I'm really not doing business

Chapter 902: The Disadvantage of the Righteous Refusal to Pay Compensation
Zhu Yijun actually knew that Suiyuan's royalization process was far better than Luzon.

Luzon was under the rule of the monarchy for fifteen years, but nothing was achieved. However, Suiyuan was under the rule of the monarchy for eight years, and the country had already reached the stage of working together to build a new Suiyuan.

But Zhu Yijun was still angry about the attack on Ke Yanchang last winter, and he issued an edict to severely reprimand the local officials in Suiyuan. If it happened again, the emperor's power and heavy blows would be directed at Suiyuan.

In the Ming Dynasty, no one would take the emperor's edict as a joke. Your Majesty always keeps his word.

Ma Sanqiang's case caused widespread discussion, and soon various newspapers in the Southern Court began to discuss the case, but Zhu Yijun was very dissatisfied with this trend.

The overall wind of the Southern Court is mainly focused on the fact that this case is an isolated case, a very accidental individual case;

The second is to attribute the entire case to the evil of the lower class people, that is, the evil of villains.

"It's absolute nonsense!" Zhu Yijun finished reading several newspapers and threw them to the ground.

"A gentleman is concerned with righteousness, while a villain is concerned with profit. This is indeed what Confucius said, but here, Confucius distinguishes between villains and gentlemen based on their moral status, not their identity or status! If you say that Ma Sanqiang's claim for compensation is because the villain only cares about his own personal gain, then what about Liu Youjia?"

"These people took the words out of context and didn't mention a word about Liu Youjia hiring someone to kill someone!"

"Ma Sanqiang only wants five silver coins to claim the cost of the medicine to support his mother and son. This is for personal reasons, but it is in accordance with human ethics. The way of the people is that those who have permanent property have permanent hearts. How can you blame them for their righteousness when their people's livelihood is not guaranteed?"

"The Master said: The virtue of a gentleman is like the wind, while the virtue of a villain is like weeds. In the eyes of these scholars and officials in the Southern Court, the virtues of those in high positions are naturally noble, while the virtues of those in low positions are like weeds. Is this how they understand the Analects?"

"This sentence clearly means that the morality of those in a high position affects the morality of the entire world. Ma Sanqiang was originally a diligent craftsman, but his master criticized him harshly, so he hired someone to kill him and rebelled. He is like a trapped beast fighting to the bitter end."

"Mencius once said, 'There is fat meat in the kitchen, fat horses in the stable, but the people are hungry and there are starving corpses in the wild. This is the result of leading beasts to eat people! Those in power do not cultivate virtue and lead beasts to eat people, which ultimately leads to tragedy! These idiots are now blaming the common people and are unwilling to be lenient!"

"It's a reversal of moral principles!"

Zhu Yijun was furious. The public opinion of the Southern Court quoted the Confucian classics one by one, and identified Ma Sanqiang, a despicable man, as a vicious villain, and further proved a point:
The morals of the lower class people are the most corrupt; they are the most evil and stupid, and they are accustomed to sitting in the well and looking at the sky, understanding the world with their own low-level thinking.

For example, Ma Sanqiang, who believed that every wrong had its perpetrator, killed an entire family in the dark. This is a typical revenge mentality of the lower class, which is not decent at all.

Zhu Yijun also read the Four Books and Five Classics, and he read them very well. From the first year of the Wanli period to the tenth year of the Wanli period, on the 29th of every month, he would take the examinations of the academicians at the lecture halls. In his daily notes, he recorded every examination result in detail!
Zhu Yijun did not realize that what Confucius and Mencius said was what they interpreted!
On the contrary, almost all the classics of Confucius and Mencius share the same view that the good or evil of people's customs depends on the education of those in power.

