On April 25, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, it was a thunderstorm day with heavy rain.

In this extreme weather, Zhu Pingjin, the son of Shu, and his wife still summoned a meritorious man who captured Qiongzhou in the barracks north of Chengdu in accordance with their own work plan:

Liu Daozhen, the head of Yajia Wangzhuang and his son Liu Xuandu, Cao Side, the deputy head of Yajia Wangzhuang and the head of the famous mountain Wangzhuang, Lu Benxue, the deputy head of the Qiongzhou Shouyu Thousand Households, Chen Fajie, the Qiongzhou Shouyu Thousand Households, Yi Lixing, the leader of the Red Gun Society, Huang Huan, Wang Siniu and others.

When everyone saw that Zhu Pingjin and his wife were living in such a simple and shabby place, they were so moved that the voices of praise were endless.

On behalf of the gentry and people of Qiongzhou, Lu Benxue asked for the anti-giant thief Yang Shenzhi's rebellion to produce the Tianguan Garden in the Shu Palace. The prince insisted on not accepting it, and Lu Benxue was a solid devotee. In the end, the prince bought it at the market price of 10,000 taels, and the silver banknotes for the purchase of the garden were given to the people of Qiongzhou to offset their taxes last year, which can be regarded as Yang Shenling accumulating a little yin virtue for himself a long time.

Shizi's move once again moved everyone. The eunuch Cao Side actually put up a recital book in a serious way, asking for a respectful title for Zhu Pingjian, the only authentic successor of the great cause of Emperor Taizu Gao, the proposer of the slogan of "protecting the country and the people, and the world is peaceful", and the son of the Shu Domain, who has been famous for thousands of years in Sichuan, such as the prince of Hirohito.

Zhu Pingjin was about to express his humility and great ambition with bold words such as "The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home", but his wife couldn't hold back and suddenly retched. Fortunately, Zhu Pingjin reacted quickly, and hurriedly prevaricated with words such as his wife was too tired, ate too poorly, and was a little nausea, which avoided everyone's curiosity and embarrassment.

At the end of the summons, it was naturally a traditional Chinese program: drinking and eating.

However, Zhu Pingjin only showed up and left in a hurry after a few words of encouragement, and did not drink and talk to everyone according to the prior arrangement.

The prince of the world made a bizarre appointment, and everyone pushed the eunuch Cao Side to go out to inquire about the news. Cao Side also lived up to expectations, it turned out that Lord Wu, who belonged to the Chengdu government, handed over the book to ask for a meeting, and the prince had already convened a meeting of several ministers of military aircraft, and he might miss the meal again.

Everyone sighed at the world's daily affairs, swept away the delicious food on the table with regret, and then thanked them from afar, and left in a hurry with their respective harvests and the little Jiujiu in their hearts.

Liu Daozhen is about to go to Songpan to partner with Zhu Hualong, busy with the layout of the Shu Wangfu in the northwest;

Cao Side took Liu Daozhen's place and continued to hold Yazhou, Zhu Pingjin's first base;

Lu Benxue, Chen Fajie and Liu Weidu continued to cooperate with the three headquarters to reorganize the Qiongzhou soldiers, and then went to Songlin Mountain for martial arts training, and may be entrusted with the task of leading the troops;

Yi Lixing stayed in the Yamen of Chengdu Mansion for apprenticeship, and when he was released, he was a big member;

Wang Siniu was sent to Luzhou to serve as the supervisor of the Luzhou garrison battalion;

Huang Huan was left in Qiongzhou and served as the deputy supervisor of the main battalion of the Qiongzhou Garrison Regiment to help Zhu Pingjin consolidate this hard-won territory.

As for those who stayed in Qiongzhou and could not be summoned, such as Wei Shen, Liu Jing and Li Yunyi, the same acquaintance of Qiongzhou, who made the first contribution in this Qiongmei Rebellion, they also had heavy rewards.

Wei Shen changed from Li Yunyi's family member to the acting head of the Qiongzhou Garrison Regiment who teamed up with Master Li.

Liu Jing brought the action team back to Songlin Mountain in its entirety and re-supplemented the training. As for the content of the training camp, it is highly confidential.

……

Straight to the point.

Chengdu Chengbei was in Zhu Pingjin's office, and Wu Jishan, the acting Chengdu governor, had a ruddy face and stood opposite Zhu Pingjin's desk and talked eloquently.

