Chapter 19 No atonement

Zhu Qizhen is also very concerned about this matter.

Soon, Zhu Qizhen also discovered that the newspaper did have a benefit, that is, it put everything on the table. To be honest, civil officials have a lot of careful thoughts, and Zhu Qizhen may not be able to know everything.

Many times, Zhu Qizhen speculates based on intuition.

He analyzes their minds from the perspective of profit, and in fact, it shows that they are becoming more and more suspicious.

And Xu Youzhen came up with this polemic, Xu Youzhen almost talked about the posture of the Confucianism, broke their minds, and soon Chen Gang's crime was determined.

Even though Chen Gang claimed that he had not received any money, he still sat on the "corruption has been allowed, and he listened to the property." ”

However, there are major differences in how to judge.

If you want to give the lightest sentence, you will be dismissed. Even the crown belt idle.

In other words, his fame has not been removed, and he is still treated as a dismissed official. But they don't have to bear any errands.

Xu Youzhen quickly refuted this view. This is not enough for the Ming officials.

In this case, the dusty Daming Law can only be moved out, in the Daming Law, there are as many as 11 articles of the official stolen goods, but Chen Gang's embezzlement amount is too small, even in the Daming Law, it is not enough to become a death penalty.

You may be a little surprised.

Why were there many corrupt people who were killed during the Hongwu period, but the Da Ming Law, which was also cultivated in the Hongwu period, did not sentence Chen Gang to death.

First of all, the law of the Ming Dynasty was repaired three times during the Hongwu period, and in general, it was from strict to wide, and the world was decided, so it was natural to govern the country strictly, but the later it was, the more relaxed it was.

The thirty-year Da Ming Law of Hongwu has reduced the punishment a lot compared to the previous Da Ming Law.

Another reason is that Taizu likes extrajudicial punishments, as if he was a punishment of stripping skin and filling grass, which is not in the Daming Law.

In the end, it was determined that Chen Gang would regain all his fame, be punished with a cane, and be sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

In fact, if you compare the corruption of officials since Hong Xuan, Chen Gang's case is very heavy, and there is no other reason because there is no way to do many unspoken rules in front of everyone.

There is no objection to all this, the only point of objection is whether or not to allow officials to atone for their sentences.

That's a long question.

A penance can be understood as the payment of a fine in lieu of certain punishments.

Generally speaking, the punishment is relatively light, and whether it can be applied to official corruption is a matter of opinion. Stalemate.

In the end, this question was put into the hands of Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen's tendencies are obvious.

Because Zhu Qizhen knew that in the normal historical evolution, the atonement must have been allowed, and the reason was very simple, because of the Qing Dynasty's atonement silver system.

The Qing Chengming system may have changed, but it is generally not much worse. The Qing Dynasty pushed on a large scale

The practice of atonement silver must have been a sign in the system of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen is in the Daming Law, this kind of official is guilty of taking stolen goods. Only for misdemeanors can the sentence be atoned for. However, in subsequent cases, or judicial events, the scope of application of this atonement seems to be expanding.

Of course. When discussing crimes, it is used in the Da Ming Law, and as for the implementation, what is not allowed by the Da Ming Law is also allowed.

Thinking about it like this, Zhu Qizhen's decision couldn't be clearer.

If the sentence can be atonemented, then punishing the corrupt will become a business.

As long as the money you are greedy for is more than the money you will be punished for the penalty, it is a money-making business, and if you think about it, you will know that with the level of criminal investigation in this era, this is absolutely possible.

Even in later generations, the amount of embezzlement found by many embezzlers is not the whole amount of money they embezzled.

Not to mention in the Ming Dynasty.

It can even be said that there are too many things to find out.

Zhu Qizhen's decision is naturally very simple.

Zhu Qizhen approved Xu Youzhen's opinion.

Xu Youzhen's opinion on behalf of the Criminal Department was that officials would not be allowed to redeem their sentences, and that they would reiterate the ancestors' law of strictly administering officials.

Zhu Qizhen even stipulated that all crimes committed by officials are not suitable for redemption. And this article is included in the "Daming Huidian".

It can also be regarded as the first article in the "Daming Huidian" that has just begun to be repaired.

Since this principle is determined. Of the remaining dozens of officials, none of them ended well, a few were executed, beheaded after the autumn, and most of them were exiled to the Northeast.

