All governors, provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and county yamen all over the world have the structure of front yamen and back house.
Yuzhu took a square step and walked in while looking at the internal structure of the government office.
From Yimen to the main hall of the government office, on the west side are the Bao Gong Temple, the Prison Temple, the Prison, the General Department Hall, the Zhao Hall and the Secretariat; on the east side are the Five Saints Temple, the Awaiting Court, the Grain Hall, the Science Temple and
Officials, households, Xingsanfang, salt room, workshop and other places.
After entering the third door, there is the main hall of Shuntian Mansion where Yuzhu ascends to ask questions.
The main hall, also known as the main hall, is the place where the Shuntian governor publicly interrogates prisoners.
There is a huge plaque hanging in the middle of the lobby, with four characters written on it: Purge the Jidian, instead of joking about the so-called "mirror hanging high" inside.
In fact, during the Kangxi Dynasty, there were no certain rules for the plaques of each yamen, also known as the hall plaques.
For example, the four words "Qing Jidian" inscribed by Kangxi to Shuntian Prefecture were copied intact by Lao Si during the Yongzheng Dynasty.
After Yuzhu ascended the throne in the main hall, the subordinates in the government office came to pay homage to him one by one according to their official rank.
"See Jade Gongbao."
"Meet Dajimu."
"See Big Bomber."
"Kowtow to Mr. Neishi."
"Please be safe, Jingzhao."
The subordinates have different statuses, and they also call Yuzhu differently.
In short, Gongbao, Jingzhao, Dabangbo, Dajimu, and Neishi are all honorific titles for jade pillars.
In a word, all kinds of elegant and connotative nicknames can be used, but it cannot be called Yufu Yin carelessly like in some TV series.
That is, someone who doesn't understand the rules and etiquette at all wants to offend Yuzhu to death.
Among them, the title of Mr. Neishi actually has some origins. Without any cultural background, it is impossible to call him.
At that time, after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he designated Xianyang, the capital, and more than 40 counties in the capital as internal history jurisdiction.
This is the origin of Yu Neishi.
In fact, according to past practice, when Yuzhu took office, there was a whole set of procedures for worshiping heaven and offering sacrifices to temples.
However, Yuzhu was not happy with the red tape and was pushed too hard by the old emperor, so he deliberately took office hastily.
Taking office in a hurry has omitted many meaningless formalities, so that everyone will not be affected.
Anyway, the less Yuzhu took taking office seriously and the more sloppy the etiquette was, the more relieved the old emperor would be.
After all the procedures were completed, Yuzhu sat tiredly in the official hall in the back hall.
Yuzhu originally thought that he would have nothing to do on his first day in office.
However, he still thought wrong.
As soon as Yuzhu took a few sips of tea, Wu Jiang came in and reported that the general judge Zhou Linhan wanted to see him.
In the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, among Yuzhu's subordinates, the most important ones are the Fu Cheng, Zhi Zhong, Tong Zhi, Tong Sen and Ju Xing Tui. They all belong to Zuo Erguan.
Among them, the Fu Cheng is in charge of schools and education, the Zhizhong is in charge of money, food and taxation, the four Tongzhi stationed abroad are in charge of arresting thieves, and the General Sentence and Pushing Officials are in charge of criminal cases.
Perhaps in order to reduce the pressure on the Fu Yin, from Fu Cheng to Tui Guan, these assistant officials all have their own small yamen.
Different from the government offices in other provinces, the daily criminal cases in Shuntian Prefecture are handled by the general judge or the official, and Yuzhu does not need to come forward.
Yuzhu, the governor, can, according to his own needs, seize some typical major cases and selectively bring them to court for questioning.
This system arrangement makes Yuzhu very satisfied. How much trouble has been alleviated?
However, Yuzhu also has a big problem.
According to the rules of the imperial court, Shuntian Prefecture has the right to accept criminal dispute cases nationwide.
In other words, Shuntian Prefecture cannot reject criminal cases brought by outsiders who come to the capital to file complaints, but must accept the case.
The trouble is, in order to show the importance the court attaches to the Beijing-controlled murder case, the general judge or the judge does not have the right to judge, and the trial must be conducted by Mr. Yu himself.
Beijing control is the common name for people who go to the capital to complain.
In fact, it was impossible for the grassroots to get close to the Meridian Gate of the Imperial Palace. If they were far away, they would be dispersed by the Eight Banners Infantry soldiers.
If the person who complained actually knelt in front of the palace, it would be a serious dereliction of duty on the part of Yuzhu, the infantry commander and the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture.
By that time, the memorial to impeach Yuzhu, as well as the saliva from various gossip officials, will most likely completely drown him.
The yamen that actually accept cases involving imperial complaints are the three judicial departments of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, plus Shuntian Prefecture.
It was precisely because of the large number of Beijing-controlled cases that Yuzhu refused to take over as Shuntian Prefect because he thought it was troublesome.
There are very detailed regulations in the "Qing Huidian".
"Everyone who accuses the people will be put in jail. Major matters will be heard, and minor matters will be decided. The prosecution cases in the 19 counties in the five states will be brought to trial. Serious cases will be reported to the court for decision. For minor cases, they will be handled by the Ministry of Consultation, or they will be concluded by themselves."
The so-called memorial service for serious cases was actually in vain during the implementation process because the governors in front of Yuzhu were afraid of taking responsibility and deliberately made small things into big issues, thus angering the old emperor.