The content of Wu Jishan's report is the result of the trial of several major and extraordinarily serious cases.

As the chief responsible person for the rebellion in the 35 prefectures and towns of Chengdu Prefecture, Wu Jishan may have been one of the busiest civil officials in Sichuan recently.

The other two were tried by Zhang Yijia and Jia Jichang in Sichuan, who were tried with Wu Jishan.

According to the procuratorial department, it is commonly known as the platform, and there are three main envoys, four deputy envoys and five professional envoys.

According to the practice of the imperial court, the deputy envoys and servants would often patrol each province separately, just as the feudal department participated in politics and the senators guarded each province. Because the chief envoy and deputy envoy of the Yamen are old and have little energy, the servants who stay in the Yamen of the Yamen are often the actual person in charge of the work of the Yamen, which is also like the feudal division.

In the system and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, Zhentai only had the right to judge cases of imprisonment and below, and if a capital crime was committed, the case file could only be transferred to the Criminal Department of the Beijing Division, and the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple would be sentenced to prison for questioning.

In serious cases such as homicide, the trial period is often long. local transfer, Beijing division refutation; The local area will be supplemented and corrected, and the Beijing division will refute it again. This has been done several times, and countless horses, manpower, paper, and silver have been consumed.

Why is the trial so cumbersome?

Because the Ming Dynasty followed the style of "prudent punishment" and "provincial punishment" in the past dynasties, it was punished with etiquette.

The case was cleared and questioned, but the case was not closed, because the list of killings had to be reported to the emperor Gou Zhu, in order to show the Son of Heaven's power over the life and death of his subjects.

The diligent emperor can be decided in half a day, and the emperor who neglects his government will wait for several years.

The celebrant easily took out the emperor's hook, and the ministers said that the time to kill was not right, and they could not "decide in autumn" until the time of the autumn killing, which was called "heaven and man induction".

Finally, it was autumn, and the prisoners were escorted to the execution ground. Just as he was about to start the sword, a fast horse galloped in, bringing shocking news: snowfall in June!

Oh, this must be a warning from heaven! It shows that there is a grievance in the crime!

The officials then ordered him to be taken back to the prison for the hadith.

The hadith did not wait, but waited for the death of the emperor or the queen mother. As is customary, the new emperor will definitely grant amnesty to the world to show his leniency.

As a result, the criminals who were full of evil walked out of prison with a sense of gratitude to the society, enjoyed life again, and continued to do evil.

Zhang Yijia, who has worked on the judicial front for many years, is a victim of this system.

Zhang Yijia has written many times, calling for judicial reform and improving the efficiency of trials, and by the way, he also reported the local malpractices and the tragic situation of the people to the imperial court.

However, what was waiting for Zhang Yijia was always a painless reprimand. Because what he called for has touched the cake of many people in Jingshi.

As a result, Zhang Yijia had no choice but to sink day by day in the repeated appeals and reprimands. Zhu Pingjin was born, allowing Zhang Daren, who is full of ideals, to rediscover the meaning of life.

He was full of praise for Zhu Pingjin's "three fast" instructions of "quick arrest, quick trial, and quick killing", and believed that it swept away the accumulated shortcomings in the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty;

With regard to the high-profile anti-rebellion campaign launched by Zhu Pingjin, he even raised his hands and feet in favor of it, believing that this was a feat of upholding discipline and being clear and clear.

Since someone is willing to be his comrade, Zhu Pingjin has no reason to push it out. In this rebellion, Zhang Yijia of the fifth rank official was entrusted by Zhu Pingjin with an important task and served as the host of the province-wide suppression of the rebellion, while Jia Jichang and Wu Jishan of the sixth and seventh grades assisted Zhang Yijia and took charge of each piece. And Zhang Yijia also lived up to expectations and handed over the first answer sheet cleanly.

This answer sheet, which is on the table in front of Zhu Pingjin, is the trial report of major cases in 11 counties in the irrigation districts of Chengdu Prefecture, including Huayang, Chengdu, Xindu, Pixian, Xinfan, Pengzhou, Shuangliu, and Wenjiang.

A thick pile is a foot thick.

In Wu Jishan's dry speech, Zhu Pingjin did not look at the trial report, even if he moved a finger.

However, Zhu Pingjin knew that there must be a long list of killings in it, written in neat small letters, the words were like spider ants, and the ink was like black blood.

