Zhu Si asked with a straight face: "Sun Butang, are you teaching me how to do things?"
Sun Jiao showed a fearful attitude, raised the wat board and bowed his head, meaning that I won't fight with you anymore.
Zhu Si looked around and said angrily: "In this matter, I don't know why I got to this situation. It seems that I can only bring the person involved in for a trial... Where is the prefect of Yongping Prefecture now?"
This was asked in public.
No one present knew where Zhu Hao was. They all looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.
Huang Jin, who was standing next to Zhang Zuo, came closer and reported: "Your Majesty, Magistrate Zhu is still in Yongping Mansion, but he is under the custody of Jin Yiwei."
"not here?"
Zhu Si frowned, thought for a while and said: "There is no need for custody! Didn't you listen to what Sun Budang said? Let's not hold the local magistrate accountable for this matter. The local magistrate is responsible for looking after the mine. Even if
It’s a mistake, but it’s not a big crime… Let’s let him go first.”
"Your Majesty, if the criminal is released easily before the matter is found out, I'm afraid he will be..." Huang Jin didn't say anything. Zhang Zuo on the side quickly tried to dissuade him, as if he didn't agree with the emperor's idea.
"snort!"
Zhu Si smiled coldly, turned his eyes to Sun Jiao, and answered Zhang Zuo's question, "Don't you want to tell me that Magistrate Zhu was the initiator of this matter? In fact, he was the one who hid the pig iron."
, if I let him go, he will abandon his official position and abscond, right?"
Zhang Zuo quickly bowed and said, "This is not what I meant."
"Then let him go." Zhu Si said resolutely, "Where is the commander of Yongpingwei, Li Bor, who is responsible for transporting pig iron?"
Huang Jin said: "Your Majesty, we have been escorted to the capital to await your Majesty's decision."
Zhu Si immediately said angrily: "What else are you ruling? Without my order, the pig iron in my name was directly transferred away. He is a military attaché of the Guard. Is it within his scope of responsibility to manage the mine? Ministry of War, it's you
Did you give him the order to do something?"
Peng Ze, Minister of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said firmly: "The Ministry of War has never issued such an official document."
Zhu Sidao: "Who instigated him to do it?"
Huang Jindao: "According to the criminal's confession, it was Uncle Huairou who wrote to him to do this."
"Okay, Uncle Huairou has taken the courage of a brave man. A martial artist who has nothing to do with local affairs actually dares to bypass all levels of government offices and directly give orders to the commander of the Yongping Guards and do things for him. Then
Doesn’t it mean that if you transport pig iron today, you will lead an army to rebel tomorrow?”
Zhu Si looked very annoyed.
However, his anger was justifiable. After saying this, the ministers present also felt that the emperor's anger was not unreasonable.
The local garrison was only under orders from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War. To mobilize troops and horses, orders from both sides were required. There were even local garrison eunuchs who had to obtain the emperor's order before they could mobilize troops and horses. Now Huairoubo can directly mobilize local guards.
Whether the guardsmen were rebelling or doing private things for them, they were indeed suspected of overstepping their bounds.
To put it into perspective, it's just that you, Uncle Huairou, borrowed your old department to help with personal matters. It is a public tool for private use.
To put it more seriously, this is an unauthorized deployment of troops, which is a taboo, and may result in the loss of one's official position, or the execution of one's entire family.
Sun Jiao walked down the aisle again and said, "Your Majesty, I visited Huairou Bo the day before yesterday and learned that he made an unintentional mistake. He just wanted to cooperate with the court to transport the batch of pig iron to a safe place. He never thought that something would go wrong."
Zhu Sidao: "Oh, according to Sun Laobutang, if it's not Huairou Bo's responsibility, then it's the local prefect's responsibility?"
When Sun Jiao heard this, were you waiting for me here? That's fine, just pretend I didn't say anything.
Sun Jiao didn't even have a word to defend himself, and returned to the courtroom dejectedly.
Zhu Si said coldly: "Sun Butang, don't rush back. Let me ask you, what did I tell you the day before yesterday?"
Sun Jiao didn't know how to answer in front of all the ministers.
Zhu Sidao: "I have always been reasonable. If you take things without telling them, you are a thief. Now I don't care whether the iron belongs to me or the court. But Huairou Bo united with people from the local guard station to steal things belonging to the Ming Dynasty. This is not stealing but
What? Even if
No matter how great your excuse was, you moved your things away and now they are lost. Do you have to pay compensation according to the price?"
All the ministers present were watching Zhu Si and Sun Jiao's performance, and no one could interrupt.
It’s not that they don’t want to say it, it’s because they basically don’t know the cause and effect of the matter. If they want to express their opinions without even knowing the details, are they trying to stick their heads out and let others slap them in the face?
"So my request is very simple. Pay according to the price, even at a discount... Oh, by the way, how much is that batch of pig iron worth?" Zhu Si asked.
Zhang Zuo reminded: "Fifty thousand taels."
"Okay, I'll be generous and give it 40,000 taels! Huairou Bo and Li Bor, will you give this batch of pig iron back to me at a discount and return it to the court?" Zhu Si asked sharply.
Zhang Zuodao: "Your Majesty does not want to blame others, and only asks him to compensate the court for its losses. It is reasonable and reasonable."
Zhu Si looked at Jin Xianmin, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and asked: "Jin Zongxian, what do you think?"