As the superiors of the ruling class, one must cultivate moral conduct. There is never a sentence in Confucian classics that teaches people to ignore the sufferings of the people or to blame those in distress!
"Ma Sanqiang and Liu Youjia's entire family died. What caused such a tragedy? It was not the evil of the villains, but the result of the emperor's loss of his way!" Zhu Yijun stood up and stomped hard on several newspapers.

Zhu Yijun spat viciously and cursed: "A bunch of idiots! Just keep ignoring the suffering of the people and blaming the people in distress. When Ma Sanqiang shows up at their house, they will know how to repent and know that they are wrong!"

The Ming Emperor, who had received imperial education since the first year of the Wanli reign and had always been very polite and rarely swore or behaved out of character, was cursing and spitting, which showed that he was really disgusted with these trends and public opinions.

"Your Majesty, anger is harmful to your health. Here are some miscellaneous newspapers from the Northern Yamen." Feng Bao placed a few miscellaneous newspapers in front of the imperial desk.

"Don't read it. What are you reading? It's probably nonsense like this. It makes you angry if you read too much." Zhu Yijun pushed the miscellaneous newspapers aside. The angry Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wished that General Qi would lead the Beijing Army to rush down from Lion Rock.

"Your Majesty, the wind speeds in the northern and southern capitals are completely different." Feng Bao still carefully placed the miscellaneous newspapers from the Northern Yamen on the table.

Zhu Yijun then returned to the imperial desk, read two books, then sat up straight and read for a long time.

The public opinion in the Northern Yamen was much more normal. After all, in the 17th year of the Wanli Restoration, Shuntian Prefecture was disciplined for 17 years. Even the most despicable Confucian scholar, after being beaten so many times, would know what he could say and what he could not say.

Compared with the Southern Court's avoidance of the topic of Liu Youjia, the Northern Court's discussion mainly focused on why the magistrate of Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, did not execute the claim for fifteen silver coins.

The discussion was extremely thorough, and in the end, they reached a conclusion that Liu Youjia had no money.

It’s not that Liu Youjia really has no money, but in the eyes of the court, Liu Youjia has no property, land, or money in his name.

Even Liuji Tofu Shop was not under the name of Liu Youjia, but under the name of a man named Xu Fugui.

You Bi Zheng even went to Shanghai County and found Yao Guangqi to learn the whole story. Only then did he learn that Xu Fugui had died in the fifth year of Wanli, but because his account was not cancelled, Xu Fugui was still alive in the files.

The properties were falsely registered under the names of dead people, the houses were rented from distant relatives and friends, and the servants were all on labor contracts signed by the workshop. Liu Youjia was a man who had nothing.

Liu Youjia had no money, and before Yao Guangqi could find Liu Youjia's property, Liu Youjia asked Xu Sihai to vent his anger.

Where is Liu Youjia's money? Songjiang Prefecture found out that Liu Youjia's money was all loaned out at high interest rates in private banks.

This was a clue that the Tax Inspection Office found by following the silver route. That is, the Tax Inspection Office did not abide by the law and had no taboos in handling cases, so they were able to find the clue. Otherwise, the local government would never find it in their lifetime.

The first miscellaneous report discussed why grassroots judgments were so difficult to enforce and whether the Tax Inspection Bureau could help penetrate and find property for compulsory execution.

The second miscellaneous report came from Li Zhi. In the miscellaneous report, Li Zhi discussed the process of intensification of contradictions using the theory of contradiction. Liu Youjia had four chances to avoid disaster.

First, when the donkey kicked someone, Liu Youjia, as the owner of the tofu shop, should have comforted him instead of speaking harshly.

Secondly, when Ma Sanqiang was recovering from his injury, Liu Youjia, if he was still a human being, should have visited his home to comfort him and took the initiative to pay for his medicine.
Secondly, after Ma Sanqiang recovered, he demanded five silver coins, and Liu Youjia should pay it back out of both morality and responsibility;
Finally, when Liu Youjia asked Xu Sihai to embarrass Ma Sanqiang, it was too late to turn back.
Throughout the process of the intensification of contradictions, the superiors, that is, the gentlemen in position, always control and lead the degree of the intensification of contradictions;
And Ma Sanqiang was invincible in a sense, he had no scruples, and when his mother and wife were both dead, the control and direction of the intensified conflict fell into the hands of the despicable ones.

