[Something delayed for a while, but after 1 o'clock it should be considered noon - eat! 】
Stepping out of the main hall of Dali Temple, Sun Shaozong took out his pocket watch and glanced at it. He found that it was almost noon [11:00], and he couldn't help sighing inwardly.
Although it has been discovered two days ago that the Dali Temple is full of people, but today's roundtable meeting has refreshed Sun Shaozong's understanding.
The three officials of the dignified Dali Temple gathered together to discuss for a long time, and the discussion was actually on whether to bring the white elephant into the palace to celebrate the birthday during the Longevity Festival.
Do you dare to be more boring? !
Of course, it's not impossible to discuss this matter, after all, there is no precedent before - the year when the white elephant was named the first grade coincided with the tenth birthday of Guangde, and the old man in the capital was invited, and there was no civil and military officials.
Later, due to the solar eclipse, the Longevity Festival was suspended for two consecutive years.
It was not until this year that the imperial court resumed the rule that officials of the fourth rank in Beijing would enter the palace to celebrate their birthdays on the day of the Longevity Festival.
Therefore, a question arises—the white elephant with only the first-rank official rank, should we also bring it to celebrate his birthday according to his rank
But even if there are doubts, there is no need to set aside a morning to cite the scriptures endlessly, right? !
Give the emperor a discount directly, and ask if it's over
In the final analysis, it's a pain in the ass!
Sun Shaozong was disdainful and sullen at the same time, and went straight to the Zuo Temple subordinate ya, but he did not rush back to his official office, but took the opportunity to turn around inside and out.
It has been the third day since he came to Dali Temple to take office, but he still hasn't made a clear picture of the pattern of Zuo Temple's subordinate yams. This is not Sun Shaozong's consistent style as an official.
But I didn't know if I didn't change it. I found out after a turn that the Zuo Temple was used for office work. It was a waste. Nearly half of the courtyards in the temple were built near the water. During the period, there were seven or eight pavilions and Zhu Pavilion. You can have a panoramic view of the lake and water.
In one of the courtyards, a waterwheel and bamboo pipes even led a small stream to perform the trick of navigating the water.
Judging from the traces, these facilities should be used frequently, far more frequently than the inner hall in the center used for case determination.
It's almost like a vacation!
ah~
Sure enough, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
With a mind full of 'a long way to go', he shook his head and sighed and returned to his official office. When he entered the door, he saw Liu Xianglian pulling a few copper plaques—but it was already time to order food.
Sun Shaozong went up and took a few glances, and found that it was much richer than Xing Mingsi, and there were several special dishes specially made with Shichahai seafood.
Picking up the fresh ones, he randomly selected a dozen or so, and Sun Shaozong explained to the handyman who helped the cook, and called the temple chief Yang Zhiming to have a meal together on the way.
"two… "
When the handyman took his order, Liu Xianglian's face suddenly collapsed, and he wanted to call the second brother, but he suddenly remembered that he was in the yamen, and quickly changed his words: "Dong Weng, I was so busy yesterday, today I am rude. I worked hard, but I sat here all morning, not even seeing a single bird feather!"
"Just call the second brother. It sounds awkward."
After Sun Shaozong spoke, he entered the inner room, spread out a pen and paper on the sour pear wood desk, took another ingot of Jiyuanzhai's collection of ink, and filled the inkstone with water to grind it.
Seeing this, Liu Xianglian hurriedly grabbed it in her hands, complaining while fiddling, "Second brother, I'm here to be your master, so I can't just be idle like this, right?"
"No hurries."
Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation to make a decision on the high-back chair, combed the purple hair on the tip of the pen with his fingers, and grinned slightly: "Your second brother, I belong to the pendant, since I am an official in this Dali Temple, I will not follow you all the time. They play tricks with the light."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered the promise that he would bring Zhao Nan to help Liu Xianglian. He 'slept' too early yesterday, so he delayed this matter.
So he said again: "That helper, I'll bring it to you tomorrow. Before I get busy right now, you should get acquainted with him, lest..."
"grown ups!"
As he was talking, he heard someone shouting outside.
