Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Cai Jing sent people back to Puzhou to ask the officials and gentry to cause trouble for Ju Ming.

Zheng Juzhong also sent someone to inform Puzhou Tongpan Tian Ruyong and ordered him to try his best to win over Ju Ming.

Since Zheng Juzhong was promoted to prime minister a few months ago, the conflict with Cai Jing has completely intensified. Whenever someone offends Cai Jing, Zheng Juzhong will release goodwill. Even if he cannot become one of his own, he is at least a potential partner.

Such an attitude has really won over many officials.

To use the original words of "History of the Song Dynasty", "Stand in the middle to keep the discipline and order, abide by the rules, suppress luck, stimulate the flood and stagnate, and the scholar's theory is clear and hopeful for governance."

That is to say, Zheng Juzhong was more disciplined than Cai Jing, paid more attention to the inherent procedures of governance, and knew how to promote those who were not recognized for their talents. Public opinion in the scholarly community quickly turned to Zheng Juzhong, and everyone hoped that Zheng Juzhong could govern the country.

Although Zheng Juzhong was once a traitor, although Zheng Juzhong helped Cai Jing regain his prime ministership, although Zheng Juzhong had traitors such as Wang Fu under his command. However, in terms of comparison, Zheng Juzhong is not as bad as Cai Jing!

As a result, Zheng Juzhong is quite like a scholar leader.

The most important thing is that Zheng Juzhong was trying to restore central order and get the three provincial institutions of the Song Dynasty back on track - his purpose was, of course, to compete with Cai Jing for power.

In addition, Wang Fu, who was returning home from the funeral, had only observed mourning for a few months, but was recalled to court by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Wang Fu was specially promoted to be a bachelor of Xuanhe Palace. This honorary position was often held by dismissed prime ministers. Song Huizong was already paving the way for Wang Fu to become prime minister.

Although this arrangement is outrageous, it is a false position after all, and everyone can understand it, guessing that the emperor will gradually promote him. No one could have imagined that in two or three years, Wang Fu would be directly promoted to the eighth level and become prime minister, becoming an unprecedented position in the Song Dynasty!

Now Zheng Juzhong, Liu Zhengfu, and Wang Fu are working together to fight against Cai Jing.

Liu Zhengfu is old and afraid of troubles and does not want to make any more troubles. He has resigned many times this year. And he was indeed ill. Song Huizong repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, but to no avail, and began to consider agreeing to Liu Zhengfu's resignation.

But it was said that Tian Ruyong, the general judge of Puzhou, received the order from Zheng Juzhong and immediately set out to welcome Zhu Ming to take office.

He waited until he learned that Ju Ming was staying in Leize County and had arrested Sun Qian and his family.

Tian Ruyong is a little worried about this. He is the one responsible for collecting taxes. What if Leize County does not collect enough taxes?

Hearing that Ju Ming was about to arrive in the prefecture city, Tian Ruyong called all the officials at the prefecture and county levels and followed him three miles out of the city to greet him.

"I'm coming!"

The sun was shining brightly today, so Tian Ruyong parked the carriage under a tree to enjoy the shade. When he heard the movement, he immediately opened the curtain and looked out.

"hiss!"

When Ju Ming's driving team approached, Tian Ruyong took a breath of cold air.

I have seen officials take office with a large number of entourages, but I have never seen officials take office with hundreds of prisoners!

Huang Guinian, who joined the army as the recorder, and Jin Tao, who joined the army as the manager, couldn't help but feel a little headache when they saw so many prisoners. The former is in charge of the State Yuan and the latter is in charge of the Judicial Yuan, both of which have the power to adjudicate cases. Moreover, if the prisoner appeals, they will also conduct a cross-examination.

There are hundreds of fucking prisoners here, and there are some with good backgrounds. They won't be able to rest this year. If you don't pay attention, there will be problems, and the punishment will be alerted.

Shu Yifu, who joined the judicial army, was also worried. Although he was not responsible for trying the case, he had to participate in the whole process. After the trial results are released, he must provide legal basis and recommend how to impose a sentence. Such a large group of prisoners, what a ghost suggestion? No matter how serious it is, it will offend people.

