Fengtian Temple, the scene of the court meeting.

Zhu Si asked with a straight face, "Sun Butang, are you teaching me how to do things?"

Sun Jiao took out a sincere and fearful attitude, raised the wat board and bowed his head, meaning that I will not fight with you.

Zhu Si looked around and said angrily: "In this matter, I don't know why I have come to such a situation, it seems that I can only bring the parties involved to the trial...... Where is the prefect of Yongpyeong Province now?"

This was asked in public.

How did the people present know where Zhu Hao was, they looked at each other one by one, staring at each other with big eyes.

Huang Jin, who was standing next to Zhang Zuo, approached and reported: "Your Majesty, Zhu Zhifu is still in Yongping Mansion, but he has been guarded by Jinyi Guard."

"Isn't it there?"

Zhu Si frowned, thought for a while, and said, "There's no need to be detained! Didn't you hear what Sun Butang said? In terms of responsibility for this matter, we will not pursue it to the local prefect, who was originally responsible for taking care of the mine, and even if there is a mistake, it is not a major crime...... Let's put it first."

"Your Majesty, before the matter is clarified, if the criminal is easily released, I am afraid that it will make him ......" Huang Jin didn't say anything, and Zhang Zuo on the side hurriedly advised, as if he did not agree with the emperor's proposition.

"Humph!"

Zhu Si smiled coldly, his eyes turned to Sun Jiao, but his mouth was answering Zhang Zuo's question, "You don't want to tell me that the Zhu Governor's Mansion is the initiator of this matter, in fact, he is the one who secretly hid the pig iron, and if I let him go, he will abandon the official and abscond, right?"

Zhang Zuo hurriedly bowed down and said, "The slave didn't mean that."

"Then let it go." Zhu Si was resolute, "That Yongpingwei is in command, and that is the Li Bo who is responsible for transporting pig iron, where is he now?"

Huang Jindao: "Your Majesty, the people have been escorted to the Jingshi and are waiting for Your Majesty's ruling."

Zhu Si immediately said angrily, "What else is the ruling? Without my will, he directly transferred the pig iron under my name, he is the military attache of the guard, is it within his duty to take care of the mine? Soldiers, did you order him to do something?"

Peng Ze, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came out and said firmly: "The Ministry of War has never issued such an official document."

Zhu Sidao: "Who instructed him to do it?"

Huang Jindao: "The confession of the criminal was written by Huai Roubo to let him do so."

"Okay, Huai Roubo has eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, a martial artist, and has nothing to do with local affairs, and he actually dares to bypass the yamen at all levels of the imperial court, and directly give orders to Yongpingwei to command the affairs and do things for him, doesn't that mean that today to transfer pig iron, tomorrow will lead troops to rebel?"

Zhu Si was annoyed.

However, his anger was excusable, and after saying this, the ministers present also felt that the emperor's anger was not untargeted.

The local guard post is only ordered by the governor of the five armies and the military department, and to mobilize the troops and horses, it is necessary to have orders from both sides, and even the local garrison eunuchs can only dispatch troops and horses with the emperor's order.

The matter is smaller, but you Huairoubo borrowed the old department to help with private affairs, which belongs to public and private use.

To put it mildly, this is an unauthorized transfer of troops, and it is a big taboo, and it is possible to lose the official position and abandon the knighthood at the least, or to behead the whole house.

Sun Jiao walked again and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister visited Huai Roubo the day before yesterday and learned that he was also unintentionally wrong, he just wanted to cooperate with the imperial court to transfer that batch of pig iron to a safe place, and never thought that something would go wrong."

Zhu Si said: "Oh, listen to what Sun Lao Butang means, it's not Huai Roubo's responsibility, that's the responsibility of the local prefect?"

Sun Jiao, wait for me here? That's fine, when I didn't say it.

Sun Jiao didn't even have a word of defense, and retreated to the court again.

Zhu Si said coldly: "Sun Butang, don't be in a hurry to go back, I will ask you, how did I tell you the day before yesterday?"

Sun Jiao was in front of all the ministers, and he didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Sidao: "I have always been reasonable, I don't tell myself to take things, I am a thief, now I don't ask whether the iron is mine or the imperial court, but Huairoubo and the people of the local guard station stole the things of the Ming Dynasty, isn't this stealing? even if

No matter how big the reason is, you have to move your things away, and now you have lost them, do you have to pay for them?"

The ministers present were all watching Zhu Si and Sun Jiao's performance, and no one could come out to interject.

It's not that they don't want to say it, it's because they basically don't know the cause and effect of the matter, and they want to come out and express their opinions, and they don't even know the details, is that to stick their heads out and make people slap their faces?

"So my request is very simple, pay according to the price, even if it is discounted...... Oh, by the way, how much is that pig iron worth?" Zhu Si asked.

Zhang Zuo reminded: "Fifty thousand taels."

"Okay, I'm a little more generous, even if it's 40,000 taels! Huai Roubo and Li Bo, are you going to return this batch of pig iron to me at a discount, and to the imperial court?" Zhu Si asked sharply.

Zhang Zuo said: "Your Majesty is not to blame in the past, and only asks him to compensate for the losses of the imperial court, which is reasonable."

Zhu Si looked at Jin Xianmin, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and asked, "Jin Zongxian, what do you think?"

