After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 450: Great Ming Dynasty 12
Although old man Li said 'obedience' in his mouth, his expression was coy, and he refused to state the reason for his complaint.

"You said it." Fu Yin Zhang Yulin said.

"You tell me." Old man Li pushed his wife next to him, and said, Mrs. Li Wang looked around at the crowd outside, but refused to say, the two of them just refused to make a statement.

"If you all refuse to say that you are going to sue the daughter of the people, Mrs. Zhao, the government will acquit her." Zhang Yulin said.

"Go back to your lord." After hearing this, old man Li finally spoke, "Little old man has a son named Li Qiang, who came to Zhao's house late at night on July [-]rd in the fifth year of Hongwu...to steal..."

"What are you doing at Zhao's house? Speak up, I can't hear you!" Zhang Yulin said.

"Steal!" Old man Li seemed to be desperate, and raised his voice, "Because I was hungry when I was stealing, and I saw leftovers in the kitchen, so I secretly ate them."

"I didn't know that Mrs. Zhao injected rat poison into the leftovers, and as a result, the little old man's son was poisoned to death by her."

"My lord, you have to decide for the little one!"

"The little old couple only have such a son."

"It's still useful." The man said, "If everyone feels that the official's punishment is unfair, and then the whole audience kneels down to plead for mercy, Mr. Fu Yin may consider it according to his discretion and change the punishment."

"My lord, your punishment is unfair!" Old man Li yelled.

"Since what he said is the truth, then I would like to ask you, why do you put the food with the medicine in it in the rice bowl?" Zhang Yulin asked, "What is your plan for doing this?"

"That's the home of the women." However, Mrs. Zhao was not afraid at all, and said confidently, "In the women's own home, the women do what they want, and they don't need to give any explanation to the yamen."

"Zhao's money should not be compensated by your husband and wife. However, the official has already investigated, and your son has money in his family, so he will use his savings to compensate Zhao."

"Mr. Zhao, is everything old man Li said true?" In the lobby, Zhang Yulin asked the defendant Mr. Zhao.

"What he said is the truth." Zhao said.

"So the government doesn't have to pay attention to these things, and everything can be judged strictly according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty."

"It's obviously unreasonable for Mrs. Zhao to put the food with the poison in the bowl. Maybe she wanted to poison someone to death long ago. Please be aware of the details and give justice to the little old man."

"Since the facts are clear..." After a while, Zhang Yulin said, "Then I will pronounce the sentence."

When I came to sue the officials, I wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail the Zhao family for some money, but after all, my son died.

"Ms. Zhao is not guilty, and she will be released in court. There is no need to pay any compensation to Old Man Li's family."

"Old man Li and his wife have lost their only son at such an old age. It is really pitiful. Mrs. Zhao should compensate them."

……

"Both of us are over [-] this year, and we are no longer able to work, so we are relying on our son to take care of us."

"Brother, what do you think of this case?" One of them actually asked Qin Yu directly.

"It's true that it can't be done like this." Zhang Yulin heard the words, thought for a while, and said, "The Zhao family is a law-abiding citizen. It is very unlucky for someone to die in the family for no reason."

Still don't need to pay compensation?

"This is called the will of the people. The emperor now uses the 'Tao Sheng Method' and attaches great importance to the will of the people."

"Sir, what you said is justified!" the inquiring person was stunned, and after a moment of silence, said.

Released in court?

But I didn't expect that the blackmail failed, and instead I lost money.

"At any time, the government's punishment cannot be changed because of public opinion, otherwise the "Da Ming Law" will lose its authority." Qin Yu said, "Because public opinion is easy to be used by others."

"What if the onlookers are all invited by criminals to play, and what if the so-called public opinion is paid by others to bring rhythm?"

"Therefore, the government ordered you to compensate her 100 taels of silver and buy her a new house. The old house is given to you. After you live in it, you can also miss your son by looking at things."

The crowd listened, and many people laughed.

"I see with my eyes." Qin Yu said, "Is it useful for me ordinary people to speak of the official's punishment?"

But Zhang Yulin's expression froze when he heard the words, and it could be seen that there must be an expert behind this woman.If there is no expert advice, then she has also read the book, and read "New Great Ming Law"

"If after the investigation, it turns out that the case handled does not conform to the values ​​of most people, then the "Law of Ming Dynasty" must be amended to correct it from the source."

"Just imagine, if women have to explain to the government what they do in their own homes, then women who take a bath and change clothes at home must also explain clearly to the government?"

"Although your son's crime has nothing to do with you, at least you are guilty of lax parenting!" Zhang Yulin said coldly, "Your lax parenting endangers the lives of the people in Yingtianfu. You should be notified and condemned."

"Although he deserves it, the crime of theft does not deserve death. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, after the old man's son is arrested, at most he can only return the stolen goods, and then he will be punished so that he will not die." Another person said.

Old man Li and his wife slumped down on the ground when they heard the words.

……

"Remember, this is also stipulated in the "Law of the Ming Dynasty."

The old man Li and his wife were dumbfounded when they heard the words, and they shouted: "My lord, the little old man's son is only stealing, and he is not guilty of death. Now that he died in Zhao's home, is that all?"

"So let's keep quiet and see how Master Zhang handles it." Qin Yu said.

"She's a woman, she might be scared if she lives at night."

"You explain to the officer."

"So it was their son who broke into the house and was accidentally poisoned to death!" Outside the government office, the surrounding people heard the words and whispered, one of them said: "From this, old man Li's son deserves it?"

"So, Mrs. Zhao is also at fault!"

"Do you still want to explain the details to the adults one by one?"

"My lord, the little old man and his wife are over seventy years old, how can they have so much silver as 100 taels at home?" Old man Li said, "And it was the little old man's son who committed the crime, how can the little old man make compensation?"

"How unfair?" Zhang Yulin said, "Any judgment made by the government must consider the impact on the common people. Just imagine, if the government judges Zhao to pay you money,"

"I'm afraid that those who steal in the future will be more confident."

"Now that the government has made such a judgment, I believe there will be fewer burglars in the future."

"In the formulation of the "New Law of Ming Dynasty", the first criterion is fairness and justice, and the second criterion is to consider the impact of the judgment, whether the judgment can make the wicked fearful, and reassure the law-abiding people."

(End of this chapter)