Chapter 693 Dangerous
Quan Wanji is a villain.
This was not said by Qin Lang, but by Wei Zheng, who is also known for his admonition, to the emperor. It's not that Wei Zheng was afraid that Quan Wanji would go his way, leaving him with nowhere to go.
Although Wei Zheng is also famous for his direct and daring admonitions, he has always looked down on Quan Wanji. The reason is that as a censor, although he has the right to gossip, he takes a liking to the fact that the emperor likes to remonstrate. The report exposed the privacy of the officials, and even resorted to unscrupulous methods to engage in slander and frame-up.
Not all the officials impeached by Quan Wanji were guilty, and Quan Wanji didn’t really dare to remonstrate. It will destroy the atmosphere of the court.
It's just that Li Shimin didn't listen to Wei Zheng's words. He used Quan Wanji very smoothly, so not only was he not demoted, but he was even more reused, and he was used as the official secretary and censor.
This is the deputy official of Yushitai. When Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty avoided the name of Li Zhi, he was later changed to Yushi Zhongcheng.
The current censor is Ma Zhou. Quan Wanji knew that Ma Zhou was more favored and had a powerful ally like Qin Lang, so he didn't think about taking Ma Zhou down. Instead, he wanted to handle a few major cases and consolidate his position. Improve your status.
Zhang Yungu's case was discovered by him, and he immediately felt like a cat smelling something fishy.
Qin Lang was recuperating at home due to illness. Originally, this case had nothing to do with him, and he had no friendship with Zhang Yungu. This Zhang Sicheng originally served as a military secretary in Lujiang King Li Yuan's palace. When Qin Lang went to You Zhou Zhou had a relationship with him once, but at that time he was the one who put down the chaos, and Zhang Yungu was the one who was put down.
Fortunately, Zhang Yungu was not involved in the rebellion case very much. Shortly after the incident was settled, he was called into the court, and was even appreciated by Li Shimin. Soon he was transferred to the Ministry of Education, and finally he was transferred to Dali Temple because of his outstanding ability. Ren Dali Cheng.
Dali Cheng is only an official from the sixth rank, and there are six in Dali Temple. The chief officer of Dali Temple is Dali Temple Qing, then Shaoqing, then Dali Temple Zheng, Dali Temple Cheng, and the position of Cheng depends on the severity of punishment.
The six temple ministers are in charge of various affairs of Dali Temple, especially in charge of the review of judicial cases in the local states. Each case that has been reviewed by each temple minister must sign with the other five temple ministers to have legal effect.
If other temple ministers have different opinions, they should also state it when drawing the pledge. This is the same as the five-flower judgment procedure of the six Zhongshu Sheren of the Zhongshu Province.
Similarly, in the Tang Dynasty system, after the Si Cheng convicts, it must be reviewed by Dali Zheng.
Zhang Yungu re-examined the treason case of Xiangzhou Li Haode. He overturned the original verdict. It was signed and approved with Dali Shaoqing and Dali Siqing.
The entire Dali Temple has passed this case.
In the Datang system, the administration is mainly about the operation of official documents, and in order to ensure the effective operation of the official document system, Datang has a very strict checking system.
The tick is the signed tick and the date.
Inspection is to check whether the documents are processed according to the statutory schedule.
There are detailed regulations for each step of the official document going up or down, and the corresponding officials must review and sign on it, and leave comments when rebutting. If there is a mistake, the corresponding handler will be responsible.
In the case of Li Haode, Dali Temple has completely overturned the local trial, and the entire Dali Temple has approved it.
Quan Wanji's attack was aimed at the presiding judge Zhang Yungu on the surface, but in fact he aimed to attack the entire Dali Temple. Quan Wanji came to visit Qin Lang on his own initiative, hoping that Qin Lang could support him. But Qin Lang had no interest. Quan Wanji was from Tianshui, Longyou, and his father was a local governor in the Sui Dynasty, so he was from a famous noble family.
He started as Yuanwailang, served as the governor of Chaozhou, and served as the governor of Chaozhou. He had no political achievements when he was the governor of Chaozhou. After he became a secretary and censor, he didn't do any decent cases, but he focused on the impeachment of the prime ministers, such as the impeachment of Fang Xuanling's officials who were in charge of the unfair assessment, and Wang Gui prosecuted the school, he said. Wang Gui was selfish when reviewing the edict, and later impeached Yuwen Shiji, saying that his elder brother Shiji and younger brother Zhiji were deeply favored by the Sui Dynasty, but they murdered the king and conspired against him. Now Shiji and Zhiji have sons He held the position of Qianniu in the court and asked the emperor to drive them out to punish misconduct, and then impeached Yuwen scholars and disloyalty.
Relying on the behavior of impeaching the prime ministers like Pengci, although he failed every time, Li Shimin not only did not blame him, but thought that he was not close, and instead rewarded him.
Quan Wanji was in the censor's platform, so he recruited the censor Li Renshi and other censors as his confidantes, and impeached this minister and that minister at every turn.
The impeachment of Zhang Yungu this time is to deal with the entire Dali Temple, and even the Minister of Industry and former Prime Minister Yang Shidao.
In fact, Li Shimin may not be unaware of Quan Wanji's habit of biting people, but the emperor employs people, and the emperor's own usage is not as simple as some young students think. When employing people, the first thing is to ensure that they are easy to use.
Just like what Emperor Jiajing once said to his ministers, both the Yangtze River and the Yellow River have irrigated countless good fields on both sides of the river and raised countless people. He cannot treat them differently because the water in the Yangtze River is clear and the water in the Yellow River is turbid.
