Just the words "Punishment Hall" were enough to shut the mouths of all the officials. Only now did they remember how close the relationship between Fang Yun and the Punishment Hall was. Even though Fang Yun wanted to split the Punishment Hall into "Punishment Hall" and "Law Hall," most of the scholars of the school of Legalism still supported Fang Yun.
It was said that the people of the school of Legalism had no personal feelings and would not bend the law for personal gain. However, Fang Yun was clearly helping the school of Legalism and strengthening the Way of Legalism. For the Way of Legalism, the people of Legalism had ample reason to side with Fang Yun.
No one was sure whether Fang Yun had purposely mentioned the Punishment Hall or not. No matter what, no one dared to take this risk.
No one wanted to be the first official in Xiangzhou to be arrested by Fang Yun using the Punishment Hall.
Dong Wencong immediately said, "The Overwatch Council of my dynasty has always been responsible for monitoring the officials and the people. However, they place too much importance on the officials and not on the people. They are often biased. Are you splitting the Monitoring Division into two to strengthen the monitoring of the people? "
Fang Yun smiled and said, "It is to allow the Judicial Division, Law Division, Monitoring Division, and Provincial Procuratorate to each perform their own duties."
None of the officials present could understand Fang Yun's meaning. However, many of them faintly felt that the matter Fang Yun was talking about was not simple. It was very likely that it involved the Way of Legalism.
Some of the sharper officials noticed that Fang Yun had mentioned "Provincial Procuratorate." They suspected that it might be the prefectural Procuratorate, the county Procuratorate, or even the National Procuratorate.
The officials all looked at the leader of the Qing officials on the surface, the Minister of Ceremonies, Nie Changju, Hanlin of Xiangzhou. Back then, he had been suppressed by Gyeongo and had been depressed. Before Jingguo took over Xiangzhou, Gyeongo had suddenly given him an important task. Thus, he immediately became the vanguard of the reversal.
These officials all knew that as the leader of the Qing officials, Nie Changju had often attacked Fang Yun in private. He could say all kinds of vulgarities. If there really was someone who dared to stand out and oppose Fang Yun, it would be him.
However, Nie Changju did not speak.
Many of the officials sighed quietly. It was clear that Hanlin did not dare to rashly offend Fang Yun.
"Where is the Minister of Law Division?" Fang Yun asked.
"This humble official is here!" A Legalist scholar in his fifties walked out. Fang Yun glanced at him and smiled. This person had once worked in the Supreme Court of Jingguo and had been to Ning An County.
"Jiang Sizheng, the case of the Renaissance Society will be handled by the Legal Division. However, there should be rules for everything. Since the members of the Renaissance Club were not officials, the procuratorate should be the one to handle it. Where are the head of the Judicial Division and the head of the Monitoring Division? "
"This official is here." Two scholars who had served in the Ministry of Justice and the Overwatch Council stepped forward. They both knew Fang Yun and had been to Ning'an County.
In order for Fang Yun to be able to govern Xiangzhou peacefully, the Empress Dowager and the others did their best to replace all the important officials in Xiangzhou with people they could trust.
Fang Yun looked at Inspector Cai Yuan and said, "Inspector Cai, tomorrow you will set up a temporary team for the State Procuratorate. You will be the first Inspector."
"This official obeys."
Fang Yun then looked at Inspector Jia He of the Judicial Division and said, "Inspector Jia, your Judicial Division will investigate this case thoroughly, then hand over the details to the Procuratorate for review. After that, the Procuratorate will decide whether to file a lawsuit with the Legal Division. Finally, the Legal Division will handle the case independently. Regardless of whether it is the Judicial Division, the Monitoring Division, or the Provincial Magistrate, no one can interfere. From today onwards, the Legal Division will handle the case independently. No other yamen will interfere. "
"This official obeys." Jia He's expression was not right.
The other officials were only confused, but all of the Legalists present were in a daze. They knew best that if the three departments followed Fang Yun's plan, it would be equivalent to a complete overhaul of Elephant Province's judicial system. If they tried to expand it, they would be revolutionizing the school of Legalism.
