In May of the third year of Tianshun, after the former Minister of War Yang Yuxuan was killed, his seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son were sent to the frontier. Cao Shaoqin was well prepared and led Dongchang's elite to leave the capital, preparing to use them as bait to rob and kill them.
Zhou Huaian who knows how to save people.
In Cao Shaoqin's view, the Li Supervisor was under the control of his uncle Cao Jixiang, the East Factory was in his hands, and the soldiers and horses of the capital were in the hands of Shi Heng. Together with the connections they had among the civil servants, they were enough to control the capital. As long as they killed
Zhou Huai'an, there is no force in the world that can oppose him.
Therefore, Cao Shaoqin led the Dongchang forces to dispatch this time, preparing to capture Zhou Huai'an in one fell swoop with the momentum of a goshawk binding a rabbit.
It's a pity that he doesn't know.
He left the capital and became the admiral of the Ming Dynasty. The loyal Duke Shi Heng was criticized by the government and the public because of his nephew's "rebellion" and bullying of the prince. Feng Zhou, as the sixth-rank chief of the Ministry of Justice, was the first to write a letter of impeachment.
There is no difference in time.
Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty immediately followed the trend and stopped Shi Heng from attending court, demoted him to a civilian position, punished Shi Heng's cronies, and deposed them all.
It only took a few days to go from being a prominent figure in the Ming Dynasty to being a prisoner despised by thousands of people.
Feng Zhou also became famous because of this, and was promoted to the fifth rank of chief officer due to his meritorious service. Although many of his older colleagues in the Criminal Department were reluctant to deal with him, he still easily established a foothold in the Criminal Department.
Especially Wu Fan, who was the head of the Criminal Department with him before but was now his direct subordinate. When he saw that Feng Zhou had a bright future and was already a middle-level official of the fifth rank before he was twenty, he immediately held firm.
Thinking about the thighs, the horse is in front of the saddle and behind the horse, just like a dog and a horse.
With the help of this "local snake", Feng Zhou quickly became familiar with the affairs of the Criminal Department, as well as the procedures and methods of doing things.
But after all, he was too young, and he knew that everyone would be opposed by him if he continued to show off, so he began to keep a low profile. Before everything was unclear and the entire process of the Ministry of Justice's affairs was fully understood, no matter whether his bosses and colleagues had good intentions or bad intentions.
, asked him to start handling the criminal affairs in Shuntian Mansion as soon as possible, but he refused because he was familiar with it.
Anyway, he was already in the heart of the emperor because of his overthrow of Shi Heng, and his words and deeds, as well as his own network of connections, were not weak even when he was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. The official position of the fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Punishment was still rewarded by the emperor himself not long ago, as long as he did not take the initiative.
If he makes a mistake, others will have nothing to do with him.
No matter how you say it, Feng Zhou is a top-ranked Jinshi in this subject. The examiner is a cabinet bachelor, and he is also a disciple of a big boss. For such a person, obvious traps are not enough. Once exposed, it is likely to attract
The dissatisfaction of the court bosses is no joke. Under normal circumstances, officials have no need to go against Feng Zhou.
After understanding and becoming familiar with it, he had a clear understanding of the functions and management scope of the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the world's criminal administration, approving and enforcing laws, judging cases and convicting, and managing prisoners. Because of the heavy litigation, it is also divided into provincial bureaus, each in charge of the criminal administration of a province, while Fengzhou is responsible for the Shuntian Prefecture area.
Ministry of Criminal Affairs affairs.
It's different to have a younger brother to help. After these few months, he has a rough understanding of the affairs of the Criminal Department, and at the same time, he also has a clear understanding of the handling procedures of the Criminal Department.
While looking through past case files, a very strange phenomenon suddenly appeared on him.
Picking up the case files that were judged by my predecessor, the brief description of the case is very simple. It describes that so-and-so committed a crime in such-and-such an area. Because so-and-so broke the royal law, he was finally convicted of such-and-such crime and was sentenced to jail or beheading, or maybe
Punishments such as exile and exile.
