Can you live forever

Chapter 95 Reversing black and white
Duke Huai's identities are different, so the three divisions will interrogate.

In addition to the chief officers of the three divisions, the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple, the nominal chief officer of Nanjing, Wu Wending, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Xu Pengju, the garrison of Nanjing, and Zhang Zuo, the eunuch of the garrison, were all there, and they all sat on the side of the chief seat.

Luo Wenzhong, the magistrate of Yingtian, accompanied him to the last seat, looking quite happy, and finally he did not have to bear the pressure.

The gates of the yamen are still open, and public trials are held. This is the first time a prince has been tried publicly. The common people are very enthusiastic and rush to watch the excitement. Who doesn't like to watch the rich and powerful suffer?
Most people can only stand in the outer hall to watch the play, but Zhang Zhixiang and the others are in the inner hall.

After listening to King Huai's defense, Zhang Zhixiang turned his head to look at Wang Yuanzhi. Wang Yuanzhi understood what he meant. He once said that the clan could not be lost, but what King Huai said, the clan seemed to be good.

"The clan's farming is nothing more than drinking poison to quench thirst."

"They are no different from the gentry. They can pay taxes in full at the beginning. What about after a few years? Can your Majesty be ashamed of the gentry, but can he deal with the clan?"

"We can't dig holes for the future."

Yes, the clan has not completely exploded yet, and it is best to suppress the signs. At the beginning of Jiajing's accession to the throne, he had no choice but to cut off the factory guards. Although the civil servants were also divided, they can rely on the strength limited.

Therefore, we can only seek strength from the clan.

In order to make the clan more supportive, as well as for money and food, a lot of land has been sealed to the clan over the years.

In the future, when the family tree was revised in the eighth year of Jiajing, and women were also recorded and fiefs were also granted, the opening was completely opened. Since then, the number of clans has increased sharply. Although they are still large taxpayers, their efficiency has become lower and lower. How many fields did the 20 clans in the late Ming Dynasty occupy?
Have they ever robbed the land of a big family?

Who suffered in the end?

The only thing that the clan is better than the gentry is that the taxes they pay can be handed over to the emperor, that's all.

However, this is much better than the hard-core crops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The children of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were not allowed to engage in any other industries. They could only serve as soldiers and errands.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, 20 iron rods were established, and 1500 million taels of silver were allocated to support each year.

The contrast is still strong.

However, this world cannot be compared to bad, good is good, and bad is bad. Wang Yuanzhi is right, Jiajing cannot be allowed to drink poison to quench his thirst and repeat the mistakes of history.

Since there is no plan to change the policy, the hearing will continue.

Duke Huai's defense naturally aroused the reaction of the chief judge in the hall. As the chief judge of the interrogation, Zhang Zilin, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice of Nanjing, immediately slapped the gavel and angrily reprimanded: "It's a bunch of nonsense, it's just nonsense!"

"Since the Taizu made it, entrusting the land to the clan, it has been used as a help for the army."

"Your royal relatives and nobles don't care about the wishes of their ancestors and pay taxes according to the law. Is it considered meritorious? The dignified prince doesn't think about the richness of the salary. The burden of the court is actually more than that of the people. I am ashamed of you!"

"It's no wonder that the Dengwen drum appeared, and the Taizu condemned him!"

Zhang Zilin was full of righteousness, which attracted applause from all the halls. Zhu Youzhen only felt ugly when he saw that face.

His clothes were still stained, but he was clean and stood up straight.

He no longer looked at the chief officer in the hall, but turned around to look at the people, held up the pleadings, and said sincerely: "The above-mentioned crimes are both true and slanderous."

"No matter what, regardless of whether this king did it or not, it must be blamed on Duke Huai's residence."

"This king does not want to part ways with these treacherous ministers, but only wants the common people to know."

"As far as the land issues involving the folks are involved, the land has been returned and compensation has been given. The eight civilian women who were occupied by the previous King Huai all recorded their genealogy in the name of 'Feng Yi' and returned them with a thousand pieces of gold."

"In the case of disability, no matter what the fault is, the compensation has been paid and an understanding has been obtained."

"As soon as the civil disputes have been settled, I, Zhu Youzhen, can say with a clear conscience that it is not a loss to the people."

"I hope people can trust me."

"As for my brother's crimes, the biggest one is robbing the land, but most of them belonged to the gentry. Why? Because they should rob!"

