Chapter 1342 Xin Zijuan Sunset Grass Tree Touchstone

By the time Feng Ziying returned to her mansion, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and the sky had not yet brightened up, but the lights in the government office were already brightly lit.

Not all officials need to light Mao at the second quarter of Maozheng. In addition to the Fu Yin and several Zuoer officials, the only ones who need to light Mao are experienced officers, Zhao Mo Suo Zhao Mo, Chief Prison Officer, Chief Prison Officer, and Confucianism professors. The four of them, unless there are special circumstances, the rest of the officials only need to wait for two seconds. Even those who like to cheat and cheat can just arrive before the official Sichu assigns work, and no one will care.

Feng Ziying arranged for Baoxiang to buy bean juice and cooking cakes for herself outside the Yamen.

There are many food sellers on Shuntianfu Street and the side alley next to the straight road. The Toutiao Hutong to the east is even more crowded at this time. The monks from Kaiyuan Temple and the supervisors of the Imperial College further behind are all I like to come here to have breakfast. Students from Shuntian Prefecture School and officials from Daxing County Government who are further away can also come here to join in the fun if they are not too far away.

Today's consciousness is still the same. Wu Daonan still simply hosted. After a few words, he asked a few people to say that Feng Ziying was new here and kept a low profile as much as possible during this period. Mei Zhiye had a lot of topics to talk about, but because Feng Ziying was there. , Mei Zhiye is no longer as active as before when the Prime Minister was absent, and appears much more stable.

 The five general judges have always had the most topics to talk about. They all said something according to their respective division of labor.

As expected, Wu Daonan also ordered to follow the established rules and had no more words. On the contrary, he had many exchanges with the Confucian professor. Later, he simply returned to his old ways, ended the discussion, and invited the Confucian professor to go to his back hall to discuss tomorrow's poems. The meeting is over.

As the Fu Cheng, Feng Ziying has four jobs to be precise. One is to assist the Fu Yin in handling daily government affairs, but this assistance depends on the Fu Yin's attitude. If the Fu Yin is willing to authorize, then the Fu Cheng's power will be great enough. If the governor's attitude is ambiguous, or he refuses to make it clear, then it means nothing.

 The second item is specialized work, that is, work clearly assigned to the Fu Cheng, which even the Fu Yin cannot deprive him of.

 There are also several special jobs.

The first is the Qing army, which is the first task of the prime ministers (tongzhi) of each government. Cleaning up military households is the basis for ensuring the necessary reserve armed forces. They may not be used in ordinary times, but they cannot be used at critical times, or Life or death.

Feng Ziying's performance in Yongping Mansion is enough to show that the Mongolian invasion is rare in ten years, but once it happens and the border troops are difficult to protect, it will depend on the civilian army raised by local military households to fight. .

Shuntian Prefecture is no exception. Of course, Shuntian Prefecture's border army is powerful. The main task of the Qing army is to provide enough troops for the border army and the guard to ensure that they can be replenished at any time.

 Another specialized job is to supervise arrests.

The so-called superintendent means responsible for public security, including the inspection divisions in charge of the entire Shuntian Prefecture, detecting thieves, and improving public security, but is not responsible for trial matters. That is the scope of the official's authority, but he is responsible for investigating and handling criminal cases. In the above, Fucheng and Tongsuan still have many overlapping powers and responsibilities.

These two tasks are the most important tasks of the Fu Cheng (Tongzhi). Of course, they also include matters such as horse administration, river defense, river defense, and sea defense. The Fu Cheng also needs to have direct jurisdiction over the affairs of the military room and the execution room.

As Zhizhong, his main responsibilities are grain storage, firewood, water conservancy and other matters. Compared with Fucheng, Zhizhong's work is more specific. Not only does he have closer contact with the Wutong judge, but he is also responsible for managing the six houses. Household and workshop affairs.

In contrast, Tongpan and Tuiguan are more like the powerful officials of the department. For example, the Wutongpan of Shuntian Prefecture is mainly responsible for matters including taxation, taxation, farming, water conservancy, salt affairs, industry and mining, and commerce. In fact, it is very large. The extent overlaps with the affairs under the jurisdiction of Zhizhong, so as Zhizhong, who is of higher character and more powerful, naturally should have the power to lead, guide and correct the general judges, but in the actual operation process, it still needs to be seen specific situation.

After all, Tongpan and Tuiguan are the same as Fu Cheng and Zhi Zhong. They are both assistant and second officers. In essence, they are directly responsible to Fu Yin and are not responsible to Fu Cheng and Zhi Zhong. Fu Cheng and Zhi Zhong are more like Shared leadership rather than direct leadership with decision-making authority.

In other words, Fu Cheng and Zhi Zhong are actually similar to Fu Yin's deputies. Fu Cheng has a higher status, greater power, and is qualified to handle all affairs of the Yamen when Fu Yin is away, while Zhi Zhong is more like a simple deputy. A clerical assistant who assists the governor.

 After returning to his mansion, Feng Ziying asked Wang Wenyan to call the execution room clerk.

The prison clerk is a very important role. Although he is just an official who is not even an official, he has been operating in the prison for a long time. Many people have accumulated it from generation to generation and inherited their father's business from son to son, such as Li Wenzheng, the prison clerk of Shuntian Prefecture. Li Wenzheng's uncle was the prison clerk of Daxing County before. Later, Li Wenzheng took over as the prison clerk of Daxing County after his uncle died of illness. Because of his outstanding performance, he was transferred to the prison chamber of Shuntian Prefecture as the clerk.

