There were more Brocade Guards inside the Criminal Ministry’s Yamen, and the officials were twice as many as at the entrance. If you are familiar with the officialdom, you will find that in addition to the officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Jinyiwei, there are also officials from the Da Lisi, the Du Cha Yuan, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Appointments in the Ministry of Justice’s office today.
These officials are not to see the lively crowd, they are either to preside over today’s trial, or to listen to the trial.
Ming Dynasty with the same, the Ministry of Justice in charge of the law of the prison, similar to the modern Ministry of Public Security, and the Da Lisi, the metropolitan inspectorate and known as the “three law division”.
Dali Temple is similar to the modern Supreme People’s Court, also in charge of the Xing prison cases, the ancient criminal said that the earth, and said that the reason, the Dali Temple “reason” is “criminal” meaning, the Dali Temple is the “Dali Temple”; the metropolitan inspectorate is the Ming dynasty’s highest supervision, impeachment and admonition agencies, both criminal, also has the right to judicial trial, similar to the modern supreme people’s procuratorate.
In the Ming Dynasty, all three organs held Xing prison power, although there was a division of labour. Xing prison cases mainly by the Ministry of Justice, the Da Lisi inclined to the prudent punishment organs, is responsible for the injustice, wrongful refutation, vindication, if the Da Lisi does not agree with the Ministry of Justice of the results of the trial, you can apply for the Holy Judgement; the main responsibility of the Ministry of Justice, the Da Lisi supervision, enjoys the “big things to play judge, small things to decide” privilege. Between the three organs, mutual control, mutual supervision.
General criminal cases, by the Ministry of Justice, if the case has a greater impact, some of the major cases, if you have to join the Da Lisi, the Censorate, the Generalissimo, as well as the officials, households, rituals, military, industrial and other departments of the joint trial, may be nine departments together with the trial, may also be a number of departments together with the trial, it depends on the size of the case. If the case is particularly important, it is necessary to be the highest leader of the nine departments to the joint trial, which is often referred to as the nine ministers will be heard.
Of course, the system of factory guards in Ming Dynasty was quite unique, and very often there would be officials from the Jinyiwei or the East and West factories participating in the trial, or even playing a leading role.
Originally, Zhu Pingan impeached Zhao Dajing case, the plan is by the Ministry of Justice, Jin Yiwei joint trial, but the plan can not catch up with the changes, the situation has changed a few days, impeachment of Yan Song and his henchmen of the zhang folded more, resulting in Zhu Pingan’s impeachment also doubled the attention.
In addition, coupled with certain people’s hints.
Therefore, today, Zhu Pingan’s impeachment case of Zhao Dajing was jointly examined by a group of mid-level officials from the five departments of the Jinyiwei, the Ministry of Justice, the Da Lisi, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Ministry of War. As for the Commander of the Brocade Guards, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice, the Secretary of the Da Lisi, and so on, these leaders would not condescend to jointly examine the impeachment case of a sixth-ranked official; both Zhu Ping’an’s rank and the influence of the case were not enough to qualify for it.
There are five departments of the middle and upper-level officials of the joint trial, as well as has been considered very important to the impeachment case of Zhu Pingan.
However, although it is a joint trial of middle and senior officials from five departments, but because the case indirectly involves Yan Song Yan Pavilion, so such as the Minister of Justice, the Ministry of the Army, the left minister, the Secretary of the Da Lisi, and other individual bigwigs will be present to listen to the case.
I go, there are so many people.
Although Zhu Pingan had anticipated that there would be a lot of officials today when he was at the door, but after walking into the Ministry of Criminal Affairs Yamen, he was still taken aback by the number of officials inside as if they were at court.
“Who are you?”
A Jinyiwei trial hundred came to ask after Zhu Pingan entered the Ministry of Justice’s Yamen, mainly because Zhu Pingan’s clothes were too conspicuous, everyone else was in official uniform, but Zhu Pingan was wearing regular clothes, and also slung a cloth bag, all of a sudden, it was like a chicken standing in front of the cranes.
