"What does it matter to me if he is wronged? Even if he is wronged, can he cause trouble to me and the Chief Secretary?"
The Chief Secretary of Huguang, who was in charge of the inspection, was strict and pounded the table angrily, his beard and hair waving wildly.
"The unscrupulous people in this world feel that they are being wronged as long as it doesn't suit their needs." Yan Zheng continued to curse, "Who knows if they are really being wronged or not?"
"grown ups!"
The faces of the hundreds of guards of the Chief Secretary's Yamen were all swollen. This was because they were slapped by the deputy general of Huguang Dusi just outside the Chief Secretary's Yamen.
Not only him, but now there are dozens of guards outside the Chief Secretary's Yamen, and Chang Hou's personal soldiers, commanded by Huguang Dusidu, have all been disarmed.
"Now is not the time to talk about this!" The Qianhu trembled, "Those Qiu Ba people said that Marquis Chang asked his Xu family to sue, and our Chief Secretary's Yamen must take this case!"
"He is a warrior and lawless! The Ming Dynasty has national laws and regulations regarding the people's lawsuits. As a warrior noble, he interferes in the civil affairs of a province. Is he going to rebel?"
Yan Zheng continued to scold, "Does his cousin, Wu Fu, know what investigating a case is? We have to peel off the cocoons step by step, from the bottom up. Especially as you just said, a case involving more than a dozen lives. The involvement in it
, it can’t be explained in a day or two!”
"If this is true, tell Marquis Chang!"
The hundred households cursed in their hearts and said urgently, "Sir, Marquis Chang has already led his people and is waiting for you to open the ceremony in the main hall!"
"Opening a court, I don't know anything about this kind of thing, why should I hold a court?" Yan Zheng cursed in his heart without any scholar's ethics.
He is also suffering in his heart now and cannot express it.
In another half year, in another half year, he will retire and return home to become a rich man. Who would have thought that suddenly, such a big case would fall on his head.
After learning that Chang Sen had brought someone to complain, he immediately went to ask the Chief Secretary for instructions. Unexpectedly... the other party had been ill since yesterday. His mouth and eyes were crooked and he could not speak or see. He could not even see or speak at home.
Mr. Yin Yang of the water and land dojo is ready.
Furthermore, Yan Zheng is an old man who has climbed up from below step by step for more than thirty years. You don't even need to read the files to know that this kind of case must be a big case with many heads of people.
It’s only half a year before I retire and return home! If something goes wrong, my whole life will be wasted!
"Sir, you have to hurry up, I look at Chang Hou's eyes like he is murderous..."
"Hmph! He opened the court just when he said it was open?" Yan Zheng said angrily, "According to the fact that the Chief Secretary is a civil servant, everything has laws and regulations. If I want to open the court, the Chief Secretary must speak in person."
As he spoke, he sneered and said, "The emperor's relatives are so domineering that they led troops into the Chief Secretary's Yamen and threatened a province to investigate. Do I have to join him?"
"Yan Jiancha, have you forgotten that Chang Hou has another identity?"
Suddenly, someone spoke outside the door.
Yan Zheng looked up, but it was Huguang Chief Secretary Zuo Shenzheng Yu Xin.
"So what if he is his uncle who is the Holy Emperor?" Yan Zheng sneered, "The world has its own justice and civil affairs have its own procedures. If he brings in troops like him, is the Ming Dynasty still the Ming Dynasty? Isn't that chaos?
Did I say there will be no trial? But I don’t know the reason, I haven’t seen the file, and I don’t know the facts of the case.”
"Even if there is really an injustice, we still have to carefully identify it. How can we be so hasty?"
"Besides, in the more than 30 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have never heard of anyone bringing troops in to force a case to be tried. It is simply... unprecedented!"
Hearing this, Yu Xin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Strict inspection, is Chang Hou still wearing an imperial envoy for security?"
Suddenly, Yan Zheng was stunned.
