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It took Li Mu three days to finish the backlog of papers accumulated during this period.
Except for the two envelopes at hand, the desk in front of him was empty.
The contents of the two envelopes are very similar.
The magistrate of Anyi County, Danyang County, was assassinated a few months ago.
One month later, a certain county magistrate in Tianhe County, Hanyang County, was also assassinated.
Although there were demons and ghosts in many places during the Zhou Dynasty, which disturbed people's lives, the killing of officials rarely happened.
Murdering an official of the imperial court is a capital crime. The Ministry of Punishment has always strictly investigated such matters that provoke the majesty of the imperial court.
These two memorials were submitted by Danyang County and Hanyang County. The local officials under their jurisdiction were stabbed to death. They should have directly informed the Ministry of Punishment. However, after receiving the complaints from the two counties, the Ministry of Punishment did not handle these two cases.
The county officials had no choice but to hand the certificate directly to Zhongshu Province.
Li Mu originally planned to send these two envelopes to the Shangshu Province, who would then send them to the Ministry of Punishments to urge them to implement them as soon as possible. However, if this process was followed, the envelopes would be sent from the Zhongshu Province to the Shangshu Province, and then from the Shangshu Province to the Ministry of Punishments.
The Ministry of Punishment reported back to the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Justice reported back to the Ministry of Public Affairs..., this time and again, I'm afraid half a year has passed.
The backlog of documents had been dealt with, and there was nothing going on. Li Mu left Zhongshu Province, walked out of the palace gate, and went to the Xingbu Yamen.
"Hello, Mr. Li!"
"Long time no see, Mr. Li!"
"Master Li, come and eat a pear..."
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Three months after he left the capital city, the people seemed to be more enthusiastic about him. Li Mu gnawed on a pear and leisurely arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice.
The policeman at the entrance of the Criminal Department was suddenly startled when he saw Li Mu. Li Mu asked, "Are there any officials from the Criminal Department in the office?"
The policeman said: "Master Shangshu and Master Lang are not here? Master Langzhong is reviewing the case."
By chance, the Ministry of Punishment was interrogating a case. Li Mu stood outside the courtroom, waiting for the doctor from the Ministry of Punishment to finish the case.
He glanced at the courtroom and found someone who surprised him.
Li Mu looked back at the policeman and asked, "Why is Wei Peng in the Criminal Department?"
If he remembered correctly, Wei Peng should have failed the imperial examination. At this moment, Li Mu saw him in the court of the Ministry of Justice. He was wearing what seemed to be official uniforms. Although the grade was very low, it was indeed public uniforms.
The policeman said: "Are you talking about Chief Wei? Chief Wei was specially recruited by the doctor three months ago..."
Li Mu was surprised and said: "A special move from the Ministry of Punishment?"
He formulated the imperial examination system, so Li Mu naturally knew? What happened to the special recruitment.
When the imperial examination system was formulated at that time, in order to recruit special talents, after the imperial examination, in addition to the Jinshi on the Qingyun list, each of the six departments had a quota, and one person could be specially recruited from among the candidates who failed the examination.
Regarding this quota, he also made some restrictions after discussing with several Zhongshushe people.
For example, even those who are specially recruited must pass each subject of the imperial examination, and their scores in one subject must be very outstanding to meet the special recruitment requirements.
After various ministries propose special measures, they must be discussed and decided by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China before they are finally implemented.
There is only one reason why Wei Peng can appear here, and that is his outstanding performance in the criminal law subject, which allowed the Ministry of Punishment to make an exception and recruit him in addition to the hundred Jinshi.
Li Mu looked at the Criminal Court with interested eyes.
Above the court, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment knocked on the gavel tree, looked at the two people kneeling below the hall, and said: "Brother and sister Zhang, do you admit to killing Xu?"
A man kneeling in the hall said: "My lord, it is clear to me that it was Mr. Xu who broke into my house with his servants in the middle of the night and wanted to taint my sister. He asked his servants to control the common people. The common people struggled to break free and were eager to save their sisters, so they used Tao.
The can hit him in the head..."
The doctor of the Ministry of Punishment said: "But in the end, you brothers and sisters are fine, and Mr. Xu is dead. You will naturally bear responsibility for his death."
The man said angrily: "Am I just going to have to watch him defile my sister?"
The doctor from the Ministry of Punishment said: "You could have stopped him, but you beat him to death. Considering that it was an unintentional mistake on your part and Mr. Xu made a mistake first, I can give you a light sentence at my discretion..."
The man lowered his head and said in a pitiful voice: "He broke into my house again and again and wanted to do evil to my sister. I went to the Yamen three times and you didn't care. I just wanted to protect my sister. What else?"
Sin, where is the law of heaven, where is the justice..."
The doctor from the Criminal Department rubbed his eyebrows and said: "I said that Mr. Xu did not cause any harm to you, but you beat him to death. It was an excessive defense. I am now in accordance with the law..."
"Sir, please wait!"
The doctor of the Ministry of Punishment was about to make a verdict when a voice suddenly came from the courtroom.
The doctor from the Criminal Department looked at the figure coming out of the corner and suddenly felt a headache.
Wei Peng had been in the Criminal Department for three months, and he had been fighting against him in court for three months. As a result, he now felt a headache whenever he went to court, and he wished that the government officials would kick Wei Peng out.
But it was impossible for him to really do that, because letting Wei Peng raise questions during the trial was a privilege given to him by the Vice Minister.
He looked at Wei Peng, gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Wei, what's wrong with you?"
Wei Peng walked to the court, raised his head and asked: "Your Excellency said that Mrs. Xu did not harm Zhang's daughter, and that Ms. Zhang's defense was excessive. How should he defend himself? Did he have to wait until Mrs. Xu violated Zhang's daughter?
Can we defend ourselves after that?"
The doctor from the Ministry of Justice said: "Of course I don't mean this."
Wei Peng continued: "According to your wishes, if the Xu family violated the Zhang family's daughter, she planned to leave the Zhang family and did not continue to violate her. At this time, if the Zhang family fights back, is it an active attack?"
The doctor of the Ministry of Punishment said: "That is natural, according to the law..."
Wei Peng looked at the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment and asked: "Your Excellency, you are familiar with the law. Please tell me, when can the Zhang family fight back?"
The doctor from the Criminal Department touched his forehead: "This..."
Wei Peng said in a deep voice: "Sir, if you are Mr. Zhang, and a group of thugs break into your home in the middle of the night and want to defile your wife, what will you do? Do you still have to consider when to defend yourself and when they defile her?"
After your wife, or after they drew their swords and struck you?"
The doctor from the Criminal Department was speechless: "This, my officer..."
Wei Peng did not wait for him to speak, and continued: "The law is used to protect innocent people, not to protect villains. I maintain that the Zhang brothers and sisters are not guilty, but the Xu family entered people's homes at night and had evil intentions. They died unjustly. The Xu family should
Regarding this case, compensate the Zhang brothers and sisters..."
The doctor from the Ministry of Punishment thought about it carefully and seemed to be convinced by Wei Peng. He sighed, was shocked and said: "I now pronounce the verdict that the Xu family broke into the house without authorization and committed murder. They deserved death. The Zhang brothers and sisters are not guilty...
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"Thank you, sir!"
"Thank you sir for upholding justice for my brother and sister!"
The Zhang brothers burst into tears of gratitude, knelt on the ground, and kept bowing to Wei Peng. Wei Peng straightened his collar, straightened his official hat, and said: "You're welcome, this is what I should do..."
