The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1656 Xiangjiang Wuxiang

"Since County Magistrate Lu thinks he is incapable of trying the case of the Renaissance Society, who does Prefect Yan think should be handed over to try the case?" Fang Yun looked at Taihe Prefect Yan Wu with a kind face.

Yan Wu did not answer immediately.

Lu Ming glanced at Yan Wu, a flash of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and then looked at Fang Yun with respect in his heart, because he understood that Fang Yun deliberately wanted Yan Wu to take over before, which was a trap, and then combined with this sentence, put Yan Wu in a dilemma.

Yan Wu's purpose is very clear, leaving the matter to be tried in Taihe Mansion, no matter what the result of the trial is, he can handle it in a direction that is beneficial to Qingguo. However, now Lu Ming does not want to try the case, Yan Wu either forces Lu Ming to accept it as a superior, or tries it himself.

Once Yan Wu suppresses it, it is equivalent to giving Fang Yun an excuse to allow Fang Yun to give orders as the governor.

If Yan Wu tries the case himself, once something goes wrong, Fang Yun will take the opportunity to take him down.

The governor is arbitrary, nothing else is needed, only an excuse is needed.

Many officials present had understood the meaning of Fang Yun's words. Some officials were very surprised and even secretly looked around, suspecting that there were shrewd bureaucrats at the level of Shangshu or even the fourth prime minister who were secretly instructing Fang Yun. No matter how talented a person was, he would never say such words if he had not been tempered in the officialdom for decades.

Yan Wu's forehead was oozing with sweat.

Other "Qing officials" were secretly anxious and wanted to help Yan Wu, but the only ones who could really take charge of this matter, apart from the county magistrate and prefect of Taihe Prefecture, were the Judicial Department, the Criminal Department, the State Governor's Department and the Governor's Department, and these three departments were firmly controlled by the "Jing officials". Above them, the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and the Supervisory Council in the capital could be responsible, which is often referred to as the Three Judicial Departments.

Neither side wanted to hand the matter over to the three departments for trial.

Although the "Qing officials" of Xiangzhou did not take the initiative to admit that they wanted Xiangzhou to return to the Qing Kingdom, they had long been in opposition to the "Jing officials". Both sides knew the identity of the other party. Once they stepped forward, they would inevitably be besieged by the "Jing officials".

After a moment, Yan Wu said, "Since this matter involves a dispute between two countries, it may not be appropriate to hand it over to the Ministry of Justice alone. It should be handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Justice to jointly try the case."

Many officials showed satisfaction. A country has the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple in charge of foreign affairs, but a state does not have a government office similar to the Honglu Temple. Some functions of the Honglu Temple are under the Ministry of Rites.

The government affairs within a state are managed by the governor of the state. Under the governor of the state, there are various departments in charge of specific government affairs, such as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Law, etc.

The various departments of a state are the government offices that handle specific affairs. The governor of a state basically does not personally try cases like a county magistrate or prefect, except in very rare cases.

"Prefect Yan is a mature person. I think the case should be judged jointly by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Justice."

"This is the most prudent policy, after all, it involves hundreds of scholars."

The Ministry of Rites in Xiangzhou has always been the private domain of Qing officials. When Jingguo took over Xiangzhou, it wanted to use Jingguo officials or "Jingguan" who were inclined to Jingguo to occupy the positions of Sizheng and Zuosizheng of each department, but was strongly resisted by Qing officials.

Although Qing officials secretly supported Qingguo, they were Xiangzhou people or Xiangzhou officials after all. The Jingguo court could not force them to leave. Once they were forced to leave, most of the government offices in Xiangzhou would be paralyzed. What's more, there was also the left prime minister Liushan who echoed them in the court.

As a last resort, Jingguo compromised and gave up the Ministry of Rites to Qing officials. At the same time, among the three chief officials of the remaining Sizheng, Zuosizheng and Yousizheng, Qing officials must be appointed as the right Sizheng, and Zuosizheng must also be a native of Xiangzhou. Only Sizheng can be appointed by officials from other states of Jingguo.

