He hesitated for a moment before stepping out and saying:
"Return to Your Majesty."
"Qin Luoheng is now an official, and he has met the requirements for commutation. The punishments he received include property punishment, status punishment, exile, hard labor punishment, and corporal punishment."
"According to the law, you should be punished lightly."
"The property penalty is exempted, that is, there is no further penalty of two guilders."
"Exile means exile, sending criminals to war zones or remote areas."
"Exile has not been a severe punishment since ancient times. It is mostly used to stabilize the place. If the punishment is lenient, it should be exempted from 'relocation' and replaced with 'finance', that is, a fine of one shield."
Shi Lu was very reserved when talking about exile.
He was prepared in advance to cope with the court situation.
Exile is the most common punishment used by His Majesty today.
Da Qin currently has three places of exile.
One is Fangling, where the survivors of Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, and Zhao Qian, the last king of Zhao who were exiled some time ago, were all exiled.
The second one is Shu, where Lu Buwei and his disciples were all assigned.
The third one is Lintao (tao), which is located in Didao in northern Xinjiang. After Chang'an Jun Chengxu rebelled, all his followers were sent to this place.
Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, and Cheng Yu were all people whom His Majesty did not like. He was a little nervous, fearing that when he mentioned the exile, he would remind His Majesty of bad things. However, he did not dare to speed up the process deliberately, for fear that it would be counterproductive, and that His Majesty would be disappointed instead.
Be suspicious.
Fortunately, he was worried too much.
He continued:
"The penalty of hard labor, ranging from light to severe, is to be a waiter, to serve as a bandit, to subordinate ministers to concubines, to be punished by ghosts and white cans, and to be pounded in the city. If the punishment is lighter, it can only be reduced from city days to pounding to to ghosts and white cans, that is, the punishment is
They go into the mountains to collect firewood to offer sacrifices to ghosts and gods, or do hard work such as civil engineering.”
"Corporeal punishments include flogging, tattooing, gnawing, and beheading of toes."
"A lighter punishment should be reduced from 'tattoo' to 'whipping'!"
"It's just a status punishment, I dare not speak nonsense."
"The status punishment of Da Qin is to seize the title, depose, and adopt children."
"According to the law, Qin Luoheng's punishment should be regarded as 'abolition', that is, all titles and official positions will be abolished, and it should be withdrawn to the end and never used. If the punishment is lighter, it will become 'seizing the title', which means that the title will be removed.
, but I don’t know whether I should remove him from his doctorate position.”
"Please ask your Majesty to make a decision."
Ying Zheng said indifferently: "I should be exempted from all of them."
At this time.
Li Si came out and said:
"I believe that the doctorate position should be retained."
"Qin Luoheng's situation is special. He did not get an official title first and then break the law, but he broke the law first and then was awarded a title. The situation cannot be generalized. The military merit and title system has its special characteristics. Qin Luoheng is now a doctor of Da Qin, and he is satisfied.
conditions for commutation of sentence.”
"His situation cannot be determined by normal circumstances."
"If all the titles and official positions are taken away, the notice posted on the Ji Que will be difficult to convince the public. The people do not understand the truth and do not know the facts. If they are slightly deceived, they will think that the government is deliberately covering up, which is not conducive to the current situation.
People’s hearts are stable.”
"If we only seize the title but not the official position, then Qin Luoheng will become a prisoner with a rank of six hundred stone years. This has not happened since ancient times. I suggest that Qin Luoheng retain his official position, but his salary and other benefits will be the same.
Take it away and leave only a false position."
"After he obtains military honors or recovers his integrity in other ways, the government will remove him from his doctorate position. At that time, he will still be an ordinary Guizhou leader after regaining his status. There will be no difference. In the future, he can continue to be sentenced according to the law.
, a situation like today will never happen again.”
Ying Zheng raised his head and said: "Then according to what Li Si said, seizing the title, seizing the rank, seizing all the advantages and disadvantages of doctorate and official positions, only retaining the official position, and when he recovers, it will be the time for the law to bring order to the chaos. The Qin Law is inappropriate.
This kind of anomaly appears again.”
Li Si looked frightened and said:
"I failed to observe."
"I am determined to strictly review the laws and regulations and never allow this kind of situation to happen again."
"Your Majesty, please supervise."
Ying Zheng glanced at Li Si and asked, "How should Qin Luoheng be sentenced now?"
Li Si took the initiative and said:
"According to what Shi Yuzheng said, Qin Luoheng's punishment should be 'a fine of one shield and a flogging as a ghost's wages'. Whether he was a duke or a noble in the past or a high official now, his status as a Shi Zi will also be abolished.
All the land and houses awarded by the government must also be taken back."
"Now that the day of the great sacrifice has passed, most of the ghosts in Xianyang have gone to Lishan Mountain to do hard labor. I suggest that Qin Luoheng go to Lishan to do hard labor like other ghosts."
"Your Majesty, please judge."
Hear the words.
Ying Zheng's eyes revealed a strange color.
Lishan?
Qin Luoheng went back again after going round and round.
Ying Zheng glanced at Li Si and said in a serious voice: "Do you have any opinions?"
All the officials shook their heads.
Now that things have happened, do they still have any opinions?
Li Si obviously wanted to end the discussion quickly, otherwise he would not have spoken in person. If they had any objections again, they would not only offend Li Si, but also the entire Tingwei Mansion.
Above, such a big loophole was discovered.
This is serious malfeasance!
