novelraw Chapter 419 Iron Blood Emperor 15
Chapter 419 Iron Blood Emperor 15
The sage looked at the booklet of criminals to be executed in autumn sent by the Ministry of Punishment, frowned and paced around Wenyuan Pavilion for a long time.Liufu and Wangcai stood far outside the door, one on the left and one on the right, not daring to vent their breath.Liufu knew from the time he was serving the prince that if he dared to make any noise at this time, he would definitely be dragged out to beat him.
Zhang Zan and Zhang Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment came over, and Liu Fu hurriedly reached out his hand to signal, and stopped Zhang Zan to remind him.Zhang Zan was stunned and stopped in his tracks.
He softly asked Liufu, "Saint?"
If it was someone else, Liufu wouldn't care so much.Because when he first arrived in the East Palace, Zhang Zan interceded, and the crown prince once forgave him.Now is the time for him to pay back one or two.
"The sage read the scriptures and kicked out all the slaves."
Based on his years of understanding of the sage, Zhang Zan knew that the sage might have encountered something that required careful consideration.But two days have passed since the list for the Autumn Judgment was handed in, so there should be a result.
Zhang Zan stood outside Wenyuan Pavilion for a long time, when he heard the saint call Wangcai.The fire in Liufu's heart is about to show its essence, why does this dog get the eyes of saints so much?As a result, his face as the head of internal supervision was reduced by three points by this kid.
Wangcai went in and came out after a while. He smiled and said to Zhang Shilang: "Master Zhang, the saint asked you to go in." Then he said to Liufu: "The saint wants the six departments and nine ministers to come to discuss the matter immediately, and the king of the Ministry of punishment The servant, as well as Dali Siqing and Shaoqing are all coming, and Director Fu must send someone to run errands."
Liufu understands that this is an urgent matter urged by the sage, and he dare not get involved with Wangcai on such a serious matter.If the political affairs of the saint are delayed, it is good not to be beaten into a puddle of mud.He immediately ordered a few young eunuchs, and quickly went to invite people separately. After he finished the order and turned around, he found that Wangcai had followed Mr. Zhang in again.
The hated Liufu spat in his heart, Yuan Wangcai, you wait!If our family doesn't correct your rootless crooked thoughts, our family will call you grandpa.
No wonder Liufu was annoyed, Wangcai met him before and called him Grandpa Fu's servant, but now he stood side by side with him, calling him Manager Fu and ordering him to do things.
Only when Zhang Zan met the saint did he know that the papers to be decided in autumn had been withheld.
He trembled in his heart, could it be that he didn't look carefully and didn't realize that there was wrongdoing in the middle?
"Saint, but what's wrong with the prisoner who is pending execution this autumn?".
The sage picked up a few pages selected from the dossier, Wangcai stepped forward immediately, stretched out his hands respectfully to take them, and handed them over to Zhang Shilang.Zhang Zan read it over, and he knew these cases well. According to Dajing's laws, the state capital below did not make wrong judgments.So he calmed down and asked in a deep voice, "Is there anything wrong here?"
The saint nodded, "Let's talk together when everyone is here."
After a while, the ministers summoned by the sage arrived.
"Master Zhang, please introduce those cases to everyone."
Zhang Zan got up and explained the case to the ministers concisely.Then these are not those who have experienced at the grassroots level, but are the subordinates of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. That's right, the principal culprits in these cases should be interrogated.Thinking of this in his heart, his eyes were full of doubts and looked at the saint.
The sage looked at Wangcai and took a few pages back, and said in a deep voice: "These cases are all reasonable. Let's look at the first murder case of Zeng's son. On the surface, it seems that Zeng's son should be Kill those who deserve to be killed. A 12-year-old boy dared to drown a seven-year-old grandson of the patriarch of the same village, and strangled to death two granddaughters of the elders who were under ten years old. Didn't go deep into the investigation-after Zeng Shizi's father died of illness, why was his mother sunk in the pond? There are also clansmen who sold the woman's two daughters after Zeng Shizi's mother was sunk in the pond. This case is inappropriate Right here. Mr. Zhang, have you ever thought about who the adulterer in this case is? Does the family have the power to sell the woman's daughter? This family is dead and sold, where does the family property go? Shouldn't your Ministry of Criminal Justice just look at the fact that the boy killed someone, and sentence the boy to death, is it really fair?"
