"When the new emperor ascends the throne, he appoints new people. Xue Pang, Tiande, was admitted to the imperial examination five years ago, and was promoted to the Minister of Justice in just two years. The other Minister Feng was also recently promoted. The two ministers are very young, and they are very competitive with each other.
Son. They two are very energetic, but it is these subordinates who are unlucky."
Su Ping led Mei Ran out of the Courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, holding the old mule that was losing its hair:
"However, at this time they also need the good performance of their subordinates to show their ability and efficiency. So when we handle the case, we have to be more ruthless. The more ruthless we are, the happier the Minister will be. If we can do it
If things can be known to the emperor and recognized, he will be happier because he leads well."
It stands to reason that unless ordered by the emperor, the ministers will usually not personally handle specific cases. For example, those old-school ministers will provide some guidance on a certain type of case and let the people below handle it.
But these two ministers are different from those old-school ministers. Their approach almost empties the Jingzhao Mansion's power to oversee criminal cases.
It is said that it is not easy to be an official in Fuguo Yamen, and the superiors often go beyond the level of management. If there are benefits, it belongs to the superiors; if something goes wrong, the subordinates have to take care of it.
Not only the Ministry of Punishment, but also other ministries and temples often work across Jingzhao Mansion.
It can be said that Jing Zhaoyin’s rank is not lower than that of Liu Bu’s Minister, but the problem is that Jing Zhaoyin cannot do everything by himself. And the group of people under him are much weaker than Liu Bu’s. Really everywhere
Checked and balanced by six ministries.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, a large group of new officials from the six ministries were eager to perform. If a new official is a firebrand, then now several counties in Gyeonggi are full of fire, and Jingzhao Mansion has been completely emptied by these guys.
Especially the two Fuguo counties in Luoyang City were hit hard. Because Luoyang City had a large population, there were many troubles, and they were right under the emperor's nose.
Deputy Squad Leader Su was promoted to the rank of Ninth-grade Swordsman of the Criminal Department. Although the Ninth-grade Swordsman was nothing special, what he held in his hand was the document personally written by the Minister. According to the Minister, when the document arrived, it was as if the Minister had arrived in person.
officials cooperate with the investigation.
Su Ping held up the document, slapped it on the case table of Yongkang County Magistrate Ximen Kan, and stared at Ximen Kan.
Ximen Kan looked at Su Ping with a sullen face, and smiled awkwardly: "Master Su, I think you should show your respect. I have already met the Fourth Young Master, and I went to see the Fourth Master (Jingzhao Yin Tangjiong) with the Fourth Young Master.
The fourth master said that this case has been going on for a long time and there is no one who wants to reverse the case, so there is no need to spend a lot of time."
Su Ping smiled: "A few days ago, you used the fourth master to suppress me. When you found that you couldn't suppress me, you started to ask the fourth master to suppress me again?"
"No, no, no, we can't talk like this. Uh..., let's go inside and talk."
Go to the house to talk, what else can you say? It's nothing more than soliciting favors, talking small words, and stuffing money. Su Ping looked at the money bag and estimated that there was a hundred taels. Su Ping sneered. Ximen Kan quickly grabbed out another
Five gold bars came, but Su Ping held them down.
"Your Excellency, the Vice Minister, asked me to do it quickly. I don't have time to talk to you. Now I only give you two options, either take the initiative to surrender and take responsibility, or cooperate with me to handle this matter more beautifully."
"Master Su, please point out a clear way, how can we do it beautifully?"
"At this point, it is no longer about the case itself. Who came to suppress this case in the first place? And who came to press the case in the past few days? These people must be found out, so that this case can be solved satisfactorily."
"Huang Bingxuan has been overthrown. It's okay to find him out, but..." Ximen Kan frowned: "Wu Canjun is the uncle of the Meng family..."
"What's wrong with Mr. Meng?" Su Ping stared at Ximen Kan: "You are still the young master of the Ximen family. At this juncture, don't mention anyone to me. If you don't find him, then I will have to find you.
.It's up to you."
Ximen Kan smiled bitterly: "Even if I find him out, won't I still be able to get rid of the responsibility?"
Su Ping said: "Then I don't care, what you have to choose now is: fight this on your own, or find someone to help you fight together. As for me, the most I can do is help you intercede in front of the Minister. In the file,
Tell me about your difficulties. Perhaps, I can also say that you have kept the evidence for many years, just waiting for the case to be overturned."
Ximen grinned and looked embarrassed.
Su Ping stood up and was about to leave, but was held back by Ximen Kan: "Master Su, don't be anxious, let's talk again."
Su Ping sat down again, Ximen Kan stuffed the silver and gold bars into Su Ping's pocket, and said with a bitter face: "Master Su, please tell us, will the newly appointed Minister Xue eat this? Can he eat it?"
How many?"
The "this" in his mouth refers to silver.
In fact, Su Ping didn't know whether Xue Pang was greedy or not. Not to mention Su Ping, even the Yuanwailang didn't know.
Xue Pang had just taken up the post of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and before he was just a criminal case instructor in the Imperial College. He had no real power, and no one tried to bribe him.
Su Ping put Ximen Kan's silver and gold bars back on the coffee table: "I don't know whether he will eat it or not. But I don't dare to eat your silver now. I'll give you one day, and you can explore the way."
It is estimated that Ximen Kan will take Wu Canjun to find Xue Pang. Whether Xue Pang will accept their trick depends on Xue Pang's attitude tomorrow.
