Emperor Wanli in the palace has been a little annoyed recently, and in the past two months, officials and ministers have begun to sparse, urging the eldest son of the emperor to be the East Palace.

Three years ago, the favored Zheng Guifei gave birth to the third son of the emperor, and the ministers saw the preference of the Wanli Emperor for the third son, so they persuaded the emperor to establish a successor, and asked the eldest son of the emperor who was born three or four years earlier to be the East Palace.

At that time, Emperor Wanli couldn't let go of his preference for the third son of the emperor, so he excused himself by saying that the eldest son of the emperor was still young and didn't know if he was in good health, and he would talk about it in three years.

Then Emperor Wanli lived a relatively quiet day for two or three years, and slowly began to be lazy like a frog boiled in warm water.

Ceremonies such as court meetings, lectures, and audience meetings began to fall into disuse, and even cabinet scholars often did not see the emperor once for several months.

Now that the three-year contract period has arrived, sure enough, the ministers began to bring up the old matter, which once again set off the national issue, which made the Wanli Emperor upset.

But the problem is that Emperor Wanli still doesn't look down on the eldest son of the emperor, and still wants his favorite third son to inherit his country.

Faced with the attitude of the ministers, Emperor Wanli thought about finding something to divert the ministers' attention, or to introduce someone to help him bear the firepower.

As a fully educated emperor, Emperor Wanli still knows the most basic imperial techniques.

But lately, the world has been generally peaceful, and there is really no controversial topic.

Perhaps the biggest news last month was that Li Yuanlang, a monk from Shixing County, Guangdong, organized a rebellion by hundreds of White Lotus followers in early April, and then was suppressed and beheaded on the ninth day of April.

Then when Lin Zhuangyuan came out of the fortress to canonize the northern captives, he personally killed a very powerful chieftain.

In fact, in the eyes of Emperor Wanli, killing a barbarian chief is not a big deal at all, and it will be over with a few words of reprimand in a form, and it will be a big deal to punish him for another year.

But if you can't stand it, this matter will become popular inexplicably, and the heat will remain high.

In the recent past, the number of discussions about Lin Zhuangyuan's wanton killing of the chieftain and opening the border provocation is second only to the concert of the East Palace.

So Lin Zhuangyuan, who was hyped up as a hot figure, finally attracted the special attention of Emperor Wanli.

After careful consideration, Emperor Wanli summoned Zhang Whale, the governor of Dongchang, and asked, "Do you have more information about Lin Tailai's killing of the chief of the Northern Captives?" ”

Zhang Whale replied, "This. Still inquiring. ”

Emperor Wanli immediately understood that the factory guard didn't know more information, and scolded: "Waste! What do you want your east factory to do? ”

Zhang Whale was very aggrieved, but he didn't dare to defend.

The scope of activity of the factory guard forces is mainly in Beijing, and the main task is to monitor the imperial court, Beijing camp, and manage the edict prison.

In places outside the capital division, the sense of presence of the factory guards is still very weak, not to mention the desert beyond the side wall.

When Lu Bing was in charge of Jinyiwei, he used to recruit people and develop forces in the surrounding provinces, but who still has that ability after Lu Bing?

When pondering the emperor's thoughts, Zhang Whale couldn't help muttering in his heart, the emperor mentioned Lin Tailai this time, could it be that he wanted to "pardon" Lin Tai again?

Is it okay to kill a big chief of a foreign tribe who has been canonized by the Ming Dynasty? Zhang Changgong couldn't help but get angrier the more he thought about it!

Then I heard Emperor Wanli impatiently say: "I have issued an edict a few days ago, and I have sent someone to bring Lin Tailai back to Beijing for interrogation."

Zhang Whale, you are responsible for supervising the three law divisions in the past two days, and all the preparations before the interrogation have been finalized as soon as possible!