It was nothing at first. I just felt that the description in the case file was too simple. It did not clearly explain the criminal's motive, as well as the means and circumstances during the crime. It just said that someone was killed, injured or died, and nothing else was mentioned.
Just by looking at the files, it is impossible to judge whether he is guilty or not. It is completely impossible to decide whether the case should be reversed or sent back for a retrial.
Could it be that the Ministry of Punishment of the Ming Dynasty was so concise?
You must know that the Ministry of Punishment is the final adjudication agency for all types of cases. Whether it is the death penalty, exile or military exile, or other severe punishments, they must be reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Punishment before they can be executed. The so-called "Qiu Hou Wen Zhan" does not necessarily have to be executed after Autumn.
To kill felons, the approval documents from the Ministry of Punishment are usually sent to various places at this time, and can be finally executed under the supervision of officials sent by the Ministry of Punishment.
Feng Zhou let out a long sigh, but then he came to his senses. In this era, all official documents were mainly based on notes, and they were written in large calligraphy. There were not many words written on one side of the official document, and he understood what the officials below were doing.
Difficulties.
If the writing was really too detailed, it is estimated that the official documents submitted to the Ministry of Punishment would have to be delivered by carriage, and it would also be a freight carriage in units of ten. Not to mention the trouble involved, just the review by the Ministry of Punishment would be a big project, so I followed the literati's lead.
Spring and Autumn Calligraphy.
Writing a line greatly limits the details of official documents!
No wonder literati invented classical Chinese. Otherwise, there would be no way to write official documents!
This is especially true for those who wrote history books. It is said that when Ouyang Xiu was in the Hanlin Academy, he and two colleagues were walking on the street and saw a running horse trampling to death a yellow dog lying on the roadside, so he said:
Please write down what happened here. A said: "There was a dog lying in the thoroughfare, and the horse's hooves jumped over it and killed it." B said: "There was a horse in the thoroughfare, and the lying dog encountered it and died." Ouyang Xiu said with a smile.
: If you were asked to write history, you would not be able to finish it even in ten thousand volumes. A and B asked Ouyang Xiu: So in your opinion, how should it be written? Ouyang Xiu said: "A horse kills a dog on the road." With this
Six words are enough!
It’s just that the history books can be simplified. If the Ministry of Punishment does this, it will be too hasty. After all, it is a major matter related to human life. Or a wrongful conviction will result in the death of a person, or he will be sent into military exile. A family or even a family will be completely torn apart because of this. The impact is too great.
You have to be more cautious and more cautious.
Of course, although he thinks so in his heart, he has no intention of changing it. At least he doesn't have the ability to change it yet. He can only wait for the right opportunity in the future and then take his time.
But when he turned to a case file, something magical happened to the file in his hand. It should be said that his eyes had some magical changes. The file in his hand actually glowed with a dark red light!
What's going on?
Feng Zhou's heart was shocked, but his face remained calm. He carefully read through the case file and carefully imprinted the contents into his mind.
On the eighth day of the third month of the Ding Chou year, Yang Lin, an Orion hunter in the suburbs of Shuntian Prefecture, killed the Baozheng family of Shitou Village and was sentenced to death!
Nothing could be seen from the case file, but the flickering dark red light reminded him that there must be something wrong with this case!
call!
Captain Feng Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, barely suppressed his thoughts, put the case file in its original place, and drew an inconspicuous mark on the wooden frame next to it with his fingernails, before picking up another case file and observing it carefully.
.
After that, he picked up more than ten case files in a row, but nothing strange happened, which made him shake his heart. Could it be that he was hallucinating?
This is naturally impossible!
He has quasi-holy supernatural powers, and he can still tell whether it is an illusion or not.
Since it's not an illusion, there must be some special reason!