The process of change in the dominant factor in this contradiction is very obvious.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. When the number of these despicable people accumulates to a certain level, that will be the day of great change.

Li Zhi analyzed the contradictions from the perspective of contradiction theory, expounded the subject that dominates the contradiction, and the changing offensive and defensive positions in the process of the contradiction becoming increasingly polarized.

If the court does nothing to create this invincible person, these horrific cases will become more and more serious.

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "Xu Sihai's order was indeed to beat them up. During the fight, these four pushed Ma Sanqiang's mother and killed her. Then they raped his wife and fled in panic after hearing the voices and barking of dogs in the village."

After Xu Sihai's four men were captured, they explained why they did not completely root out the evil and killed Ma Ziqiang as well.

Because the villagers heard the noise and came over to check the situation, the four men could only flee in embarrassment and did not continue to kill, otherwise Ma Sanqiang would have died as well.

Ma Sanqiang was lucky enough to survive, but he couldn't wait for justice from the court because he had to strike first, otherwise Liu Youjia would definitely wipe out the entire clan.

The third miscellaneous newspaper discussed the lack of laws and the disadvantages of the wealthy and powerful relying on their power to refuse compensation.

Yao Guangqi sentenced Liu Youjia to pay compensation of fifteen silver coins, but this lacked the support of Ming Dynasty laws. Liu Youjia was dissatisfied with the verdict because Ming Dynasty laws did not stipulate this, so why should he pay compensation?
The compensation of fifteen silver coins was entirely based on the personal moral support of local official Yao Guangqi. The absence of such laws led to the employees' disability without any basis for recourse.

Ma Sanqiang didn't trust the government or the court. He let the knife in his hand pour out the bitterness in his heart, because he knew that the court laws would never protect poor people like him.

It is precisely the absence of such laws that has led to the powerful and wealthy being able to rely on their social status to refuse all compensation and do whatever they want.

In the process of the transformation of production relations to free employment relations and the formation of commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty, the rigidity of the court and the lack of laws were also one of the reasons for the tragedy.

The imperial court should formulate corresponding compensation standards and try its best to avoid this situation.

The imperial court is above all social groups and is responsible for mediating conflicts among all parties. Obviously, in the case of Ma Sanqiang, the court was absent from the law and failed to fulfill its responsibilities.

The fourth miscellaneous newspaper discussed local protectionism. As the major taxpayers and sources of tax revenue for local governments, local governments naturally favored the powerful and wealthy.

The fifth miscellaneous newspaper discusses that there was not just one Ma Sanqiang in the Ming Dynasty, but thousands and thousands of Ma Sanqiang. Based on his own observations, the author cited a total of five examples, all of which were similar cases. The tragedy of Ma Sanqiang was repeated over and over again.

"This miscellany is a bit unrealistic." Zhu Yijun took the sixth miscellaneous newspaper from the Northern Yamen, read it for a while, shook his head and put it aside.

The sixth miscellaneous report discussed the differences between government-run factories and private workshops. When working in government-run factories, if one was injured or died accidentally, there would be medicine and pensions. Even the children left behind by the craftsmen could grow up smoothly. The government-run factories would force the children to stay in school, and even if they could not become scholars, they could become literate craftsmen.

There is a huge difference between government-run factories and private workshops. It would be better to simply turn all private workshops in the world into government-run factories.

State-owned factories have their own problems. Rigidity, bloat, hereditary system, etc. are all difficult problems. Turning private factories into state-owned factories is no different from returning to the well-field system.