Li Si probably just wanted to retire from the court and go back to check the laws and regulations to find any gaps and fill them up.
after all......
He aspires to be the prime minister.
If such a serious problem occurs again, Li Si may not be able to keep his position as a Tingwei, let alone become prime minister.
See the situation.
Ying Zheng said calmly:
"Every official has no objection, so that's it. The Tingwei Mansion will submit a new memorial about Qin Luoheng's case, and then Qin Luoheng can be sent to Lishan to do hard labor."
"Your Majesty is wise." All the officials agreed in unison.
The court discussed some other matters before directly announcing their withdrawal.
After the officials of the Tingwei Mansion retired from the court, they hurried back to their respective offices and began a large-scale verification of the law.
Huang Tianqiong was not in a hurry to leave, he waited for Yang Zhang.
Yang Zhang didn't pay attention, just snorted coldly, a shadow flashed in his eyes, and left very unhappy, leaving Huang Tianqiong alone with a livid face.
Huang Tianqiong was also very angry.
He actually planned everything before going to court.
But plans can't keep up with changes.
Xu Chang, Huang De and others came over.
Several people's expressions were a little ugly. This political discussion was completely beyond their expectations. They didn't even have a chance to speak.
Huang Tianqiong cursed in a low voice:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "We all underestimated Shi Lu."
"This man is very insidious. He may have guessed our thoughts a long time ago. He didn't give us a chance to muddy the waters. From the beginning, he took the initiative and spoke impeccably. From beginning to end, he only acted in accordance with orders.
, without any selfish motives at all.”
"We all miscalculated!"
He actually made plans before coming.
He inquired about the prison chief, Guo Dan, who had a good relationship with Qin Luoheng. Shi Luwei was the new prison chief. He had been an official in the local area in the past and did not understand the situation in the court. Therefore, in order to secure his position as soon as possible, he went to the meeting as soon as possible.
Show small favors to Guo Dan.
This case now is the best opportunity.
Just need a light sentence.
He can gain Guo Dan's favor.
This is a piece of cake for anyone, and there are many people in the court who want to give Qin Luoheng a light sentence. Shi Lu can just be a favor, and he subconsciously thought that Shi Lu would do this.
But he miscalculated.
Shi Lu was not moved at all.
He neither gave Qin Luoheng a heavy sentence nor a light sentence. Every sentence he made followed the law to the letter, making it impossible for anyone to find fault. Even if he wanted to refute it, he couldn't find any.
Point of rebuttal.
He originally stumbled over Huang Sheng's love letter.
result.
Shi Lu is even more treacherous.
In front of the First Emperor, Yang Zhang was forced to jump back.
After all this, not only did their plans fail, all their ideas were aborted, and they even lost the chance to speak. Yang Zhang, who was originally a friend of them, also began to deliberately draw a clear line with them.
They lost completely this time!
Xu Chang's eyes were dark.
whispered:
"Now is not the time to think about that."
"There is no way to change Huang Sheng's matter. He has been controlled by Shi Lu from the beginning to the end. I am afraid that this person has already anticipated our thoughts and has been deliberately on guard. He has no intention of turning us around.
Chance."
"This man has a very high ambition!"
"The performance in court this time was even more astonishing."
"I'm afraid no one in the court will dare to look down on him anymore. This time he not only established prestige for himself, but also performed well in the court. I'm afraid that he will be more and more valued by His Majesty in the future. This man is very scheming.
, is not an easy person to get along with.”
Several people actually nodded.
Of course they noticed it too.
If Shi Lu hadn't been so rigorous in his work this time, this political discussion would not have ended so quickly, nor would it have been so quiet. From beginning to end, only a few people spoke. According to normal circumstances, Shi Lu's punishment should have left room.
It's when the courtiers argue with each other.
However, Shi Lu did even better.
He imposed punishments in full accordance with the law. Anything without accurate evidence would be treated as perjury, which made them unable to open their mouths. When Xia Wuqie said a lot later, he directly made Qin Luoheng a doctor. This was even more surprising.
beyond their expectation.
They were immediately stunned.
Not to mention refuting, they couldn't even speak. They didn't know what to say. Even Li Si was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat. How could they dare to speak?
Think of this.
Several people also looked depressed.
Huang Tianqiong took a deep breath and lowered her voice: "Brother Xu is right. We should no longer focus on Huang Sheng's murder case now, but on another case."
"Huang Sheng was involved in two cases!"
"One is Huang Sheng's own murder case, and the other is a case of covering up fraud."
"This Shi Lu is very shrewd. He saw it early on, so he has been deliberately avoiding it, just because he doesn't want to get involved in the latter case. For this reason, he deliberately plotted against Yang Zhang and made Yang Zhang a troubled person.
"
"Yang Zhang knows us very well."
"If he really investigates strictly, none of us will be able to escape."
"You saw Yang Zhang's attitude just now. He has deliberately distanced himself from us. Fortunately, we made arrangements in advance, otherwise something might really happen this time."
"After going back."
"Do what we planned at the time."
"Put all the problems on Sun Di, lure the victimized families with huge sums of money, and ask them to keep their mouths shut. If it's really impossible, some people should give up when they should. Only by giving up can you gain, otherwise, this matter will never go away!
"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly.
Who should you give up? Who wants to be abandoned?
Everyone looked at each other, their eyes secretly showing some vigilance, but after a while, everyone looked at the same person at the same time.
Xu Chang!
Firstly, his official position is high enough, and secondly...