Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty returned to the south study and wrote a letter with a pen.

At present, the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the holy decree is still the holy decree, but the holy decree related to the national policy level must go through the cabinet, in fact, the Ming Emperor and the cabinet have also had a detailed discussion on the grading of the holy decree, which is regarded as an agreed standard.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty gave Bai Minghe a private message, which is not a holy decree and is not related to national policy.

The key to the content of the letter is in one sentence, asking what kind of Cheng dù is it at the moment. Of course, if it is very low, the Ming Emperor built yì, note that the construction yì is used here, not the meaning of how I want to, and the construction of yì white name crane can be added a little more.

If it is too ruthless, I also advise Bai Minghe not to provoke the people of Wajima.

Of course, the Ming Emperor never thought that Bai Minghe was a ruthless person, from the style of Bai Minghe in the Ming Dynasty, no one has a mortal enmity with him, but there are not many people who are afraid of Bai Minghe, it is because of the principle of Bai Minghe's actions, the first is not to hurt people's lives, and the second is not to harm the family.

The white crane is not ruthless enough, and the time has come to test him.

Not only in Nanjing, but also in the capital and Fujian, the corruption case is a shocking case.

It's not because these people are greedy, but because people moved Haisi's cake, and touched the taboo of Bai Minghe, and hurt the face of Emperor Mingming.

The evidence is sufficient, and the third-rate guards sold by the political secretary are not at all resistant. The governor of Fujian did not come forward, just the news that Lanhai publicly returned to Fujian to repair the fleet, so that all the third-rate guards defected, and more than a dozen commanders, with the same knowledge, were tied up by the veterans of the guard and sent to Fujian.

As for the local officials. The guard did not dare to do anything, but many veterans surrounded the yamen and the places where they lived, just waiting for the upper ones to come and get people.

"Lao He, we have grown up together since childhood, fifty years." A guard in Fujian Province who was tied up couldn't figure it out.

"Tie it up!" The hundred households named Lao Bao first ordered his subordinates to add another rope. Then he explained: "Lao Tzu originally thought that you, the old boy, dared to build a shipyard because of the order of Shangfeng." But you are letting all the old brothers accompany you to lose your head, we can't afford this kind of thing! ”

"How do you know this?"

"The third daughter of my family got married at the end of the year, and she married the son of the old Zhao family of the Royal Praetorian Guard. The position of the first mate of the dark incense is still reserved for the three daughters of my family, how do you say that Lao Tzu knows about you. ”

Needless to explain, the Royal Janissary is the power of the British Gong Zhang Mao.

But Dark Fragrance, the one who knows the inside story doesn't know that these are the private soldiers of the White Crane, and the income of a first mate in a year is more than three times higher than that of the captain of the Royal Praetorian Guard.

Even if it is a woman, she still keeps her military registration after giving birth to a baby. And you can turn to a dock steward.

The whole of Fujian was arresting people, and the homes of the two political envoys were copied, and 700,000 taels of silver and 50,000 taels of gold were copied. Not counting other gold, silver and jewelry, this is already a capital offense to destroy the family.

Whether it's Jiangnan, or the capital, or even the entire Ming Dynasty, they're staring at it.

"Lord Bai, the crime has been decided. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, this is a capital offense. How to use the punishment, Lord Bai will give an opinion. ”

"Isn't it a decapitation?" The white crane was puzzled.

The secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department explained: "This is a capital crime. It is also divided into several types. Poisoning, hanging, and punishment are considered punishments, beheading and cane death are medium punishments, and Ling Chi and waist beheading are upper punishments. The rest of the punishments were too cruel to be used. ”

Bai Minghe listened to the numbness of his scalp, and said in his heart that some cruel things were abolished, aren't these kinds cruel?

"I'm afraid this Ling Chi won't be needed!" Bai Minghe asked again.

"It works. Privately building sea vessels and colluding with the South China Seas to carry out meticulous work according to the charges already belong to the ten evils. And his favorite concubine, who was jealous, brutalized three women from good families. It is also one of the ten evils. ”

said that it was a good family, but the white-named crane was clear that one was a widow and had an affair with Zuo Bu Zhengsi. was killed by his favorite concubine, and the other was a sea lady, but when the concubine was traveling, it seemed that because she soiled her clothes, she was beaten to death by the family. The last one was because Zuo Bu had the intention to take a concubine, so he was jealous of his favorite concubine, and beat someone to death in the woman's house before he entered the door.

This is the type of society that belongs to the ten evils, the dangerous hài.

"After all, he is also a scholar, Ling Chi's punishment has not been used for many years, let's be lighter." Shirana Crane expressed his opinion.

At the moment, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Criminal Department wrote in the case file that he would abandon the city.

Bai Minghe didn't understand these punishments, at least not with his own eyes. In his opinion, it is a knife cut anyway, and cutting off the head and cutting it in half are death anyway, and there is not much difference.

But the waist cut is different, after the beheading, the person can still live for a few hours, and he will definitely die in extreme pain.

"So, what about his favorite concubine. Sent to the army as a slave, it is estimated that he will die in three or five days. "The words of the Shangshu of the Nanjing Criminal Department are very vague, the army is a slave, and the number of people is unlimited, and it is really to be killed alive.

