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It's almost time for annual leave, and with the New Year approaching, the streets of Nanjing are becoming more and more prosperous.

Yao Peizhen, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, sat in a sedan chair, from his house located in the Sanshan Gate to the Qingfang Building on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the asphalt road was flat and clean along the way, as if the dust was not clean, the street was full of people, and the BMW incense cars were endless.

When I passed through the original treasure gate, I saw a large cart of slaughtered fat pigs being pulled into the city. In fact, since the Ming Dynasty, the livestock trading market in Nanjing City is not located in the city, but in the south of the city;

Now in order to keep the city clean, all the big fat pigs are traded in Nanxiang, slaughtered, and then pulled into the city market for sale, the people in the city are used to calling it "Nanxiang pigs".

The Spring Festival is coming, the people who are living better and better, every family likes to buy some pork marinated into bacon for the New Year, so these days the number of "Nanxiang pigs" into the city has increased greatly, just Jubaomen, six or seven thousand fat pigs every day.

Other mutton, beef, donkey meat, etc., are also available, very rich.

Among them, the most noteworthy is beef, in previous dynasties, in order to ensure farming, the imperial court usually forbade people to slaughter cattle privately, and it was a felony to slaughter cattle privately;

Even if the common people's cattle died naturally, they had to be reported to the official for confirmation, and cowhides and tendons could not be sold privately, because they were strategic materials for making bows and arrows and other weapons.

In Daqin, this ban has been revoked, because the trade route is smooth, and a large number of cattle and sheep from Guanwai, Hetao, Hexi, Longyou, and Qinghai-Tibet have been transported into the Central Plains, ensuring that there is no shortage of cattle and sheep in the Central Plains;

Then there is the cooperation between Taifu Temple and the private wealthy, the establishment of pastures in various parts of the country, such as Guangxi, Huguang, Guizhou, Shandong, Jiangxi and many other mountainous areas, is not suitable for farming, but the climate is suitable, the mountains are full of grass, very suitable for raising cattle and sheep;

Taipu Temple out of livestock technology. Private wealthy households contribute funds, this cooperation model, so that the domestic livestock industry development speed is very gratifying.

On the other hand, with the continuous improvement of smelting and forging technology, cold weapons gradually withdrew from the equipment sequence of the Qin army, and the imperial court's demand for cattle tendon and other materials decreased, which further promoted this change, that is, the ban on the slaughter of cultivated cattle was relaxed, and the people wanted to eat beef, which was available in the market.

From the market. It can be seen that there have been tremendous changes in all aspects of Daqin, and in this regard, Yao Peizhen, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, is also quite emotional, but some changes are good, and some changes he can't accept.

The position of squire is more special in Daqin, not that its responsibilities are different from those of different dynasties, but the particularity of this position is because it has just stepped into the rank of the third rank.

In the Chang Dynasty of Great Qin, officials from the third rank and above had seats. Officials below the third rank can only stand, which is different from all the ministers in the Song and Ming dynasties who had to stand to go to the court.

As the so-called sitting and discussing, this is a very high honor, officials of Great Qin and scholars who are interested in entering the temple. All of them take the three products as their lifelong goal.

Yao Peizhen, as the right attendant of the Criminal Department, just happened to have this honor of "sitting and talking", and he didn't want to lose it. Today, the emperor suddenly issued a holy decree in the form of ancestral teachings. In the future, the emperor was not allowed to directly intervene in judicial trials.

It was a strange will;

Although the emperors of previous dynasties usually did not directly intervene in judicial trials, it was the first time that someone beat the drums in Xijing. The emperor did not directly try the case, but was authorized by Xijing to judge Jackie Chan on his behalf.

At first glance, this qiē seems to be enough to prove that there is nothing special about the emperor's holy decree.

But looking back, it is not difficult to understand that the emperor suddenly issued this holy decree, and it was in the form of ancestral teachings, which is very unusual.

This holy decree is not used to restrain ministers, on the contrary, it is subject to the authority of ministers, so that ministers can use this to restrain the emperor from now on, especially for the kings of later generations, which has a stronger binding force, no matter how great the emperor of later generations is, it is not as big as Emperor Taizu.

Great Qin ruled the country with filial piety, and the ministers only raised this ancestral precept to prevent the kings of later generations from interfering in judicial trials.

As for Jinshang, his own will, as the so-called king has no jokes, it is always difficult to break his word and get fat, so it is impossible for Jinshang to directly intervene in the judicial trial.

