Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 363: Suing Yu Qian against the magistrate of Ningxia Prefecture
While Zhu Gaoxu was discussing matters with Xu Huizu, Xia Yuanji and others.

Thousands of miles away, in a market on the outskirts of Ningxia, there was an inconspicuous big willow tree on the corner of the street.

At this time, Yu Qian, the supervisory censor of Shaanxi and Liaodong provinces, who was wearing a dark brown cloth, was standing under the tree, while Liu Lun, a fellow magistrate of Ningxia Prefecture, who was also wearing a cloth cloth, was riding on a branch of a big willow tree, holding up a telescope. , scanning back and forth at the passers-by in the market.

"found it!"

Liu Lun said in great surprise.

Then, he jumped down from the tree trunk less than one meter above the ground, and handed the telescope in his hand to Yu Qian.

"Inspector Yu, please take a look. Thirty steps away from the northwest, there is a man riding a camel and wearing a long robe. This man is the leader of the local barbarians who have been rampaging in the suburbs of the city recently and doing evil."

Yu Qian took the telescope and looked around, and found that there was indeed a strong man riding a camel in the crowd with braids on the back of his head. At first glance, he was a strong man from a native tribe.

The so-called Tuyi or Tuda were the names given to those who submitted to Oara, Tatar and others in the Ming Dynasty.

"Are you sure you got it right this time?"

Yu Qian put down his telescope, glanced sideways at Liu Lun, and asked in a deep voice.

Liu Lun looked embarrassed and said: "This time, with the help of the telescope given to us by His Majesty, Liu will never admit the wrong person again."

"Well, you can light the fireworks now and signal Wang Fang, commander of the Ningxia Prefecture Police and Security Bureau, to come here to cooperate with you in arresting people."

Yu Qian gave instructions first, then turned and walked toward the inner city, and said: "I'll go to the government office and wait."

"Inspection Yu can rest assured that Liu will definitely catch the murderer and bring him to justice."

Liu Lun quickly said respectfully.

Although he had a higher official rank than Yu Qian, he did not dare to show off in front of Yu Qian.

After all, it has only been more than a year since Ningxia withdrew its defense and established a prefecture, and the prefecture of Ningxia is vacant. Liu Lun acts as prefect with Tongzhi. As for whether he can be promoted to prefect next year, it depends on his supervision of the imperial government in Shaanxi and Liaodong provinces this time. Shi Yuqian's performance in front of him.

Some time ago, a group of businessmen came to Ningxia from Heishui City to do business. They made a lot of money by reselling cattle and sheep.

The group got drunk while having lunch at a restaurant. After the meal, on the way back to their residence, they bumped into the stall of two farmers selling their own persimmons. After the stall collapsed, the ripe persimmons inevitably rotted on the ground.

Two farmers claimed compensation from this group of businessmen. Although the businessmen were drunk, they were still not confused and did not dare to cause trouble. They knew that they were in the wrong and made two silver coins on the spot.

Those damaged persimmons together were not worth two taels of silver, so the two farmers accepted the silver yuan and stopped caring about it.

The next day, the group of businessmen got drunk again during lunch, and by chance they bumped into a pedestrian on their way back to their residence.

The two sides disagreed and fought.

The pedestrian was unable to defeat the four-handed man with his two fists, and was severely beaten by the group of businessmen.

Fortunately, there were police officers patrolling the streets. When they heard the police, they came and stopped the fight.

After coordination, the businessmen finally lost money and settled the matter.

The injured pedestrian received medical expenses and other compensation, and there was no further pursuit immediately.

This group of businessmen from Blackwater City suddenly discovered that money can solve many problems. For example, money can be used to compensate for beating people and damaging things.

In this way, they become more and more unscrupulous because of their money.

A few days ago, this group of businessmen molested a woman who was working in a restaurant after getting drunk again.

And this woman is the sister of the waiter surnamed Chen in the restaurant.The guy surnamed Chen got angry and got into a fight with the businessmen who were teasing his sister.

The other two waiters in the restaurant saw that the waiter named Chen was at a disadvantage and immediately joined the battlefield.

