I am the king of the dead

Chapter 924 The death penalty can be forgiven, the living crime cannot escape

After Li Chengwu successfully became the acting town, many changes visible to the naked eye have taken place in the old port.

Songsang Port has become extremely prosperous, and the original berths and trestles are completely insufficient. After the renaming, the Xuanwei Department began to post yellow lists to attract poor coolies to expand the capacity of Songsang Port. Berths, trestles, docks, warehouses, A series of changes in school dormitories, official factories, yamen, household registration, criminal names, etc., made the expatriates and Fans in Old Port feel that their eyes are not enough to see and they are overwhelmed.

The old Hong Kong diaspora and Fanren did not see the Ming army, but the old port was full of changes brought about by the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why the overseas Chinese can’t see the Daming Navy is entirely because the Daming Navy is suppressing bandits, and the number of merchant ships in Songsang Port has increased not only with the Daming ships captured by the official ships, but also a lot of Da Ming ships. When merchants and ships arrived in Hong Kong, the Strait of Malacca finally became a thoroughfare under the strong penetration of the Daming Navy, instead of a bandit within three miles, a bandit within five miles, and an annexation within ten miles.

When the snowflakes fell in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Navy of the Daming finally returned to Songsang Port, which is located in the tropics. Even in November, the sun was still shining brightly and the heat was extremely hot. Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng made great efforts to the Li brothers' work. It was highly affirmed, but Chen Shouyan did not dare to break his promise, and he paid the fee for the re-establishment of the Xuanwei Department to the office of the Xuanwei Department.

When Chen Shouyan brought all the old and young members of the Chen family to Ceylon to start again, he got a message that the Angel of Heaven had sent a note to the King of Ceylon to treat the Chen family favorably. A seaport jointly built by Ming Dynasty and Ceylon, this seaport is called Chen Lunpo.

Chen Shouyan chose to be decent, and Daming gave the Chen family enough dignity, and this port named Chen Lunpo was the place Daming arranged for the Chen family.

At sea, a port is an inexhaustible gold mine.

The two brothers Li Chengwu and Li Chengwen went to the port to send Chen Shouyan to set sail. Li Chengwen also wanted to take a boat to Daming. Li Chengwen sat on the swivel chair and said to Chen Shouyan: "When you go out, you must work together so that you will not be caught. Don’t people bully you? The Chen family has been operating in Nanyang for a long time. After arriving in Chen Lunpo, the Chen family is still prosperous. Chen Zuyi rebelled against the king and turned into a thief. Don’t make mistakes.”

Chen Shouyan looked at Li Chengwen, and knew that he had been deceived by this soft-footed man for so many years. This Li Chengwen was full of ideas. The rise and fall of the Li family had played a big role in this kid.

"Da Ming treated the Chen family well." Chen Shouyan was quite emotional. He thought he was going to die. The Chen family trees in Jiugang fell and the monkeys scattered, but in the end, they just moved a nest, from Jiugang Chen family to Chen Lunpo Chen. That's all, the reason why Daming is so benevolent is just four words, and he is away from home.

Chen Shouyan is not stupid. The earth-shaking changes in the old port are not the change of the surname from Chen to Li, but the change from a barren land to a land of kings. The Ming Dynasty’s southward voyages are completely different from the Yongle and Xuande years. This time the Old Port Propaganda Department was re-established, and the boundary of the Old Port became the square of the Ming Dynasty, which has become a necessity.

It won't be long before the old port is full of Ming's expatriates, and Songsang Port will become the most prosperous port at the junction of the South Ocean and the West Ocean.

As for the local Fanmin?They will slowly disappear without a trace.The Ming men who went to sea to beg for a living would completely occupy the local reproductive resources. Within five generations, the Fan people would be extinct. There are too few Fan people in the old Hong Kong.

Li Chengwen said with a smile: "That's it, I wish Mr. Chen a smooth journey."

"See you again by fate." Chen Shouyan boarded the three-masted ship bound for Ceylon. Daming didn't catch all the fish and left Chen Shouyan with two three-masted ships.

Inside Guanhai Building, Tang Xing and Liu Yongcheng were also looking at the port trestle, watching Chen Shouyan and Li Chengwen board the ship and set sail. The restoration of the Old Port Propaganda Department went very smoothly, and the emperor's edict was thoroughly and thoroughly implemented.

