"I've met the left prime minister!"

The carriage kicked and stepped on the front of the Zihuan Hall and stopped. Two rows stood in front of the Secretariat Government's office. The guards wearing leather armor, holding spears in one hand and pressing the knife in the other hand, saluting in unison.

"No gift!" After getting off the car, Chen Xu looked at the three gilded ancient seal characters of the Secretariat hanging at the entrance of the tall and majestic hall. He nodded slightly and walked along the steps into the Secretariat.

After Chen Xu took office, the Secretariat had made several internal adjustments and reforms, and many subordinate offices and officials also underwent extensive adjustments. Now two years have passed, the working conditions and atmosphere of the Secretariat have become very good. In the past, the autocracy of Li Si caused the officials below to be overly erected and chatted and flattered. Chen Xu's work system was formulated very detailed. The internal supervision department conducted a small inspection every three days and a large inspection every ten days. Under the strict work system and supervision system, all the officials in the Secretariat follow the rules and work diligently on weekdays, for fear that Chen Xu would grab his braid and rush home to farm.

Therefore, Chen Xu usually went to the Secretariat to inspect the Secretariat after he was dispersed, and arranged the official duties of the court discussion. If there was no major event on weekdays, Chen Xu would not take the initiative to work overtime.

After the autumn, in order to take care of three pregnant wives, Chen Xu had already started fishing for three days and two days of drying the Internet. He was sometimes too lazy to go to the morning court. The emperor and the civil and military officials of the court were used to it. Many officials even felt extremely relaxed if Chen Xu did not come to the court.

But today Chen Xu suddenly came to check the work, so from the moment Chen Xu's carriage arrived at the gate of the Secretariat, the entire Secretariat instantly fell into a tense and serious atmosphere.

When Qinghe Hou inspects, no one is allowed to greet him without reason. If you go to the office, you will be careful to handle official duties. If anyone thinks that going up to take a few words to take a few horses, he will be a new official.

Therefore, after Chen Xu walked into the Secretariat, except for the guards and the civil servants holding the documents, all the offices were busy and the sound of reviewing and stamping were rumbling.

Chen Xu first walked into his office, called the secretary to inquire about the government affairs situation in the past two days, and then asked the secretary to make a cup of hot tea and then sat at his desk to watch several memorials submitted by various departments that he had to review in person.

At present, the memorials of the Qin Dynasty are all paper documents. The bamboo and wooden slips that were slim in the past that were as precious as gold have been completely eliminated. Therefore, the memorials and documents in various places can generally be written in very detailed detail, and it seems that there is no longer the obscure situation in the past that requires long-term guessing.

Most of these memorials and documents are people's livelihood government affairs, grain tax, commercial tax, road construction, canal construction, emergencies, criminal cases, commercial development, and the implementation of the Five-Year Plan of the Daqin in all parts of the country.

Chen Xu saw it very quickly, basically just a few lines at a glance. Chen Xu also took a look at the handling opinions approved by the Secretariat. There were already certain rules for handling these matters. As long as they were not particularly interested, Chen Xu would not pay attention to them deliberately. Therefore, after reading most of the memorials, Chen Xu would directly instruct the secretary to ask the eunuchs to return them to the Secretariat to distribute six ministries to the execution. As for the more important memorials, Chen Xu would sign and arrange for someone to send them to the palace for the emperor to make his own decisions. He would also write down his opinions carefully if the memorials that the six ministries were inappropriate.

Overall, the work efficiency of the Secretariat today is very high.

Half an hour later, Chen Xu had only the last memorial from Yanmen County.

This is a memorial reviewed by the Ministry of Justice, covered with the official seal of the magistrate of Guangwu County. The content is that there is a Jingbian Temple near Yanmen Pass. In mid-March this spring, a group of bards guarding the border had a conflict with local people at Jingbian Temple, resulting in several people being injured. Now the injured soldiers have been arrested by the county government and submitted to the Ministry of Justice for ruling.

This memorial, which seemed to be fine, made Chen Xu's face solemn.

There is a saying in later generations that the shorter the news, the more serious the matter is.

This memorial was out of normalcy and only a few words were said. It was a long time. It was actually a matter of March in spring. But it was already August in autumn, and it was almost half a year. Moreover, according to the laws and regulations of the Qin Dynasty, soldiers and the people had conflicts, causing injuries. In any case, as long as the responsibility was clearly distinguished, the trial could be tried. Although the Qin Dynasty values ​​military merits and the treatment of soldiers is good, the civilian status is also very high. Soldiers do not have an advantage in civil trials. However, according to different military titles, they have corresponding guilt. Even if they kill, they may not be sentenced to death in the end. Moreover, this memorial only describes injury, but why did the magistrate of Guangwu County even submit a small civil conflict to the Ministry of Justice to apply for a ruling?

Is there anything wrong with it?

After sitting in the office with his chin pinched his chin for a long time, Chen Xu called the officials of the Secretariat who were responsible for reviewing the memorials of the Ministry of Justice.

"I have met the left prime minister, but I don't know what to do with my subordinates?" Yanzhuang, the deputy chief of the Secretariat of the Secretariat, came hurriedly, and after saluting respectfully, he was a little nervous.

