When Wang Chengen rushed into the Yangxin Palace, Huang Kezhang [zuǎn], the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Wenda, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, played the matter of the world's criminal prison decision. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dali Temple and the above-mentioned ministries are collectively called the Three Law Division, and Zou Yuanbiao, the secretary of Dali Temple of Guangmiao, is absent because he has not yet arrived. Among them, the Criminal Department is in charge of the world's criminal names and prison orders; The Metropolitan Procuratorate has corrected the impeachment of hundreds of divisions, identified wrongs, and supervised various ways and should be unfair and lawless; Dali Temple's professional college is the chief judge of the world's criminal names. In short, the Criminal Department is in charge of the trial, the Dali Temple is in charge of the review, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the overseer.

Huang Kezhang took out the song from his sleeve, handed it over, bowed down and said, "This year, the heavy prisoner has been rewritten three times, and the emperor will decide whether to execute or not." ”

Under the Ming system, death penalty cases must be carried out only after three repetitions, and each repetition must be re-examined, showing the monarch's prudent punishment thinking of respecting heaven and protecting the people and putting human life first. In order to reflect the heart of leniency and stabilize the rule of the monarch when he made a decision, he also criticized 'suspicious, acceptable, and should be delayed' to slow down.

Zhu Youxiao ignored Wang Chengen, took over the list of heavy prisoners that had been confirmed repeatedly, and became cautious when he saw that there were 50 or 60 people with varying charges. He knew that as long as he put pen to paper, someone's head would fall to the ground, and in the end, after weighing it again, he symbolically checked more than ten people and ordered the others to continue to be imprisoned.

Huang Kezhang doesn't care who is checked, these are all repeat offenders who have been interrogated many times, and no one is wronged for killing, he has more important things, and handed over a note again, and said after being right, "Your Majesty, there are thirteen people involved in the case of internal officials stealing treasures, five of whom are not guilty, and among the remaining eight people, Tian Zhao and Liu Xun have died in prison." Therefore, the Criminal Department plans to behead Wang Yongfu and Yao Jinzhong according to the law and be executed on the sixth day of the first month; Zheng Wenshan, Liu Shangli, Lu Guoxiang, Jiang Sheng and other four people were exempted from charging the Nanjing Pure Army, and Zhao Jinzhong and Li Jinzhong each carried charcoal to atone for their crimes; In addition, the real estate under the names of Li Jinzhong and Liu Xun has been changed to a good price. ”

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, flipped over and threw it on the imperial case, but he didn't want to fall to the ground due to excessive force. He looked at Huang Kezhang, who was wearing a red official uniform, "Qing and the others know very well that in the Ming edict, I did not mention that Li Jinzhong and others beat the Holy Mother, and I really don't want the world to talk about the emperor's lack of strict family law." How can Li Jinzhong redeem his sins? Lu Guoxiang and Zhao Jinzhong are not involved in beating the Virgin, but they can be reprimanded for fighting on the border, and the rest are beheaded and abandoned the market, and the family property is turned into a price to help the side, so the sparse hair is also redrafted. ”

Huang Kezhang stepped forward to pick up the music, did not give up, and admonished, "Between father and son, it is difficult for people to speak, and the minister said deeply: choosing to serve the Holy Mother is disrespectful, and it is rude to the emperor, and the crime prepared by the criminal department is enough to make the most of his mistakes. ”

Zhang Wenda led the Imperial Procuratorate, remembering the words of Zuo Guangdou, the imperial history of Zhejiang Dao, and also said, "After choosing a servant to move the palace, when the general is saved, donate its small faults, if the plant is restored, it is not the original intention of the courtiers to clear the palace ban." ”

Zhu Youxiao was quite dissatisfied with the words and deeds of the Feng Xianguan because of Jia Jichun's presumptuous discussion of the palace before, and said to Zhang Wenda, "The selection of servants is the emperor's bereavement, although my heart is full of grievances, but there is no shortage of devotion to him, and he is respected, and no one in the outer court knows?" And Li Jinzhong and others have a clear collection of thieves and generations, and they have their own constitution, how can it be said that they are connected? Therefore, it is necessary to punish the offenders severely according to the law of the country, and the ministry should not shirk the blame. ”

Zhang Wenda and Huang Kezhang looked at each other, each thinking in their hearts. If they put themselves in their shoes, they agree on one thing, not only to protect their father's reputation, abide by filial piety, but also to avenge their mother, and severely punish accomplices is the only way. The two knew that if they tried hard again, they would be suspended and robbed, although they knew that they were not greedy for power, but they were not worthy of a few internal officials, and when they saw that the holy will was difficult to disobey, they obeyed the order.

