Chapter 478: The Trial of the Three Divisions (I)
Today is the day when the Inspectorate, Dongchang and Jinyi Wei will try the case of Minister Wang.
It is very strange today, if it was before, the three law divisions would try a case, naturally it would be tried in the public court of Dali Temple, and this time, the three yamen made the location of this trial a little different.
The main reason is that these three yamen do not have their own public court to hear cases, no, this is not right, the Inspectorate is indeed a public court that does not hear cases, after all, it does not care about these things, and the "hall" of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is more, there are several places in the capital in the light of the bright and dark, but these are not "public", since the case of the minister Wang is the order of the Empress Dowager Li to be tried, it is natural to be above board, therefore, the place of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is naturally not able to go.
Therefore, now it has become such an embarrassing appearance, the three yamen, and the three yamen, who have great power, have no place suitable for trying prisoners, and this is not to make people laugh out of their big teeth.
In the end, there was no way, so I could only borrow the trial court of Dali Temple, although it was also a bit of a loss of face, but now it can only be like this.
Although its power is extremely or significant, but in the final analysis, it is still a job of talking and writing, even if it is a triage of the three legal divisions in the past, the role of the Inspectorate is not to preside, but to supervise.
It's just that in the Ming Dynasty, the Criminal Department replaced Dali Temple and was in charge of interrogation, but Dali Temple became the yamen of sentencing, mainly managing the chaos and rectification of those unjust, false and wrongful cases.
But this time, it was replaced by the Inspectorate, Dongchang and Jinyiwei to try the case, obviously, the responsibility of the Inspectorate is still to supervise, so the trial was handed over to the two yamen of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, but as long as the people involved in this are clear, Zhang Fan came this time, most of the time was put on a show, in fact, it was the Dongchang family to try the case.
It's just that these are superficial things, even Feng Bao knows that if he sings and harmonizes with the two ministers in the public court today, Ge Shouli will definitely not sit idly by, and will definitely speak.
Therefore, Feng Bao is now thinking about how to prevaricate Ge Shouli, he has already negotiated the conditions with Minister Wang yesterday, as long as he can get past Ge Shouli today, he will succeed, as for Zhang Fan, Feng Bao doesn't think he will say anything, in Feng Bao's opinion, Zhang Fan's return this time is just a decoration, purely to respond to a scene, and will not hinder him from acting.
Today's early dynasty is very depressing, Feng Bao is still standing next to Zhu Yijun's dragon chair, although he already has a great grasp of it, but at this moment, he can still see a trace of impatience on his face, it seems that Feng Bao really wants to finish this matter that he has already decided earlier.
And the ministers standing below, except for a few people, the expressions of the others were also suspicious, and there were many people with some horror on their faces, such a big thing happened in the court, and now everyone knows about it, and these people can be qualified to stand here, how can they not have careful thoughts, they all understand what Feng Bao wants to do.
Before Gao Gong left, he almost controlled the entire government, and even Feng Bao, who could fight against him, did not provoke Gao Gong too much, just waited quietly.
Therefore, eighty percent of the people in the court have some relationship with Gao Gong.
If this matter is done by Feng Bao, the consequences will be really unimaginable, and the DPRK and China will say that these people standing here don't know how many will be implicated in this matter.
Of course, they all understand that Feng Bao will definitely not liquidate everyone, even if Feng Bao has such an idea, he has this ability, but the situation is like this, Feng Bao can't do this, some things are too much, and now the powerful Feng Bao can't cover it.
However, everyone was not sure, nor did they dare to hold on to the psychology of luck, believing that Feng Bao would definitely not find him.
Therefore, when they learned about this matter and understood Feng Bao's plan, they were all very frightened.
However, then, when they heard that Empress Dowager Li asked the third division to try the case, their hearts relaxed a lot, and they understood that this must be because Ge Shouli didn't want the consequences to be too serious and urged them in exchange, and because of this matter, even now, the matter is still inconclusive, but these people are very grateful to Ge Shouli.
It's just that these people can't be completely relieved now, and the reason is that it has something to do with the three yamen who tried the case this time, although they all understand that Zhang Fan, who was born as a scholar, will not harm others too much, but what Zhang Fan is showing now, after all, is standing with Feng Bao, and no one knows what will happen.
The early dynasty ended in this extremely strange atmosphere, and no one said anything, as if they wanted the trial to start earlier, and they knew what the result would be.
After the early dynasty, the Dali Temple was in the public hall.
Zhang Fan, Feng Bao, and Ge Shouli arrived one after another.
