763, cut off the hope of the eldest grandson's family
"Eldest Sun Chong, do you have anything else to say?" Ma Zhou asked.
"There's nothing more to say, and since it's in your hands, I'm sorry. I'm going to see what you're going to do with me. The eldest grandson snorted coldly.
And Ma Zhou looked at Jingwen, and then asked, "Jie Shuai, what should I do?" ”
"Ask me what I'm doing? Just dispose of it according to the law? Jingwen said.
"......" Ma Zhou was speechless.
Of course, Ma Zhou knew how to deal with it according to the law, and in ancient times, tax evasion was a great crime, and it was easy to touch the standard of the death penalty. The tax evaded by Eldest Sun Chong this time was already enough to cut off his head more than a dozen times. However, here's the problem, no matter how this eldest grandson Chong is, he is also the son of the eldest grandson Wuji and the nephew of the eldest grandson queen. No matter what, there are still three catties of nails in the rotten ship, although the eldest grandson Wuji has lost the trust of the emperor at present, but Uncle Lang's family is close to each other, breaking bones and tendons! After all, the eldest grandson Wuji is the uncle of the crown prince and the elder brother of the eldest grandson queen, even if Li Shimin does not trust him, it is impossible to really treat him badly.
And now, if Ma Zhou orders the death sentence of Changsun Chong, then I am afraid that he will offend people at that time. The Empress Emperor and the Crown Prince can't do anything to Jingwen, so isn't Ma Zhou just a gas bag? At that time, although Ma Zhou is strictly enforcing the law, as a superior, who will care so much about you? Although it is impossible for people to treat you in this matter, they can put on small shoes for you at any time, so where will Ma Zhou cry when the time comes! Ma Zhou is not a person who can be like Wei Zheng, who would rather not have a head than admonish. So, now that Jingwen threw this hot potato to him, he felt a headache!
With the pressure of Jingwen on the one hand, and the pressure of the future emperor and empress crown prince on the other, Ma Zhou immediately had a choice.
"Now, listen to my verdict! The suspect, Sun Chong, borrowed sandbags to transport perfume. Preparing to trade in the name of sand, evading taxes as much as more than 400 yuan, the crime is unforgivable. According to the laws of our Datang Dynasty, we will punish those who have been punished, treat the sick and save people, and prepare to sentence them to prison and wait for them, and decide whether to enforce them again after the fall of next year. Ma Zhou shouted.
"Smack!" Ma Zhou took a picture of the shocking wood, which means that the verdict is over.
"Damn, he really deserves to be the future prime minister, so slippery and hands-free!" Jing Wen scolded in his heart.
Originally, Jingwen wanted to use Ma Zhou's hand. Come and kill this eldest grandson Chong, after all, Jingwen doesn't want to keep a scourge waiting to harm him. But now Ma Zhou is so cunning, although he was sentenced to death, he was sentenced to prison.
The so-called beheading of prison is a suspended death sentence in the words of later generations. Although the death sentence was imposed, he was temporarily detained and waited for another review in the autumn of the following year, when he looked at the prisoner's face and decided again whether or not to carry out the execution. This is also known as the beheading of the prisoner. That is, the death penalty is only suspended.
But this is very problematic, according to the rules of beheading, that is, the relevant news must be sent to Chang'an, and then let Chang'an's Criminal Department review it. But now the criminal department is still in the book. That is, Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, Li Xueyan's father. When the time comes, will Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, really behead the eldest grandson? Of course this is impossible, after all, the eldest grandson Chong is the queen's nephew!
Ma Zhou clearly knows this. That's why he deliberately sentenced him to a prison sentence, so that there is still a long time before next autumn, enough for those eldest grandsons Wuji. There is also the Empress Emperor who carried out "activities". With such sufficient time, it is completely possible to give the capital crime of the eldest grandson Chong to "Gaping", so that the eldest grandson Chong, who was bound to die, may have some "meritorious service" for no reason, what all kinds of helping the grandmother cross the road, and what innovative inventions. In this way, isn't the commutation of the sentence a matter of course? Ma Zhou knew this, so he deliberately made a beheading guard, and then waited for the above to deal with these things. Ma Zhou is tantamount to handing over the contradictions and pressures, and he doesn't care about it.
But Jingwen couldn't say anything, just now he still looked like he was "law-abiding" and did not interfere in judicial trials. If he interferes with Ma Zhou's verdict now, then I'm afraid the good impression he left on the people just now will be gone, so Jingwen can't interfere with it, so Jingwen can only suffer a dumb loss. He didn't expect that Ma Zhou would be so cunning and hand over this contradiction.
After the interrogation, Jingwen came to the prison and prepared to visit the eldest grandson.
"Hahahaha, Jingwen, you've failed! Kill me, you can't kill me at all! Waiting for the prison is enough for my father and the emperor and queen to prepare. And, I can assure you, you will never kill me secretly now, and if I die at you, you will not be able to tell if you have a dozen mouths. Changsun Chong said.
Eldest Sun Chong was very proud, and what Jingwen could think of, he could also think of. Of course, he knew that this prisoner would never be executed, so he had nothing to fear. Even, Jingwen really can't secretly attack him here, if he dies here, then Jingwen really can't say clearly. When the time comes, Empress Changsun will also hate Jingwen to death. Of course, Jingwen didn't want to lose the favor of Empress Changsun, so naturally he couldn't secretly kill Changsun Chong. After all, it is still impossible to offend the queen for the sake of an eldest grandson.
"Hmph, eldest grandson Chong, you are not even a tenth of your father. You just thought that I couldn't kill you, but couldn't I keep you in prison for ten or twenty years, or even a lifetime? Jingwen asked.
And Changsun Chong's face changed, and he suddenly realized a problem. That is, although Jingwen will not kill the eldest grandson Chong, but give him a "life sentence", which Jingwen can completely do. And as long as the eldest grandson Chong does not die, the eldest grandson Empress and the emperor Li Shimin can't say anything. And Changsun Chong is obvious, and he probably knows the bottom line of the emperor and empress, that is, Changsun Chong can't die. However, if the situation of ensuring that Changsun Chong does not die, it is completely possible for Changsun Chong to live in prison for the rest of his life, and then this will just reach Li Shimin's bottom line.
However, Jingwen will not choose this way, Jingwen does not need the eldest grandson Chong to live in prison for the rest of his life. As long as Changsun Chong has lived in prison for ten or twenty years, it can be completely miserable. Moreover, this means that there is no successor to the eldest grandson's family.
The eldest grandson Wuji knows that his son, the eldest grandson, is more successful, and the other sons are not very successful. If Jingwen let the eldest grandson Chong live in prison for more than ten or twenty years, then the eldest grandson family really has little hope of rising. And ten or twenty years later, according to the experience of the ancients, the eldest grandson Wuji may have passed away, and then the eldest grandson queen and the eldest grandson family will also be broken, who will be able to take care of the eldest grandson family?
At that time, even if the eldest grandson rushes out of prison, the eldest grandson's family will be completely declining, and there will be no hope.
"Jingwen, you are shameless!" Changsun Chong said angrily again. (To be continued......)