"Your Majesty, today Weichen has sorted out the files of the Ministry of Punishment in the past ten years and found that although the Ministry of Punishment has many problems, its basic functions and duties are still there. Although many loopholes were found in the case files, the situation is not too serious.
Oops, so Wei Chen petitions Your Highness to allow Wei Chen to carry out mass and selective overturning of the verdict."
After Zhou Pingan was allowed to enter Xi Zheng Palace, the first words he spoke made Li Chen raise his head and shift his gaze from the memorial to Zhou Pingan.
"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, I'm talking about you, Zhou Pingan."
Li Chen smiled and said: "If the verdict is overturned, the verdict will be overturned, but what do you mean by selectively overturning the verdict?"
Zhou Ping'an replied calmly: "Some cases can be overturned, some cases can be overturned or not, and some cases cannot be overturned. What Wei Chen wants to overturn is the fourth type of case that must be overturned."
"Most of the so-called reversible cases involve officials, who are either in office, have been transferred, or have retired. These people were in office because of favoritism, perversion of the law, favor dealings, and a series of aggravating, aggravating, or even mutilating cases, but the involvement was not serious.
,These can be translated.”
"The so-called "can be opened or not" is similar to the previous one, but because of the old age, if you want to open the case, the person involved may be no longer alive, or there may be no benefit, so it can be opened or not."
"The so-called irreversible cases are mostly unjust cases, but when the person involved is either in a high position or is involved in the case, and is widely implicated, once it is traced, it is easy to encounter great resistance and a large number of people will suffer. But in reality
What happened to the wronged person has become an established fact. There is no benefit in paying a huge price but only trouble. You can only make mistakes. This is an irreversible verdict."
Listening to Zhou Ping'an's report, Li Chen remained calm and said, "What about the case you want to uncover that must be uncovered?"
"Most of these cases are partisan disputes in the officialdom. Most of the cases chosen by the ministers are unjust cases created by the cabinet or a series of cabinets. The officials who were persecuted were either dismissed from office or demoted, but they are still alive. These people
If he can continue to be fought by the cabinet, he will be useful and reverse the case for them, which will be beneficial to the East Palace."
Li Chen said calmly: "Since you are the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, it is your job to preside over the laws of the empire impartially and impartially. Since there are grievances, why don't you treat them equally and redress the injustices of those who have been wronged? Instead, you have divided into three groups.
Are you coming soon?"
Zhou Ping'an still looked calm and replied: "His Highness has not yet ascended the throne. When doing anything, the first purpose is to consider whether it is good for His Highness, and then to consider fairness and justice. If His Highness ascends the throne in the future, then the ministers will naturally stand on the side of the country."
Consider the problem from the perspective of interests and the country."
Zhou Ping'an's words are suspected of overstepping his bounds.
But Li Chen didn't care.
"I'm sure, you can go ahead and do it. If you need any help, you can contact the people here in the East Palace. If you have any questions, please contact the East Factory directly." Li Chen said slowly.
"Wei Chen resigns."
Zhou Ping'an bowed and quietly withdrew.
After Zhou Pingan left, Li Chen lowered his head and looked at the report in his hand. This was a memorial from the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It was about the newly appointed Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Zhou Pingan, who was vigorously investigating old cases that had been settled.
, but did not handle the various cases that were piling up at the moment, which resulted in the delay of official documents and cases that needed approval from the Ministry of Punishment across the country. The old scores were settled and people were panicked. I asked His Highness the Crown Prince to order a reprimand.
He picked up his pen and wrote four words on the memorial: nonsense. Li Chen threw the memorial aside and never read it again.
