After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the bureaucracies in the empire actually continued the system of the previous dynasty. The Fa Si had the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and together with Kyoto Prefecture, it was the Three Fa Si.
The Kyoto Prefecture naturally has the smallest power and is mainly responsible for public security in the capital. Some civil cases are also handled by the Kyoto Prefecture.
But when it comes to major criminal cases, they are usually investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If the case involves court officials, it is usually handled by the Dali Temple.
After the current saint ascended the throne, the power of Dali Temple was deprived of power by the Ministry of Punishment. Although nominally Dali Temple still had the power to investigate cases, in fact all cases, large and small, were under the control of the Ministry of Punishment.
After the Punishment Department became the first judicial department in the Tang Dynasty, very few people went to Dali Temple to complain about their grievances. However, people from the Punishment Department went to Dali Temple every two days because of their official duties.
From a certain perspective, Dali Temple has become a service office under the Ministry of Punishment, and its role is only to cooperate with the Ministry of Punishment in closing cases.
The gentlemen of Dali Temple are bored and lazy every day. Although Qin Xiao was promoted to the rank of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, which suddenly made Dali Temple lively for two days, which had been dormant for a long time, everyone knew in their hearts that even if they were promoted several levels by a saint,
However, Qin Xiao, who was transferred to Dali Temple, would not have any chance of making meritorious deeds. In the end, he would just be like other officials, large and small, in the yamen, doing nothing.
Because of this, when Butler Wei came to Dali Temple with a petition to complain, and named Qin Xiao to submit the petition, the guards in front of the Dali Temple were a little surprised.
Butler Wei claimed to be the steward of Wei Bi, the Prime Minister of Guanglu Temple. Although Wei Bi was not a high-ranking official, he was still the Prime Minister of the Fifth Grade Temple. When the steward of Wei Palace came to hand over the petition, the people of Dali Temple did not dare to neglect it.
Let Butler Wei enter the Yamen and quickly report to Qin Xiao.
Although the Yamen of Dali Temple is not as numerous as the courtyards, Qin Xiao, as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, still has his own separate office courtyard.
There are two young ministers in Dali Temple. In addition to Qin Xiao, the other one is Yunlu. In addition, Dali Temple has two temple chiefs. The chief responsibilities of the temple are mainly to supervise whether the cases in Dali Temple are tried fairly, to comment on the case, and Su
In order to let Qin Xiao understand the affairs related to Dali Temple, Yu specially asked a temple official to assist Qin Xiao. This person was named Fei Xin. When Qin Xiao first came to Dali Temple to take up his post, Su Yu summoned the officials of the Yamen and Qin Xiao.
Xiao Xiao met him, but Fei Xin was not in the Yamen at that time.
Afterwards, Feixin came over to apologize to Qin Xiao. Feixin was over forty years old, and like most officials in Dali Temple, he was always kind to everyone. Qin Xiao was naturally a little embarrassed when an old man in his forties apologized to him.
, the pleasant appearance made Feixin not to mind, the first meeting between the two was quite harmonious.
When his subordinates came to report, Feixin was telling Qin Xiao the relevant procedures using a case as an example. Hearing the Wei family's housekeeper come to hand over the petition, Qin Xiao was calm and composed, but Fei Xin was very surprised: "Wei housekeeper.
?Wei Cheng?”
"That man only said that he is the steward of the Wei Mansion, and he has a huge case to report to Mr. Shaoqing." The subordinate said respectfully: "He is waiting in the outer hall now."
Qin Xiao pretended to be surprised and said: "Steward of the Wei Mansion? What kind of complaint is he going to hand over?"
"I don't know," the subordinate said, "but he looked a little nervous and said that the petition must be handed over to Mr. Shaoqing."
Qin Xiao thought for a moment and then said: "Let him come over." After his men went out, Qin Xiao looked at Fei Xin and said: "Master Fei, I heard that you are familiar with the Wei family? Do you know this Butler Wei?
