Chapter 1393 Beating the Drum to Claim Injustice and Quick Trial
The sudden sound of "dong dong dong" not only alerted Fafa and Ming Liang who were speaking, but also alerted all the officials who were walking out from Fengtian Hall. Everyone either froze in place or walked a few steps to the Jinshui River.
Outside, I wanted to see who was beating the drum.
No wonder everyone is so surprised. After Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he established the Dengwen Drum. Its purpose was to give the people who had been grievances and desperate people a last chance to redress their grievances. Only those who were related to military affairs or strange grievances and tragic cases had no way to report were allowed to knock.
Generally speaking, people who report complaints will not be accepted; not only will they not be accepted, but the people who complain will be punished with sticks.
There are rotating censors and royal guards near Dengwen Drum every day, but most of the time they are just decorations. It is said that the world is peaceful and there are not so many tragic injustice cases. In fact, some cautious people came here to inquire and learned that the emperor was being sued.
If the complaint was not accurate, he would have to be beaten with a cane, so he was scared off. Even during the Hongwu period, it was not sounded a few times. Because the Dengwen drum was rarely beaten, when the officials present heard it being beaten,
After the knocking sound, it was so surprising that everyone wanted to find out.
Because they had just gone to court, the censor who was on duty had not yet arrived at the Dengwen Drum. There were only a few sergeants guarding the Dengwen Drum. These people were stunned, and then they stepped forward to surround the people who were beating the Dengwen Drum and interrogated them.
Whose last name is there, age and surname, where is the place of origin, what are the grievances... In this cold time of winter and spring, the sufferer who was beating the Dengwen drum was asked so many questions that she was sweating. She was nervous.
Subconsciously, he turned around and looked around, only to find that there was a circle of officials with complete crowns and belts standing behind him. They were tall, short, fat, thin, old and young, with different grades.
The victims that caught the eyes of the officials were two people, an older one and a younger one. The older one was a young woman about twenty years old. Although she was covered up tightly, she could still see her beauty; the younger one was only five or six years old.
The boy held the young woman's skirt tightly. Seeing these two people, the officials present felt pity.
"Zhenshan (Ming Liang's nickname), go up and ask them what grievances they have." She said to him as she had already dragged Ming Liang over to watch.
"I'm not on duty today, why should I ask?" Mingliang complained softly, but stepped forward to ask. Zhang Yushi, who was on duty today, is old and has bad legs and feet, and he was still walking slowly behind.
It's not impossible to get through without ten or eight minutes. There are so many people around now. It's not appropriate for the sufferer to wait here for ten minutes.
"I am the Supervising Censor of Henan Province, Ming Liang. The Censor Zhang who is on duty today has not come yet. I am a colleague of his, so I will inquire on my behalf. I wonder if you two have any grievances to report? Please come quickly."
The beautiful and weak woman murmured in fear, but the child was bold and said: "I want to sue Suzhou Magistrate Zhao Yan. He violated the law and arrested my father and several uncles for his own gain!"
"Prefect of Suzhou?" As soon as he heard about this official position, Ming Liang's face suddenly turned ugly, his eyes flickered, as if he was about to say something. But before he could say anything, the officials gathered around him started talking: "
This is a matter for Suzhou Prefecture, not the capital."
“Having traveled hundreds of miles from Suzhou to the capital to beat the drums, most of them have genuine grievances.”
"Yes, I also think there is a real injustice. Otherwise, how could a woman and a child travel such a long distance?"
Method also said: "Ask them what grievances they have."
"Deng Wengu will not be used unless there is a serious matter, and will not be accepted unless there is no way to sue! Do you have some strange grievances that cannot be clarified? If it is just an ordinary matter, you can go to the Yamen of Yousi. I think you and other women and children are ignorant, and you will be spared the punishment of the rod!
"Ming Liang asked.
When he heard what he said, Fa Fa frowned. This was not wrong in theory, but it seemed too blunt when facing women and children. And what if this woman and child were timid and were too scared to speak? He immediately
Look at the women and children.
It was still the child who answered with such clarity that people were secretly amazed. "Zhao Yan, the prefect of Suzhou, claimed that my father and several uncles had killed different people in different places, and he arrested my father and several uncles in the government office to order my father to death.
The death penalty with several uncles. The ancestral teachings, everyone in my family must learn the words of the sage. Even if one person accidentally kills someone, how can he commit another murder in just two months? "
"But this official did not consider common sense and did not listen to my family's excuse. He only listened to the words of the local bullies and was tortured. He is still in prison and is said to be a death penalty. My mother took me to Su Song Road to sue, but they were not accepted. Go.
