In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

In the next few days, the Political System Institute began to improve the new official system.

After discussion, the new system was released, and the ranks of the officials who received salary were abolished. Like the reform of Yuanfeng, the officials who received salary became honorary officials similar to scattered officials and honorary officials, and no longer represented the ranks of officials as before.

And the dispatch officially became a full-time official. In this way, it was possible to change the chaotic official system of the Song Dynasty, clarify the responsibilities of the upper and lower levels, and fulfill their duties.

After that, the Political System Institute officially began to spread the news that it was about to release a new system, and the first to be reformed was the Ministry of Justice.

The six ministries in the Song Dynasty were in name only, and were basically only used as officials who received salary. Now the Ministry of Justice is going to become a judicial department, in charge of legal customization, which is naturally the top priority.

The most important thing is that each department must have its own departmental regulations in the future. It is definitely not possible to rely on the Political System Institute to make rules and regulations for dozens of departments in the future of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, before the comprehensive reform, the Ministry of Justice should be changed first, and then the Ministry of Justice will preside over the regulations of various departments.

But the current Minister of Justice is Xia Song. Zhao Jun is not at ease to give him such an important task, because the rules and regulations are an important basis for clarifying the responsibilities of various departments in the future. What if this guy makes trouble and leaves loopholes?

So this task has to be handed over to someone he can trust.

On November 4, early in the morning, after the court meeting, Zhao Jun summoned Li Di to the Political Affairs Council.

Li Di is seven years older than Lu Yijian. The old man is energetic and walked into the Political Affairs Council with his hands behind his back. He happened to run into Lu Yijian at the door. The two of them stared at each other and left with a cold snort.

Zhao Jun's desk is right in front of the Political Affairs Council. Unlike the Privy Council and the Three Departments Council, the Political Affairs Council, like the original Political Affairs Hall, requires the prime ministers to handle official business together and discuss together.

So all the other departments have their own offices, but the Political System Department is in the lobby, and each department has a desk. In this way, when documents are sent to them and they encounter difficult problems, they don’t need to run around. They can just greet and hold a small meeting in the hall.

Li Di walked to Zhao Jun’s desk, bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Minister."

"Prime Minister Li, you are just in time."

Zhao Jun nodded, glanced at the door, and there seemed to be a figure vaguely, so he smiled and said, "Let’s go inside to talk."

He stood up and took Li Di to the inner room.

At the door, Lu Yijian showed half of his head furtively and glanced inside.

Yan Shu, who was next to him, was just coming over from the three departments. Seeing his appearance, he wondered, "Prime Minister Lu, what are you doing at the door."

"Ahem."

Lu Yijian coughed twice and said, "I am thinking about something."

"Oh."

Yan Shu didn’t think too much about it, thinking that Lu Yijian had Alzheimer's disease. Most of the ministers were old, and it was normal for people in their fifties and sixties to forget things.

He walked into the house, and many officials performed their duties. Lu Yijian left.

Yan Shu walked to Wang Zeng and handed him the official documents from the Ministry of Revenue today. Seeing the corners of his mouth raised, he asked curiously: "Prime Minister Wang, what are you so happy about?"

"Of course, Prime Minister Lu is unhappy, so I am happy."

Wang Zeng said happily.

Yan Shu was confused and said: "What is it?"

Wang Zeng said: "Hanlong plans to let Li Fugu be the Minister of Justice to formulate regulations for various departments. This is an important task. If he does well, it will be a natural thing for him to enter the Political System Institute in the future. Do you think Prime Minister Lu will be happy?"

"Oh"

Yan Shu sighed and said nothing more.

Zhao Jun took Li Di into the inner room, and the two sat down.

The inner room is actually a meeting room. According to Zhao Jun's request, a long table was placed in the middle, and chairs were placed on both sides.

Zhao Jun held the long table horizontally, and Li Di sat opposite him. He poured a cup of tea for Li Di, and then said to him: "Prime Minister Li, I asked you to come here today because I have something to tell you."

"Just tell me."

Li Di had already submitted his name and became Zhao Jun's disciple, so he agreed without hesitation.

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "It's a good thing. You know the recent rumors."

Li Di thought for a while and said: "It's about preparing for reform."

"Well, the officialdom is in chaos now, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates is unclear. Many people don't even know who their superiors are. This seriously hinders governance."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "So I have petitioned His Majesty to reform the government. In the future, the Song Dynasty will adopt a one-court-multiple-department system, headed by the Political System Council, which will have multiple first-level departments, such as the Six Departments, and then divided into three divisions, and the remaining departments will be added to command many officials."

Sure enough, it will be divided into three divisions.

