Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 22

A knife and pen official, a simple translation is a collection of duties such as clerical, general clerk, leader's personal secretary, etc.

Daily responsibilities include running errands for the leader, carrying bags for the leader, polishing pens for the leader, and occasionally swearing for the leader.

Well, the literati in the early Ming Dynasty generally didn't do it, but they would spray it.

Zhu Yuanzhang made a rule that officials would not be convicted for their words, and then issued a policy that allowed ministers to attack each other, even if they were catching wind and shadows, they would not sit back.

Therefore, if the ministers do not deal with each other, they will often stage mutual confrontation scenes in Fengtian Temple.

No matter how much Jin Dian scolded, he couldn't get enough of it, so what to do, he went out of the palace and continued scolding.

At this time, it is usually the time for the entourage brought by the leader, that is, the time for the knife and pen officials to play.

There is no foul language in the courtroom, and it is just a shameless word to gossip, but outside the palace, there is no need to shame the scolding between the petty officials.

Spray it.

It's better to scold the other party to death.

Anyway, if you are scolded to death and you don't commit a crime, why do you have no ghost in your heart to suffer a few scoldings?

Such is the environment of speech.

Which of the twelve Daoist officials is not worthy of having a few knives and pens by his side.

In addition to helping him collect criminal evidence against his political opponents, he is also responsible for spreading rumors outside.

A group of things that are not on the table.

So when Shao Zhi said that he would take him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be a knife and pen official, Chen Yunfu refused in his heart.

There's no future in this line of work.

What he thought was to take the imperial examination next year. If he could pass it, his future in the Imperial College would be quite bright.

Even if you don't delegate to local officials, at least after a few years of seniority, you can be a part-time official in the center.

The experience of the previous life told Chen Yunfu that it is most comfortable to stay in the central government because the ranks are raised quickly.

You are an official in the local area, with a top-ranking three-rank system, how many years can you become a governor of a province and a big official in the frontier?

But in this Jinling City, the third grade?

That's not everywhere.

It's good now, the imperial examination is out of the game, so go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be an ordinary clerk?
No, to be precise, the subordinate officials of the court are not even counted as staff members.

After all, the staff members are official civil servants of the country, and the subordinate staff are just temporary workers. To put it bluntly, they are the dog legs of the imperial court, and it is okay to bully the common people in soap clothes.

He, Chen Yunfu, doesn't know how to steal sugar cane skills, so what can he do with it.

But Shao Zhi's next sentence made Chen Yunfu calm down instantly.

"This is not the meaning of the old man, it is His Majesty's imperial edict."

Lao Zhu asked himself to do it?
Where could Chen Yunfu have any objections, he got up directly, and bowed in the direction of the palace.

"The lower official took the order to thank you."

From a young monk to a grassroots man to an official, Chen Yunfu's change of words can be described as extremely smooth.

After changing his mouth, Chen Yunfu quickly entered the role when he got up again.

"Uncle, my nephew is young and ignorant, I'm afraid that I can't do many things well and cause trouble for you."

"Don't be modest." Shao Zhi chuckled, and said, "Do you know why His Majesty ordered you to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and asked the old man to bring you?"

Chen Yunfu said without hesitation: "Guo Huan!"

Some things are not complicated. On the day of Shao Zhi’s birthday, he, Chen Yunfu, had a bald mouth and told Shao Ziheng that Guo Huan would fall, and Shao Zhi ran to Zhu Yuanzhang’s face. Although he didn’t know what he was talking about, since Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to Most likely, it was because of what I said that day that I entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Therefore, it must be that the Guo Huan case did not escape.

An inconceivable exclamation flashed in Shao Zhi's eyes, and he smiled back: "Nonsense, Guo Shilang is doing his best to serve the country and dedicate himself to his duty. I will investigate what he is doing."

At this moment, Chen Yunfu also smiled, saying that he knew his mistake.

"Uncle taught me very well, my nephew made a slip of the tongue."

"Okay, don't think about it, go back and rest early after eating, and go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the old man tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

Eating a meal is like chewing wax in Chen Yunfu's mouth. Now his whole mind is in a mess.

The Guo Huan case, one of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, became a participant?
And judging from the current situation, he is very likely to become one of the investigators of the Guo Huan case.

Be good, play big.

The next morning, Chen Yunfu followed Shao Zhi to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Shao Zhi just threw Chen Yunfu into the Metropolitan Procuratorate and handed it over to a secretary named Shi Pu, then turned around and went in. palace.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty has two offices, one is in the imperial palace, which was called Yushitai 15 years ago in Hongwu.

One is on Chang'an Avenue, adjacent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, this is the office area of ​​the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate in the palace is the place where the leaders of the Metropolitan Procuratorate work. Only the censors of the censor level and above and the censors of twelve provinces can enter.

As for the Metropolitan Procuratorate outside the palace, only its subordinate institutions are retained.

For example, the experience department, the department affairs department, the photo mill office, and the prison department department.

In addition, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a very top-heavy unit with a high level of head.

The censors of the left and right are both the second grade, which is considered an alternative in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

And the following deputy capital censors, Qiandu censors, supervisory censors, and the supervisory censors of the twelve provinces are the third, the third, the fourth, and the fifth grades.

How many of these censor-level leaders are in total? As far as the time when Chen Yunfu entered, there are a total of 97 people.

However, the administrative organs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate located outside the palace are all small shrimps.

The manager's experience and the experience of the department are only six grades.

There are two deputies and a bunch of petty officials under him.

What is the experience department? The experience department is equivalent to the general office of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, responsible for administration, documents, transfers, and official duties within the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

However, the Secretary's Office, whose name seems to be responsible for this responsibility, is actually the internal affairs department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Its chief secretary is just a Sesame and Mung Bean official from the ninth rank.

The other photo-grinding office is the archives room, which is responsible for the custody of approved files.

The last prison officer, this is not a prison institution, but a labor and training institution.

The Ministry of Punishments also has a prison chief, and that is the institution that manages the prisons. What does the prison chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate do? It trains and manages jailers for the prison chief of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

In other words, the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of prisons, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of jailers.

Why should this power be divided so finely, it is just a little worry.

What if an official of the Ministry of Punishment ran amok, corrupted and killed a suspect in a major case in a big prison?
This has been taught.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a prison secretary in the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the basis of the prison secretary in the Yuan Dynasty.

The two judicial divisions are in charge of their own affairs and do not interfere with each other.

The Ministry of Punishment only has the right to interrogate the case, and has no right to directly contact the prisoner.

The above four are the main institutions under the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

There are only eleven mid-level and lower-level leaders together with Pin Yi's official status, which is far from the 97 senior leaders at the head, but there are more than 200 small officials like Chen Yunfu.

"Eleven leadership positions, more than 200 staff members, the competition pressure is strong enough."

Changing into a soap suit, Chen Yunfu looked at himself in the bronze mirror and laughed.

Regardless of being an official or an official, I have finally taken another step towards my official career.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

(End of this chapter)