Huang Kezhang saw that the matter was over, and continued, "There is one more thing for the minister, the previous crime will be Zhang Mingshi guilty of three capital crimes, and Tuyun can make gunpowder, and aid Liao to seek meritorious service and self-redemption." Now there is no half an inch of merit, and he actually begs for the official to return to the general. In order to show persuasion and punishment, the ministers begged to clarify the law of the country, and the crime of aiding Liao will be reinstated. ”

It turned out that Zhang Mingshi, the general of Huguang Lulu (Pupu and Luxi), was convicted of three crimes: counselor, arson, and murder of good and meritorious service when he pacified the rebellion of the Miao people in Wuding in the 36th year of Wanli, but due to continuous controversy, he was never executed. After ascending to the pole in the Guangmiao, he was invited to aid Liao to make meritorious service for his crimes.

Zhu Youxiao had a hard time choosing between the rebellion of Jiannu and the law of the Ming Kingdom, so he got up and asked, "What does Aiqing think?" ”

"Today's aid to Liao has abolished generals, criminal generals, and capital crime generals, and they must be divided into three grades, and it is difficult to reinstate the official according to the number of captures, and 20, 30, and 100 people will be subject to each within a year. If you have a few people, you will know the alarm, the enemy can be inspired, and the national shame can be snowed. ”

Zhu Youxiao felt that the standard was too high at first, but after knowing that these generals all had their own families, he had no objection to this.

After the two of them retreated, Zhu Youxiao remembered Zhang Mingshi's ability to make gunpowder, and asked Wang Chengen, "It's been more than a month, have Mao Yuanyi, Song Yingxing waited in Beijing?" ”

"Master, the slave is about to start this matter, Mao Yuanyi has arrived in Beijing, and he is kneeling outside the noon gate to listen to the announcement."

"Quick."

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After Wang Guochen released the Nanjing garrison eunuchs, Liu Ruoyu took over the palm seal of the military battle bureau and continued to improve firearms, but due to technical obstacles, the improvement was delayed. Although Zhu Youxiao reprimanded him many times, he also knew that this was not his specialty, so he pinned his hopes on Mao Yuanyi and Song Yingxing to improve the process.

At present, there are two major problems in firearms: first, gunpowder is not powerful enough due to the old formula; Second, due to the low furnace temperature, the furnace temperature of iron smelting leads to frequent explosions.

Gunpowder is divided into gunpowder, gunpowder, explosive gunpowder, ignition powder, cannon gunpowder, lead gunpowder, etc., and its preparation methods are different. Nitrate, sulfur, straw ash are often mixed and crushed according to five to one, and then mixed with shochu according to three to one to make the size of mung bean grains, and its explosive form is like firecrackers in later generations, and the smoke is filled.

Artillery takes Weiyuan cannon as an example, and nowadays it began to use coke to smelt iron, and the method was to use five to seven catties of pig iron to repeatedly smelt to one catty; Divide the iron into eight pieces and beat them like tiles, then make four pieces of tiles into a tube with a tire rod, and make up two cylinders with eight pieces, and connect the two cylinders into one place with several iron nails, and then use 30 catties of iron before the iron to divide into two pieces and also beat like tiles, and surround the belly of the gun. The reason why forging is used instead of casting is because the quality of the iron smelted is too inferior, and forging is used to make up for the shortage.

Because of the lack of air tightness caused by the separation of the front loading and ammunition, the gun body cannot be overcharged because of the splicing and poor iron quality, so the firing range is not ideal, and it is impossible to talk about the fixed rear loading of gunpowder. Therefore, in order to improve firearms, the entire industrial base must first be improved.

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After about a cup of tea, Wang Chengen hurriedly came with a personable young man, and there was an attendant behind him who was struggling to carry a large black lacquer box.

"Mao Yuanyi, a student, knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor."