Thanks to the big guy "Brother Xiao" for his support to the public cause of Wei!

The people of the Emperor will always remember Brother Lu.

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"And this kind of thing?!"

What the woman surnamed Zhang said made Gonggong Wei furious, this is simply no royal law! In anger, he turned around and shouted angrily at the group of people guarding the yamen: "Tell us, is there such a thing!" ”

"This..."

When the group of people guarding the yamen saw Grandpa Wei's angry appearance, who dared to step forward to answer, and lowered their heads one by one for fear of calling Grandpa Wei by name.

"Why, no one talks to us?"

Father-in-law Wei glanced at everyone coldly, his old man was really angry at the moment, such a lawless thing happened in the maritime special zone that his old man was proud of, it was simply a stab in his old man's heart.

If the matter reaches the ears of the emperor, will he be able to settle it if he doesn't take a hundred and eight thousand? Even if the silver can settle the emperor, in the emperor's mind, he Wei Gonggong will definitely reduce points, and the consequences will be much more serious.

"Father-in-law..."

Although the murder of the son of a woman surnamed Zhang was concluded by Wan He, who was in charge of the criminal law, it was he Zhang Hua who finally signed and agreed with the conclusion of the case, so it was Zhang Hua who could not escape the blame for it. It's just that this matter is not as good as Gonggong Wei thought, and the officials protect each other, corrupt and bend the law, but it is really difficult to judge.

In this world, sometimes you don't have to kill someone to pay for your life.

"What the hell is going on?"

Father-in-law Wei still recognized Zhang Hua's character and ability, so his attitude was a little slower, and he hoped that Zhang Hua could explain the reason for the matter.

"Father-in-law, here's the thing..."

Zhang Hua stubbornly explained the situation briefly.

........

It turned out that this woman surnamed Zhang had a son named Zhao Ping'an, eleven years old, very honest, and a little stuttering when she spoke, because her feet were not restrained well in the cradle when she was a child, so she walked a little deformed, so she was often teased by children of the same age nearby.

A month ago, when Zhao Ping'an went to his aunt's house in the next village, he met a few teenagers and children who usually bullied and teased him on the way. Because his mother told him to go to his aunt's house early, Zhao Ping'an plucked up the courage to ask these teenagers to stop bullying him, so that he could go to his aunt's house as soon as possible so that his mother would not scold, but when those teenagers heard this, they beat Zhao Ping'an together.

Xu is Zhao Ping'an is fed up with their bullying on weekdays, but this time he was beaten by several people, and he opened his mouth to bite the arm of a young man who beat him when he was angry. This annoyed the gang of teenagers and children, and one of them actually took a green brick and smashed it on Zhao Ping'an's forehead, smashing Zhao Ping'an on the spot and bleeding nonstop. Seeing this, the gang of teenagers and children not only did not stop the murder, but continued to punch and stomp harder, and finally beat Zhao Ping'an without moving, so they dispersed in a hurry. After they went back, these young children didn't take it seriously, let alone talk about it with adults.

More than an hour later, passers-by found Zhao Ping'an lying on the ground, but they were surprised to find that the child was dead, and passers-by reported to the official at that time. Wan Hewen, the town guard Yamen sub-inspector in charge of the criminal case, heard about the murder, and hurriedly led people to the scene. This kind of case is not difficult to solve, and Wan He quickly locked up several teenagers and children who committed the murder through visits, and quickly arrested them.

It's just that although the case is solved, how to sentence is difficult.

Wan He interrogated the children and found that the oldest of the children who committed the murder was only 12 years old, and the youngest was only 9 years old.

In the end, Wanhe had to follow the provisions of the Ming law, asking the twelve-year-old boy's family to pay 30 taels of silver to redeem the sentence, and the remaining younger ones were all returned to the family, and the amount of silver from each household in his family was different for Zhao Ping'an's burial.

As soon as the verdict came out, the parents of the murderous teenager and child all breathed a sigh of relief, but where could Zhao Ping'an's mother accept this verdict, she cried and went to the yamen to make trouble, saying that the verdict was unfair and her son's death was unjust. But no matter how fierce the woman surnamed Zhang is, it is useless, the law is like this, those teenagers and children are indeed too young to be sentenced, so even if Wan He and the others sympathize with her, they have to act according to the law.

This judgment was also signed by Zhang Hua, and it was originally required to be sealed by the lieutenant officials, but because Gonggong Wei went to the southern capital, it was not submitted for the time being. After Father-in-law Wei came back, he went directly to the military port, and Zhang Hua wanted to wait for Father-in-law Wei to come back before handing over the seal. Who would have thought that Zhao Ping'an's mother openly scolded Father-in-law Wei and related personnel on the street.

