At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 235 Governing the Country Is Governing Officials

February [-]th of the first year of Shengwu.

Nanjing City ruled Jurong County.

A group of people came to Jurong County, causing pedestrians on the streets of Jurong County to stop and look at them.

Perhaps this group of people looked extremely extraordinary, even if passers-by on the street looked at them, they were still standing at a distance.

Especially the man in the middle, who was surrounded by everyone, who was surrounded by everyone, as if the stars were holding the moon.

The man in the green shirt was scrutinized by passers-by on the street, and his expression was extremely calm.

This green shirt man is none other than Cheng De, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Those lucky enough to be with Cheng De included Li Shanchang, Lu Wuyong, Zhu Sheng, Shi Naian, Hu Weiyong, and Fang Ming as civil servants, and Li Sanqi, Hua Yun, and Feng Sheng as generals.

Behind them followed a group of Jinyiwei and Jueshengwei dressed in plain clothes, a total of 100 people, all of whom were the best of the best.Jin Yiwei in this group of people is personally selected by the commander of Jin Yiwei, Zhang Qijiu, and they are all top players; while the Jueshengwei in this group is personally selected by the commander of the Jueshengwei, Yang Zhongkai. Extraordinary.

The reason for this unannounced visit in micro-services was that Cheng De wanted to let Wen Chen know about the officials below him, so he did this.As for the generals who came with them, they were all sent by Cheng De, with the purpose of letting them gain insight as well.

Since this unannounced visit by Weibo was Cheng De's surprise operation, Li Shanchang and others were in doubt.

Moreover, before coming, Cheng De had repeatedly told him to call him son when he was out of the house.

Li Shanchang's face was full of worries at the moment, and he was a little worried. If the officials in Jurong County did something bad, he, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, as the person who arranged and recommended him, would inevitably be held accountable. And still responsible.

Lu Wuyou looked at the passers-by on the street with great interest, and inadvertently, when he saw the expression on Li Shanchang's face, a smile line appeared on the corner of his mouth subconsciously.

Lu didn't have to think: this time, if the people under Li Shanchang's hands are not doing well and are bumped into by His Majesty, I'm afraid Li Shanchang will want to get into the hole!

Thinking that he would have the opportunity to see Li Shanchang lose face, Lu Yong was in a particularly good mood.

Zhu Sheng, Shi Naian, and Hu Weiyong all remained silent, their eyes quietly on Cheng De, with different thoughts.

Li Sanqi, Hua Yun, and Feng Sheng had sharp eyes, constantly scanning their surroundings, watching the people around them on the street vigilantly, and their hearts were always tense.

For this operation, Li Sanqi, Hua Yun, and Feng Sheng all consciously assumed the role of guards.

suddenly.

When Cheng De and his party walked to Wenjie Lane, Cheng De noticed a group of people on the street rushing in one direction, their faces seemed to say that they were just watching the fun, and they all took their families with them, okay? lively!
Cheng De was stunned for a while, and thought: It's really rare to see such a look that likes to watch the excitement.

Cheng De can still understand if Hyundai is so lively.But I didn't expect that in ancient times, there would be such scenes. I have to say, it may be really beautiful to watch the excitement!
Seeing this scene, Li Shanchang's heart tightened, and he thought to himself: Don't make any mistakes!

Lv's eyes kept looking towards Li Shanchang intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing Li Shanchang's appearance made him very happy.

However, apart from being happy, Lu also had a doubt in his heart: what are these people doing?
at this time.

Cheng De glanced at Hu Weiyong who was silent at the side, and said, "Hu Weiyong, go up and ask, what are they going to do?"

Hu Weiyong nodded, then walked towards the crowd, grabbed an old man with a hunched back, and asked, "Old man, you all seem to be in a hurry, where are you going?"

The old man was on his way quickly, but he was pulled by his sleeves. He glanced sideways and found a young man dressed as a scholar. He was a little annoyed at first, but suddenly saw a crystal clear pendant on the young man's waist. Bai Yu was startled, guessing that the person in front of him should be someone he could not afford to offend, so he squeezed out a smile and said, "My lord, we are rushing to witness our Jurong magistrate settle the case!"

When Hu Weiyong heard the words, he was immediately puzzled, and asked: "Old man, is this county magistrate's judgment so good?"

An anxious look appeared on the old man's face. He glanced at the increasing number of people in front of him, and with all his strength, he broke away Hu Weiyong's hand holding his sleeve, and said anxiously: "My lord, follow along and take a look. Naturally, I will know. Old man, I have already delayed a lot of time to answer the son's questions, and I am late, so I can't get a good seat."

