Imperial City, Council Hall.

Zhai Ruwen said: "The previous dynasty treated scholars leniently, resulting in many officials being corrupt, and the new dynasty should indeed impose strict laws." But "Da Ming Law" is too grim and unreasonable. ”

"Take Xu Fuyan's three sons as an example, they are not separated. The eldest son and the second son were both Qing officials, and repeated investigations by the Inspectorate and the Criminal Department only found that they had received some gifts. According to the "Da Ming Law", the three sons committed a major crime and sat together with the household register, and the two incorruptible brothers were also exiled. ”

"May I ask the official family and the crown prince, is it the right thing for a wise king to exile two honest officials for no reason?"

"If the decree is implemented like this, the Ming officialdom will be in a loud voice, and even the Qing officials are afraid of being implicated by their families. Will it be counterproductive? Anyway, no matter how good his political performance is, anyway, if he is an honest official, he may be exiled by being killed. That simply took the corpse vegetarian meal, and even hurried to embezzle and enjoy. ”

"Good laws shouldn't force good people to become bad people!"

"Good laws shouldn't embarrass law-abiding people."

"Good laws need to be reasonable to be easy to enforce."

Take the former Song Dynasty as an example, in order to prevent officials from exploiting the people, officials were not allowed to buy daily necessities inside and outside the city. If a county magistrate wants to abide by the law, he can't even buy a brush in the county town, and he must send a servant to buy it in the town. Who obeys such a law? Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, you were too punctual in the previous dynasty, but you complied with this decree? ”

Zhu Ming didn't answer immediately, he also realized that there was something wrong with the "Da Ming Law".

The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was too child's play, and there were many people who were benevolent, and there may be more than ten people in the clan who were officials, and the founding of the Ming Dynasty accepted these people.

If the family sits together, once there is a big case, it will cause a shock in the officialdom of the whole country.

Therefore, Zhu Ming revised the "Da Ming Law" and sat together according to the household registration book.

Otherwise, Xu Fuyan and his two brothers are all officials, and their sons have eight officials. What is the difference between a son who is not an official and a tyrant who sits in eight officials in a row? It's no wonder that the corporal in the world doesn't make trouble!

Now it has been changed to sit together according to the household registration book, and there is still the same problem when encountering major cases.

Xu Fuyan is the founder of the country, and his two sons are also local officials. The father and son are not greedy, because one bastard who is not an official is implicated, is it reasonable to implicate them all?

Even if he is held responsible, it is Xu Fuyan himself who is responsible, because the youngest son is making money under the banner of his father.

What does this have to do with Xu Fuyan's eldest son and second son who are far away from the capital?

Zhu Ming turned his head to look at his father.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "You decide for yourself. ”

Zhu Ming thought for a long time and said:

"Xu Fuyan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, dismissed him from all official positions, stripped him of his writings since his birth, and took back the houses and land he had been rewarded for at the founding of the country."

"Xu Fuyan, that bastard's youngest son, kill him!"

"According to the amount of stolen money found in the interrogation, a fine of five times will be imposed, and this money will be paid by Xu Fuyan."

Xu Fuyan's eldest son and second son ordered Zhishi to return to his hometown, and their children and grandchildren could take the imperial examination. But the youngest son's children and grandchildren are not allowed to take the imperial examination within three generations! ”

"Who has any objections?"

The ministers looked at each other, but they still felt that the punishment was too heavy.

This is a dragon hero at the level of Shangshu, and it is enough to be ordered to retire. actually dismissed all official positions and deprived them of their origins, leaving no mercy.

But no one spoke out against it, because the prince had already made concessions.

If you stand from the perspective of Xu Fuyan's eldest son and second son, the two of them are really wronged. worked diligently for the court, and he was not greedy for any money, so he lost his official position for some reason.

As for Xu Fuyan himself, he deserves it, who made him not strict with his godson?

And even the Great Seal of the Criminal Department can't take good care of it!

Xiao Chu asked, "The Xu family sentenced like this, what about the other criminals?" ”

"All of them will be dealt with in this way," Zhu Ming emphasized, "but if one person commits a felony in the same household register, all the others will be dismissed." Even if the household has been divided, the son has committed a serious crime, and the father will be dismissed! ”

The expressions of all the ministers softened a lot, and they were no longer so worried.

After revising the "Da Ming Law" in this way, this year's big case can reduce the exile of many people.

In fact, there are serious problems, such as when the Ming Dynasty reached a period of decline, an official named Wang Anshi began to reform. "Da Ming Law" will become a tool of the old school, who will do everything possible to induce Wang Anshi's son to commit a serious crime, and then dismiss Wang Anshi according to the law.

After stopping the corrupt atmosphere in officialdom, the "Da Ming Law" will have to be changed in the future.

In addition to major crimes such as rebellion and rebellion, you can't sit together casually. One person commits a crime and one person is responsible, he should be killed, he should be exiled, and there will be problems with indiscriminate involvement.

"Let's talk about Li Bangyan again." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming said: "His family is not the same. His two sons in Beijing, as well as several sons who were officials abroad, were all found to have committed crimes. Those sons should be beheaded and exiled, and their families should also be exiled together. ”

"As for Li Bangyan himself, he was dismissed from all positions, withdrawn from all rewards, and deprived of his birth. When he raided his house, he left 100,000 yuan and let his wife return to his hometown for the elderly. ”

Hearing such a punishment, even those who had a grudge against Li Bangyan felt that Prince Zhu was too cold-blooded.

