When everyone's faces changed more or less because of Tang Fan's words, only Zhang Shangshu smiled, and even asked kindly, "In that case, do you have any rules? Why don't you put it forward, everyone? See details."
Tang Fan said: "As a criminal officer, I should understand the law and order, but when I read the archives of the old year, I found that the officials of the Qing Dynasty in Henan did not say that they knew the law, and I was afraid that they had not even read the "Da Ming Law". Take a look, the case is decided entirely based on personal likes and dislikes, and after so long, the files in the department are chaotic and old cases are mixed."
"Take a case presented by the Kaifeng government last year. Two brothers had a dispute over property inheritance. In order to win the lawsuit, the two sides revealed each other's secrets, which also involved a lawsuit involving human life. , Kaifeng Mansion felt that it was difficult, so it submitted it to the Ministry of Punishment for a decision, and the case happened to be submitted to Yin Yuanwai Lang."
Hearing this, Yin Yuanhua groaned in his heart, vaguely guessing what Tang Fan wanted to say, but it was too late for him to stop him, so he could only let him continue.
Sure enough, Tang Fan said again: "In the end, Yuan Wai Lang sentenced the two brothers to beat each other, and persuaded them with reason that as brothers, they should be considerate of each other. It is said that after the Kaifeng House received the judgment from the Ministry of Punishment, it did as it was told. It calmed down quickly."
Zhang Shangshu nodded his head: "You specifically brought it out and said, did something go wrong later?"
Tang Fan cupped his hands and said, "That's the case. When I looked into the case, I found that the two brothers exposed each other's secrets, including a life lawsuit. Although I don't know whether it's true or not, Yin Yuanwailang didn't ask for it. The Kaifeng government conducted a thorough investigation, but instead ignored this, one of them."
"Also, related to property, the "Daming Law" has long been expressly stipulated, and you can follow the rules. If there is no law to follow, you can only judge it with reason. If it is broken, it will lead to the effect of the upper and lower, and if it goes on like this, it will make the local officials treat the law as nothing, and do whatever they want like Yin Yuanwailang.”
Yin Yuanhua couldn't bear it any longer, he stood up abruptly: "You're a bloody slobber, how can I do whatever I want! The two brothers' lawsuits have been going on for more than ten years, and many things they said have long since been investigated, so what? Decide what is true or false! I proceeded from the point of view of reasonable and human relations, and persuaded them to act in brotherhood and love each other, and let them negotiate and resolve the matter on their own, without having to resort to the government for everything, what's wrong?!"
Tang Fan said indifferently: "The problem is that they exposed each other's shortcomings. I read the file, and they exposed each other's shortcomings at the time. The witnesses for them were both their wives and children, as well as their other brothers. Yun, brothers do not testify to brothers, wives do not testify to husbands, slaves do not testify to masters, so the testimony of these people is not valid. However, when Yin Yuanwailang wrote the following article, he did not clearly point out and denounce this kind of behavior. , if the property cannot be settled for a long time, the judgment should be based on the law and order instead of letting them negotiate on their own. I once sent someone to investigate and found that after the Ministry of Punishment's report, the dispute between the two brothers not only did not subside, but intensified. Now it's all over the country. Dare to ask Yin Yuanwailang, you said that you should educate them according to the customs and human relations, where is the edification?"
Yin Yuanhua was at a loss for words, suddenly remembered another question, and quickly asked: "You have only been in office for four or five days in the Punishment Department. How can you find out the progress of the case in such a short period of time? Is it just nonsense?"
Tang Fan shook his head: "Did you forget that Jinyiwei has guards all over the place?"
Yin Yuanhua was stunned, this guy actually asked Jin Yiwei to investigate the case? The question is how could Jin Yiwei listen to him
He faintly found that Tang Fan didn't seem to be as easy to deal with as he imagined.
Before he could react, Tang Fan took the lead: "Emperor Taizu has long said that all political facilities must be beneficial to the world, but they can be embarrassing for future generations, not to be stubborn, and to maintain the present. The matter of the country is not trivial, One order of goodness is the blessing of the four seas, and one order of unrighteousness can lead to infinite disasters, so we must not be careless. These words are enough to make people think, although it has been more than a hundred years, we still need to remember them in our hearts, and we must not forget them!”
