The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 260 Zhu Yuanzhang's Bloodline Inheritance

Things in the early dynasty seemed very cumbersome, but in fact there were specific orders and laws.

After Zhu Yuanzhang introduced the eldest grandson, the early dynasty began.

The early dynasty is mainly divided into four parts.

The first is to meet the officials who entered and left Beijing. The officials of Honglu Temple were the first to go out to report to the emperor the number of officials who entered Beijing and left Beijing to ask for kindness. These people had reported at Honglu Temple the day before.

These personnel, who are under the sixth rank, are not eligible to enter Fengtian Temple, so at this time, the emperor will choose to summon or not.

Those who were not summoned by name, after being passed on by the officials, performed five prostrations and three knocks in a distance under the court or outside the Meridian Gate. After the salute, they could go about their own affairs.

The second is to deal with border affairs.

For example, military issues on the grasslands, along the coast, including other border areas of Ming Dynasty, were discussed and dealt with one by one as proposed by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion.

Of course, what can be discussed in the early court is usually ordinary military affairs, and the urgent border report will naturally reach the emperor's hands immediately.

After these two are dealt with, it will be the routine change of performance, which is basically the same as what Zhu Ying saw in later generations of film and television.

According to the usual practice, each official "coughs in advance" before performing the duties. This is called "cleaning".

If there are really two people vying to get out of work, they are usually guided by the Secretary of General Administration or Honglu Temple officials.

After the officials leave the shift, they need to go to His Royal Highness Jinluan to give a performance, and then return to the train after speaking.

It is necessary to read the memorial aloud when playing.

In addition to guiding the officials to perform their duties, the officials of the General Administration Department and Honglu Temple sometimes need to read the memorials on their behalf. In order to achieve the effect of "beautiful appearance", they generally select those who meet the standards of "beautiful appearance" and "big voice" in the yamen. official.

For these government affairs, if they can be dealt with immediately, the emperor will ask questions or give answers. If they cannot be dealt with immediately, the emperor will usually summon relevant officials to discuss after the early court. decision.

And the reason why Zhu Ying felt speechless was in this link.

How outrageous Zhu Yuanzhang is in this link, that is, all the big and small cases in the capital can be discussed in the morning court.

To a certain extent, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the emperor, even asked about some bandits in the capital for trial.

Zhu Ying keenly discovered that when a slightly bizarre case appeared in court, the old man would become extremely excited, and then deliberate, analyze, and even directly decide the case based on the existing clues.

"So you are such an old man."

Zhu Ying cursed in her heart.

After the great Ming Dynasty, the emergence of a bunch of strange things turned out to be not some genetic mutation, but the true blood inheritance of the blood.

It's just that it's not obvious to the old man, so it's unknown. After all, in ancient times, there was no concept of Sherlock Holmes reasoning.

Especially in the position of the founding emperor of the old man, many people think that it is His Majesty's control of power, not personal hobbies.

Only Zhu Ying, who had the memory of her previous life, noticed it all at once.

After deep thinking, Zhu Ying discovered that the old man who seemed to value power was not as important as people imagined.

"Perhaps the former prince is similar to my current situation. The old man is eager to push all the memorials over."

It should be noted that the emperor's power is reflected in the review of memorials.

Whether it is the transfer of personnel or the handling of cases, it reflects the emperor's supreme authority.

Before Zhu Ying entered the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to throw the memorial over, even if he was going to Henan to deal with the plague, it was hundreds of miles away.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't find it troublesome, and he still delivered it on time and on time every day.

In the palace, needless to say.

Such a situation, no matter which dynasty it is in, or between father and son, is almost impossible to appear.

The emperors of all dynasties would be fine if they were not wary of the crown prince. In all dynasties, such things as abolishing the crown prince were rare. How could it be like Zhu Yuanzhang.

Can't wait to retire early.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was deducing the case passionately, he suddenly noticed some strange eyes from his grandson.

"Our eldest grandson won't find out what we like, will he?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a thud in his heart, and looked at Zhu Ying suspiciously.