When Hu Weiyong was deep in thought, when the old man saw him, he slipped away quietly and mixed into the crowd.

When Hu Weiyong looked up again, he found that the old man had disappeared, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

It didn't take long.

Hu Weiyong walked up to Cheng De and his party, and said, "My lord, they all went to see the magistrate of Jurong County to settle the case."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked different.

Cheng De's face was indifferent: "In that case, if we take a closer look, we will naturally know the ins and outs of the matter."

As soon as the words fell, Cheng De followed behind the crowd and walked forward.

Li Sanqi and the others followed quickly, Li Shanchang and the others looked at each other, and followed behind Li Sanqi helplessly.

After a stick of incense.

Cheng De and others all came to the county government office of Jurong County, and with the assistance of Li Sanqi, Hua Yun and Feng Sheng, they also squeezed into the county government office.

However, Cheng De and others were standing at the gate of the county government office. They were stopped by the left and right government officials and refused to let them go.

Cheng De looked at where he was standing and could see the specific situation of the trial inside, so he stopped thinking about it and looked towards the situation inside the county office.

As far as I could see, a middle-aged man in a county magistrate's uniform sitting high above was slapping the gavel fiercely, and said angrily, "Come on, hit me hard!"

Needless to say, as soon as the county magistrate finished speaking, a yamen servant greeted the two men and a woman kneeling on the ground with a stick.

"Your lord, you have been wronged! Liu Fu, a grassroots man, have been wronged!" A man kneeling on the ground with a fat figure kowtowed immediately.

The county magistrate sneered: "Wrong? How did this county magistrate wrong you?"

Liu Fu continued to speak loudly: "Isn't this matter over during the first trial of Your Excellency? At that time, Your Excellency's fellow villager said a few good words for Cao Min in front of Your Excellency, and then Cao Min also went up and down. My lord finally returned Caomin's innocence. All of this was caused by Caomin's dead wife Li's younger brother, that is, Caomin's wife and brother, who were instigated by several neighbors of Caomin's family who were jealous Bai, the purpose is to make money from grassroots people."

"Caomin's wife and brother made a deal with a few powerful thugs in Jurong County, let them come forward, and Caomin's wife and brother hid in the dark and did some tricks, and planned to get half of the money. However, Caomin's wife and brother didn't Thinking that this matter will be heard by a servant in the Caomin mansion, and the servant of the Caomin will also tell the matter to the Caomin."

"At that time, my lord sent my fellow villagers to the grass people's home, and my lord's fellow villagers immediately approved the form. This letter was written by someone sent by my lord, and I asked the grass people to press a fingerprint on it. The grass people didn't even see the specific content. My lord's fellow townsman took a sign and brought a few yamen servants to prison, and my lord didn't give the grass people a chance to defend themselves at that time."

"Afterwards, Cao Min went to prison, Cao Min's friend told me the ins and outs of the matter, Cao Min hurriedly asked someone to invite his wife and brother, and then Cao Min asked him to take care of everything, and spent hundreds of taels of silver before Cao Min brought all parties together. Everything was taken care of properly. Especially the fellow of the lord, the Caomin gave him a full 100 taels of silver, and in the end, the fellow of the lord said something nice in front of the lord, and the lord let the grassman go."

Hearing Liu Fu's words, the county magistrate's face turned livid, and he quickly slapped him heavily with a gavel: "You are talking nonsense, you are a troublemaker! It seems that you are stubborn, and if you don't hit you, it seems that you won't be recruited." gone."

After all, the county magistrate yelled at the two yamen servants who were close to Liu Fu and were holding wooden sticks: "You two trash, what are you still doing, give me twenty big slaps!"

At this time, Liu Fu's eyes were red, and he looked at the county magistrate with hatred: "The county magistrate's old fellow beat the grassroots, and the person behind the county magistrate's fellow villager should be an adult, right?"

next moment.

The yamen servant swung a wooden stick at Liu Fu's body, causing Liu Fu to howl in pain.

Liu Fu shouted: "The grassroots are wronged!"

The county magistrate looked at Liu Fu coldly, without saying a word.

Suddenly, the county magistrate turned his gaze to a shivering man kneeling beside Liu Fu.

"Li Feng, the county magistrate learned from Liu Ba (remarks: a fellow county magistrate) that after the county magistrate released Liu Fu, you thought you had done too little extortion from Liu Fu, and then you released the money from Liu Ba. More than 100 taels of silver were robbed, right?"

Hearing the county magistrate's words, the man kneeling next to Liu Fu tremblingly said: "Lord county magistrate, Li Feng, a grassroots man, knows his mistake, and please forgive the grassroots people, magistrate!"

