Chapter 49: Xue Pang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment
"This Su Baoyu is so slippery, so slippery."
Tang Kuan led people to the Duke's Mansion. He first went to the inner house to do some things, then walked out of the inner house and went to Qinxiang Xiaozhu. He sat in the hall on the first floor and ate raisins.
These raisins were not brought to him by Tang Mei, but brought to her from his inner house.
Since childhood, the fourth brother has taken care of his little sister and never forgets her if he has any delicious food. He is already a big man, and he is still like this now.
Tang Mei made tea for Tang Kuan and brought it over.
Tang Kuan took the tea cup: "The slippery head is good. I like to use the slippery head. It's better than Tang Zulu's bunch of elm lumps."
Tang Mei sat down and said: "No matter how slippery he is, he is not as smart as his elder brother. He is just like Sun Houhou, and he cannot escape from the clutches of fourth brother."
This time the tea was too weak and it felt like drinking water. Tang Kuan even lowered his head to see if there was anything wrong with the tea.
Tasting it tastelessly, he put down his teacup and said, "He was worried that Ximen Kan would destroy the evidence again, so he took a female detective to take the evidence back by force. Ximen Kan guessed that he would send the evidence to the Yushitai or the Ministry of Punishment.
, they sent people to block it on the road. Guess what happened?"
"What's wrong?"
"They, a group of people, did not stop him and the female detective. After all, they asked him to send the evidence to the Criminal Department. Now Ximen Kan is so anxious that his eyes are red, and he is hiding in Lidefang and dare not come out. He begs Ximen Zai
Pei is everywhere asking for help. Hahaha." Tang Kuan grabbed a handful of melon seeds and said: "I guess it won't be long before Ximen Zaipei comes to Qinghuafang. This time he won't come to me;
Looking for my second uncle (Tang Ning, Minister of the Ministry of War)."
Tang Mei frowned and said, "What about that?"
Tang Kuandao: "Then what else can be done? The second uncle will definitely take him to see the fourth uncle (Yin Tangjiong of Jingzhao Prefecture). The fourth uncle will definitely give the second uncle face, agree to go to the Ministry of Punishment to plead for mercy, and transfer the case to Jingzhao Prefecture for trial.
"
Tang Mei didn't know much about officialdom, but she knew what Tang Kuan was going to do. Even if Ximen Zaipei found Tang Jiong, Tang Kuan still wouldn't stop and would let Su Ping continue to make trouble.
But if the trouble continues like this, Su Ping will offend both the second master Tang Ning and the fourth master Tang Jiong.
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Xingbu Yamen.
Su Ping, a junior official from the ninth rank, was not qualified to enter the lobby, so he stood outside the lobby with Mei Ran.
Not long after, a clerk came out of the lobby and called Su Ping in. He said that Xue Pang, the Minister of Punishment, wanted to see him.
Before Su Ping came to the Ministry of Punishment, he had inquired about the newly appointed officials. Although they all came from the imperial examination, half of them came from Daoguangfang Gongxun Street.
Zhao Lue, Emperor Gaozu of Liang Dynasty, built a meritorious service pavilion imitating the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty. It was built in Daoguangfang, where the emperor's relatives gathered. It was a large temple. It enshrined the golden bodies of the twenty-four founding fathers. But after several
With the change of emperors, some of the families were implicated because they were involved in disputes over the throne or party disputes. The ancestors were implicated, and some golden statues were dragged out and smashed, and now only nine statues are left.
In other words, there are still nine major meritorious households in Daoguangfang Gongxun Street: Liang, Feng, Zhan, Peng, Xue, Cao, Guan, Gan, and Dong. And this Xue Pang, the Minister of Punishment, is the Xue family of Daoguangfang
.
The young man was very young, his face was full of energy, and he was upright. He said that this case could not be delayed, because as soon as it was delayed, someone would come to plead for mercy. So he had already written a note and was going to hand it directly to the emperor.
"Before handing over the certificate, you must assure me that your evidence is correct." Xue Pang stared at Su Ping and said.
Su Ping said: "I promise."
Xue Pang said sternly: "I remind you that handing over documents to the emperor is not a child's play. If anything goes wrong in this case, I will lose my official position and you will lose your life."
Su Ping looked at this young man with admiration, but due to the huge difference in official positions, Su Ping didn't say anything nonsense, but said: "I understand."
"Okay, then I will go see the emperor now."
Just today, Emperor Zhao Tian broke the old system and directly abolished the Tiande reign title and changed it to Wanlong.
Emperor Wanlong had just ascended the throne and was mainly dealing with major military affairs. The troops of Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Xiangzhou, and Mozhou all expressed their surrender to the emperor. The emperor was also unceremonious, changing official positions on a large scale, and sent out his trusted men one after another.
Go everywhere.
This sounds simple to say, but in fact it is not easy to do. Especially for border generals like General Mozhou Zhonglang, problems may easily arise if not done well.
However, when Zhao Tian was still the prince, he had already made many arrangements, which allowed him to quickly take control of the army firmly after he ascended the throne.
Now Emperor Zhao Tian still has a lot of things to do. For example, he feels that Jinwu Guard General Qi Wang Zhao Changchun is a bit arrogant, which is very unpleasant to look at. Moreover, his power is concentrated in the imperial capital. If he suddenly rebels, it will be troublesome.
Big.