Fortunately, Bai Minghe understood this and shook his head: "This kind of slut, don't dirty my Ming sergeant." ”

"That's a good point." Zhang Feng clapped his hands and praised, in his eyes, this kind of slut should ride a wooden donkey, or strip naked and wear a heavy flail to parade on the street.

"That's it, since it's a woman, leave a whole corpse!"

"It's not good, according to Da Ming's law, this kind of slut is at least a sentence. The woman's torture of the whole corpse is nothing more than poison and Bai Ling, it is too cheap for this slut. Beat him to death with a cane, and break his hands and feet to give an explanation to the bitter master. "The Shangshu of the Nanjing Criminal Department thinks that the punishment is too light, after all, it is three lives, and it is also a heinous felony.

Bai Minghe thought about it and nodded silently.

At this time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing said: "The old man has a building yì, using electricity!" ”

Electric chairs? The white crane was really scared.

The white crane understands this, but others may not understand. The Ministry of Industry Shangshu explained: "A few days ago, when the craftsmen were testing the spark coil, Lord Bai explained in advance that the power was too large and there was danger. One of the craftsmen accidentally touched it, and his arm was numb all day, so he touched it gently. ”

"Can this electrocute someone?" The Criminal Department Shangshu asked.

"Yes, the old man saw with his own eyes, a mouse got into the coil barrel, and in a few breaths it was electrocuted. In order to warn the craftsmen to be careful, the foreman's master craftsman found a sheep and electrocuted it anyway. People are afraid that they will not last much longer than sheep, so the craftsmen have been extra careful lately. The old man thought that electricity was a divine object, originally a thunderbolt in the sky, and Lord Bai used a wonderful method to introduce it to the world, and this thing should have a sense of awe. For the great use of the future, it is also necessary to make the people have a sense of reverence. ”

"Then it's ordered, electricity!"

One person used electricity, and as a result, several old guys discussed it and added a total of four electrocutions.

Of these, only two were given death. Poison was used, because they were clansmen, and the rest of the clans were reduced to commoners.

According to the punishment of the Ming Law Clan, men can be commoners, but women cannot. Even if it is a concubine, it is also after Gaozu, how can she be bullied by the common people. Therefore, the daughter of the clan will be sent to the capital and enter the palace as slaves.

As for the female dependents of the family of officials such as the chief secretary, then they are official slaves, and this can be disposed of at will.

Even if there is no sin, even if you have never done anything bad, this is the involvement of a great sin. This is what the law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates, and the Sixth Department of Nanjing came to discuss with Bai Minghe, in fact, it is choosing a standard for conviction, and the crime has been decided.

"One last one, Lord Bai. Side-branch participants, if defined! ”

This question stumped the white crane, to put it bluntly, it is how many people are implicated, draw a line, and those who cross the line are either slaves or maids. If you don't cross the line, let it go. This is also the practice of the Ming Dynasty.

The white crane couldn't answer.

Everyone didn't rush him, they just waited for Bai Minghe to make a decision, and Bai Minghe couldn't say it at this time, let you call the shots. This is an opportunity to show off its feathers, and the white crane cannot choose to give up.

Xu Chengzong, who was dozing off with half-squinted eyes, didn't even open his eyes, and shouted: "Xiaobai, you don't have to think about what the Daming Law is like there, you can't figure out this thing." You just have to say, light, medium, heavy. Take your pick! Xu Chengzong gave Bai Minghe face, and did not mention that Bai Minghe was in a dilemma.

Bai Minghe gritted his teeth: "Heavy!" ”

"Isn't this just a good idea, since you have chosen the heavy, some people in the criminal department are proficient in the terms of the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Just take it seriously! ”

Xu Chengzong stood up and patted Bai Minghe's shoulder: "Simple things make you so complicated. I heard that the Japanese girl over there is almost trained, let's go! Let the old brother take a look. "Xu Chengzong said in his heart, Bai Minghe, don't listen here, how serious is that you will relent.

"Didn't you say it would start in three days?" Xiao Rong, who had not spoken, also asked.

"Lao Tzu will go and see first, okay!" Xu Chengzong roared, and Xiao Rong laughed dryly. Xu Chengzong also smiled: "Don't worry, Xiaobai will definitely pick a good one and set it aside for a while." A few of you are busy first, and my father will go and have a look! Xu Chengzong pulled the white crane and left.

When he went out, Xu Chengzong's face became stern.

"There's nothing wrong with being serious, you're not alone. You have to protect your family, and you have to protect the thousands of people behind you, and the kindness of women will make you turn away from virtue behind you, because they will think that you cannot be relied on. ”

What Guogong said is that the younger generation also thought of this, so they chose to be serious. However, the younger generation still wants to know, how big is the difference between this medium and heavy? ”

Xu Chengzong stopped and thought for a moment: "According to this case, it is estimated that there are at least a thousand people!" ”

Bai Minghe really gasped, and if he said a word in his mouth, thousands of people would be imprisoned and hundreds would be enslaved. Even if it was to protect himself, this number made Shira-naka Crane feel a little uncomfortable.

Xu Chengzong patted Bai Minghe's shoulder: "Bai Minghe, my father is optimistic about you." Take out your ruthlessness towards the Japanese people, and the national government guarantees that no one in the Ming Dynasty will dare to mess around again. Today's 1,000 people are just to let fewer people find their own lives in the future! (To be continued......)