Then he remembered that after the emperor dealt with the Chu vassal that day, he transferred Huaiyuan Hou Changsen to Huguang. There was a sentence in the imperial edict.
"Hou Huaiyuan Hou Changsen promoted Huguang to save trouble, and used the imperial envoy to control all civil and military officials. Those below the third rank can be dismissed directly without going through the central committee!"
The Chu vassal has passed away, but the imperial envoy on the body of Marquis Huaiyuan is still hanging on!
"Sir!" Yu Xin said again, "I would like to advise you, now is not the time to be stubborn!" He said, sighing, "Since he dares to do this, he is fully confident. Even if it goes to the imperial court, he will not be stubborn.
Don’t be afraid!”
"Hey!" After a long while, Yan Zheng sighed helplessly.
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"Master Chasi is here!"
"mighty...."
There were three circles inside and three circles outside. In the crowded lobby, Chang Sen sat on the side of the auditorium and was impatient to wait.
Suddenly, I heard the yamen servants shouting in unison, and the hall became quiet. The call to the hall was heard, and they cursed, "Forget it, let him try a case. It's worse than fucking old ladies taking off their pants!"
Hearing this, the lieutenant standing next to him sneered, "Master Marquis, ladies take off their pants with a swish, only little girls can do that coquettishly!"
"Get out of here, you're not in good shape!" Chang Sen hurriedly cursed, and then glanced at the crowd watching the excitement seemingly casually.
In the corner of the crowd, a man dressed as a scholar was looking coldly ahead.
Who else could this person be? Long live the Lord?
~
After another long while, the inspector, Yan Zheng, took square steps and staggered out of the back hall.
He first glanced at Chang Sen, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair in a haughty manner, sneering all the time.
"I have met Marquis Chang!" Yan Zheng was not lacking in courtesy.
"Ha! You're so hard to find!" Chang Sen mocked.
He knows the virtues of these civil servants. When they are good, they all share the same virtues. When they are in trouble, they all stay away.
This taunt made Yan Zheng a little embarrassed.
Unexpectedly, Chang Sen spoke impatiently again, "Bring a few people who have been wronged here today. You should quickly resolve the case and give them justice... Look at you, you are dragging your feet. What?
, do you not want to go to trial, or do you not want to go to trial?”
The clay figurine was extremely angry and retorted solemnly, "Hou Chang! You are a noble military attache who doesn't know anything about civil affairs! According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, in any lawsuit, a pleading must be submitted first, and the official will inquire after it and then decide whether to
Open the hall."
"And after the court opens, you can't just file a complaint against the victim. The defendants, witnesses and material evidence must also be complete before..."
Suddenly, Chang Sen became furious and slapped the armrest of the chair, "Hurry up and try the case, it will be dark soon!"
Yan Zheng glanced at Chang Sen, then at the dozens of people kneeling in the hall, and his heart trembled violently.
These dozens of people are all wearing sackcloth and mourning!
"Sir, this is a complaint!" A document was handed over to him. Yan Zheng looked at it and asked, "Who is here, and who is being sued?"
As he said this, he suddenly panicked again.
Although he only glanced at it a few times, he could already distinguish the general context.
These people...are they here to complain? Are they here to demand their lives?
If their petition is followed, how many officials will be left in the Wuchang Prefecture and the Huguang Chief Secretary?
Although he didn't understand the facts of the case, he knew that such a case must involve countless people. Otherwise, he couldn't cover it up like this!
It takes a hundred lies to cover up one lie...
In other words, in addition to one person lying, there are a hundred people helping him lie.
"The villain Xu Ping'an is suing..." Xu Ping'an was stunned. In his complaint, he really didn't mention who he wanted to sue.
At that moment, he was stunned, and immediately said loudly, "The villain's father and brother-in-law, as well as the husbands and sons of these neighbors, died unjustly!"
"Please, sir, investigate clearly and give the villain justice!"
~
"No!" Yan Zheng's hands were trembling, "I won't be able to try this case even if Chang Sen fires me on the spot even if I fight hard!"