The saint paused, his eyes swept over everyone's faces.
"If I want to collude with someone, I have to carefully check whether I should be killed. How can the patriarch have the right to kill a woman? Who is the adulterer? Was the adulterer caught in bed? Even if the woman commits adultery, the imperial court has its own laws Disposal. When did you give the patriarch of the Zeng clan the right to control the life and death of others? When did you give the patriarch of the Zeng clan the right to sell women from the same clan?"
When the sage asked this, Zhang Zan couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. The sage felt that the imperial power was offended.
In this case alone, the boy should be beheaded if he cruelly drowned and strangled a man and two women who were weaker than him at such an age.However, Zeng's son wanted to avenge his mother and hold his sister's hatred for being betrayed. Is it appropriate to simply execute Zeng's son?
The courtiers in Wenyuan Pavilion couldn't help thinking secretly.
Moreover, this case also involved the family law. The patriarch and elders used the family law to deal with adulterous women. The natal family never sued, the government didn't correct, and the law didn't care.
Wang Shilang touched the oily sweat on his forehead, stood up and said, "Saint, in the villages of the counties below, most adulterous women are punished by the clan itself."
"My lord, are you saying that the clan can have the right to execute my people without my authorization? Are you trying to tell me that the patriarchal clan is above the laws of the great scene?"
Wang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment was so cowardly that he didn't dare to reply when faced with the saint's persecution. He stood there in great embarrassment.
"The case was sent back for retrial. The Metropolitan Procuratorate sent people to follow. Find out who sold the two girls, and whoever sold them will be dealt with as traffickers. Where did the two girls go? Who bought them? Just treat whoever is the same as a human trafficker. Who gave the business contract? Who is the official of the first trial? How should I be punished? I am waiting for the results of the procuratorate.”
The left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate quickly stood up and responded.Xin said that this is another series of people who should be dismissed, beaten and punished.How could these people have forgotten the ruthlessness that the sage used to deal with the brothels and Nanfeng House a few years ago through the Supreme Master?
Hao Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials looked at the fact that the sage wanted to try the case, but it was true that the patriarchal clan behind the case had to be changed.
He boldly said: "Saint, this case involves Shentang, the mother of Zeng's son. I wonder if the clan wants to embezzle the Zeng family's property. The patriarch is suspected of murdering his fellow clan elders."
Everyone in the criminal department was watching him.
Hao Shangshu doesn't care what the people in the Ministry of Punishment think, it's right to keep up with the saint's thinking.
"Saint, this Zeng family, with such an approach, really seems to want to wipe out this family."
The sage sighed and said: "What Hao Shangshu said is true. Your Ministry of Punishment only saw that Zeng's son had killed three people, so you reported to have him killed. The first doubt in this file is what Hao Shangshu said. Ordinary. There is also a woman who has a 12-year-old son and two daughters. The son will marry in a few years, and the family will be established, and the two daughters will soon be married. She is committing adultery at this time, which will affect the marriage of the children. This is also unreasonable. The third is that the clan sold the two girls, which is already seeking ill-gotten gains. In this way, after the clansman passed away, he sold his daughter to act. , The law that only parents can sell their children, how can I believe that they went to Shentang to kill an adulterous woman in order to maintain the reputation of the clan in the eyes of the clan?"
Zhang Taifu immediately stood up and said: "The sage is right. Judging from the fact that the two girls were sold, there is something wrong with the Zeng clan. If Zeng's son killed in anger, it is also a revenge killing and cannot be counted as murder. Conviction. Saint, this son of the Zeng family is only 12 years old and has not yet matured. Can this death sentence be changed to exile or castration?"