After Lin Tai came to Beijing, he would be directly tried by the three legal divisions, and he would be convicted as soon as possible, don't drag the mud and water! ”

The surprise came so suddenly! Zhang Whale almost didn't react, is this an eye-opener? The emperor actually hurriedly urged Lin Tailai to convict?

Obviously, just last month, the emperor ignored Lin Tailai's behavior of creating a mutiny and detaining the governor!

What is unpredictable, this is it! At this time, if you don't take the opportunity to slander, it will be in vain!

After Zhang Whale came back to his senses, he immediately played again: "Lin Tailai had secretly sneaked back to Beijing before, and beat Xing Shangzhi, the prelude of Honglu Temple, on the street, and then died of injuries!" ”

Emperor Wanli asked rhetorically, "What does Xing Shangzhi have to do with you?" ”

Zhang Jing replied honestly: "It is the housekeeper of the minister's house." ”

Emperor Wanli waved his hand impatiently: "Then the case will be handled together and interrogated together!" ”

First convict Lin Tailai of a felony, and then give him extrajudicial mercy and amnesty from the Son of Heaven!

In that case, wouldn't the star Lin Tailai be easily handled? This is called the Emperor's Heart!

And Zhang Whale was still happy in his heart, and was blinded by the good news of the liquidation of his enemy Lin Tailai, and hurriedly left the palace to do business.

As we all know, the three legal divisions of the imperial court refer to the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple, and the three legal divisions are theoretically the highest level of judicial trial.

As for the court trials in which the courtiers participated together, it had little to do with the judiciary and was a matter of politics and humanities.

Because of the Five Elements and Feng Shui theory, the Three Dharma Divisions of the Imperial City were not located in the southeast corner of the Imperial City like other government offices, but were located independently on the west side of the capital and were adjacent to each other.

This is very convenient for Zhang Whale Zhang Changgong to do things, he arrived at the Criminal Department, and after seeing Lu Guangzu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, he called Wu Shilai, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and Sun Yan, the Qing of Dali Temple, to come over.

Then Zhang Whale directly announced to the three of them: "We are ordered to come to urge you to deal with the three law divisions, and set the trial regulations before Lin Tai comes to Beijing." ”

Lu Guangzu, Wu Shilai, and Sun Yan were not surprised by this, because the factory guard's monitoring of various government offices was actually on the surface.

For example, when the trial of an important case of the three legal divisions is concerned, there will definitely be people from the factory guard to observe.

It is not surprising that such a sensitive figure as Lin Tailai was tried and interrogated by the Admiral of Dongchang on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Immediately, the three of them began to discuss, and Wu Shilai, the imperial historian of Zuodu, said to Lu Guangzu, the secretary of the Criminal Department: "This is a private crime, and it should be interrogated in the Criminal Department, and Lu Da Sikou is responsible for the trial." ”

Lu Guangzu immediately disagreed: "No, no, this is clearly a public crime, and it should be interrogated in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is appropriate for Wu Zongxian to be the chief judge." ”

Listening to the imperial history of Zuodu and the book of the criminal department shirk each other, although Zhang Changgong, who has not much knowledge, is expressionless and silent, he is a little confused.

Public crime? Private sin? What is it? What is the relationship with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department?

Fortunately, he brought a more professional Dongchang book over, and explained in a whisper in his ear at this time:

"For officials, public offences are crimes that are directly related to their authority, such as corruption and perversion of the law; Private crimes, on the other hand, are private acts such as murder, arson, and seizure of property.

According to the officialdom system, public crimes are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and private crimes are under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department.

Therefore, Wu Zongxian and Lu Sikou argued about whether it was a public crime or a private crime, and the purpose was to push the presiding trial power to the opposite side. ”

Zhang Changgong suddenly realized, but in the professional field, he couldn't interject, so he could only continue to listen to the beeps of these officials.

