Chapter 1803 Be true to your heart (please ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
Chapter 1804 Be true to your heart (please ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket)
At the end of every year, there are many families getting married.
This year is an exception.
When everyone arrived at the living room of Prince Shuncheng's Mansion, they all felt much closer to each other when they looked at the clan members.
"Greetings to you..."
"Tong'an, Tong'an..."
At the door of the living room, there are all kinds of greetings.
The seats in the hall are almost full.
At this time, the positioning cannot be wrong.
We are all clansmen, in addition to seniority and inferiority, there are elders and younger ones.
In addition to the imperial court, family rituals were discussed privately in the clan.
But no matter how we talk about family etiquette, we cannot place the position of the old prince and the old general ahead of the kings.
There is also a prince, who is a junior master in addition to the clan, and cannot be ranked according to seniority.
So, Prince Gong took the first place in the east, and Prince An took the first place in the west.
Prince Kang sat below Prince Gong, and Prince Jian sat below Prince An.
Next down, there are all the princes.
However, the master was still outside and had not come in, so everyone gathered together in twos and threes to talk.
The ninth elder brother bows down, which is the seat of the thirteenth elder brother.
However, the thirteenth elder brother went aside to talk to the fourth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother came over to talk to the ninth elder brother.
Brother Ninth hadn't come out to eat for a long time and looked at the excitement in the hall.
"Did everyone who could come come?"
The ninth elder brother looked unfamiliar to many people, but he knew that the tenth elder brother had been in the clan house in the past few years and was more familiar with the clan members, so he asked the tenth elder brother.
Brother Ten looked around and said: "Well, the only people who are qualified to receive posts are Prince Zhuang's Mansion and Prince Xian's Mansion. The two families are not here..."
Almost all other princely residences came here in person, except Prince Yu's residence and Sunubezi's residence.
The person coming to Prince Yu’s Mansion is Prince Baotai.
Prince Yu reported illness again and rested.
"Didn't you see Sunubeizi?"
He was an acquaintance, and he was a clan member that Brother Jiu had met quite a lot.
The tenth prince said: "There is a rift between the two houses and there has never been any human relations between them."
The ninth elder brother looked back at the thirteenth elder brother who was talking to the fourth elder brother.
It is not unusual for the already married Prince Chengding to receive a message, but what about the twelfth elder brother?
He is also an adult prince who has received an errand. Why is the thirteenth elder brother here but not the twelfth elder brother?
I had never thought before that when the brothers were arranging seats, the twelfth brother should be next to me.
The ninth elder brother was less interested in watching the excitement, and said to the tenth elder brother: "Isn't it because Prince Shuncheng's palace didn't send the message to the twelfth elder brother?"
If the post is submitted, there is no reason why the twelfth elder brother should not come.
That would be so rude.
The 10th Prince thought for a while and said: "It should be because the 12th Prince is in the palace and rarely leaves the palace, so there is no post from the palace."
This book of favors is fixed and will not be easily increased or decreased when sending out invitations.
Unlike the thirteenth prince, the twelfth prince did not enter the court, so many people may not even remember this prince.
Brother Jiu was displeased and said, "What does Chang Shi do? How can such a big oversight be forgotten?"
The tenth elder brother said: "If you are a shrewd and capable person, you will not be able to get into the eyes of the father and son here."
At this time, the seventh elder brother was not in his seat, and the thirteenth elder brother was sitting on his seat, talking to the fourth elder brother.
"The ministers were discussing a case in Hubei these days. There was a stalemate between the ministers and the ministers. The two ministers asked me privately. They all sounded reasonable to me..."
The Thirteenth Prince is currently walking in the Ministry of Punishment. He is encountering difficulties and has come to seek help from the Fourth Prince.
On weekdays, everyone works in different yamen, so it is not easy to run around. Today, when we bump into each other, we can ask for advice.
Fourth Prince has been through the Penalty Department a few years ago and knows that the style of the Penalty Department is different from that of other yamen.
In other yamen, there are rarely any disputes in departmental meetings. Even if they have different opinions at the beginning, they are usually on the same page later on.
This is not the case with the Ministry of Punishment.
Those that can be discussed by the Ministry of Justice are serious cases involving human life.
Fourth Brother said: "What case? Isn't there any old case for reference?"
There are all kinds of cases. When it comes to judging and reviewing, in addition to referring to the "Qing Law" and "Eight Banners Spare Rules", it is also the judgments of various old cases.
Brother Thirteen said: "The case of the murder of a nine-year-old boy was caused by a shepherd boy in the village. He saw two children passing by with fruits in their hands. He begged them once to eat them and then asked for them again. When the other children refused to give them, he punched them at each other, one against two.
, after injuring one person, he knocked down another person and hit his head with a stone to death..."
"The county magistrate sentenced him to death by hanging and waiting in prison. When he went to the province for review, he was given the sentence 'Kejin' because the prisoner was young, so he recommended that he be sentenced to death by hanging. Also, there was a law that said, 'Those who commit murder under the age of ten should be punished.'"
