Scroll of Xin Characters, Setting Sun Grass Tree, Chapter 61, Touchstone
When 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 tap Mao at the second quarter of Maozheng. In addition to Fu Yin and several Zuoer officials, the only ones who need to tap Mao are experienced officers, Zhao Mo Suo Zhao Mo, Chief Prison Officer, Chief Prison Officer, and Confucianism professors.
With 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 go outside the Yamen to buy bean juice and cooking cakes for herself.
There are many food sellers on Shuntianfu Street and the side alley next to the straight road. 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
People 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 sentences, he asked a few people to say that Feng Ziying was new here and had been keeping 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 talked about something according to their respective division of labor.
As expected, Wu Daonan also ordered to follow the established rules and had no more words. Instead, he had many exchanges with the Confucian professor. Later, he simply relapsed into 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 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 unwilling to be clear, then it is meaningless.
The second item is specialized work, which is clearly the work of the Fu Cheng, and cannot be deprived even by the Fu Yin.
There are also several specialized 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
Either die or lose your life.
Feng Ziying's performance in Yongping Prefecture 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.
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Shuntian Prefecture is no exception. Of course, Shuntian Prefecture's frontier army is powerful, and the main task of the Qing army is to provide enough troops for the frontier army and guard army to ensure that they can be replenished at any time.
Another specialized job is to supervise arrests.
The so-called supervisor means responsible for public security, including the inspection divisions in charge of the entire Shuntian Prefecture, arresting 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, there are still many overlapping powers and responsibilities between Fu Cheng and Tong San.
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, sea defense, etc. 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, fuel, 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 actual 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 has higher grades and more power, naturally he 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 officials. 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 her mansion, Feng Ziying asked Wang Wenyan to call the prison 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 secretary of Daxing County before. Later, Li Wenzheng took over as the prison secretary of Daxing County after his uncle died of illness. Because of his outstanding performance, he was transferred to Shuntian Prefecture as the prison secretary.
As the head of the officials in the execution room, the Secretary can be said to know the entire punishment and prison affairs of Shuntian Mansion very well. He is not even as inferior as the other big boss of the punishment and prison affairs, the Superintendent. Although he is an official, he is just an official.
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The Director of Prisons 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 we regain the qualifications to talk to Li Wenzheng. And now that Feng Ziying has become 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 is going on?"
There are not many key issues in today’s discussion, and we mainly focus on this one thing.
It stands to reason that for ordinary criminal and civil cases, the county can finalize the case. If the penalty exceeds 1,000, 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. In the government office, it is generally reviewed by the criminal chamber, the referral officer, and finally the governor will preside over the trial. Finally, it will be reported to the Ministry of Punishment and even the three judicial divisions for joint review.
, the emperor signed it.
Of course, it is not just ordinary murder cases that need to be reported to the Tribunal of Justice 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 Criminal Department. 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 lean 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, which was said to be from being raped.
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, "This case is 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 is underway here..., hey,..."
Li Wenzheng shook his head repeatedly.
Feng Ziying's interest was really aroused 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 business 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 also not simple, so they resorted to such measures to end up like this.
"Wenzheng, let me tell you something. I am a colleague in Yongping Mansion and have not had much contact with these cases. My mind is 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 that Song Tuiguan is also tired of this matter."
It's urgent. He has been 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 examine me.”
The trial of a case in a yamen is generally divided into two processes. The trial of a case by an official is called an internal trial, which involves reviewing the case files and deliberation in the prison, 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 court.
In the lobby of the government office, Mr. Fu Yin is sitting in the hall, and the scene is 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 really 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 recommend it. Aren't you Xiao Feng Xiuzhan, who is famous in Kyoto? Well, let's try a case to try it out.