Wu Zongxian said: "Lin Tailai killed the captive chieftain, completely relying on force, and it has nothing to do with his authority, so this is a private crime, and your criminal department will take care of it!" ”

Lu Sikou said: "Lin Tailai went to Saiwai as a messenger, and in the process of carrying out canonization and entertainment duties, he killed the captive chieftain, of course, it is a public crime, and you should be taken in by the procuratorate." ”

Wu Zongxian said: "The captured chief who was killed was not the target of Lin Tailai's canonization, and it had nothing to do with Lin Tailai's official business, and it was considered a private fight, so in the final analysis, it is still a private crime, and it is most appropriate to send it to your criminal department." ”

Lu Sikou said: "But Lin Tailai relies on his official identity, if he doesn't have an official identity, how can he dare to do it and get out of it?" It's impossible to say that the procuratorate didn't accept it. ”

Both sides have their own reasoning, and they all sound reasonable, and they have been arguing until Jin Wuxi falls, and no result has been pulled.

Zhang Changgong had no choice but to disperse first.

And the next day, Zhang Changgong convened the heads of the three law divisions again, so he continued to listen to the serious arguments between the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate

Seeing another day passing, Zhang Changgong suspected that he had encountered the legendary "yamen style".

Chill the breath! Even the things that the Dongchang factory personally supervised are like this, can this Daming still be good?

Early the next morning, Emperor Wanli summoned Zhang Whale: "Are the three law divisions ready?" ”

Zhang Changgong was speechless and lowered his head in shame.

So far, there has been no decision on where to preside over the trial.

"What a shit!" Emperor Wanli couldn't help but curse again, and then issued an order: "Then let the Jinyi Wei Official Academy pick up people and directly lead them to the Beizhen Fusi for trial!" ”

I originally wanted to respect the judicial process of your civil officials, so as not to be verbosed by the officials again, but in exchange for delaying and fooling!

Then he, the emperor, will not pretend, and directly use Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Division!

Zhang Chang almost wanted to slap his thigh and shouted, Emperor, didn't you make an order like this earlier?

It shouldn't be so troublesome in the first place, just let the brocade guard review it directly!

However, Zhang Changgong, who had revenge for his revenge, was not highly educated, insensitive to words, and didn't care that what the emperor said was to pick up people and lead them to Beizhen Fusi, rather than taking people to prison.

There is no essential difference, anyway, they are all arrested and interrogated, it is nothing more than that the emperor wants to give Jiuyuan Xiangrui a little dignity.

Compared with those errands that require painstaking attention, Zhang Changgong prefers to do this kind of errand that only needs to be rough and fast!

Outside the south gate of Juyong Pass, Lin Tailai's friends who received the notice drove hundreds of miles from Beijing and stood here to welcome Lin Tailai's return from Xuanfu.

A prisoner cart slowly drove out of the closed door, and a majestic figure that everyone was very familiar with sat in the cage on the car.

Zhou Yingqiu pounced like lightning, and howled while holding the cage: "Brother Lin! How so? Day on day."

"Shut up!" Lin Tailai in the cage couldn't bear it anymore and yelled!

Zhou Yingqiu, who was yelled at to the play: "? ”

Could it be that he used too much force and stole the limelight? Or did you steal Brother Lin's lines?

Lin Tailai reminded: "There are some words that can't be said randomly! ”

Zhou Yingqiu suddenly realized that it must be Brother Lin who was afraid of arousing the emperor's suspicion.

The word "so-and-so" may have the meaning of irony against the emperor, but it is indeed inappropriate.

But only Lin Tailai, who tried to fish, understood in his heart, how could he cry out for himself at this time?

It is very easy to arouse the vigilance of others, and they will begin to wonder if there is really something inside, and how to fish in that way?

There are two clear streams in the head of the three law divisions, and if you don't catch a big fish out, won't it be a waste of toss?

At this time, Lin Zhuangyuan didn't know that Emperor Wanli had already taken the bait.

(End of chapter)

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