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    Cao Benshu and Liang Tingxin, two incorruptible officials, guarded the blacksmith shop for several days, but they did not see anyone coming to set fire to the house.

    The officials of the Quzhou Prefecture Grand Court came to notify Fan's hearing.

    ? Involving homicide, there must be a public trial, that is, people can attend.

    The first trial of this case was held in Xi'an County Court.

    ?The court was adjourned several times before and after, and the initial witness testimony all pointed to Feng Risheng deliberately pushing people down the stairs.

    But in the last court session, the testimony of the witnesses completely changed. The deceased was not killed by Feng Risheng on purpose, but was killed by Feng Risheng's entourage by mistake.  Feng Risheng only punched him twice at that time, and it was not a deliberate beating. He was drunk and quarreled, and it was settled by paying some money to the family of the deceased.  The entourage was sentenced to exile in Taiwan for manslaughter.

    Due to active compensation, the family of the deceased did not appeal.

    In ancient China, there were not only appeals, but also a death penalty review system.

    Only serious crimes such as treason can be sentenced to "beheaded and executed", but it is not direct killing.  First hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment for trial, then to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for review, then to Dali Temple for trial, and finally to the emperor for approval.

    There is also a kind of "beheading the prison", commonly known as execution after autumn.

    Before execution, the prisoner can appeal.  Even if there is no appeal, it must be submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for review, and finally to the emperor for signature.

    In terms of system, every death row prisoner in ancient China was beheaded after signing by the emperor.  In actual operation, of course, this is impossible. Basically, the Ministry of Punishment and the cabinet just go through it once, otherwise, when encountering a negligent emperor like Wanli, the death row prisoners all over the world will laugh to death.

    After Zhao Han reformed the judicial office, he still retained the death penalty review system, but there was no need to disturb the emperor and the cabinet. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple could handle it by themselves.

    The emperor and the cabinet will only come forward when the lawsuit goes all the way to Dali Temple.

    ? On this day, Dai Wenmeng and Mei Zhuyou dressed up in disguise and went to the trial in civilian clothes.  It was Dai Wenmeng's idea to urge Fan's grievance to overturn the case. He wanted to see how the local officials would deal with it.

    Chen An walked up to them and sat down, and said in a low voice: "We can't catch the officials, the witnesses have already been bribed. The Fan family refused to withdraw the complaint, so the Zheng family went to contact the witnesses and wrote down their testimony for them to collude.  Even if it can be proved that the Zheng family bought witnesses, there are no loopholes in the lawsuit. The local judge's judgment, whether it was last year or today, must be completely legal."

    Plum and Zhuyou sighed: "Officials are not stupid, they like money, and they like their own heads even more. The Zheng family is domineering, and they can be arrested if they are checked. But the local officials, I am afraid they can only catch some little ones."

    Chen An said: "If Zheng's family is arrested, the officials must be confessed."

    "So what if you confess?" Dai Wenmeng sneered, "Officials don't admit it, saying they were slandered, how can they show evidence of their crimes? Your Majesty said, we honest officials should avoid arresting officials indiscriminately without evidence."

    If there is no evidence, the clean government officials can arrest people randomly, then it is no different from the Jinyiwei, and it is the Jinyiwei at the time of the greatest power.

    Mei Zhuyou said: "The only ones who can be arrested now are the officials in charge of project bidding, the officials who helped the Zheng family bully the city, and the warders and guards in the prison. Other officials can be completely eliminated."

    Dai Wenmeng reminded: "Don't forget the mayors, village chiefs and peasant associations outside the city!"

    "Yes, these people deserve to die too," Mei Zhuyou gritted his teeth, "especially the presidents of the peasant associations. His Majesty formed the peasant associations to help the peasants stand out, but now they have become accomplices in exploiting the peasants."

    "Hoo!"

    Justice Bao Shouyue slapped the gavel: "Bring the plaintiff!"

    Fan Shi was taken to the plaintiff's seat, and the murder suspect Feng Risheng was brought there immediately.

    Feng Risheng was full of smiles, and he was fat and white. It seemed that he had eaten well in the past few days in custody.

    The clerk made his case and the first witness was brought in.

    It was a shopkeeper of a restaurant.

    "The day Shu Shouyi was killed, were you there?"

    "Present."

    "What day and time is it?"

    "After the Lantern Festival last year, it was about noon on the eighteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar."

    "You state what you have seen and heard."

    "At that time, Caomin was at the counter. He heard from the staff that there was a fight upstairs, so Caomin planned to go upstairs to persuade the fight. But it was Shu Shouyi who drank too much and bumped into Mr. Feng Feng Risheng who was coming back from his relief. They didn't know who was the first to curse.  The two quarreled and then wrestled together Feng Risheng was so drunk that he was knocked to the ground. Feng Yun, Feng Risheng's entourage, was filled with righteous indignation, and also wrestled with Shu Shouyi. Both of them were drunk, and during the scuffle, Shu Shouyi was pushed  Fall downstairs and die."

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    As the magistrate, Huang Fei suddenly wanted to check the housing situation in the city, and went to retrieve the files of the housing in the city in person.  In order not to overwhelm others, they only said that they want to carry out housing projects, learning from the one in Nanjing, and building low-rent housing for civilians who have no houses to live in.

    Soon the information about that house was found, and the owner's name was Liu Qi.  The file shows that he is a local, but the household registration information cannot be found at all.

    Then another thing was found out, Liu Anyong and the concubine had already given birth to a son.

    Everyone continued to mark, and only got new clues half a month later.

    A confidant of the Zheng family went to the house quietly with something stuffed in his chest.

    Feng Yue deliberately drank and pretended to be drunk, staggered and bumped into it, feeling that the clerk was hiding silver dollars in his arms.

    Check that guy again, he is from a trading company.

    This business company has a mining license for iron mines, which was originally Zhao Han's reward for those who contributed to the meritorious service.  However, as the anti-corruption officer went into the mountain to check, he found that the trading company had crossed the border to mine, and even forcibly occupied the land of the people in the mountain.

    "It involves land policy, this matter has become a big mess!" Dai Wenmeng exclaimed.

    Mei Zhuyou said: "Are these people crazy?"

    Dai Wenmeng said: "There is not much food to grow in the mountains, but mining iron ore makes money. After the Zheng family occupied the land of the mountain people, they asked the mountain people to help dig the mines. The mountain people can get wages and grain compensation from the Zheng family.  As for the death in the mining accident, I can only admit that I am unlucky. This way, no common people will come to Fucheng to complain."

    "What happened to the guy who gave money to Liu Anyong?" Mei Zhuyou asked suspiciously.

    Dai Wenmeng said: "I guess it's the dividends from the mine. Liu Anyong is too cautious, he can't even trust the Zheng family. The monthly dividends don't dare to be stored in the Zheng family's ticket number, nor dare to store them in Datong Bank. Let the Zheng family directly  Send the money to the outer house. It is estimated that every year or so, he will send his confidants to quietly transport the money back to his hometown in Jiangxi."

    Mei Zhuyou said: "It involves land policy, and it involves so many elders in the court and China. I suggest that His Majesty should be informed about the matter."

    Dai Wenmeng said: "I will write a letter, and you will bring it back to Nanjing yourself. ?
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