Chapter 240: Power Without Authority
Time flies, and in a flash, it was already the first day of March.
Lin Delu hired an official ship early, and Sun Shaozongs Big Brother led the others to move all the furniture prepared by Ruan Rong and Xiang Ling onto the ship.
After everything was cleared up, Sun Shaozong was about to embark on the boat and leave when he saw the smoke billowing on the dock and a line of six horses galloping towards him, starting with Wei Ruolan.
Seeing him approaching, Wei Ruolan yanked at the reins and stood up, stepping on the snow under him. Just a few yards away from Sun Shaozong, he kicked and pedaled for half a turn, only to hit the ground with the sound of four hooves.
He has to say that although this guy was a young man with eyes above the top, his riding skills were indeed unambiguous.
Wei Ruolan threw off his horse and gave Sun Shaozong an arch of his hand with a spring breeze on his face. Im a bit late, it's really impolite."
As soon as he reached Sun Shaozong, he could tell that he was in a good mood, as his tone softened.
Just then, he took out a roll of brocade from his sleeve and waved it in front of Sun Shaozong. He smiled and said, But I'm also doing this for official business. I'm sure Lord Sun won't blame me. This is my newly drafted Rules of Conduct, which has just been announced in the Criminal Division. Would Lord Sun like to have a look again?
It turned out that Wei Ruolan had been stuck in a dilemma for a long time after obtaining the discipline regulation, but ultimately he couldn't bear to miss this great opportunity.
But he was not a fool after all, and he naturally knew that there must be something fishy hidden in it!
Therefore, after discussing with his private advisor, Wei Ruolan deleted the contents of the charter to make it more in line with his own interests. Faced with Lin Delu's perfunctory delay, Sun Shaozong's new charter was not announced until today, when he set off on his way.
In this way, even if there was something fishy hidden in the regulations, Wei Ruolan was confident that he could handle it with the full support of Han Anbang before Sun Shaozong returned to the Capital. If Lin Delu and others wanted to make trouble, they would only seek their own destruction.
In short, after everything was arranged properly, Wei Ruolan flew all the way to the dock in the name of "Bidding Farewell," but in fact, he came to show off!
Seeing him proudly handing over the brocade, Sun Shaozong was not polite. He took it in his hand and took a glance at it.
He could see that these regulations had been completely changed. In addition to the newly added and deleted rules and regulations, Wei Ruolan has also been given many additional powers. It could be said that as long as Han Anbang and Jia Yucun didnt intervene, he would firmly exercise the power of life and death in the Criminal Division!
He believed that as soon as this regulation was published, the people of the Criminal Division would be in turmoil. Next, as long as Wei Ruolan took steps to straighten out the Criminal Division from top to bottom, the proper outcome would be a reversal of the situation.
Even if Sun Shaozong returned to the Capital in the future, he might also be unable to regain his authority!
"How is it?"
Wei Ruolan saw that Sun Shaozong had already looked at it and then deliberately provocatively said, What's wrong with this regulation?'"
Without waiting for Sun Shaozong to respond, he laughed again and said, Unfortunately, even if there is something wrong with it, I'm afraid it's too late to modify. I will leave first!"
As he spoke, Wei Ruolan proudly clasped his fists and saluted, then turned around, mounted his horse, and left.
Assistant Magistrate Wei has seized on a good strategy.
At this moment, Sun Shaozong finally spoke up and casually threw the scroll full of Rules of Conduct back to Wei Ruolan, saying with a smile, "Just remember that power does not have power when you dont have authority. If you want to monopolize power, you must not be soft when establishing power."
He greeted Wei Ruolan's puzzled gaze and also gave a fist and salute, saying, This is all I have to say, Assistant Magistrate Wei, let's take care of ourselves."
As he spoke, he turned and stepped on the pedal to get onto the boat.
Not long after, he heard the boatman shout loudly at his throat, Let's go!"
"Hmph!"
Watching the bow of the boat raise the official flag of Lord Sun of the Central Judicial Office and descend with the wind and water, Wei Ruolan snorted and said, Youre going to be a bereaved dog soon, and you still wanted to discipline me!"
Before he could finish speaking, he turned over and climbed onto the black horse, treading on the snow. He raised his whip and said, "Let's go back to the government!"
The words on his lips were mystifying, but Wei Ruolan's heart was not steadfast and tight. Therefore, the best strategy on the way was to raise the whip, which was three points faster than when he came.
When he returned to the Criminal Division, he heard someone crying and shouting in the East Cross courtyard, "Don't stop me, I must find the Judge today to decide!"
Something really happened!
Wei Ruolan's heart sank, and he quickly stepped into the courtyard. He saw a group of people gathered around the entrance of the hall, but there were no signs of several private advisors. His heart was even more angry, and without thinking, he roared loudly, "What are you doing around here? Don't you need to handle official duties?"
Everyone looked back and saw that he was coming. They quickly separated themselves and made way for the confused figure.
Wei Ruolan clearly saw the person's appearance, and his brow furrowed again. His name was Bao Yongmeng. He was the scribe in charge of the archives of the Criminal Division. Although he was only a humble and modest figure, he was among the first to "approach" him, so Wei Ruolan still had some impressions of him.
When he read out the Rules of Conduct before, he was still jumping up and down to maintain order, full of the appearance of a small official achieving success. At present, his nose and face were swollen, tears were streaming, and there were many footprints on his uniform.
"Your Honor!"
When Bao Yongmeng saw Wei Ruolan at a glance, he immediately climbed up with two rolling bands. He cried in a mournful voice, You must return justice to me! I just saw that someone has violated the rules and regulations you just issued, so I kindly reminded him a few words. He not only doesn't appreciate my good intentions but also punched and kicked me!'"
"What?!"
Wei Ruolan thought about Sun Shaozong's last meaningful words on the dock before, and in his heart, he decided that the attacker must have been arranged by Sun Shaozong with the aim of destroying his prestige!
With this thought, his face showed a murderous look. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Who on earth dares to be so rampant?"
"Master, Master!"
Without waiting for Yongmeng to speak, several private advisors had already flooded out of the hall, and they greeted him with various tongues, "Master, let's bring him in and talk!"
"Yes, yes, let's lead him in!"
Seeing these people speaking in unison and winking, Wei Ruolan also noticed something was wrong.
Just as he was about to speak, Bao Yongmeng suddenly shouted at the top of his voice, "This person is not someone else, he is the Inspector of our Criminal Department, Lord Qiu Yunfei!"
"Inspector Qiu scolded you for being worthless and said that if the rules of conduct and discipline got in his way, you were the same as dog shit!"
No, he was still being tricked!
When Wei Ruolan heard this, there was a buzzing sound in his head. He finally realized that the hand prepared by Sun Shaozong was not the one who attacked and abused people, but the pitiful Bao Yongmeng in front of him!
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