It is worth mentioning that before Su Ping left the county government, Ximen Kan still gave Su Ping the one hundred taels of silver. He said that no matter how this matter went, he must make friends with Mr. Su.
After leaving the Yongkang County Government Office, Su Ping took Mei Ran to Pingkangfang, intending to ask about the situation at the Red Flower Club. In fact, the people from the Red Flower Club were also looking for Mei Ran everywhere, because they found that Qi Yu had brought in another batch of "
"Goods". More than twenty children were transported into Luoyang City in dung trucks.
Due to the overcrowding, when the children were pulled out of the dung cart, some of them had suffocated and passed out. I don't know if any of them died.
"They have already started sending people away to the restaurant. It will be too late if we don't take action!" Ye Hanshuang said anxiously.
Su Ping made a quick decision: "Do it!"
…
In front of the gate of Duke Anguo's mansion, there were loud gongs and drums, dragon and lion dances.
By the way, who dares to play gongs and drums on this day of national mourning? Yes, it was the emperor who asked for it.
Zhang Dali, the eunuch-general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Li Quanfu, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, came to the Anguo Palace again and conveyed the Emperor's decree: Tang Mei, the sixth lady of the Anguo Palace, was promoted to the second-grade Dacheng Princess.
At that time, Tang Mei was still reading the account books in the supervising office. When she heard the news, she was overjoyed. She put down the account books and ran home, faster and faster, running happily.
Grandma Wang, Zhen Ping'er, and Wang Jin'er followed closely behind.
Miss Sixth may not have much strength in her hands, but she has some skills in her legs and can run very fast. Wearing a big red robe, she ran back to Qinxiang Xiaozhu with a red line, waiting for the eunuch to announce the decree and the family members to congratulate her.
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"Miss, you need to prepare some gifts for your two father-in-laws," Grandma Wang reminded.
"How much is appropriate?" Tang Mei asked.
"No matter what, you still need ten taels of silver. After all, they are all eunuchs in purple robes. If you get less, it will be too shabby."
At this time, Tang Kuan was receiving the two eunuchs, and the decree could not be announced until the Tang family was ready.
The first people to come to Qinxiang Xiaozhu to congratulate were naturally the two concubines, Lin and Kong. Soon after, the Tang family’s lords, madams, aunts, sons, madams, aunts, young masters, and young ladies came
, Miss, nearly a hundred people came to the door of Miss Sixth's house.
When Mrs. Cao came, she brought all the female relatives into Qinxiang Xiaozhu and packed the place into a jam.
The men gathered outside the courtyard gate, laughing and joking.
By the way, not far away is the mourning hall of Concubine Fan. Everyone has left, making the mourning hall look deserted.
By the time Su Ping and his group arrested Qi Yu, and then sent the prisoner to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and then handed him over to the Jingzhao Mansion, it was already dark. Su Ping took the paperwork and arranged for twenty-three pretty girls to the Ministry of Punishment mansion.
After they finished eating, Su Ping left.
Those little girls were abducted or robbed by criminal gangs in Huainan and transported to Luoyang through various channels for trafficking.
For Su Ping's cracking of such a major case, he was praised loudly by Xue Shilang. In Mei Ran's words, it was a "big boast" and he shouted at the top of his lungs, as if he wished the entire criminal department could hear him.
It is said that the Minister of Punishment already knew about this matter and asked about it. The document in Su Ping's hand was personally signed by the Minister, requesting Haosheng to take care of these twenty-three abducted girls or girls.
Not to mention, the people in the Huainan criminal group have really good taste. Each of these twenty-three little girls is more beautiful than the other. The playful energy of the Huainan girl's words is so endearing. Su Ping rubbed their heads one by one.
, then reluctantly left.
However, the case has been taken over personally by the Vice Minister, and Jingzhao Mansion and Huainan Mansion have been ordered to try it quickly, so the following matter has little to do with Su Ping. He only needs to prepare some materials.
Su Ping returned to the Duke's Mansion and was about to talk to the Fourth Young Master about it when he saw that the Duke's Mansion was very lively.
Two little maids, Zhu Tao and Feng Die, ran over, pulled my uncle's sleeves, and asked him to return to Qinxiang Xiaozhu quickly. Because the sixth lady was promoted to the princess, my uncle was also promoted to a county horse, from the second rank to a peerage.
The chief eunuch is waiting to see the county horse and will be given a waist badge.
Su Ping frowned.
If you receive the county horse badge today, Miss Six will wave the county horse off another day...
Doesn’t it mean that the higher you climb, the more painful it will be if you fall?
But at this time, Su Ping couldn't help but say anything, so he was welcomed into the house by a group of people. Among them were Lin Tong and Zhang Hu. These two men talked, laughed, and pushed Su Ping "sent" him in.
Seeing Su Ping, the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to personally check the household registration and confirm the identity.
"Huh? Why is it that the household registration is still in Wuwei, and the 'marriage certificate' and 'intermarriage certificate' are both missing?"
While talking, the eunuch Zhang Dali, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the eunuch Li Quanfu looked at each other.
Listening to the eunuch's words, Mrs. Cao said: "My uncle has been busy since he came to the door. In fact, the wedding has already been held, but the formalities have not been completed."
Zhang Dali shook his head and said: "We must be cautious when doing things according to orders. When faced with things that are not in compliance with the rules, we dare not make the decision and need to report back to the emperor."