Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 500 What are the tradeoffs?
Seeing Chen Qiudao coming in, Chen Yuyi said, "Sit down in consultation."

Tea is served.Chen Yuyi invited tea.Cai said: "Xiu Mu today, please come here because the Xiangyang government's arrest of gambling has involved the counselor."

Chen Qiudao said: "A cadre in my house, Zheng Yiren, is greedy for profit, and he partnered with others to open a gambling boat. Today, Yao signed the sentence and arrested Zheng Yiren and others. I asked clearly, this matter is true, and there is no doubt about it. "

Chen Yuyi said: "Not long ago, the Xiangyang government sent an official document, talking about this matter. The case is not complicated, most of the people arrested have been recruited, and the process is already clear. The trouble is that several people from the government are involved. There is Zhou Ming in the Xiangyang Inspection Department, three officials in Xiangyang County, one official in Xiangyang Mansion, and Zheng Yiren. According to the regulations, officials involved in such cases should be severely punished, and the officials should be severely punished. The trouble now is the Senate What should we do with Zheng Yiren in the mansion. After a while, Yao Zhipan and the palace record committee will come here with Yu Tongpan, let's discuss it."

Chen Qiudao said: "I asked clearly. Only Zheng Yiren and a few people in my family participated. Fortunately, my sons did not participate in it. Xiangyang Prefecture can settle the case according to the law, and you don't have to look at my face!"

Chen Yuyi said: "This matter is not that simple. According to the rules set by Jie Shuai, if members of the family break the law, the officials must be jointly and severally liable. Zheng Yiren is the official of the counselor's family. He lived together and shared the wealth, which implicated you. According to the confessions of everyone , The councilor really doesn’t know. We have to carefully weigh what to do. I can’t handle this matter alone, and everyone needs to discuss it.”

Chen Qiudao nodded, but did not speak.

Now I feel that Wang Xiaolie's rules are too strict.As long as family members break the law, officials will be implicated.Of course, it was just implicated, and the punishment was not heavy.But for officials, without the power in their hands, it is difficult to say many things.

Not long after, Yu Cheng, the general judge of Xiangyang, arrived with Yao Hua, who signed the contract, and Gong Li, who joined the army as a recorder.Everyone saluted and sat down.

Chen Yuyi said: "Everyone knows the matter. Last night, a factory owner named Xu Qi was lured to the Hanshui gambling boat and lost three thousand coins. He only brought one hundred coins in cash and wrote down a receipt. Today In the morning, the gambling boat sent two people to go home with Xu Qi, wanting him to take the money. Unexpectedly, Xu Qi did not take the money, but went to the inspection department and first sued someone for gambling on the Han River. The case is very clear , there is no doubt. Yao signed the judgment, how should the case be resolved according to the law?"

Yao Hua said: "Our law in Xiangyang has been revised, which is slightly different from that of the imperial court. According to the law, every bet of less than ten Wen is considered entertainment, not a gathering. Those with more than [-] coins will be severely punished according to the law. Those who put more than one guan will be punished severely according to the law. Officials participate in it and they will be severely punished. Severe punishment, the crimes committed by these people have come to an end. The leader will be executed according to the law!"

Yu Chengdao: "There is no difficulty in deciding the case, just follow the law. The trouble now is that Zheng Yiren is the Chen counselor's family. If we don't handle it well and the council is involved, things will be troublesome."

Chen Yuyi nodded: "After asking and asking, Chen Shenyi really has nothing to do with this matter. But Zheng Yiren is a servant of Chen Shenyi's family who lives together and shares wealth. According to the law, the Senate will be implicated. We have to find a surefire way."

Several people nodded, bowed their heads in thought.

Chen Qiudao suddenly remembered that among the officials of the envoy, apart from himself, Chen Yuyi, Wang Ruohai, and even Wang Xiaolie, there were no servants who lived together and shared wealth, only he had.I used to think they were all small families, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid there are other reasons.