The sage said before all the ministers could speak: "Be cautious about palace punishments in the future. If you put such serious crimes into the palace, aren't you afraid that the prince will have an accident when he is young? Are you not afraid that the prince will be black when he is close to ink? Are you willing? My own children and grandchildren will grow up with such a person?"
go!Everyone scolded the sage in their hearts for asking tricky questions, but no one came forward to refute.They all understand that if anyone dares to speak against the saint, seeing what the saint looks like now, he can put such a person in someone's house.
Let your children and grandchildren grow up with villains?forget it.
"How to deal with Zeng Shizi, we will talk about it after the case is clear." The sage left Zeng Shizi aside and could not come to a conclusion for the time being.
Hao Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials then asked: "Sage, do you want to restrict the patriarchal clan?"
"The purpose of calling you here is to discuss the extent to which the patriarchal clan should be restricted?" The saint gave Hao Shangshu an appreciative look.
The ministers expressed their opinions and abolished the privilege of patriarchal clan that can put people to death.
The sage added: "If the clansmen imprisoned people or did not treat the wounded and caused the death of the clansman, it is still considered a crime by referring to murder. Not only the first offender, but also the main offender shall be sentenced to be beheaded or exiled according to the severity of the circumstances. Participate in Those who commit crimes are regarded as gangsters."
All the ministers understood that the saint was going to take back the rights of the clan.
"All the people in Dajing are my people. All the dead people must be buried after being inspected by the village head, Lizheng, doctor, or wu. The cabinet will come up with an opinion on how to do it. However, if Lang Zhong and Wu Zuo collaborated to cover up the facts, and they were reported in the future, they would be charged as an accomplice after investigation."
The matter was agreed upon, and the sage moved on to the second case.
"Yang Shangshu, Wang Shilang, Zhang Shilang, this is the second case of a wife beating her husband to death. I still don't agree to go to court."
"A sage," Yang Shangshu said hastily, "a wife beating her husband to death is punishable by death according to the laws of the Great Scene."
"Then what about the husband beating his wife to death?" The saint asked coolly, before Yang Shangshu could answer, he continued on by himself.
"Don't tell me that husbands beat their wives to death and exiled them for ten years, and say that men are superior to women. Now Dongyang is fighting, Liaodong is not stable, Annan is about to move, and General Li Zhun is under great pressure in Nanyang. If he has the ability to beat at home Wife and children, go out to the battlefield! An ordinary man like him is not as effective as an ordinary village woman in the court. This woman gave birth to three daughters and a son, and she has made meritorious service to the court. Only these three daughters How many people will be added to the country in 20 years? Why do I subsidize rice for children under the age of 15? And that man likes to drink, and every time he gets drunk, he beats his wife and daughter. The neighbors asked in the yamen. They are all recorded in the case file. This woman accidentally killed her husband when he was drunk and beat his daughter. It was not a deliberate murder. This woman who has made meritorious service to the country deserves to die.”
Wang Shilang said: "Saint, the law has always been like this."
"Is it true that the law has always been like this? The woman didn't protect her husband when he beat her daughter, did she watch her husband beat her daughter to death?"
Both the Supreme Master and the sage attached great importance to the reproduction of the population.In recent years, baby girls have enjoyed the same maternity hospital supplies as baby boys since they were born, and rice grain subsidies were added last year.Therefore, many families are happy when they don’t have a son, and abandon them after giving birth to a daughter. The subsidy alone is enough to raise the girl until she is five years old.Then I went to school and had lunch at noon.It can be said that the baby girl born last year could survive on half-full life just relying on the subsidy from the imperial court.
Why did the saint subsidize the baby girl so much?It is reasonable for the saint not to tolerate the abuse of girls.
The courtiers in Wenyuan Pavilion all shut their mouths tightly, and responded to the saint's gradually rising tone with death-like silence. The saint who rarely lost his gentle demeanor and showed an angry face not only made the important ministers feel very strange, but also felt A little panicked.