The woman surnamed Zhang didn't know the specific situation of the matter, and instinctively thought that the people in this yamen were harboring the murderer, and this special zone was respected by the Wei eunuch, so she naturally wanted to scold Wei's father-in-law.

After this case, there was a lot of discussion among the people, but most of them sympathized with the Zhao family, and there were not many doubts about the verdict of the town guard yamen.

After all, the gang of murderers were also children.

If a child is ignorant and kills someone, does he really want the child to pay for his life?

The most direct opinion of the people is that the parents of those perpetrators should pay more compensation to the Zhao family, and the woman surnamed Zhang goes to the government every day to make trouble, asking those children to pay for their lives, which is inevitably a little paranoid.

..........

After Zhang Hua explained the cause and effect of the incident, Wan He, who was directly in charge of the criminal law, stepped forward and said: "Father-in-law, the law is like this, it is not for us to bend the law for bribes and cover up the murderer, please make a clear judgment!" ”

When the woman surnamed Zhang heard this, she cried and got up and pointed at Wan He and said, "Is it possible that my son will die in vain, and my son is only eleven years old!" ... Why did your yamen release the murderer, are you worthy of my dead child... Woo..."

Because she was too excited, the woman surnamed Zhang almost fainted, and Father-in-law Wei hurriedly asked people to help her sit down, and asked Lang Zhong to come over to take care of her, so as not to have an accident.

"Wanhe, what does the law of this dynasty stipulate for this young man to kill?" Gonggong Wei called Zhang Hua, Wan He and the others aside, and he had to find out whether the Da Ming Law had specific regulations on this kind of child killing.

"Returning to the father-in-law, the law decrees that children under the age of 15 who commit crimes below the penalty of exile can be redeemed with money. Serious crimes such as the Forced Labor, the Adverse Flow, and the Forgiveness of the Exile cannot be redeemed with money, but they do not have to serve hard labor, only the sentence. If they are too young, they should be governed by their parents according to the law. "Wan He was appointed to guard the criminal affairs of the yamen, and he also studied the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

"That is to say, those who have committed the crime of exile only need to pay money to atone for their crimes, and those who have committed the crime of exile and so on only need to serve their sentences, and there is no need for hard labor."

"Yes, father-in-law."

"If the man who commits murder is indeed too young to be punished?" Grandpa Wei frowned.

Wan He did not answer, and Zhang Hua said: "Father-in-law, during the former Song Dynasty Renzong, a nine-year-old boy in Ningzhou participated in a brawl and murder, and the local government reported to Renzong, and Renzong only sentenced the perpetrator's family to pay silver and burn it, exempt from criminal responsibility. Since then, similar cases have mostly been based on Renzong's judgment. ”

Zhang Hua's implication was that the murderer was so young that even the emperor would have to pardon and not pursue it. Therefore, even if Gonggong Wei sympathizes with this woman surnamed Zhang, he can't violate the law and favors, no matter what, even if this kind of verdict is discussed in the court, there is nothing wrong with it.

"It seems that Song Renzong only attributed this case to children laughing and playing, and what he did may not be competent."

Gonggong Wei shook his head, looked back at the heartbroken woman surnamed Zhang, and suddenly instructed Wan He: "You immediately bring someone to bring those murderous teenagers and children." After a pause, he added, "His parents also brought with him." ”

Wan He didn't know what Grandpa Wei wanted, but he didn't dare to do it, so he hurriedly took someone to do it. Not long after, the murderous teenagers and their parents were brought to Gonggong Wei.

They were originally from this Sitang town, and the children of each family had to watch more closely at home after committing the crime, for fear that Zhao Ping'an's mother would go crazy to take revenge, so they stayed at home one by one.

Grandpa Wei glanced at them and found that the young man who committed the murder did not show any panic, as if he was not impressed by what he had committed, and his eyes were all innocent, as if it was none of their business.

And their parents had some reactions, but at most they were a little unbearable and guilty for the heartbroken woman surnamed Zhang, but they didn't have any worries other than that, and they wanted to know that their children couldn't be sentenced according to the law, at most they would be fined some money.

After the murderer of her son was brought over, the woman surnamed Zhang was obviously emotional, and tried to struggle to fight with these murderers several times, but was stopped several times. This will stop crying, only staring at the murderers with red eyes, which makes the teenagers and children a little scared, either hiding behind their parents or burying their heads in their mother's arms. The parents were protecting and coaxing their children, and at the same time looked at the woman surnamed Zhang vigilantly.

Father-in-law Wei saw everything that was happening in front of him, he was silent for a moment, walked up to the woman surnamed Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, don't be sad, don't be impulsive, wait for our family to rejudge this case with you, and seek justice for your son." ”

After finishing speaking, he walked up to the gang of murderous teenagers and their parents, and asked the perpetrator first: "Is Zhang Ping'an waiting to be killed?" ”

A few of the teenagers and children did not squeak.