Living together and sharing property is a special relationship.Usually they are relatives. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the ancestors were required not to separate the family, and the brothers lived together and shared the wealth.Husband and wife are of course living together.In addition, some servants did not have their own families, and lived together with the master's family.

Whether it is the avoidance law or being implicated because a family member violated the law, the standard for officials established by Wang Xiaolie is cohabitation and joint property, not kinship.Chen Qiudao didn't care about this before, but he didn't expect to bump into the muzzle of the gun this time.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Gong Li said: "Should I report this to Marshal Jie first?"

Chen Yuyi smiled wryly: "We haven't come up with a perfect solution, how can we report to Jie Shuai? Isn't it to make Jie Shuai embarrassing?"

After hearing this, Gong Li immediately understood.It's not that these people didn't think of this section, but they thought more far-reaching than themselves.The rules were set by Wang Xiaoli, but this time Chen Qiudao was implicated innocently, how to deal with it?As a counselor of the system, it would be too ridiculous to say that he resigned because of such a trivial matter.But the rules are set, how can Wang Xiaolie ignore it?This problem needs to be solved by the following people.

While several people were thinking hard, a soldier came in.Said: "Jieshuai Junzhi, please invite several officials to the official hall to discuss matters."

Chen Yuyi looked at Chen Qiudao, stood up, and felt something was wrong.

When I arrived at the official hall, I saw Wang Xiaolie sitting behind the case.He said to several people: "It's rare to get together today. Sit down."

Several people sat down and looked at Wang Xiaolie.Seeing his calm expression, he was relieved.

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's already autumn. Just now I sent someone to Xiangyang Mansion to invite Yu Tongpan to ask about the harvesting of rice. Only then did I know that Yu Tongpan brought the signing and recorder to the Zhizhi Envoy. After asking again, I found out that it turned out that there was a gambling case yesterday."

Yu Cheng stood up and saluted.Said: "Hui Jieshuai, there were people who gambled together on the Hanshui painting boat yesterday, and the criminals have been arrested and brought to justice."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The sin of gathering together for gambling, I remember the law is very clear. Do you have any difficulties when you gather together to make the envoy?"

Yu Cheng peeked at Chen Qiudao who was on the side.He cupped his hands and said, "One of the partners who run the gambling boat is a servant of Chen Shenyi's family—"

"Oh—" Wang Xiaolie looked at Chen Qiudao. "Why, is Chen Shenshi involved in this case?"

Yu Cheng hastily waved his hand: "No. We asked clearly about this matter, and Chen Shenyi really didn't know about it. It was just an officer who participated in it under the name of the Chen family. Chen Shenyi knew about this, so he took the officer away. There's no hindrance."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The person has already taken it, Chen Shen has no objection, what is the difficulty of this case? I want you to discuss it together!"

Yu Cheng thought about his words before saying: "This officer has been with Chen Shenyi for many years, and he has handled many things in the Chen family. After taking him, I'm afraid there will be some troubles in the Chen family——"

Wang Xiaolie looked at Yu Cheng, then at the crowd, his face slowly sank.Said: "What's the matter? Just say it!"

Yu Chengdao: "Hui Jieshuai, this cadre lives in Chen Shenyi's home. According to the law, he lives together and shares property, and there is no separate family. If he is taken away, Chen Shenyi will be implicated. We have investigated the case clearly, and Chen Shenyi is indeed not involved. Among them, it is difficult. We gathered together to discuss and weigh it."

"What are the trade-offs!" Wang Xiaolie stood up abruptly. "Why doesn't the balance involve Chen Qiudao? I set the rules for you to weigh in private? You can balance, why do you need rules! What should I do? I don't know how to do it, I want you to weigh it!"

Seeing Wang Xiaolie's stern voice, Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi and the others hurriedly stood up together, cupped their hands and said, "I dare not!"

(End of this chapter)