Although there are such and such difficulties in the Ming situation, it is still under Zhu Qizhen's control, but soon there is one thing that is not under Zhu Qizhen's control.

Han Yong's mother didn't survive a few months and died of illness.

Although Zhu Qizhen paid attention to this matter, he couldn't let Han Yong see her for the last time, it was too far from Guangxi to Beijing.

If this is the case, it is still expected by Zhu Qizhen.

Another thing was unexpected by Zhu Qizhen.

This incident was the civil strife in Annam.

The civil strife in Annan's Li family was a godsend for Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qizhen wanted to copy the plan to destroy North Korea. It's just that Guangxi has a lot of civil strife, Guangxi is uncertain, and it is impossible for the imperial court to attack Annam.

The founder of the Later Li Dynasty of Annam. It's Li Li.

Li Li was the king of Annam, who expelled the Ming Dynasty from Annam.

When Li Li died, his son Li Yuanlong was only ten years old, and Li Cha was an assistant to the government, staging a power struggle between the young monarch and the powerful minister. Naturally, Li Yuanlong got rid of Li Cha, and then abolished his original queen and prince by the way.

But Li Yuanlong didn't expect that he wouldn't live long. When he died, he was only in his twenties.

Speaking of which, although Elder Li is a few years older than Zhu Qizhen

years old, but it can be regarded as a peer.

After his death, his son Le Bang Ki was only two years old, and his mother Nguyen Thi Anh and the powerful minister Truong Ho.

Empress Dowager Annam Nguyen Thi Anh is also a figure. During his reign, he generally maintained the strength of Annam, and even invaded the city of Champ. even removed the powerful minister Zheng Ke.

Both internally and externally, Annan has maintained a thriving trend.

It's just that this gave the deposed prince Li Yishan a coup d'état and killed Li Bangji. And Ruan Thi Anh wanted to avoid falling into the hands of Li Yishan, so the maids around him killed him. In order to preserve the name of the festival.

This is the situation that Zhu Qizhen is facing now.

Zhu Qizhen planted spies in Annan very early, and even found out one thing, that is, the Ruan family mother and son have been in power for more than ten years and are deeply respected.

Li Yishan suddenly launched a coup d'état, although he once won the lead, but in fact, Annan was not too harmonious internally, and the center and the local government were all guilty of Li Yishan.

In other words, the coup d'état in Le Yishan was the beginning, not the end, of the Annam Rebellion.

In this way, it gave Zhu Qizhen more opportunities.

made Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but want to move.

Although Zhu Qizhen sighed a little that it would be good if the civil strife in Annam came two years later, but even so, Zhu Qizhen must change his policy towards Guangxi.

In the past, the problem of Guangxi was based on long-term peace and stability, not seeking victory over the moment, and seeking long-term peace and stability, which is why Han Yong's efforts in Guangxi were more stupid, such as dividing the Yao people internally, such as placing the captive Yao people to farm outside the Datengxia Mountain, and changing from the mountain people to the Ming Dynasty households.

For example, on the west side of the Great Tengxia Gorge, the prefectures directly under the imperial court were established, rather than all of them were entrusted to the Tusi.

There is even the construction of a road deep into the Dateng Gorge, as long as the construction of such a foundation project, can step by step make the mountain people in the Dateng Gorge become the people of the Ming Dynasty, and also let the chaos that has continued from the Hongwu period to the present day finally have an end.

It's just that these measures are inherently slow. Not to mention, Hou Dagou's harassment in Dateng Gorge. Even in the attack on the surrounding prefectures and counties, the progress is even slower. But once it is achieved, it is the foundation that will not be easy for eternity. The Great Tengxia Rebellion is uncertain.

The bottom of the kettle is always slower than raising the soup to stop boiling.

But that's no longer the case.

Annan's situation, the change in the situation, and even Zhu Qizhen's desire in his heart did not allow Zhu Qizhen to delay any longer.

Zhu Qizhen immediately summoned the cabinet minister on this matter.

Jin Yiwei's information was provided to the cabinet bosses almost simultaneously. This incident instantly overwhelmed the "Daming Huidian" and became the focus of the cabinet's work.

It's just that this one thing, put in different eyes, has different views. There is no unanimous opinion in the Cabinet on this matter.

can only be higher in front of Zhu Qizhen.