Thanks to the boss "Brother Xiao Cheng" for his support for Eunuch Wei's career!

The people of the Emperor Ming Dynasty will always remember Brother Cheng.

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"There is still such a thing?!"

What the woman surnamed Zhang said made Eunuch Wei furious. It was simply unlawful! In anger, she turned around and yelled at the group of people in the jail office, "Tell us if this is the case!"

"this..."

When the jailing yamen saw Eunuch Wei's angry look, no one dared to come forward to answer. They all lowered their heads for fear of asking Eunuch Wei to call him their names.

"What, no one talks to our family?"

Eunuch Wei looked at everyone coldly. He was so angry that he was so lawless that he actually happened in the maritime special zone where he was proud of. It was like stabbing him in the heart.

If the matter is heard by the emperor, Eunuch Wei will be able to settle the matter if he doesn't take a hundred eight thousand yuan? Even if the money can be settled, in the emperor's mind, Eunuch Wei will definitely be deducting points, and the consequences will be much more serious.

"Father-in-law..."

Zhang Hua, a central official who actually presided over the affairs of the jail office. Although the son of a woman named Zhang was killed, the Wanhe who was responsible for the conclusion of the criminal law, it was Zhang Hua who signed the conclusion of the case in the end. Therefore, if you really pursue it, Zhang Hua cannot refuse to blame. However, this matter is not as protected by officials as Eunuch Wei thought, and it is really difficult to judge.

In this world, sometimes it may not be necessary to kill someone and get your life.

"What the hell is going on?"

Eunuch Wei still recognized Zhang Hua's character and ability, so he was slightly slowed down. He hoped that Zhang Hua could explain the reason clearly.

"Report to my father-in-law, this is the thing..."

Zhang Hua gritted his teeth and briefly explained the situation.

...........

It turns out that this woman named Zhang has a son named Zhao Ping'an. She is eleven years old. She is very honest and stutters when speaking. Because her feet are not well restrained in the cradle when she is young, she walks a little deformed, so she is often teased by children of the same age nearby.

Month ago, when Zhao Ping'an went to his aunt's house in the next village, he met several young children who usually bullyed and played with him on the way. Because his mother told him to arrive at his aunt's house early, Zhao Ping'an mustered up the courage to let these young children not bully him anymore, so that he could go to his aunt's house early so that his mother would not scold him. Unexpectedly, the young children beat Zhao Ping'an together after hearing this.

Perhaps Zhao Ping'an had enough of their bullying, and this time he was beaten by several people. He was so angry that he opened his mouth and bit the boy's arm that hit him. This angered the group of young children. One of them actually took a blue brick and smashed Zhao Ping'an on the forehead, causing Zhao Ping'an to bleed on the spot. Seeing this, the group of young children not only did not stop committing the crime, but instead continued to punch and stomp. In the end, Zhao Ping'an did not move, and then he dispersed. After returning, the group of young children did not take this matter seriously, and never talked to adults.

More than an hour later, passers-by found Zhao Ping'an lying on the ground, but was surprised to find that the child was dead. Passers-by reported to the official at that time. Wan He, the branch inspector of the jail case, heard that there had been a murder case, hurriedly brought people to the scene. After the coroner's inspection, Zhao Ping'an died of excessive blood loss. This case was not difficult to solve. Wan He quickly identified several young children who committed the crime and quickly arrested them.

However, although the case was solved, it was difficult to determine the sentence.

Wan He once interrogated that the eldest of the teenagers and children who committed the crime was only twelve, and the least of them were only nine years old. This is really too young to be sentenced to death according to the Ming Dynasty law, and there is no way to even be sentenced to crimes such as absent punishment.

In the end, Wanhe had to follow the provisions of the Ming Dynasty Law and asked the twelve-year-old boy to pay thirty taels of silver from his family to redeem the punishment. The remaining few younger ones were all handed over to their homes. Each household in his family offered a different amount of silver. It was thought that Zhao Ping'an's use of burning and burying.

As soon as the sentence was issued, the parents of the young and child committed the crime were breathless, but Zhao Ping'an's mother could not accept the sentence. She cried and went to the yamen to make trouble, saying that the sentence was unfair and that her son died was wronged. However, no matter how fierce the woman in Zhang made a fuss, it was useless. The law was like this, and the teenagers were indeed too young to be sentenced. Therefore, even if Wan He and others sympathized with her, they had to act according to the law.

The verdict was signed by Zhang Hua. It was originally required to use seals for the central government, but because Eunuch Wei went to Nandu, it has not been reported yet. After Eunuch Wei returned, he went directly to the military port, and Zhang Hua wanted to wait for Eunuch Wei to come back before submitting the seals. Unexpectedly, Zhao Ping'an's mother openly cursed Eunuch Wei and related personnel on the street.