“Zhu Pingan, Servant Reader of the Hanlin Academy, has been ordered to come and present his case.”Zhu Pingan slightly arched his hand, then took out the official document from the Ministry of Justice.
“So it’s Lord Zhu, this way please, Lord Lord.”
The Jinyiwei Trial Centurion took the official document handed over by Zhu Pingan, looked at it carefully, returned his salute to Zhu Pingan, returned the official document to Zhu Pingan, and then led the way in front of him to lead Zhu Pingan to the public hall.
This Jinyiwei Trial Hundred Tenant’s surname was Liang, his name was Liang Bi, and Liang Bi was a hereditary Jinyiwei. Trial Hundred Household is an official position of the Jinyiwei, one level lower than Hundred Household, it is a sixth rank official position.
“Your Excellency, if you go further, you will find the place where you can express your feelings, I will not see you off as I have to be on duty. There is only one thing that I would like you to keep in mind, Zhao Qiu, the left minister of the Ministry of War, is Zhao Dajing’s uncle, so please be careful of this person.”
Liang Bi guided Zhu Pingan through the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice and entered the second gate through the corner gate, when passing through the corner gate, this brocade guard whispered a reminder to Zhu Pingan and then left with his hands clasped in front of him.
Oh?
Zhu Pingan was stunned, looking at Liang Bi’s departing back, curious as to why this brocade guard had to tell himself such a hidden secret. However, looking at Liang Bi’s discreet and fast departing back, Zhu Pingan did not go up to ask. If he wanted to let himself know, he would naturally tell himself, not to tell himself that is another secret, people are kind enough to remind themselves, they can not not make it difficult for others.
In fact, Zhu Pingan does not know, the reason why Liang Bi reminded Zhu Pingan, the reason is not more complicated, when the impeachment of Yan Song and was exiled from exile Shen Lian experience is Liang Bi’s old friend. Liang Bi is just a trial from the sixth grade, when Shen Lian was persecuted by the Yan Party, Liang Bi has the heart, the Yan Party power, Liang Bi can only quietly help Shen Lian to take care of his wife and children and family.
Shen Lian was persecuted by the Yan Party facing the danger of killing, Zhu Pingan in front of the Jiajing Emperor, “I heard that this person before the petition, has bought a coffin at home”, extinguished the anger in the heart of the Jiajing Emperor, so that the Jiajing mistakenly think that Shen Lian to die to seek fame, and then change the death penalty for exile. Shen Lian thus survived.
Liang Bi reminded Zhu Pingan, on the one hand, because of Shen Lian thing and grateful to Zhu Pingan, on the other hand is to admire Zhu Pingan dare to impeach the Yan Party.
Liang Bi had a wife and child at home, and knew that he did not have the courage of Shen Lian, so he could only use this hidden way.
After entering the second door, Zhu Pingan saw the Ministry of Justice public hall being set up, outside the public hall, officers are divided into two rows according to the killing stick, the Jin Yi Wei scattered around the courtyard, the clerks and officers in the Ministry of Justice under the command of the director of the public hall is being set up in the courtyard, moving tables and chairs, building pergola, set up the main trial seat and the hearing seat.
Because of the five departments of the joint trial of this case, just sitting in the hall of the officials have nearly ten people, plus the Ministry of Justice Minister He Ao, the Ministry of War left minister Zhao Qiu, the Ministry of Justice left minister, the Secretary of the Da Lisi, the Jin Yiwei Tongzhi and other officials listening to the up to twenty or thirty people.
Although the Ministry of Justice lobby is larger than the general Yamen lobby, but so many people can not sit, especially the audience officials than the main trial of most of the officials, are more than three products of the officials, the Ministry of Justice can not let these bigwigs in the corner of the crowded it.
Therefore, the public hall of Chenxin was temporarily located in the courtyard.
