An ordinary person would definitely open his mouth to explain after hearing what Zhang Lun said.
But is Kou Ji an ordinary person?
Kou Ji is not.
He said solemnly: "Your Excellency, are you interrogating this official?"
Zhang Lun was stunned and frowned: "Are you still pretending to be dumbfounded in front of me? Others don't know what you have done, but I have found out everything."
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Lun and said: "According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, any court official who breaks the law must first report it to Dali Temple, and then the Dali Temple will deliver the memorial to the inner court. Only after the approval of the three ministers and assistants in the inner court can he be imprisoned and interrogated.
If you feel that the official has violated the law, you can report it to Dali Temple and ask them to report to the inner court. After getting the arrest document, you can arrest the official and put him in jail to question him. He will never resist."
If Zhang Lun wanted to give him a blow, he really couldn't let Zhang Lun get his way.
Hearing this, Zhang Lun widened his eyes and said, "Are you sure that I won't be able to find any evidence of your crime, so you are so confident?"
Before Kou Ji could speak, Zhang Lun said with stern words: "The Wu family's fall is reflected in your shadow everywhere. How dare you say that you are not guilty?"
Kou Ji glanced at Zhang Lun and said calmly: "Wu Xian was entirely to blame for the Wu family's defeat. If he hadn't hurt anyone, or taken bribes and perverted the law, how could he have been convicted and banished."
Zhang Lun stood up suddenly, stared at Kou Ji, and asked: "Then the female assassin who assassinated you in front of Jingling Palace disappeared after being taken into Kou's house by you. How do you explain it? Why didn't you hand her over to the Ministry of Punishment?
, or Dali Temple?”
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "The identity of the female assassin is suspected of being a secret in the palace. Do you think I can hand over the person to the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple?"
Zhang Lun frowned and said nothing.
Kou Ji said that the identity of the female assassin was suspected of being a secret in the palace. Based on Zhang Lun's many years of reasoning experience, he roughly deduced the identity of the female assassin.
The female assassin is probably a Taoist priest, a Taoist priest related to the killing at Yuqing Zhaoying Palace.
Regarding Zhao Heng, this really cannot be stated openly, let alone clearly.
Zhang Lun looked at Kou Ji and said: "Then you entered Bianjing, and in just a few dozen days, you actually amassed a fortune of more than 100,000 yuan. How do you explain it?"
Kou Ji was stunned, glanced at Zhang Lun, and sighed: "Sir, you don't understand things in the business world..."
Zhang Lun was annoyed, "I don't understand things in the business world, but money comes in and out with names. Just make a list and let me take a closer look at where you got your money."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Sir, are you going to check the accounts of Kou Mansion?"
Zhang Lun froze on the spot, staring and saying nothing.
After a long time, the anger on his face disappeared, and he suddenly laughed loudly, "Hahaha... Not bad, not bad, you are a good boy. Much better than those wine bags and rice bags sent by the imperial court before."
Isn’t this change of attitude too fast?
It's so fast that people can't believe it.
Kou Ji was stunned for a long time, looked at Zhang Lun with a strange expression, and asked, "Did your Excellency just test the official?"
Zhang Lun nodded with a smile and said enthusiastically: "Yes, I am testing you. Let's appoint a prison department to control the world's prisons. If the people who do things are not smart enough, they can easily be fooled by the corrupt officials below.
past.
It should be noted that any negligence by the prison department may lead to a person's death in vain, so carelessness is not allowed."
Kou Ji was full of doubts and cupped his hands and said: "I have learned a lesson..."
Looking at Zhang Lun's smiling face, Kou Ji always felt that this guy was playing tricks on him.
The hard one I played just now didn't scare him, and the soft one tried to trick him into letting his guard down and then deal with him.
Must be on guard!
"Judge Kou, come and sit down."
Zhang Lun didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking, so he smiled and asked Kou Ji to sit not far from him.
As Zhang Lun's first deputy, the judge naturally had to sit closest to Zhang Lun.
After Kou Ji sat down, Zhang Lun coughed a few times and said, "Comrades, you don't need my introduction. You should all know Judge Kou, right?"
The officials sitting under Zhang Lun nodded one after another.
Zhang Lun said to Kou Ji: "I would like to introduce you to your colleagues and their responsibilities..."
Under Zhang Lun's introduction, Kou Ji gradually got to know his colleagues and their responsibilities.
What surprised Kou Ji was that the Ti Xing Si Yamen was not a big one, but it was responsible for a lot of things. In terms of power, it was not inferior to the Six Ministries.