"
Feixin nodded and said: "I don't have any other hobbies. I just like to drink a few cups when I have nothing to do. I have a preference for fine wine. Wei Bi is also good at wine, so the two of us became friends over wine."
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, we are also considered drinking buddies, we often go to and fro with each other on weekdays, and I often go to his house. Butler Wei’s name is Wei Cheng, he is Wei Bi’s clan uncle, and he has stayed in Wei’s house for many years.”
"Wei Cheng came to Dali Temple to hand over the writ of petition. What's going on?" Qin Xiao looked at Fei Xin and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "If you want to hand over the writ of writ, shouldn't you go to the Ministry of Punishment?"
Feixin also looked suspicious: "I don't even know what Wei Cheng means."
When Wei Cheng came to Qin Xiao's room, he was even more flustered when he saw Fei Xin. When he saw Qin Xiao, he was also startled.
When Qiuniang took Qin Xiao to the Wei Mansion, Wei Cheng naturally did not know Qin Xiao's true identity. Although Wei Bi judged that the young man who went to the Wei Mansion was probably Qin Xiao, he was not completely sure after all. At this moment, Wei Cheng saw Qin Xiao
Xiao, this was confirmed. Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still a little surprised.
"Are you Wei Cheng?" Qin Xiao looked at Wei Cheng as if he had never seen Butler Wei before and asked.
Wei Cheng stepped forward and knelt on the ground, saying respectfully: "Wei Cheng, a commoner, I have met you, sir!" He thought that since Qin Xiao pretended not to know him, of course he couldn't show that he knew him before.
"I heard that you came to Dali Temple to submit the petition." Qin Xiao said slowly, "Did Si Cheng ask you to submit the petition?"
Wei Cheng raised his head slightly, glanced at Fei Xin beside him, hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Replying to your lord, the common people... The common people want to submit the petition themselves, and have nothing to do with Wei Si Cheng." He has already taken the preparations.
With the good petition paper in hand and holding it above his head, Feixin was very sensible and went forward to take the complaint and presented it to Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao opened the complaint and looked at it carefully. His face turned grim. Feixin saw this and was really curious, but he couldn't get close enough to take a look.
"Wei Cheng, is what is written in the complaint true or false?" Qin Xiao said coldly: "Human life is at stake. If there is one false word, do you know the consequences?"
Wei Cheng immediately said: "The things reported by the common people in the complaint are true to every word. If there is any falsehood, I am willing to let you decide."
When Fei Xin heard Qin Xiao say the words "human life matters", his color changed slightly, and his lips moved, as if he wanted to ask Wei Cheng something, but with Qin Xiao nearby, he really couldn't speak easily.
"Since we have already written a complaint, why not go to the Criminal Department?" Qin Xiao asked again: "Isn't this kind of case belong to the Criminal Department for investigation?"
"Replying to your Majesty, the common people...the common people want to ask you to make the decision. You are Lord Qingtian, and you can judge the case impartially. The common people...the common people just want to ask you to investigate the case." Wei Cheng put his forehead on the ground, as if
A toad was lying on the ground, not daring to raise its head again.
Feixin wanted to see what was written in the complaint, but Qin Xiao seemed to have no intention of letting him see it. He collected the complaint and said to Wei Cheng: "You go down and wait, and you will stay in Dali Temple for the time being.
Since I have accepted your complaint, this case will be under my jurisdiction." Someone came in and took Wei Cheng out.
After Wei Cheng was taken away, Qin Xiao looked at Fei Xin and asked, "Master Fei, I accepted the complaint. Is it in compliance with the rules?"
"This...!" Feixin hesitated for a moment and finally nodded: "Dali Temple is indeed qualified to investigate criminal cases, and Wei Cheng comes from the house of Guanglu Temple Prime Minister. If this case involves someone from the DPRK,
Officials, Dali Temple has the right to investigate and try. Your Excellency is the young minister of Dali Temple. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, when Dali Temple receives complaints, in addition to the officials of Dali Temple, the two young ministers have the right to hear the case."
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "So it was Tang Lu who allowed me to handle the case?"
