Chapter 258: The Inheritance of Zhu Yuanzhang's Bloodline
Things in the morning court may seem very complicated, but in fact there are specific orders and rules.
After Zhu Yuanzhang introduced his eldest grandson, the morning court session began.
The morning session is mainly divided into four parts.
The first step was to receive the officials entering and leaving the capital. Officials from Honglu Temple were the first to go out and report to the emperor the number of officials who had entered the capital to express gratitude and left the capital to express gratitude. These people had reported at Honglu Temple the day before.
These personnel, who are under the sixth rank, are not qualified to enter the Fengtian Palace, so at this time, the emperor will choose to summon them or not.
Those who have not been summoned by name will be summoned by the officials, and they will perform five bows and three kowtows in the courtyard or outside the Meridian Gate. After saluting, they can go about their own business.
The second is to deal with important border affairs.
For example, military affairs issues on the grasslands, along the coast, and other border areas of the Ming Dynasty were discussed and dealt with one by one as they were raised by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office.
Of course, what can be discussed in the morning meeting is usually ordinary military affairs. Urgent border reports will naturally reach the emperor's hands as soon as possible.
After these two are processed, it is the stage of changing the performance in the conventional sense. This is basically the same as what Zhu Ying saw in later movies and TV shows.
According to convention, every official "coughs in advance" before starting work, which is called "cleaning". This actually also means saying hello, so as to avoid confusion and embarrassment caused by two people leaving work at the same time.
If there are really two people rushing to go out to perform something, the General Administration Department or the official of Honglu Temple will usually be responsible for guiding them.
After officials leave their duties, they need to go to His Majesty Jinluan in front of the Imperial Palace to report something. After speaking, they will return to the train.
The memorial should be read aloud when performing.
In addition to guiding officials to perform tasks, officials of the General Administration Department and Honglu Temple sometimes need to read memorials on their behalf. In order to achieve the effect of "beautiful appearance", they generally select those who meet the standards of "beautiful appearance" and "loud voice" in the yamen.
officials.
For these government affairs, if they can be handled immediately, the emperor will ask questions or give answers. If they cannot be handled immediately, the emperor will usually summon relevant officials for discussion after the morning court. Except for urgent government affairs, they will generally not be held lightly in court.
decision.
The reason why Zhu Ying felt speechless was at this point.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so outrageous in this aspect that even major and minor matters in the capital could be discussed in the morning.
To a certain extent, as the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang personally inquired and tried some banditry matters in the capital.
Zhu Ying keenly discovered that when a slightly bizarre item appeared in the court, the old man would become extremely excited, and then based on the existing clues, he would scrutinize, analyze, and even make a decision directly.
"So you are such an old man."
Zhu Ying cursed in her heart.
A lot of strange things happened to the emperors after the Ming Dynasty. It turned out that it was not a genetic mutation, but the blood inheritance in the true sense of the word.
It's just that in the old man's case, it wasn't very obvious, so it was unknown. After all, in ancient times, there was no concept of Sherlock Holmes' reasoning.
Especially in the position of the founding emperor of the country, many people think that it is His Majesty's control of power rather than personal preferences.
Only Zhu Ying, who had memories of her previous life, noticed it immediately.
After thinking deeply, Zhu Ying discovered that the old man who seemed to value power was not as important as people thought.
"Perhaps the former prince was in a similar situation to me now. The old man was eager to push over all the memorials."
It should be noted that the emperor's power is reflected in reviewing memorials.
Whether it is personnel transfers or case handling, they all reflect the emperor's supreme authority.
Before Zhu Ying entered the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang could not wait to leave the memorial and came over, even though he was going to Henan to deal with the plague, hundreds of miles away.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't find it troublesome and still delivered it on time and on time every day.
In the palace, there is no need to say more.
Such a situation is almost always rare no matter which dynasty or father and son it is.
Emperors of the past dynasties would have done well if they did not guard against the prince. There were not many such things like deposing a prince in various dynasties. How could it be like Zhu Yuanzhang?
I wish I could retire soon.
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was deducing the case passionately, he suddenly noticed a strange look from his eldest son.