He also said earnestly: "I know that Yin Yuanwailang is out of good intentions, and I hope that the two brothers can put aside their prejudices and remember their compatriots, so as to avoid the tragic incident of cannibalism, but since the Taizu issued the "Daming Law" I just hope that we have a law to follow, like those corrupt property disputes, since the two sides have been fighting for more than ten years, they must be people who don’t care about siblings, and they should be investigated and handled strictly in accordance with the law. , and should not try to influence them with the ethics of human affection, otherwise the local officials will follow the same example, and there is no need to read the "Daming Law" in the future. Everything starts from reason, and decides the case as you want. Isn't it like what Taizu said In that case, a single order of badness can lead to endless disasters? Yin Yuanwailang, you are doing bad things with good intentions!"
Yin Yuanhua has been dizzy and dizzy by his various stealing concepts, his mouth is open and closed, and his face is blue and white.
If you want to get angry, it seems too unmannered, mainly because all the bosses and colleagues are sitting here, and they can't do things that have bad influence, but if you want to refute, he can't think of a sonorous rebuttal.
Especially when the other party brought out the words of Emperor Taizu, although he knew that Tang Fan was exaggerating the small things, what a bad order is just an ordinary case of property disputes, and it will rise to "one order bad" at any time. The height is up! But he really couldn't refute Tang Fan's words, could he say that what Taizu said was wrong? Or is the case not that serious
If he said that, Tang Fan would definitely quote Taizu's words to refute him again.
However, if the student quarrels and loses, it does not mean that the teacher will sit idly by.
At this moment, Liang Shilang said slowly: "Tang Langzhong's remarks are a bit alarmist. The existence of "The Law of the Great Ming" is originally to educate the people. Law, although we are in the Ministry of Punishment, but as officials of the imperial court, we have the responsibility of educating and educating them. We should first move them with emotion, and then speak with reason. , There is nothing wrong with the sentence of Yin Yuanwailang."
As soon as the master opens his mouth, he will know if there is any.
Seeing this scene, although everyone still has a dignified and rigorous expression, their hearts have already been boiling with enthusiasm, and one by one is excited.
The teacher couldn't see that the students were being bullied and offered to help. How should Tang Fan deal with it
Are you arguing with the waiter
That was his boss, no matter what Tang Fan said, it would be dignified and regarded as frivolous by others.
Tang Langzhong arrived for the first time and was unwilling to be isolated and suppressed. He took the initiative to attack at the meeting and asked Yin Yuanhua to do surgery. As a result, he annoyed Yin Yuanhua's backer, and Liang Shilang personally turned around for the students.
Should Tang Langzhong be softer now
However, his soft attitude means that he is afraid of Yin Yuanhua, and the weight of his speech in his own department will be useless in the future.
Thinking like this in my heart, everyone sat up straight, but their gazes had already shifted between several people. Although a kind person like Lu Tongguang would inevitably worry about Tang Fan, more people were still watching a good show with schadenfreude. Mood.
However, at this moment, an unexpected person spoke up.
"That's not what I said. This officer has long felt that the people in the department are superfluous, and there are always some people who don't want to make progress. They are messing around here. As a criminal officer, they have not read the law well, and the cases that should be severely punished are light. Take it lightly, but a case that should have been lightly sentenced has made a big fuss, and if it spreads it out, it will make others laugh at it, and it will make people think that all the people in my punishment department are like this."
The person who spoke was Zhang Ying, the minister of justice. Since he was in charge of the punishment department, he seldom intervened in the specific affairs of the ministry. In terms of political stance, he closely followed Wan'an, the first assistant. Based on the principle of "doing nothing is good, doing more is wrong." The task of going to work every day is to drink tea and mess around, and the people under him have long been accustomed to his style, and the specific affairs are actually managed by Liang Shilang.
In a meeting like today, Zhang Shangshu's biggest role is to act as a mascot and sit in the scene.
As a result, now, Lord Shang Shu, who has never expressed his opinion, actually speaks for a little gentleman for the first time in the world!
Is this the sun coming out of the west
Everyone looked at Zhang Ying in surprise, the latter twisted his beard and changed the topic: "However, this official believes that Yin Yuanwailang is also dedicated to serving, but in the future like this kind of case, we must be cautious. The world's prison, every word and deed has a great impact, so you must think twice before you act!"