The report was drafted in response to the meeting, and it was taken from the emperor's will. It also needed to be submitted to the emperor, but as a result, there was a dispute in the ministry..."
It is not the time for the autumn trial now, and this case was submitted because there is no precedent.
If the prisoner were a grown man, the murderer would die, there would be no objection to this.
But age is here, it is the time when we don’t know the importance, and there is also a place for pity.
The province should have taken this into consideration and gave him a "kejin" rating, suggesting that he should be beheaded as a prisoner instead.
The fourth elder brother listened and said: "The murderer must die. This cannot be violated. Now that the murder has been confirmed, it shows that he has a violent heart and should not be tolerated."
Brother Thirteen nodded and said: "I think so too, but Wang Shizhen thinks the penalty is too severe and will be rejected in front of the imperial court; Anbulu thinks the county magistrate's sentence is appropriate and there is no need to change the sentence."
Wang Shizhen was the Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, rising from the post of Zuodu Yushi in the 38th year; An Bulu was the Manchu Shangshu of the Punishment Ministry, and rose from the post of Zuodu Yushi in the 40th year.
These two are colleagues in the Inspectorate.
Fourth elder brother: "..."
Wang Shizhen is right to be worried.
In the past, when a case like this came to the imperial court, the emperor's father would usually give instructions to maintain the original verdict; now it's hard to say.
The fourth elder brother looked at the thirteenth elder brother and said: "The minister below does not agree to follow the provincial review?"
Brother Thirteen nodded, then shook his head and said: "You two disagree, but you two agree."
This is also the reason why the ministry meeting was shelved.
The fourth elder brother thought for a moment, looked at the thirteenth elder brother and said, "Since you go over to study, you'd better talk less and let them go."
Brother Thirteen was silent for a moment and said, "Brother Four, I don't think the sentence should be changed."
He knew that Brother Si had good intentions.
Wherever there are people, there will be strife.
Especially among the yamen, there are both Han queuing and Man queuing. From top to bottom, they naturally form two camps.
If he supports the Manchu Minister and the two Manchu Ministers this time, it will make the Han Minister and the two Han Ministers dissatisfied, but if he can speak, he will not speak, and he will no longer be qualified to speak.
The fourth elder brother glanced at the thirteenth elder brother, and the thirteenth elder brother's eyes were firmer.
The fourth elder brother thought about the age of the thirteenth elder brother, when he was young and vigorous, and said: "Then you can do whatever you want. No matter what the final result is, if you express your opinion, you don't have to regret it."
Brother Thirteen said: "I'm worried that this will set a precedent for changing the sentence and this case will become a common practice in the future."
In that case, the deceased's grievances would have nowhere to complain, and it would also allow evil people to take advantage of the situation and instruct young children to harm others.
After reading the cases of the Ministry of Punishment, people will know that "human nature is inherently evil" is not biased.
Seeing him like this, the fourth elder brother nodded and said: "There is indeed such a worry. The two ministers are arguing, so they are probably worried about this."
On the other hand, Thirteenth Brother, who is only seventeen years old this year, still insists on his choice despite knowing that the emperor may not like it, which is very commendable.
Seeing his eyes full of encouragement, Brother Thirteen felt a little embarrassed.
"I was a little undecided before, but when I talked about this case again, I made up my mind. The murderer struck first and injured two people but did not stop. With such ferocity, if he does not pay for his life, he will probably continue to kill people in the future.
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In the hustle and bustle, the two brothers talking with their heads touching each other was quite eye-catching.
Especially one of them is the Thirteenth Prince, who is now a very popular and favored prince.
After the thirteenth elder brother said what he wanted to say, he felt uncomfortable being looked at, so he left from the fourth elder brother. Seeing that there was an empty seat next to the tenth elder brother, he sat down next to the tenth elder brother.
Brother Jiu looked at him and said, "Did the Prince of Shuncheng County send the invitation to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice?"
The Thirteenth Brother nodded and said, "Well, the Prince's Chief Shi sent it here at the end of last month."
Brother Jiu heard this and was noncommittal.
Brother Thirteen came to his senses.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
I really didn't expect it.
Originally, when he saw that his twelfth prince had not shown up for a long time, he thought there was something delayed, so he did not leave the palace.
Brother Thirteen looked a little uncomfortable.
He is also the bald prince in the palace, and his twelfth brother, Xu Zhi, is still ahead of him. Am I too ostentatious?
Brother Jiu glanced at him and said, "Why are you so awkward? What does it have to do with you? It's just disrespectful here in the palace."
Brother Thirteen said sarcastically: "I accepted the post at that time, so I should have asked."
Brother Jiu said: "I've given them face, who would bother to come and have a feast?"
Even if they knew that the old prince was using this to make money, everyone was looking at the reputation of Prince Shuncheng's Palace and Prince Kang's Palace, so everyone who could come came.
Just by looking at the hall full of guests, I knew that if I collected this amount of money today, I would not be able to hold back even a few thousand taels of silver.
However, Brother Jiu thinks that it is enough to come here once, and next time just don’t greet anyone with greetings...
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