The woman surnamed Zhang did not know the specific situation and instinctively thought that the people in the yamen were sheltering the murderer. The special zone regarded the eunuch Wei as the most respected, so naturally she would scold Eunuch Wei.

After the incident, there was a lot of discussion among the people, but most of them were sympathetic to the Zhao family and there was no doubt about the judgment of the jail office.

After all, those who committed the crime were also children.

If a child is ignorant and kills people, is it true that he really wants the child to lose his life?

The most direct view of the people is that the parents of the perpetrators should pay more compensation to the Zhao family, and the woman surnamed Zhang went to the government every day to make trouble and asked those children to pay their lives, which would make her a little paranoid.

............

After Zhang Hua told the whole story about the cause and effect, Wan He, who was directly responsible for the criminal law, stepped forward and said, "Dad, this is the law, it is not our corruption and abuse of power to protect the murderer. Please make a clear decision!"

After hearing this, the woman surnamed Zhang stood up and pointed at Wan He and said, "Is my son going to die in vain? My son is only eleven years old!... Why did your yamen return the murderer? Are you worthy of my dead child... Woo woo..."

Because she was too excited, the woman named Zhang almost fainted. Eunuch Wei hurriedly asked her to help her sit down and asked the doctor to come over to take care of her to avoid accidents.

"Wanhe, what are the regulations on this dynasty's law and orders for this teenager to kill people?" Eunuch Wei called Zhang Hua, Wanhe and others aside. He had to figure out whether the Ming Dynasty's law had specific regulations on killing such children.

"Reply to my father-in-law, the law ordered that children under the age of fifteen should be punished with money for crimes such as extra-service and offenders. If they commit extra-service, they will be pardoned by the crimes such as Youliu, you cannot use money for a repeal of the crimes such as "Youliu", but you do not have to serve hard labor, you only need to serve the sentence. If you are too young, your parents will be governed by your parents." Wan He was appointed as the criminal matter of the jail office and has carefully studied the Ming Dynasty's law.

"That is to say, those who commit the crime of exile only need to use money to atone for their sins, and those who commit the crime of exile only need to serve their sentences and do not need hard labor."

"Yes, father-in-law."

"If the person who committed murder was really too young, he would not be punished?" Eunuch Wei frowned.

Wanhe did not answer, and Zhang Hua said: "Dad, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, a nine-year-old boy in Ningzhou participated in a fight and murder. The local government reported it to Renzong. Renzong only sentenced the perpetrator's family to compensate for silver and burn and buried, and was exempted from criminal responsibility. Since then, similar cases have been judged by Renzong."

Zhang Hua's implied that the murderer was too young, and even the emperor had to pardon and not pursued. In the future, when the government encountered similar cases, it would mostly be pardon, and gradually it became a common thing. Therefore, even if Eunuch Wei sympathized with this woman named Zhang, he could not violate the laws and orders and favors. No matter what, if this judgment result was taken to the court for discussion, he would not be able to make any big mistakes.

"It seems that Song Renzong only attributed this case to children's laughter and fight, and what he did this emperor might not be competent."

Eunuch Wei shook his head, looked back at the heartbroken woman named Zhang, and suddenly ordered Wan He, "Take someone to bring those murderers and children." He paused and added, "Their parents also brought them together."

Wanhe didn't know what Eunuch Wei wanted, but he didn't dare to refuse and hurriedly took people to do the matter. Soon, the murderers and their parents were taken to Eunuch Wei.

They were originally from Sitang Town. After each family committed a crime, they had to keep a close eye at home, for fear that Zhao Ping'an's mother would go crazy and take revenge, so they all stayed at home.

Eunuch Wei glanced at them and found that the young and child who committed the crime was not in panic. He seemed to have no deep impression of what he had committed. His eyes were all innocent, as if they were not their business.

Their parents had some expressions of reaction, but at most they were a little unbearable and guilty towards the heartbroken woman named Zhang, but there was no worry about it. I thought that their children could not be sentenced to anything according to the rules, at most they would be fined some money.

After the murderer who killed his son was brought over, the woman surnamed Zhang became obviously excited. She tried to struggle to fight with the murderers several times, but was stopped several times. She stopped crying now and stared at the murderers with red eyes. This made the young children feel a little scared, either hiding behind her parents or burying her head in her mother's arms. Parents were protecting and coaxing their children while looking at the woman surnamed Zhang with vigilance.

Eunuch Wei saw what happened in front of him. He was silent for a moment, walked to the woman named Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, don't be sad, and don't be impulsive. When our family sentences you to this case, you will seek justice for your son."