Although it sounded like sloppy mud, his intention to help Tang Fan was obvious, Liang Shilang didn't seem to expect that Zhang Ying would suddenly make such a statement, his face twitched slightly, and he forced a smile: "Minister Tang said politely, before everyone does things in the future, it is best to have evidence and reasons to follow, so as not to be picked on by others."
Yin Yuanhua even got up tremblingly to be taught: "Follow the teachings of the church."
Zhang Ying actually had a reason for saying this today, not just to give Tang Fan a head start.
He only rarely manages things, not completely, but because of this, the people below think that he is really like a clay sculpture, especially after the news that he has been recruited into the cabinet came out, Liang Wenhua jumped up and down, saying no one, which made Zhang Ying I feel very uncomfortable, thinking that I'm still a Shangshu, you don't take me seriously
In addition, he is the first assistant of Wan'an's party, and Wan'an is dependent on Wan Guifei. Zhang Ying also heard that Tang Fan and Wang Zhi had a good personal relationship, and also vaguely knew that Tang Fan could be transferred to the Criminal Department this time. , it seems that it is because the emperor himself made the words.
This is remarkable.
Officials have always wanted to know everything. If you don't have a good mind, you have no future. Just because of this, Zhang Ying has to look at Tang Fan differently.
Others in the Criminal Department felt that it was unwise for Tang Fan to offend Liang Shilang when he first arrived, but Zhang Ying didn't see it that way. He felt that Tang Fan was arrogant, and it happened that he also disliked Liang Shilang, so today, no matter what, he wanted to help Tang Fan. headed out.
Of course, other people don't know about so many twists and turns, everyone just thinks that even Zhang Shangshu speaks for Tang Fan, no wonder Tang Fan dares to confront Liang Shilang directly, it turns out that he has a big backer.
In an instant, everyone looked at Tang Fan differently.
Liang Shilang didn't understand other people's thoughts, and he didn't know what Zhang Ying was crazy about today, because as far as he knew, Tang Fan and Zhang Ying had no friendship at all before.
He never imagined that it was his usual strength that caused Zhang Ying to be dissatisfied for a long time, and he just took the opportunity to break out.
A meeting ended in a situation where everyone's minds were different.
When Shang Shu and Shi Lang walked out of the room, the others had no scruples, and their enthusiasm for Tang Fan seemed to be a different person.
Tang Fan didn't take the opportunity to take Qiao either, he still had the same approachable smile as before, anyone who came could say a few words and chat with anyone.
With his attitude like this before, everyone thought he was weak and easy to bully, but he still has this attitude now, but everyone thinks that this person is calm, consistent, consistent, and worth making friends.
It can be seen that not only women are changeable, but even the hearts of men are changeable.
Looking at this scene, Yin Yuanhua was indignant, but he had no choice but to leave in a hurry to avoid humiliating himself.
Dai Hongming was wandering anxiously outside the house, thinking that Tang Langzhong didn't know how he would be bullied, but he saw Yin Yuanhua come out angrily with a dark face, and after a while, Tang Fan's figure appeared at the door .
However, he was surrounded by a lot of other bosses and members, and everyone laughed at Yan Yan, like long-lost best friends.
Dai Hongming couldn't help rubbing his eyes, is he the devil
If it's not hell, it's raining red in the sky
Everyone was working under the same roof, looking up and not looking down, where could there be any secrets? Soon, Tang Fan scolded Yin Yuanhua in person at the meeting, and the matter of fighting against Liang Shilang spread out.
The more and more people spread it, the version became more and more outrageous. In the end, the rumors of "Tang Fan slapped the table and scolded Shilang, Liang Shilang became angry and cursed, Zhang Shangshu slapped Liang Shilang" rumors all came out, but there were still people who said it with certainty. It is said that Tang Fan is the illegitimate son of Zhang Shangshu. It is said that such absurd rumors that cannot stand up to scrutiny have a market. For a long time, it has become a widely circulated story in the Ministry of Justice, and everyone loves to listen to it after dinner.
It is true that Tang Fan has no personal relationship with Zhang Shangshu. He communicated with Wang Zhi because of the need for handling the case and by accident, but this does not mean that he also communicates with other members of Wan Guifei's party.
