golden scales

Time flies, and ten years have passed in a blink of an eye.

When Zhang Yi returned to Beijing, he was no longer a mere sixth-rank censor, but a righteous iron hand with rich experience in fighting. He was in charge of criminal prosecutions in the capital, and he was ready to assume the title of deputy imperial envoy. At most two years can be in charge of hospital affairs.However, the capital is at the feet of the emperor, who would dare to make trouble?As a result, after Zhang Yan returned to Beijing, he had not handled a serious case.

"The case of Zhang Youquan killing Wang Erma, the case is simple, the evidence is complete, and the parties confessed, why was the prosecution dismissed?"

Zhang Ren entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate on an ordinary morning, and at the first glance he saw the dossier lying on the table, but it was an iron case.

In this case, Zhang Youquan killed Wang Erma, a man from the Beijing Normal University, with a firecracker.No, the following censor handling the case can only send the dossier to the deputy capital censor, hoping to file a reconsideration.

The entire Metropolitan Procuratorate believes that it is too bad to kill innocent civilians in broad daylight.

"Why did the Magistrate's Court not file the case?" Zhang Yan asked as he opened the file.

The assistant censor had already prepared his homework, and replied: "The Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate said it has no jurisdiction."

Zhang Ren frowned.

Daming's jurisdiction over criminal cases is very broad, as long as it has something to do with the facts of the case, he is qualified to handle it.Shun Tianfu used this as the reason for not filing a case, it must be because of the special status of this person.

"Are the emperor's relatives?" Zhang Yan asked displeased.

Close relatives of the royal family have the right of immunity when they are involved in the case. This was the rule established in the Taizu era until the "Longjing Criminal Law" formally determined the scope of immunity.And it can only be judged by the emperor himself.

"That's not true," the assistant said, "This Zhang Youquan is still in the military, so the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate's Court thinks that only the Dali Temple of the Five Armies is qualified to hear the case."

"A timid thing." Zhang Ren became more and more displeased.

Each deployment is vying for power.Desperately trying to "usurp power", but something happened at Dali Temple and they pushed it out!

Seeing Zhang Ren's disdainful face, the little assistant could quite understand the judge's decision.

The case of Zhang Youquan killing Wang Erma is no longer a simple criminal case.

Since Emperor Chongzhen returned to the capital, the Jingshi Police Station and Inspection Department.Great efforts have been made to improve the law and order in the capital.Coupled with the existence of the Golden Scale Society, a "non-governmental organization" that seems white but also black, even the pickpockets have disappeared from the streets of the capital.

In this environment, how could a murder case not shock the world?

But looking at it from another perspective, although the police discovered the issue of Zhang Youquan's native place during the investigation, the Procuratorate of the Five Armed Forces Metropolitan Government refused to accept it because Zhang Youquan had already completed the retirement procedures.Not a member of the military.The reason for retaining military status was a policy formulated to facilitate the return of retired soldiers to their hometowns. After they settle in their hometowns, they will be transferred to civilian registration.

The Procuratorate of the Five Armies didn't care, not because Zhang Youquan's criminal behavior had discredited the army.On the contrary, this is still a "defense" within the military.Because according to military law, killing innocent people must be without mercy.However, locally, even homicide.They are also often sentenced to exile as appropriate.If the local authorities were allowed to take over the case, Zhang Youquan's life would most likely be saved, and it would not be in vain for his comrades.

It's just that the system of judges has been rectified by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and has already become turbulent. Once they encounter the word "虫", they will definitely go to settle down thousands of miles away, but if the word "Yong" falls on their heads, there is no hope of promotion in this life.

In the case of Zhang Youquan, some abused, some satirized, some sympathized, and some admired.No matter how the judgment is made, it is impossible to lose the benefits.If you are not careful, you will be labeled as "low quality", "mediocre and incompetent".

This is the reason why the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate refused to accept this case.

"Mr. Wenquan," the assistant said with a bow, "I'm afraid it's just one thing. There's another thing, you have to be careful!"

"What?" Zhang Wenquan looked up.

"The cabinet is actually opposed to retiring with guns." The assistant said.

Zhang Ren is like a stone statue.There was no response for a while.

The matter of retiring with guns is often associated with the popularization of fire gun drills in various schools of thought, and at the same time it has become a touchstone for civil officials.

There is a joke in the official department.It is said that there is no need to ask other questions when selecting officials, but only whether they support carrying guns and moving.

If the officials involved in the election firmly agree, this is a loyal minister of the emperor, and can be entrusted with a county or a border barbarian government.

If he objected, he was a loyal minister of Daming, and it would depend on why he objected.The answer affects social security and is not conducive to government governance. It can be seen that he considers himself a laborer. He can try to be a minister and stay as a Beijing official, but he will not be a fifth-rank or fourth-rank pattern for life.

If you want to be in charge of the affairs of the ministry and directly reach the nobles of the third rank, you must see that this is actually a dispute between civil and military affairs.

Putting love on things is the common sense of people.As long as this firecracker is kept at home, no matter what position or class this person occupies in this life, he will never forget that he was a soldier, and he will always be branded as a warrior.If there is no such gun, time will slowly wash away this memory.

Zhang Ren has already reached the fourth rank, and he will be promoted to the third rank in two years. He has already reached this level.

Looking at it from the elders of the pavilion, they can see deeper.

This dark gun is actually the key to the struggle between monarchy and political power.

