Chapter 235: Judgment (Part II)

"Yangzhou father, do you mean that you want a lot of elders to come and listen?" Including the most well-informed Lu Zeng, everyone around was slightly stunned, since ancient times, interrogating the prisoner and convicting him is a matter for officials at all levels in the yamen, and the common people are only spectators at most, who is qualified to put their beaks, how can everything come to the mouth of General Manager Zhu, and always turn out some fresh tricks.

"It's not the auditors, it's them who participate in the verdict." Zhu Bayi glanced at everyone and solemnly added, "After I go back, I will find thirteen people from among the refugees who are sixty years old and above and respectable, and let them form a jury, and we will only set the punishment level, as for whether they are guilty or not, it will be decided by the thirteen of them, and the minority will obey the majority." ”

"Hmm." The more confused everyone became, they really wondered if their chief manager was damaged by the rain yesterday, why was his mouth full of fresh words, the jury, the minority obeyed the majority, and made a yamen like a vegetable market, maybe they could bargain, how to try this case, where is the prestige of the government in the future, and the prestige of the court will also be gone.

"We have to have something different from the Mengyuan Imperial Court." Seeing the confusion in everyone's eyes, Zhu Bayi grabbed his mount, looked at the wilderness after the war, and patiently explained, "Dead so many people, rebuilding a country on the ruins, you can't still be the same as Meng Yuan's side, what the officials say, the common people only have to bow their heads and listen to the shouts, otherwise, why do they have to support us, besides, now we have just expelled the Meng Yuan government in this area, no matter what we do, it is a new one, in this case, why not try a new method, it's a big deal to change back to the original in the end, Whether it's good or not, you have to try to find out. ”

This is the true thought in his heart, he has been holding it back before, and he didn't say it, because he didn't know whether his method was appropriate, and he didn't know whether the so-called things in Zhu Dapeng's soul could be suitable for this era, but after experiencing so many things recently, he became more and more determined that those ideas must be taken out and tried, even if they failed, it was better than like now, just replacing Meng Yuan's banner with the banner of the Huai'an Army, and the others were basically like cats and tigers.

What has been established in this way is not the country he wants, and the trouble he faces when he does things so carefully is no less than letting go of it, and at the moment, with his own prestige in the Huai'an army, no matter what he does, the resistance will not be too great, and once everyone has formed the habit of following the old rules, and then wants to make some changes, it will not be an overnight thing.

Sure enough, after hearing the firm taste in his words, everyone was immediately not confused, on the contrary, there were people who understood a lot of meanings that were not originally meant by them, "Wonderful, the chief is very good, if the government tries the case like this, if there is an unjust case in the future, it is not the government's business, and those old people who participated in the trial are the culprits." ”

"Well, the governor's move is very ancient, the ancients had an allusion to the government and the people, and the governor's move is even more innovative."

"Well, after this move, the people of Yangzhou will definitely return to the governor, and exchange the hearts of 600,000 people for a trial.

What is this, Zhu Bayi was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, he tried Zhang Mingjian and others to win the hearts of the people, he must have a little bit of this plan, but it was not as absolute as the staff below, and he didn't realize what ancient sages to emulate just now, as for blaming all the mistakes on the jury members, the government will always be a good person, it is even more unthinkable.

"But the local elders may not all be fair." Lu Lu was the older and the most cautious, frowning and whispering.

"Thirteen people, it is impossible for all of them to be wolf-hearted, in front of so many bystanders, they have to pretend to be some people." Zhu Bayi thought about it and explained patiently.

"As soon as someone takes a bribe."

"It was a different person each time, and it wasn't until the day before the trial that the decision was made on who would be involved."

"Once there is a relationship or enmity between the criminal and an old man."

"Close relatives recuse themselves, the plaintiff and the defendant have the right to ask for a replacement, but not this time, Zhang Mingjian and others have enmity with people all over Yangzhou, and they have no right to ask anyone to recuse themselves."

With the fragments of memory left by Zhu Dapeng, Zhu Eighty-one kept solving the questions raised by everyone, the method may not work, but it never hurts to try, he now belongs to the stage of painting on a blank paper, no matter how he paints, whether he paints beautifully or ugly, it is the first stroke, and there is still enough room for modification and compensation in the future.

The emergence of any new thing must be immature, and there are always many loopholes, so on the way back to Yangzhou, Zhu Bayi answered different questions almost every day, and then he also tried to make up for these loopholes, sometimes he was annoyed by the questions, and even exhausted, and planned to give up, but when he thought that these were all from Zhu Dapeng's memory, he gritted his teeth and persevered, because the things in Zhu Dapeng's memory, so far, have brought him a great boost to the Huai'an Army, The things in Zhu Dapeng's memory are basically things that have been verified by time and practice, and it is unlikely that they will take him into the gutter.

Time flies in the busy, when Zhu Eighty-one returned to Yangzhou with a large number of soldiers and horses, it was already the eighth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of the Lunar Month, because Han Shantong, the king of Xiaoming, could not be found for a long time, and the northern red scarf had not been established, so the year name of the Great Yuan Dynasty was still used in various places, which made many people feel awkward, so everyone was not in a hurry to mention the stubble of Zhang Mingjian, but they all gathered together in the makeshift tent, and secretly signaled to Zhu Eighty-one, while the month of Wax was not over, the new year did not start, Hurry up and think about the question of the new year's year name.

