On the third day of the second month of the third year of Chongzhen, the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate, and the Dali Temple, which had just opened their offices, received the holy decrees drafted by the cabinet.

Emperor Chongzhen, in the holy decree of the Ming Fa Three Law Divisions, officially handed over the Jinyi Wei and Dongchang to the judicial yamen of the imperial court according to the case of the Jin merchants who had been undertaking the case according to the edict.

The public opinion of the government and the opposition, which was originally surging undercurrently, has also calmed down.

The eyes of Shanxi Governor Zhang Xiao and a group of Shanxi officials, as well as the eyes of hundreds of civil and military officials above the Beijing Imperial Court, all of them suddenly shifted and focused from Jinyiwei and Dongchang to the three legal divisions such as the Criminal Department.

The murder of Hukou, Zhangjiakou and other Jin merchants who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country also attracted the attention of the Beijing court and even the government and the opposition as this case officially entered the judicial procedures of the imperial court.

On the morning of February 12 in the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Guoxing, the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, took a large number of Jinyi Wei men and horses, escorted Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and other Jin merchants to cooperate with the enemy and 127 accomplices, and arrived in Beijing.

In the evening of the same day, according to Emperor Chongzhen's previous will, under the auspices of Gong Yonggu, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Fang Zhenghua, the governor of Dongchang, Wang Guoxing transferred these prisoners to the prison of the Criminal Department together with 61 accomplices Wang Dayu, Jin Liangyu, Liang Guest, and Tian Shenglan, who were the main traitors of the Jin Dynasty who had been escorted to the Jingshi Dongchang Prison in advance.

Only Ning Wan, an important witness, was still in the hands of Jin Yiwei, and after being brought to Jingshi from Taiyuan City, he was imprisoned in the prison of Fu Si in Jinyi Wei North Town, and continued to torture Jin Yiwei about what he wanted to know and everything that Ning Wan knew about me.

Since Emperor Chongzhen did not explicitly mention handing over Ning Wan and me to the Three Law Divisions, then Wang Guoxing and the others were also happy to continue to control this important person.

After all, many of the incriminating evidence of Fan Yongdou and others were provided by Ning Wan.

And it was precisely because Jinyiwei controlled Ning Wanwei in his hands that Fan Yongdou and the others collapsed and confessed their guilt the moment they were handed over to Jinyiwei.

If they were all handed over to the Three Law Divisions, and Fan Yongdou and others temporarily retracted their confessions, Jin Yiwei would be embarrassed at that time.

After all, those officials in the Three Law Divisions, whether they were from the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate, or Liu Zongzhou from Dali Temple, were not very friendly to Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Fortunately, this time, because the preliminary work of Jinyiwei and Dongchang was extremely "sufficient", when the prisoners were handed over, they also handed over all the evidence obtained from the preliminary investigation and interrogation.

All kinds of account books and confessions are readily available, including the official certificates and tokens of Fan Yongkui and Fan Sanba's acceptance of the puppet officials of Jianyu were searched and handed over to the Three Law Divisions.

Even the confessions signed by Fan Yongdou and other principal and accomplices after they were signed and detained, and it can be said that all the evidence chains are very "perfect".

In this way, Li Biao, the imperial historian of the left capital, Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the criminal department, and Liu Zongzhou, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, who knew what the emperor was thinking, were happy to save trouble.

Only in the lobby of the Yamen of the Criminal Department, all the prisoners who were escorted by Jinyiwei and Dongchang were hurried through the court, and the case was decided according to the conclusion of Jinyiwei's investigation:

Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and other eight proprietors of the Xuanda Shanxi Chamber of Commerce were the main offenders, and they were sentenced to be beheaded for the crime of conspiring with the enemy.

Fan Yongkui, Fan Sanba, and other eight proprietors of the Jin Shang Dynasty were 33 sons and daughters of merchants, and they were accomplices, and they were sentenced to be hanged for the crime of conspiring with the enemy.

A total of 123 men of the six proprietors and shopkeepers of the six families who were not included in the eight major families of the Xuanda Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, such as the Zhang family and the Wang family in Puzhou, as well as Fan Yongdou and other direct descendants of the eight families of the Jin merchants, were all accomplices, and were sentenced to behead and imprisonment for the crime of complying with the enemy.

In addition, the 14 families of Xuanda Shanxi merchants who were arrested for this crime involved the capture of the enemy, the relatives and daughters of the three clans and the upper and lower generations, as well as the servants and slaves of the listed families, etc., belonged to the eight families and were confiscated as the governor's mansion of Yungui, and those belonging to the other six families were confiscated as the Yingzhou town guard.

The three law divisions comprehended Emperor Chongzhen's intentions, and based on the evidence and confessions provided by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, they quickly settled the case of the Jin merchants and the enemy.

When they were handed over to the Criminal Department, Fan Yongdou and others also had fantasies in their hearts, especially the Zhang family and the Wang family in Puzhou, Shanxi, who thought that they were sent to the Criminal Department from the hands of Jinyiwei and handed over to the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate, and the Dali Temple for trial, and they may still have a glimmer of life.