The dozen or so miscellaneous newspapers from the Northern Yamen mainly discussed the significance of the Ma Sanqiang case in various aspects.

"After reading it, I find these miscellaneous newspapers in the Southern Court more despicable. They don't even talk about the facts. They are damnable!" Zhu Yijun rubbed his forehead.

It's not that Feng Bao was deceiving his superiors and subordinates and trying to please the scholars and officials in the Southern Court. Feng Bao just didn't have the courage to do that.

The miscellaneous newspapers in the northern and southern capitals are all ranked as major newspapers, with a wide range of subscribers, and are large newspaper companies that can publish daily newspapers.

This difference in public opinion made Zhu Yijun feel helpless. He couldn't just renovate the Nanjing Palace and become emperor in Nanjing.

This is also the reason why the scholars and officials in the Southern Court are so fearless. You, the emperor, will eventually have to return to the Northern Court to eat sand.

If the emperor punished severely and convicted people for their words, it would also hinder the communication of opinions from the people above. Literary inquisition would not only fail to achieve ideological unity, but would also make people look down on them.

Feng Bao placed a memorial on the table and whispered, "The cabinet has submitted this memorial. After examining the old rules and considering the current situation, we have drafted a work injury compensation regulation and implore your majesty to make a ruling."

Public opinion is always so noisy, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty would not be swayed by it. Instead, they formulated the "Petition to Establish Work Injury Compensation Regulations to Ensure the People's Livelihood" in accordance with the imperial edict.

The main contents include clarifying the responsibilities of employers, detailing the provisions on compensation, strictly enforcing the powers of the government, and prohibiting private fighting.

First of all, the law clearly stipulates:

If a craftsman or hired worker is injured or disabled due to work, the employer must bear full responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Household Law of the Ming Dynasty for damage to public or private property. If the injury is caused by broken tools or out-of-control livestock, and the employer fails to repair and control the injury in time, the crime will be more severe.

Work-related injuries must be compensated, and if production tools, livestock, etc. are not repaired, restrained, and compensated in a timely manner, the crime will be aggravated and the person will be charged with mutilation.

If compensation is refused, the civil case will be upgraded to a criminal case, with the punishment ranging from fifty or one hundred strokes of the cane to exile to a remote place with malaria.

The compensation details for work-related injuries must clearly state that they include medicine, lost work time, and pension.

The decoction is the medical fee; the loss of work is calculated at half the monthly salary, and if it is less than one month, it will be calculated as one month; and the pension is for disability, which is compensated in full for fifteen years at the monthly salary, and for death, it is compensated for twenty years at the monthly salary;

Ma Sanqiang's annual labor remuneration was 210 silver coins, if he was disabled it would be 280 silver coins, and if he died it would be silver coins. The strict enforcement of government authority meant that the prefectures, counties and districts must strictly enforce the sentence without delay. Those who disobeyed orders would be shackled for one month and fined double the amount; those with particularly serious offenses would be exiled to Southeast Asia.

Once there is a judgment for work injury compensation, the victim will be arrested and the judgment will be enforced unless compensation is paid.

The shackles mean being detained in shackles. For every month of delay, the punishment would be doubled. Yao Guangqi sentenced Liu Youjia to pay 15 silver coins. If he delayed for one month, he would pay 30 silver coins, if he delayed for two months, he would pay 60 silver coins, and if he delayed for three months, he would pay 120 silver coins.

If the situation is as bad as Liu Youjia's, his property will be confiscated and he will be exiled.

In the section on strictly enforcing the powers of the government, the cabinet required that local officials should conduct contract inspections on all the communities under their jurisdiction, that is, the communities must have labor contracts, and if they do not have them, they will be punished for illegal profiteering.

Taking profits against the prohibition means making profits in violation of the prohibition. The lightest punishment is to be ordered to close the business, which means that the business is not allowed to operate without a deed.