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's silence, the originally lively court became quiet.

"Da Sun, what do you think about the current case?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and directly pushed the question to Dasun.

This case can be discussed in the court, which is naturally very difficult for the officials.

A businessman surnamed Xu in the capital had a very beautiful wife named Li.

This made the friends around him very envious of him. If it was a concubine, they would have paid a lot of money to buy it away.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, a businessman surnamed Xu and his friend Zhao went out to run business together.

When he came back, only Zhao came back.

Zhao told Mrs. Li that when your husband was on a boat together, he unfortunately fell into the river and drowned, and there were witnesses and official documents from the government.

Seeing the official document, although Li Shi was very sad, she could only accept the facts.

Li Shi, who lost her husband, is a widow. Although there is still some money in the family, Li Shi lives very hard.

There is a lot of gossip in front of the widow, let alone a beautiful woman like Li Shi.

And at this stage, Mr. Zhao will help Mrs. Li in many ways, and he will continue to show his courtesy.

Li Shi and her husband did not have any children, and her husband's parents passed away very early, and Li Shi's situation is basically the same.

Although she knew Zhao's purpose, Li, as a single woman, finally agreed to Zhao, remarried to Zhao, and gave birth to two children.

Until this year, that is, at the end of last month, there was a heavy rain in Nanjing.

The two children of Zhao and Li were playing in the water under the porch. At this time, a frog appeared and jumped from the stagnant water under the porch to the steps.

The older child, holding a small wooden stick, stabbed the frog back into the stagnant water.

At this time, Zhao and Li were watching.

Maybe it was because of emotion, or maybe it was for other reasons, Zhao suddenly sighed: "He also looked like this when he fell into the water."

As soon as he said this, Zhao regretted it.

Although the voice was very soft, Li Shi, who was right next to her, could hear clearly.

Mrs. Li immediately realized that it was definitely not that simple when her husband, a businessman surnamed Xu, fell into the water and drowned, and there were other reasons for it.

So she kept asking Zhao what happened to her husband's death.

After many days of questioning, Zhao finally couldn't hold back and told Li all the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that when Zhao saw Li's beauty, he didn't say anything, but he was always thinking about it.

He even talked to Xu many times in private, wanting to spend a lot of money, hoping that Xu could give up his wife to him, but Xu flatly refused.

Then Zhao made a hypocritical apology, got Xu's forgiveness, and went out to do business together again.

On that boat, when the water waves were the biggest, Zhao invited Xu to watch, and pushed Xu into the water when he was unprepared.

In such turbulent water waves, the boatman who is proficient in water did not dare to go into the water when Zhao paid all his net worth and asked him to save him.

With such a water potential, it is useless to be proficient in water, basically it will be death without life.

The passengers on board, including businessmen who knew Xu and Zhao, were also moved by Zhao's generosity.

After all, one hundred guan notes is not a small amount, it is enough for the basic needs of ordinary families for several years.

When the government decides the case, these witnesses are naturally more inclined to Zhao.

The reason why Zhao explained the matter in such detail is that he thought it had been five years.

Now Mrs. Li and herself have two children, and their life is pretty good, at least they don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

Even if he knew what happened back then, he would not report to the government.

After listening to Mrs. Li, she didn't get angry or scolded, which made Zhao feel relieved, and even made out with each other that night.

However, on the second day, after Zhao went out.

Li directly killed the two children.

Then he took the dead body of the child, surrendered himself to the government, and sued Zhao for killing his husband back then.

When the government asked her why she wanted to kill her son, Li explained: "These two children are the offspring of my husband's enemy, and she wants to avenge her husband."

This case immediately caused a sensation in the capital, and the officials handling the case did not know how to handle this matter, after all, there were no relevant clauses in the Ming law.

Naturally, Zhao was sentenced to death and did not have to escape, so Li's side was in a difficult situation.

Especially since this incident happened in the capital city, the attention it received was naturally different.

So this case was reported by the officials today.