However, Zhao Tian is not completely passive. The Jinwu Guard General Office has a five-function system. At the same level as General Jinwu is Jinwu Supervisor of the Army, followed by the Food Supervisor, the Staff General, and the Deputy General. The five of them manage one guard each. Below them
There are also the commanders of various guards. Some of them are Zhao Tian's people.
Emperor Wanlong didn't have time to take care of matters related to civil affairs. He just asked Zhongshu Province to draft a decree. He took a look at it and approved it. It was nothing more than some serious instructions and the removal of traitors, and the details mentioned "for
The unjust, false and wrongful convictions have been brought to light."
Later, Emperor Wanlong also changed basically the entire Ministry of Punishment officials. He said that the previous Ministry of Punishment was seriously corrupt and notorious.
He said a few words casually, but these young people were very interested. As a result, a scene of hard work and public service that had not been seen in decades appeared in the Penal Department Yamen.
It is estimated that Emperor Wanlong has some regrets now. These guys have to visit the emperor from time to time to rectify the unjust, false and wrong cases. As a result, the emperor is busy here and there and has no time to play. And Emperor Wanlong was originally a very loving person.
People who play.
Zhao Tian is a capable person, but he also has shortcomings, especially he loves to play.
At this time, Su Ping didn't know that Emperor Tiande had intended to depose the prince. Perhaps it was not because of someone's suggestion. Emperor Tiande himself felt that the Liang Dynasty might be destroyed in the hands of the prince. But before Emperor Tiande took action,
, the prince has already taken action.
Xue Pang went to the apse to meet the emperor, but for some reason, the emperor did not come even after dark. The young eunuch Lu Shi walked out of the apse with his fly whisk in his arms and told a group of officials at the door that your majesty had been busy all day and was very hard, so he would not come today.
The apse. Then a group of people dispersed.
If the emperor didn't come out, Su Ping had no choice but to leave the evidence at the Ministry of Justice and leave with Mei Ran.
Because it was getting dark and there was a curfew outside the workshop, Xue Pang also issued a "night curfew pass" that was valid for three days for Su Pingmei Ran.
After walking out of the gate of the Criminal Department, Su Ping and Mei Ran guessed who would win and who would ride a mule.
"Diamond Hammer!" Two slaps.
"Hammer!" Su Ping scissors, Mei Ran scissors.
"Hammer!" Su Ping slapped her face, and Mei Ran hammered her head.
Su Ping smiled evilly and handed the reins to Mei Ran, asking her to lead the mule.
Mei Ran said angrily: "Win two out of three."
Su Ping stopped laughing: "Isn't it okay to count you as the winner? Then you get on as a mule."
Mei Ran became even more angry and said nothing.
"Sister, please get on the mule." Su Ping made a gesture of invitation.
"Humph, you know how to be filial to your senior sister, so that's more like it." Mei Ran found the reason and got on the mule.
On the way, Su Ping said to Mei Ran, we have offended the county magistrate. I guess those gangsters who emerged from Nan City are the people the county magistrate is looking for. They want to stop us and destroy the evidence. So, little senior sister, you’d better not go back to the county.
I'm out of office, be careful of being retaliated by Ximen Kan.
Mei Ran said: "Then I'll go to Pingkangfang and find the brothers from the Red Flower Club."
Su Ping thought for a while: "I can rest assured that Chen Qianfeng can do things, but I am not familiar with that person named Ye Hanshuang. I don't really want you to have a close relationship with her. Why not, I will take you to Qinghuafang, where it is safe."
"You take me to Qinghuafang? Aren't you afraid of letting your wife know?"
"Do I have a wife?"
"Ha, that's right." Mei Ran smiled, her expression a bit complicated, with a bad smile, a fluke, and some inexplicable emotions in it.
Later, Su Ping placed Mei Ran in the Supervisory Office.
Coincidentally, Tang Mei held a meeting for all employees in the Supervisory Office today. After the meeting, she was still sitting in the Supervisory Office.
When Su Ping came in with a woman, she had a long face and a pair of bull's-eyes, staring at Mei Ran, searching up and down.
Tang Mei didn't say anything at that time, and just asked the maid to take Mei Ran to the backyard, where the princess died. Then she left angrily and returned to Qinxiang Xiaozhu, Guogong Mansion, and Su Ping also came back.
Mei Ran walked into the small building, and Su Ping walked slowly to the backyard, but heard Mei Ran yell: "Come in!"
So angry, Su Ping frowned and walked into the small building.
Tang Mei sat on the couch and said with anger: "Bring this woman to me openly, do you want me to recruit a baby for you?"
Su Ping was about to sit down, but Tang Mei shouted: "Don't sit down, answer me standing!"
But Su Ping still sat down and said calmly: "Sixth Miss, please don't get so angry, okay? We are a fake couple, we are just acting, so we don't need to get too involved, right?"
Tang Mei was a little discouraged, but she still choked out: "I'm only talking about you two!"
Su Ping told Tang Mei that Mei Ran was an orphan and was raised by an old monk, and that old monk was Su Ping's master. He also told Tang Mei about the recent events, saying that he was doing things for your brother.
Mei Ran offended the county magistrate because of this, and was worried that she would suffer a loss in the county alone, so she brought her here.
Tang Mei said loudly: "I once said that as long as you have not left the Duke's mansion, you cannot break the rules here. As a son-in-law, you must abide by the duties of a son-in-law. You are not qualified to take a concubine. If you and this
I can't forgive you for having an affair with a woman. Tomorrow, tell her to get away from me! Don't let me see her again! Otherwise, your father's title will be gone! Don't say a word to me again!"