Chapter 282: The Truth Revealed
Zhao Tian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not open his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he gave Su Linan a big crime of unfilial piety, which is not a big deal if it is in other countries, but Wu is a country based on filial piety. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Filial piety is the foundation of the country, and unfilial piety is even more culpable than murder.
An unfilial person, let alone receiving the grace of heaven to enter the country to study, will be spurned even if he walks on the road, and even as long as the crime is confirmed, there are squires and chiefs who submit it to the county order, and they must be convicted according to the law. It can be punished by three or five years in prison, and at worst, it is a serious crime of killing the head.
The crime of forcing his stepmother to death is a major crime that should be beheaded in the laws of Wu State. Moreover, etiquette education is in charge of Zhao Tian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so at this time, Zhao Tian stood up in the court and pointed out Su Lin's unfilial piety by name, which is his duty.
"This Su Lin has repeatedly opposed my Zhao family, and the Su family is the sworn enemy of my Zhao family. Although the Su family was promoted to a half-saint family this time, the clan brother should be soon. It's just that in the later generation, the Su family has such a genius as Su Lin, which is far from being comparable to my Zhao family. Therefore, I will do everything in my power to prevent Surin from entering the Guozi Prison......"
Of course, Zhao Tian had selfish intentions to openly accuse Su Lin, such a genius who wrote several poems in succession. At the same time, it also directly questioned the employment method of the monarch Sun Jianshi. After all, in Wu, where filial piety is established, if the monarch even entrusts an unfilial son who forced his stepmother to death, and makes an exception to study in the Guozijian and spreads it, I am afraid that the people will also talk about it, and even the filial piety of the entire Wu country will collapse because of this, and even the foundation of the country will be gone.
"Your Majesty! How can such an unfilial person like Su Lin be qualified to be admitted to the Guozi Prison? The minister asks His Majesty to retract his order, and arrest Su Lin in accordance with the law, and punish him for the crime of unfilial piety!"
Ran Shitong came down this time, and once again led the cabinet bachelors, and spoke in the court.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister also seconded the ......"
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Suddenly, under the leadership of Zhao Tian and Ran Shitong, nearly half of the civil and military officials have seconded the proposal. Some of them were political enemies of the Su family, but most of them were still neutral, but they were seconded in order to maintain the law and order of the Wu State.
"This ......"
The monarch Sun Jianshi also had a headache when he saw such a formation, Rao is he is the king of a country, but he is not a mediocre and arbitrary king, and he must take into account the advice of the ministers. Especially now that so many ministers have seconded it, I'm afraid he will have to retract his order.
"Your Majesty......!
At this time, Hong Jingzhang, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who had led the trial outside the first pass of the Su Lin case, came out.
"Hong Aiqing, but it has something to do with this Su Lin?" Monarch Sun Jianshi's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.
"Exactly! Your Majesty, more than half a year ago, the minister was the leader of the trial outside the border of my Wu country. At that time, Su Lin was among the first team of the case, and the minister also knew something about Su Lin's forced death of his stepmother, and there was another inside story about this matter, and he hoped that His Majesty would allow the minister to start playing. ”
Hong Jingzhang's literary position is a university scholar, and his official position is only a bachelor's degree from the Hanlin Academy of the Fourth Grade, and he stands at the very end of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs. However, his mentor was Wu Jin, the imperial master, and no one dared to underestimate him.
"Hong Aiqing, what's the inside story, come quickly!
The monarch Sun Jianshi was also a mess at this time, if Su Lin really forced his stepmother to death, he would not be tolerated in the entire Wu Kingdom, let alone reuse him.
"Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, Su Lin's mother died early, and his father succeeded his stepmother Su Liu died soon after. Stepmother Su Liu has a son Su Wen, and Su Lin has a sister named Su Ru. Su Lin and Su Ru, in the Su Mansion, have been tortured and abused by their stepmother Su Liu since they were children, and even, in order to prevent Su Lin Kaizhi from inheriting the status of the scholar, stepmother Su Liu has been in Su Lin's meals for many years......"
As soon as Hong Jingzhang said this, the Manchao Dynasty exclaimed again.
"Mengzhi grass, oh my God! Mengzhi grass is a forbidden medicine, and eating it can blind people's minds. If a child eats Mengzhi grass by mistake, even if he has an epiphany in his heart, it is almost impossible to enlighten his mind......"
"This Su Lin's stepmother, Su Liu, is so vicious, in order for her son to inherit the identity of the Shi clan, she actually cruelly killed the orphan Su Lin......"
"According to the laws of this dynasty, if you use Mengzhi grass to poison and harm Mengtong, you can be sentenced to a judgment at most......"
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As soon as the matter of Meng Zhicao came out, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, and they gave Su Liu the title of "femme fatale".