Father-in-law Wei asked their parents again: "Do you have any compensation for the Zhao family?" ”

The parents of the teenager bowed their heads, and after the verdict was handed down, only one family paid a fine of five taels to the yamen, and the rest of the families did not compensate.

Gonggong Wei didn't say much to them, and said loudly: "The sages have a saying, don't take the good as small, don't take the evil as small." The previous sentence was wrong and unusual, and our family is now sentenced heavily, your son has committed homicide, and he should not be spared in any way. ”

Hearing this, several parents were shocked, and one of the women was anxious to protect her son, for fear that the eunuch in front of her would make a blind judgment, so she hurriedly shouted: "The verdict has been issued, how can it be changed?" ... My children are young and ignorant, so let's watch more in the future. ”

When the rest of the parents heard this, they hurriedly echoed it one by one, all afraid that this Wei eunuch really wanted their children to lose their lives.

"Not being sensible is not a reason to be spared for killing!"

Gonggong Wei snorted coldly, ignored these parents, and said to himself: "One article a day, a thousand days and a thousand words." Kill one today, and you can kill two tomorrow... Hmph, at a young age, he knows how to commit murder and deceive, and even more maliciously kills people, if he does not sentence heavily, it will be a defilement of the law, disrespect to the king's law, and injustice to the dead! ... Torture Chamber Dictation! ”

Wanhe Yirin: "Subordinates listen!" ”

Father-in-law Wei waved his hand and sentenced: "Anyone who maliciously kills people for no reason should be beheaded regardless of age!" If you are exempt from punishment because you are young, you will only encourage their disgust and indulge their evil guts, which is not the way of teaching. Today, our family convicted Lu Xiaobao, Zheng Chenger and several others of intentional homicide and sentenced them to beheading! ”

"Ahh

The parents of the murderous teenager were stunned, and two of them were so frightened that they almost bit their tongues. But the young children didn't know what the young eunuch in front of them meant.

Without waiting for those parents to come back to their senses, Gonggong Wei actually sentenced again: "The property of the parents of Lu Xiaobao, Zheng Cheng'er and other murderers will be fined and confiscated and handed over to the Zhao family as compensation, and the parents of each family will be sentenced to be confiscated. ”

As soon as this verdict was made, the parents of the murderous teenager immediately shouted and refused to accept it. There are those who cry like the woman surnamed Zhang, there are those who sit on the ground in fright, and there are those who are scared but trembling but can't even speak. And it was only then that the teenagers realized what they had done and what kind of punishment they would receive. The twelve-year-old boy hugged his mother and shouted: "Mother, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" ...”

The rest of the teenagers and children were also scared and cried, and one of them urinated out.

The scene was a mess.

A man closest to Father-in-law Wei shouted: "This father-in-law, you can't judge like this, wronged, wronged!" ”

Gonggong Wei looked at him: "What's wronged?" ”

"Even if my son kills someone, what does it have to do with my parents? How can my father-in-law confiscate our family property and sentence us to confiscate the army! The man was frightened and frightened.

"If the Son does not teach, the Father is guilty. Our family asks you, if you discipline Erzi strictly on weekdays to make him know right from wrong, how can Erzi do things that deceive people, and how can you do things that kill people! ... There is a cause and there must be an effect, if it weren't for your usual connivance, how could that peace be dead! Gonggong Wei said sharply.

The man froze.

"Father-in-law, isn't this judgment too harsh?"

Zhang Hua didn't expect Gonggong Wei to pronounce such a sentence, not only beheading all the murderous teenagers and children, but even their parents had to sit in the army. This punishment is not only inconsistent with the circumstances, but also with the law. Looking through the Daming Law, there has never been a child who has broken the law, and the parents have sat together.

"The law is more important than punishment, but more important is prevention. Our family's emphasis on the law is to let those children know the majesty of the law, so that they dare not defy the law! It is even more necessary for those parents who do not teach their children and indulge their sons in evil to know how to raise and discipline, otherwise, the law is ruthless! ”

Gonggong Wei has made up his mind.

"But this kind of punishment, the Criminal Department is afraid that it will not be allowed, and Your Majesty is afraid that it will not be allowed." Zhang Hua had to remind Gonggong Wei that his punishment was really a nonsense sentence.

"Well, in that case, let's be punished first."

After Father-in-law Wei finished saying this, he walked up to the woman surnamed Zhang and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, is our family's punishment fair?" ”

"Qingtian, Qingtian Lord!"

The woman surnamed Zhang knelt down in front of Father-in-law Wei with a "plop", bursting into tears, "My son will not die in vain, my son will not die in vain!" ”