The Ministry of Justice of the Song Dynasty was very frustrated.

There are not many opportunities to make money.

Because the Song Dynasty had five places to investigate cases within the city walls of the capital, namely the Censorate, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, Kaifeng Prefecture, and Xiangfu County.

In the central organization of the Song Dynasty, there were three government offices that could be tried, and each had its own cells. For example, the Censorate was one of them. Generally, the Censorate was the criminals who attracted the attention of the emperor after the Censorate was impeached. The Censorate's prison was also called Wutai. Because of the best conditions, it required the status and rank of officials, so it became a model prison in the capital of the Song Dynasty. It had good food, elegant residence, and few prisoners. It could also provide paper money, allowing self-examination, repentance, confession, and conspiracy of colleagues... Su Shi could not distinguish himself in Wutai, and eventually had to conspire more than 30 "accomplices". He was forced to be unjustly, but he could do nothing.

The only disadvantage of the Censorate is that there are many crows, and I don’t know if it is to say people or to be honest.

The second is Dali Temple. During the Tang Dynasty, Dali Temple handled the yamen that reported cases across the country. The review and judgment were carried out within the Dali Temple. When the case was closed, it was then handed over to the Ministry of Justice. The Song Dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty's system and used Dali Temple as a trial institution for important cases across the country. It was equivalent to robbing a large part of the power of the Ministry of Justice.

This is also why the six ministries only have a little better life and other departments are very deserted. Their responsibilities overlap with the yamen under the Shangshu Province. If they compete with ordinary yamen, the six ministries will still have a big reputation, but the monks, the provincial government, the chief officials are in power. Before the Yuanfeng restructuring, the chief officials were the chief officials. After the restructuring, they were divided into two, and the left and right Shangshu Pushe would let the prime minister serve as the prime minister.

How can the six ministries dare to compete for benefits and power in the Secretariat?

The same is true for most cases. The local government reported it to various criminal jail departments and then reported it to Dali Temple. After the Dali Temple's judgment, the Ministry of Justice generally had no objection. Only cases that were controversial and families were unwilling to accept it, and senior officials in the court came forward to review it.

After the Ministry of Justice review, if there are any questions, the three departments need to re-examine.

The Censor Zhongcheng, Minister of Justice, and Minister of the Dali Temple were reviewed together. The case document was circulated in this way, and the prison escorted by the tried prisoners was also wandering between these yamen. This was also the highest judicial system in the Song Dynasty.

As for Kaifeng Prefecture and Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture examined cases in the entire Gyeonggi Province, including reported cases in 17 counties under Kaifeng Prefecture.

It can be said that it is impossible for princes and ministers to commit crimes to Kaifeng Prefecture because of different responsibilities. Only when the emperor asks Kaifeng Prefecture to investigate the case will the case be sent to Kaifeng Prefecture.

As for Xiangfu County, it’s all about tears.

In the first county of the Song Dynasty, the county magistrate and the yamen runners were in the capital, and no one could control them, so they could only bully the scoundrels on the streets. The prisons were all unlucky guys who were arrested for repairing the city walls in winter.

If Li Kui's grade is not as good as the Censorate, the same normal procedure should be to go to Dali Temple instead of sending it to the Ministry of Justice. The reason why he appeared in the Ministry of Justice was because Xing Shu was the Minister of Justice. He believed that he could help him by putting Li Kui in his own territory. Although Xing Shu was a recurring villain, he always had a good attitude when asking for help.

But although Xing Shu had good intentions, he lacked communication in this matter.

He was already in a hurry to start a palace, so he thought that he would wait until he came out of the palace, return to the Ministry of Justice, and then go to the prison to instruct his subordinates.

And it is very likely that Li Kui and him leave the palace.

The reason why I didn’t tell my subordinates was because of the urging of the palace, how could outsiders know about it?

If one person is missing, he will lose the risk of being rumored. He was the one who suffered a great loss in Wang Gui. When he was detained Wang Gui, if all the guilt afterwards were not for Cai Que's punishment, he would have been the end of his official position.

In Xing Shu's opinion, it is no less than the secret of the palace coup, and even his confidants cannot believe it. How could they remind the subordinates of the Ministry of Justice in advance?

Not to mention instructing his subordinates, there is a seventh-rank official today. Zhi Se Pavilion is going to move into the Ministry of Justice Prison, so that people can watch it and provide delicious food and drinks. Isn’t this obvious that something big is going to happen?

I met a subordinate who was good at franchise and asked carefully among classmates and friends. If I heard some rumors, Xing Shu would be about to sit on wax.

This is not helping others, it is harming others.

And harm others and yourself.

But it was precisely this little thought that made Li Kui look like a fat sheep. He could still wear official robes and appeared in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. It was obviously a fat sheep that could be reaped. Whether it was a criminal escorted from the Censorate or a criminal escorted from the Dali Temple. In short, it has entered the final trial stage and this guy cannot make a fuss. But there should be no serious crime. After all, who dares to let him wear an important criminal?

"Boy, what's the matter?"