Seeing that Liu Xianglian was still studying ink there, Sun Shaozong winked helplessly at him, and then he suddenly realized that he hurriedly left the inkstone and went out to deal with it.
Although the ink has not been completely ground, it is barely enough for drafting.
So Sun Shaozong took a pen and dipped it, and on the snow-white rice paper, he scribbled indiscriminately.
After a while, Liu Xianglian led Yang Zhiming, the chief of the left temple, in. Seeing that Sun Shaozong was writing a quick book, Yang Zhiming hurriedly stopped Liu Xianglian from letting him know, and moved to the corner again, bowing thirty-five degrees and standing there.
Sun Shaozong didn't lift his eyelids, but instead asked, "What are the cases in custody pending trial in our temple?"
Yang Zhiming hurriedly lowered his body again, and reported with a smirk: "If you go back to your lord, let's take a look at the case under investigation by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and there are three magistrates, a fellow magistrate, and the Ningbo government guards in custody pending trial. "
In the past, when I was in Shuntian Prefecture, I mostly dealt with the cases of the common people, but now I have come to this Dali Temple, which means 'non-officials are not allowed to enter'.
He asked again: "What are the charges? You sent the file in the afternoon, and we will clear it up before Halloween. It can be regarded as a birthday celebration for His Majesty."
"This… "
Yang Zhiming raised his head and glanced at Sun Shaozong. Seeing that he was still at the desk, he couldn't see what he was thinking, so he could only shyly replied: "Most of them are corrupt people, but the Ningbo mansion was guarded because of delaying the war opportunity and was arrested by Mrs. Wang. Wei Shen is imprisoned."
Having said this, he swallowed his saliva, and then continued: "Those corrupt officials, although they are detained here, the results of the copy inspection, as well as the specific charges, have not yet been written by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so... So I'm afraid it's not easy to convict."
"As for the garrison of Ningbo House, as a rule, the charge of delaying fighter jets, the Ministry of War will first conduct a thorough investigation, and then report the results to us."
When Sun Shaozong heard this, he finally stopped writing, looked up at Yang Zhiming and said, "So, in our dignified Dali Temple, we can only wait for others to find out everything, and then announce the punishment according to the script?"
Being stared at by the eagle-like eyes, Yang Zhiming felt a little drum in his heart, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then summoned up the courage to sneer: "This... This is also an established practice in previous years, and after all, human offenders are It's not easy for us to intervene casually if it was taken by the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"An example? Hehe..."
Sun Shaozong sneered. When the Emperor Taishang first ascended to Dabao, he once appointed Xu Qin, a famous minister, as the minister of Dali Temple. At that time, the name of Dali Temple once overshadowed the Ministry of Punishment and the Supreme Court.
At that time, I had never heard of it. The custom of Dali Temple is 'wait, rely, and want'.
Of course, in Sun Shaozong's view, the biggest stubborn problem of Dali Temple is not this kind of bureaucratic style, but that the system itself is extremely ungrounded.
Nominally, each province's criminal justice department is under the jurisdiction of the three laws.
However, Dali Temple is not like the Ministry of Punishment, which has the right to nominate and inspect officials under criminal names, and it is not like the Ducha Yuan, which has the function of inspecting hundreds of officials, and there are censors stationed in various provinces.
In addition, the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Court are all of the second-rank structure, and the highest Dali Temple is only the third-rank, which is on the same level as the provincial inspectors-the superior and inferior are not so reliable.
If there is a competent official with enough prestige to sit in Dali Temple and take the initiative to invite major cases from various places, it may not be obvious.
But once encountering someone like Wei Yi who is just getting by, this Dali Temple is almost reduced to a decoration.
If you want to reverse this situation, it is absolutely unreliable to expect every Dali temple minister to be a competent official.
If you really want to change this situation, you must start from the system, so that the tentacles of Dali Temple are rooted in the local area, instead of being aloof, imposing, sedentary, and completely useless.
Of course, this change cannot be achieved overnight.
Fortunately, Sun Shaozong has just arrived, and there is still time to spend with them - and some concepts and practices of the later court system may also be able to learn from one or two.
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