ministers, and ministers, and started to work hard for the minister.
Chu Qing sat there rubbing his waist, quite helpless, feeling that Zhai Xiu seemed to have some serious illness, as if someone was targeting him.
"Brother Xiu." Chu Qing spread his hands: "I'm really not trying to embarrass you. If something happens, I have to arrest someone."
"Shut up, who is your brother? If you want to arrest people, arrest them. What do you think Xiuchang Lu is doing!"
Chu Qing laughed dumbly.
It turned out to be Chang Lu's matter, and he thought Zhai Xiu was because after he arrested the son of the family, many people went to the Ministry of Punishment to plead for mercy.
"By the way, you're here just in time. Can you leave the matter of repairing Changlu to me, Qianqi Camp?"
"Leave it to you Qianqi Camp?!" Zhai Xiu said with a look of ecstasy on his face: "Good brother, are you serious about this?"
Chu Qing: "..."
"A good man's words are like white dye. Although you are called a living...living Bodhisattva, your words must be counted. It's settled, Changlu, I'll leave it to you Qianqiying, hahaha, say deal!"
Chu Qing and Fu looked at each other, wondering why Zhai Xiu was so happy.
You must know that revising laws is based on the original Chang Code as a framework to supplement and modify. This kind of work must be done by the Ministry of Punishment, assisted by the Ministry of Rites. The ancients attached great importance to the revision of books. If you can participate in it, I think it will be Zhai Xiu looked like he was holding a hot leaky doll in his hand, eager to hand it over to someone else.
As if he was afraid that Chu Qing would regret it, Zhai Xiu made sure that Chu Qing was not joking and was really prepared to take over the job. He smiled all over his face and shouted like a good brother.
Chu Qing could be regarded as a veteran of the court. If something went wrong, there must be a monster. He suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "Ah, I suddenly remembered something."
"Brother Xian, what did you remember?"
"There have been too many things going on in Qianqi Camp recently. Chang Lv cannot be repaired. It is better for you people from the Punishment Department and the Rites Department to do it."
Zhai Xiu was dumbfounded: "But didn't you just say you wanted to take this job?"
"Yeah, I regretted it."
"How could you..."
Chu Qing spread his hands and said, "I'm just not trustworthy and my words sound like farts. This isn't the first day you've known me."
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh." Zhai Xiu puffed his beard and glared: "If you don't want to, what are you going to do? No wonder the outside world calls you a living beast."
"Didn't you just say that I am not a living Bodhisattva?"
"I made a mistake."
Chu Qing: "..."
Zhai Xiu looked at Chu Qing angrily: "That can't be done. If you don't take on the Changlu issue, then you can take on other errands. If you make such a fuss today, things will change in the capital. You are the one who caused this. How can we let it happen?" My criminal department is trying its best to withstand this violent storm, but you stay out of it. No, absolutely not, if you act like this, my criminal department will be unable to survive alone."
Chu Qing's pupils narrowed: "What do you mean, Mr. Zhai?"
When he asked this question, Zhai Xiu was confused and full of suspicion: "Do you really don't understand, or are you pretending not to understand?"
"I really don't understand what you're talking about. It's inexplicable."
Zhai Xiu stared at Chu Qing, as if trying to tell whether Chu Qing was pretending to be stupid. After a while, he suddenly smiled: "That's right, if you can think so far and understand the principles of officialdom, you won't So reckless.”
Chu Qing stood up and without saying a word, he saluted: "Please give me some advice, Mr. Zhai."
"Easy to say." Zhai Xiu waved his hand slightly: "Sit down."
Chu Qing sat back with an upright attitude.
Zhai Xiu said with a serious face: "Okay, I will tell you the importance of it. Above the court, when you are in your position, I only need to know a few words."
"Master Zhai, please speak."
"Only take one errand."
"Why?"
"If you want to do this job well, you can only do this one job, because if you do more, you will make more mistakes."
Zhai Xiu took a sip of tea and continued: "Just like the Chang Code, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I don't know that there are loopholes in the Chang Code. How many aristocratic families can take advantage of the loopholes in the Chang Code? We have invaded people’s land and hid the tenants’ taxes, but what will happen if I fix this loophole and close this loophole?”
