Chapter 142 Should be punished according to the 'Great Edict'
Ming Dynasty: Being a magistrate in Beiping, Chapter 142, should be punished according to the "Da Gao" Latest website: Zhu Di asked in a cold voice: "Where is that old thief?"
"Your Highness, wait a moment, I will go and capture the old thief right now."
Zhu Liang yelled and ran to the back house of the He family.
After a while, Zhu Liang strode over, dragging an old man wearing gorgeous silk clothes with one hand.
As the old man was being dragged away, he shouted loudly: "Who are you?...I am a scholar...I know Cui Zhizhou...I know the commander of the Tongzhou Guard..."
"Pa!"
Zhu Liang slapped him directly, making his hair disheveled and throwing him in front of Zhu Di.
"Your Highness, this guy is the old thief He Ji."
On the side, a group of common people who had just come out of the woodshed were staring at He Ji, wishing they could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, which sent a chill down He Ji's back.
However, he quickly realized what a group of untouchables could do to him, and he just looked at the majestic man in front of him with surprise.
"Your Highness? But His Highness King Yan is here to visit me?"
"Humph!"
Zhu Di asked coldly: "Do you know your sin?"
He Ji was in a daze for a while, and quickly climbed a few steps in front of Zhu Di, his face full of grievance, "Your Highness, I... no, common people, no, students are not guilty, students are not guilty!
Students are country sages, gentry, and good families...
I was having a sweet dream at home, when His Highness’s soldiers broke into the door..."
"Fuck your mother..."
Zhu Di couldn't hold himself any longer and kicked He Ji hard, sending He Ji flying a few steps away.
"You are not as good as a beast, but you are still a good family? Still not guilty?"
He Ji also covered his chest with one hand and said with a sad expression on his face: "The common people... the students have been wronged. This is the greatest injustice in the ages..."
Zhu Di snorted coldly and glanced at Deng Qiang, the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate behind him: "Is he guilty?"
Deng Qiang quickly replied: "The sin is heinous!"
Zhu Di asked again: "How to deal with it?"
Deng Qiang said: "Behead him to show the public!"
Zhu Di then turned to the Chief Envoy of Peking, Xing Zongzhi, and asked, "What do the Chief Envoys think?"
Zongzhi hurriedly replied: "The property will be confiscated and the punishment will be punishable by law."
Zhu Di turned to Zhu Fu beside him and asked, "What does Zhu Qing think?"
Zhu Fu's face was full of anger at this moment, "Your Highness, these thieves not only harmed the people in the village, but also killed people wantonly. The most abominable thing is to use the name of Your Highness to cut them into pieces and exile their relatives!"
In fact, as a gentry, Zhu Fu also saw many gentry who oppressed the villagers.
However, this was the first time he had seen this thief in front of him using the name of Prince Yan's Palace to bully the people and kill them wantonly.
If this matter reaches the capital and His Majesty blames him, Zhu Fu will be the first to suffer. In other words, people like He Ji are trying to kill Zhu Fu. How can Zhu Fu not hate him!
Hearing this, He Ji's face was full of sorrow, "Your Highness... the common people are scholars... the students are kind people!
They are all unruly people who do not obey the government's edicts. There is nothing wrong with students.
Even if the students have done their best, they should not bring harm to their families..."
He Ji once again mentioned his status as a scholar, and Zhu Di was a little curious.
"Which year are you a scholar?"
He Ji was speechless.
Pu Sanji on the side promptly added: "Your Highness, this thief is a scholar from the Qian Yuan Dynasty."
"Humph!"
Zhu Di immediately snorted coldly, "Now is the Ming Dynasty, and you still think of yourself as a scholar of the former Yuan Dynasty. It's an even greater crime."
He Ji opened his mouth and looked around. Unfortunately, he saw faces that were all glaring at him, and he couldn't help but feel paralyzed.
Zhu Di looked at Guo An and asked, "What do you think Guo Qing?"
Guo Andao: "Your Highness, Your Majesty just promulgated the "Great Edict" last year. I originally thought that our Beiping Mansion should be a good place and there is no need for this "Great Edict".
Now, Wei Chen feels that it is most appropriate to punish He Ji, the thief, in accordance with the "Da Gao"!"
After Guo An finished speaking, the whole backyard fell into silence.
The expressions of officials such as the Imperial Envoy Department, the Chief Envoy Department, and the Beiping Government Office all changed drastically.
Although the "Great Edict" was only promulgated to the world last year, those who hold the "Great Edict" are guilty of the crime of migration with a cane and can be reduced to one level. Logically speaking, the "Great Edict" is very kind.
However, most of the officials in the Ming Dynasty boycotted the "Da Gao" from the bottom of their hearts.
Without him, the criminal law in the "Da Gao" formulated by Lao Zhu himself is too harsh.
Whenever an official commits a crime, he or she will be punished by death, and it is not his turn to be whipped with a cane or exiled.
As for clan executions, such as being tortured, cutting off the feet, beheading the toes, removing the knees, castrating, picking the tendons and removing the knees, skinning and eating grass... all of them can be easily obtained by performing multiple punishments on one body.
As for He Ji, although he did not belong to the ranks of officials, he was among the powerful gentry.
The culprit was sentenced to death, close relatives were executed, exiled within the five clans, and all the family property was confiscated, all of which were minor.
Guo An is also an old ruthless man. He can't control other places in the Ming Dynasty, but in Beiping Mansion, this is where he will settle down and live in the future.
Prince Yan's Mansion will inevitably have to relocate many places. He must severely shock the officials and gentry in Beiping Mansion. They cannot exploit the people at will, let alone use the name of Prince Yan's Mansion to exploit and kill the people.
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Very good!"
"No!"
He Ji's face was full of anxiety. By now he had already figured out that he would not live long.
However, thinking that his relatives would be implicated and other distant relatives would be exiled, it would be equivalent to wiping out his entire family in one fell swoop. The hundreds of years of hard work from his ancestors to his generation have all been reduced to nothing.