Lu Zhaoji did not expect that he would be arrested and punished by the court for falling into public opinion.

It was not just Lu Zhaoji who didn't expect it.

Even Xu Hao, the Minister of Justice, did not expect it, and had to say: "Since Taizu, no matter how the people punished officials, it has been because officials have always managed the people. When will the people force officials to force officials? But today, there are people who force the court to govern treacherous and slanderous people with laws and laws, and it is difficult for officials to maintain each other. I don't know whether it is the blessing of the country and the country and the disaster of the country and the country!"

Xu Hao didn't know how to view this phenomenon that public opinion forced His Majesty the Emperor and his officials to punish some corrupt officials, even those who had resigned.

But he knew that if he wanted to be the Minister of Justice in the future, he would not only avoid making mistakes in front of His Emperor, but also avoid being caught by the people.

Xu Hao did not dare to be careless, and immediately began interrogation and investigation and evidence collection when he arrested Lu Zhaoji. After confirming that Lu Zhaoji was indeed suspected of selling official positions and titles, he immediately wrote to the Censorate and asked the Censorate to file a case against Lu Zhaoji and file a public prosecution.

This is a complete set of judicial procedures that Emperor Zhengde has re-defined.

Only the Censorate has the power to file a case and file a public prosecution.

However, the Ministry of Justice did not dare to shelter Lu Zhaoji against the public's opinion, and now the Censorate did not dare to shelter Lu Zhaoji. Moreover, the Censorate sold official positions and titles that year should have been found out by their Censorate, and it should not have been fired by the people many years later. Therefore, this makes the Censorate very dereliction of duty. If Emperor Zhu Houzhao was willing to change all the Censors of the Censorate now, he would have a reason.

Therefore, the Censorate did not dare to delay any further, and immediately submitted a memorial to Zhu Houzhao, asking His Majesty the Emperor to grant the Ministry of Justice a judgment and conviction against Lu Zhaoji.

All of this was performed by Zhu Houzhao behind the scenes. His purpose was to rectify Lu Zhaoji, a literati who was criticizing himself and the queen behind his back, and naturally would not refuse. Zhu quickly approved the Ministry of Justice to convict Lu Zhaoji.

then.

Less than a year after resigning from office, Lu Zhaoji was detained by the Ministry of Justice to court for trial and conviction for suspected selling official positions and accepting huge bribes.

The Censorate and Dali Temple will also participate in the trial.

There is also the Dongchang Inspectorate, which represents the emperor to supervise the trial site, but mainly to see if these civil servants will be loyal to their work and seek truth from facts.

In addition, after Zhu Houzhao strictly ordered the Ministry of Justice to have a jury for public trial, several voluntary people would join the trial site.

But only officials from the Ministry of Justice are qualified to be interrogated, and Xu Hao, the Minister of Justice, is qualified to convict what crimes they have.

However, it is obvious that people at the trial site have the opportunity to interfere with the conviction standards of Xu Hao, Minister of Justice.

Lu Zhaoji was taken in. His family had money, so naturally he would not suffer any losses in the Ministry of Justice's prison after the management, nor would there be any jailers from the Ministry of Justice's prison to make things difficult for him. Therefore, he was not embarrassed by being arrested in, but he was elegant and calm.

However, not long after he came in, the scholars and people on the jury seat of the people became angry and threw the rotten vegetable leaves over and hit Lu Zhaoji in the face: "Corrupt official! Corrupt official!"

Tang Bohu also threw out a rotten egg in his hand and hit Lu Zhaoji's face with a squeak, making Lu Zhaoji's face full of yellow and white things. He also made Lu Zhaoji so smelly that he cursed: "You are insulting, insulting!"

Just as Lu Zhaoji expected, when Xu Hao announced the verdict, he sentenced Lu Zhaoji to exile in Guangxi on the grounds that Lu Zhaoji had resigned and was not a current official to sell official positions and titles.