But they didn't expect that after only one church, there would be no follow-up to the matter.

By the time there is any more news, it will already be their time of death.

On February 15 of the third year of Chongzhen, the temple was built to look at the Japanese court.

Just after the New Year, the main officials of the major yamen who reopened the office gathered in the Jianji Palace.

At the beginning of the new year, there were not many major events in the various ministries, so this time almost everyone's attention was focused on the case of the Jin Shang Tong Capture Enemy that the emperor handed over to the Three Law Divisions for public trial.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Li Guoyi, the chief assistant of the cabinet who was appointed to lead the affairs of the trial, was the first to report to Emperor Chongzhen the result of the trial of the three law divisions.

This time, although Emperor Chongzhen asked Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, to lead the affairs of the three law divisions, Li Guoyi basically did not interfere in the process of the trial and the conclusion of the final verdict except for urging the three law divisions to review and conclude the case as soon as possible.

This conclusion has also been reported to Emperor Chongzhen through the cabinet, and after Emperor Chongzhen got it, he looked at it almost the same, although there was a gap with his expectations, but the gap was not big.

This also means that the officials of the Inspectorate, the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple are basically on their side this time.

At the same time, the next day happened to be the Wangri Dynasty Meeting of the Jianji Palace, so Emperor Chongzhen did not go to the ministers of the cabinet and the three law divisions to make a final ruling.

Emperor Chongzhen's meaning is very simple, since he wants to make this matter bigger, the best way is to take it to the court meeting of Jianji Hall to discuss it.

After Li Guoyi read out the conclusion of the examination and approval of the Three Law Divisions, Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne of the Jianji Palace, looked at the ministers standing below with an expressionless face, and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen! The three law divisions have reached a conclusion on the case of Jin Shang collaborating with the enemy! You've heard it too! Today's court meeting will not discuss other matters, and any opinions on this conclusion can be put forward at this time!

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the ministers in the palace, and then continued: "When Jinyiwei was ordered to arrest these traitorous merchants a few years ago, I heard that there were many discussions between the government and the opposition, and there were those who wrote to me in the official book of science and Taoism, and there were even more people who discussed widely in private among the courtiers!

"Today, I give everyone a chance to discuss together! Friends can talk freely about this matter!

"It's just that I hope that from now on, the Qing and others can speak freely above the court meeting, and don't talk about it under the court meeting!"

When Emperor Chongzhen came up, he first set a rule for the courtiers who participated in the court meeting of the Jianji Palace, which was regarded as a dismount.

It is also to take this opportunity to knock on those Qingliu who like to gather in private to discuss the government and politics, and tell them that the emperor knows all kinds of indiscriminate discussions in private.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, a person walked out of the ranks of civil officials, came to the center of the main hall, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty!" The right deputy of the Inspectorate of the Imperial Palace, Sun Dingxiang, has a play! ”

Emperor Chongzhen heard this name, thought about it for a while, and knew who this person was, and immediately said to him: "Sun Qing is flat, and play!" ”

Sun Dingxiang immediately thanked him and got up, and then said, "Your Majesty! At the end of last year, Jianyu detoured to the south, and Lin Dan Khan of Chahar fled when he heard the news, and now he has entered Qinghai. After that, Jianyu oppressed the border fortress, and killed the Jin merchant Fan clan in Hukou to defect to the enemy, causing the border passes in Xuanda and other places to be broken and the people in misery. Killing several Jin merchants in Hukou is a crime of disaster to the country and the people, and the sincerity of killing is not a pity!

However, Zechen participated in the trial of this case in the Inspectorate, and in the whole case, it was verified that the person who was guilty of complying with the enemy, in the opinion of the minister, only introduced the Fan family, and the case can be decided by accepting the puppet official of Jianju!

"As for the other thirteen, although there are confessions signed by Jinyiwei and Dongji Factory, but in the opinion of the ministers, they are actually implicated too widely, and there is no real evidence!

"With the crime of the Fan family's collusion against the enemy, and hundreds of other thirteen families, thinking about it is inevitably too heavy! I beg your Majesty to be clear! ”

After saying this, Sun Dingxiang took a deep breath, and then said: "The minister made this statement, not because everyone is a minister and a township party!" In fact, it is for Xuanda, for the people of Jindi, for the benevolence of His Majesty, and even for the safety of the court!

"After this war, Xuanfu and Datong have been ruined, and the people have been scattered.

"Shanxi has been ravaged by thieves in Shaanxi before, and the imperial army has been fighting for many years, and the people's livelihood has withered, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be raised!

At this moment, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Ti rode out in all directions, searching for businessmen, the gentry trembled, and the people's sentiment was surging! If Your Majesty inflicts a thunderous ritual at this time, it is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and this sincere way to take trouble and chaos is also! The minister thought that it was enough to kill the Fan family, and the rest could be pardoned and redeemed! Your Majesty, please be clear! ”