"Your Majesty doesn't like foreigners." Tang Xing's information was poor when he opened his mouth. Although Liu Yongcheng was Da Dang, Tang Xing, the father-in-law of the country, knew more about the relationship. Tang Xing knew more about the political differences between the emperor and Yu Shaobao than Liu Yongcheng when the main guiding strategy for going south to the west was being discussed.

The emperor Zhu Qiyu is not a saint, but an imperfect emperor. Zhu Qiyu's attitude towards the expats is probably only a little better than that of the natives. Zhu Qiyu doesn't care much about the theory of the Holy Son of Heaven and Tian Khan. Shaobao and the emperor have different political views, and in the end Yu Shaobao said to try it out, and the practice shall prevail.

If these overseas Chinese no longer have any sense of obedience, they will discard them like worn-out shoes, and if they are available, they will be used to the best of their ability.

Liu Yongcheng was a little surprised. Those rumors in the market were rumors after all, and they were not credible. The emperor didn't seem to be an arbitrary person.

The trade winds are picking up again, and the Daming Navy will continue to sail south to the West.

In the capital of Ming Dynasty, goose feathers and heavy snow covered the entire capital, covered in silver and covered with snow.

At this time, Zhu Qiyu was making the first reconsideration of a murder case in the meeting hall of the martial arts hall, and the death penalty was repeated three times. For this first reconsideration, Zhu Qiyu did not criticize Zhu, but called the three justices to the meeting Hall to sort out the whole case.

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, in the case of major, important and difficult cases, if the three judiciaries still cannot make a decision in the joint trial, they will jointly try the case with the five ministers of officials, households, rites, soldiers, and workers, and the general and political envoy. The emperor presides over the trial Handed over, the Sanfa Division will work with Jin Yiwei. In Daming, this is called Yuanshen, and it is also called Jiuqing Joint Trial.

Zhu Qiyu did not convene a round trial, but a joint trial by the three courts. He has different opinions on this case and the three courts.

"I have seen this case. It is not complicated. Yang Zhengming killed Chen Ming, the captain of Wucheng Army and Masi, on the street. The facts are clear. There are all witnesses, materials, and evidence. The evidence is solid. After the murder, Yang Zhengming did not escape but surrendered himself. There was no retraction in court." Zhu Qiyu said with a serious expression.

Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Chai Zhen, Minister of Dali Temple, and Congratulatory Zhang of the Metropolitan Procuratorate looked at each other. In the past, death penalty cases were all reconsidered by the Secretary of the General Administration and Zhu Zhu of Wenyuan Pavilion, but in this case, the emperor actually called them all. Come over, even Lu Zhong is here, this case is extraordinary, His Majesty attaches great importance to it.

"Yang Zhengming, the son of Yang Xin, a hundred households in Kaipingwei, Yang Xin went to the old Hong Kong Propaganda Department in Yongle five years to recruit Sanfo Qiming King to Beijing. In the fourth year of Zhengtong, Yang Xin was sentenced to death for missing the opportunity. Looted to Chi Castle, Yang Xin guarded Chi Castle, went out of the castle and beheaded seven levels and returned to the castle with injuries. Unjust case." Zhu Qiyu spoke again about the prisoner's past.

According to the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Xin went out of the fort to kill the enemy, and then stuck to the inner fort to finally retreat. In any case, he could not reach the point of beheading. The hereditary military households of the households were also deprived.

Yu Shiyue thought about his words and said: "When this case happened, the minister was already in the Ministry of Punishment. Yang Xin was not guilty of death. History has said that the opening of the sea was to fund the country’s money, and there were a lot of discussions in the court, and the merchant shipping department was the most powerful, and after that, Yang Xin died.”

Zhu Qiyu set up a municipal bureau to collect taxes. He could have imagined that there are so many smart people in Daming, couldn't he have imagined it?Daming banned the sea, and the terrible consequences of official ships no longer sailing southward to the west, can Daming see clearly only Zhu Qiyu?
In fact, many people can see it clearly and understand it, and even put forward a compromise, implementable, and effective plan.

After Yu Shiyue said something, he almost said clearly that Yang Xin's death was entirely due to the power of the sea. Some people couldn't argue and started to attack. In order to kill the chicken as an example to the monkey, they killed Yang Xin as the chicken.