The chief officer of the Ministry of Justice was Xing's mistress, an eighth-rank official.

The civil servants simply disdained to be this official and would rather be a ninth-rank professor and academic officer in the county than be a prisoner.

The deputy of the Ministry of Justice's Prison was the Prison Chief, a ninth-rank minor official.

The yamen runners surrounded a small official wearing the same green official robe as Li Kui, who walked up to Li Kui. The other party was obviously shorter than Li Kui, but it did not prevent him from looking at Li Kui. The evaluation of Li Kui's value in his heart increased a lot again. It was not smelly and clean. It was obviously not a bad thing in the prison cell and was a willing person to spend money.

This guy spent money at Dali Temple or the Censorate, and he also spent a lot of money. The feng shui took turns, so it was time for him to eat meat in the prison of the Ministry of Justice.

It is difficult for the Ministry of Justice to meet a decent prisoner like Li Kui who is willing to spend money and is worth a lot of money. He is the best prisoner in the Ministry of Justice prison. If there is such a person every month, hundreds of people in the Ministry of Justice prison will be able to be nourished.

Can Li Kui have a good face to the prison department of the Ministry of Justice, which cannot be even smaller?

He snorted coldly and said, "I am not guilty."

"Good boy, you are still stubborn when you die. But when you come to the official's place, you can't help but show off your power and understand? You know what you know, follow the rules, and I will take care of you. If you really feel that you are covered in iron, the official's prison of the Ministry of Justice is a workshop for iron smelting, and you must be nailed."

The other party deliberately bit his back teeth and acted very cruelly, as if he wanted to scare Li Kui. Li Kui didn't know what others thought about Li Kui, but he felt that the expression and tone of this guy were like a eunuch, and he was really not a thing.

Li Kui was frightened by a few words and sneered: "Please give me a favor, but I hope you don't regret it!"

"Good boy, the emotional censorate and Dali Temple have all kneeled. Come to my Ministry of Justice to pretend to be tough. If the Japanese official does not let you know the prestige of my Ministry of Justice, he would think that he was guarding the Ministry of Justice and he would think that it was a good hall? Come on, take it down and beat me!"

"Master, no! Look at him, he is an official, and it is inevitable that if the second master asks a case tomorrow, he will sue the master for a slander. It is better to follow our old rules and let him hang it first so that he knows that he is no longer an official, but a prisoner."

"You kid are smart. OK, just arrange him in the deepest part of the dizi cell, so that he can also feel the difference between my Ministry of Justice and other prisons."

The yamen runners were shocked. That place was the cell of the death row prisoner in the government office. However, the prisoners who were "punished" and "scared" would not be held in the same cell as the death row prisoner. If someone died, they would also have trouble. At most, they would let the death row prisoners scare the newcomer.

However, seeing Li Kui's behavior of committing death, I probably don't care whether he is a neighbor of the death row prisoner. Besides, if this guy takes out some real money and silver, it would be more meaningful, so he wouldn't let Lord Prisoner get out of Taiwan, right?

"Master, let's go and arrange it if you are young!"

"Slow down." The manager in the prison of the Ministry of Justice discussed with the yamen runners to punish him. Although Li Kui was a little unlucky now, he looked like a prisoner, he always thought he was a meritorious minister!

Moreover, the emperor could not erase his merits.

He met a "little ghost" in the prison and deliberately wanted to get some oil from him, but he never thought that he was not good at all, and he was afraid that Li Kui's identity would be a bite. Can the prison cell arranged in this way be a clean and bright room that can enjoy the sun?

Li Kui is not an open-minded person. He can't do such a fool like repaying grievances with kindness. He pointed to the prison officer's nose and said, "Boy, I remember you. What's your name? I'll come to you tomorrow!"

Gary is an old prisoner. In his career, he has seen a humble senior official like a mouse. He treated him in the prison, as scared as a mouse when he saw a cat and shivered.

He had also seen those desperate gangsters in the world who killed too many people, their eyes were red, and they were cruel and inhumane. But under his means, he could only bow down and surrender.

But he had never seen a character like Li Kui. The day before, he dared to point at his nose and ask him for his name. Not only that, he also dared to speak out loudly about his bad luck.

Having seen an arrogant prisoner, Guerry had never seen an arrogant person like Li Kui.

"Okay, okay--"

The prison guard Gary was trembling like a sieve when Li Kui was angry, but his face was flushed. I didn't know whether this guy was excited or angry. He said three "goods" in succession, and was not afraid of Li Kui's revenge at all. He directly said his name: "Boy, listen well, this official Gary, the Ministry of Justice's Prison, you have the right to deal with you. Maybe tomorrow, you will not think so."

After saying that, my heart was very happy and I sneered - gaga.

Noisy.

Li Kui didn't even raise his eyelids, and he snorted coldly to interrupt Gary's extremely arrogant sneer. For the Prison Office, in the Ministry of Justice, he was the heaven here, the King of Hell from Hell, and Li Kui was arrogant. But now he has encountered a tough guy, but for Gary, it is just a matter of time. From a few days to a few days, Li Kui will become a slave, climbing in front of him and licking the shit on his feet.

