Chapter 295 Prison Litigation Review
While everyone in the Sun residence was in a state of chaos, Sun Shaozong was also busy in the Criminal Law Department.
It is almost April, and the mid-year "prison litigation review" has arrived as scheduled. Last year, the predecessor Liu Zhizhong was in charge of this matter, and this year it is naturally Sun Shaozong's turn.
In fact, when he came to the government office yesterday, he was planning to take a look around, but he was unexpectedly delayed by Ma Yingjue's case - now he is already 28 years old, how can he not check and fill in the gaps?
So he arrived at the Criminal Law Department early, summoned Lin Delu and the clerks from each department, and launched a surprise inspection.
Fortunately, according to the inspection results, the official business of each department of the Criminal Law Department was handled quite well - in fact, this was also thanks to Wei Ruolan. This guy used the "Rectification Program" as a sword to scare the people below, so how could they dare to make any mistakes?
It is possible that even the long-standing problems have been completely cured.
The only thing that made Sun Shaozong dissatisfied was the government prison run by Zhou Da.
This guy probably knew that being promoted to the eighth-rank prison warden was the pinnacle of his life, so he relaxed all of a sudden.
Usually, all the affairs in the prison were handed over to the clerk Bao Yongmeng and the minister Ni Er. He just lived a carefree life of wine and women .
As for Ni Er and Bao Yongmeng, relying on their relationship with the Sun family and their superiors not restricting them in any way, they have been acting recklessly in recent days - it would be ok for them to withhold the prisoners' food, but they even set up a separate "private room" in the women's prison, which was filled with all kinds of cosmetics and clothes. It was obvious that this was not a decent place!
After Sun Shaozong's inspection, his face became very gloomy.
Zhou Da and the other two behind were all terrified. When they saw Sun Shaozong pulling a bench and sitting down at the door of the cell, the three of them immediately knelt on the ground.
Sun Shaozong didn't even look at them straight in the eye, and only asked Lin Delu who was standing beside him: "Look at the torture instruments in this prison, aren't they a bit old?"
"this……"
Lin Delu didn't know what he meant by that, and he didn't even take a close look at the torture device. He could only say vaguely, "It looks a little neglected, but as long as it can be used, it's fine."
“Does it really work?”
Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "Why does it look like it's no longer useful to me?"
Without waiting for Lin Delu to respond, he raised his voice and ordered, "Prison Officer Zhou, go get a few and have a look."
Zhou Da hurriedly got up, picked up a few sets of commonly used torture instruments, and carefully presented them with both hands.
Sun Shaozong took a quick look and saw that they were a whip, a clamp, and a branding iron. He nodded and said, "Each of you three can choose one and demonstrate it to me. Let me see if these things can be used or not."
Zhou Da's hands trembled when he heard this, and the torture instrument fell to the ground with a crash.
Bao Yongmeng was so frightened that he was shaking like a sieve. He couldn't help but look up and said, "Sir, I have been here for less than a month and have not done anything illegal or disorderly!"
Although Ni Er was a corrupt official, he was still a responsible person. He puffed out his chest and shouted, "That's right, these things were done by me. They have nothing to do with Lao Bao and Lord Zhou. If the master wants to punish me, just punish me alone! "
Sun Shaozong raised his foot and kicked him on his back, sneering: "Before doing anything, why don't you think about whether it will implicate your colleagues and superiors? Now you are trying to be a hero?! Very well, I will oblige you. Demonstrate these three torture instruments one by one, then find a cell and lock you up for a year or so!"
Then he raised his voice again: "Zhou Da!"
"I'm...I'm here to serve you!"
"As the warden, you failed to discipline the prisoners strictly. You shall receive twenty lashes. Each lash shall draw blood!"
"In addition, if he is released from prison in half a year, you will fine him one year's salary; if he is released from prison in one year, you will fine him half a year's salary - let me see how much your loyalty is worth!"
Sun Shaozong then turned his gaze to Bao Yongmeng and said, "Since you are new here and have never participated in this, you will be punished with five lashes and a one-month salary deduction."
Regardless of whether the three of them were convinced or not, they did not dare to argue in front of him and just agreed obediently.
