Chapter 107: The Law
At the beginning, the magistrate of Wuqing County did not take this case seriously. It was just an ordinary human trafficking case. Perhaps these suspects knew that human trafficking was a serious crime, and a guy actually committed suicide by taking poison.
It would be over if they died, otherwise the court would never be lenient with human traffickers. The remaining two magistrates didn't think much about it and threw the people into the prison, leaving the matter to the end.
This is a serious case and needs to be reported layer by layer. He, a magistrate, had no right to deal with it, so he wrote a letter to Shuntian Prefecture. Wuqing County is a county under Shuntian Prefecture. Kang Hongming, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was immediately excited after seeing the file handed over.
How important is the case of the queen's attack? If this case cannot be solved, he, the prefect of Shuntian and the commander of the Jinyiwei, should not be considered by Qin Maosheng.
At this moment, the case finally had some clues. Unexpectedly, there was an almost identical case in Wuqing County. At this moment, Kang Hongming felt that he had seen the dawn.
The Beizhen Fushi of the Jinyiwei and the Shuntian Prefecture of the capital are two independent departments. On weekdays, they have no intersection. They even have some frictions from time to time.
After all, the Jinyiwei was a spy organization that was above the laws of the Ming Dynasty and only obeyed the emperor himself. The Jinyiwei did whatever the emperor asked them to do.
The Jinyiwei's mission is to obey and be loyal to the emperor, not ask whether it is right or wrong, without affection. They are determined without hesitation what the emperor asked him to do.
Shuntian Mansion is different. Although it was a feudal society in the era of imperial power, for an official government office, he still acted according to the law. The "Ming Hui Dian" and "Ming Ling" and the "Ming Da Gao" during the reign of Emperor Taizu are the foundation of the laws of the court.
Many people may be surprised that they cannot tell the difference between the Ming Dynasty's Constitution, the Ming Dynasty's Laws and Ming Dynasty's Orders and Ming Dynasty's Great Principles. Or they are all the same.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty law is a comprehensive set of codes, and it is not a special set of "criminal laws". It covers "official laws", "house laws", "ritual laws", "military laws", "criminal laws", and "working laws", and there are also "Morn and Clothing Pictures" and "Five Suppression Pictures", which are equivalent to the current "Constitution". The "Great Edict" is just a special set of "criminal laws", and its rigor is even more than the "Ming Law".
The Great Edict was a special criminal law in the early Ming Dynasty. The Great Edict generally increased the punishment for the original crimes in the law. Another feature of the Great Edict is the abuse of extra-law punishments. The punishments listed in the four major edicts, such as family punishment, beheading, broken hands, and toes, are all tortures that have not been included in the laws since the Han law. "Regular Code of the Officials" is another feature of the Great Edict, and most of the articles are specifically designed to punish corrupt officials to strengthen the effectiveness of rule. The Great Edict is also an unprecedentedly popular law in the history of Chinese legal system. Each household must have a Great Edict, and the content of the Great Edict is also included in the imperial examination.
The "Da Ming Order" is not the "Da Ming Law". The promulgation of the "Da Ming Law" was earlier than the "Da Ming Law". After the promulgation of the "Da Ming Law", many of the provisions of the "Da Ming Law" in the general principles of the Criminal Law lost their effectiveness, but other articles still took effect. The "Da Ming Hui Dian" was compiled during the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty and was initially compiled in the 15th year of Hongzhi of Emperor Xiaozong, but it was not promulgated. The three dynasties of Emperor Wuzong, Shizong, and Shenzong added the essays.
In short, Zhu Yuanzhang attached importance to the rule of officials. In the early Ming Dynasty, officials and governments were still quite clear and clear.
Shuntian Mansion is an official government office, and the yamen naturally acts according to the law when handling cases. Therefore, they look down on the Jinyiwei who is imposed on the law. Sometimes, the Jinyiwei is inevitably cruel and cruel when handling cases, and is even more disliked by Shuntian Mansion.
When the two parties handle cases, conflicts and frictions often occur. However, the officials from Shuntian Prefecture yamen do not dare to provoke Jinyiwei in most cases.
After Zhu Cixuan came to power, he greatly suppressed the power of the Jinyiwei. At this time, the Jinyiwei could no longer do whatever he wanted as before.
This also eased the tension between Shuntian Prefecture and the Jinyiwei. This time, Zhu Cixuan issued an order to let the two departments handle the case together. This case is really too important. If the task is not completed, both of them will be in trouble.
As a result, the two sides were forced to cooperate at the beginning and have been closely collaborating now.
After Kang Hongming obtained the file from Wuqing County, he immediately found Qin Maosheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, to discuss the matter together.
Qin Maosheng was impatient: "Then you are waiting for something. Go to Wuqing quickly and get someone!"
Kang Hongming was relatively calm: "So urgent?"
Qin Maosheng was anxious: "No, no hurry, the daylily is cold, what else can you think of? Xia Dechao, Li Hao, summon people and follow me to Wuqing County!"
Kang Hongming was stunned: "According to the procedures, we need to report to the prefecture after the local government review. We can follow the files and follow them. If there is no error, we can reach the heavenly hearing and the emperor will make a decision."
Faced with such an old pedantic, Qin Maosheng was quite helpless: "I said to Master Kang, you are afraid that something will happen halfway."
Kang Hongming immediately didn't understand: "What's the matter with this? Why did Lord Qin still want to gather people?"
Qin Maosheng snorted: "The case we handle is extraordinary. Think about it, why do these prisoners rather commit suicide by taking poison than be caught by us? Obviously, they are an extremely strict organization. These people must have received rigorous training, otherwise they would not be able to do this."
Qin Maosheng is right. After all, he has handled countless strange cases in the Jinyiwei, and he can be said to be rich in experience.
An organization that can make several Japanese people commit suicide by taking poison in an instant must be hidden behind it. And this power is so great that it may be beyond your imagination.
Any accident can happen. After finally leaving two living words, tens of thousands of people will be silenced by others. That will really be completely cut off.
Kang Hongming seemed to not understand this truth. After all, the case handling process of Shuntian Prefecture is different from that of the Jinyiwei.
Qin Maosheng was too lazy to talk to him, so he ordered two Jinyiwei Qianhu Qian, took a wave of troops away from the capital, and ran towards Wuqing County.
The Jinyiwei waist card is an unobstructed pass in this era. It can be said that except for the imperial palace and the imperial tomb, the Jinyiwei waist card can be said to be in no place to go. No local government departments have no right to stop it and no one dares to stop it.
At the gate of the capital, there were sounds of horse hooves. The guards guarding the city gate heard the rapid sound of horse hooves and saw a group of people galloping towards the city gate from afar.
The people who arrived at the city gate were so fast, except for the Jinyiwei. A small team leader at the city gate hurriedly ordered his men to open the city gate.
The subordinates also suffered from the Jinyiwei, so they pushed open the half-closed city gate. At this time, the horse team had already rushed over. Sure enough, the leader showed the Jinyiwei's waist card.
Chapter completed!