Wanli Xinming

Chapter 229 Suspect
On the 290th day of the first lunar month in the tenth year of Wanli, the Portuguese mission spent the Lantern Festival in Hangzhou, which was like a fiery tree and silver flowers. All of them had dark circles and yawned and went north by boat.At this time, Hangzhou City is one of the top big cities in the world with a population of [-] million. Where have these Portuguese bumpkins seen such prosperity?

On the way out of Hangzhou, the Portuguese embassy saw two groups of people beating gongs and drums to present a plaque with the words "clear as water, bright as a mirror" to the prefectural government.

Ines complained again: "If the judges in Lisbon can get such an honor as the magistrates in Hangzhou, that's true." But he didn't continue for a long time, but his envy was evident.

Since Matteo Ricci entered China, his ability level has improved rapidly.He thought that there must be something strange, so he asked the interpreter who was familiar with Chinese in the mission to inquire about it.The interpreter came back and said, "What I heard from them is that there is an extremely clean justice in the Ming Dynasty, and he is about to enter the city. Therefore, the magistrates here have focused on clearing up some cases recently."

Matteo Ricci spread his hands to Ines, indicating to him that this is the truth.Ines smiled and said, "Then please find a judge in Europa who can make the magistrate do this." Matteo Ricci was at a loss for words.

Fan Li'an smiled and said, "My friends, everything we have seen has made me even more curious about the young monarch of this empire. Let's go quickly so that we can see him earlier."

The "extremely clean justice" in the mouths of Hangzhou people of course refers to Hai Rui Hai Gangfeng.

After handling the Jiangnan Civil Incident in the third year of Wanli, Hai Rui was awarded the title of Youdu Censor of the Imperial Court by the court Xugong.

It should be said that this appointment is the best way to use Hai Rui.Because his thinking is far ahead of the times, and he often "suppresses the rich and helps the poor" in his administration, although he can win the hearts and minds of the people, in a society where the gentry is the main body of governance, such political correctness is incompatible with Zhu Yijun's development of industry and commerce. The reform goals do not match.

If he was given a noble and leisurely post, he would have wasted his superb legal skills and his reputation for being honest and self-abiding, and if Hai Rui became an opponent who always raised his opinions, it was not what Zhu Yijun wanted.

Therefore, in the third year of Wanli, the imperial decree went to Nanjing, and asked Hai Rui to build a circuit court in Daming to be responsible for the review and final judgment of cases in various places.The establishment of the circuit court was a leap forward in the legal history of Daming. After receiving the appointment, Hai Rui felt like a duck to water. At the last stage of his life, he finally burst out with the brightest brilliance of his career.

While preparing for the establishment of the court, editing cases, and improving the rules and regulations of the court, Hai Rui spends at least half of the time every year on tours to conduct case trials in various places.Because of his discernment and impartiality, the name "Hai Qingtian" is increasingly resounding in the Ming Dynasty.

Booksellers in Jiangnan, who can capture business opportunities, edited Hai Rui's bizarre lawsuits over the past few years into novels and novels, and sold various versions of "Hai Gong An".Theatre troupes from all over the country followed suit and brought Hai Qingtian's image on the stage, which further contributed to Hai Rui's fame.In the tenth year of Wanli, an interesting phenomenon appeared in the north and south of the river: Hai Rui became a legend that was still alive and existed in literary and artistic works.

But what ordinary people who read these literary works don't know is that Hai Rui's existence is definitely not as simple as being a "blue sky". Through the amplifier of the circuit court, he turned his integrity into a dose of penicillin and injected it into Daming. This has already begun. Severely corrupted body.

Zhu Yijun's selection of Hai Rui, a strict and capable minister of the Dali Temple, made the circuit court the most upright judicial institution in Ming Dynasty with the fewest unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.By the end of the ninth Wanli period, the eight circuit courts had traveled a large circle in the provinces of Ming Dynasty, corrected more than 430 unjust cases, settled more than 150 cases, summarized and sorted out [-] typical cases, and Prompted the imperial court to amend more than [-] specific articles of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".

In consideration of the balance of judicial power, the emperor did not grant the circuit court the right to supervise officials in the process of correcting wrong cases.However, every time the circuit court corrects a wrong case, it must transfer the possible corruption clues to the procuratorate of the two capitals or the local procuratorate according to the official's management authority.

As for the clues transferred by the circuit court, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Justice Department must give the emperor a statement, and the corresponding report must be transferred to the circuit court for signing.In this way, a complete closed loop is formed in the case picket work. Under the supervision of Hai Rui, all the ghosts and ghosts in the closed loop have been repeatedly cleaned up.

Wherever the circuit court went, a large number of wrongful convictions were corrected, and a series of related corrupt officials were brought to justice by the accompanying police officers.

The effect is very significant. Since the seventh year of Wanli, the official governance of Daming has been cleared.The public grievances caused by a large number of unjust, false and wrongful convictions have been greatly alleviated, and the situation of "official government offices are open, and there is no reason to enter without money" has also been greatly corrected.

Under Zhu Yijun's instruction, once the corrupt officials were found out, the major newspapers in the two Beijings would usually publish several articles in succession and nail them to the pillar of shame.In a country governed by "filial piety", such exposure is a fatal blow to the parties involved, a real social death.

Historians of later generations found that the circuit court established by Hai Rui was not just a court, but an anti-corruption weapon in the hands of Zhu Yijun.Hai Rui was like a peerless divine weapon. Under the cold light, a little bit of pure land first appeared in Daming, and then the pure land was connected into a piece, and finally gave the people a bright blue sky.Later sociologists also invented a term based on this, called "Hairui Effect".