"Master Ge," Feng Bao, who was the last to arrive, said to Ge Shouli in a strange manner, "This time, it can be regarded as following your old man's wishes,"
"Hehe, Gonggong Feng, it's easy to say," Ge Shouli didn't pay attention to Feng Bao's provocation at all, still looked kind, and said with a smile, "This official is the imperial history of the Zuodu of the Inspectorate, and this time he came, naturally he mainly focused on supervision, but it was Gonggong Feng and Lord Zhang, and the interrogation matter had to be handed over to the two adults,"
"Hmph," Faced with Ge Shouli's words, Feng Bao obviously knew that it was a provocation to himself, but he couldn't say anything to refute anything, after all, Ge Shouli's words were completely correct, and there was no falsification at all.
"Master Zhang," Feng Bao, who had a gray nose at Ge Shouli's place, had to bow to Zhang Fan.
"Father-in-law Feng," Zhang Fan also returned the salute to him, "Father-in-law is busy with things, and he has to assist His Majesty, and when I came here today, I have to bother my father-in-law,"
"Alas, what is Lord Zhang talking about," finally met someone on the road, Feng Bao naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and chatted with Zhang Fan with a pleasant face, "It's all for Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, not to mention, this matter is also treated by the Queen Mother, Feng Bao is a slave, naturally he has nothing to say,"
"Father-in-law Feng has worked hard," Zhang Fan also flattered him, "Since Father-in-law Feng has arrived, Master Ge, shouldn't we open a court to try the case?"
"We have to wait a little longer," Ge Shouli said, "The Punishment Department has already gone to escort the prisoner Minister Wang, and now that the person has not arrived, it must be a little while,"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the public hall was a little strange.
Here, after Feng Bao sat down, he chatted with Zhang Fan, looking familiar and lively, while over there, Ge Shouli sat quietly alone, silently, and did not interject, occasionally picking up the tea on the table in front of him and taking a sip, looking a little unsociable.
It's just that who would have thought that in today's trial, Zhang Fan and Feng Bao, the two people who are chatting with people today, are actually not standing together.
Not long after, I heard someone outside the public hall shouting, "Prisoner King and Minister Wang,"
When Feng Bao heard this, he looked at Zhang Fan and saw that he nodded, so he ordered the official to take Minister Wang to the court, and as for Ge Shouli, he didn't even look at it.
Seeing Minister Wang again, Zhang Fan couldn't help but look at him a little.
The last time Zhang Fan saw him, he was dressed in a herald dress, although he couldn't say that he was good-looking, but he also revealed a three-point heroic appearance, but now, a prison uniform, although it was very clean, it was also very messy, at this moment, his whole person also looked a lot sluggish, his hair was scattered, and he was casually draped, which made people look like he was extremely down.
Zhang Fan couldn't see anything else from his face, except for fatigue, but when Minister Wang walked in, his actions were a little unfavorable, and the Minister Wang at this moment was wearing shackles and splints, but the writhing body was obviously enduring some pain.
Zhang Fan naturally knew that when Minister Wang was in Jinyiwei, Zhang Fan was taken to Dongchang by Feng Bao without letting anyone beat him, and last night, after Minister Wang was transferred to the prison of the Criminal Department, naturally no one would torture him, so now his performance is clearly made when he was in Dongchang.
However, it seems that Feng Bao did not use any heavy punishment on him, otherwise with those punishments in Dongchang that were even more terrifying than those of the Jinyi Guard, Minister Wang would have been abolished a long time ago, and now he should have been carried up, let alone come up by himself.
In fact, the court trial of this Dali Temple is no different from the civil Yamen case, when the prisoner walks into the court, the depression with water and fire sticks on both sides still has to shout a sentence of "might".
"If you come to offend the king, don't kneel down yet," Feng Bao spoke first.
Minister Wang did not hesitate, and knelt down directly.
"Someone," Seeing Minister Wang kneeling, Feng Bao said in a loud voice, "Set me up, hit me with ten sticks, and kill his majesty,"
Feng Bao followed the standard procedure, the prisoner went to court to be tried, and according to the rules, he had to beat the "killing stick" to extinguish his prestige.
But that's where things turned.
"Why did you beat me," Minister Wang, who was kneeling on the ground, shouted in disbelief, "You said that you would do it for my officials, why did you beat me?"
Well, this situation is not unprecedented, but in this matter, Feng Bao met it at this time.
Next to him, Zhang Fan looked at Feng Bao curiously, and over there, Ge Shouli put on a playful look, looking at Feng Bao with interest.
At this moment, Feng Bao's whole face turned red, he never thought that Minister Wang would come with him for this trick, it was already a good thing, and he suddenly retracted his confession at this time.
Now Feng Bao was furious, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he stood up and shouted loudly below: "Call me,"