As the head of the officials in the execution room, the Secretary can be said to be very knowledgeable about the entire Shuntian Mansion's punishment and prison affairs. He doesn't even need another big boss in the punishment and prison affairs - the Chief of Prisons. The Chief of Prisons is much inferior. Although he is an official, he is just a person. Official.

The Prison Division can only have jurisdiction over the criminals who have arrived, but the execution chamber can be extended to the outside world. Moreover, the officials are more flexible and convenient than officials, and have wider contact with the outside world. They are often inextricably linked to local gangsters. contact.

Just like this Li Wenzheng, he had a relationship with Ni Er when he was the prison clerk in Daxing County. However, when Li Wenzheng came to Shuntian Mansion to be the prison clerk, he was the thick leg that people like Ni Er needed to cling to until Ni Er climbed up. Only with Feng Ziying's super thick legs can he and Li Wenzheng be qualified to talk to each other again. And now that Feng Ziying has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Shuntian, Li Wenzheng and Ni Er are basically allies in the same trench.

“Previously, when Mr. Wu was discussing matters, he mentioned the Tongzhou Su Daqiang case to Mr. Song and asked Mr. Song to reopen the case as soon as possible to calm the situation. I think Mr. Song’s face is very ugly. What’s going on?”

 There are not many important matters in today’s discussion, and the main focus is on this one matter.

It stands to reason that for ordinary criminal and civil cases, the county can finalize the case. If the penalty exceeds 100, it must be reported to the government office. All imprisonment and exile must be reviewed by the government office and reported to the Ministry of Punishment for review at the same time. However, when it comes to murder cases, it is the most complicated. If the situation is clear and simple, the county government's initial trial will be transferred to the government office for trial. The government office generally conducts a review by the criminal chamber, a review by the referral officer, and finally a review by the governor, and finally reports to the Ministry of Punishment and even the three judicial divisions for joint review. , the emperor signed.

Of course, it is not just ordinary murder cases that need to be reported to the Tribunal for joint trial. They are usually major and important cases with great influence. And ordinary murder cases are generally concluded when they go to the Ministry of Punishment. The emperor's signature is just a matter of waiting. It’s just time to follow the process of the program.

For more complex and major cases, basically all prefectures and counties have to be present. Depending on the situation, it is decided whether the prefecture government will take over the case directly. Generally speaking, this is done through consultation between the prefect (tongzhi) and the magistrate of the prefecture and county. Decide.

Li Wenzheng was short in stature, with a dark and capable face, a mustache and thin lips. He looked like the kind of character who had experienced many battles in the yamen. His eyes were bright and there was a shallow scar on his forehead. It was said that he was The crime was caused by a revenge attack.

"My lord, this matter is a long story. Although the case will not be submitted to the three judicial departments for joint trial, it has been rejected twice by the Ministry of Punishment, and it is still sent back to our government for retrial. What about Tongzhou? The county government is now unwilling to take over at all. It only says that it will be directly investigated by the government and they will assist..."

Feng Ziying was a little curious, "Is this case very complicated and difficult?"

"Well, the case cannot be said to be complicated, but the background is too complicated, and the case is also a bit bizarre. To put it bluntly, everyone is suspected of committing the crime, and no one can prove their innocence. But it is very difficult to finalize the case. A thorough investigation, here..., hey,..."

 Li Wenzheng shook his head repeatedly.

Feng Ziying was really interested when he said this.

It is not the duty of the Fu Cheng to examine the case, that is the matter of the Fu Yin and the prosecutor. The investigation of the case is the matter of the execution room and the third team of policemen. This kind of murder involves losing the head, and it will eventually have to go to the Ministry of Punishments for review. So it involves a lot.

Tongzhou is the busiest port and commercial port. The impact of this case is probably not small, and the people involved behind it are not simple, so they took advantage of it and ended up like this.

"Wen Zheng, let me tell you something. I'm a colleague in Yongping Mansion and I haven't had much contact with these cases. I'm busy with the Qing army and the war. It shouldn't be my business to reason, but since the punishment is I also have to take responsibility for prison affairs, so I have to ask about it. I am very impatient after listening to Mr. Fu Yin today. If you really want to leave this matter to me..."

Before Feng Ziying finished speaking, Li Wenzheng laughed out loud. Seeing Feng Ziying's eyes coming over, he quickly stood up and apologized: "Please forgive me, sir. When you say this, I think it is really possible. Song Tuiguan is also tired of this matter." It's important, he was interrogated several times, and he was also upset because of the attempts made by all parties. However, Tongzhou refused to accept it, and the Ministry of Punishment refused to let him go. It would have to end up with our government, so maybe next time Mr. Fu Yin is sick, so it’s up to you to come and judge.”

Yamen trial cases are generally divided into two processes. The trial of cases by officials is called internal trial. The case files are reviewed and discussed in the criminal hall, and then the prisoner is brought before the court. Generally, there must be a general direction or result before he can officially go to the government office. In the lobby of the government office, Mr. Fu Yin was sitting in the hall, and the scene was stunned, just like in a drama.

It would be a joke if all complex and bizarre cases were directly brought to court. How could a truly complex or difficult case be revealed in just one court hearing with just a few words from the prefect Yin? That would be nothing but a drama. It’s just a manifestation of transformation.

If Wu Daonan is suffering from illness, it is really possible for Feng Ziying to try this case. It's hard for me to do so. Aren't you Xiao Feng Xiuzan who is famous in Kyoto? Okay, let's try a case to test the fire.

 (End of this chapter)