"Your Majesty! Although Su Liu's clan used Mengzhi grass to harm Su Lin, Su Lin still opened his wisdom in the end. This cannot be used to cover up his crime of forcing his stepmother to death, unfilial piety is unfilial piety...... in "Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures", the ancient holy emperor Yu Shun, according to legend, his father and stepmother, and half-brother Xiang, tried to kill him many times: when Shun repaired the roof of the barn, he set fire from under the barn, and Shun jumped down with two hats in his hand to escape; Afterwards, Shun was not jealous, but still deferential to his father and loving to his younger brother. ”
When public opinion in the DPRK and China was one-sided, Zhao Tian stood up again in time, and gave the example of the ancient sage emperor Yu Shun in the "Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures", and said righteously, "How parents treat their children cannot be an excuse for their children to be unfilial. The minister still implored His Majesty to retract his order and cure Su Lin's unfilial sin. ”
"Yu Shun Holy Emperor is indeed like this, his parents and younger brother want to harm him, but he still abides by filial piety, this is the great virtue of people. Even if Su Lin was harmed by his stepmother, he shouldn't have forced his stepmother to die in turn......"
"Yes, yes, yes...... There is an example of the ancient Holy Emperor Yu Shun, it is true, the stepmother is guilty and should be tried by the county officials, but Su Lin forced his stepmother to death, which is still a crime of unfilial piety!"
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Wu established the country with filial piety, and the model of filial piety from ancient times to the present day was engraved into the "Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures", which is one in almost everyone's home in China. At the same time, the word "filial piety" of Wu's Zhenguo can also be turned into "Twenty-four Filial Piety Pictures" as a magic weapon to test filial piety.
Now, Zhao Tian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has brought out the example of Yu Shun to refute Hong Jingzhang's statement just now. Sun Jianshi, the monarch who had already seen a hint of a turnaround, had a big head again, and hurriedly asked Hong Jingzhang: "Hong Aiqing! What about next? You go on, how did Su Liu be forced to death by Su Lin?"
"Your Majesty! Wei Chen was about to explain that the accusations made by Lord Zhao Tian Zhao of the Ministry of Rites against Su Lin were pure slander. In fact, Surin didn't force her stepmother to die at all. ”
Hong Jingzhang said with an oath.
"Nonsense! Scholar Hong, you must remember that you are now speaking to Your Majesty in the court, and you are guilty of deceiving the king. That Su Liu was obviously forced into prison by Su Lin and committed suicide, I don't talk nonsense like you. Zhao Tian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, immediately refuted Hong Jingzhang and said.
"Your Majesty, the minister requests to release the image of the holy power of Fengle County's trial of Su Lin's stepmother Su Liu's case that day, and when the time comes, it will be clear which is right and which is wrong. ”
Hong Jingzhang knew that he and Zhao Tian could not be convinced by the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers if they explained too much, so he simply asked for the image of the holy power of Xu Wenliang, the county commander of Fengle County, to hear the case.
Li Yuncong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, quickly retrieved the image of the holy power of Su Liu's case. Monarch Sun Jianshiwei said sternly.
"Wechen obeys!"
Li Yuncong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had just returned to the capital, and he encountered such a dispute about Su Lin in the court. He also knew that Su Lin had made a lot of enemies in the court, but he couldn't imagine that he would cause disputes between the two factions in the court because he was busy with him.
Don't look at the highest official position in the current debate is only Zhao Tian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but in fact, although Taishi Wu Jin and Taifu Fangzhengxin did not speak, they have been paying attention, and there must be shadows of two people behind them. Li Yuncong, as the proud disciple of Taifu Fang Zhengxin, naturally wanted to stand on Fang Zhengxin's side and deal with Su Lin together.
However, now it was the monarch who asked for the image of the Holy Power, so he did not dare to be the slightest bit lazy, and hurriedly took out the official seal of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the Holy Power surged into it, and after a while, he found the image of the Holy Power about this file case from it. This is the unique advantage in the world of Confucianism and Taoism, when the official county government hears a case, each piece will be recorded as a holy image, which will be permanently preserved, and can be retrieved anytime and anywhere by using the official seal of the criminal department.
"Your Majesty! Wei Chen has already found the image of the Holy Force, can you release it?" Li Yuncong said.
"Accurate! release it for everyone to see!"
The monarch Sun Jianshi himself is also very curious, how will Su Lin defend himself in the face of such a vicious stepmother in court, and at the same time accuse his stepmother of the crime?
Taishi Wu Jin, Taifu Fang Zhengxin and others also raised their heads with interest, and together with the civil and military officials, they all stared closely at the image of the holy force, watching the process of the trial of the case that day.
When Su Liu's family pleaded guilty to the law, and his son Su Wen was willing to live as his mother, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but praise him. What they praised was Su Wen's filial piety, which was very in line with the morality of Wu State. And when he saw Su Lin in the public court, asking the county official to forgive Su Liu, and said the sentence "The way of a gentleman, loyalty and forgiveness", the Manchu Dynasty civil and military couldn't help but clap their hands and praise.
In this trial, Su Liu's family has been lightly forgiven, and the second trial is because Su Liu's family coerced Su Ru to marry, and after the county ordered Xu Wenliang to arrest him, he was punished for both crimes and imprisoned, and Su Liu's committed suicide in the name of a femme fatale.
With this holy power image as a witness, the truth was revealed, and Su Lin did not force his stepmother to commit suicide at all, but imitated the Holy Emperor Yu Shun and forgave his stepmother's crimes. On the contrary, it was the stepmother who did not change her life and continued to commit evil, which led to her own self-inflicted blame, bearing the notoriety of a femme fatale and committing suicide in prison.