To prohibit private fighting, employees are not allowed to retaliate against each other privately. Violators will be charged with murder. If the employer hires someone to kill them, they will be charged with conspiracy to revolt.

If a hired worker was injured and did not tell the government, they would bear a grudge and kill him directly in revenge, and sentence him as a murder case;
If the employer hires someone to force the employee to submit, it is considered treason and the employee's family members will be implicated and their property will be confiscated.

The prohibition of private fighting not only requires the poor laborers, but also places higher demands on the masters.

Finally, the cabinet minister reiterated the purpose of the Work Injury Compensation Ordinance: It is not only to protect the flesh and blood of the poor, but also to cut off the claws of the rich and powerful, correct unhealthy trends, and benefit the country's businesses.

There are no winners in this heinous case of Liuji Tofu Shop.

Ma Sanqiang did not win. Although he was not executed immediately, he was exiled to Southeast Asia, and his entire family was devastated.

Of course Liu Youjia didn't win either. His whole family went to hell to reason with the King of Hell.

"Order the three judicial officials to sign it, promulgate it throughout the country, inform local officials, and clarify the regulations." Zhu Yijun reviewed the entire text three times, and after confirming all the regulations, he approved it.

On June 23, the 17th year of the Wanli reign, the cabinet submitted a memorial, which was approved by the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty officially began to promote the improvement of the labor security system.

Bypass the degree, quantify the standards for compensation for work-related injuries and death, enforce them to avoid further intensification of labor-capital conflicts, use imperial power to suppress the arbitrary behavior of local tyrants, strengthen the court's control over the local economy, provide institutional guarantees for "making the Ming Dynasty great again, including all Ming people", and effectively promote the basic national policy of "people are the foundation of the country, and a solid foundation brings peace to the country."

The emperor once again put into practice the basic governing philosophy of "protecting the people to demonstrate the emperor's virtue."

When the emperor's edict reached the local government offices, the public opinion in the Southern Government immediately died down.

The arm is powerless against the thigh. The imperial court and the emperor simply ignored the public opinion they stirred up, did not allow themselves to be swayed by them, and enacted new laws. If they continued to talk nonsense, that would be disobeying the imperial order.

Discussion is discussion, and disobedience is disobedience, they are completely different in nature.

Deliberately attributing the entire case to the evil of villains is because the powerful and wealthy in Jiangnan hope to use their control over public opinion to influence the court's judgment. It is also a way of comforting themselves, saying that it is okay, it is just an isolated case and there is no need to worry too much.

However, the tragedy of Liu Youjia's entire family still made all the powerful and wealthy feel sad. The court's final judgment did not even kill Ma Sanqiang, but sent him to Southeast Asia. There were even rumors among the people that the emperor himself gave him 25 silver coins from the treasury as a resettlement fee, but it is not known whether this is true or not.

"I gave Ma Sanqiang twenty-five silver coins as a settlement fee. How could I not know about this? You reminded me that I should take out twenty-five silver coins from the treasury and send them to the government office in Songjiang Prefecture and hand them over to Ma Sanqiang personally so that he can settle down." Zhu Yijun explained to Feng Bao.

He really didn't give it, but this rumor has spread among the people, so if he didn't give it, he would be stingy.

"I obey your order." Feng Bao asked a eunuch who had been practicing with His Majesty since the first year of the Wanli reign to handle the matter. He also asked the eunuch to understand the whole story of the case to make sure that His Majesty was not deceived.

This is not twenty-five taels of silver, but a life-saving talisman.

The twenty-five silver coins bestowed by the emperor prove that Your Majesty knows Ma Sanqiang. When you arrive in Southeast Asia, no one will deliberately make things difficult for you. If His Majesty the Emperor ever remembers this person and asks about his recent situation, any deliberate embarrassment will backfire and hit you right in the heart.

"Has General Qi arrived?" Zhu Yijun looked at the time. Qi Jiguang went to the Mochou Lake Palace once every seven days to report on the situation in the Beijing camp.