Sun Shaozong was too lazy to watch the bloody execution scene. He left two subordinates to supervise and took Lin Delu and others out of the prison.
When they got outside, they saw that it was almost noon, but it was still some time before dinner time, so Sun Shaozong called Lin Delu over and asked, "Is there any place you haven't inspected yet?"
Lin Delu hurriedly said, "Reporting to the Lord, I have already visited all places in the palace - but according to the rules of previous years, I am afraid I will have to visit Daxing and Wanping counties as well."
This is obviously a bit far away.
Sun Shaozong immediately gave up the idea of continuing the inspection, called the clerks in each room and gave them a few words of encouragement. He also ordered them not to slack off and to be ready to face the inspection of the Ministry of Justice at any time, and then announced that they would be disbanded on the spot.
In fact, the situation is only tense this year. Next year, the "prison review" of Shuntian Prefecture will be the responsibility of the Zhili Provincial Surveillance Commissioner's Office.
By then, there probably wouldn't be anyone so blind as to find fault with Sun Shaozong - after all, the previous Censor died at his hands!
Sun Shaozong walked back to the Criminal Law Department in a leisurely manner. He originally wanted to take a rest and have some tea, but when he entered the room, he saw two groups of servants waiting obediently in the living room.
One of them was sent by Zhao Zhongji to announce the good news; as for the other one...
"Master Sun, I am from Master Xue's residence on Zijin Street. My master was just promoted to the position of experience in the Ministry of Public Administration yesterday, so we are hosting a banquet tonight to celebrate. Please be sure to come and enjoy the feast."
As the Xue family's servant said this, he handed over a gold-embossed card with both hands.
What was Xue Pan’s experience as the Minister of Public Administration?
Minister Wang’s efficiency is truly amazing!
Or, this green hat is not worn in vain...
He took the invitation and flipped through it. Seeing that Xue Pan was hosting the dinner at the nearby Dingxiang Tower, Sun Shaozong asked casually, "Have you sent the invitation to Wei Tongpan?"
"I have never sent any invitation to Master Wei!"
The servant smiled and said, "When we left, our master specifically told us that you are the only one in Shuntian Mansion and no one else will be invited! "
It was obvious that he was on Sun Shaozong's side and wanted to help exclude Wei Ruolan.
"inappropriate."
Sun Shaozong shook his head, threw the gold-plated note in his hand, and said, "If it was somewhere else, it would be fine, but since it is a banquet at Dingxianglou, inviting me to drink but ignoring Wei Ruolan, isn't it the same as deliberately offending him? Your master has just entered the officialdom, why is he looking for trouble for himself?"
Then, he said without question, "Go back and ask your uncle to write two more invitations, one for Wei Tongpan and one for Qiu Jianxiao - tell him that if he refuses to do so, I will not join in the fun tonight."
The servant heard that every word he said was for the sake of his master, so he responded with gratitude and hurried back to report to Xue Pan without mentioning anything else.
After sending away the Xue family's servants, Sun Shaozong called his own servants over and asked them in detail about Yu Qian and Sun Chengtao's ranking in the palace examination.
In fact, regardless of Yu Qian's ranking, based on the policy paper that implicitly criticized the retired emperor, he was undoubtedly the last among the top three.
Sun Chengtao's ranking was somewhat unexpected. People thought that he, who was at the bottom of the examination, would definitely become a "Tong Jinshi, Ru Furen", but he barely fell to the bottom of the second class.
This time, he was afraid he would have to show off for a while again.
"That's right."
The servant had finished reporting when he suddenly remembered something irrelevant and said, "When I was leaving, I ran into the Rongguo Mansion's motorcade. I heard it was the Rongguo Mansion's Second Madam Lian, who came to visit the First Madam."
Wang Xifeng went to her own home?
After a brief thought, Sun Shaozong guessed that she must be here for the "timber business".
It's a pity that I was so busy having a heart-to-heart talk with Yingchun yesterday that I forgot to remind her of this matter. Otherwise, I could have asked her to agree first, and then the two brothers could have played a double game and tried their best to bargain with Wang Xifeng.
