Chapter 322 Communication with Colleagues
"Wang!"
The Hall of Justice, inside the newly built Deacon's Office.
Jiang Lin, Jiang Xuanying, the newly appointed Chief Steward of the Palace of Justice, is currently...feeding the dog.
Right in front of Jiang Lin, there was a half-grown white-haired puppy squatting.
This is a thin dog with a narrow head, a pointed nose, a long mouth, and a sturdy and sharp body. It looks a little thin, but through the short and smooth hair close to the skin, you can see the strong muscles underneath.
Even in a squatting, relaxed position, there is an obvious, sharp sense of swiftness.
Jiang Lin held a piece of bright red beef in his hand and threw it. The white-haired spaniel did not move at all, but just raised its head slightly and opened its mouth, and the piece of meat went into its mouth.
"Sir, this is the youngest son of Lord Yanyuetunri. Not only is he his mother, but he is also obviously a divine beast, otherwise he wouldn't have such a fierce posture."
Not far behind Jiang Lin was a civil servant who was about thirty years old and wearing the standard official robe of the Hall of Justice and holding a book in his hand.
This is the Secretary of the Steward's Office of the Hall of Justice. He is in charge of all logistics of the Steward's Office and is also the secretary of the chief officer Jiang Lin.
It is worth mentioning that this Si Cheng is a celestial being named Tan Qingzheng.
Although they are celestial beings, the Hall of Justice obviously cannot tolerate struggles between the two factions. No matter whether they are celestial beings or ascended beings, they are all real doers here.
What's more, Tan Qing was in the Hall of Justice and had a very high status within the Celestial Clan. He also knew the relationship between his immediate superior and his own Celestial King.
Although the celestial beings who have entered the Heavenly Palace do not have to treat the King of Celestial Beings like the Emperor, there can only be one supreme master in the Heavenly Palace, called the Great Celestial Lord.
But, after all, he is their king, and they cannot say that they should give him the respect he deserves, not to mention that they are in heaven, but many of their relatives are within the clan.
Therefore, both in public and in private, Tan Qingzheng will assist Jiang Lin wholeheartedly.
"Ah."
Jiang Lin nodded.
The True Lord Yanyuetunri that Tan Qingzheng mentioned has another more familiar name, called Roaring Sky Dog.
It’s just that when he is with Erlang Shen, he can call him Roaring Sky Dog, but it’s different when he is outside.
I don’t know what happened in the past, but now…
There is even a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, not to mention the most loyal, most senior, and literally loyal dog of the young prince of heaven.
"Why did the Lord send this child to me?"
Jiang Lin looked at Tan Qingzheng with some confusion.
The Palace Master mentioned here is naturally Erlang Zhenjun Yang Jian. The Palace of Justice is still under the jurisdiction of Yang Jian, so the people in the Palace of Justice are called Palace Master instead of Young Master.
"The Deacon's Hall was just established, and my Judicial Hall..."
Tan Qingzheng paused for a moment, then continued with a smile: "Anyone with a title is a capable person, and they are all favored by heaven, so the Palace Master sent this child here."
These two sentences seem unrelated, but their meaning is actually very clear.
There was no Deacon Hall before the Hall of Justice. The new yamen and the new chief naturally disrupted the original structure of the Hall of Justice.
It is impossible to have no trouble. No matter how independent the Hall of Justice is, it is, in the final analysis, a bureaucratic agency within the Heavenly Court and has everything it should have.
It's just that it will be more direct and clearer.
Similarly, Jiang Lin's troubles will come faster.
And this cub of Roaring Sky Dog was specially sent by Yang Jian to Jiang Lin to support him.
The dog takes advantage of the master's power to do evil.
Jiang Lin: “…”
Good guy, Jiang Lin exclaimed. Good guy.
"Call someone and have a meeting."
Jiang Lin threw the last piece of beef to Xiaotianzi, clapped his hands and stood up.
"Yes."
Tan Qingzheng nodded decisively, walked out of the hall, and blew the horn to gather the generals.