At the beginning of the tenth year of Wanli, the first stop of Hai Qingtian's tour with white hair and beard was Hangzhou.Because of the winter of the ninth year of Wanli, Hangzhou experienced a heavy snow that is rare in the past years.A large number of Hangzhou citizens who still believe in the feeling of heaven and man are saying that there must be a big unjust case in Hangzhou.

Hai Rui himself doesn't believe in the theory of human beings being connected with nature. Although he is old, he has always been able to keep up with the situation because he regards learning as an important principle of self-cultivation.Not only is he not a stubborn old man, but he is also a capable minister who keeps pace with the times.Hai Rui read every issue of the knowledge about physical examinations popularized in the newspapers.Moreover, he kept up with the fashion and made newspaper clippings.

Although I don't believe in the theory of human beings, I still respond to the people's calls.Hai Rui originally planned to take the [-]rd Circuit Court on tour in the early ten years of Wanli, and chose Hangzhou as the first stop. By the end of the ninth year of Wanli, the relevant documents were sent to the Zhejiang Commissioner to notify Mr. Hai Next year's first stop will be Hangzhou.

It doesn't matter what he did by the way, the governor's yamen, the chief minister, the magistrate, the prefect of Hangzhou, and all the county officials in Zhejiang's Chief Envoy did not have a good Spring Festival, and they worked overtime to review all judicial cases for three consecutive years.All types of copywriting within the jurisdiction of the Hai Rui Circuit Court will list rectification items for self-examination.

According to Wu Shanyan, Governor of Zhejiang Province: "Although self-examination and self-correction may be arrogant, at least try to have a good attitude in front of Master Hai! No matter who it is, who dares to drop the chain, I will peel your skin!" Of course, Governor Wu It doesn't mean to peel off anyone's skin, here is the meaning of peeling off the official uniform of the official who has lost the chain.If the governor wants to refer to his subordinates, it is still one-by-one.

After two consecutive months of careful preparation, Hangzhou has finally reached the realm of Haiyan Heqing.On the third day of the second month of the [-]th Wanli year, after arriving at the circuit court in Hangzhou and issuing the notice board, the door of the court was full of surprises.

At the beginning, Hai Rui wondered if Hangzhou had blocked the way into the courthouse—a stupid magistrate had done this before, and some magistrates had arranged for someone to "play a lawsuit" in front of Hai Rui.He sent several groups of people out to check, and the feedback came back that everything in Hangzhou was business as usual, and the result of inquiries in the streets was that before and after the New Year's holiday, all cases in Zhejiang were judged, and all judicial cases were reviewed again.

Hai Rui laughed, and did not take the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang as an embarrassment.Hai Rui felt that if he could make the blue sky clear in his lifetime, that would be the greatest compliment to him. Hai Gangfeng died without regret!
The next day, while Hai Rui was preparing to transfer the letter to the next station, the drum beating outside the door.The assistants who had been idle for two days were all energized as if they had been smeared with oil, and led the drummer into the lobby.

The drummer was a half-year-old boy, holding the paper in a trembling manner, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed when he entered the lobby.Hai Rui asked people to receive the letter of complaint, and when he unfolded it, it turned out to be a murder case, and it was the first report!
Hai Rui touched his forehead helplessly, and Wen Yan first asked how old the boy was and what his name was.Then he said to him: "This official only accepts cases that have been convicted by the Hangzhou government. You have gone to the wrong government. Moreover, the paper said that your father was killed in the wild. Didn't Qiantang County go to investigate? What did the county say? "

The child was trembling nervously at the beginning, but seeing that Hai Qingtian was very gentle towards him, he felt a lot less nervous.Courageously, he said, "Sir, Qiantang County said it was a headless case, so it can only temporarily list the suspicious case and solve it slowly. The person who wrote the petition for me also said that you can't accept my petition here, but he also asked me to go first. came to you."

As soon as these words came out, Hai Rui became interested.He asked him again, "Oh, why is that?"

The boy cried: "The person who wrote the letter said that the case of my father's murder must involve Governor Wu. Qiantang County and Hangzhou Prefecture are afraid to investigate, and I may be killed! But if I come to you first If you click on it, then the Hangzhou government will have to investigate it, and maybe my life can be saved."

When Hai Rui heard this, doubts arose, and he kept thinking about it.According to the "Da Ming Circuit Court Regulations" drafted by him, he absolutely cannot accept this case.But listening to this young man say this, if he doesn't take up this case, if this young man has three strengths and two weaknesses, he Hai Gangfeng will not regret it to death?

At his age now, he has long been alive and well, and one glance at this young man's expression shows that he has not lied at all.However, the constitution he has set has already been invented by the imperial court. Now that he has become an idol, how can he know the law and break the law?

While hesitating, Wang Jieru, the guard beside him, whispered: "Sir, you might as well send him out, I will follow him and see what happened. If possible, I will also bring the person who ordered him to come. Get it out."

Wang Jieru had a girl's name, but he was a real good man.He was originally a bodyguard of the inner palace, but Zhu Yijun was afraid that Hai Rui would offend too many people and was unexpectedly met, so he specially asked him to lead a team of inner guards to Hai Rui's side to protect him.

For more than three years, Wang Jieru has long been convinced by Hai Rui's charisma.Hai Rui also gave this bodyguard a high look, and he was very caring and caring for him on weekdays.

Hearing what Wang Jie said at this time, Hai Rui thought it was the best of both worlds.He coughed lightly: "Well, since you've already come here to take a photo of this official, you can take this paper back. Go to Qiantang County or Hangzhou Prefecture, it's up to you."

The boy wiped his tears and snot, took the paper, and knelt down and banged his head.Without any extra words, I stood up and walked out of the lobby.

　Three thousand four hundred words, the tickets are given to Lao Mo.Thanks!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)