Under the Department of Punishment, there are not only the original prison governors, but also supervisory governors, post sealing governors, Qiangu governors, anti-theft governors, Baojia governors, and river governors. In addition, there are inspections of thieves and robbers, and border inspections.
wait.
To put it simply, if the Six Ministries can handle things, the Criminal Division can also handle them; if the Six Ministries cannot handle things, the Criminal Division can also handle them.
The Criminal Division has become like a small court.
Kou Ji knew that redundancy of officials was serious in the Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.
The imperial court had a Ministry of Punishment in the criminal prison, and the Department of Punishment was also under the Ministry of Punishment. However, the powers of the Department of Punishment were too large and involved other departments. The Ministry of Punishment had no right to interfere. As time went by, the Ministry of Punishment not only failed to control the Department of Punishment, but was instead
The Department of Punishment has snatched away all its powers, and the Ministry of Punishment has become a decoration. The officials in the Ministry of Punishment are in name only, but they have official positions and can receive high salaries.
In terms of supervision, in addition to the Yushitai, the imperial court also had the Transfer Department, the Appeasement Department, the Changping Department, and the Tidian Prison Department. There were as many as five supervisory departments. The functions of the Tidian Prison Department were also followed by
Transfer Division, Appeasement Division, and Changping Division are repeated.
In addition, the judges established by the imperial court in various prefectures and counties also had supervisory powers and could secretly report to the emperor at any time.
The imperial court established tens of thousands of officials with supervisory functions.
Among them, how many people are actually in charge and can really play a supervisory role?
The remaining responsibilities will not be mentioned one by one.
In short, when Kou Ji arrived at the Criminal Division, within an hour, he clearly realized how serious the redundancy of officials was in the Song Dynasty.
After Zhang Lun introduced his colleagues and their responsibilities to Kou Ji, he said to him: "In recent months, prisoners from all over the country have been gradually escorted to the capital, including many unjust, false and wrongly convicted. When you first arrived at the Criminal Division, all your functions
If you are not familiar with it yet, let me go with you to inspect the prison first, and learn how to identify unjust, false and wrongly convicted cases, what do you think?"
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said, "Can we go another day?"
Zhang Lun was stunned for a moment, a flash of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and he said calmly: "Why?"
Kou Jidao: "Xiaguan was assassinated on the way here."
Zhang Lun raised his eyebrows and said in shock: "An assassination attempt again?"
Kou Ji straightened his official uniform, revealing the three arrow holes on it, and said: "On the way here, I was hit by three arrows just now. If this official hadn't been wearing soft armor, I would have been killed on the spot."
Zhang Lun was stunned and said in a deep voice: "You dare to assassinate an official of the imperial court in broad daylight. It is really unreasonable."
"Left and right, pass the order to all the ministries and let me investigate strictly. I want to see who has the courage to commit a crime under the emperor's feet."
"Go to the Inspection Department again and ask me how they held their posts and allowed thugs to assassinate court officials in the street? Tell them that if the thugs commit crimes again, let them go to the Punishment Department to drink tea with me.
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"Take my official letter to Kaifeng Mansion and tell Kaifeng Mansion Shaoyin to send out Kaifeng Mansion's Yamen officers to conduct house-to-house interrogations for me."
"I must find this murderer within three days!"
"Here~"
The officers guarding Zhang Lun immediately went down to deliver the order.
It can be seen that Zhang Lun takes this matter very seriously.
After giving the orders, Zhang Lun asked abruptly: "Kou Ji, is it someone from the Wu family who has come to take revenge on you?"
Kou Ji was stunned and looked sideways at Zhang Lun.
Seeing that Kou Ji didn't blurt out an answer, Zhang Lunqian smiled and said: "I just asked casually. You were frightened today, so you don't have to be on duty. You can go back home to rest first, and come back to the Yamen tomorrow."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhang Lun without any trace.
Cursing secretly in my heart...
This bitch really wants to harm me!
"I'm resigning!"
Kou Ji bowed his hands expressionlessly and exited the main hall.
As soon as Kou Ji left, Zhang Lun put away the smile on his face, squinted his eyes and muttered: "The assassins of this little guy are probably Taoists. If the official family is responsible for the trouble caused by this little guy, the official family is really...
Speaking of which, this little guy is quite powerful. I thought he was young, had entered Bianjing City not long ago, and was not familiar with the officialdom. He would be able to reveal flaws if he cheated.
I didn't expect that his tone of voice would be so tight, and he didn't look like a newcomer to officialdom at all.
Everything about the Wu family is his shadow.
I must find out what he did in this.
Although Wu Xian brought the blame upon himself, he was equally guilty for setting the fire and pretending to be a Kaifeng government official.