Now two years have passed, and all officials in the Secretariat Province have become accustomed to Chen Xu's office style. He generally does not scold his subordinates in person in the office. Even if the subordinate officials do their jobs wrong, as long as they strictly follow the rules and regulations, Chen Xu will not be too careful. At most, they will criticize them, and then educate and correct them, and their attitude is very friendly.

In Chen Xu's eyes, work system and work style are far more important than mistakes at work. Only by developing good habits and styles of strictly abide by rules and regulations can there be opportunities for correction of mistakes at work. What is afraid of is that officials do not follow rules and regulations.

Most of the current office habits of officials in Daqin are still in very primitive office processes, which rely entirely on feelings, moods and take-for-follow judgments. Various negligence and mistakes will inevitably occur in work. This is a process that Chen Xu is working hard to correct and change. Therefore, Chen Xu is very tolerant of the mistakes of his subordinate officials. Therefore, as long as officials in the Secretariat feel that they have not violated the rules and regulations of office, they are generally not too afraid of being named by Chen Xu.

"Sit up for the banquet!" Chen Xu nodded slightly and raised the memorial in his hand and said, "I have the memorial on this conflict between the soldiers and civilians in Yanmen County. You think the Ministry of Justice has not been punished according to military merits, so I asked me to review it. However, the matter was written too simply by the magistrate of Guangwu County, so I have no way to judge. Tell me what you think about this matter!"

Yanzhuang pondered for a moment and said, "Left Prime Minister, my subordinates think this matter is a bit strange, and there are three doubts. First, why did the soldiers go to a temple for sacrifice for no reason and conflict with civilians? Second, this happened in March, and it was delayed until July to issue a memorial. Why didn't there be any news in nearly four months? Third, it was also the ones who were most confused by the subordinates. When the incident happened, Jingbian Temple was near Yanmen Pass, and there were military soldiers involved. Logically speaking, this matter should be submitted by the Yanmen Pass to the Ministry of War for handling, but why was the magistrate of Guangwu County reported to the Ministry of Justice?"

"You said it right. This memorial is indeed full of doubts. This is also the reason why the original minister asked you to come. But if it is returned to the Ministry of Justice, the matter will inevitably be slowly dragged down. From the memorial, neither the Ministry of Justice nor the court officials will pay too much attention to this matter. This matter has no roots and no clues. If it is handed over to the emperor for review, it will inevitably not get a useful result. Therefore, the original minister is a little hesitant. As the review department, the Secretariat cannot let go of any doubts, otherwise it may lead to grievances and tragedies. You have handled this matter well!"

"Thank you for your praise, this is my subordinate's responsibility!" Yan Zhuang's nervous mood instantly calmed down.

"Since you have doubts about this matter, and you also involve soldiers and civilians in the border guards, you can't stop there. Take this memorial to the Ministry of Justice to see if you can figure out the more detailed chapters!"

"Yes, I'll do it now!" Yanzhuang took the memorial and hurriedly left the Secretariat and headed straight for the Ministry of Justice.

Chen Xu then went around the various offices of the Secretariat and inspected it. After about half an hour, the feast village returned with the edict, but the news brought back was still the same. The Ministry of Justice was confused about this matter. Even the Ministry of Justice ordered Yin Wu to personally ask about it, but the officials who were doing the matter were still unaware of the whole story.

Chen Xu sat on the chair and rubbed his chin hard, feeling that he was about to rub a layer of his skin.

Yanmen is more than 2,000 miles away from Xianyang, and there are mountains and rivers in the middle. Moreover, the northwest is already vast and sparsely populated wild animals, so it is very inconvenient to travel. An ordinary memorial is sent from Yanmen to Xianyang for at least one month. Even the so-called 400 miles of emergency information can be at least ten days per day. It takes fifteen to twenty days during heavy rains and snow seasons in winter and summer. Fortunately, there is a Taiyuan County city in the middle, otherwise it will be more difficult to travel to the northwest border counties.

Therefore, although this matter seems to be full of doubts in Chen Xu and Yanzhuang, if the censor is specially arranged to investigate, it will take more than a month to spend on the road just by spending back and forth. In addition, many things that may be hidden behind it, the investigation may encounter many obstacles and may end up in a failure.

Damn it, I don’t even have a phone call, it’s so fucked!

Chen Xu continued to pull down a few beards that were not many depressed.

"Left Prime Minister, although this matter is a mess, my subordinates have found out about something, which may be related to this conflict!"

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly." Chen Xu became interested.

"This incident happened in Jingbian Temple, but can the prime minister know where Jingbian Temple comes from?"

"Jingbian Temple, since it is a temple, it is naturally a place for sacrifice!" Chen Xu frowned slightly.

Many people in later generations always thought that temples were only available after monks, but in fact, they were not. Temples were found very early, and temples were different buildings and their functions were different. At the beginning, they were used as places for sacrifices. The temples were places for sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and the temples were an official sacrificial institution. Later, the temple evolved into an official office and belonged to the court, such as Taichang Temple, Dali Temple, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other institutions. They were all important departments under the jurisdiction of the nine ministers of the court. The most familiar one was Dali Temple, which was responsible for presiding over the trial of major cases, equivalent to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Judicial institution. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the temple was not a bald donkey... Well, the professional gathering place for Buddhists was only because when Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, monks from India were placed in Honglu Temple for care. Later, all Buddhist buildings were named after the temple, so that the names of White Horse Temple, Xiangguo Temple, Shaolin Temple and other names were named.
Chapter completed!