The public trial went smoothly.
With the cooperation of these "criminals" and sufficient evidence, in front of tens of thousands of people and the emperor, all the officials involved did not dare to show favoritism.
The sentencing of the criminals was soon completed according to the Ming Law.
When the verdict was delivered to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian was based on the criminal's performance and the sentencing recommendation for the criminal that had been prepared. After checking, if the two sides are almost the same, they will directly stamp and add the verdict.
If the provenance is too serious, Zhu Youjian will call it back and let the officials re-judge the case.
Because the steps are cumbersome, the judgment is not fast.
However, many officials are more relaxed than before.
After all, the law is dead and man is alive.
"Da Ming Law" is divided into 30 volumes, including one volume of famous examples.
Including the five punishments (whipping, rod, disciple, exile, death), the ten evils (treason, treason, treason, rebellion, dishonesty, disrespect, unfilial piety, disharmony, unrighteousness, civil strife),
Eight discussions (discussing relatives, discussing old friends, discussing merits, discussing talents, discussing abilities, discussing diligence, discussing nobles, discussing guests),
As well as two volumes of official regulations, seven volumes of household regulations, two volumes of ritual regulations, five volumes of military regulations, eleven volumes of criminal regulations, and two volumes of industrial regulations, a total of 460 items.
There are so many things in the world, how can a mere 460 items cover them all?
Giving appropriate light sentences within the rules can not only safeguard the rule of law and His Majesty's face, but also maintain your own relationships. Why not do it?
The purpose of Zhu Youjian's trip is to show the world his determination to revive law and order.
It's not like he's here to kill people.
Therefore, except for a few outright scum, Zhu Youjian appropriately increased the punishment.
Most people, Zhu Youjian still respects the verdict of the officials.
After all, it feels good to be above the law for a while, and it feels good to be above the law all the time.
But what about after the fun is over?
In the end, the country still needs to take the blame.
After all, the emperor is the representative of the country, and countless people are watching what he does every day.
Just like the stars of later generations, every move, word and deed should be carefully considered.
The law is complicated. No matter how good the legal popularization work is, most people will never know the rules and regulations of the law even until they die.
What works first and what works next.
If, as a public figure, you take the lead in doing illegal things, it will affect many people invisibly.
Just like in later generations, why do later movies and TV shows have fewer scenes of smoking and drug taking than previous movies and TV shows?
Even many anime are often blocked because of inappropriate content?
Why did the country immediately respond severely to the situation of celebrities supporting Daobao?
Ultimately, that's because if a star smokes in a movie, hundreds of thousands of people will follow suit.
A dangerous move may be imitated by children.
Once food waste is not punished, the food waste situation will increase hundreds of times within three years.
By then, even if the grain yield per acre is 10,000 jins, people will definitely starve to death on a large scale.
By then, the country will also be in great chaos.
As the nominal master of Ming Dynasty.
If the emperor doesn't take the law seriously, no one else will take the law seriously either.
Information transmission is slow now, which may only affect some people, but times are developing, technology is advancing, and the speed of information transmission is constantly accelerating.
Once radio appears, messages can be transmitted to devices thousands of miles away in a blink of an eye. By then, the number of people affected may start with tens of thousands.
Although in Zhu Youjian's wishes, the emperor is the only privileged person in the country.
But the emperor's privileges were based on the existence of the Ming Dynasty.
If the emperor ignored the law, the Ming Law became a piece of waste paper and a piece of shit.
Then the Ming Dynasty came to an end. No matter how great the emperor's privileges were, what use were they?
Moreover, relatives of other families are so willing to contribute money and effort to help the imperial court immigrate. Even if they don't give face to the other party, they still have to give money and face, right?
Within the regulations, it’s not an exaggeration to make some money for the court, right?
"Zhang Liang, the son of the former Minister of Rites, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you were sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 500 taels without any possibility of reduction. Your father's position was also reduced because of you. After you are released, be a good person and stop doing those bad things. ”
"Sun Yuanliang, the nephew of the former Minister of Household Affairs. According to the Ming Dynasty Law, you were sentenced to 8 years in prison and fined 800 taels. There is no possibility of commutation. Your uncle's position was also reduced because of you. After you come out, be a good person and don't do those things. Bad thing."
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"Kong Yinzhi, the sixty-fourth grandson of Confucius, succeeded him as Duke Yansheng for more than ten years. The Confucius family became a place of filth and evil. Confucius entrusted a dream to Your Majesty to abolish Kong Yinzhi's position as Duke Yansheng and impose a fine of silver. 50,000 taels and sentenced to teach without pay for 15 years.
"Kong Changshun, grandson of Kong Yinzhi, according to the Ming Dynasty law? Sentenced to life, fined 30,000 taels, no reduction in sentence."
"Kong Zhiyue...."
Time flies, seven days have passed, and the public trial has come to an end.
Scumbags from the royal family, relatives of hundreds of officials, and the best family in the world also received the punishment they deserved.
Perhaps due to Zhu Youjian's majesty, among the hundreds of prisoners, except for Zhu Decai who refused to plead guilty at the beginning, the others all chose to plead guilty.
In the past few days, Daming Newspapers across the country and the tea stalls that Qiming Chamber of Commerce has invested in have been reporting non-stop.
Many people have more to talk about before meals and after tea.
Zhu Youjian took this opportunity to greatly refresh the hearts of the people.
After all, the lowest-cost behavior that makes the people happy is to kill corrupt officials and purge the scum.
With the help of this public trial, Zhu Youjian confiscated approximately 10 million taels of silver, of which the Kong family voluntarily paid as much as 3 million taels of silver.
Although it is full of "py" transactions,
Although most of this money went into the national treasury.
But isn’t the money flowing into the treasury also the money of the Ming Dynasty?
In recent years, the imperial court's income has increased dramatically, and its expenditures have also increased dramatically.
Fortunately, with the help of the Qiming Chamber of Commerce and "Meishan", otherwise the military strengthening, immigration, disaster relief, and large-scale projects would have drained the imperial treasury.
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I couldn't be more worried when I looked at the annual fiscal deficit and the internal funds and national treasury that were never full.
With these 10 million taels, plus the basic income of the treasury, at least within 2 months.
The household department will no longer worry about its own internal funds.
In this way, Zhu Youjian can live a wealthy life for a few more months.
What should be maintained in the palace should be maintained.
The food also needs to be improved. Four dishes and one soup for every meal is a bit stingy.
I have to add a roast duck every now and then to celebrate.
After all, once you have money, reasonable consumption is still a must.
If I do something in the future, the Minister of Household Affairs will cry out to me for being poor again.
I sat on the dragon chair, took out a dozen banknotes from my arms, and threw them directly in the other person's face.
If it's not enough, give it another dozen.
It’s exciting to think about the days when you don’t have to worry about money anymore.