Although people all over the world are convinced that the monarchy is the political power.In fact, since the establishment of the cabinet in Ming Dynasty, monarchy and political power have been separated.From the rule of Renxuan to the chaos of Yan Song, it was a process of continuous transfer of power from the emperor to the cabinet, until Xu Jie hung up a banner: "Return the majesty and blessing to the master, return the government affairs to the ministers, and return the public opinion with the punishment and reward." ", no one thought it was wrong.

In Xu Ge’s opinion, the emperor only needs to be "prestige and blessing", while government affairs belong to the various ministers. As for the power of personnel and judicial jurisdiction, it is even more important to "return the power of the public".

Emperor Chongzhen was the only emperor after Wanli Emperor who consciously regained power, but the only means he could think of was "replacement".In the 17 years before the national change, there were fifty faces, which broke the record of Ming Dynasty.It broke the military commander's dependence on the civil servants, and at the same time lost the court's control over the army.

The young Emperor Longjing took advantage of the special period of national change to unify the military power and political power, even if he had to give up some political power to the civil servants.But the military power is always tightly held.The military officers have the emperor's golden thighs to hug, who will cling to the civil servants?

Retiring with guns is a means of branding the young and strong people of the whole country as warriors, so that they will always remember their identity as warriors, even if they go to school in the future.After becoming a doctor, he will never forget his military career and the education he received in the army to be absolutely loyal to the emperor.

Back to Zhang Youquan's case.

If you think that Zhang Youquan should kill someone, you will easily fall into a logical trap: If you were not allowed to retire with guns, how could there be such a tragedy?

This is also the voice that the cabinet ministers want to hear consciously or unconsciously.

At this moment, Zhang Ren finally realized how heavy the complaint in his hand was.

"Nonsense, since he is a military member, he should have been transferred to the Procuratorate of the Fifth Armed Forces from the very beginning!" Zhang Ren patted the table: "Those law-blind policemen don't understand the rules. Doesn't the censor also understand?"

The assistant pursed his lips and snickered, secretly said: The so-called iron hand is not exempt!

Zhang Yan took a deep breath and said, "However, since we have already got it, if we send it out like this, people will say that we are afraid of trouble."

The assistant was taken aback.I don't know what the deputy capital envoy means.

"Report to the Holy Inquisition on the issue of jurisdiction first, and see what the Holy Order will do." Zhang Ren said.

The assistant was immediately in awe: This is a brilliant move!Hand it over directly to the Holy Majesty, no matter what the Holy Majesty says, the procuratorate is not responsible anyway.

……

When Zhu Cihong heard about Zhang Youquan's case for the first time, he had already thought of the possible social impact.If you directly intervene, it will undoubtedly destroy the established judicial procedures.As an emperor with a background in law, of course there is no problem, but later generations will have to take more detours for this.

Until the Metropolitan Procuratorate submitted the issue of jurisdiction, Zhu Cihong was given a chance to take over.

"Although Zhang Youquan's household registration is still in the army, his status as a soldier should be based on the principle of registration, that is, he was a soldier until his military rank was revoked. Zhang Youquan committed a crime on the way back to his hometown after retiring. It should be regarded as an ordinary person's crime. By Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate's Office Trial."

Zhu Cihong made an explanation in Zhu Zhu, and listed this case as a judicial interpretation, and sent it to the whole country, which also has legal effect.However, the matter is not simply over.Its social influence was too great, and the emperor had to weigh it.In the end, is he determined to protect Zhang Youquan's shortcoming, or insist on fairness and justice.

"Your Majesty, how could such a simple matter cause such a commotion?" Duan was very puzzled that the recent debate in the newspapers would be so big.Not to mention that Zhang Youquan fired guns and killed people in broad daylight, even if some people pointed out that Wang Erma was originally a scoundrel and had treasonous acts when he occupied the city in Donglu.

If retired soldiers could kill as much as they wanted without being severely punished, what kind of chaos would this world be in?

"Because some people want to use this to make some small moves." Zhu Cihong said: "Some people want to take this opportunity to ban private firecrackers, and some people want to take this opportunity to open the ban on private firecrackers without any restrictions."

Duan frowned, and said: "Those who want to use the ban on gunfire, why are they coaxing? Wouldn't it be counterproductive to make more noise?"

"How could it be?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "They just seized an opportunity. Speaking of which, if someone killed someone innocently, wouldn't it be much safer if everyone had a gun in their hands?"

Duan's brows became tighter, and he said: "This firecracker is so powerful, it's better not to spread to the people. If those evil people hold it, how can we fight against the government?"

Zhu Cihong said: "That's right, someone said again: bad guys can always get firecrackers, and it's not difficult to make a clay blunderbuss by yourself, so it's even more necessary to let good people have the power to protect themselves."

Duan turned around for a while and said, "There seems to be some truth in saying this. No! If the government bans firearms, as long as someone hides them privately, they can be arrested. Why do you need a good family to fight against them?"

"There are still many problems," Zhu Cihong said, "For example, in the newly expanded land, the situation is not stable. Every Han Chinese is a rare combat force. How can we not use firearms to defend ourselves?"

The defense of the newly expanded land is in the frontier guards, but the Han immigrants are also an important armed force—Xiangyong.Xiangyong in the mainland mostly follows the inspection department to catch thieves, but Xiangyong in the barbarian land really wants to perform combat missions with the border guards. (to be continued~^~)