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Chapter 228 Acting according to the ancestral system(1/2)

Yu Shiyue's old face had turned into pig liver color, but she was helpless.

The Jinyiwei was too cruel. I thought it would be ridiculous enough to copy the Yansheng Gong Mansion, but now I find that what is even more outrageous is still behind!

He raised his sleeves, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and took the opportunity to take a look at the jury.

The emperor was still sitting upright with a smile on his face, as if everything that happened here had nothing to do with him.

How could it be irrelevant?

If there is no emperor's will, the Jinyiwei dares to arrest the people from the Three Laws directly?

Moreover, he directly attacked the Minister of Justice!

Yu Shiyue suddenly felt that things might not be as simple as he imagined.

Tens of thousands of people were implicated in the investigation of the smuggling case in Jiangnan, and most of these people were local gentry and even imperial officials.

After returning to Beijing, he immediately attacked the Kong family.

First, he captured Yan Shenggong and attracted everyone's attention to the capital, but secretly sent the Jinyiwei to directly copy the Kong Mansion and used a trick to remove the firewood from the cauldron.

Having said that, everyone knows what the Kong family has done over the years.

As a scholar, I have studied hard for more than ten years. Why?

In the end, it’s nothing more than fame and fortune. Not to mention the Confucius Mansion, which scholar has become an official and is not greedy for money or seeks profit?

Even if I am a person who is not greedy for money, I have always claimed to be honest over the years, but how can the invisible benefits behind me be comparable to those of money?

For example, if your own son accidentally kills a scholar, he can settle it with just one sentence.

If it were someone else, even if he had money, he wouldn't be able to do it!

If you want to say that you are forcibly occupying the land, the Kong family will not rob you today, and the Zhang family will rob you tomorrow.

As for the women who were victimized, they were just some rural women, and at worst they could pay some money.

We scholars have worked hard to become officials. Do we not even have this privilege?

It is precisely because of this that scholars in the world will try their best to protect the Kong family, because protecting the Kong family is equivalent to protecting themselves.

However, these principles cannot be explained.

Seeing that Yu Shiyue was forced into a desperate situation, the Zuodu Censor Yang Shan stood up.

"Commander Yuan, what you said, whether true or not, has nothing to do with this case. Today is the Three Courts to try the Yansheng Gong case, and other cases will be postponed!"

Yuan Bin turned to Yang Shan and asked, "The Three Laws and Laws are the system of the court, but what if even the Three Laws and Laws are corrupt officials? How can the court hand over the justice to someone like you, how can the people's grievances be relied on? In other words, if the Three Laws and Laws itself is inappropriate and disrupts the court's principles, how should the case be tried?"

"You... don't want to swear!"

Yang Shan blushed and said angrily: "Not to mention whether Yu Shangshu's son really killed someone, even so, that's his son's business. Yu Shangshu's family education is at most a fault, so what does it have to do with this case?"

Yuan Bin sneered: "Is it really that simple? Pan Chang, who first accepted the case, is currently the head of the Ministry of Justice. What is the explanation for this?"

"That was also what Yu Wentao did behind his back. If Commander Yuan accused him of Shangshu who accepted Pan Chang's bribe, please provide evidence!"

At this moment, they knew very well that it was almost impossible to commit crimes against Yu Wentao.

The only way is to postpone the matter and then make a long-term plan.

Yuan Bin looked at Yu Shiyue and said coldly: "Mr. Yu, I'll ask you the last time, do you know what your son Yu Wentao did?"

Yu Shiyue was completely disappointed and said hurriedly: "No...I don't know!"

"I really don't know anything?"

"No...I don't know..."

Yu Shiyue denied it, and he could only deny it.

Yuan Bin smiled and said, "It seems that you are just incompetent in educating you."

"If this matter is verified, it is indeed done by Tao'er. I... I am indeed unreasonable in upbringing, but everything must be confirmed after verification. At present, the three judicial departments are trying the case of Yan Shenggong, Qin'er's case, Tao'er's case, and please commander Yuan transfer it to Shuntian Mansion!"

After Yu Shiyue said that, she lowered her head.

At this moment, his mind began to work hard.

After all, after a brief panic, even though people in high positions still felt panic in their hearts, they were already beginning to weigh the pros and cons in their hearts.

Maybe, I can only push my son forward first.

As long as you keep yourself alright, you can find a way later!

Yuan Bin looked calm and continued, "Your son's case can be postponed, your own... should you explain it clearly first?"

Yu Shiyue panicked again and hurriedly said, "What...what does it mean?"

Yuan Bin continued, "Your son has admitted that your Yu family has been making money every day over the years. Lord Yu, how much is your annual salary and reward in the palace, as the Minister of Justice? I'll ask you, where did your Yu family get so much property?"

Yu Shiyue's forehead bulged with blue veins: "You are talking nonsense. I, Yu, have been clean since I became an official, and I have been clean and honest. Where can I make money every day?"

Yang Shanhe followed and said, "That's why Shangshu Yu is so honest, my colleagues can see it. Even if the Jinyiwei wants to frame the loyal and kind, he still needs to have a limit, right?"

