Feng Zhou jumped off the carriage, looked at the crowd of twos and threes outside the criminal department, and then at the towering gate, with a smile on his lips and walked with his hands behind his back.
As the saying goes, the Qi that moves while moving nourishes the body. Generally speaking, when a Jinshi becomes an official, he must have the demeanor to manage the academy. Especially for young officials, when there are no superiors or colleagues, it is standard to act with their hands behind their backs.
Fengzhou has integrated well into it.
When he arrived at the place where he should be ordered, the clerk in charge of ordering and ordering hurriedly came over and said with a smile: "Hey, Mr. Feng came so early today!"
As he spoke, he held up the booklet with both hands, pointed to the blank space at the top, and said with a smile on his face: "You sign here, I have memorized the time, and I am sure it will be the first one in our house!"
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Compared with when he first came to the Yamen to report, he was a well-behaved junior official, and he was completely different from the same channel.
Feng Zhou smiled lightly, nodded, took the brush and signed his name, and then walked away.
"Sir, walk slowly!" the clerk said from behind.
Feng Zhou didn't look back, but his heart felt slightly warm.
The affairs of the Yamen have been completely opened up, and Feng Zhou is naturally doing more and more smoothly in the Yamen.
Apparently, he repeatedly slapped the Shuntian Mansion Yamen in the face and got the approval of the Minister of Punishment and the two ministers on his left and right. Naturally, his life in the Punishment Department was very smooth.
Lu Yu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, even hinted that he could show more 'care' to Shuntian Prefecture and guide the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen in its criminal and prison duties. This was clearly to encourage him to continue to slap Shuntian Prefecture in the face.
This is completely a move in accordance with nature.
Feng Zhou was naturally happy to be like this. Even without the hints from several big bosses in the Ministry of Justice, he would not let go easily. Not to mention that finding unjust and wrongful cases was his job. He wanted to form his own influence in the court, but such merit was
The more the better.
With Wang Hu and Sun Liu's beggars helping to collect intelligence, he has a good grasp of information about the outer cities of the capital. It can even be said that he is ahead of the Shuntian Mansion Yamen. Many things are hidden, and he wants to find out.
Problems in some cases are quite easy for him who has a large number of inconspicuous "spies".
Sun Liu and Wang Hu were obviously very satisfied with this kind of cooperation. For every piece of detailed information collected, he would be paid a minimum of ten taels of silver. In just one month, he had collected three pieces of detailed information, which made Feng Feng
Zhou was very successful, and he also received thirty taels of silver in return.
Such mutual benefits made the beggars in the two places more and more unable to stop. Besides, in addition to sealing the boat, who in the entire officialdom would care about beggars like them who live at the bottom?
Then again, whether it is Wang Hu or Sun Liu, Feng Zhou has saved their lives and gave them such a job. Even if they find other places to sell for a higher price, it will not be easy. Whether it is the Ministry of Punishment,
Neither Dali Temple, Jinyiwei, nor Dongchang were interested in talking to them.
What kind of reward? Even if I give you a few pennies for the clues you provide, you think highly of me, and you still want to get in the way?
It has to be said that Fengzhou's high standards directly interrupted their thoughts of visiting another dock.
Moreover, both Sun Liu and Wang Hu are relatively loyal and have no intention of starting a new business for at least a year or two. However, Feng Zhou has already set up a secret operation to secretly recruit secrets from their subordinates and other beggar groups.
The secret code is used as a backup just in case.
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Recently, a nocturnal thief suddenly appeared in the capital. He is quite bold and daring. He specializes in targeting wealthy families in the capital. Many homes have been robbed, and the stolen property is worth more than one hundred thousand taels of silver.
According to the clues obtained by the Yin Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture, this person seems to have something to do with the king of thieves, Sikong Zhaixing.
So someone wanted to hire Jin Jiuling, the chief of the first six gates, but it happened that Jin Jiuling had resigned from his post and was traveling around the world.
As for the Jin Yiwei, they are officials responsible for investigating and naturally ignore criminal cases. Therefore, it seems that this matter can only be handled by Shuntian Mansion.
After receiving the report from the victim, the Shuntian government office did not dare to neglect, and quickly organized an investigation by the capable detective Xiaozu. As a result, nothing was found, but the nocturnal thief was still unscrupulous and would rob a wealthy household every night.
Suddenly, the big families in the capital were panicked and put pressure on the Shuntian Mansion one after another, causing everyone in Shuntian Mansion to be in a state of embarrassment.
There is no way, the families who can be called "big families" in the capital are all from noble families and have profound backgrounds. They can easily involve a lot of officials and old friends. The total connections of each family are enough to form a huge network.
Even Shuntian Fuyin, as a third-grade high-ranking official, could not withstand the influence, so he could only continue to increase his efforts to solve the case, but after a month or two, there was no effect at all.
Governor Zhang Qingbo is having a hard time. You must know that among the big families who put pressure on him, many of them are underlings who make money for the Duke's Palace and the Marquis' Palace. If their house is also visited by the nocturnal thief, I'm afraid it will be a disaster.
I couldn’t eat enough and walked around Tianfu Yamen.
Zhang Qingbo is not a vegetarian either. Then he thought, since he is going to be unlucky, then let’s all be unlucky together!
Anyway, the fifth-rank chief of the Punishment Department, Feng Zhou, was quite disgraced and the Shuntian Mansion was in a state of disgrace, so he might as well just ask the Punishment Department for support!
Since Lu Yu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, said that the Ministry of Punishment should give proper guidance to Shuntian Prefecture, then we must ask the Ministry of Punishment to give guidance on this matter.
By the way, we have to name and ask Feng Zhou, a master detective, to help and give guidance on the Shuntian government office's case-solving work.
Obviously this is a big pit!
Logically speaking, the ones most suitable for catching snitches should be the Jinyi Guards, followed by the Punishment Department.
But Jin Yiwei sent him to Shuntian Prefecture with just a careless look. Could it be that Shuntian Prefecture dared to rely on Jin Yiwei?
You definitely wouldn’t dare!
But if you have to rely on the Ministry of Justice, then don’t be afraid!
Anyway, as the saying goes, if something goes wrong, everyone will be unlucky too!
Officials at the Ministry of Punishment were afraid to avoid him, so Lu Shangshu found Feng Zhou and wanted to send him to Shuntian Mansion to help solve the case and catch the thief.
"Your Excellency, you want to send me to Shuntian Mansion?" Feng Zhou smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Sir, the official is a small official in the Ming Dynasty. He is like a brick. It can be moved wherever it is needed. If you want me to go to Shuntian Mansion to help, I will naturally obey your order happily.
,but……"
"If Master Feng has any requests, you might as well put them forward." Lu Yu is not a fool. Since Feng Zhou agreed so readily, there will naturally be some demands. As the Minister of Punishment, of course, he must try his best to fulfill the requests made by him.
This is one of the reasons why he was able to secure his position as Minister of Punishment.
After all, it’s more convenient for others than it is for yourself!
Feng Zhou smiled and said: "Since Lord Shangshu is so considerate, then I will just say it."
Feng Zhou's request is very simple. He can go over there, but he can stay in Shuntian Mansion after the case is solved. He wants to be the second-in-command of Shuntian Mansion, the Prime Minister.
Lu Yu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, was also surprised by such a huge appetite. At the same time, he had an intuitive feeling about Feng Zhou's ambition. Of course, this matter was not something he could decide, so he directly kicked the ball to Shuntian Prefecture Yin Zhang Qingbo, letting this man
My headache goes away.
Zhang Qingbo was also taken aback, and hurried to the Ministry of Justice to meet with Feng Zhou despite his busy schedule. Seeing that Feng Zhou was gone and the conditions were set to death, he had no choice but to rush into the palace to meet the emperor to ask for a favor from the current emperor Zhu Qizhen.