However, Zhang Ying's reaction was completely within his expectations.
To be precise, he had already figured it out.
Time has to go back to the first day he just took office in the penal department.
At that time, Tang Fan already knew why Yin Yuanhua couldn't get along with him, and he also knew that he did not only get angry with Yin Yuanhua, but also offended Liang Shilang greatly.
So when Suizhou persuaded him not to be too high-profile, Tang Fan already had a complete idea.
"Everything is determined and then acted." Tang Fan said with a smile, "Don't worry, when I first delivered medicine to Yin Yuanhua, I had expected that I would definitely be isolated."
Suizhou knew that Tang Fan was not the kind of person who would make trouble for a momentary grievance, and he never did useless things, so he asked, "What are your plans?"
Tang Fan knocked on Zhang Ying's resume on the table. Although he is not the official secretary of the Ministry of Personnel and has no right to consult the resumes of hundreds of officials, who made him have a friend of Jin Yiwei. Jin Yiwei is responsible for monitoring the officials, and the Ministry of Personnel has some They must have the information, and they also have the information that the Ministry of Personnel does not have.
No need to be in vain, if he wants to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Punishment, he will be surprisingly successful.
"Liwei!" Tang Fan said loudly, "I only had one day in the Punishment Department, and I discovered a lot of problems, but if I want to do things, I can't do it alone. The outsiders who come in have no foundation in the Punishment Department and are easy to bully, and no one will listen to me. So if you want to gain a firm foothold, you have to stand up first."
How smart is Suizhou, he immediately understood his intention: "So Yin Yuanhua jumped out at this time, just a suitable candidate?"
"That's right." Tang Fan had a sly smile on his lips, "Even if it wasn't him, it would be someone else, but since he volunteered himself, why should I let down his good intentions? Zhang Ying's strength towards Liang Wenhua was long ago. I was dissatisfied, so even if he didn't intervene, he would definitely not stand on Liang Wenhua's side. As long as we quarreled in public, he would probably speak for me, because in his opinion, my body The logo of Wan Guifei's cronies has been posted."
Suizhou said: "You are not."
Tang Fan shook his head: "Of course not, a gentleman is not a party."
Sui Zhou frowned: "But will this make others misunderstand you?"
Tang Fan smiled: "No, don't worry, why have I expressed my allegiance to Concubine Wan? It's just that there will be some intersections in the investigation of the case, and that time in the East Palace case, I not only helped Wan The imperial concubine cleared the suspicion, and at the same time cleared the suspicion for the prince."
After speaking, he sighed: "Actually, if it is possible, why would I want to use this method? Isn't it good for everyone to be serious and concentrate on doing things? You have to deal with so many moths! Like when I was in Shuntian Mansion, there were senior brothers on the top. , I'm just a little pusher, I just need to take care of the piece I'm doing, and I don't need to worry about so many other things!"
Sui Zhou said: "Official affairs can never be as calm as water. You are now a chief of a division. Naturally, you need to clean up the top and bottom before you can start doing what you want to do."
Tang Fan smiled with relief: "My parents who gave birth to me, Guangchuan who knew me!"
The above is the ins and outs of the scene at the meeting. Of course, Tang Fan did not provoke Liang Shilang on impulse or out of his mind, otherwise he would not be able to get along long ago. Now the result is completely unexpected, but For Tang Fan, it was planned after careful consideration.
Although there were only a few members of the small Henan Qingli Division, they were torn apart because of discordant people. Tang Fan, an outsider, could not have established his prestige so quickly, but he made a surprise victory, and instead made a way!
Since Zhang Ying's words, Liang Shilang has died temporarily, and Yin Yuanhua has lost the support of his teacher, so he doesn't dare to fight against Tang Fan again.
Taking advantage of this shareholder style, Tang Fan successfully rectified the inside and outside of the Henan Qingli Division.
He clearly forbade the procrastination style, and urged them to complete the trial of the unsolved cases that had not been resolved in the first half of the year as soon as possible. If the major case should be committed to Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice can decide on its own, and the official document of the judgment will be returned to the locality.
Tang Fan pointed out the files that he had seen before and felt that there were problems, and asked everyone to re-examine them. He also asked Dai Hongming to bring two judges to find out those cases over the years that could not be based on the "Da Ming Law". .