After saying that, he walked to the murderer and his parents with his hands behind his back, and asked the murderer first: "Will Zhang Ping'an kill you?"

Several teenagers and children didn't say anything.

Eunuch Wei asked their parents again: "Do you have any compensation to the Zhao family?"

The young parents all lowered their heads. After the judgment was made, only the family paid five taels of fines to the yamen, and the rest of the families did not compensate.

Eunuch Wei did not say much to them, and said loudly: "The wise men said that they should not do good deeds because they are small, and do not do evil deeds because they are small. The previous sentence was wrong and it is not in line with normal circumstances. Now our family is sentenced to a heavy sentence. Your son has committed murder, so he should not spare any of it."

After hearing this, several parents were shocked. One of the women was eager to protect their children, fearing that the eunuch in front of them would be sentenced blindly, so they hurriedly shouted: "The verdict has been issued, how can we change it?... My child is young and ignorant, so we will watch more in the future."

After hearing this, the other parents of the family quickly agreed, all of whom were afraid that Eunuch Wei would really want their children to pay their lives.

"Ignorance is not a reason to spare someone by killing someone!"

Eunuch Wei snorted coldly, ignored these parents, and said to himself: "One document a day, a thousand document a day. Kill one person today, and two people tomorrow... Humph, you will know how to commit crimes and deceive others at a young age, and even more maliciously kill people. If you do not sentence them seriously, it will be a defilement of the law, disrespect to the king's law, and unfairness to the dead!... Listen to the punishment room!"

Wan He Yixin: "I will listen to it!"

Eunuch Wei waved his hand and sentenced him: "Anyone who kills people maliciously for no reason should be punished without age! If he is exempted from criminal responsibility because of his young age, it will only encourage his disgust and indulge his evil courage, which is not a way of teaching. Now, our family sentenced Lu Xiaobao, Zheng Chenger and several others to commit intentional homicide as the official in Jiangnan. They will be executed!"

"ah!"

The parents of the murderer were shocked, and two of them were so scared that they almost bit their tongues. But those young children still didn't know what the young eunuch said in front of them meant.

Before the parents came to their senses, Eunuch Wei actually sentenced him again: "The property of the murderer Lu Xiaobao, Zheng Cheng'er and other murderers will be confiscated and handed over to the Zhao family to compensate. The parents of each family will be sentenced to be exiled. If there are other relatives who cause trouble, they will be punished and confiscated."

After the verdict, the parents of the murderer immediately shouted, and they were all dissatisfied. Some cried like the woman named Zhang, some were so scared that they were slumped on the ground, and some were so scared that they could only tremble but couldn't even speak. The murderer did not realize until then what they had done and what kind of punishment they would be subjected to. The twelve-year-old boy hugged his mother and shouted: "Mom, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

The other teenagers were also scared and cried loudly, and one of them urinated.

The scene was in chaos.

A man closest to Eunuch Wei shouted: "This father-in-law, you can't be sentenced like this, wronged, wronged!"

Eunuch Wei looked at him: "What's wrong with you?"

"Even if my son killed someone, what does it have to do with our parents? How could my father-in-law punish us and confiscate us as a soldier!" The man was shocked and scared.

"If your son doesn't teach you, it's the fault of your father. Our family asks you, if you discipline me strictly and make him understand right and wrong, how can you do something to deceive others, and how can you do something to kill others! ... There will be a cause and a result. If you didn't indulge yourself on weekdays, how could Zhang Ping'an die suddenly!" Eunuch Wei said sternly.

The man stopped hearing this.

"Father-in-law, is this judgment too strict?"

Zhang Hua did not expect that Eunuch Wei would pronounce the sentence like this, not only did he punish all the young and children who committed the crime, but his parents would even be in charge of the army. This sentence was not only inconsistent with the feelings, but also inconsistent with the law. Looking through the Ming Dynasty, there was no child who violated the law and his parents would even be in charge of the law.

"The law is more important than punishment, but more important than prevention. Our family uses heavy dictums to make those children aware of the majesty of the law so that they dare not test the law with their own body! They also want those parents who adopt children but do not teach them and who do evil to know how to give birth and discipline them, otherwise the law is ruthless!"

Eunuch Wei has made up his mind.

"But the Ministry of Justice is afraid that this punishment will not be accepted, and Your Majesty is afraid that it will not be approved." Zhang Hua must remind Eunuch Wei that his punishment is really a Hu sentence.

"Well, since that's the case, let's execute the punishment first."

After saying this, Eunuch Wei walked to the woman named Zhang and whispered: "Sister-in-law, is this punishment fair for our family?"

"Qingtian, Master Qingtian!"
Chapter completed!