Chapter 172

"The minister wants to visit the heavenly minister." The official stood in front of the queue, looked straight at Song Weiyan who was in a wheelchair, and said, "Lord Tianxiang is in charge of all the government affairs of Dayan, right?" ”

"Yes."

"So. What does Lord Tianxiang think of our Dayan's law? ”

"Master Li asked, but what other meaning does it have?" An officer came out and spoke to him.

"What else is the official, the official is just asking Lord Tianxiang. And, I believe that Lord Tenxiang will tell me. Master Li continued to look at Song Weiyan and said.

"Master Li's words have something else!" The official was also talking.

"Say it. This phase replied in return. Song Weiyan said, waiting quietly.

"Can Tenxiang-sama come back to my question? What about Dayan's law? ”

"It's relatively complete. Of course, the laws still have to be enriched by the details. ”

"So, what is the crime of raping a woman?"

"Shangshu of the Criminal Department, you come out to answer questions." Song Weiyan said, "I don't know too much about the criminal law, so I should ask the criminal department for some things." ”

As soon as the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was about to be listed, he was stopped by Lord Li: "Lord Tianxiang obviously said that he would personally answer the questions of the lower officials, why do you still have to find the Shangshu of the Criminal Department to answer?" Could it be that Lord Tianxiang himself doesn't understand Dayan's criminal law? ”

"Lord Li, you" Another official from Song Weiyan's camp wanted to come out and speak.

Song Weiyan shook her hand, stopped the official, and then said: "I remember that there was a case where an old man in his seventies loved his neighbor and his daughter, and he was better than himself. The parents know that Weng is honest, and the handmaiden worships Weng as her father-in-law, and they have constant contacts. "This girl is only ten years old, which is the age of half sensible and half ignorant. One day, the girl's parents entrusted their daughter to the care of the old man because they were going to a relative's house for a funeral, and the old man came to live at home temporarily. The next day, when the parents returned, they saw that their daughter's walking posture was not quite right, so they called for questioning. The daughter's reply made her father and mother thunder: she was raped by the old man, and because of the pain in her lower body, she was inconvenient to walk. The parents were angry and sad, and sued the old man to the yamen. ”

"According to the results of the trial, this is a bizarre case of attempted rape. At that time, the government did not dare to go back to the old man, and put the responsibility on the ignorant little girl, but paid more attention to "the balance of love and law", on the one hand, "enlighten her parents first, and leave a name for this daughter, and choose a match in the future, so as not to be abandoned"; On the other hand, a verdict was made according to the law: those who have raped an underage girl should be beheaded; The old man "stopped because of shouting", which was an attempted rape, "according to the fact that the rape of a young girl under the age of 12 is not a case, it will be changed to smoke miasma to fill the army." He shall not redeem him if he is over seventy years old." ”

"What Lord Tianxiang said is just a case, then, what is Lord Tianxiang talking about in the law of Dayan, how is this law written!" The more Master Li spoke, the louder he became.

"All the rapists, (women under ten years of age) flow three thousand miles, and are far away from the evil state; unsuccessful, with 500 miles; The wounded, hanged. ”

"Whoever rapes a girl under the age of 12 to death, or seduces a girl under the age of 10, shall be sentenced to beheading; Attempted rape of girls and children under the age of 12 was sent to distant slavery. If a woman rises up and kills her abuser when she is raped, she is exempt. ”

Song Weiyan spoke such a law.

"Lord Tianxiang has already said the law of Dayan like this, then, since this is the case, the lower officials will also tell it all. I guess all of you here know what I'm going to say. The official said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has recently committed a matter that is not tolerated, do you know what it is?" ”

Frowning slightly, Song Weiyan didn't know what was going on, looking at the official who stood up, this is the second official who came out to participate in her, I remember that the last time someone participated in her, it was thirteen years ago, at that time, the Huangmen case

"What's the matter, you say." Song Weiyan said.

"Hmph, even if you don't let me say it, I'll say it." The official said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forced a young child in Lae Cheng, causing all the young children's subordinates to rot, and their life and death are still unknown, and their parents have gone everywhere to complain, but no one has come to take care of this case." ”

When the official said this, he didn't continue to talk about it, he knew that some work, it was better to say all of it, it was better to say only half of it, and it would be more shocking.

After his words were finished, all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty boiled.

The entire court was boiling, and it was impossible to continue to say the next word at all.

"Is it really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Song Weiyan, who was in a wheelchair, asked the official who stood up, she asked.

"What do you mean by this?" Master Li said, he was full of anger now, and he was aroused by Song Weiyan's question.

didn't expect this matter, Song Weiyan would even come to ask about the situation lightly, didn't she know that if this matter was not done by His Royal Highness the Prince, would he say this? Would you say this in front of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty?

"Master Li is overdone. There is no objection to this matter, as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does it, it will be done in accordance with the prescribed criminal law. Song Weiyan said.

Suddenly, the case spread at a slow pace in the national capital, but this speed did not last long before it was broken.

In fact, after the court went down that day, Song Weiyan ordered that the news be hidden and not spread out so that many people would know. However, her approach was seen by other officials and disapproved of it.

They thought selfishly that it was Song Weiyan's own reason, she wanted to block this news, and then go to deal with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a good and lightened manner, and then, it would be big and small, and small and small.

However, the news got out anyway. It caused a shock in Dayan's entire country, and almost everyone was discussing this matter.

This news can't be saved, or rather, the prince can't be kept secretly.

"A bunch of." Song Weiyan sat in the conference hall, and because she was angry, she swept all the cups on the table to the ground.

"Lord Tianxiang doesn't need to be too sad, the next official will solve it."

"Don't fix it." Song Weiyan said, "This is counterproductive." Hurry up and send someone to protect the victim and don't let anyone in. The little girl was not allowed to see anyone, except officials. Also, the prince should hurry up and get it back. ”

"The minister commands." One of the ministers said, and then went on to ask, "Why do you want to give the little girl such 'protection'?" ”

After being silent for a long time, Song Weiyan said: "Because of that child, he still needs life." ”

(To be continued.) )