A Clash of Gods

Of course, Qi Ning understands that Sima Lan seems to be pushing the heart, but in fact it is an implicit warning.

Sima Lan defeated the King of Huainan, but ushered in the Jinyi Qi family as an opponent. Although the Jinyi Qi family's power in the middle of the DPRK could not be compared with the Sima family, no one will forget that the Jinyi Qi family commanded the Qinhuai Army for decades. Before the relationship between the Jinyi Qi family and the Qinhuai Legion was completely dismantled, even the Sima family with the right to oppose them would not dare to easily handle the Jinyi Qi family.

Moreover, if the situation today changes and the civil unrest in the Northern Han Dynasty is indeed an excellent opportunity for the Chu Kingdom to go north, this is clearly seen in the Manchu Civil War, and Sima Lan cannot see it clearly.

Of course, Sima hopes to find a chance to overthrow the Jinyi Qi family, so as to lead the dynasty, but Sima Lan understands that the Jinyi Qi family is different from the Huainan king. It is not an easy thing to want to overthrow the Jinyi Qi family, and once it really happens During the conflict, Chu will surely face a **** fight in the same room.

The Jinyi Qi family with a military background and a black scale camp in hand is by no means the king of Huainan.

Once there is civil strife in the Chu Kingdom, the great opportunity of going northward to the Han will also be missed, and no one knows whether to miss this opportunity and whether there will be another chance.

Sima Lan certainly wanted power to be swayed, but after all, he was an old minister of the three dynasties, and the pattern could not be limited to the Chu Kingdom. His eyes must also look to the north.

If we can maintain peace with the Jinyi Qi family at the moment, and even for the cause of the Northern Expedition, we can make the Jinyi Qi family only Sima Ma's head, that is naturally the final result.

Qi Ning naturally heard the meaning of Sima Lan's words, and Sima Lan really hoped to use the Northern Expedition as a reason for the Jinyi Qi family to follow.

If Sima really stopped fighting in Chu Kingdom and put his mind on the Northern Expedition, Qi Ning was not unwilling to cooperate, but Qi Ning knew very well that if Sima did not use the Northern Expedition in North Korea Expansion forces eliminate dissidents, but it is not Sima.

In Qi Ning's words, he also revealed the information to Sima Lan. If Sima really expanded the territory for the Northern Expedition of Chu, the Jinyi Qi family would cooperate with one another, but if there were other plots, the Jinyi Qi family would not do it. Looking from the wall, let Sima's refer to the donkey as a horse in the middle of the dynasty.

The two men took the lead, and each expressed their stand and attitude.

But Qi Ning also knew that Chu State really had to start planning for the Northern Expedition. After all, the Northern Han Dynasty was fighting for the throne, and the Northern Han Dynasty would fall apart and fall into unprecedented turmoil. This opportunity is rare. It is absolutely undesirable to go out, and the Chu Kingdom's officials will never miss this opportunity.

The departure of the Dongqi mission also made the festive atmosphere that the emperor's wedding lasted for many days gradually faded.

Justice is not in the hearts of the people, whether it cares about strength or not, this reason is clearer than anyone else. It is not to rely on how close you are to the emperor, but how much strength you have in your hands.

Although the Qinhuai Army was once the biggest trump card in the hands of the Jinyi Qi family, the situation is changing. Although the Qinhuai Army still has a great relationship with the Jinyi Qi family, the actual control of the Qinhuai Army is no longer in the hands of the Jinyi Qi family. Today, the only force to grasp is the newly built Black Scale Battalion.

Now that the emperor has found an opportunity to allow Qi Ning to take charge of the penalty department, it is certainly impossible for Qi Ning to miss such an opportunity. For him, the most urgent task is to firmly control the department office in his hand, as long as he can have the card of the penalty department in his hand Coupled with the Black Scale Camp, the Sima family would not dare to act rashly on the Jinyi Qi family, and the Sima family would like to rule out the dissidents in the DPRK. It would also be very difficult for the Jinyi Qi family to control the penal department.

On that day, Qi Ning went straight to the punishment office in the early morning. He had figured out that the officials of the six bureaucrats were to enter the bureau office at three o'clock in the morning, so they had already sat in the punishment office just after the time Main hall.

The criminal department is the place where the criminal name is held, and the lobby of the criminal department naturally appears very dignified. Qi Ning arrived at the lobby and sat on the auditorium, leaning his eyes closed to raise his mind. From the beginning, he said nothing.

Three quarters before that time, many officials from the Seventh Division of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs had already come to the inside and outside of the main hall. The earliest rushed over was Shen Lian, the chief of the criminal department that Qi Ning had seen last time. Still, every time one of them came in, he glanced at him. Superintendent Si Si, Liao Zhen, and Wei Yujiang, who saw him on the Qinhuai River that night, were also among the crowd.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, thirty or forty people of all sizes were standing in the lobby, standing on both sides. Qi Ning saw from the official uniform that most of the seven divisions of the Criminal Department had already arrived, but the autumn trial office Cao Sen, the director of the trial, was missing, and Zuo Shi, the assistant of the criminal department, was not among the crowd.

"Master Shen, what time is it now?" Qi Ning straightened up and looked at Shen Lian, asking with a smile.

Shen Lianxian stood up and said, "Return to Hou Ye, just past three o'clock!"

"Hou Ye?" Qi Ning said with a smile: "I am sitting here, just Hou Ye?"