Li Di thought to himself that this matter has been making a lot of noise recently. Cheng Lin, the Three-Division Envoy, had asked about it at the court meeting this morning, but the emperor refused to reveal the inside story on the grounds that it was still under preliminary discussion and had not yet been finalized.

Judging from the current situation, the officialdom reform is a certainty, which means that power will be reshuffled again.

How much benefit can he get from it?

Li Di did not ask immediately, but waited patiently for Zhao Jun's next words.

Because Zhao Jun called him here today and revealed these secrets, it means that he will definitely be useful in it, so there is no need to be anxious.

Sure enough.

Then he heard Zhao Jun say: "The first reform will be the Ministry of Justice. The role of this department in the future will be to formulate laws and assist in the establishment of rules and regulations for various departments. It is a department specializing in judicial and criminal law. If the Song Dynasty wants to become a country ruled by law and has laws to rely on, the Ministry of Justice is indispensable."

"Oh?"

Li Di pondered: "If a department is set up to formulate laws, does that mean that this department needs to change the laws at any time in the future?"

"good."

Zhao Jun was very satisfied with Li Di's acumen and said with a smile: "There are times when the law is not applicable, and changes are made at any time to adapt to the current situation. However, changing the law must be a serious matter, and it must go through not only the Ministry of Punishments, but also the The Constitutional Yuan, including any system, must be reviewed by the Constitutional Yuan.”

Li Di said without hesitation: "This is natural. Since the Constitutional Yuan wants to command all officials and ministries and verify all systems, it is also a matter of course."

"The Ministry of Punishment will be restructured first, and rules and regulations for each department must be formulated. As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules. From now on, all departments will strictly follow the system and must achieve fast and efficient administration."

Zhao Jun said: "Now Xia Song, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, I am not very satisfied with this person. Prime Minister Li has served successively as local magistrate, general magistrate, historian, salt and iron officer, tax supervisor, and military commander. He has many political achievements, and he is responsible for the three departments, military, taxation, He is very proficient in the law, so I want to leave this job to Mr. Li."

Li Di did not refuse and said directly: "Thank you for your trust in Zhiyuan, but for such a big thing, I'm afraid I can't handle it alone."

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Don't worry, after you become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, you can draw up a list of people, whether they are idle or working in other ministries. If you think they can help you formulate laws, then submit the list to the Constitutional Yuan, and the Political Council will The Manufacturing Institute will help you mobilize manpower.”

"Thank you, Zhiyuan."

"You know, Prime Minister Li, the government officials and I attach great importance to this restructuring. The outstanding ones will be promoted to the post of observation candidates of the Constitutional Yuan. If there are vacancies in the Yuan in the future, priority will be given to filling them. This time, because of the heavy responsibilities of the Criminal Department, This title was added to show that his status is slightly higher than that of other tribes."

"If this is the case, then thank you for your support."

Li Di was overjoyed.

He used to be the prime minister, so he naturally hopes to regain his high position.

But now Lu Yijian not only has not been dismissed as prime minister, but has even gone a step further and entered the more powerful Political Yuan.

Obviously, if Zhao Jun hadn't brought him back, he might not even be able to return to Bianliang in the future.

After the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan, I thought about whether I could join the Constitutional Yuan. Unfortunately, officials said that the Constitutional Yuan was of great importance and someone in it would abdicate, otherwise it would be impossible to enter.

Therefore, it can only be temporarily stopped.

But wasn't it because he took refuge in Zhao Jun just to get into the Constitutional Yuan?

Obviously he understands that only those who are closer to the center of power can have power, so he is eager to curry favor.

Although he didn't get what he wanted now, at least it was good to be able to take another step forward with his mortal enemy Lu Yijian holding the power.

Anyway, Zhao Jun can suppress Lu Yijian, so he is naturally not afraid of being targeted by his political opponents.

"Um."

Zhao Jun stood up and said with a smile: "Well, the Ministry of Justice will be handed over to Prime Minister Li. There is no rush to revise the law. I hope Prime Minister Li can complete the rules and regulations of each department as soon as possible to prepare for the restructuring of the new department at the end of the year."

"good."

Li Di also nodded, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your trust in the magistrate. I will definitely fulfill my duties as a subordinate."

"Then that's it for today."

Zhao Jun walked to the door, and the two of them walked out one after the other, talking and laughing.

When they arrived at the lobby, Zhao Jun personally escorted Li Di out of the Constitutional Yuan.

Naturally, all this was watched by Lu Yijian, who returned to the courtyard after completing official duties outside.

There was no change in the expression on his face, but his heart was filled with hatred.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do.

Li Di's rise to power is an established fact and cannot be changed.

Lu Yijian could only be glad that Zhao Jun was still in that phase when he traveled through time. As long as he was in the Constitutional Yuan for a day now, it would be difficult for Li Di to step into it.