Li Bangyan can be regarded as a founding hero, but as a result, his sons were all beheaded or exiled. Except for Li Bangyan and his wife, the rest of the family will also be exiled.

He was also deprived of his official status, and there was no honor left.

What's the use of leaving 100,000 yuan for the elderly?

Li Bangyan was greedy for at least one million guan in the Song Dynasty, and now he has been copied by his house to only 100,000 guan, and he is a proper loss-making deal!

Does Zhu Ming favor military generals?

Sun Li, who was thrown to Zhenyuan Fort, was also confiscated of his property, but he could still fight in the barbarian area.

……

Xu Fuyan, who had been anxiously waiting for four months, finally waited for his punishment.

Hearing the words "deprivation of birth text", Xu Fuyan fainted directly, which was no different from sentencing him to death.

He didn't even dare to commit suicide, because there was still luck in his heart.

Maybe in a few years, the crown prince will revert to his origins?

A few days later, the execution ground on the outskirts of Beijing.

Xu Fuyan seemed to be more than ten years old, he sat in the carriage and couldn't come out, and he couldn't bear to see the tragic situation of his youngest son being killed.

A servant rushed back from the execution ground: "Xianggong, the executioner did not dare to take the money, saying that he promised to give him a good time." ”

Xu Fuyan was stunned.

In the past two months, too many beheadings have been beheaded, and the imperial court's crackdown on corruption has scared the executioners.

Li Bangyan, who was on the other side of the execution ground, not only did not send money, but also shouted to the executioner: "These two unfilial sons, don't let them die too happily." Don't hack to death with one knife, cut a few more to remember! ”

"Li Bangyan, my mother is fighting with you!" The wife was full of grief and indignation, and rushed up to pull Li Bangyan's beard.

Li Bangyan pushed his wife away and wailed angrily: "My money, my house, and my fertile land have all been lost by these two bastards." What is there to keep 100,000 runs? Counting all the real estate stores, I have two million yuan! It's gone, it's gone, what's the point of me living? Woowoowoo......"

Greedy for two million in the previous dynasty?

The people who watched the excitement around the execution ground all looked at Li Bangyan with angry eyes, and they didn't know how many people they had here.

"The two birdmen of the Li family, don't kill them with one knife, cut a few more knives!"

"The official family copied well, this kind of corrupt official's family property should be copied all, and don't leave a penny for them!"

"Kill corrupt officials, kill corrupt officials!"

“……”

In the face of the shouts of the onlookers, the executioner really obeyed the will of the people, and Li Bangyan's sons were all stabbed twice before they died.

Wang Chongyang had already entered Taixue at this time, including him, and all Taixue students came to watch the execution. There are also the government schools and county schools in Kaifeng Prefecture, where the teachers brought the students to the execution ground, and at this moment they all felt a chill in their necks.

The students are almost numb, this is the seventh in a few months, and they don't know how many people the emperor and the crown prince are going to kill.

Just last month, there was also a nest case in the Ministry of Industry, which was confessed by the magistrate.

From the third rank to the non-grade official, six people were executed, eleven people were exiled, and many were in prison.

Last month, it was the household department, nine people were sentenced to death, and fifteen people were exiled.

Last month, four people were sentenced to death and twelve people were exiled.

These are only the officials, and the officials are not counted.

All the ministries were paralyzed for a short time, and they quickly promoted officials to fill them, but they couldn't quickly adapt to the new work.

The field armies on the front lines of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Youzhou were transferred back to Kaifeng with more than 20,000 people - too many civil and military officials were killed, and Zhu Ming was afraid that someone would be forced to rebel!

The royal family members of the former Song Dynasty were all under house arrest.

Including Zhao Huan, who has already been a farmer official, was also ordered not to walk around to prevent anyone from doing things in his name.

Even if Zhu Ming agreed to revise the "Da Ming Law", many of those sentenced to exile have regained their freedom, but there are still too many people involved.

And, the more you check, the more you look!

A large number of prefectures and counties were directly suspended, and the lack of officials and young officials could not work at all.

After the revision of the "Da Ming Law", those family members who were exempted from sitting together. Then open up the misdemeanors who are exempt from jail because their cells are full and pay a fine. So far, 1,274 people have been executed, 9,615 have been exiled, and 4,428 have been imprisoned (not all of them officials, but also many of the merchants and gentry who have been confessed). ）

These are only those that have already been decided, and there are still a large number of cases pending.

In all provinces, prefectures, and counties across the country, officials are panicked, and government affairs cannot be handled normally.

When everyone goes to work in the yamen every day, the first thing they do is to read the newspaper. Slowly look in the newspaper to see which official is finished again, mainly to see if there are any relatives of his own.

If he hadn't negotiated a truce with Jin Guo, Zhu Ming would never have dared to do this.

In order to reassure the officials, Zhu Ming announced the revision of the "Da Ming Law" and notified the local government through official documents and newspapers.

Which of these officials is not smart?

Many people guessed that the prince's intention was nothing more than to open the country and kill a group of people, purge the country's officials, and correct the corrupt atmosphere.

This year, the "Da Ming Law" was revised, and the official was exiled or dismissed according to the household registration book.

After the rule of officials improves, it is estimated that it will be revised again, and at that time, it will be one person who commits the crime and one person who will be responsible, at most the parents and wife and children will sit together, and there should be no problem with the brothers.

The panicked officials finally felt a little relieved.

(End of chapter)