Jin Xianmin was listening carefully, but he did not expect that he could be involved. He was suddenly questioned by the emperor. As the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he understood that the emperor was asking him if he had any legal problems.
Let alone the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing has never happened in all dynasties, and there is no way to rely on it.
After Jin Xianmin hesitated for a while, he respectfully replied: "If the missing thing belongs to the imperial court, what Huairoubo did was an act of theft and corruption. If it is your majesty's property, Huairoubo is at least responsible for failing to keep it well, and your majesty has the right to decide what to do."
Investigate."
Jin Xianmin is probably talking about folk rules.
Things are public property, and regardless of whether the person takes them intentionally or unintentionally, it is a crime.
But if the thing is private, after the incident, the owner has the right to decide whether to pursue the case, or how to pursue it. There are also related cases in the private sector. It is probably that if the thief did not do anything too egregious, the owner has the right to forgive and just let him go.
Just return the things.
Zhu Sidao said: "Well, I will ask Huairou Bo to pay 40,000 taels of silver. What do you think?"
When the emperor said this, he made it clear that he wanted to make Shi Zan bankrupt.
Jiang Mian really couldn't stand listening anymore. Seeing that Yang Tinghe was not able to come forward, he quickly stepped forward and spoke uprightly: "Your Majesty, there are still many doubts about this matter. The imperial court should send people to the local area for detailed investigation, and the people involved should be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment.
, hand it over to the Tribunal for interrogation in order to find the lost thing as soon as possible."
Zhu Si sneered: "Looking for it? Now that the thing is lost, I must look for it, but when will I find it? If I can't find it for one day, I and the court will bear the loss? Mr. Jiang Ge, your principle of doing things is what happened.
To delay the matter indefinitely? Can't we let Huairou Bo pay compensation while sending people to find him? If he is really found, at worst, I will return it to him!"
Jiang Mian hurriedly said: "I have no such intention."
Zhu Si scolded: "You shouldn't have stood up. I'm being extra merciful. I don't hold Huairou Bo accountable for overstepping his authority and taking bribes and perverting the law. I only let him pay the discounted price of this batch of pig iron. Isn't this unreasonable? As for Li Borong, I
I don’t want to pursue it too closely, after all, he is just following orders.”
"I just want to know, why did Huairou Bo and Li Bor do this? With their status, do they need to be so hard on me?"
At this time, Zhao Huang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Your Majesty, Huairoubo has nothing to do with the mining of Yongping Mansion. If he really ordered the local health office to help with the transportation, then his original intention may be to transport this batch of pig iron.
Take it as your own."
Zhu Sidao: "Listen, the Ministry of Industry finally said something pertinent. Why can't some people understand this simple truth?"
Yang Tinghe endured it again and again, and wanted to stand up and interrupt the emperor several times, or to suppress the emperor's arrogance, but in the end, he endured it.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yang Tinghe was very angry.
Zhu Sidao: "I originally planned to interrogate Huairou Bo and Li Boring in front of you. Now that we have talked about it, do you think it is still necessary?"
No one spoke.
Even Lin Jun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who has always had a hot temper, chose to watch the fire from the other side this time.
Because until now, Lin Jun still doesn’t know what attitude civil servants should maintain.
It seems...it's just Huairoubo and Li Bor, two military attachés from the Dudu Mansion system who were held accountable. Does this have anything to do with the civil servants? Besides, what these two people did did indeed break the rules of Chaoyan. Why do you, Huairoubo, have nothing to do with it?
Dispatch the commanders of the local guards to do things? If we are talking about principles, the Minister of Punishment should add insult to injury to Shi Zan, let alone speak for him.
"Okay, if that's the case, then it's settled."
Zhu Sidao said, "If Uncle Huairou can't pay back the money, Li Bor's house will be confiscated as well. No matter how much it is, if it's not enough, the next step will be to confiscate Zhu Hao's house!"
Zhang Zuo reminded: "Your Majesty, you have forgotten that Magistrate Zhu bears a heavy responsibility for this matter. Maybe he should..."
"Even if he is responsible, should he be held responsible if someone steals something? Besides, the batch of pig iron was lost after he handed it over to Li Boring... Calculating it this way, it should be very reasonable for him to be ranked third when it comes to compensation.
Yes! If Huairou Bo and Li Bor can pay for it, I won’t ask him for it!"
What Zhu Si means is that previously we were talking about the order of accountability. Now it is our turn to pay compensation, and the order cannot be changed.
First, they punished Huairou Bo and Li Bor. One of them exceeded his authority and gave orders, but the other dared to take orders? The responsibilities of the two should be equal, but given Huairou Bo's high rank, Li Bor may have succumbed to his superiors.
Under pressure, Bo Huairou ranked first in losing money, followed by Li Bor.
Finally it was Zhu Hao's turn.
No one can escape!
Sun Jiao said: "Your Majesty, forty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. Ordinary people, not to mention compensation, will not be able to earn even a fraction for several generations. Your Majesty might as well ask the blame directly."
Zhu Si sneered and said: "I have heard that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are rich in wealth and wealth. Uncle Huairou has been a distinguished minister of the Ming Dynasty for generations, guarding various places. Naturally, he deserves credit and hard work, but the court has never treated his family badly!"
"Now that Uncle Huairou dares to overstep his rank and order the local police to do things for him, he should bear the responsibility. The worst he can do is to ransack his house and sleep on the street, or to take out a loan and pay it back slowly in the future. Is it possible that the court can only care about the life and death of Uncle Huairou's family?"