Xue Xuan then said, "Can Commander Yuan have already confiscated Shangshu Yu's house and found a large amount of gold and silver?"

Yu Shiyue disagreed with this, and looked fearless.

Yuan Bin smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Yu really has no gold and silver hidden in his house, but..."

He paused and continued, "Mr. Yu's hometown is from Suzhou Prefecture, right?"

Yu Shiyue's face changed and she said, "Since the thirteenth year of Yongle, after becoming a Jinshi, I rarely go back to my hometown. Everything there is managed by Shiqing. Is there any problem?"

"May I ask, what does your younger brother Yu Shiqing do?"

"The ancestors have some land, and if they do some business, they will probably be the only one. No matter how specific it is, I will not ask about it."

"In this way, your brother is a strange man. The cash in his family has exceeded 3 million taels. This is not counted as a house and acre. I don't know what business it is doing, it's simply a huge profit!"

After hearing this, Yu Shiyue turned pale and shouted in panic: "You are framed, slander... slander!"

Yuan Bin smiled with a sarcastic look and said, "Is it a conclusion to slander? Do you think I am here to talk to you? I have detained so many people in your Yu family, how do you think these people are taken? I, Yuan Bin, acted openly, so I tell you the truth, your hometown has been raided!"

"You...you copied my hometown?"

Yu Shiyue almost jumped up. He has always been known for his integrity. Not to mention that his family is barely alone, but it is almost the same.

That's because the money was sent to my hometown!

Otherwise, even if Yu Shiqing wants to do business, where can he get the capital?

Yuan Bin's face turned gloomy and said, "To be honest, your old house in Suzhou has long been controlled by the Jinyiwei. Your brother, as well as the accountants and officials of the family, are now in the Beizhenfusi. They have said what should be said and what should not be said. They have said that you have always liked to quote the laws and regulations, have you said that your ancestors have made the law? Well, if you are citing the crimes in the great edict of Emperor Taizu and Gao, you will be skinned and used as a warning to others. Especially as the Minister of Justice, you know that the law is violated, and you should punish them more severely!"

The bad news did not give Yu Shiyue any time to react.

When he was thinking about how to relieve his son of his crime, he didn't expect that Yuan Bin had prepared a large amount of evidence and even the people from Shuntian Mansion had already taken it.

When he was still thinking about how to argue and find a way to rescue his son, he did not expect that Yuan Bin had already pointed the finger at him.

When he was thinking about how to defend himself, he found that his hometown had been raided.

"I am the Minister of Justice. Are you chasing my house?"

Yu Shiyue shouted loudly, and his face was filled with hatred.

Yuan Bin said calmly: "You are the Minister of Justice, so you should know that what you have is the name of punishment in the world. Such heavy responsibilities are all tied to you. Now it is reported that you are corrupt and abused by the law. The Jinyiwei thoroughly investigated it. Of course, in order to pursue fairness and fairness, I will never wrong you. When I was raiding your house, I specially invited the Dongchang to supervise the entire process, and also invited the Ministry of Justice to serve the ministers, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and the Censor of the Censorate. Not only that, I also invited dozens of people to witness it in the local area, so that they could know that I, Yuan Bin, are not like you, like a stolen official, frame and commit favoritism and fraud!"

To this day, Yu Shiyue has realized that he may be really going to be cheated to death.

He couldn't help but burst into tears: "Are you just taking revenge like this? You are framed by loyal and kindness!"

Yuan Bin laughed and said, "If you are loyal, then everyone in the world will be loyal! You are right. Your brother is indeed doing business, but he is doing business smuggling at sea. However, you always support the sea ban in the temple. If you are so different, you dare to claim to be loyal and kind?"

Yu Shiyue's face became paler and his body gradually became weaker.

When things got to this point, he had no choice.

Yuan Bin stared at Yu Shiyue coldly and said sharply: "At this point, you have no sign of regret. Since you have to do things according to the law of ancestors, come and take down the Minister of Justice Yu Shiyue, according to the ancestral system, peel off the skin and fill it with grass, and hand him over to Shuntian Prefecture for retrial!"

With the order, a captain stepped forward to take the person. Yu Shiyue was still unwilling to give up and shouted: "You wronged me, wronged me..."

But Yuan Bin turned around and didn't even look at him.

But the people around him consciously gave up their way, and they all looked at Yu Shiyue with a strange look.

Immediately afterward, Yuan Bin turned to the left censor Yang Shan and the Dali Temple Minister Xue Xuan.

The two of them were already feeling a little uncomfortable.

Yuan Bin immediately said: "What do you think of the handling just now?"

Faced with Yuan Bin's soul-searching questioning, Yang Shan and Xue Xuan couldn't help but look at each other.

Now that this situation is happening, the fool knows that Yu Shiyue’s charge has been confirmed.

The Minister of Justice, that's it!

If you insist on speaking for him, you will become a magnificent official and protect each other.

But if the cutting is made immediately, these three courts will collapse instantly, which in a sense is also a compromise with the Jinyiwei.

At the same time, it means that Yan Sheng Gong could no longer protect him.
To be continued...
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