When the county magistrate heard this, he sneered and said, "Know what's wrong? I already know the ins and outs of this matter. I have sentenced you to death for your crime. Do you have any objection?"

After the county magistrate finished speaking, he said in his heart: This time, we will re-interrogate the case. Not only will Liu Fu be arrested again, but Liu Fu's wife and brother Li Feng will also be arrested. Who told you that you dare to deal with Liu Ba? Dog, that's my dog. Beating a dog doesn't look at the owner, it deserves it!

Li Feng just shouted for mercy, the county magistrate was indifferent, but after giving Li Feng a cold look, he told Li Feng to shut up.

Afterwards, the county magistrate looked at Liu Fu, who had already received [-] slaps, and continued: "Liu Fu, send him to prison. In addition, there are many doubts about the death of Liu Fu's wife, Li Shi, and the grave needs to be dug for an autopsy. The coffin has been opened for an autopsy, and the real cause of Li Fu's wife's death has been found out."

The county magistrate thought to himself: As long as the crime is serious, and he has already secretly ordered Wu Zuo to report the injury to be more serious, and after Wu Zuo's report is fatal, then both Liu Fu and his concubine will be sentenced to hang, it must be no problem.

Thinking of this, the county magistrate continued: "According to what Wu Zuo said, Li Fu's wife, Mrs. Li, had fatal injuries from being punched and kicked, and one of her teeth was knocked out. The facts of the crime are clear. Do you want to make a sophistry? After careful consideration, according to No. 70 of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", this officer sentenced Liu Fu and his concubine to be hanged and executed three days later. According to No. 90 of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" .[-] Article [-] prohibits private life and human life, and Li Feng was sentenced to castration and castrated."

(Remark 1: Private reconciliation with human life: According to the ancient Chinese law, it refers to the private reconciliation between the victim and the criminal, that is, the two people make peace without official judgment. Ancient old laws generally prohibit private reconciliation with human life)
(Remark 2: Liu Fu's wife, Li Shi, lost one of her teeth, which was actually caused by Li Shi's greedy mouth and fond of eating sweets when she was a child.))
Li Feng's face turned pale immediately, and he suddenly lost control of his feces and urine, gushing out. For a while, the county government was full of stench.

Liu Fu had passed out.

Cheng De frowned as he watched the complete farce, and turned his head to look at Zhu Sheng and Li Shanchang: "The county magistrate who destroyed the family, no, to be precise, the county magistrate who destroyed the family. I have learned a lot today. Especially The way the county magistrate decides the case is really ridiculous, does it mean that all county magistrates under the Ming Dynasty handle cases in this way?"

Li Shanchang and Zhu Sheng both had cold sweat on their foreheads, they opened their mouths, but stopped talking.

Cheng De fell into deep thought at this time: Judging from the county magistrate's trial process that he witnessed, the ability to legally harm others is the housekeeping skill of these officials.

This also reminded Cheng De of a folk proverb, "Officials can decide ten ways" - if the case is slightly ambiguous, there are as many as ten legal choices for officials.Just like the county magistrate Jean saw.

However, Liu Fu on the other side is in danger of being hanged. Even if he manages to save his life by chance, jail, concubine, board, and delay in business are all visible costs.

The relationship between the two sides is different and extremely unequal.

Sudden.

Liu Fu's scream brought Cheng Dela back to reality. Cheng De looked at Liu Fu's scream, looked at Li Shanchang and Zhu Sheng: "With a sharp weapon in his body, he will kill himself. You two can handle this matter. This The county magistrate has left it to you to deal with it, and you are responsible for repaying Liu Fu’s innocence.”

Cheng De continued to add: "Li Sanqi, Feng Sheng, you stay here to assist Li Shanchang and Zhu Sheng in handling the case. Hua Yun, go and bring Jin Yiwei and Jueshengwei and let them assist Zhu Sheng in handling the case. Today, I will not After returning to Nanjing City, I settled down in Jurong County. There was a big problem with the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment is the same. As the chief officials of each department, after handling the case, you all handed over a copy of your reflection to I."

After all, Cheng De left quietly.

Zhu Sheng and Li Shanchang looked at each other in blank dismay. Then, Zhu Sheng walked out of the crowd, took out the document proving that he was the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and walked into the yamen under the guard of Li Sanqi and Feng Sheng.
Cheng De didn't care about what happened next, but savored what happened just now.

Through the incident just now, Cheng De has a deeper understanding of how the Ming Dynasty governs the country: governing the country is essentially governing officials. If the officials are not clear, the country will be unclear.

Also, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, how many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases were there?
(End of this chapter)