Inspector Jiang Zhengming of the Legal Division coughed lightly and said, "Governor, what you say has great implications. Do you have the documents from the Judicial Division and the Cabinet?"
Fang Yundao said, "There will be a document from the Judicial Division tomorrow. As for the Cabinet document, it will probably take a few days. As the governor of two provinces, I have the authority to act first and report later."
Some of the officials almost rolled their eyes at Fang Yun. Outsiders might not understand these words, but the officials did. It was simply too domineering. Translated, it meant: I haven't told the Judicial Division yet, but since I want to reform, the Judicial Division will definitely issue a document in support. As for the Cabinet document, it's fine if they give it to me. If they don't, I don't care. They can't do anything about it.
Seeing that Fang Yun had already said this much, Jiang Zhengming immediately said, "This official obeys. I will definitely guarantee the Judicial Division will handle the case independently. If an outsider interferes with the trial, this official will either bring my own head to you or bring the heads of others to you!"
"Good!" Fang Yun nodded lightly.
All the Xiangzhou officials present, be it the Magistrate or Qing officials, were extremely shocked.
They were not shocked by Fang Yun's domineering assertiveness, nor were they shocked by Fang Yun's arrogance. Instead, they were shocked by Jiang Zhengming, Jia He, and Cai Yuan's reaction, especially Jiang Zhengming's.
Fang Yun's words and actions were already domineering enough. He described the experiment and reform of a province as simple as changing the menu in a restaurant. This was related to the lives of hundreds of millions of people. It also involved the Notre-Dame and the entire Jingguo. It could even be related to the entire human race.
Even so, even before the Judicial Division and the Cabinet agreed, Jiang Zhengming dared to accept the order and stand with Fang Yun. This not only showed that Jiang Zhengming was decisive, but also showed that Fang Yun had the ability to lead. It also showed that the Jingguo officials were extremely confident!
So what if the reform was dangerous? So what if the Judicial Division opposed it? So what if the Cabinet disagreed?
They just had to follow Fang Xusheng!
Jiang Zhengming and Fang Yun's confidence made the Xiangzhou officials extremely envious. After being suppressed by Gyeongo for decades, the Xiangzhou officials seemed to have forgotten how to write the word "confidence". This caused some of the officials to become slaves. They did not want to be Jingguo officials and instead became Qing officials.
Fang Yun looked at the sky and said, "If we enter the city in a grandiose manner, I don't know how long we'll be stuck there. I think it's getting late. Everyone still has to go to Lu Su's Military Review Tower to participate in the conference. I think it's better for everyone to go back and prepare. We'll meet again at the Military Review Tower. "
"Yes, sir!" The officials accepted the order and left one after another. However, there were still some officials who stayed by Fang Yun's side.
Dong Wencong said, "Governor, Baling does not have a governor's office. Please move to the Provincial Overseer's office. Once the governor's office is built, you can move to the governor's office."
The governor's office had to be built. This was the rule of the imperial court. Fang Yun did not object. He only said, "I won't go to the Provincial Overseer's office. I'll stay in Ning Garden for a while. Ning Garden is a famous garden in Jiangnan. I've been looking forward to it for a long time."
The officials present revealed embarrassed and angry expressions. Dong Wencong said helplessly, "Sir, when the Gyeongo officials left Xiangzhou, they took with them everything they could and smashed everything they couldn't. Ning Garden is a mess. After being renovated, it's become an ordinary garden. It's just a bit bigger. Not to mention Ning Garden, they even smashed many of the tables and chairs in the Provincial Overseer's Office. "
"How could there be such a ridiculous thing? Are the Gyeongo officials three years old? " After Fang Yun finished speaking, he suddenly remembered some of the records in the Strange Book World. He realized that this was not an isolated case.
"It's true," Dong Wencong said.
"Barbaric Insect Beast Ears." Fang Yundao said, "Forget it. I'll stay in the Provincial Overseer's office for now. Help me find a suitable place to stay in these few days. When the time comes, I'll bring my family over to stay. As for the office, I'll temporarily borrow the Provincial Overseer's office. "
"I'll do it right away."
"Let's call it a day. I've already participated in the conference. I'll be busy tomorrow."
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