With such a resolute and resolute boss, everyone naturally dared not be lazy anymore. For a time, the atmosphere of the Qing officials in Henan changed. Dai Hongming and others thought that Tang Fan had Zhang Shangshu as a backer, and everyone changed from yang to yin and yin to obeying every word. , As everyone knows, Tang Fan is just pulling the tiger's skin as a banner.
Regarding Tang Fan's invitation, the reactions of the various departments were naturally completely different from the previous ones. From the few people who responded before, to the enthusiastic response later, especially when everyone knew that the place where Tang Fan invited the guests was in the Xianyun Pavilion, they were all stunned. …
Others don't know that Xianyun Pavilion also has a share in the West Factory, and Tang Fan is just dipped in Wang Zhi's light. They only know that those who can treat guests at Xianyun Pavilion either have a background or a connection.
Since the newly arrived Tang Lang is so hard-working, who would be ignorant of current affairs and have trouble getting through with him
Anyway, only Yin Yuanhua is being tortured now, and it has nothing to do with them.
At the banquet, Tang Fan did not bring his deputy, but asked Dai Hongming and the others to attend the banquet, which showed his position to everyone:
I, Tang Fan, don't take Yin Yuanhua seriously, and I'm not afraid of offending Liang Shilang.
Dai Hongming and the others are my own people, and they have meat to eat with me.
The truth is true, Tang Fan used all the things in the art of war in the officialdom. A month later, he not only gained a firm foothold in Henan's Qingli Division, but also made a point of it. With Yin Yuanhua's lessons learned, no one dared to take his words as his words. ear wind.
However, Tang Fan didn't just use his power to oppress people. With Suizhou's help, he knew the resumes of everyone in the company by heart. This clerk has 70 old mothers at home in the capital. When he buys Qiu pear cream for A-Dong from a drugstore, he will also buy a piece of wormwood and let the clerk take it back to the old man to soak his feet; that clerk's house If a relative is sick, he will let the other party go to the office earlier as appropriate, so that he can go home to take care of his relatives.
However, Tang Fan showed no mercy to those who cheated and cheated. Like the former clerk who flattered Yin Yuanhua, because he had Yin Yuanhua's backing, he didn't take Dai Hongming and the others in his eyes. After the meeting that day, he still He couldn't see the situation clearly, and he perfunctory of the task that Tang Fan explained, but Tang Fan directly oversaw it and kicked him to do some painless chores.
After going through this, Dai Hongming and several others really appreciated Tang Fan, and they worked very hard. The whole Henan Qingli Division was completely changed.
In this case, Yin Yuanhua became the isolated one instead.
Of course, if he knew the current affairs, Tang Fan would not have trouble with him. After all, Tang Fan was here to do things, not to piss people off, but Yin Yuanhua was always brooding about what happened that day. Will not take the initiative to do things, to put it bluntly is passive sabotage.
But with Yin Yuanhua like this, Tang Fan really couldn't do anything.
Although he is in charge of the Qing officials in Henan, he is not in control of officials of such rank as Yuanwailang, and he is not willing to go to Zhang Shangshu to file a complaint - now the whole court atmosphere is like this, and even Shangshu does not do much. Live, you can't hold your own standards to ask others, not to mention that there was no lack of accidental factors in making Yin Yuanhua shriveled last time, but it can't be done again, Li Wei's goal has been achieved, Tang Fan can't leave "aggressive elements" for his boss impression.
So Yin Yuanhua can't help Tang Fan, and Tang Fan can't help Yin Yuanhua either. If there are no accidents, this situation will continue for a long time.
Half a year in the Criminal Department passed quickly, except for the small show of limelight at the beginning, Tang Fan's words and deeds after that can be called pragmatic and low-key.
Internally, he has gradually started to get used to the secretary and said that he has no choice; externally, he has formed a good relationship with other departments, never doing anything special, and giving credit to others. In this way, Tang Fan quickly became a fish in water in the Ministry of Punishment. , get along very well with colleagues, no one will say that Tang Langzhong is a "foreigner" anymore.
He was finally able to catch his breath and relax.