According to the Ministry of Punishment, the master of the Ministry of Punishment said that these cases have not yet been decided. We will wait for the report from Suzhou Prefecture and they will not accept it. I dare to ask the master, where else can we go? "
'It sounds like Su Songdao and the Ministry of Punishment are supporting the Suzhou magistrate. If this is true, there is no way to sue, let alone a human life lawsuit.'
‘Furthermore, it is indeed very strange for several members of a family to commit murders within two months. There is a high possibility of injustice.’ Everyone thought one after another.
At this time, the captain of the Jinyi Guards who was on duty at Denwen Drum walked up to Mingliang, clasped his fists and asked: "How to deal with it, please show me how to deal with it. Please tell me how to deal with it." This was the first time that the Jinyi Guards Captain had encountered such a thing, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
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"According to the rules, when Zhang Yushi, who is on duty today, comes, he will take him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for detailed questioning, and let the victim write a confession and submit it to His Majesty for inspection." Ming Liang thought about it and decided to keep things official and try his best to do so.
Get out of your way and don't get involved.
But the child shouted again: "Don't go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate! I heard from my father that the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is an accomplice of the prefect, and they are protecting each other when they go! In order to save my father and uncle, I am going to leave.
A yamen that can take care of this matter!"
The officials who were watching were even more surprised: Such a smart boy, this time it is impossible for him to achieve the story of a filial son saving his father.
Ancient Chinese admired child prodigies. Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve, and King Luo Bin composed a poem at the age of seven. The allusions have been sung throughout the ages. Filial piety is the most praised value today. This child has both, and is definitely a positive example.
"Well, cases related to officials are tried by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Where are there other yamen?" Fafa said: "Not even the cabinet has this power."
"I heard that there is a yamen called Jinyiwei. It is extremely authoritative and everyone is afraid of it. It also loves to go against civil servants. It will definitely not protect the Suzhou magistrate, so let Jinyiwei try it." The child said again.
Hearing this, most of the officials present became unhappy. Jinyiwei has always been a yamen that civil servants hate, and most of the officials present were civil servants, but children named Jinyiwei for trial, which hurt their dignity as civil servants. Suddenly some people
what you want to say.
"Okay, since you kid is willing to be tried by me, the Jinyi Guards, you will be tried by the Jinyi Guards." But the Jinyi Guards School Captain smiled and agreed, and then ordered the other sergeants: "You send the petition to the Zhenfu Division together with the suffering master.
There must be no mistakes!”
"Yes." The sergeant agreed, and two people were separated to protect the women and children and headed towards the Zhenfu Division.
"Alas." Fang Fang sighed, and continued to walk out of the palace without stopping. The Jin Yiwei did have the power to judge, and children could not trust the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so it was natural for the Jin Yiwei to try the case, and he had nothing to say.
The same was true for all the civil servants present, so they had no choice but to disperse. Ming Liang also hurriedly followed.
But looking at the backs of the woman and child, even though Ming Liang didn't know them, and the children didn't reveal their identities when they spoke just now, he still had a strong feeling in his heart that this incident would involve him. 'Hey,
I hope it's not what I thought.'
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"Take away!" The Jinyi Guards officer said, 'We are Jinyi Guards, and we are here to arrest you and investigate the murder case of the Li family!' After these words, he waved his hand and said these two words, and the sergeant pulled Zhao Yan up and tied him up.
, dragged him out of the room.
While Zhao Yan was being dragged away, Li Jiuzheng continued to struggle, but as soon as Zhao Yan left, Li Jiuzheng immediately gave up his struggle, and the two guards holding him down also released their hands, allowing him to stand up on his own.
"Sir Yang." Li Jiucheng said to the leading captain of the Jinyi Guards.
"After that, you have to go to the local Jinyiwei Yamen and confess everything you 'know'." The Jinyiwei Captain named Yang ordered.
"Don't worry, sir. Although I don't know much about reading, I have already memorized the text that the adults gave me. Not to mention copying it, I can even recite it in public." Li Jiucheng nodded and bowed again.
Captain Yang glared at him, as if he was not satisfied with what he said, but he didn't say anything more, and just ordered someone to tie him up and pull him away from here.
That night, a confession of several thousand words was written and sent to the capital by Jinyiwei through the military post six hundred miles away. At the same time, all the gangsters and bullies in Suzhou Prefecture were arrested by Jinyiwei.