Even on the contrary, the emperor needs gentlemen and virtuous ministers, but he can't do without a mad dog like Quan Wanji. For the emperor, this is necessary to control the court and stabilize the imperial power. All kinds of courtiers are needed. Their positions, each performing its duties, are all helping to do things.
This is like the three provinces of the imperial court. There is the Zhongshu Province responsible for making decisions and drafting edicts, there is also the Menxia Province responsible for reviewing and refuting, and there is also the Shangshu Province responsible for implementation. The three provinces restrict each other.
If this is not the case, there is actually no need to engage in three provinces.
But now Qin Lang still wants to intervene, the key is still involving the crown prince.
Zhang Yungu is not from Qin Lang, nor from the prince, but this case is too big. If Quan Wanji directly raises it, I'm afraid that with Li Shimin's temper, he might get angry and it might become a big deal. Qin Lang remembered that in history, this case really got big, and Li Shimin killed Zhang Yungu in downtown in a fit of rage.
But soon regretted it. After Zhang Yungu was killed, it also caused a very bad reaction from the judicial circle of Datang, that is, the judges of Datang usually prefer to lose rather than lose. But after Zhang Yungu was killed, the judges of the Tang Dynasty changed their attitude, and would rather the law be stricter than lighter.
As a result, there were more than 200 death penalty cases in Dali Temple that year compared to the previous year, which made Li Shimin very dissatisfied. In the end, a story about releasing the death row prisoners to go home for the New Year, and then let them come back to report after the year came out. In essence, it is Li Shimin's effort to readjust the judicial decision standards of Datang.
If according to historical development, Yao Yungu was killed, and a group of officials from Dali Temple would be convicted, this case would be a big one. During the period when the crown prince supervised the country, such a big case happened. Said, of course, is greatly damaged reputation.
Even the emperor doubts his ability.
After all, even if Zhang Yungu was killed by the emperor's order, but when the emperor regretted it afterwards, he would only shift the responsibility to the prince who supervised the country.
Qin Lang's prescription for Chengqian was to initiate an investigation of Zhang Yungu in the name of the Crown Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom, to preempt Quan Wanji one step ahead. As long as the case was clarified, he would not be afraid of unjust killing. As for It doesn't really matter whether Li Haode wants to change his sentence to a more serious one, he is just a lunatic, even if his brother is the governor, it doesn't matter.
Of course, if he can drive a mad dog like Quan Wanji out of Yushitai by the way, it will also be a favor for Ma Zhou who has just arrived at Yushitai.
Early summer season.
Changle Slope, Guangyun Lake.
As the largest water transport terminal in the suburbs of Chang'an City, it is full of sails and sculls, and the sea is vast and busy. On the lake, there are countless passenger ships and cargo ships, which are full of merchants, officials and people from all over the world, and there are also many yachts and paintings of nobles and famous families in the capital.
Qin Lang felt a little more comfortable today, so he also came out to get some fresh air.
Brought his wife, concubine and sons out to play, on the five-story yacht of his own family, floating on the water, blowing the summer breeze, it was really very pleasant. His ship is also an old ship with several decades of age. It used to be the Huanglong Wuyalou warship of the Sui Dynasty. It is said that it was built by Yang Su. Jiangnan rebelled, and later went to Jiangnan with Yang Guang to patrol the river capital, and even crossed the sea to the city of Pyongyang with his guardian.
Qin Lang didn't really believe that this five-story boat could sail on the Yellow Sea, but the boat was in good condition. After design and renovation, it became an extremely luxurious yacht. It was used for swimming in Guangyun Lake, Weishui River, and Guangtong Canal. But very comfortable.
There are five floors on the ship, with guest rooms, kitchens, living rooms, etc.
You can also have a barbecue on the boat.
The summer breeze is blowing, on the top deck, Qin Lang is lying down basking in the sun, while Ma Zhou is sitting drinking.
Originally, Qin Lang refused to give him alcohol, but Ma Zhou's diabetes had worsened again. Although Qin Lang specially found some prescriptions for him and sent him regular medical check-ups, Ma Zhou couldn't keep his mouth shut. Open his legs, he is addicted to alcohol and eats meat. However, he is still a workaholic, often staying up late and working overtime. Ma Zhou doesn't like any of the sports recommended to him, such as horseback riding, archery, and swimming.
Diabetes worsened, Ma Zhou became thinner, and some scars and ulcers even began to appear on his hands and legs, and he began to see things a little blurry.
But even so, Ma Zhou is still good at wine and meat, and Qin Lang can't persuade him.
"If you have wine today, you will be drunk today. Since this disease can't be cured, why bother to restrain yourself in every possible way, and just live every day happily."
Ma Zhou's idea is very simple. He doesn't want to live as long as the tortoise, but only wants to be able to live up to the king in a limited time, to be able to do something meaningful, and to leave a strong mark in the history books.
"Quan Wanji, don't worry. This man is ambitious, but he has no real skills. He can't get far by relying on Pingci. This time, I will use this case to deal with him severely and kick him out of Yushitai directly." Qin Lang spoke carefully to the horse.
Ma Zhou held the wine glass, pouring the wine into his throat, which made him feel less hungry, "There's no need to touch him, right?"
"If you want to do things, you must first be a human being. If you don't get rid of Quan Wanji, it will be difficult for you to truly master Yushitai. Take this opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys and kill two birds with one stone." Although Quan Wanji took the initiative to find Qin Lang and wanted to attach himself to him , but Qin Lang doesn't know how to use such dangerous characters.
Ma Zhou is the real one.
"You should also drink less, I don't want you to die so soon!" Qin Lang couldn't help persuading.
(end of this chapter)