Tian Ruyong straightened his clothes and led the crowd to greet him on the official road.

Ju Ming rode his horse forward. When he got close, he turned over and dismounted to greet him.

Tian Ruyong bowed his head and said: "Puzhou judged Tian Ruyong to welcome Zhu Zhizhou into the city."

Zhu Ming bowed in return, took Tian Ruyong's hand enthusiastically and said, "Tian Tongpan is too polite, how can he mobilize troops and mobilize people like this? It really makes me ashamed."

Tian Ruyong smiled and said: "Why do you have to be humble when you know a state? Let me introduce you. This is Huang Guinian, who joined the army as a recorder..."

In the Year of the Turtle, Huang bowed and said, "In the Year of the Turtle, I pay my respects to Zhizhou!"

"There is no need to be polite when recording things." Zhu Ming couldn't help but look at Huang Yaoshi a few more times.

In addition to several Cao officers joining the army, there was also an observer and recommendation officer who was also aware of Juancheng affairs.

Zhu Ming found that Zhou Tian Ruyong seemed to hate this observer and referee, and even deliberately introduced it later.

It was difficult to ask questions in public, so Zhu Ming invited Tian Ruyong to ride in the same car, and Tian Ruyong readily agreed.

The team slowly entered the city, and Zhu Ming asked: "What is the background of Yao Guangshu, the observation and recommendation officer?"

Tian Ruyong opened the car curtain and took a look: "Dang Cai, we just arrived two days ago."

Ju Ming sighed: "It seems that you are here because of me. Mr. Cai really doesn't want me to have an easy time."

The Observation and Recommendation Officer was only from the eighth rank, ranking under the magistrate and magistrate. It was not a permanent position. It could divide the power of magistrate, magistrate, and recorder to join the army. Moreover, Yao Guangshu also served as the county magistrate of Juancheng, and actually controlled the power of state governance. No matter what Zhu Ming wanted to do, he would be blocked.

Zhu Ming offended Cai Jing severely, especially Zhu Guoxiang's holy family Rilong, which made Cai Jing faintly worried.

It is not convenient for Cai Jing to cause chaos in the capital, but he can install outside party members to make it difficult for Ju Ming to use his fists in Puzhou.

Accompanied by a group of officials, Zhu Ming came to the state government office to complete the formalities for performing his duties, and then took his family to stay in the backyard of the state government office.

Tian Ruyong also held a welcome banquet and invited him to have dinner in the evening.

As for the prisoners, they were divided into two groups, one group was sent to the state prison and the other was sent to the prefecture prison.

The investigating officer Yao Guangshu intercepted the prisoners and made no secret of his power-grabbing behavior: "All prisoners named Qian and Sun will be transferred to the Judicial Yuan for personal trial by me."

Huang Guinian, who joined the army as a recorder, was very unhappy, but the observation official had this power, so he had no choice but to do anything about it.

Zhu Ming finally caught a bunch of them, but was intercepted by Cai's party as soon as he arrived in the city.

Attending a banquet that night, Zhu Ming went home half-drunk and fell asleep holding Zheng Yuanyi in his arms.

The next day, Zhu Ming went straight to the Si Liyuan Yamen and asked, "How was the trial of the case?"

Under normal circumstances, the trial hasn't even started yet.

Manager Jin Tao said: "Yao Observer reviewed the case overnight yesterday and has transferred the relevant case information to the Judicial Yuan."

Ju Ming rode to the Judicial Yuan again and asked, "What cases have been transferred?"

Shu Yifu, a member of the judicial army, had a sad face and asked someone to bring the relevant trial documents: "Prefect, please take a look."

Ju Ming quickly flipped through several documents. In all the cases involving Sun Qian's family, they all said there was insufficient evidence and asked the Judicial Yuan to acquit the suspects.

Shu Yifu said: "Prefect, I dare not sign or use my seal. But whether I sign or not has no impact on these cases."

The judiciary joins the army and only has the right to recommend penalties.

The observation officer sent the case over, just to go through the process.

Ju Ming said: "Then you suggest that the case be handed over to the state court for review!"

Shu Yifu sighed: "This is the only way."