The Palace of Justice is based on the military, and the rules and regulations in the palace also have a strong military style.
Although this long call to gather the generals did not reach outside the Hall of Justice, it lingered throughout the entire Hall of Justice.
Then, the chief officers of the other four major departments of the Palace of Justice, namely, the Department of Rewards for Good, the Department of Punishments for Evil, the Department of Criminal Law, and the Department of Supervision, Ou Du, raised their heads and looked in the direction of the Department of Deacons.
Needless to say, the two departments of rewarding the good and punishing the evil are the private domains of the two great spiritual officials of the Judicial Hall, and are also the offices where these two great spiritual officials also serve as the chief officials.
The Punishment Department is responsible for arresting people.
As for the Reward Department...
Don't be fooled by the name of "Rewarding Kindness". It would be strange if kind people were invited into the Palace of Justice.
The Reward and Benevolence Department is in charge of the merit review and rewards within the Hall of Justice, and is purely internal and not external.
As for the Criminal Law Department, as the name suggests, it is responsible for sentencing.
The Supervisory Office was directly under the charge of Yang Jian, and its duties were simple and crude. The word "Supervision" in its name alone was enough to explain many problems.
As for Jiang Lin’s stewardship, there is even more to say.
Although it was a newly established office, the gods and immortals inside it were not transferred from outside, but were composed of people drawn from the other four offices within the Palace of Justice.
They are all experienced, so there will be no problem in doing the work.
But the question is whether Jiang Lin can handle it and whether the heads of the other four major departments will take advantage of it to interfere.
This is not actually a problem, but a fact that will definitely exist.
No one who is the chief of the Judicial Hall is a simple person. Even if he does not intend to trip up Jiang Lin, he will not miss an opportunity to find out the specific affairs of the Deacon's Office.
This is the problem that Jiang Lin is going to solve.
As for the main duties of the Deacon Department...
This is also what surprised Jiang Lin the most, and what made Jiang Lin most excited.
It’s nothing, it’s just too heavy.
The Deacons' Department is responsible for solving cases, whether they are old cases or new ones.
Originally, this part of the power was allocated to the Criminal Law Department, the Supervisory Department and the Punishment Department.
The specific process is that when a case occurs, Yang Jian will personally dispatch people, the Supervisory Department will look for clues, the Punishment Department will arrest people, and the Criminal Law Department will conduct the trial.
It looks like a simple process of top-down communication, but it actually explains many problems.
Because Yang Jian’s powers in the Palace of Justice are just three simple ones.
One is for case assignments, one is for promotion, and one is for money.
The Hall of Justice does not have a Finance Department. All resource allocation is managed by the Grand Secretary of the Hall of Justice, and the name of this Grand Secretary is: Kang Anyu.
The leader of the Six Gods of Meishan and Yang Jian's absolute confidant.
These three powers are the absolute lifeline.
The Supervisory Department is in charge of investigations, the Punishment Department is in charge of arrests, and the Criminal Law Department is in charge of sentencing. But who to investigate, arrest, and sentence is all up to Yang Jian.
As for the Reward Office, Yang Jian had the final say on who to reward, whose contributions to examine first, and how to reward.
No matter where you are, as long as you are in the officialdom, the biggest and most important reward is promotion and wealth, isn’t it?
And now, Yang Jian, the palace master, still holds the power of promotion and financial power, but the power of dispatch is given to Jiang Lin's Deacon's Office.
In other words, who to arrest, try and sentence is now not only decided by Yang Jian, but also by Jiang Lin.
It’s just that Yang Jian made the decision on his own, while Jiang Lin only needed to go through the procedures of the Deacon’s Office.
In other words, Yang Jian can "catch shadows", but Jiang Lin must "speak with substance" and must have certain clues before he can dispatch the other three external offices.
Jiang Lin called it the power to judge cases.
This power is indeed enormous.
The status of the Deacon's Office in the Hall of Justice is almost one-third of Yang Jian.
This is also why Jiang Lin felt surprised.