Feng Bao bowed his head and said, "I have been waiting for a quarter of an hour."

"Why didn't you say it earlier? Hurry up and announce it. No, I'll go over there instead. Where is Marshal Qi?" Zhu Yijun stood up and prepared to go over there himself.

Qi Jiguang was a great general who commanded all the troops in the world. In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, he would be the emperor today and the emperor tomorrow. Even if we don't mention Qi Jiguang's current status, he was an undefeated general who had fought for the Ming Dynasty for forty years and deserved Zhu Yijun's courtesy.

"General Qi is looking at the fast-growing poplars planted by Your Majesty." Feng Bao still took His Majesty to the palace garden.

Qi Jiguang was still waiting for the emperor to summon him, but the emperor appeared instead. He bowed his head in fear and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be well and healthy."

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite. If General Qi hadn't been keeping me under control in the Yuejiang Tower, these powerful and wealthy people in the Southern Court would have already rushed to the Mochou Lake Palace to mourn. How could it be so quiet? If anyone opposes my decree, I will tell them: Go and talk to my Beijing camp. Hahaha." Zhu Yijun took a few steps and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang hurriedly said, "The Beijing Camp is your Majesty's Beijing Camp."

"How is the plague in the Beijing camp being dealt with?" Zhu Yijun asked about the situation in the Beijing camp.

"Everything is ready. The reactions of the powerful people in the Southern Court are really a bit panic-stricken." Qi Jiguang shook his head when talking about this matter. He had led troops in battles for more than 40 years and had seen all kinds of weird things. These powerful people were a bit ignorant and were so scared that they didn't even dare to go out.

Qi Jiguang pointed at the newly transplanted sapling with great curiosity and said, "Your Majesty, is this the Zhongsheng Fast-Growing Poplar?"

Zhu Yijun explained in detail the cultivation process of this fast-growing poplar. The shortcomings of fast-growing poplar are particularly obvious. It is okay for making paper, chopsticks, and furniture, but it cannot be used as pillars. It grows slowly and its wood is solid and hardwood.

But it does not mean that fast-growing poplar has no effect. On the contrary, it is of great significance.

"Wow, what great stuff." Qi Jiguang and the emperor, two extremely burly men, squatted in front of several fast-growing poplar seedlings and talked for a long time about the advantages and disadvantages of this poplar and the time it takes to cultivate it. Qi Jiguang asked and Zhu Yijun answered.

Zhu Yijun spent another quarter of an hour introducing the effects of pesticides such as gallstones and green vitriol.

"Zhongsheng Sushengyang, this name is good, and the name Danfan is also good, both are good, all are good!" Qi Jiguang said sincerely.

The word "Zhongsheng" comes from the Book of Rites, which says: "In a year of poverty and insufficient grain, the guests should offer sacrifices with Zhongsheng." It means that in a bad year, no rice or millet should be used for sacrifices, and everything should be kept simple. The ancestors will not be blamed for offering sacrifices with Zhongsheng, but will bless the next year with prosperity.

Confucian etiquette is not all about worshipping rituals. If one has to choose between etiquette and reality, the Book of Rites advocates: take care of reality first, then consider sacrifice.

"General Qi, please sit down." Zhu Yijun and Qi Jiguang had a lot of topics to talk about. Qi Jiguang's main job was leading troops in battles. He also knew how to farm and look for mines. Zhang Juzheng didn't understand these agricultural matters very well, so Zhu Yijun could only talk to Qi Jiguang.

"General Qi has promoted an unwritten rule in the Beijing camp, which states that soldiers must get married with the approval of the secretary and report to the commander. Is this true?" Zhu Yijun asked about the news he heard from the soldiers.

Qi Jiguang nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise, this is indeed the case. I plan to try it out and then report it to Your Majesty."

