Chapter 798: Impeachment from an 'Old Friend'
The news that the Ministry of Revenue was about to allocate funds had spread. When Sun Shaozong rushed to the Dali Temple in the afternoon, the attitudes of the officials and runners below had obviously changed.
In the past, there was more fear than respect, but now there is a hint of intimacy between his eyebrows.
This is not surprising. In this clean and inexpensive government office, salary is the only way for many people to make a living, so it is naturally more important than elsewhere.
The only exception is probably the Tianlao - although the Dali Temple has lost its power, there are still many "rich dogs" imprisoned in the prison.
This situation is beneficial to Sun Shaozong for the time being.
Because this means that as long as Sun Shaozong can increase revenue and reduce expenditure so that the Dali Temple can benefit from it, he can pull the vast majority of low-level officials onto his own ship.
But in the long run, this is not a good thing.
Because this also means that their desire for wealth has been suppressed for a long time, and once the situation changes drastically, widespread corruption is likely to occur.
It seems that while expanding the authority of the Dali Temple, we must also actively carry out disciplinary inspections.
You must be upright in your conduct!
If you can't even explain yourself clearly, how can you try those corrupt officials?
——Sun Shaoqing, who had just pocketed hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by relying on official corruption, made the following decision outside the left temple office of the Dali Temple.
Then he strode into the inner hall, spread out the outline he had prepared in the morning on the desk, then took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, intending to copy it out neatly.
Just as he picked up the top-grade purple hair, the voice of the temple secretary Yang Zhiming came from outside the door: "Sir, I have something to report."
Tsk~
I don’t know what trivial matter it is this time - anyway, in the ten days that Sun Shaozong has been in office, Yang Zhiming has never reported anything important.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong did not pay much attention to it. He still focused most of his attention on the tip of the pen and replied without raising his head: "Come in."
Soon, Yang Zhiming lifted the curtain and entered the inner room. Seeing Sun Shaozong writing with a brush, he did not approach him but bowed from a distance and said, "Sir, the several corruption cases transferred by the Censorate have all been concluded. These are the confessions, case files, and closing statements."
As he spoke, he carried a few booklets and a thick confession to Sun Shaozong's desk.
Unlike the Tongpan, although the Sicheng was also a deputy, he enjoyed almost the same rights as the Zuo Shaoqing, which naturally included the right to go to court to hear cases.
If one encounters a weak superior, it would be much easier for the Zuo Si Cheng to sideline the Zuo Shao Qing than for the Tong Pan to check and balance the Zhi Zhong.
However, when faced with someone like Sun Shaozong, one can only keep a low profile.
"Put it down first."
Sun Shaozong still gave the order nonchalantly. He had carefully studied those cases when he first took office. They had all been impeached by the Censorate and then filtered by the provincial yamen.
Dirt, evidence, and even confessions are all available.
If the court had not stipulated that all convictions of officials above the sixth rank must be tried by the Dali Temple, there would be no need to add unnecessary details.
If one is willing to live a life of idleness and wait for death, then the more cases of this kind the better. After all, it is just a formality, and one can get some credit, but one does not have to bear any responsibility at all.
However……
How could Sun Shaozong be the kind of person who just sits in office and does nothing?
Therefore, in his view, these cases were not even worth mentioning, but could only be regarded as "food given out of pity".
Seeing Sun Shaozong's indifferent attitude, a hint of helplessness flashed across Yang Zhiming's face.
Compared to Liu Fang, who valued fame more than practical work, this young Sun Shaoqing is really difficult to serve.
But although he is young, he has great achievements and reputation. Even if he does nothing, he can still be better than me. What's more, he has just been vigorous and decisive, solving two major cases in a row?
Seeing that Sun Shaozong had already established a firm foothold and there was no possibility of collapse in the short term, Yang Zhiming felt that he had to show some goodwill to avoid being suppressed by the other party.
"cough."
He coughed lightly, attracting Sun Shaozong 's attention, and then said seriously, "I just heard a piece of news. It is said that someone from the Censorate has reported you, my Lord."
"Um?"
Sun Shaozong looked up in surprise. He had been in office for less than a month and he had already solved two cases. The court had also punished Niu Jizon for running into a man and killing him in court.
At this point, what else is there to impeach?
"I don't know what he is impeaching, but I know that the censor's surname is also Sun, and it seems that he was just promoted from the prefectural governor."
Also surname Sun?
Promoted to the position of prefect?
A vague impression flashed through Sun Shaozong's mind, so he asked tentatively: "Is the censor called Sun Yun? Bin Bei Yun [Yun]?"
"Yes, yes, that's the name!"
Yang Zhiming nodded repeatedly at first, then became suspicious: "Does the lord recognize him?"
This is really a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road.
Back then, Sun Yun, as a fifth-rank academician of the Hanlin Academy, served as the deputy chief examiner of the autumn provincial examination, which was originally a sign of his rapid rise to fame.
Who would have thought that this fellow would not be ashamed to sit at the same table with such a rough man like Sun Shaozong at the Lu Ming Banquet, and even criticized Sun Shaozong in public.
However, Sun Shaozong revealed his family scandal in just a few words, making Sun Yun a laughing stock. In shame and anger, he simply asked to be transferred to another prefecture.
Just now Yang Zhiming mentioned that the man's surname was Sun, and he had just been promoted from the position of prefect to the Censorate. In addition, most of the high-ranking censors in the Censorate came from the Hanlin Academy, so Sun Shaozong thought of him.
The result turned out to be exactly what he said .
However, knowing that it was Sun Yun who impeached him, Sun Shaozong felt relieved - because this impeachment was most likely caused by personal spite rather than any real evidence against him.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong picked up his pen again and said calmly: "Yang Sicheng is thoughtful, but I don't think I have done anything derelict in my duty. Let him make a few random criticisms, but it doesn't matter."
It was these three words "thoughtful" that Yang Zhiming wanted, and he immediately took the opportunity to flatter him with a few words like "selfless" and "fearless of villains".
When he said goodbye and left, his footsteps became lighter.
After he left, Sun Shaozong stopped writing again, raised his head and stared outward, shook his head for a while and said, "He left as soon as he said he would. Where can I find a satisfactory master at this moment?"
This is naturally referring to Liu Xianglian.
There are only three months left until the next spring examination. Most of the candidates who have not yet entered the workplace are planning to study hard for a few months.
As for the scholar...
The scholars in the capital city are of very low quality. Almost anyone with a little talent can easily become a juren - except for Liu Xianglian, who had no intention of studying in the first place and was just trying to fool around, so it was strange that he could pass the exam.
That's all.
Let's ask someone to look for someone first. If there's really no suitable one, we can wait until after the Spring Examination. By then, we won't have to look for anyone else...
Bah! Bah! Bah!
Sun Shaozong spat a few times. It was not something an elder should think about to curse his own 'nephew'.
Putting the matter of finding a legal advisor aside for the moment, Sun Shaozong worked on copying and revising for a whole afternoon before he managed to produce an article that he considered to be fairly rigorous - with so many words, it could no longer be considered a summary.
Next, I just had to wait for Yu Qian to help polish it, add some wording, allusions, etc.
After carefully putting the last edition away, Sun Shaozong left the yamen early as it was getting late. However, he neither returned home nor went to Yu Qian's residence. Instead, he went straight to the residence of the emperor's uncle.
If you promise to Jia She, you have to go through the formalities.
Especially since he spent half the night on someone else's girl yesterday.