As a result, the relevant cases were transferred to the state court and handed over to Huang Yaoshi for trial.

Even if Huang Guinian is convicted, the Si Li Yuan still has the final right of adjudication. Si Li joins the army and is a fringe figure in the Cai Party, so it is very likely that the Qian and Sun families will be acquitted.

Huang Guinian took the file and was extremely angry: "Such a big case involving dozens of lives, Yao Guangshu finished the trial in one night? What a nonsense!"

Ju Ming said: "Just hold on."

"Drag?" Huang Guinian didn't understand what he meant.

Ju Ming said: "Even if you sentence them to death, the Court of Justice has the right to retry them. In the end, they will not be acquitted? Even if they are reported to the Criminal Division, the punishment will still be Cai's party. So, don't try too fast and drag it out all the time." Slow down the trial and imprison these two families for a year and a half."

Huang Guinian said: "What's the use of locking him up? He has to be released eventually."

Ju Ming smiled and said: "Leize County is equalizing taxes on the fields. If they are locked up for a year and a half, their fields will be finished."

Huang Guinian was startled, then pursed his lips in amusement.

This magistrate was so damaged that he locked up the people involved in the big family without trial, but took the opportunity to investigate their hidden fields.

After laughing, Huang Guinian felt angry again.

Dozens of lives were taken, and there were a large number of testimonies and witnesses, but he could only be detained for a long time, and the prisoner would eventually be released without charge.

Is there any royal law for this?

Huang Guinian clenched his fists and said: "The day the Court of Justice dares to release someone, I will impeach him on that day. I will force the Criminal Division to retrial. If the Criminal Division still acquits him, I will continue to impeach him. , take the case to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment!"

Historically, Huang Yaoshi even dared to impeach Qin Hui, and impeached him four times. He remained determined to be demoted every time.

Such a person, would he be afraid of Cai Jing?

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "The Qian family is the founder of the country. Although it has been ruined, there are still people who are kind and serve as military attache guards. Unless the Qian family rebels, otherwise no matter how many murders occur, the officials will definitely show mercy outside the law. He must take into account the Qian family." What you think. Honored relatives like the Cao family will also intercede for the Qian family. After all, this world belongs to those people."

Huang Guinian became angrier as he listened, because Ju Ming was telling the truth.

No matter how dilapidated the founding nobles are, they are still the founding nobles. The emperor cannot kill them. At most, he can find a few scapegoats to kill.

Ju Ming was able to arrest people, hold them in jail for a long time, and take the opportunity to investigate their hidden fields. This was as far as he could go. Just bring down the Qian family? Don't even think about it!

Even the horse bandits knew that they would take the opportunity to rob the Sun family, but they did not dare to attack the Qian family for the time being.

Ju Ming is considering whether Qian Jingde should be allowed to commit suicide out of fear of crime.

No rush at the moment, it depends on the situation.

Ju Ming asked: "I'm afraid the Li family in Juancheng doesn't abide by the law very much, right?"

Huang Guinian said: "For a hundred years, the Li family's family tradition has been relatively good, but it has become worse in the past ten years, and the good reputation accumulated by our ancestors has been ruined. There are currently no murder cases involving the Li family, maybe there are, But he was suppressed and could not be sent to the prefectural court at all. There are various cases in the prefectural government offices, as well as in the Juancheng county government offices. They are all disciples and former officials of the Li family. It is more difficult to investigate the Li family than to investigate the Qian family! "

Ju Ming pouted, he didn't follow any rules, because he could be completely reckless.

People who do not bear consequences often act unscrupulously.

Just like the Qian family, they don't have to bear any consequences just because they are the descendants of the founder of the country.

Then let’s compare who’s fist is harder!

(This is my first time writing a novel about the Song Dynasty. It is inevitable that I will make many mistakes. I am learning every day. The county magistrate in the Song Dynasty must be a capital official or even a court official, and the person selected can only be a county magistrate. So I made mistakes in the previous, such as to the magistrate, It should be to the county magistrate.)

(Those with the word "zhi" are basically those who are officials in the capital or above. For example, if someone is selected to join the army as a recorder, this is the official position. If a person in the capital joins the army as a recorder, the word "zhi" must be added in front.)