In fact, it couldn't be easier for Mr. Peng Ge to solve the matter of the Lu family. As long as he talks about it with Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu will naturally ask Li You to release him, and it will be a happy ending. This trivial matter is naturally
Give each other face.
However, Mr. Peng Ge was provoked repeatedly by a certain villain. This time it seemed that he was going to take a different approach and complicate things. The consequences would be unpredictable.
When he got up in the morning, Li Youshang was still immersed in a faint joy. He gave a few instructions to the housekeeper Li Si and sent more maids to Aunt Ma.
They had breakfast casually, and when Mr. Li was about to go out to go to the Yamen, he saw Cheng Yu, the eldest uncle of the Cheng family, waiting in the concierge. Li Youqi said: "If you don't go in, why are you waiting here? Let outsiders look at it.
, just saying that I was rude to my relatives."
Cheng Yu saluted and said: "I just happened to come here and saw that you were about to go out. I don't have to worry about entering the room. It's convenient to just say a few words here."
"What's going on? I just saw him yesterday, but he came to look for me early today."
Uncle Cheng then replied: "I was chatting with my wife last night and learned that the Lu family secretly had a relationship with Mr. Peng Ge in the court, and I often asked for help. I was afraid that I would miss my dear brother, so I hurriedly came to inform you this morning."
How did he get involved with Mr. Peng Ge? Li You was quite surprised. He really didn't expect that the backer of the Lu family was actually his archrival Mr. Peng Ge. He asked again: "You didn't mention it yesterday, why are you talking to me now?
"
"I really didn't know yesterday. Even if I made some guesses, how accurate were they? For any shrewd businessman who is willing to show off the details at will, his relatives may not know it. It wasn't until last night that my wife revealed the truth, and I didn't expect her to do so.
Know the inside story."
Li You suddenly realized that the big businessmen in the north, especially in the capital, were different from those in the south, that is, they were low-key and cautious in doing things and did not like to show off.
Thinking about the custom of Yangzhou salt merchants, they are all about competing with each other, showing off extravagantly, and acting ostentatiously. Jin Wanwanwan has Li You as his son-in-law, and he almost wants to let the whole Jiangzuo know about it. Looking at the big merchants in the capital, they can be called
He is cautious and careful. He keeps his trump cards hidden and does not reveal the details easily even to his in-laws. Comparing the two, the difference in behavior is too obvious.
So that’s it. Li You himself is also a southerner, and he has lived in the capital for only more than half a year. He has never had an intuitive understanding of this aspect, and he finally understands it a little bit today.
This situation is definitely not because the giant merchants in the capital have less money than the salt merchants in Yangzhou. Even if there is a slight difference, that is not a decisive factor. After all, the capital is at the feet of the emperor. It is a land of crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and is easily affected, and shopping malls are also contaminated.
Due to officialdom habits, big businessmen cannot help but act carelessly.
For example, in the past few years of the Cheng family, they were not ostentatious, but only contradicted the powerful. In the blink of an eye, their homes were confiscated and sent to the army. Those who show off with their backers, unless the backers are the emperors that no one can depose, will be afraid of being in trouble.
Die first.
I also remembered that Mr. Cheng hid his son-in-law Li You from outsiders. On the one hand, he was ashamed of having his daughter as a concubine; on the other hand, he might have learned a lesson and wanted to use it as a trump card at a critical moment.
But this Cheng Lu family is very interesting... Li You couldn't help but cast a sympathetic look at Uncle Cheng. Cheng Lu family is really not a fuel saver. Regarding the details of the Lu family, she kept silent during the day yesterday and did not tell her until yesterday evening.
It was obviously intentional. With a wife like this, there might be some evil things happening in the future.
Because of his conversation with Cheng Yu, Mr. Li left a little late and arrived at the Yamen too late. When he entered the alley in a chariot and approached the Yamen gate, he saw three or five people wandering through the small window, and he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
Rare.
This alley is a dead end with no way out. Since the former Fusi Yamen Office and Imperial Prison of Jinyiwei North and South Town have been abandoned, there are usually no people around. Since the opening of his new Yamen, there has been some movement, and outsiders have seen it for the first time today.
Mr. Li entered the door, moved into the courtyard, and sat down on the table. Master Cui, who had arrived earlier, came in and reported: "Proprietor! This morning, there were eight cases handed over by the military divisions!"
Li You suddenly understood why someone was wandering outside the Yamen. It turned out that there was a lawsuit filed against him, so naturally there would be various related people who heard about it, and I am afraid there will be more in the future.
Master Cui was about to report further details when he heard the proprietor ask: "Which soldiers and horses sent them here?"
This is what the proprietor is really concerned about. Master Cui realized something and quickly replied: "Except for the central city and the south city, there are three places."
It's these two families again... Master Li nodded slightly, signaling Master Cui to continue.
"There are three types of cases: assault, robbery, and adultery. They have all been tried by the censors of various cities. The confessions and verdicts of the relevant persons and prisoners have been submitted here, waiting for review by the proprietor."
Li You thought for a moment, how could it be possible that the capital city was so big that there were only these few cases? They were probably trivial cases that were reviewed by the censor of the city and then handled by the Wucheng Military and Horse Division on their own. Only the executions that were slightly larger needed to be transferred.
For the cases from the Criminal Department, this time I selected a few and sent them to myself first.
The yamen is newly opened, and it is the time to establish rules. Others may not want to use this to test others. This is called throwing stones to ask for directions. At this point, Mr. Li asked: "Is there no human life, robbers and other serious cases?"
"No," Master Cui said. In the laws of the country, human life and robbery are serious crimes, so Mr. Li asked this question.
