There was absolutely no limit to the praise those officials had for Li Huairen.
He was a god in cutting eucalyptus, and he had a sharp eye, as if this Li Huairen was really a great master of eucalyptus cutting.
Zhu Han had goosebumps all over his body when he heard this.
Let alone at this time, even in future generations, few people dare to say that they can immediately judge the truth of the case just by looking at the files.
Even in those detective novels, the detectives who have a 100% detection rate still need to go to the scene to investigate clues to find out the truth of the case.
If this Li Huairen really has this ability, then he will definitely become the best detective in ancient and modern times.
Such a person will definitely be recorded vividly in the history books.
He is definitely a well-known figure.
However, Zhu Han had never heard of such a person in history.
How dare you compare with Bao Zheng...
Not to mention anything else, just the thickness of his face was definitely rare in Zhu Han's life.
"Oh, there is actually a master of breaking eucalyptus like Mr. Li in the Yanjing Criminal Department? I have never heard of it before. It is really disrespectful." Zhu Han sneered contemptuously.
What he admired most about Li Huairen was that despite being so disgustingly flattered, Li Huairen could still keep his majestic appearance in his clothes.
It was as if those words were not flattery, but actually true.
"Your Majesty is so complimentary. I am just doing my duty when I am a low-ranking official."
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How do you say something?
If you are shameless, you are invincible.
Zhu Han was suspicious. If he pulled off this guy's face and made it into a shield, he might not even be able to block musket bullets.
Not wanting to talk nonsense with these sick-minded guys, Zhu Han asked with a stern face: "Since Mr. Li is as good as a god, do you know the cause and effect of this incident?"
Zhu Hanhuan originally thought that Li Huairen would use ignorance as an excuse.
As a result, this guy actually answered calmly: "The official has already read the file of the last interrogation."
"This Miao Lifu openly committed a murder with a knife in the downtown area because the victim owed him some wages. Such unruly people are simply lawless."
"Your Majesty knows that the prince loves the people so much, and he feels sorry for Miao Lifu. But the prince, this kind of unscrupulous people can kill people for money today, and kill people for money tomorrow."
"Your Majesty, you can't just ignore the laws of the country and treat them as child's play just because you see them as pitiful."
"If things go on like this, won't my Ming Law become a piece of paper?"
Good guy, after traveling through time for so long, there are only a handful of people who dare to point their noses at him and scold him like this.
It would be fine if this Li Huairen was really a good official who served the country and the people.
But this guy seems to be selfless, but in fact he is completely evil.
Jin Yiwei doesn't even need to investigate this person. Just by looking at his series of actions, you can tell what kind of character he is.
Anyway, Zhu Han had never seen any capable official who could remain expressionless and allow his subordinates to praise him like this.
As soon as Li Huairen finished speaking, the officials from the Ministry of Punishment also began to echo his words.
"Master Li is right. He dares to commit murder on the street just for some money. What kind of good person can he be?"
"My lord, please don't be deceived by this unscrupulous man. He is just pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy. We in the Criminal Department have seen so many people like this. Everyone said that they had no choice but to do so."
"No matter what, it is wrong to kill someone in the street. Killing someone to pay for their life is the right thing to do."
Zhu Han watched with cold eyes and found that among the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, almost all of them did not speak up for Li Huairen.
Regardless of whether they really attached themselves to Li Huairen or followed the crowd, Zhu Han remembered everything he said.
When this storm is over, we will deal with all these people.
This is the Ministry of Justice.
The person in charge is responsible for criminal matters. If this department is all a bunch of idiots, the impact will be huge.
Although various documents from the imperial court will eventually be handed over to Dali Temple for review. But if there are problems on the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple will naturally be affected.
Ahem!
Zhu Han cleared his throat and waited for the officials of the Ministry of Punishments to calm down. Zhu Han asked in a deep voice: "Miao Lifu, I am here to ask you, how much money do you owe you in total?"
Qian Yong was the businessman who owed Miao Lifu wages. According to Jin Yiwei's report, Qian Yong was a descendant of the Qian family in Hedong and was responsible for managing some of the Qian family's business.
People like Qian Yong, to put it mildly, come from a big family. In fact, apart from the name of this big family, their status is not much better than that of the servants of the housekeeper.