Is this person Yang Shiqi?It may be, or it may not be, because there is no evidence at all to prove who gave the order. Minggong in the court will never speak out when he wants to do dirty things, but these Minggong's secretary understands the meaning, The stewards do it.

And it is very possible that there was no one's instigation at all, but an act under tacit understanding.

An outright injustice case, Yang Xin passed away after three replays of the death penalty. When he died, his injuries from defending the Ming Dynasty at Chi Castle were not healed.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Yang Zhengming was called into the Daming Beijing camp on August 14, 23th year. At that time, Oara had already captured King Jili, and then he was elected as a sharp soldier in the third year of Jingtai. In the seventh year of Jingtai, he was old and weak. Returning to relatives, selling breakfast food as a business."

"His father died unjustly, beheaded to show the public, his son still entered the capital camp, bravely took the lead, full of loyalty and filial piety."

"On the third day of September in the 11th year of Jingtai, Yang Zhengming led a car vendor to eat breakfast. Chen Ming, the captain of Wucheng Bingma Division, wanted to confiscate Yang Zhengming's dining car on the grounds that he was obstructing the view and blocking traffic. There was a quarrel. Yang Zhengming knelt down and prayed. Chen Ming refused to confiscate it, Chen Ming forcibly dragged it, and Yang Zhengming killed him with a knife."

"The case itself is indeed not complicated. Yang Zhengming didn't run away after killing someone, but picked up the body and surrendered himself directly to the manor. Is there something I missed?"

Yang Zhengming murdered because Chen Ming, the captain of Wucheng Bingma Division, wanted to confiscate Yang Zhengming's dining car. The sharp soldiers in the capital camp, even though they are old and weak, still have strength, and Chen Ming is not an opponent.

Yu Shiyue bowed her head and said, "Your Majesty knows that, it is true."

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "When Chen Xun was alive, he told me: pawns and chariots, and chariots and oars, have existed since ancient times. In a world of Taoism, it must be based on welfare, and stop at perfection."

"In fact, I really don't like the old master Chen Xun nagging in my ears, but I still listened to what he said. After Yang Zhengming retired from the Beijing camp, he made a living on this dining car. Why should Chen Ming confiscate it? Is there an official document? Is it the official document from the Shuntian Mansion Hall, or the official document from the Dongcheng County Hall? If not, why would Chen Ming rob Yang Zhengming's dining car? Just because Chen Ming is the captain of the Wucheng Military Division?"

"If there is no official document, Chen Ming looted first, and Yang Zhengming murdered later, I think the crime does not warrant death, gentlemen, do you want me to recite a passage of "The Charcoal Seller" for you?"

Of course, He Zhang understood the meaning of His Majesty's words. Your Majesty is no longer secretly protecting Yang Zhengming, but is clearly forgiving Yang Zhengming. Your Majesty said that this case started from Yang Xin's old case. He bowed his head and said: " There is indeed an official document, and it is not allowed to lead cars and sell oars in the street trees, mainly because there are the most people entering and leaving the city in the morning, so there is this rule."

"Your Majesty, Yang Zhengming's murder is a violation of the ban by force. Therefore, the three courts believe that he should be punished."

Zhu Qiyu immediately said: "By using force to violate the ban, Yang Zhengming is indeed armed with force, and Chen Ming is indeed a member of the imperial court. It seems reasonable to use force to violate the ban, but does it say in the official document that the dining car can be confiscated? If there is a clear In other words, I will take care of the county magistrate of Dongcheng County, and I will take care of whoever issues this official document."

"Who are the two riders Pianpian? The yellow-clothed emissary and the white-clothed emissary. With the document in hand, he pronounced the edict, and returned to the cart to tell the bull to lead north. A cart of charcoal, more than a thousand catties, the imperial envoy will not regret it. Half a horse of red yarn is one foot. Ling, tie it to the bull's head and fill it with charcoal."

"In the charcoal seller, for the thousand catties of charcoal, the envoy in yellow and white shirt knows to give half a bolt of red gauze and one zhang of silk. What is he, Chen Ming? How can he grab it?!"

"If there is no clear statement that it can be confiscated, Mr. He violated the ban by force, whose ban was violated? My ban? The court's ban? Or the Dongcheng County Hall's ban?!"

"Forbidden by martial arts refers to the bandits who gather in the mountains and forests. No matter how Yang Zhengming looks at them, they are not bandits."