The old emperor was tired of government affairs and didn't want to meddle in other affairs. In the end, the blow was slapped on Shuntian Mansion's head, so let's just live with it.
Anyway, the mistakes are all Shuntian Mansion's, and the credit is all the old emperor's. This is the truth!
After Zhou Linhan came in, he bowed to the ground respectfully and said very politely: "I have a humble position, Zhou Linhan, whose courtesy name is Qingsong, and I refer to Daji Mu."
Yuzhu was sensitive to the fact that Zhou Linhan deliberately did not call Yu Gongbao, but called him Daji Mu. This was going to cause trouble.
"Brother Zhou, please sit down and talk. Come and watch the tea."
The general judge is only of the sixth rank, which is very different from Yuzhu's status.
Therefore, Yuzhu sat on the chair, motionless, and just waved his hand to signal Zhou Linhan to sit down.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the hierarchical system among officials was still relatively loose, and bowing to the ground was considered a sign of great respect.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the servility in the officialdom was prevalent, and the atmosphere became worse and worse.
When a magistrate of the seventh grade meets a magistrate of the fourth grade, he must kneel down and salute.
At that time, Li Yuanhong was already the co-union of the Eighth Town of the Hubei New Army. After he met with Zhang Nanpi, the governor of Huguang, he had to kneel down and salute.
Zhou Linhan slanted his body and only sat on half of his buttocks. He did not dare to look down on Yuzhu, who was extremely young.
After drinking tea, Yuzhu asked Zhou Linhan: "I wonder why Brother Zhou is here?"
In this era, the names of superiors to subordinates can be described as various, except that they cannot call their subordinates directly.
When Yuzhu calls Zhou Linhan, the conventional general name is Brother Zhou, the more respectful one is Zhou Biejia, the more affectionate one is Brother Qingsong, and so on.
"Back in Dajimu, this is what happened. Liu, a big grain gentry in Daxing County, maliciously defaulted on taxes to the court and was taken to prison. Unexpectedly, Liu's body was extremely weak and he was imprisoned for only two years.
On the same day, he died suddenly." Zhou Linhan's words were full of disdain for Liu Liangshen.
Yuzhu was not a newcomer to officialdom. He knew immediately that the cause of Liu Daliangshen's death was extremely suspicious.
Back then, when Yuzhu was the governor of Pianyuan, more than hundreds of people in yamen across Hunan died in prison for unknown reasons or died suddenly in prison every year.
At that time, Yuzhu forcibly removed Zha Zi and severely warned officials everywhere.
If there is a violent death of a civilian, all subordinate officials and jailers in charge must be handed over to the governor's office for strict interrogation. This has fundamentally curbed the spread of evil officials taking human lives at will.
In this cannibalistic society, businessmen and landowners without fame are like meat on the chopping board, at the mercy of corrupt officials and subordinates everywhere.
In the Qing Dynasty, state and county yamen could only impose cane punishments, and those sentenced to imprisonment had to be reported to the government yamen.
At first glance, the county government does not have much power, and it also has a system to protect prisoners, which makes it appear very civilized.
However, if a prisoner dies suddenly after being imprisoned in a county jail, his death is actually in vain because no one in the government from top to bottom will hold him accountable.
This is awesome.
Often, evil officials in the yamen like to take advantage of this privilege to deliberately find excuses to intimidate wealthy households with money but no power, and spend money to eliminate disasters.
In Water Margin, Song Yasi is just a county official. Why is he never short of money?
Hehe, it’s scary to think about it!
As the saying goes, if you listen to one side, you will be dark, and if you listen to both, you will be bright.
After Yuzhu calmly read the files related to Liu Liangshen, he basically had an idea in his mind.
This Liu Liangshen had thousands of acres of fertile land and was the only son in his family. More importantly, no one in Liu Liangshen's family was an official or had any fame.
To be honest, if Yuzhu was a small official in the government, he would inevitably have evil thoughts when he met such a super fat sheep who was allowed to be slaughtered.
Think about it, with a huge family fortune but no backer or backing, wouldn’t it be like a three-year-old child strutting through the market holding a big golden Buddha?
Yuzhu closed the file and lightly reminded Zhou Hanlin: "Farewell Zhou, human life is at stake!"
Perhaps Zhou Biejia didn't hear the connotation of Yuzhu's words. He sighed and said, "Oh, who told him that his body is so weak that he can't help the wind?"
This is quite interesting.
Zhou Hanlin obviously wanted to reduce the big matter to trivial matters and report Yu to death in prison, so that he could easily solve the murder case.
To be honest, similar cases of disregarding human life could be found throughout the Qing Dynasty, and they appeared in endlessly.
Even if Yuzhu is a moral watcher and he wants to control it, he can't control it at all.
In the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, if you wanted to curb the wanton behavior of subordinate officials with just a piece of official documents, it would be nonsense.
However, just after Yuzhu took office today, Zhou Linhan wanted to use his hand to take advantage of the opportunity. Isn't this unreasonable?
Damn it, isn't this just treating Yuzhu as a layman who doesn't understand anything, trying to muddle through?
Alas, being treated as a fool and deliberately pretending to be confused are actually two different things.
Yuzhu was still not angry, and just said calmly: "Since it is a matter of life and death, we cannot let it go easily. Zhou Biejia, after you go back, you will guard Liu Liangshen's all relevant subordinates."
The officials, jailers and white servants have all been captured and are waiting for my personal trial."
Zhou Linhan's expression immediately changed, and he stared at Yuzhu in disbelief. He never expected that Yuzhu would react like this?
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