In the past six months, he went out early and returned late, and he spent almost all holidays in the Criminal Department, in order to reorganize all the old cases before, to find those cases that were no longer in line with the world, or those that were not stipulated in the "Da Ming Law", and then based on these precedents , and re-write a "Regulations on Questions and Punishments" as a supplement to the "Daming Law" for future officials to refer to.
This is a very large and tedious project, and what has been completed in half a year is only one or two of the ten.
Of course, even if it is completed now, this thing will not be useful for a long time, but Tang Fan believes that one day, it will be useful.
In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of the sixteenth year of Chenghua, and A-Dong was already ten years old. During this time, she followed Suizhou to learn martial arts. As her martial arts advanced, her body also grew like a strip, no longer chubby. There are some half-old girls' delicate shadows, but her temperament has not changed. She still looks like she has nothing to worry about, but because of learning martial arts, she is a little more sassy.
In order to prevent her from becoming a complete martial artist and unable to marry in the future, Tang Fan never forgets to force her to study whenever she is free. As it turns out, A-Dong really doesn't have that talent. She can't even memorize this Analects. Being proficient in writing, the Tang family was finally not illiterate, so Tang Fan could only comfort himself like this.
During this period of time, Suizhou was still busy. Under his training, Beizhen Fusi was not as procrastinated and inefficient as before. However, since the Nancheng Gang incident, the White Lotus Sect seemed to have completely disappeared. .
Suizhou and Tang Fan discussed this matter, and the two speculated that the White Lotus Sect probably learned the lessons of the Nancheng Gang and would not easily surface on the water, and it is estimated that it will not appear in the capital again in a period of time. Otherwise, there are Jinyiwei and Dongxichang at the feet of the emperor, and even if the White Lotus Sect is hidden, it will be difficult not to reveal its whereabouts.
It is more difficult to track down in this way. Jinyiwei has many other things to do, and it is impossible to spend all his energy on it all day long. He can only write down the Jinyiwei guards in various places and order them to pay close attention.
Taking a rest that day, Tang Fan stole half a day of leisure, and together with A-Dong, drooled over a plate of crystal meat while waiting for Suizhou to come back.
Suizhou seems to be going out today and has not returned yet.
The crystal meat was freshly cooked three days ago. Because of the special craftsmanship, this dish is difficult to make now, and it is tedious and troublesome to make. Suizhou didn't know it before, and he learned it from his grandmother, Mrs. Zhou.
This dish pays attention to the color like pomegranate, containing but not revealing, crystal clear, like glass crystal, and it also melts in the mouth, fat but not greasy. Of course, what is the specific taste? Tang Fan and A-Dong have not tried it yet, but only from the color and luster Look, at least it's pretty tempting.
Seeing the greedy look on A-Dong's face, Master Tang said with disgust, "People who don't know look at me and think you've been starved for how long. Don't tell people your surname is Tang when you go out. It's a shame!"
A-Dong pouted: "Brother, I'm only ten years old, you're too embarrassed to talk about me, you're drooling yourself!"
Tang Fan retorted: "No way!" He resisted the urge to touch the corner of his mouth.
The two were used to being poor and poor, and they felt uncomfortable when they didn't tease the poor for a day.
After laughing for a while, A-Dong asked, "Big brother, why did Big Brother Sui go? I have a rest today, don't you have time? He always leaves early and returns late these days. Is Beizhen Fusi very busy? "
Tang Fan shook his head and said that he didn't know it either. After A-Dong said this, he realized that Suizhou has been missing a lot recently. However, Beizhen Fusi is different from the Criminal Department. Due to their special responsibilities, Suizhou and the others often have many responsibilities. The secret mission of the accuser, even if the relationship is close, Tang Fan is very measured and never asks much.
Said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, before A-Dong finished talking, Sui Zhou's figure appeared outside.
"Brother, you're back!" A-Dong got up and jumped to meet him.
Seeing that he was not wearing the official uniform of Jinyiwei, Tang Fan wondered, "Is this going back to greet the two high halls?"
Suizhou's personal life is actually very monotonous. Except for business trips, he is either on the way to Fusi, Beizhen, or on the way home. Occasionally, he goes back to see his family, and basically nothing changes. That's why Tang Fan has such a situation. ask.
Who knew that Suizhou shook his head: "Something happened over there in Henan!"
[Volume 5: Luoshui Ancient Coffin Case]