He Zhang hurriedly pleaded guilty and said, "Your Majesty is stupid. What your Majesty taught is that you used it wrongly. It is indeed not the way to use it to break the ban."

When He Zhang spoke, he was handing ammunition to the emperor. The reason why the Sanfa Division decided that Yang Zhengming should be punished was because of the military ban. Whose ban is this ban? It has to be clarified. The Ming Dynasty only has, and can only have, one piece of sky, and that is His Majesty.

"Did the official document say it could be confiscated?" Zhu Qiyu continued to ask.

He Zhang seemed to think about it seriously and said: "I didn't say that, I just said that you can't lead cars to sell pulp in the street trees, and the drive away shall prevail."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu put away his anger and said: "Chen Xun told me that I am the emperor, the son of heaven, and the father of the people in the world. Every move I make is followed by billions of trillions of people. The court is the same. Today If Yang Zhengming is really dead, the government servants in the sixteen provinces will dare to reach out to the common people."

"This one thing, two things are inconspicuous, but they can't hold back the accumulated public grievances over the years. When the fire ignites, the Oala people can't take my head away, and if the people of Ming Dynasty take my head away, I can't afford to lose that person. "

"I think that this case should not be beheaded, exiled to Liaodong official factory, and do hard labor."

It's only natural to kill people to pay for their lives, but if they encounter robbery, can't they resist?But Yang Zhengming did commit a crime. He killed someone, so he was punished by being exiled to the Liaodong official factory. Chen Ming was indeed overly enforcing the law. To kill with a knife.

Liaodong official factory is not Shijing factory, it is not a place to enjoy happiness, it is indeed painful for Xu Siqi to preside over Liaodong official factory.

Yu Shiyue's complexion was as usual, she just glanced at He Zhang, and knew that this Zongxian He was His Majesty's water monkey.

The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites of these six Minggongs have changed twice. Yu Shiyue is still as stable as Mount Tai in the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. Xian, actually said that using force to violate the ban, isn't this an opportunity for His Majesty to get mad?
Yu Shiyue thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Zhengming has a merit card, and after three reconsiderations according to the system, he should be judged for his merits and demerits, and he will not die."

After the third reconsideration, there will be eight discussions and eight disputes. It is obvious that Yang Zhengming, who has the top card in his body, is also in the scope of merit. This is a judicial procedure that must be followed.

"That's how it is." Zhu Qiyu stood up and asked the Sanju to go to the memorial again. The death penalty can be avoided, but the life penalty cannot be escaped.

Zhu Qiyu, who returned to the imperial study, said to Xing'an: "Go and call Jiang Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and then call Yu Shaobao."

"I see Your Majesty, Your Majesty bows to me." Jiang Yuan knew what His Majesty asked him to do, so he gave a big gift, and he should be respectful when he was beaten, since he did something wrong, he should be scolded honestly.

"Why do you do such a big ceremony? Flatten your body and sit down." Zhu Qiyu was not angry, but said to Yu Qian who came first: "The soldiers and horses of the five cities can no longer be held in the hands of the captain-in-law, the fart is bigger." Power can cause chaos."

"No, what I said is wrong. This is a power related to people's livelihood, not a big deal."

Taking the people as the foundation and putting the people first, this is a matter of people's livelihood, and it is not a trivial matter.

Zhu Qiyu didn't call Jiang Yuan here to scold others, and Jiang Yuan couldn't be blamed for this matter. The soldiers and horses of the five cities are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but they are all in charge of the captain's son-in-law. The soldiers and horses of the five cities in the capital Jiao Jing, Shi Jing, and Xue Huan are in charge of Sigui, but Jiang Yuan just wants to manage it. They are all concubines, so Jiang Yuan can't control it, can he?
Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the captains of the five cities of Shuntian Mansion, Yingtian Mansion, and Songjiang Mansion should be the elite soldiers of the Beijing camp, and the generals should be the generals of the lecture hall. And For the rest of the prefectures and counties, it is advisable to release soldiers from the army, and the chief officers should be filled with sharp soldiers and generals."

"What does Jiang Shangshu think?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan was still a little dazed, he thought he was here to be scolded, but when he arrived at the place, he found that His Majesty was rushing to solve the problem.

Jiang Yuan said in a daze, "What about the son-in-law captains?"

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said: "All go to the Xunjun. If you occupy the latrine, don't take it if you don't want to shit. Just go to the Xunjun to get the salary."

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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