After a while, Zhao Jun came back from outside, said hello to everyone, and then continued to sit back and work.

At this moment, Song Shou came over, handed a large document to Zhao Jun's desk, and said, "Hanlong, this is the list of punishments jointly discussed by Dali Temple and the Trial Court. Take a look."

"oh?"

Zhao Jun took the thick official document and opened it while saying: "Let them decide the penalty. Will it come out so soon?"

Song Shou smiled and said: "If you urge them three times a day, they will naturally have to hurry up."

"That's what they should do."

Zhao Jun looked at the content inside and quickly started browsing.

These penalty lists actually started in August this year, in the Imperial City, and then arrested people.

Cleaning up the Kaifeng Mansion, sweeping through Bianliang underground Wuyou Cave, Guifan Tower and many other evil elements, plus the gang members in the city who committed crimes, and arrested tens of thousands of people.

Among them, there are more than 300 officials alone, ranging from the sixth and seventh ranks of the third division judge, censor, Dali Temple chief, and judicial officer to the eighth and ninth ranks of military envoys, businessmen, officials, government officials, and other officials. Si Siwu grabbed a basket.

Although it seems that they are all minor officials, in fact many of them belong to lower-ranking positions, such as the judges of the third division and the imperial censor. If they go further, they can often go out to know a state, like when Li Di was the judge of salt and iron of the third division. , it didn't take long to learn about Yunzhou, and then he lived in Sheren, a member of the Ministry of official affairs, Wai Lang, and the deputy envoy of salt and iron in the third department.

Therefore, these officials are actually mid-level officials, and they also lost Han Yi, a deputy prime minister, which was a big earthquake for the officialdom this time.

"This isn't right."

After a while, after reading part of the sentence, Zhao Jun threw the document and said, "What do you mean? If you don't kill any official, you will be exiled at most. Others will be dismissed or even demoted. Are you playing with the law?"

"There is no way."

Song Shou said helplessly, "You know that the Song Dynasty does not punish doctors. You sent the Imperial City Division to arrest people and use private punishment. How big a wave will it cause? If it weren't for the government and us to help suppress it, I'm afraid they would make a big fuss."

"Nonsense."

Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "The meaning of the law is to regulate. If you don't abide by it, what's the use of the law? And since I'm here this time and I just happened to meet him, I should punish him severely and kill him, and don't let him go!"

On the side Cai Qi said: "The government has always known the world with kindness. If the punishment is too cruel, how can it be worthy of the title of "benevolent monarch"? It's better to be lenient if possible?"

"It can't be lenient. In troubled times, heavy punishments should be used."

Zhao Jun rejected it and said: "Killing just a few people is enough for anyone to see. Zhu Yuanzhang next door saw it and thought that we can't afford to kill people in the Song Dynasty. You all tick the death penalty, one tick per person. Today's task is to behead as many people as possible! From the perspective of the officials, the rest of the people should be sentenced to death unless the crime is not punishable by death. Even if it is close to death or just a heavy sentence, you should be sentenced to death. Kill more people to set an example!"

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Everyone may look at each other, but there is nothing to say. They can only get up and come over, each taking a copy of the official document and starting to judge by themselves.

Zhao Jun took the list of officials.

The Dali Temple and the other side obviously judged based on the foundation of the Song Dynasty and the rule of the world by scholars and officials. For a person like Liao Yu, it is enough to kill ten times, but he was sentenced to exile.

As for the people of Ma and Han families, their crimes were basically very minor, and some were even insignificant.

The most outrageous one was Han Yuan.

Fan Zhongyan didn't bring this guy down back then, but now that he was in Zhao Jun's hands, the crimes he found out were even more serious than those found by old Fan.

Catching beggars, cutting off people's fingers, beating people to death on fabricated charges in order to rob people's ancestral items were all considered minor crimes, and there was even a case of playing with two girls sent from Wuyou Cave to death.

Then the Dali Temple sentenced him to dismissal.

Isn't this funny?

Zhao Jun didn't hesitate and sentenced them all to death.

Except for the crime of accepting bribes, all other crimes that caused death or caused the separation of wives and children and the destruction of families of the people were sentenced to death.

As a result, more than 300 officials who were not to be executed were sentenced to beheading, more than 10 were cut in half, and more than 200 were not just dismissed and exiled, but were imprisoned, forced labor, and the lightest punishment was exiled to Lingnan.

Zhao Jun spent the whole morning basically ticking the boxes in the Constitutional Court. Although each tick was a living life, Zhao Jun had no mercy at this moment.

Because compared to the countless people they harmed, their lives could not be repaid at all.

Beheading was at most a consolation to the injured hearts of the victims.