So Li You gave instructions, "From now on, all cases of human life and robbery will be transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice after trial. As for cases of human life and robbery, such as today's case, the review will be completed by this court, but the application will only be submitted to the Ministry of Punishment.
The details, the criminals, and their pleadings will be kept in this court, and this court will finally petition the Emperor to execute the sentence."
Master Cui was very familiar with the judicial department and understood immediately. The proprietor's intention was to turn the Admiral's Yamen of the Five Cities' Censors into the capital's life and the final adjudicator for cases other than banditry.
The original system was that the Five Cities Procuratorate (the imperial censor’s dispatched office was called the Procuratorate) was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Punishment reported to the emperor. Now it has become the transfer of the Five Cities to the General Court (Master Li controls the Five Cities Procuratorate, so it is called the General Court), and the General Court is called the General Court.
The court informed the Ministry of Punishment to file the case and directly reported it to the emperor.
In fact, Mr. Li's order to submit a detailed official document to the Ministry of Punishment is probably just a formality, leaving some decent appearance with the Ministry of Punishment, so that it will not be attacked and arbitrarily changed into law.
Among the three law departments, Dali Temple, which is responsible for review, is now the weakest and has almost become a rubber stamp. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment each have their own division of labor and their own strengths, but when it comes to their influence in the court, they are obviously still the same.
The Procuratorate is stronger.
Although Li You's General Court is lower in rank than the Ministry of Justice, at any rate he has the official title of Imperial Envoy to the Procuratorate. He is a relatively high-ranking foreign mission in the Imperial Procuratorate. He uses Guanfang and has half the attributes of an imperial envoy. Therefore, in the officialdom, the rules are
Here, he barely has the qualifications to reconsider the division of judicial powers with the Ministry of Punishment, so as not to be regarded as arrogant.
After handing over the official business, Li You thought about Lu Shangzhi again.
The man was taken to the Yamen and beaten hard and then detained. On the one hand, he wanted to establish his authority and reputation, unveil a sacrificial flag, and regain his face at the same time. Otherwise, letting such a little pawn show his teeth and claws in front of Mr. Li, and returning without revenge would be a laughing stock.
.I also want to warn those potential people who dare to take advantage of Mrs. Cheng. Yesterday there was Lu Shangzhi, and tomorrow there might be Zhang Shangzhi and Wang Shangzhi.
On the other hand, if it is true as he guessed, there are factors of strife within the Lu family, then Mr. Li seems to have smelled blood. For Li You, who is determined to establish a bank account foundation in this time and space, the Lu family's accounts
The bureau has many uses, and it is almost impossible to embezzle it blatantly, but it can be used as a stepping stone for primitive accumulation.
Just how to use this opportunity and how to intervene in the Lu family's internal strife, Li You has not yet made a detailed plan and is still thinking about it, so Lu Shangzhi can only keep it closed for now.
Moreover, Li You also had another consideration, which was to stop with silence and hold Lu Shangzhi tightly, so as to observe the movements of all parties and look for opportunities that could be exploited.
For several days after that, the admiral Wucheng Yamen would write detailed reports on the cases received every day and send them to the Department of Cleaning and Clearing related to the Ministry of Punishments. As for the pleadings and the prisoners, they were kept for digestion and would not be handed over to the Ministry of Punishments unless they were sufficient.
meets the serious crime standard.
This caused a lot of criticism among the Thirteenth Department of the Ministry of Punishment. If this continues, the Ministry of Punishment will almost lose control over the criminal names in the capital. Li You appeared to have sent the detailed application in accordance with the rules, but in fact it was just a superficial system.
If their respective departments have different opinions and send a message back, will Li You listen?
You know, the voice and influence of the officials of the Criminal Department in the capital depend on this. How many serious cases such as human lives and robberies are there?
Faced with the uproar of public dissatisfaction in the ministry, Mr. Xun, the Minister of Punishment, was also in a dilemma.
He himself was interested in the temple and did not care about the specific punishments, names and general affairs. Among the high-ranking officials in the court who had escaped from low-level interests, I am afraid that no one would regard trivial matters in the capital as a priority. As for income, Xun Shangshu, as one of the nine ministers, has since
There are Bingjing and Tanjing in various places, which do not rely on criminal cases.
But Xun Shangshu had to consider the resentment and emotions of his subordinates. If Li You was on the enemy's side, the matter would be simpler. Just go to the book and impeach Li You. But Li You could barely be considered a comrade, and Lu Ge
As an old disciple, if you go to impeach Li You, you will only make outsiders laugh.
It is better to find an opportunity to talk to Mr. Lu Ge and Mr. Yang Ge, and then talk to Li You, Xun Shangshu thought.
The sixth day of October is the day of the Three-Six-Nine Dynasty Meeting.
There is an east-west royal road outside Chengtian Gate, with a door at each end. The west end is called "Chang'an Right Gate" and the east end is called "Chang'an Left Gate". When all officials enter the palace to attend court, they must first enter through these two gates.
Imperial City, and then enter the palace.
The right gate of Chang'an is slightly more famous than the left gate of Chang'an. One reason is that there is a Dengwen drum outside the right gate of Chang'an, which is the last hope for people in the world to redress their grievances.
In the early morning of the sixth day of October, the court counselors came out of their respective houses in the cold weather and gradually gathered towards the right gate of Chang'an and the left gate of Chang'an. There were officials on duty at each gate holding lists, and the court counselors signed in here without signing the list.
Yes, it means he didn't come.
For a while, there was a bustle under the right gate of Chang'an, and the sounds of officials greeting each other could be heard. At this moment, a dull drum sound suddenly sounded, disturbing the greetings of the officials.
I had never heard the sound of drums at this time before. Everyone was stunned, and then some people expected that it was the Dengwen drum sounding next to them!
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