Yang Jian is delegating power.
This is definitely very strange behavior.
No matter what department it is, no matter what the authority is, the biggest dream of a local official is to have the final say.
Regardless of whether the impact is good or bad, for me personally, this is definitely the most enjoyable thing.
Yang Jian has already done this in the Hall of Justice, but now he has taken the initiative to assign part of his powers, or even the most important external powers of the Hall of Justice, to Jiang Lin.
What is this young master of heaven going to do?
Jiang Lin couldn't figure it out. He wasn't very sensitive to power struggles. Fortunately, the Hall of Justice, after all, had power struggles, but they were just embellishments, not the main theme.
In this world, it doesn't matter if you are direct when speaking and doing things.
While Jiang Lin was thinking, the Jujiang No. 1 ship outside had stopped.
A lot of people have gathered in the new lobby of the Deacon's Office.
A complete court requires quite a few people, but because the Palace of Justice is a "palace" rather than a "court", the staffing has been reduced.
It is not as complete as the Exorcism Institute, Tianshu Institute and Shangqing Institute, but it is small but has everything.
"Your Excellency, Si Zheng."
Tan Qingzheng stepped out from the crowd and said in a serious tone, "In my Office of Stewardship, from the Secretary to the Secretary, there are two Chief Clerks, six Bookkeepers, twelve Judges, and one Thousand Household Officer and ten Hundred Household Officers of the 5000th Household Division of the Xiezhi Army."
"Please review it, Master Si Zheng."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin raised his eyelids and glanced at Tan Qingzheng.
Just now, if following the procedure, Tan Qingzheng said one less sentence, which should roughly mean "everyone is here" or "everyone is here".
In short, it means that what is supposed to come has come.
Now that this sentence is not there, it is impossible that it was an oversight by an old official.
That is……
"Those who don't come will be dismissed from their posts and kicked out of the Judicial Hall. Tan Qingzheng, you write the official documents and I'll approve them, right now."
"I will go and talk to the Palace Master."
Jiang Lin sat behind a huge desk, looking at the obviously mismatched number of people present, and spoke calmly, the red pen in his hand already licked full of ink.
"Yes."
Tan Qingzheng did not hesitate at all and immediately opened the tablet in his hand.
"One chief clerk has not arrived, two clerks have not arrived, and five of the twelve judges have not arrived. The list is here, please check it out."
As he spoke, he had already written an extremely standard official document on the tablet. He raised his hand and the black ink on the tablet floated up, landed on the document tray, and presented it to Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin didn't even bother to look at it, and directly picked up the red pen to mark it, and then asked: "Where were the absent people transferred from?"
"Your Excellency, of the eight people who were dismissed, three were from the Criminal Law Department and five were from the Supervision Department."
Tan Qing knows them all like the back of his hand.
Jiang Lin raised his head, looked at the others, and asked, "The remaining people are all transferred from the Second Department of Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil, right?"
Tan Qing was nodding and preparing to speak when he saw the overly young Si Zheng stand up, take off his standard official robe that was in the way, roll up his sleeves, and walk out of the hall.
"grown ups?"
Tan Qing was hurrying to catch up, following Jiang Lin closely.
As Jiang Lin walked, he asked, "What are the strengths of the two chief officers of the Criminal Law Department and the Supervision Department?"
Tan Qingzheng was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "My Lord, they are all long-established Golden Immortals."
He emphasized the words "long-time famous".
It is not easy to divide the realm of cultivation after the immortal path into a clear thread. There is no distinction between early and late stages in each realm. It all depends on the practitioner's personal level of cultivation.
There is no such thing as a detailed breakdown of the levels of heaven.
This is the case before reaching the realm of great supernatural powers.
Tan Qingzheng knew that Jiang Lin was a golden immortal, but he didn't know when Jiang Lin was promoted. He only knew that when Jiang Lin made a big fuss in the Heavenly King's Court, he was still a celestial immortal.
How long has it been?
That's why he gave a special reminder.
"Ah."