It was easy to wait for Wu Jishan to finish speaking, and Zhu Pingjin simply ordered to give the seat and tea.

"Lord Wu, you said that this Li Xiping case is just because he hasn't read Journey to the West. Even the three-year-old boy on the street knows why Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are allowed to be people. Do you believe his sophistry? ”

Shizi's tone was not good.

Wu Jishan chuckled in his heart.

Fortunately, he was prepared, and he replied when he opened his mouth: "Don't hide it from the world, Weichen didn't know it before." Later, the little girl preached many times at home, and only then did she know a little bit about it. ”

"Li Xiping is single, but he doesn't have the blessing of your family Master Wu."

Wu Jishan knew that Shizi's words were mocking him. So he hastened to reply:

"As far as the minister knows, Li Xiping didn't watch Journey to the West before, because he had other feelings. He claims to be a disciple of Confucius, and he doesn't say anything strange and confused, which is why he ......"

"This son knows. His family is so poor, it's rare to be so proud! Zhu Pingjin nodded approvingly, and then asked Wu Jishan: "Lord Wu doesn't read this book, is this also the reason?" ”

"It's not." Wu Jishan replied honestly: "The minister didn't read this book, he thought it was Mengtong, and he couldn't go to the hall of elegance......

"I don't know what Lord Wu likes to see?"

Zhu Pingjin suddenly asked about Wu Jishan's personal hobbies, which caught him off guard. I saw that Wu Jishan first hesitated, then twisted, and finally was defeated in Zhu Pingjin's indomitable eyes:

"Wechen likes to see the Three Kingdoms and the Water Margin" ......"

"Three Kingdoms and Water Margin?" Zhu Pingjin stared at Wu Jishan's eyes to see what tricks he was playing.

However, Wu Jishan ignored Zhu Pingjian's entanglement and continued to play Li Xiping's case:

"Weichen and others summoned Huayang County Sheriff Liang Ruguo, Police Officer Wang Qinian (Note 1), and Deputy Intelligence Bureau Director Han Wendou, and they were all willing to vouch for Li Xiping, saying that he had no objection and could not harbor rebels......

Han Wendou testified for Li Xiping? How did Lee Se-pyeong get involved with Han Wendou? Zhu Pingjin was a little confused, but he couldn't say this.

"Liang Ru National Road, Li Xiping is extremely stubborn. Once they recognize the truth, they will do it desperately, and ten cows will not be able to pull it back. It's his weakness and it's his strength.

Li Xiping is a scholar of Shu, and if he thinks that the son is a benefactor, he will smear the liver and brain of the son, how can there be any objection?

Since the anti-rebellion order was issued, Li Xiping has been sleepless day and night, setting up cards for inspection, and arresting people and criminals. The case of the reverse book of the Wenji bookstore outside the east gate and the case of the fake tax stamps of the Baiji paper shop were all solved by Li Xiping......

Wang Qinian also said, this Li Xiping is good at everything, but he is a little nerdy! ”

"What kind of testimony did Han Wendou make?" Zhu Pingjin asked.

"That's the case of the thief Lu Yi. According to Deputy Director Han's testimony, at that time, he was held hostage by the thief Lu Yi with a sharp blade, and it was Li Xiping who took advantage of the thief's unpreparedness to slam the top of the thief's head with a baton, knocking the thief unconscious on the spot, and Deputy Director Han escaped with his life......

Hey, in Zhenwu Palace, Li Xiping, the policeman who arrested people, was locked up with the arrested criminal, but he suffered a lot of grievances! ”

"Oh, I see!" Zhu Pingjin suddenly realized: "Since Li Xiping is meritorious, he is not guilty!" In this way, the official will be reinstated, and he will be promoted again if he has meritorious service! ”

"Shizi Shengming!" Wu Jishan left his seat to worship.

"Since he has been wronged so much, he needs to reward something!"

"Shizi Shengming!"

"Lord Wu has made a meritorious contribution to breaking prison, and he will be rewarded together!"

Zhu Pingjin said, and took out a handcuff from the case. From top to bottom, the mouth slowly descended, and finally froze at the center of Wu Jishan's eyebrows.

Note 1: Hey, the thousand-year-old dragon set king Qi Nian has finally appeared! If you guessed it when you read the previous chapter, please raise your hand!