"Will our eldest grandson find out about our preferences?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Zhu Ying with some suspicion.
With Zhu Yuanzhang's silence, the originally lively court became quiet.
"Dasun, what do you think about this current case?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered slightly and directly pushed the question to Dasun.
This matter can be discussed in court, which is naturally very difficult for officials.
A businessman named Xu in the capital had a very beautiful wife, Mrs. Li.
This made the friends around him very envious of her. If she were a concubine, they would have bought her at a high price.
In the 20th year of Hongwu's reign, a businessman named Xu went out to do business with his friend Zhao.
When he came back, only Zhao came back.
Zhao told Mrs. Li, "Your husband unfortunately fell into the river and drowned while we were on a boat together. There are witnesses and official documents from the government. This is how the matter has been determined."
Although Li was very sad after seeing the official document, she could only accept the facts.
Without her husband, Ms. Li is a widow. Although her family still has some money, Ms. Li lives a very hard life.
There are many disputes in front of a widow, let alone a beautiful woman like Mrs. Li.
At this stage, Zhao will help Li in many aspects and will continue to be attentive.
Li and her husband did not have any children, and her husband’s parents also passed away very early. Li’s situation was basically the same.
Although she knew Zhao's purpose, as a single woman, Li finally agreed to Zhao, remarried to Zhao, and gave birth to two children.
Until this year, at the end of last month, there was a heavy rain in Nanjing.
Zhao and Li's two children were playing in the water under the porch. At this time, a frog appeared and jumped from the water under the porch to the steps.
The older children took a small wooden stick and poked the frog into the water again.
At this time, Zhao and Li were watching from the side.
Perhaps because he was moved by the scene, or perhaps for other reasons, Zhao suddenly sighed: "He looked like this when he fell into the water."
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Zhao regretted them.
Although the voice was very soft, Li, who was right next to him, could hear it clearly.
Li immediately realized that when her husband, a businessman named Xu, fell into the water and drowned, it was definitely not that simple. There was another reason.
So I kept asking Zhao what happened when her husband died.
After many days of questioning, Zhao finally couldn't hold it back and told Mr. Li all the ins and outs of the matter.
It turns out that when Zhao saw Li's beauty, he didn't say anything, but he always thought about it in his heart.
He even talked to Xu several times in private and wanted to spend a lot of money in the hope that Xu would give his wife to him, but Xu flatly refused.
Then Zhao made a false apology and obtained Xu's forgiveness, and they went out to do business together again.
On that boat, when the waves were the biggest, Zhao invited Xu to watch, and when Xu was not prepared, he pushed her into the water.
The water was so turbulent that the boatman, who was proficient in water skills, did not dare to enter the water even when Zhao paid all his wealth and hundreds of taels of money to beg him to save his life.
With water like this, it is useless no matter how well versed it is. It will basically lead to death and no life.
The passengers on the boat, including businessmen who knew Xu and Zhao, were also moved by Zhao's kindness.
After all, one hundred guan notes is not a small amount, it is enough to meet the basic needs of an ordinary family for several years.
When the government was investigating, these witnesses were naturally more inclined to Zhao.
The reason why Zhao explained the matter in such detail was that he believed that five years had passed since the incident.
Now Ms. Li and she have two children, and their life is pretty good, at least they don't have to worry about food and drink.
Even if he knew what happened back then, he would not report it to the government.
After hearing this, Ms. Li did not get angry or scold her, which made Zhao feel relieved, and they even had some intimacy that night.
However, the next day, after Zhao went out.
Li killed the two children directly.
Then he took the child's body, surrendered to the government, and sued Zhao for killing her husband.
When the government asked her why she wanted to kill her children, Li explained: "These two children are the descendants of my husband's enemies. She wanted to avenge her husband."
This incident immediately caused a sensation in the capital, and the officials who handled the incident did not know how to handle the matter. After all, there were no relevant provisions in the Ming Dynasty law.
Zhao, of course, has no chance of escaping even if he is sentenced to death, so Li is in a very difficult position.
Especially since this incident happened in the capital city, it naturally received different attention.
So this case was reported to the officials today.