This was not something Qi Jiguang was going to do without telling the emperor. It was a small-scale practice, and after making sure there were not too many problems, he would report it to the emperor for implementation.

"What happened?" Zhu Yijun asked. Qi Jiguang never did anything on a whim.

"The elite soldiers of the Beijing Camp come from all corners of the country, so it's hard to know their backgrounds when marrying a wife. After entering Korea to fight against the Japanese pirates, some things happened and the soldiers reacted violently."

"Some treacherous people have set their sights on the pension money." Qi Jiguang has described the whole incident in the most tactful tone possible.

Zhu Yijun was extremely horrified and asked, "Are you crazy?"

If you were in your hometown, you would ask around before getting married, but when you arrived at the Beijing camp, it became very difficult. After the Korean War to fight against the Japanese pirates, some matchmakers started doing a strange business, marrying sharp soldiers.

If a soldier from the Beijing camp came back alive from the front, he would be a hero, and the emperor's generosity and rewards would be known to the world, and he would not suffer any hardship for the rest of his life with his husband;
If a sharp soldier died on the front line, he could get the pension money and ensure he would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

The Jingying Military Academy is one of the top academies in the capital, in no way inferior to the Famous Confucian Academy.

This is actually a good thing. Soldiers used to have a low social status, but now there are people willing to marry them, which is a good thing.

However, the Beijing Camp Pacification Office, which was the military court, received twelve complaints after the end of the war against Japanese pirates in Korea. The soldiers found that they had been deceived and taken advantage of.

"The marriage fraud has been committed against the Beijing camp!" Zhu Yijun took a deep breath and calmed down his anger. He found that he couldn't calm down no matter what, so he asked, "What happened?"

Qi Jiguang handed the case file to His Majesty. The situation was not complicated. The twelve complaints were all exactly the same. The women were all married. Some of them even took advantage of the soldiers fighting on the front lines to renew their relationships in the rear. When the soldiers returned home, they found that their homes had been occupied by others.

This is a marriage fraud, and it’s a gang crime.

After reading the file, Zhu Yijun said with a little self-blame: "I didn't know about this. I set out on the southern tour too hastily. I should have waited until I returned victoriously before touring the south."

"After we set out, I no longer inspected the troops. It's too late for me to know this. How dare they plot against the elite soldiers of the Beijing camp?"

It was a gang crime committed by a real estate agent.

Not only was paper expensive in the capital, but land was also expensive, and houses were even more expensive. According to the Ming Dynasty's household registration system, one could not be registered without property. In order to obtain a household registration in the Northern Yamen, one really tried every possible means.

The real estate agent discussed it with the matchmaker and started working.

"The Beijing troops point their swords outward and never aim them at the common people." Qi Jiguang told Your Majesty why this was so.

Zhu Yijun said without any hesitation: "We can't do this according to General Qi's wishes. All of them will be executed, including brokers, women, and husbands! The sharp soldiers of the Beijing camp do point their blades outward, but my executioners only kill the evil ones!"

"If we don't kill them, these treacherous people will surely flock to us in the future. If they succeed, it will be a good thing. If they fail, it won't matter. The cost of making a mistake is too low."

Qi Jiguang's punishment was too lenient. He sentenced her to divorce and returned her property. This kind of punishment was completely in accordance with folk laws. The military camp is a military camp, which is completely different from the civilian law.

If the military camp is the same as the civilian population, then what is the use of military courts like the Zhenfusi?
"Your Majesty is wise." Qi Jiguang said calmly without objection.

Zhu Yijun was stunned, frowned and realized that the matter was not simple. He thought for a while and said, "General Qi's opinion on the punishment was intentional, right? He wanted me to change the sentence and let En Rui die?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Qi Jiguang realized that his thoughts were seen through by the Majesty, so he did not hesitate, as he was not good at it.

His purpose was to make the emperor execute justice and make the soldiers grateful for His Majesty's kindness.

(End of this chapter)