"Well, let's wait for Marshal Liu." Soon after he conquered Huai'an, he contacted the Jingjiao people in Guò City and determined that the current year was 1352 A.D., and there was an interval of nearly 700 years from the world in Zhu Dapeng's memory, and as for the twelfth year of "Zhizheng" or the second year of "Zhiping", it was actually just a question of the way of recording, and there was not much difference, and he barely made another one, which would only add to the chaos, (Note 1)

"Liu Shuai sent another wave of messengers, hoping that the governor could see his face and let Fan Shutong go." Hearing that Zhu Bayi didn't want to completely break with Liu Futong, the elder Shi Lulu hesitated for a moment and advised again, "He is a swaggering and deceitful magic stick, there is no point in killing him, keeping him can be somewhat useful." ”

"Whether to kill him or not depends on the outcome of the trial." Zhu Eighty-one was very stubborn in his reaction to this matter, and responded without hesitation, "Have you discussed the level of punishment and the result, after discussing it, it will be put on paper, and the sentence will be based on this in the future, until the next time I feel that I need to make a big change, I will use it as the standard." ”

"Lu is fortunate not to be dishonored." Lu Lu Zeng immediately straightened his body and lightly arched his hand, compared to interceding with Fan Shutong, obviously, the latter thing is of greater significance, formulating the sentencing standards for different crimes, and using it as a reference for the future trial, this is equivalent to drafting a criminal law for the entire Huai'an Army jurisdiction, put it in the past, that is the work of the founding prime minister, so no matter what, you can't slack off.

"I'll see how it's decided." Zhu Bayi glanced at the old jinshi in surprise, and didn't understand why the latter suddenly became so excited.

"Governor, please wait." Lu Lu had immediately run out with an action that was extremely incommensurate with his age, and after a while, he returned to the handsome tent with a thick stack of papers, and presented his hard work to Zhu Eighty-one with both hands, "The governor has taken a look at it, and a total of five types of capital punishments such as chopping, splitting, beheading, hanging, and plunge have been drafted, and there are nine types of major punishments such as slashing, palace, rod, stream, and prison, and there are other twenty-one types of minor punishments, six categories."

"Why make it so complicated." Before Lu Lu finished speaking, Zhu Eighty-one hesitated to interrupt, in Zhu Dapeng's memory fragments, it seems that the punishment of criminals in later generations is only the death penalty, imprisonment, and supervision of labor, and even many countries have even given up the death penalty, although he will not be soft enough to let the murderer avoid death, but a death penalty can make five tricks, which is too much.

However, this time, Lu Luzeng didn't plan to give in anymore, blowing his beard and glaring, and responded angrily, "No, how can you deter those who commit adultery, besides, how can killing one person be the same as killing ten people, blocking the road to rob and killing, and fighting in the street to kill people, how can it be the same, gathering a crowd to rebel, and "

"Then are you still going to connect the rebels with the Nine Clans?" Zhu Bayi really couldn't understand the other party's thoughts, so he hesitated to interrupt again.

"That's natural, it's been the case in all dynasties and generations in ancient times, even if there is an amnesty in the world, the rebels and their families are not included in the amnesty." Lu Lu nodded solemnly and responded loudly.

"In troubled times, you should use heavy codes." Chen Ji, who joined the army lightly and refused to speak, also stepped forward and loudly gave Lu Lu Zeng help, "The lord is merciful, but he can't be soft-hearted at this moment, if he feels that this law is too strict, after the world is under great control, another one will be formulated, but at the moment, either the law will not be formulated, and if it is formulated, it must be severely punished and the law must be severe, and the world will be deterred from committing adultery and criminals." ”

"In the past, Zhuge Prime Minister ruled the Shu family, there were clouds, and the water was soft, but the number of people who died in the water every year in the world was unknown, and the fire was fierce, and few people went to the fire ** and died" Another Luo Ben, who joined the army, also stepped forward and quoted scriptures.

"It doesn't have to be so harsh." Zhu Bayi waved his hand and interrupted in a low voice, "Kill it, kill it, why kill so many tricks, besides, what are palace punishments and executions, do you still think that there are few disabled people in the world, then it is better to kill him directly!" lest he be resentful day and night. ”

"Hmm." Most of the people agreed with Zhu Eighty-one's last sentence, the palace punishment and the punishment of the punishment that directly disables people will indeed make the punished resentful for a lifetime, but if these two punishments are directly changed to hanging, it is obviously too much, after all, there are some culpables, and they are not to the point where the prisoner must die.

Just as he was hesitating, he heard Zhu Eighty-one say in a consultative tone, "It's better to do this, the death penalty will end with hanging and beheading, and the palace punishment and the execution will be changed to imprisonment and fines, so that he will become a poor egg forever, and it is not much better to keep it than to let him become a eunuch, what do you think, Zhu heard that there were no two kinds of punishment in the Song Dynasty, so we can't be more cruel than the Mengyuan court." (Note 2)

Note 1: Zhiping is Xu Shouhui's year name, and his country name is Tianwan, and the year name is Zhiping.

Note 2: China's punishments, since the Tang Dynasty, have gradually become more and more humane, and later under the influence of Jin and Mengyuan, they quickly became harsh, and many punishments in the early Ming Dynasty were directly inherited from the Mengyuan, so they were particularly harsh.

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