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Chapter 554 Dali Temple is Busy with Business - Continued

"This one……"

Yu Huaide pondered for a moment, then said with a light smile, "How could there be no misjudgment?"

Seeing that Chen Zhao's gaze shifted, he smiled lightly and said, "Dali Temple receives tens of thousands of official documents every year, but the number of people is only a few hundred, and they still perform their duties!"

Chen Zhao nodded. As far as his subordinates are concerned, one is the fifth-rank Zuosi Cheng, one is the sixth-rank Zuosi Wang Haigang, two are the sixth-rank Zuosi deputy, two are the seventh-rank judges, and four are the ninth-rank secretary.

Although there are still many green-robed officials, they are only responsible for some chores.

With so many major cases being decided, how could anyone be so busy if they weren't particularly energetic?
However, all these were good deeds done by the Taizus of the Ming and Zhou dynasties. In order to show compassion for the people, he gave the government very little budget and establishment, forcing officials at all levels to hire peripheral personnel when encountering problems.

After all, peripheral personnel do not have government establishments. They can only be regarded as officials at most. They basically have no rising value, so they passively slow down their work, cheat, or take advantage of the opportunity to make money.

As a result, those affairs officers are so busy that they spend their energy on paperwork every day, so how can they have the energy to do other things?

"There is nothing to be done about misjudgments. After all, these cases have been reviewed by the government and the Ministry of Criminal Justice!" Yu Huaide chuckled, and said in a relaxed tone: "Anyway, as long as there are no obvious mistakes and omissions, We also have to sell some face to the Ministry of Punishment!"

Chen Zhao nodded silently. This is also the norm in the officialdom. It doesn't necessarily mean that officials should protect each other, but sometimes they won't easily offend colleagues for some "miscellaneous matters".It may be a big deal in the eyes of the parties involved, but it is not a big deal in the eyes of the officials of the three courts.

Otherwise, why has only one Bao Qingtian appeared in the officialdom of various dynasties for thousands of years?

Although not every official puts interests first, it is unlikely that Dali Temple officials will offend the Ministry of Punishment and all levels of government for irrelevant parties.

"Didn't we find anything when we Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate re-examined?"

Chen Zhao continued to ask: "For example, did it cause quite discordant public opinion in the local area?"

"Hehe, of course there is a discovery!"

Yu Huaide nodded with a chuckle, and said helplessly: "But the officials we sent to review are soft-spoken, and they may not listen to it. There is no way to do it!"

Chen Zhao nodded. This is indeed a trouble. The so-called high-ranking officials are not in court, and they are responsible for such errands as reviewing. Most of them are low-level green-robed officials on the table.

"As long as you don't go too far, you can just turn a blind eye and close your eyes!"

A secretary at the table smiled wryly: "My lord, you don't know that our Dali Temple yamen looks pretty good, but in fact the power in our hands is not very great!"

Although Dali Temple has the highest judicial power and is also an important judicial institution, the source of cases is mostly uploaded and ordered, and it has pure final judicial power, and it also receives some important cases.

Nominally, the provinces' criminal punishments are under the jurisdiction of the three law divisions.

However, Dali Temple is neither like the Ministry of Criminal Justice, which has the right to nominate and inspect criminal officials, nor is it like the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which has the function of inspecting all bureaucrats, and has supervisory censors stationed in various provinces.

In addition, the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all of the second-rank structure, and the Dali Temple is only the third-rank at the highest level, which is on the same level as the procuratorates of other provinces-this makes the upper and lower levels not so reliable.

Therefore, even if Dali Temple has the nominal rights of this and that, it is difficult to exercise them.

Chen Zhao nodded again. He had also noticed this situation these days, but he didn't care too much. If it weren't for the fact that Dali Temple was just such an administrative office with little power, he wouldn't want to come in and ask for trouble.

"As for if something goes wrong down there, there's still the Yushitai and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so we won't have to worry about it at all!"

Speaking of this, Yu Huaide gloated, and said in a bad mood: "Some guys are too unscrupulous, they should be rectified by the censors of the Yushitai and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, otherwise they really think they are the emperors of the earth. .You can do whatever you want!"

"Be careful!"

Chen Zhao frowned slightly, and reminded him lightly.

"Ah, it was my slip of the tongue, it was my slip of the tongue, sorry sorry!"

Yu Huaide woke up suddenly, his face changed slightly, and he secretly blamed himself for talking too much.

"It's okay, just pay attention in the future!"

Chen Zhao waved his hands, and comforted him: "Yu Sizheng is angry in his heart, and he will be fine as long as he calms down!"

His demeanor was so natural that even if a big man who had lived in the high hall for a long time said it was normal, the officials present who were in his teens and twenties all accepted it frankly, and they didn't have the slightest psychological Feeling of discomfort.

"Hey, that's easier said than done!"

Speaking of this, Yu Huaide was depressed.

"There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as there is a heart!"

Chen Zhao didn't take it seriously, he was naturally confident that he could turn around the embarrassing situation of Dali Temple...

Early the next morning, Chen Zhao went straight to the Yamen of Dali Temple in a carriage.

When they arrived at the yamen, a group of green-robed officials came over early, and when they saw Chen Zhao, they rushed forward to say hello.

"Sir, will you continue to read the files today?"

As Chen Zhao's master, Cheng Rixing asked with a smile.

"No, I'm already familiar with the procedures and affairs of Dali Temple!"

Chen Zhao had other plans, and said directly: "Put the case file there and you won't run away. It's not too late to read it when you have free time. You let Yu Huaide and the others come over. I want to see how they deal with the matter at hand. of!"

Yu Huaide came over quickly, nodded and bowed and said:
"In this case, the next official will not be polite!"

Yu Huaide was not surprised that his superior asked to see how to deal with specific affairs. After all, Chen Zhao was a Jinshi of the new department, and he was young. He knew that he was not familiar with the affairs of Dali Temple and the process of handling the affairs, and he also knew that it took a long time to familiarize himself with the study.

However, those self-respecting high-minded people who were transferred to officials didn't care about it as soon as they came, and they just got started. If there was a disturbance, it would be fine. If something went wrong in the trial and execution of a major case, it would be a big deal.

In order to wipe the buttocks of these Dali Temple newcomers, from the Dali Temple minister to the green-robed official, there is no less toss. If you can suppress it, try to suppress it, and if you can’t suppress it, just call those guys to top the tank. Dali Temple is always in chaos for a while, all because these newbies don't obey the rules.

After they stumbled and suffered a lot, and became familiar with the affairs of Dali Temple, if it weren't for the hard work in the backstage, basically their future in Dali Temple would have come to an end.

In the past, for the overall benefit of Dali Temple, officials tried their best to protect each other, but if you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences. No matter how strong your background is, you have to abide by the rules. Chen Zhao's approach is obviously the safest and safest.

This calmness of mind alone made my colleagues feel that they deserved to be the big boss who fought against the salt merchants and cleaned up the streets.

"The next official is going to use the hatchet, my lord is wise, please don't hesitate to enlighten me!"

Yu Huaide complimented him, and then he came to his desk. He didn't dare to make a big deal in front of Chen Zhao, but just sat down with half of his buttocks, picked up a case file, opened it, glanced at it, and commented Said: "Look, my lord, there is basically no possibility of mistakes or omissions in this case, and it can be sent directly to Lord You Shaoqing for signing!"

Chen Zhao glanced at it, and the case on the case file was a human trafficker caught by Shuntian Mansion.

Although the Zhou Dynasty's crackdown on human traffickers was not violent, whoever got the points, all human traffickers who abducted and trafficked children from wealthy families basically had no way out if they were caught.

No way, who made them not long-eyed.

But then again, only children from rich and noble families have delicate features, delicate skin and tender flesh, and are worth abducting and selling.

In the nearly [-] years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there have been no less than [-] cases of missing children recorded in the government alone, and many of the missing children belonged to official families.

Their power in the imperial court is deeply rooted and has formed a huge influence. Once they unite to demand that the imperial court deal with human traffickers severely, the government will naturally implement it with all its strength.

Cracking down on human traffickers is the duty of the imperial court, and it is nothing to intensify the crackdown.According to the file description of Dali Temple, when the Supreme Emperor was in power for 30 years, the sages and famous ministers were in power, and the human traffickers in the entire Zhou Dynasty were severely cracked down, almost wiped out. ,

It's just a pity that with the aging of the Supreme Emperor and the slackness of officials, many ignorant and opportunistic officials entered key departments, so that the efforts to crack down on human traffickers have weakened. In the past ten years, human traffickers have gradually increased.

The reason is very simple, the so-called money touches people's hearts, as long as it is done once, it will be worthless, no wonder some guys have such evil thoughts.

There were so many brothels in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the skilled women among them could not meet the demand by purchasing the family members of criminal officials from the government alone, and the folk women who came to the door spontaneously.

Therefore, in the hands of traffickers, those children who were looted from wealthy and even official families are important resources that brothels and Chu houses in various places are willing to spend a lot of money to buy.

After all, officials and powerful families can marry beautiful women and give birth to more beautiful children.

Poor families struggle to earn a living every day, and their daughters may not be caught in the eyes of traffickers.

Most of the resources of the whole world in this era are in the hands of wealthy officials and officials. Their descendants are naturally better than peasant children in terms of appearance. They are the precious resources needed by brothels and Chuguan. Human traffickers can get huge benefits. Naturally, he is eager for this kind of head-killing business.

Not only girls are popular, boys are also very popular.Therefore, although the number of men's houses in various places is not as large as that of brothels, they are still quite large.

Because of this, once the government catches the traffickers, it will definitely deal with them severely.

Although the content on the case file is very simple, the facts of the case are clear at a glance. Chen Zhao didn't find any problems in the case file, so he just nodded his head in agreement.

Yu Huaide was energetic and enthusiastic. It was a rare opportunity for him to have the opportunity to show his abilities in front of Shangguan. Naturally, he worked very hard to explain each case file clearly and thoroughly. Once Chen Zhao showed his confusion. I read it again and again for fear that my judgment would be wrong.

Even though the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty often said to educate the world, in places like the Yamen, Chen Zhaocai understood better the background of the feudal dynasty’s superficially peaceful scene, how many shameful bloody crimes were hidden, and those with a slightly weaker mind might have all three views in the mountainous case file crash.

Robbery, rape of women, theft, fighting, fraud, and all kinds of crimes are almost all there. What is simple and simple folk customs is pale and ridiculous nonsense in front of these case files.

Of course, the case files that can be sent to Dali Temple by the Ministry of Criminal Justice are basically major cases, and the lightest sentences are exile for thousands of miles, and the death penalty is not uncommon.

In addition, these case files were accumulated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice for half a year, and they needed to be reviewed by Dali Temple before being resolved in one go.

Because in the assessment of officials by the imperial court, there are relatively general requirements such as enlightenment. How to put it, it depends on the reading examinations in various places, and the number of crimes.When important factors such as promotion assessment were involved, the Ministry of Criminal Justice must have concealed the report or even failed to solve some cases that showed clues.

"The yamen is full of old fritters. As long as the superiors don't urge them, they will find something. Unless there is something to gain, they will just ignore it!"

Chen Zhao nodded and thought slowly.

If you want to open up the situation of Dali Temple as soon as possible and restore the prestige of Dali Temple, there are still many things that need to be done!
"Hey, my lord, you can see that Zhang San's case of stealing cattle is quite tricky. How could such a small tenant farmer be so bold as to steal the owner's cattle?"

Yu Huaide pointed to a case file that was questionable in Chen Zhao's eyes and said with a smile: "The tenant farmers in the suburbs are all honest and honest. I'm afraid they won't have a place to sell the dirty things even if they stole the cattle!"

(End of this chapter)