Officials from the two Fuguo County yamen were also visited or invited to the Jinyiwei yamen by the local Jinyiwei. Facing the Jinyiwei who had detailed confessions in their hands, and watching them being tortured, they wanted to remember what bad things they had done when they were four years old.
The gangsters and bullies who had confessed everything chose to tell everything they knew.
As a result, more and more detailed confessions were presented, written by different people, and then sent to the capital by Jinyiwei via military post.
After collecting the confessions, Qin Song sorted them out a little and sent all the confessions to the palace. Yunxi only looked at them once before ordering them all to be released to the public.
After seeing the confession, the ministers were in an uproar! They had expected that Zhao Yan would misjudge the murder case and even bend the law for personal gain. However, they did not expect that the murder case that framed the Li family was instigated by him. He did this to plot against Li.
Home industry.
What surprised many people even more was that the matter actually involved Mingliang, the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Mingliang passed the Jinshi examination last year, ranked 13th in the second class, and was appointed censor. He has had a good official reputation this year, but he didn't expect that there was something wrong inside.
He is so dark to be involved in such a thing.
After seeing the public confession, Fang Xiaoru, Li Shilu and Lu Yuanzhi immediately entered the palace to ask for an audience with His Majesty. Yunxi also gave them face and received them.
"Your Majesty, does this matter need further verification?" Fang Xiaoru said to Yunxi: "I have learned about Mingliang's conduct as a human being. He has a good reputation in his hometown and has never been greedy for other people's money. He has been an official for many years.
The voice is also very good. Did something go wrong in Jin Yiwei's investigation?"
He couldn't believe that the truth could be like this. To him, Ming Liang was just a little white rabbit that was harmless to humans and animals. He wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, and he wouldn't keep any money he saw on the road, but he would have to find the person who lost the money.
He could not believe that he would actually plan with Zhao Yan to embezzle the Li family's property and even threaten several lives of the Li family.
"Mr. Fang, as the saying goes in the meeting a few days ago: 'It is difficult to draw a dragon or a tiger, but it is difficult to draw a skeleton when you know a person, but not the heart.' Mr. Fang may have misjudged the wrong person." Yunxi said calmly.
said.
"Your Majesty, I dare not say that I have never misjudged anyone, but this incident is so surprising that I thought that maybe there was something wrong with the Jin Yiwei." Fang Xiaoru said again.
"Your Majesty, I also feel that the Ming Yushi is not such a person." "Your Majesty, please order other yamen and Jinyiwei to jointly investigate this case." Li Shilu and Lu Yuanzhi also said one after another.
"I trust the Qin commander and think that since he reported this to me, nothing will go wrong. However," Yunxi changed his voice and said: "What the three beloved ministers said is reasonable. In fact, I am not interested in the Ming Yushihui."
I can’t believe that I could handle such a thing together with Zhao Yan. Before the three beauties asked to see me, I had already ordered the Jinyi Guards to check again and report to me if there were any mistakes.”
"Your Majesty is wise." The three of them said at the same time. In fact, they also knew that their request was a little excessive. According to the rules set by Yunxi after he came to the throne, if a minister suspected that there was a problem in the trial of the case, he could transfer the case to Jinyiwei.
When going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate or the Ministry of Criminal Justice to review it from beginning to end, see if there are any problems. Anyway, Jin Yiwei does not have the final power of trial, and the trial must be handed over to the civil servants. At this time, they came to ask Yunxi to order a re-investigation of the case.
rule.
But they had to come. Mingliang's involvement in such a case was a big blow to the Zhou Li faction. Although Fafa publicly said at the court meeting a few days ago that private morality and public morality are not the same thing, he can still be an official if his private morality is not good.
, but the concepts that people have formed for a long time are not so easy to change. Even if the Zhou Li sect and the Mingli sect have continued to work hard in this direction, they have not yet seen results. If Mingliang did commit such a case, the reputation of their Zhou Li sect would be
will be affected.
What's more, they are also worried that Jin Yiwei may falsify some evidence in order to ensure that the case will pass the review of the Ministry of Punishment. Therefore, they must ask Yunxi to agree to re-trial the case before the file is submitted to the Ministry of Punishment or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Fortunately, His Majesty agreed to let Jin Yiwei
Re-trial.' Li Shilu thought.
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Thanks to book friend Longyi Flying Bar for the reward. (To be continued)