In fact, their status is not as good as those who are hired. This idea, a qualified shopkeeper is very rare, and the wages are absolutely indispensable.
But because the money comes from my own family, the treatment is lower than that of hired shopkeepers.
Miao Lifu replied aggrievedly: "We originally agreed to pay him one or two cents of silver a month. I worked for him for half a month, and he should give me six cents of silver. Later, my employer said that he should give me six cents of silver on my first day of work.
I need someone to teach me, so I can’t count money. On the last day, I only worked for half a day, so I can’t count money.”
"The wages he owes me should be..."
Miao Li was seen clasping his fingers and calculating hard.
Li Huairen snorted disdainfully: "It's four pieces of silver in total. Can't you even figure this out?"
"Just for this little money, you can actually harm a human life. Don't you have any sense of shame in your heart?"
"Shut up!" Zhu Han suddenly became furious and looked around to see if there was anything he could take advantage of.
But Zhou Liang only prepared a chair for Zhu Han, and there was nothing else around.
If Zhou Liang didn't poke him secretly, what kind of stumbling block would this bring to Zhu Han?
After all, this is a courtroom, not the living room of Prince Zhu Han's mansion. As a spectator, I can only prepare one chair.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment were at a loss as to why Zhu Han, His Royal Highness, had suddenly lost his temper.
Just when they were confused, Zhu Han suddenly stood up.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He grabbed the backrest of the Grand Master's chair and threw it directly in the direction of where Li Huairen was.
This action was so sudden that by the time the officials from the Ministry of Punishment realized what had happened, the chair was already in front of them.
Li Huairen just subconsciously raised his hands to resist.
The next moment, the Grand Master's chair made close contact with his arm, and then tilted to one side. Fortunately, the leg of the chair hit the head of a waiter next to him, knocking off his official hat.
The officials of the Ministry of Justice were in a panic like frightened ducks.
Although Li Huairen blocked the chair to avoid being hit on the head and bleeding.
But after the Grand Master's chair fell to the ground, Li Huairen's hand also dropped naturally, and Cen Cen's face was sweating and seemed to be in great pain.
Seeing this, another servant of the Ministry of Justice who survived the incident quickly asked with concern: "My lord, are you okay?"
Seeing that Zhu Han didn't throw anything over, the others quickly went to care about Li Huairen.
"Master Shangshu, your hand?"
"Doctor! Are you all blind? You didn't see Master Shangshu injured, so why don't you call the doctor quickly?"
Li Huairen waved his hand with difficulty, indicating that he was fine. Then he raised his head and looked at Zhu Han angrily.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Do you think that this can stop everyone in the world from talking?"
Other officials from the Ministry of Punishment also looked at Zhu Han dissatisfied.
A dignified prince openly beat the court official.
Is there any royal law?
Are there any laws?
They are scholars and officials.
Even the barbarians of the Meng Yuan Dynasty were polite to people like them.
"People?" Zhu Han looked at them with a cold expression, as if he wanted to cut them alive.
"You guys, you guys, can you be considered citizens?" Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang were the ones who captured this whole world from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
Normally he might think it's nothing, but once Zhu Han gets really angry, his aura is quite terrifying.
Many officials from the Ministry of Justice did not even dare to make eye contact with him.
There are also people who are not afraid of death, such as Li Huairen, the Minister of Punishment.
He raised his head without fear: "Your Majesty, your subordinates will not understand what you are saying."
"Common people like Miao Lifu are considered citizens, so don't those businessmen count as our citizens of the Ming Dynasty? They are also working diligently and paying the imperial grain and national taxes."
"Is it just because people like Miao Lifu are poor that they can't even be sentenced for murder?"
"His Royal Highness the King of England once said that everyone in the world should be equal among scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants. Why is it that at this time, His Highness puts people like Miao Lifu above businessmen?"
"Is it difficult to believe that just because businessmen are rich, they deserve whatever happens to them?"
This Li Huairen seems to be upright, but he is actually a sharp-tongued person who is good at confusing right and wrong.
"Li Daren is right, businessmen are also citizens of our Ming Dynasty."
"Even if he defaults on his wages, Miao Lifu can definitely sue the government, and the government will naturally make the decision for him. Since he killed someone, he should be punished."
"Your Majesty, what you did is indeed not appropriate. I am speaking out with justice and without any selfish motives."