Jin Xianmin was listening carefully, but he didn't expect that he could also be involved, and he was suddenly questioned by the emperor, who, as the head of the Imperial Court, understood that the emperor had any problems in asking him about legal principles.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a thing in all dynasties, and there is no way to rely on it.

After a little hesitation, Jin Xianmin replied respectfully: "If the missing thing is owned by the imperial court, Huai Roubo's move is theft and perverting the law for bribes. If it is His Majesty's property, Huai Roubo is at least responsible for failing to keep it, and His Majesty has the right to decide how to pursue it."

Jin Xianmin is probably talking about the rules of the people.

Something is public, and it is a crime whether the person taking it intentionally or unintentionally.

However, if the thing is private, the victim has the right to decide whether to pursue it or not, or how to pursue it, and there are also relevant cases in the people, probably that if the thief did not do anything too excessive, the victim has the right to forgive, and only let him return the thing.

Zhu Sidao: "Okay, I will let Huai Roubo compensate 40,000 taels of silver, what is your opinion?"

When the emperor said this, it was clear that he wanted to make Shi Zan bankrupt.

Jiang Mian really couldn't listen to it anymore, and seeing that Yang Tinghe was not good to come forward, he hurriedly stepped forward and said righteously: "Your Majesty, there are still many doubts in this matter, and the imperial court should send people to the local area to investigate in detail, and the people involved in the case should also be handed over to the Criminal Department and the Three Law Divisions for interrogation, so as to find the lost things as soon as possible."

Zhu Si sneered, "Looking for? Now that something is lost, it must be found, but when will it be found? If you can't find it for a day, you will let me and the court bear the loss? Elder Jiang Ge, your principle of doing things is to delay things indefinitely when something happens? Can't you let Huai Roubo send someone to find it while compensating? If I find it, I'll give it back to him!"

Jiang Mian hurriedly said, "The minister didn't mean that."

Zhu Si scolded: "You shouldn't stand up, I am extraordinarily gracious, I don't pursue Huai Roubo's crimes of overstepping his authority and perverting the law for bribes, and only let him compensate for this batch of pig iron, isn't this unreasonable?" As for Li Bo, I don't want to pursue it too much, after all, he also acts according to orders."

"I just want to know, why did Huai Roubo and Li Bo do this? With their status, is it necessary to get along with me like this?"

At this time, Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, came out and said: "Your Majesty, Huai Roubo has nothing to do with the mining of Yongping Mansion, if he really ordered the local guard to help transfer it, then his original intention was to keep this batch of pig iron for himself."

Zhu Sidao: "Listen, the Ministry of Industry finally said a pertinent word, why do some people can't understand this simple truth?"

Yang Tinghe endured it again and again, and wanted to stand up and interrupt the emperor several times, or to suppress the emperor's arrogance, but in the end, he held back.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yang Tinghe is not lightly angry.

Zhu Sidao: "I originally planned to interrogate Huai Roubo and Li Bo in front of you, but now that they have talked about this, do you think it is still necessary?"

No one spoke.

Even Lin Jun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who has always been hot-tempered, chose to watch the fire from the other side this time.

Because until now, Lin Jun doesn't know what kind of attitude civil officials should maintain.

Looks...... It's just that Huai Roubo and Li Bo, the two military attaches of the metropolitan government system, were held accountable, does this have anything to do with civil officials? Besides, what these two people did did did break the rules of Chaoyan, why did you send the commander of the local guard station to act? If it is a principle, the secretary of the criminal department should be right to Shi Zhan, let alone speak for him.

"Well, in that case, then the matter is settled."

Zhu Sidao, "If Huai Roubo can't pay this silver, he will copy Li Hao's house, how many are counted, if it's not enough, the next step is to copy Zhu Hao's house!"

Zhang Zuo reminded: "Your Majesty, you have forgotten that Governor Zhu bears great responsibility for this matter, and perhaps it should be ......."

"Even if he is responsible, should he be responsible for someone stealing? Besides, the batch of pig iron was thrown away after he handed it over to Li Boring...... In this way, it should be very reasonable to let him rank third when he loses money! If Huai Roubo and Li Bo can pay for it, I won't ask him for it!"

Zhu Si meant, we talked about the order of accountability before, but now it is the turn to lose money, and the order cannot be changed.

first punished Huai Roubo and Li Bo, one of these two exceeded his authority to give orders, and the other dared to take orders? The responsibilities of those two should be equal, but in view of Huai Roubo's high level, it may be that Li Bo succumbed to the pressure from above, and Huai Roubo lost money first, followed by Li Bo.

In the end, it was Zhu Hao's turn.

Don't even think about running!

Sun Jiaodao: "Your Majesty, 40,000 taels of silver, this is not a small amount, ordinary people don't talk about compensation, even if it is a few generations, they can't even earn a fraction. Your Majesty might as well ask for the guilt directly."

Zhu Si sneered: "I have heard that this official of the Ming Dynasty has a lot of oil and water, and Huai Roubo has been a minister of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and he has guarded in various places, and he naturally has merit and hard work, but the imperial court has never treated their family badly!"

"Now that Huai Roubo dares to overstep the order and let the local health office do things for him, he should take responsibility, and it is a big deal to sleep on the streets after raiding his house, or go out to borrow money, and slowly repay it in the future. Could it be that only caring about the life and death of Huairoubo's family can make the imperial court bear such losses?"