However, the businessmen, taking advantage of the large number of people and not knowing the severity of the attack while drunk, used the sharp corner of the bench to accidentally injure the back of the head of the sister of the clerk surnamed Chen who was standing at the edge of the crowd, causing her death on the spot.

After the restaurant owner reported the incident, the Ningxia Prefecture Police and Security Bureau dispatched officers to arrest the troublemaking businessmen and took them to the Ningxia Prefecture.

Ningxia Tongzhi Liu Lun, who acted as the prefect, opened a court to interrogate the case. The group of businessmen in the lobby claimed that the murder was not intentional, but an accident, and they were willing to pay a fine to forgive the crime.

Liu Lun investigated in advance and learned that this group of businessmen were subordinates of Xianyi King Nieliehu, specializing in the business of selling cattle and sheep.

This group of businessmen were also very sensible and did not mention their true identities in court. They only claimed to be naturalized citizens.

When Mongolia destroyed Xixia, the remaining original residents of Xixia were "none of them", "the ground was almost bare for thousands of miles", and "the city was empty".

This was the most tragic empty city in Ningxia's history and lasted for about 40 years.

In the early Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, issued an edict to return the refugees who fled the Xixia period to their native places, and set up the Xixia Huimin Bureau to accommodate and resettle the people, organize farming, and immigrate from the mainland to implement it. The Red Army and other Mongolian armies also participated in farming.

In the early years of Hongwu, in order to prevent the invasion of the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan forces, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all residents in Ningxia to move to Guanzhong, Shaanxi. Five years later, they moved back to the original place, and "relocated people from all directions", especially a large number of people. The people from the south of the Yangtze River moved in, which had a great influence on the customs of Ningxia.

In the middle of Yongle, Zhu Di, under Zhu Gaoxu's suggestion, continued to implement the policy of emigrating to the border, and continuously moved millions of inland people to the three provinces of the Western Regions and the border fortress areas of Shaanxi.

Therefore, the people living in Ningxia Prefecture today generally include Han people, original residents of Dangxiang Qiang descendants, Mongolian Yuan people, and Hui Hui people.

Liu Lun did not want to arouse conflicts between the naturalized people and the original residents, so he decided to characterize the matter as manslaughter.

According to the "Criminal Code of the Ming Dynasty", anyone who kills as a joke, manslaughter, or manslaughter will be treated as a brawl.

Anyone who kills in a fight, whether with fists, kicks, weapons or other objects, will be sentenced to death by hanging.

Participating in beating others, resulting in their death, and hanging resulting in fatal injuries.

As for those who were complicit but did not take action, they will be punished with a hundred sticks and exiled for three thousand miles.

However, the Ming Dynasty still had a prison commutation system, in which prisoners could use money and labor services in lieu of corresponding punishments. Although it was not necessarily the case that they had to pay money to offset their crimes, there was still a window for commutation of their sentences.

The others did not attack the sister of the clerk surnamed Chen, and allowed her to pay a reduced sentence, which was changed from a hundred rods and three thousand miles of exile to a fine of 3000 taels and thirty rods.

Liu Lun said that the businessman who accidentally caused death was in the wrong for drunkenly molesting a woman, and was not allowed to pay for a reduced sentence. According to the law, he should be sentenced to death by hanging.

However, he knew his mistakes and could correct them. After the accident, he took the initiative to comfort and compensate the parents of the clerk's sister, surnamed Chen, and won the forgiveness of the parents of the clerk surnamed Chen.

Therefore, the businessman who accidentally killed the clerk named Chen was temporarily put in jail and reported to the court for further treatment.

Logically speaking, this matter should be over now.

However, the man surnamed Chen thought that his sister died too resentfully.

In his opinion, that group of businessmen were doing evil things and roaming the outskirts of the city because of their wealth. The government should impose heavy penalties on these people.

Therefore, the clerk surnamed Chen made inquiries and found Yu Qian, the supervisory censor. He complained to Yu Qian that Liu Lun, the governor of Ningxia Prefecture, had accepted bribes from criminals and was colluding with criminals. He asked Yu Qian to seek justice for his sister.

Therefore, Yu Qian, who was in charge of the construction of cable telegraph, approached Liu Lun, a colleague of Ningxia.

(End of this chapter)