The Ministry of Justice’s Prison is not the Censorate, nor the Dali Temple.

This guy is still an official, he is simply a fool.

Prison Si Garui walked to Li Kui with a sinister expression. There was no way, Li Kui was too dark, and the prison of the Ministry of Justice was not sunny. There was dark darkness everywhere, making him unable to see Li Kui's appearance. He came to Li Kui just to recognize the other person's appearance, but when he stood in front of Li Kui, Prison Si Garui still took a breath. This guy is so dark, why did he come to the front of him? He still has a dark outline? It's really a ghost!

As for Prison Gary himself, he did things in such a dark environment and didn't see much sunshine all day long. How could he get dark?

Gary's fair face made him misunderstand Li Kui. Adding his name makes people think of it a little else.

Li Kui pulled the corner of his mouth for a moment, and he had no intention of taking action. Although he was escorted here, he was not shackled, nor was he shackled, and he was completely free. But the reaction of the Guardian Gary was a bit abnormal.

Li Kui is not the kind of person who is hard to talk to.

As long as the prison guard Gaery spoke well, it was stated that the conditions in the Ministry of Justice were limited, and if you wanted to live in a good cell, clean and bright, and you had to have a designated restaurant for food, you would have to add more money. Li Kui didn't care about spending a little money to make himself more comfortable.

But this guy showed his authority as soon as he came up, showing his authority. Those who didn't know thought that this guy was the minister of the Ministry of Justice, not the prison guard of the Ministry of Justice, and was not a prison guard. Li Kui was amused and thought that Gary was a Seminary, so he asked: "Are you Seminary?"

Officials in the Song Dynasty would not discriminate against people of any other race. As long as they learn Chinese etiquette, read the Four Books and Five Classics, and are willing to contribute to the Song Dynasty, they can be regarded as their own people. Many Arabs in Quanzhou are officials in the Maritime Bureau. For Li Kui, meeting a captain of the Seminary Prison in the Song Dynasty was just interesting.

Unexpectedly, when the prison guard Garui heard it, he immediately became furious and cursed: "I am from Central Plains, from Yuzhou, what kind of semen? Your whole family is semen. No, he is a Kunlun slave..."

"School!" Li Kui glanced at the prison Si Garui and said to himself, what's wrong with this guy? If he is not a sage person, he is not a sage person. It is not a shame to explain it clearly. Although Li Kui is not a gentleman, he will not discriminate against the identity of a sage person. His eyes are colored, his skin is white, and his body odor... Speaking of which, his image is as ugly as a ghost.

The prison guard Gary, who was placed on Li Kui, never thought it was a slut. After being despised by Li Kui, he became curious about Li Kui.

Logically speaking, if Li Kui comes to the Ministry of Justice, he must have enough filial piety when he comes to the Ministry of Justice. But why does this guy look like a naughty guy, know nothing, and keeps offending the chief officer of the Ministry of Justice.

Could it be that this guy is seeking death?

Prison Gary added a show to himself and figured out the secret that Li Kui couldn't tell. I think this is the case. If a person who is pampered and respected gives up on himself, wouldn't he dare to scold Huang Tian?

The prison guard Garrie immediately took Li Kui seriously, and he felt that he should explore Li Kui's background.

Prison Gary widened his eyes and didn't see the other party clearly. He immediately said annoyed: "Boy, you are also an official. I've been escorted to Beijing from that road, tell me."

"I'm a Beijing official."

According to the procedure, if Li Kui is admitted to the Ministry of Justice like this, he must not be a Beijing official.

The minor official Kaifeng Prefecture can be sentenced. In the larger Dali Temple, the officials who work in the key yamen will go to Wutai, that is, the Censorate, to go to jail.

Li Kui said that he was a Beijing official but attracted Gary's ridicule. The Beijing official came to the prison of the Ministry of Justice for committing crimes?

Isn’t this nonsense?

Shouldn't you go to Dali Temple and the Censorate?

Jail Secret Garrie thinks Li Kui looks down on his little Jail Secret identity, but you are also wearing green robes, and we are also wearing green robes. Why can you look down on others?

Thinking of his humble identity as a mistress, the prison guard Garui was so angry that he was not angry. Isn’t a mistress?

"You don't even look at what this place is. The capital city, the Ministry of Justice prison. I have seen many prisoners. I have seen such self-deprecating people. If you kill someone just by placing the ground, isn't it just a death? But before death, there are still days to live. You pay some money and have someone take care of you, and you won't suffer in the prison cell, how great."

"Who told me that I was going to be sentenced?" Li Kui didn't want to deal with the prison guard Garrie at all, but this guy stuck it like a candy, which was really disgusting: "Besides, I am a Beijing official, is there any need to hide it?"

"Okay, okay, you are the Beijing official, so what kind of yamen do you do? "After saying that, the prison official in which yamen are you doing things?" After saying that, Guerrei smiled proudly as if he had seen through Li Kui's background.

"Imperial City, Secretary's Pavilion."
To be continued...