After Zhu Ying heard the old man's question, he didn't speak for a long time. He knew what to do in his heart, but he couldn't say the verdict.

Finally, he sighed and said, "Grandpa, my grandson doesn't know how to judge this case."

The murderer pays with his life, this is the law of the Ming Dynasty.

But the current Ming Dynasty also attaches great importance to and advocates women's chastity.

Although Mrs. Li killed someone, it was in line with the current national conditions of Daming.

Nowadays, the ideology promoted by Ming Dynasty is based on Confucianism as the mainstream.

The Confucian classic "Book of Rites" says, "Father's enmity cannot be borne together", which is the origin of "Parent's enmity is not shared".

"Book of Rites Tan Gong" also records: Zixia asked Confucius: "What is the enmity between parents and parents?" Do not fight against soldiers."

What Confucius meant was: If you bear the blood and blood of your parents, you should never live with your enemies under the sky.Don't be an official, sleep on grass and cushion your shield, waiting for revenge.

If you meet an enemy in a public place, you don't need to go home to get a weapon, just rush up and start fighting.

And now Li's revenge for her husband is obviously in line with the mainstream thought of Confucianism.

Such a similar case occurred once during the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian's decision first pardoned the person concerned, and then gave him death because of other officials' report that he violated the king's law.

The same problem was placed on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Daming did not have the concept of labor reform in later generations, and there was no penalty of imprisonment.

Like that kind of prison, being in prison for several years, or even decades, is not called punishment, but pending trial.

That is to say, the current case is not easy to judge for the time being, and the parties concerned should wait in prison.

As for how long to wait, it depends on when the facts of the case become clear and the truth becomes clear, and then the punishment will be decided.

The ancient criminal law did not have a strict rule on the time spent in prison. Some unlucky people who offend others may spend their entire lives in prison. The reason for their imprisonment is actually pending trial. If they are not tried or sentenced, they will always be pending trial. .

For a woman like Li, the case is indeed very difficult.

The punishment that fit her was either acquittal, exile, or death.

The focus of each is on the balance between emotion and law.

Li killed her son because her deep love for her husband surpassed that of a mother.

Such steadfast emotions obviously resonated with Zhu Yuanzhang. Why didn't the eldest sister even care about herself for him.

When he heard about this case, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help thinking of the most critical time.

It was the life and death crisis that Zhu Yuanzhang encountered after joining the uprising army.

That was the time when Zhu Yuanzhang was detained under suspicion and even food was a problem. It was Empress Ma who endured hunger and gave Zhu Yuanzhang food on a diet to survive.

Then she went to help in the kitchen for a bite to eat. When she was unprepared, she stuck a freshly baked pancake to her chest, covered it with the skirt, and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

When she took the pancake off her chest, she had already been burnt to a scorched scar.

At that time, Li's emotions were somewhat distorted, but this kind of love for her husband was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang pardoned Li's crimes.

After the early dynasty, in the Huagai Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Ying: "Da Sun, do you think that our decision in the case just now has somewhat violated the majesty of the Ming law?"

Zhu Ying really didn't know how to answer this question.

Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't mean to ask the bottom line, but said.

"During the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian encountered such a case. Under the persuasion of the officials, she was finally given to death. Today, in the morning court, we released her without charge, but no officials reported it."

"Did grandson think that the ministers in the court didn't know the allusion of Wu Zetian's case in the former Tang Dynasty?"

"No, on the contrary, at least half of the ministers in the court have read it, but today, no one mentions this matter."

"Dasun, do you know why?"

Zhu Ying shook her head lightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "Because we are the emperor, the supreme existence, the laws of the Ming Dynasty were set by us to reflect our will."

"The ministers know this allusion, but dare not mention it, because they know that we have also read this allusion. But they pardoned it."

"We pardoned Mrs. Li. It seems that Ming's laws have been violated, but the reason is ultimately our decision."

"We are the only ones who can pardon Mrs. Li. No one else has this right except us."

"Dasun understands what we mean."

(End of this chapter)