Jingguo has made great concessions and promised that if Xiangzhou is stable in ten years, the proportion of Xiangzhou officials will be gradually increased, and it is willing to let Xiangzhou people serve as Xiangzhou governors. The treatment of Xiangzhou officials and scholars is much better than that of Xiangzhou in Qingguo.

During the period when Qingguo ruled Xiangzhou, there were many strict regulations. Not only the governor, governor and court ruler must be from Qingguo, but also the chief of each department, the left chief, the right chief, and the prefect and co-chief of each prefecture must be from Qingguo.

Even the county magistrate of the seventh rank was 90% from Qingguo at the beginning. Later, Qingguo "showed mercy" and stipulated that three or five counties could be magistrates from Xiangzhou.

In other words, during the reign of Qingguo, 90% of the officials above the seventh rank were from Qingguo, and 10% were from Xiangzhou. Among the officials of the seventh rank or below, talents from Xiangzhou accounted for a large proportion.

The treatment that Jingguo now gives to Xiangzhou is far better than that of Qingguo, but even so, those Qing officials or scholars in Xiangzhou who are against Jingguo still go to the discussion board to attack Jingguo, saying that Jingguo does not give power to Xiangzhou people, saying that they will always be Qingguo people, saying that they miss Qingguo, and even on festivals, they hang the Qingguo flag, kneel down to worship the portrait of Qingjun, etc.

The most ridiculous thing is that when Jingguo and Qingguo handed over the power of Xiangzhou, some Xiangzhou people actually asked Qingguo people to continue to serve as the chief judges of the law, criminal and ritual departments, and opposed the backward Jingguo to tarnish the fair law, criminal and ritual departments of Xiangzhou.

When this happened, the world was in an uproar. Many officials of Jingguo said that if Jingguo was really weak, such things could be tolerated, but even if they were tolerated, a time limit should be set. If they accepted it without restrictions, it would be a national humiliation. If any monarch gave the judicial power of a state to people from other countries, it would be better to abdicate and let others have power.

One official even shouted that if this happened, everyone could say that Xiangzhou did not belong to Jingguo.

This matter would not have been a big deal, but the left prime minister's party actually supported it, causing chaos in the court meeting.

The biggest reason of the Left Xiang Party is to let Xiangzhou set an example. After all, Jingguo has annexed more than one state. This way, other states can believe that Jingguo will not oppress the old states that have returned to Jingguo.

This reason silenced many officials who originally opposed it. After all, this argument makes sense.

The normal Jingguo people were very angry and cursed these Xiangzhou people. Only those people of the Left Xiang Party who were ready to betray the country at any time praised these people and praised these Qing officials.

In addition to the Yangtze River flowing through Xiangzhou, there is also a huge Yangtze River tributary called Wuxiang River. Therefore, a Jingguo Hanlin criticized those Xiangzhou people for "willing to be slaves, making Xiangjiang Wuxiang and Xiangzhou like a dog".

On the day of the court meeting, Jiang Hechuan, the Minister of Culture, said in a loud voice: "Xiangzhou was taken back by Fang Xusheng with all his might! If we continue to let the Qing officials govern Xiangzhou, we will be drinking his blood and eating his flesh! Since Fang Xusheng risked his life to take back Xiangzhou, we will risk our lives to protect the integrity of Xiangzhou!"

So far, all officials except the Left Prime Minister's party supported Jiang Hechuan, and Jingguo rejected the strange applications of those Xiangzhou scholars in a court meeting.

When this happened, Fang Yun was still taking the palace examination and could not participate in the temple dispute.

But now, Fang Yun is the master of Xiangzhou.

Fang Yun glanced at Yan Wu and the other Qing officials, his eyes were indifferent, but full of bone-chilling coldness.

"Where will the Ministry of Rites try the case? Let the Ministry of Law try it alone. In addition, I will report to the Criminal Palace and the Cabinet, taking Xiangzhou as a pilot, and divide the Supervisory Department into the Supervisory Department and the State Procuratorate. The former supervises all officials, and the latter investigates cases." Fang Yun said.

Some officials wanted to object to Fang Yun's first words and continue to test his bottom line, but after hearing what Fang Yun said, no one dared to object.

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