Lu Zhaoji was very proud after hearing this. Guangxi is not too remote, and he can find an opportunity to return to Beijing in a year or two.

But Tang Bohu and other scholars were naturally dissatisfied. Tang Bohu, who had already expected that the civil servants would protect Lu Zhaoji, shouted loudly: "You can't sentence like this! The Ministry of Justice judges unfairly. According to the law, corrupt people, especially those like Lu Zhaoji, should peel the skin! "

"Yes, peel the skin and solid grass! This is an example left by Taizu, and it cannot be changed!" The people shouted one after another.

Seeing this, Xu Hao didn't know what to do. He was the Minister of Justice and naturally could not beat these people out like a local government. He came to examine Lu Zhaoji in person today, which was considered a statement, and he stated that his Ministry of Justice attaches great importance to public opinion, but he did not expect that these people were not satisfied and insisted on dealing with Lu Zhaoji's selling official positions and titles in accordance with the law.

"When did the people also start to pay attention to the laws of the Ming Dynasty? What should I do?"

Xu Hao thought to himself.

The other civil servants were stunned for a moment when they watched the people's passionate demands to peel Lu Zhaoji's skin and grass. They didn't know how to deal with it.

Ma Yongcheng from the East Factory just smiled secretly, thinking that the civil servants had always used public opinion to force His Majesty and deal with his internal ministers, but now they did not expect that the civil servants themselves would be threatened by public opinion.

Xu Hao didn't expect that the people were not satisfied with their verdict on Lu Zhaoji. He thought that he could arrest Lu Zhaoji for you mobs, and he was already very up for you. What else do you mobs want?

Although Xu Hao was very disgusted with the people's behavior of asking him to re-sentence, he did not dare to express his opinion directly, and said: "I am only the initial judgment, and the Dali Temple will be judged by him. When the final judgment is made today, you don't have to worry. This does not mean the final result. Let's go back first."

After Xu Hao said that, he announced his withdrawal.

The people were obviously dissatisfied. After being driven out by the yamen runners, they continued to shout and demanded that the court deal with Lu Zhaoji according to the law.

Lu Zhaoji has been silent. He is still worried that the court will follow the public opinion and will peel himself up. He really hopes that the court can be convicted according to the judgment of Xu Hao, Minister of Justice.

The civil servants of Dali Temple did not want to make things difficult for Lu Zhaoji, so they also passed the judgment of Xu Hao.

However, when the Dali Temple Zhengqing was about to send the trial results to the palace, the surging people had blocked the main entrance of Dali Temple again.

After Zhu Houzhao learned about it, he issued an edict: "Public opinion cannot be violated! Dispose of it according to the law!"

"Public opinion cannot be violated, but it is also the public opinion cannot be violated. One day, I will hate the public opinion in the world so much!"

The minister of Dali Temple, Wan Jianzao, could not help but reject the trial result of Xu Hao, Minister of Justice, and complained.

"What else can I do? It's hard to violate the people's sentiment. Your Majesty issued an edict, re-convicted, sentenced Lu Zhaoji to peel off his skin, lose his property, and exiled his family to Liaodong!"

Xu Hao, the Minister of Justice, also replied, and immediately ordered the officials of the Ministry of Justice to re-prepare the conviction, and Dali Temple had to pass the trial, and then the emperor also approved it.

When Lu Zhaoji knew from Xu Hao, the Minister of Justice, he shouted directly: "Why, why is this! Why should I peel the grass with my skin!"

"It's hard to disobey public opinion!" Xu Hao said just this.

Lu Zhaoji sat down dejectedly and smiled bitterly: "Public opinion, when did public opinion become more terrifying than the king? No, it is not that public opinion is terrifying, it is Your Majesty who is manipulating public opinion, it is Your Majesty who is dealing with me, why did Your Majesty deal with me like this? What did I do..."

As Lu Zhaoji thought about it, he suddenly realized it and cried: "Your Majesty, I am wrong, I am wrong! I am guilty, I should not slander you and the Queen, woo!"
Chapter completed!