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Chapter 881 Confession
"Can you plead guilty?"

Facing Su Shi's calm but majestic and unquestionable voice, Cai Jing lowered his head and said, "I plead guilty..."

"Just plead guilty!" Su Shi said lightly, "First flog him for [-] minutes, and then sign and draw a pledge!"

Immediately, a yamen servant stepped forward and pushed Cai Jing to the ground.

The word flogging has two meanings, one is whipping, beating with a whip; the other is beating with a stick, beating with a board.

Youdao means that there is specialization in the art industry, and the unique skill of the yamen servants who play the board with one hand has been practiced since they were teenagers, and they have been practicing for more than ten years.A total of two moves are practiced, one is called "light from the outside and heavy from the inside", and the other is "heavy from the outside and light from the inside".

The previous move was to wrap a thick stone slab with clothes, and it was required that the clothes be intact after beating, but the stone slab inside had to be crushed into rubble.According to this method of beating, the prisoner's pelvis and even internal organs were smashed in less than twenty blows, but no damage could be seen from the outside, in fact, he was either dead or disabled.

The last trick is to wrap a stack of papers with clothes. After typing, the clothes are tattered, but the paper inside is not damaged.According to this way of fighting, it looks like the skin is broken, but in fact it hurts the skin but not the flesh, let alone the bones, there is no danger.

Once the yamen servant has practiced these two skills well, he can play countless tricks to be qualified for this very lucrative job as a yamen servant.It is true to say that there is a lot of money. For example, Bi Cheng, the former prime minister, was born in a humble family. His uncle was a slave in the Taihu County Yamen, and he got rich by earning money.After Bi Cheng became famous, he wanted to find an official position for his uncle, but his uncle insisted on refusing, saying, "When I do this business, I can get sixty yuan a year just from the case money, and I will never fail, and I will be rich all my life. I don't know you What kind of official position do you want to find for me?" The implication is, is there any better job in the world than walking stick?
Sixty mints is sixty guan, which is equivalent to the sum of the salaries of a county magistrate plus a county lieutenant, the first and second in command in the county. It is no wonder that Bi Cheng's old uncle is determined not to be an official...

Of course, in this day and age, not to mention government servants, even officials and lords can hardly make money, and this unique skill seems to be useless.

However, being able to cooperate with the Ministry of Criminal Justice in adjudicating cases has a bright future.Now a yamen servant can be regarded as a tenth-rank official. Although his salary does not have a monthly income of sixty guan, there are still twenty silver coins, so life is worry-free.

With Su Shi's care, the twenty stick blows seemed to make Cai Jing's back bloody, but in fact it was just a skin trauma, which is called "heaviness on the outside and lightness on the inside".This kind of boss is so skilled that he broke his skin and bled him, but he didn't hurt any flesh.It didn't take two days, but I was still alive and kicking.

It's a pity that Cai Jing's whole body is groggy, thinking that his future is bleak, and he has long been ashamed, so how can he feel the weight of the board?
After hurriedly typing the board, Cai Jing was pulled up again by the yamen servant, and handed a confession to him: "An official should be literate, right? Sign it!"

Cai Jing glanced at him, hey, he didn't seem to say how to sentence him.

"Could it be that Su Zizhan intends to let me go?"

Cai Jing rekindled a glimmer of hope, tremblingly picked up the brush, and signed his name.

"Cai Jing, you go back to the prison and wait. As for the verdict, I have to report to His Majesty!"

Su Shi's words confirmed Cai Jing's guess.According to the law, Cai Jing must have been dismissed from office, and his family property would also be confiscated.But hearing this, it seems that the emperor is not going to punish him severely.This is also a shortcoming of the rule of man. The severity of punishment depends entirely on one sentence.If you say you are guilty, you have to admit it; if you think the sentence is too heavy, you can only bear it.If the sentence is too light, you have to go home and burn incense.

After figuring this out, Cai Jing couldn't help thinking again: "In the whole of Dashun, I'm not the only official businessman like me. Other officials and businessmen are more or less short-changed, using power for personal gain. Yes, yes, the emperor is this To scare chickens and monkeys, use me as a model!"

Cai Jing is not stupid, he figured this out right away.

His current life is completely entrusted to others.If those officials and businessmen don't know the interest and don't know how to plead guilty, I'm afraid it will be inevitable to confiscate their homes and exile.If the emperor got ruthless and chopped off their heads one by one, the people would not feel that the sentence was too severe.After all, over the years, what they have done is indeed a little too much.

Cai Jing was pulled up, put flat on a cart, and under the escort of the policemen, he went to the prison.He was thinking about this question all the way, what kind of signal does the emperor want to show through this incident?
To rectify the market atmosphere, that's just a matter on the bright side.Lu Chengqi has always liked to kill two birds with one stone, or even kill three birds with one stone, it can't be that simple.

"Is Your Majesty trying to make the whole officialdom look so bad? This...Is this impossible? When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people are inspected, there will be no disciples. If the officialdom does not have hob meat, can Your Majesty employ people safely? "Cai Jing found it incredible.If you know that an official does not seek money or lust, then he must be seeking power and fame.In case one day the "master of meritorious deeds", how will Lu Chengqi be defeated?An official without flaws, it seems that only Lu Chengqi dares to use it!
Cai Jing was puzzled: "Could it be that His Majesty is not afraid of the separation of powers among civil servants? His Majesty really thinks that a mere cabinet can control the power of prime minister?"

It's not that Cai Jing doesn't understand, it's just that he can't see the political situation after 1000 years.

As long as the military and government are separated, the civil servants will not be afraid even if the sky is turned upside down!

Why did Lu Chengqi dare to use an official with no shortcomings?
He wanted fame, and Lu Chengqi gave him fame, and even made him famous in history.He wanted power, and Lu Chengqi gave him enough power.Of course, you can't go beyond, let alone reach out to the army.You can only use the power in your hands to serve the people.

As honest as Su Shi, Lu Chengqi used it very smoothly.why?Because Su Shi is self-conscious, he will only act within the scope of his authority, and there is no muddled case in adjudicating cases. Such a courtier, don't worry!Although he sometimes "meddled his own business" and cooperated with Yushitai to impeach this and impeach that, Lu Chengqi felt that Su Shi was suitable to be a Bao Zheng-like figure in order to keep him.

Inside the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Su Shi turned in and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, how do you think this case is resolved?"

The person sitting in the back hall is the current Emperor of Dashun, Lu Chengqi.

"It's not bad. The fines were fined, the beatings were beaten, and the house was ransacked. Let's forget it. As for Cai Jing, let him reflect in the prison, and finally demote him to An Nanzhou. As for the other unscrupulous judges, I want to see if they will turn themselves in!" Lu Chengqi put down his teacup and said slowly.

Su Shi also knew that this was Cai Jing's best end, and immediately said: "Your Majesty is fair, and I bow to you!"

"Su Zizhan, you have learned how to flatter!" Lu Chengqi laughed loudly, "Have you written any poems recently? As I remember, you only published a collection of poems a few years ago..."

"Your Majesty, the poems are nothing more than small daores, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!" Su Shi hurriedly said modestly.

Lu Chengqi smiled and said: "If you want to talk about Dashun, I'm afraid the most famous one is not I, but you, Su Zizhan! I've read your poetry anthology too. That's right, if you're interested, just keep writing, Mo It’s going to miss the affairs of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.”

"I am taught!" Su Shi said immediately in fear.

(End of this chapter)