Jiang Lin nodded, and quickly arrived at the door of the Criminal Law Department by shrinking the distance. Without notifying anyone, he walked straight in.
Jiang Lin came to the lobby of the Criminal Law Department, walked in, and with a wave of his hand, the door of the lobby closed.
Tan Qing was standing outside the door, a little dumbfounded.
He just saw that in the lobby of the Criminal Law Department, there seemed to be only the Chief Justice of the Criminal Law Department.
"BOOM!!! Boom!!! Bang!!!"
Shortly after Jiang Lin walked in, a rumbling noise was heard in the lobby of the Criminal Law Department, occasionally mixed with Jiang Lin's groans, as well as the curses and screams of the Director of the Criminal Law Department.
Tan Qingzheng was even more dumbfounded.
No, sir, although the Palace of Justice is essentially based on military law, you are... so direct?
About a quarter of an hour later, Jiang Lin pushed the door and walked out.
As he walked, he rolled up his loose sleeves.
"grown ups."
Tan Qing was rushing to meet him and found that there were several bruises on the adult's face and blood on his fists.
He wanted to help, but Jiang Lin raised his hand to signal him, saying, "Take my badge and go find the Grand Secretary to get some top-grade medicine for the Chief Justice of the Criminal Law Department."
"Also, the three people who should be transferred from the Criminal Law Department will be replaced. Remember to accept them."
Jiang Lin said this and walked out. Tan Qing was nodding in agreement subconsciously and looked back.
Inside the lobby of the Criminal Law Department, the Director of the Criminal Law Department was seen slumped on the ground in a twisted state, with blood at the corners of his mouth and his limbs twitching. Tan Qingzheng had sharp eyes and noticed a few small white objects on the ground.
You can tell at a glance that he was beaten badly.
hiss……
Tan Qingzheng took a deep breath. Compared with the miserable condition of the Criminal Law Division Chief, the injury of his own master seemed nothing.
"By the way, prepare an extra dose of medicine for injuries."
Jiang Lin arrived at the door of the Criminal Law Department, stopped and turned back to give orders.
"Yes!"
Tan Qing was about to agree subconsciously, but saw his master walking towards the Supervisory Office.
Very good, it is not prepared for adults...
Tan Qing was walking hurriedly towards the office of the Grand Secretary.
As for the adults, it is obvious what to do next.
Two quarters of an hour later.
After Tan Qingzheng gave the medicine to Lord Supervisory, who had a broken arm, a face swollen like a pig's head, several missing teeth, and broken ribs, he hurried back to his own lobby.
As soon as I entered, I heard the voice of my master.
"Continue the meeting."
Jiang Lin sat in the first seat, his left eye was black and blue, his hair was disheveled, there were some bruises on his face, and when he opened his mouth, there was some blood between his teeth.
There is no shortage of people who should be there.
The next eight people were transferred from the Criminal Law Department and the Supervisory Department again, but they looked very obedient, with their heads lowered and their eyes drooped, and they did not say a word.
Extremely well-behaved.
It's really big news today.
Tan Qing was feeling this way in his heart.
On the first day of the establishment of the Deacons' Department, the Chief Director of the Deacons' Department used his "unique" methods to "get along" with the Criminal Law Department and the Supervisory Department, and successfully "persuaded" the two Chief Directors to make the Criminal Law Department and the Supervisory Department give up the idea of putting obstacles in the Deacons' Department.
All in all, thanks to the "cordial and friendly communication" by the Lord Chief of the Deacons' Office, the result was good, but the process was a fight, and the other two Lord Chiefs had to recuperate for a month.
Doing this right after taking office is simply unheard of. Even in the entire heaven, it is an unprecedented anecdote.
"What's our emergency?"
Tan Qing was just sighing when he heard the voice of Lord Si Zheng.
He quickly gathered his thoughts and bowed to answer.
"Your Excellency, there is indeed an urgent case."
"It concerns... Heavenly King Li the Pagoda-Bearing."
(End of this chapter)
