The rise of the poor

Chapter 640 Joint Trial of Five Parts
There are more brocade guards in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and the number of officials is several times that of the gate.If you are familiar with the officialdom, you will find that in addition to officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Jinyiwei, there are also officials from Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials in the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

These officials are not the melon-eating crowd who came to watch the excitement. They either came to the interrogation to preside over today's petition, or they came to listen to the petition.

In the Ming Dynasty, the same as the previous dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment was in charge of legal punishment and prisons, similar to the modern Ministry of Public Security, and was called the "Three Legal Departments" together with Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Dali Temple is similar to the modern Supreme People's Court, and it is also in charge of the trial of Xing prison cases. The Procuratorate is the highest supervision, impeachment and admonition institution in the Ming Dynasty. It also handles criminal names and has judicial power, similar to the modern Supreme People's Procuratorate.

In the Ming Dynasty, these three institutions were all in charge of Xing prison, but there was also a division of labor.Xing Prison cases are mainly judged by the Ministry of Punishment. Dali Temple is biased towards the Punishment Authority, responsible for refuting and rehabilitating unjust and wrong cases. , The supervisor of Dali Temple enjoys the privilege of "making decisions on major matters and making decisions on small matters".The three agencies check and supervise each other.

Ordinary criminal cases are heard by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If the case is more influential and the case is more serious, it will be jointly tried with the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Tongzheng Envoy, and the departments of officials, households, rites, soldiers, and industry. It may be a joint trial by nine departments, or it may be a joint trial by several departments, depending on the size of the case.If the case is particularly serious, the top leaders of the nine departments will conduct a joint trial, which is often referred to as the Jiuqing joint trial.

Of course, the factory guard system in the Ming Dynasty was quite unique. In many cases, officials from Jinyiwei or Dongxi Factory participated in the joint trial, and even played a leading role.

Originally, Zhu Pingan’s impeachment of Zhao Daying was planned to be jointly tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Jinyiwei Federation, but the plan could not keep up with the changes. The situation has changed a bit in the past few days. much attention.

In addition, plus some people's hints.

Therefore, the case of Zhu Pingan's impeachment of Zhao Daying today was jointly tried by mid-level and upper-level officials from five departments including Jinyiwei, Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Ministry of War.As for the Commander of Jin Yiwei, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Dali Temple, etc., these leaders would not condescend to jointly try the impeachment case of a sixth-rank official. Neither Zhu Ping'an's level nor the influence of the case is qualified.

There are joint trials of middle and upper-level officials from five departments, and they have already attached great importance to the impeachment of Zhu Ping'an.

However, although the middle and upper-level officials of the five departments jointly tried the case, because the case indirectly involved the elder Yan Songyan, some big figures such as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Industry, and Minister of Dali Temple would also attend the hearing.

I'll go, there are so many people.

Although Zhu Ping'an had expected that there would be a lot of officials today when he was at the door, when he entered the office of the Ministry of Punishment, he was still taken aback by the number of officials inside.

"Who are you?"

After Zhu Ping'an entered the yamen of the Ministry of Justice, a Jinyi guard from a hundred households came to inquire. The main reason was that Zhu Ping's clothes were too conspicuous. It's like a flock of chickens.

"Zhu Ping'an, a servant of the Imperial Academy, was ordered to come here to make a statement." Zhu Ping'an slightly arched his hands, and then took out the official document of the Ministry of Punishment.

"It turned out to be Lord Zhu, my lord, please come this way."

Jin Yiwei Shi Baihu took the official document from Zhu Ping'an, looked at it carefully, saluted Zhu Ping'an, returned the official document to Zhu Ping'an, and then led the way to lead Zhu Ping'an to the court.

The surname of this Jinyiwei is Liang, and his name is Liang Bi. Liang Bi is a hereditary Jinyiwei.Trying Baihu is an official position of Jinyiwei, one level lower than Baihu, and it is a sixth-rank official position.

"Going forward, my lord, it is the place to express my feelings. I will not send you off if you want to be on duty. There is only one thing, please keep in mind, Mr. Zhu, the left servant of the Ministry of War. My lord, please be careful of this person."

Liang Bi led Zhu Ping'an through the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, and entered the second gate from the corner gate. When passing through the corner gate, the Jinyi guard reminded Zhu Ping'an in a low voice, and then left straight away with his hands clasped in fists.

Oh?
Zhu Pingan was startled, looking at Liang Bi's leaving back, very curious why this guard in Jin Yi wanted to tell him such a secret.But Zhu Pingan didn't go up to ask Liang Bi's back after he left cautiously and quickly.If he wanted to let himself know, he would naturally tell himself, if he didn't tell himself, there would be another secret. He kindly reminded himself that he couldn't let others embarrass him anymore.

In fact, what Zhu Pingan didn't know, the reason why Liang Bi reminded Zhu Pingan was not that complicated. Shen Lian, the Jin Yiwei who was impeached Yan Song and was exiled outside the Great Wall, was Liang Bi's old friend.Liang Bi was just a six-rank trial household. When Shen Lian was persecuted by the strict party, Liang Bi had no choice but to help Shen Lian take care of his wife, children and family.

When Shen Lian was persecuted by the strict party and was in danger of beheading, Zhu Pingan said in front of Emperor Jiajing, "I heard that this person bought a coffin and put it at home before he wrote the letter", which extinguished the anger in Emperor Jiajing's heart and made Jiajing mistakenly Thinking that Shen Lian was seeking fame through death, he changed the death penalty to exile.Because of this, Shen Lian survived.

Liang Bi reminded Zhu Pingan that on the one hand, he was grateful to Zhu Pingan for Shen Lian's incident, and on the other hand, he admired Zhu Pingan's daring to impeach the strict party.

Liang Bi's family had a wife and children, and he knew that he didn't have the courage of Shen Lian, so he could only use this concealed method.

After Zhu Pingan entered the second gate, he saw the courtroom of the Ministry of Punishment which was being arranged. Outside the courtroom, the guards were arranged in two rows with killing sticks, and guards in brocade clothes were scattered around the courtyard. The scribes and guards were being arranged in the courtyard under the command of the head of the Ministry of Punishment. In the courtroom, tables and chairs were moved, a pergola was set up, and the presiding judge's seat and auditorium were arranged.

Because this time the petition was jointly presided over by five departments, there were nearly ten officials sitting in the hall alone, plus He Ao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhao Qiu, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of Dali Temple, and Tong Jinyi. There are as many as 30 people who are known and other officials who are observing.

Although the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is larger than the lobby of ordinary yamen, so many people can’t sit down, especially the officials who are observing are more than the officials who are in charge of the trial, and they are all officials above the third rank. The Ministry of Criminal Justice can’t let these big bosses squeeze in the corner .

Therefore, the Court of Appeal was temporarily set up in the courtyard, which was wide enough to accommodate so many people.

(End of this chapter)