"Let's kill you, old Bedeng, with the whole family."
"What does Bideng mean?"
"An official with integrity and integrity."
"That's it." Zhai Xiu smiled slightly: "So, you, Chu Qing, can be considered half a must."
Chu Qing: "..."
"Yes, when the aristocratic family sees that Ben Bideng has violated their interests, they will definitely seek trouble from our Ministry of Punishment. But I am the minister, and I have a clean mind. It is not easy to cause trouble for me. I am just looking for trouble. Ben Bi It can also be said that they criticized me for revising the law."
Chu Qing nodded: "Zhai Bideng, you are right."
"But what if I am doing another errand at the same time, such as investigating officials who embezzled official money and handed it over to the temple for usury loans?"
Chu Qing seemed to understand: "I can't criticize you for practicing law, but I can trouble you for Buddhist matters?"
"Yes, this is what I said. If you do too much, you will make too many mistakes. If you make too many mistakes, you won't be able to do even one errand."
At this point, Zhai Xiu sighed: "Chang Lv, I want to repair it. I want to arrest the lawless people in the capital. I also want to arrest the evil monks and thieves. I also want to investigate those pigs and dogs in the three border roads." The inferior beasts, I, want them to pay the price they deserve. There is so much that can be done, not to mention the lack of skills, there are also many mistakes, and there are even more places to be criticized."
Chu Qing suddenly realized this and couldn't help but respect Zhai Xiu.
He doesn't believe what the outside world says, he only believes in his own eyes and ears. Since he has been in charge of Qianqi Camp, he knows better than anyone what kind of people are in the court. If he selects five real "officials" in the palace, Zhai Xiu can definitely be ranked among the top three officials who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
So he knew that Zhai Xiu wanted to do everything well for the country and the people, but if he wanted to do everything well, it was not easy to do many things at the same time.
As mentioned just now, revising the law has offended the interests of certain families, such as the Zhang family and the Wang family. However, the Zhang family and the Wang family cannot cause trouble with Zhai Xiu on the matter of revising the law, but Zhai Xiu Xiu was still running the affairs of the temple, and the temple had offended the interests of the Wang family and the Sun family. The Wang family and the Sun family had no way to trouble Zhai Xiu with matters related to the temple.
However, the Wang family and the Sun family can find trouble with Zhai Xiu in matters related to cultivating laws. The same principle applies to the Zhang family and the Wang family. They can also cause trouble to Zhai Xiu in matters related to the temple. This means that the more they do, the more mistakes they make. , the more loopholes are exploited.
Now, in addition to convicting the aristocratic families and officials of the Three Borders, the Ministry of Punishment also has to work with the Ministry of Rites to establish laws and regulations. In addition, many people will definitely be arrested regarding temple loan sharks. At that time, it will be the Ministry of Punishment that will convict them again. , at the same time, the matter of Beijing Prosecution is more or less related to the Ministry of Punishment.
This is how the disputes in the court are. One person does several jobs. This job is done well, but others take advantage of the other jobs you did. The more jobs you do, the more opportunities others can take advantage of. I say I was arrested in the right person, but you said that my account checking was not good, and I said that my account checking was good, but you also said that there was something wrong with my conviction. Whenever a loophole is found, it will become an entry point, and eventually lead to the loss of my entire life and even my life. The entire government office was questioned, and many things were done, but it all came to nothing. Nothing was done, and it was even stigmatized.
Chu Qing finally understood what was going on. No wonder Zhai Xiu came to find him. It seemed that the "burden" was too heavy, but in fact he was afraid that nothing would be done in the end.
"That's the case..." Chu Qing smiled: "How about it being like before?"
"before?"
"The Qianqi Battalion has taken over all the affairs. The Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites are nominally led by you. In fact, we, the Qianqi Battalion, are in charge. If anything goes wrong in the court, it will all be blamed on me, the Qianqi Battalion."
Zhai Xiu couldn't laugh or cry: "Aren't you afraid of being ganged up on..."
Halfway through, Zhai Xiu burst out laughing.
Chu Qing was not afraid of being attacked by a group of people. He should have been afraid of not being attacked by a group of people.
"It's a deal."
Chu Qing nodded slightly: "Oh damn K!"