"Gentlemen don't pay taxes, if we don't farm..."

"Where does Your Majesty get money and food?!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youzhen turned around sharply and pointed at the hall, full of anger.

None of the people in the hall changed their expression greatly, even Xu Pengju just sighed faintly. He had heard that Zhu Youzhen was an honest boy before, and it seemed that he was indeed so.

too young.

He didn't defend his guilt, but just criticized the other party, trying to create an atmosphere of party struggle and leave room for Jiajing to mediate.It is faithful indeed.

However, Zhu Youzhen didn't know how to fight.

because……

In the eyes of the common people, the imperial court belongs to the emperor, so handing over taxes to the imperial court is not the same as handing over to the emperor?It would be better to say that it is a bad thing to hand it over to the emperor, right?The emperor himself used it...

Moreover, what the law stipulates and how it is actually manipulated are different.

Zhang Zilin explained in detail the regulations on the preferential exemption of gentry, that gentry are only exempt from corvee, and have to pay land tax, and the first-rank official in the capital is exempted from tax for thirty shi, thirty dong for corvee, and two shi and two ding for talents. Can it affect the court taxation?
In comparison, a talented person needs two stone grains, while a lowest-level clan needs two hundred stone grains!

Your clan is the moth of the country!
Zhu Youzhen's face was flushed red by the debate, and he was furious, but he couldn't speak.

What he said was true, and there was no evidence, so he was naturally denounced as nonsense and slander. Zhang Zilin's words could be found in regulations, so they were naturally more "reasonable".

"Zhang Zilin, you are too deceitful!"

"It's Duke Huai, you are messing around! Why don't you dare to do it!"

"you!!"

Zhu Youzhen staggered a step forward, about to be so angry that he vomited blood, pointed at Zhang Zilin and said excitedly: "Since you said that the Dengwen drum appeared, it was Taizu who committed the crime."

"Well, let's kneel together in front of the Dengwen Drum and see who Taizu punishes!"

"Don't you dare!"

Naturally, Zhang Zilin would not agree, he just said very plainly: "This old man is innocent, why do you need to plead guilty? Duke Huai wants to rely on the protection of his blood, so that the spirit of the great ancestor in heaven will favor you?"

Zhu Youzhen: "You don't have to slander Taizu!"

Zhang Zilin: "No, you are the one who shamed Taizu."

Zhu Youchen trembled with anger.

But Zhang Zilin said as if he couldn't stand the nonsense, "That's enough, bring it up, let Duke Huai take a good look at those wronged people, listen to their cries, and don't embarrass Taizu again."

There was a burst of crying, and the sufferer was brought to the hall.

The most conspicuous ones were the eight women who were robbed and their family members, who wept so sadly and aggrieved.

Those who were wounded and killed by the former King Huai were all recruited, they cried, they accused Zhu Youzhen of lying, they didn't get compensation at all, but Zhu Youzhen wanted to kill them to silence them.

Those who suffered from the loss of their land even accused Duke Huai of not returning the land, which was all a lie.

"You, you..."

Zhu Youzhen pointed at these people tremblingly, recalling how grateful they were to him at the beginning, he did not hesitate to be reprimanded by his aunt, and took out so much silver to compensate, thinking that he could save some people, but in the end...

"Come on, isn't Duke Huai going to ask Taizu? Bring the Dengwen Drum in!"

"Look at his face, and see the spirit of Taizu in the sky!"

Zhang Zilin was full of confidence. After all, there was a statue of Guan Gong in the courtyard, and Dengwen Drum hadn't moved for several days.

and.

The people outside the hall shouted excitedly—kneel down.

(PS: Zhang Zilin has an excellent official voice and is known as "the ancestor of a generation of criminal names", but during the Zhengde period, in the extermination case of Yang Duan's family, a wealthy family in Nanhai County, he presided over the joint trial of the three divisions. It is clear that the evidence is solid. They all confessed, but he believed that the evidence was insufficient, so he procrastinated the case and let the principal culprit go free. In addition, one of the three chief officials in the interrogation was Lu Wan, who was Yang Tinghe's confidant, and one of the principal culprits was Liang Cixi. Liang Chu's son, Liang Chu is also Yang Tinghe's confidant.)
　Thanks to "Xianyuzi" for the 500 starting point reward.

　　
　
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