"That's natural." Feixin said hurriedly, but after hesitating, he said softly: "Sir, according to the
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Tang Lv, your Excellency, there was nothing wrong in accepting the complaint or hearing the case, but... With all due respect, this kind of case has been investigated by the Ministry of Punishment for the past ten years. There has indeed been a complaint before.
If the case is submitted to Dali Temple, the court officials will transfer the case to the Ministry of Punishment."
Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Transferred to the Criminal Department?"
"Yes." Feixin nodded and said, "This is the old rule. After receiving the complaint, we will immediately send someone to the Criminal Department."
"So, the complaint I am accepting will also be sent to the Ministry of Punishment?"
Feixin saw that Qin Xiao seemed a little unhappy, and said with a smile: "This is naturally done according to your wishes. If you stay, the Ministry of Punishment will not be able to find fault. If you transfer it to the Ministry of Punishment, you will not offend Lu Butang's gang.
But according to the opinion of the subordinate, it is better to hand over such a case to the Ministry of Punishment. Whatever goes wrong is the matter of the Ministry of Punishment. It has nothing to do with our Dali Temple. If the complaint is left, the people of the Punishment Department will definitely be dissatisfied.
"." He lowered his voice and said, "Your Excellency also knows that the people in the Criminal Department are best at making accusations. If they are offended, they will definitely keep a close eye on you. If you are caught by them with a little negligence in the future, they will
It will be absolutely unfavorable for you to solve a major case and become enemies with the Ministry of Punishment."
Qin Xiao nodded slightly, Fei Xin thought he had persuaded Qin Xiao, and said hurriedly: "I am doing this for your own good. I still ask you to make your own decision as to how to choose. If you are really not able to make a decision, you might as well report it to Tang Guan Su.
It is up to Su Tangguan to decide whether to transfer the complaint to the Criminal Department."
"Master Fei, you also know that I was favored by the saint and transferred to Dali Temple. I have just arrived and have not made any achievements." Qin Xiao sighed: "I am really afraid of living up to the saint's expectations, so if I can solve this case
, it can be regarded as an explanation to the saint."
Feixin was stunned for a moment, thinking that this young man was eager to make a meritorious deed. He obviously caught this case and didn't want to let it go.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. It seems that the young Shaoqing still doesn't know how high the sky is and how much trouble it will bring to him if he becomes enemies with the Ministry of Punishment.
"Well...if your Excellency really wants to investigate this case, you should ask Su Tangguan for instructions first." Feixin is only worried that Qin Xiao's feud with the Punishment Department will affect Chi Yu, and even he will be targeted by the Punishment Department.
, tried his best to persuade: "The things in between are not simple, think twice."
Qin Xiao sighed: "Someone went to Dali Temple to submit a complaint, but Dali Temple was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment. It will inevitably make people think that our Dali Temple is timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Is this damaging to the reputation of Dali Temple?"
Feixin thought to himself that Dali Temple still had a shitty reputation. It was originally timid and fearful, and would think twice before provoking other yamen, not to mention the Criminal Department, which had a group of lunatics. Qin Xiao seemed to have no interest in continuing the discussion.
Should I accept the complaint and ask directly: "If I want to try this case, should I summon the defendant to Dali Temple next?"
"Your Excellency has decided to hear the case. The next step is to sign a summons and invite the defendant to come to Dali Temple for interrogation." Feixin nodded and said: "Your Excellency, there is a text of the summons in the docket. As long as your Excellency stamps it, everything will be done."
Give the summons order to the officer below, and the Dali Temple officer will go to summon the person."
"What if the prisoner doesn't come?"
There was a rare trace of pride on Feixin's face, and he said: "If Dali Temple really wants to pass on someone, even if it is a relative of the emperor, then he would not dare not come. If he disobeys the summons, he can be punished with thirty canes on the spot and forcibly escorted away.
Come to the Yamen." He couldn't help but ask: "Sir, who is Wei Cheng suing?"
Qin Xiao looked at Fei Xin with a smile and said lightly: "Guanglu Temple Prime Minister Wei Bi!"