After Zhu Ying heard the old man's question, he didn't speak for a long time. He knew what to do, but he couldn't say this verdict with his mouth.
Finally, he sighed and said: "Grandpa, this son, my grandson doesn't know how to judge."
He who kills must pay with his life. This is the law of the Ming Dynasty.
But now the Ming Dynasty also attaches great importance to and promotes women's chastity.
Although the Li family killed people, it was in line with the current national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.
Today, the ideology promoted by the Ming Dynasty is based on Confucianism.
The Confucian classic "Book of Rites" says, "The hatred of the father cannot be shared by the heavens." This is the origin of "the hatred of the parents cannot be shared by the heavens".
"Book of Rites Tan Gong" also records: Zi Xia asked Confucius: "What is it like to be the enemy of your parents?" Confucius said: "Sleeping hard and sleeping on a dry pillow, if you are not an official, you cannot share the world. When encountering various cities and dynasties,
Do not fight but fight."
What Confucius meant was: If you bear the blood feud of your parents, you will never live with your enemy under the sky. Don't be an official, sleep on straw as a pillow, and wait for revenge.
If you meet an enemy in a public place, you don't need to go home to get a weapon. You can just rush up and fight.
And now Li's revenge for her husband is obviously in line with the mainstream thoughts of Confucianism.
Such a similar case occurred once during the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian's decision was to first pardon the person involved, and then to death because of other officials' reports that he had violated the king's law.
The same problem was placed on Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was no concept of forced labor, and there was no punishment of imprisonment.
Like that kind of jail sentence, where you spend years or even decades in jail, that's not called punishment, it's called pending trial.
That is to say, in this case, it is not easy to judge for the time being. The parties concerned can just wait in jail.
As for how long to wait, it depends on when the situation becomes clear and the truth comes out, and then the punishment will be decided.
Ancient criminal laws did not have strict regulations on the time spent in jail. Some unlucky people who offended others might spend their entire lives in jail. The reason for their imprisonment was actually to await trial. If they were not tried or sentenced, they would always be in a state of awaiting trial.
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For a woman like Li, the judgment is indeed very difficult.
The punishment that suits her is either acquittal, exile or death.
The key point in each is to grasp the balance between emotion and law.
Li killed her son because her deep love for her husband had surpassed maternal love.
This kind of steadfast emotion obviously resonated with Zhu Yuanzhang. The eldest sister back then didn't even care about herself for him.
When he heard this eucalyptus, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of the most critical time in the past.
It was the life and death crisis Zhu Yuanzhang encountered after joining the rebel army.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was imprisoned under suspicion and even eating was a problem. It was Queen Ma who endured hunger and fed Zhu Yuanzhang on a diet to survive.
Then, just for a bite to eat, she went to the kitchen to help. When no one was prepared, she put a pancake that had just been baked out of the pan on her chest, covered it up with her clothes, and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
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When she took the pancake off her chest, there was already a burnt scar.
Although Li's emotions at that time were a little distorted, her love for her husband was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang pardoned Li's sins.
After the morning dynasty, the palace canopy canopy.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Ying: "Dasun, do you think that what we just said and our decision have violated the majesty of the Ming Dynasty's laws?"
Zhu Ying really didn't know how to answer this question.
Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't mean to get to the bottom of it, but said.
"During the pre-Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian encountered such a traitor, and after the persuasion of officials, she finally sentenced him to death. Today, in the morning of the court, we acquitted him, but no official reported it."
"Does Grand Sun think that the ministers in the court don't know the allusions to Wu Zetian's decree during the former Tang Dynasty?"
"No, on the contrary, at least more than half of the ministers in the court have read it. However, today, no one has mentioned this matter."
"Dasun, do you know why?"
Zhu Ying shook her head slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly: "Because we are the emperor and the supreme being. The laws of the Ming Dynasty were set by us to reflect our will."
"The ministers knew about this allusion but did not dare to mention it because they knew that we had also read this allusion. But we still pardoned it."
"We pardoned the Li family. It seems that the laws of the Ming Dynasty have been violated, but in the end, the reason is our decision."
"We are the only ones who can pardon Mr. Li. No one else has this power except us."