Yao Peizhen is the right attendant of the Punishment Department, at first he was very happy about it, but then when he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong, what kind of person is it today, his every move seemed unintentional at first, but in fact there was an unexpected deep intention in the end.

Today will never inexplicably put a set of shackles on himself, so what is his intention?

Yao Peizhen came to the river house on the bank of the Qinhuai River, the river house was very elegantly arranged, a qiē was ready according to his requirements, Yao Peizhen entered the river house, the guests did not arrive, stretched out to the balcony of the Qinhuai River, the flowers bloomed, the competition was gorgeous, and the faint fragrance accompanied by the curling qin song floating from the flower boat on the river, intoxicating.

Yao Peizhen sat down, tasted fragrant tea, quietly enjoyed the winter scenery on the river, the weeping willow branches on the riverbank were stained with snow mushrooms, compared with the scene of smoke in spring and summer, there was a clear beauty.

Yao Peizhen waited patiently for a cup of tea, and a middle-aged man in his forties, a little blessed, and looked like a group of amiable people came as promised.

If you just look at his appearance as a rich man, it is hard for you to believe that it is the left waiter of the Great Qin Criminal Department, Ge Xiu.

Although the left and right waiters are of the same level, China has always respected the left, which means that Ge Xiu's status is really above Yao Peizhen, Yao Peizhen welcomed him in, and the two greeted each other with a smile;

After sitting down, they talked about poetry and articles for a while, and after the atmosphere was harmonious, Yao Peizhen pretended to unintentionally lead the topic to the emperor's holy decree.

"I don't know what Lord Ge thinks of the emperor's holy decree? The lower officials are puzzled why the emperor suddenly issued this holy decree. ”

The expression on Ge Xiu's face did not change at all, and he still smiled kindly: "Don't hide it from Lord Yao, although this official can't understand the emperor's intentions for a while, he feels that this is a good thing for my criminal department." ”

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs is in charge of the judicial affairs of criminal names, to be honest, who wants to have a big hand on his head, the emperor himself issued this holy decree, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to send power to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, which is naturally a good thing at first glance.

Yao Peizhen smiled and said: "Master Ge, we are all in the Criminal Department, there is no need to hide some words, in the eyes of the lower officials, this matter is probably not as simple as it seems, the emperor is afraid that he has other intentions." Yao Peizhen paused when he said this, "I heard that the emperor intends to add two cabinet assistants, and our Bai Shangshu has won the trust of the emperor, and I am afraid that he will enter the cabinet this time." ”

"Haha, this is also a good thing, Bai Shangshu's entry into the cabinet can increase my sentence, and the official is happy to see it."

Seeing that Ge Xiu was still doing this trick, although Yao Peizhen was dissatisfied in his heart, he did not show any clues on the surface.

Bai Tie is as vicious as hatred, upright, and known as the Iron Bread, which is completely different from Ge Xiu's amiable character; The two of them were in the criminal department, but in fact, their faces and hearts were not in harmony, and Bai Tie was a little unaccustomed to Ge Xiu's sleek face. Regarding Bai Tie's possible entry into the cabinet, Ge Xiu would never be as happy to see it as he said.

Yao Peizhen said with a smile: "Since Xijing, His Majesty has ordered the training of pestles and changed his name to forensics. Retrain the state and county governors and county officials, and then separate the local judicial prison matters from the hands of the local magistrates, complete the separation of local justice and administration, and then order the establishment of the inspection department, responsible for law enforcement matters, and strip the law enforcement power from the hands of the same knowledge and county, this series of measures are interlocking, and the lower officials believe that the emperor is arranging a big game of chess, but the emperor's final intentions are just not understood. ”

Yao Peizhen pointed it out one by one, in fact, he had already said it very clearly, where he still couldn't understand as he said.

Ge Xiu smiled and groaned: "The so-called thunder and rain are all Jun'en." The emperor is far-sighted and has a cardinal in his chest, how can we be concerned? ”

Ge Xiu finally showed some words, but this made Yao Peizhen even more irritable, it seems that Ge Xiu also thinks the same way, then the emperor really intends to take the criminal department;

The emperor had laid out a qiē before, and now he intends to move Bai Tie into the cabinet, Bai Tie is selfless and upright, out of respect, the emperor usually has to let him three points, this time moving Bai Tie into the cabinet This is actually removing the biggest resistance from the criminal department.

Although the thunder and rain and dew are all Jun'en, who wants to abandon the rain and dew and thunder?

Yao Peizhen glanced at Ge Xiu quickly, at least Ge Xiu was not reconciled. (To be continued......)