Shen Lian was stunned, but he was obviously an extremely savvy person, and he was busy: "Yes, yes, negligent in negligence, and returned to the Lord of the Ministry, it has passed three o'clock!"

Qi Ning nodded slightly and glanced before saying: "Three days ago, the official had already spoken. Today's main point is 90, and he warned that even if the house in the house is on fire, the official should be rushed on time." , Asked: "Chu Shilang, have all the people in the criminal department arrived?"

Chu Mingwei also glanced at it, and then said: "Return to the Hall, except for those who go to Beijing to work, almost all the officials in Beijing and Beijing have arrived. There are probably a dozen people who may have been delayed on the way."

The participating officials are naturally officials of the Criminal Department. The following jailers do not have to come to the officials. The Criminal Department has a total of 136 officials, large and small. At this time, there are indeed hundreds of people inside and outside the lobby.

"Master Shen, if anyone has not arrived, immediately record it in the book and present it to the officer." Qi Ning leaned back and closed his eyes. "We are waiting!"

Everyone looked at each other, Shen Lian was startled, but quickly took the book in hand, the inspector, after a little more than half an hour, only then presented the roster, Qi Ning reached out and took it, just flipped through it a few times, and threw the roster On the table, still leaning on the chair, closing his eyes and recuperating.

A moment later, Chu Mingwei only said, "Do you want to send someone to rush?"

Qi Ning did not open his eyes, just raised his hand and waved it casually. What did it mean and did not make it clear? All the officials were stunned, but Chu Mingwei had turned around and whispered to Shen Lian: "Send someone to go Get those people over. "

"Master Chu, where is Daxi?"

"Also send someone to urge." Chu Mingwei whispered: "He said that the ministers are waiting in the Yamen, no one should be absent."

Shen Lian agreed, and retreated in a hurry.

After Shen Lian dispatched people to go out and returned to the hall, he heard a grunt inside the quiet lobby. The officials in the hall looked at each other, and the grunt came from Qining. Shen Lian looked over and saw that the little Hou Ye had fallen asleep on the chair.

Shen Lian approached Chu Mingwei and whispered, "Master Chu, this?"

"All waiting." Chu Ming was calm and calm, and said calmly: "Today is the first day of the lord of the ministry. When the people are not there, they naturally have to wait."

Shen Lian nodded slightly, not much to say.

Suddenly, a very absurd scene appeared in the lobby of the Criminal Department. The Ministry of Justice was still sitting in the lobby, and hundreds of officials in and out of the lobby stood silently and said nothing.

After a while, finally several officials arrived late, and after seeing the situation inside the Yamen, the faces of some officials were slightly changed, but they still dared to go forward. When they got to the door, they hesitated. But he didn't dare to go into the lobby.

Some officials looked at the belated officials, their eyes gliding past the gloating.

When Cao Sen, the chief of the Autumn Trial Department, arrived at the Yamen Gate of the Penal Department, it was already two o'clock, nearly one hour later than the stipulated time.

Early in the morning, hundreds of officials were standing in and out of the lobby waiting for someone to be late. There were inevitable complaints in their hearts. Although they complained about the harshness of this little Hou Ye, they also blamed these late officials for everyone.

Cao Sen came out of the hall and saw that everyone's eyes were on him without any guilt. Instead, he swaggered into the hall. In the past, he stood beside Superintendent Si Liao Zhen. It was a slight frown, but at this moment, he heard a grunt suddenly stopped, and everyone hurriedly looked at Qi Ning, but they saw that Xiaohou Ye had sat up and stretched his arms and stretched his waist.

Cao Sen glanced, his expression calmed down ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Qi Ning swept around, his gaze stopped on Cao Sen, and said with a smile: "When did Cao Sishen arrive?"

Cao Sen went out and said: "Return to Hou Ye!" Shen Lian coughed twice over there, intending to remind Cao Sen that he glanced and continued: "The humble office reviewed some cases last night. I didn't take a break until I was there. I got up late this morning and failed to get to the Yamen in time. I also asked Houye to punish! "

Qi Ning smiled and said: "In this way, Cao Sijun was really hard last night." His body leaned forward slightly, seemingly smiling. "So where did Cao Sijun review the case last night? Which cases were reviewed, and the result How, I wonder if I can speak in public? "

Cao Sen was stunned, but still said stubbornly: "The humble job is to check the case in his own home. There are many cases. The humble job turns out to be sorted out and presented to Hou Ye."

"At home?" Qi Ning touched his chin, looked at Chu Mingwei, and asked, "Master Chu, what time is the punishment office at work?"

"Master Huihuitang, as a rule, if you are not on duty that night, you can leave the Yamen. If you have a case to be heard, you may have to stay in the Yamen." Chu Mingwei respectfully said.

"What could be the case in the autumn trial yesterday?"

"As far as the official is aware, there was no major case to be dealt with in the Autumn Trial Office yesterday."

Qi Ning nodded slightly, staring at Cao Sen, and asked with a smile: "In this way, Master Cao left the Yamen yesterday at unitary time and went on business till midnight?"

Cao Sen's eyes jumped slightly, but he still said: "That's exactly what it is!"

Qi Ning still had a smile on his face and said, "Cao Sishen, the officer gave you the last chance. You should recall yourself. When you left Yamen last night, did you really go back to the house and continue to work until the child? Answer in a hurry, and think slowly, since the officer has waited for you for an hour, he will not care about waiting for a while, and think back before thinking! "