"If the merchants in Yanjing City knew that in order to protect people like Miao Lifu, you let them suffer losses all the time, their hearts would freeze."
Listening to what the officials from the Ministry of Punishment said to each other, they defended the businessmen.
Zhu Han only found it funny.
In the past, these scholars did not say this.
They only talk about scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and scholars are the most important and those who contributed the most to the Ming Dynasty.
They will also ask for orders for the people, praise the hard-working farmers to the sky, and encourage businessmen to value profits over justice, thinking that there is no good businessman in the world.
Whenever money is talked about, it is as if this thing is something extremely dirty, and they scholars never care about it.
Now, it's completely the other way around.
This group of officials, who used to treat businessmen as nothing, kept saying good things for those businessmen.
"So, do you think this king is confusing right and wrong?" Zhu Han asked coldly.
Li Huairen subconsciously wanted to clasp his fists, but as soon as he raised his arm, he felt a heartbreaking pain in his forearm.
He gasped in pain, and he probably had a broken bone.
In that moment just now, Zhu Han shot out with hatred and with great strength.
A guy like Li Huairen, who was indifferent to food and drink when he was in school, and when he became an official, he had to be cared for even when he was wearing clothes and food, his body was too fragile.
Just one touch and the bone broke.
"Xiaguan...hiss...Xiaguan doesn't dare. Xiaguan and others just hope that this case can be handled impartially. Otherwise, the merchants in Yanjing will not get any guarantee and may have to leave."
The light in Zhu Han's eyes flashed away: "Are you threatening me?"
Of course, Li Huairen would not jump into such an obvious trap: "My lord, you are worrying too much. I just want to tell you the consequences of doing this, and public opinion cannot be acted upon."
"Okay!" Zhu Han laughed angrily: "Since you want to be sentenced according to the Ming Law, I would like to ask you officials in charge of punishment."
"In my Ming Dynasty Law, how is the sentence for intentional murder?"
Li Huairen could tell that there was something in Zhu Han's words. But he couldn't figure out what the prince wanted to do: "The murderer must pay with his life. After the Dali Temple has verified that it is correct, he will be executed as a warning to others."
Zhu Han nodded coldly: "Okay, it seems that Mr. Li has not forgotten the Ming Law."
"In this case, I would like to ask you again, if someone is committing murder and is killed in reverse, how should I, the Great Ming Law, judge him?"
This time, Li Huairen's answer was also quick: "If your life is threatened, kill the perpetrator instead. According to my Ming Law, you are not guilty!"
Many people believe that ancient laws were imperfect.
However, the laws of the Ming Dynasty do have provisions similar to self-defense.
Zhu Han once accidentally saw a similar incident in the Ming Dynasty.
A drunkard accidentally discovered a corpse and reported it to the authorities.
The government soon found out the identity of this person, who was a gambler named Ma Zhende.
After multiple investigations, it was discovered that the gambler had visited the home of a man named Wang Neng before his death.
The police went to investigate, but Wang Neng refused to admit it at first. Later, the police discovered the loophole, and after questioning, he finally revealed the truth.
It turned out that Ma Zhen had sneaked into Wang Neng's house last night to steal, and was discovered by Wang Neng and beaten to death by mistake.
Because he was afraid of getting into trouble, he had no choice but to abandon his body in the wilderness.
After interrogation by the local government, they felt that the matter was basically true, so they reported it to Dali Temple.
However, Dali Temple discovered some errors in the file and dismissed the case for a new trial.
Finally, a thorough investigation was conducted and the truth was revealed.
It turned out that Wang Neng and Ma Zhen were both gamblers. On the day of the incident, Ma Zhen came to Wang Neng after drinking to collect his gambling debt.
During the dispute between the two parties, Ma Zhenyi, who was drunk, accidentally fell and fainted.
Upon seeing this, Wang Neng came up with a plan and deliberately created a situation where Ma Zhen came to steal.
The intention is to use self-defense to protect oneself from legal sanctions.
Li Huairen understood Zhu Han's thoughts and immediately retorted: "Does the prince want to say that Qian Yong threatened Miao Lifu's life, so he fought back?"
"But Your Majesty, the money I owe Miao Lifu is only a few coins. There is no need to threaten my life."
"Miao Lifu killing someone in the street cannot be considered self-defense in any way."
