A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 377 Crime and Punishment
Originally I wanted to use more modern titles such as city, county, mayor and county magistrate, but now it feels so inconsistent. Fortunately, the county magistrate and city were only mentioned once before. I have changed them, and they are still the same. Use the prefectural magistrate, the prefectural magistrate, something like that. There was a chapter before where I accidentally wrote the book of ministers as ministers, and I changed it. Sorry, sorry, I didn’t think carefully. (.﹏.*)——
"Sir, look."

Le Juhui handed over the information in his hand.

After Yan Ling read the entire information, he waved his hand, Le Juhui saluted, and then hurriedly retreated, disappearing into the shadows like a ghost.

And he brought the information and went to Yan Quan together with the cabinet members.

The information has been circulated to everyone since Yan Quan.

It was a list of officials in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments who had committed illegal acts, and their crimes were described in great detail.

Yan Quan's face was very ugly, and he couldn't help but said bitterly:

"The government provides them with free education and makes great efforts to train them and send them to serve in various places. The original intention is to enable them to spread benevolent policies and govern the country."

"How dare you do such a thing!"

Although Yan Hongliang's expression was ugly, he had somewhat expected this. This situation had happened as early as when they had just occupied various prefectures and towns and established political power. Yan Yinghui was still in power at that time. These unscrupulous officials were quickly caught out by Yinlong, and were subsequently brought to justice. Yinlong was also was known to officials at that time.

"Someone reported it to the Supervision Office, but the director of the Supervision Office, who was supposed to be the person supervising local officials, actually accepted bribes and helped hide the matter..."

I have lived for three hundred years and have never seen anything.

Unexpectedly, it appears again now.

He said:
"People's inner desires will never be satisfied. In the past, they only occupied some towns and more than a dozen reliable mayors of the family, but many corrupt officials appeared. It was only the intimidation of the Intelligence Department that made them stop thinking; now we are sitting here According to the southeast, there are tens of thousands of officials, who are motivated by power, wealth, and many other things, which will cause them to violate laws and regulations."

However, if this is used to interfere with justice and abuse lynching, chaos will result.

Landlord's self-rescue? Want to be like termites, eroding and assimilating the bottom layer of this new regime as before?
He sneered and said:

The Intelligence Department was only responsible to the King of Yue. This was a way for the King to establish his own authority. The Intelligence Department was spread all over the world, intimidating the ministers and making them dare not disobey.

Everyone's expressions became even uglier.

"Immediately send someone from the Intelligence Department to arrest and imprison him, and hand him over to the court of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for sentencing at a later date!"

Yan Ling stretched out his hand to stop him:

This needs to be understood clearly.

He reached out and picked up the information.

"The Intelligence Department is only responsible for patrolling the country and investigating whether there are any. The specific arrests and detentions are the responsibility of the Criminal Department and cannot be overstepped."

Yan Ling's expression remained as usual.

"A fourth-grade prefect, who had only been in office for only two months, accepted a bribe of 5,000 taels of silver, protected the landlord, increased rents, and oppressed tenants, among other actions."

Yan Quan immediately continued:

"This wind cannot last long."

Below is a long list. Obviously, within the area under the jurisdiction of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments, this is not the only prefecture or prefect that has problems.

Yan Quan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he had already understood politics and other matters under Yan Ling's education, and now he understood, so he nodded and stopped talking. On the other side, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment also accepted the order.

……

Officials from the Ministry of Justice quickly set off with an arrest order, and after seeing the Yue King's seal on it, the local police immediately dispatched the police without hesitation and arrested the fourth-rank official. Officials from other places who committed crimes were also quickly arrested. Under the strict control of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments, even if someone got tips from certain people, it would be difficult to escape and they would be arrested one by one.

Not long after, they were all arrested and sent to the Ningbo headquarters.

The prefect was the first to be interrogated, and he was taken to the lobby.

Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there is a first-level court, which is where he was tried. As the most authoritative and top-level court, its highest judge is a senior official of the third rank, who is also the minister of the Ministry of Punishment and is responsible for major and important cases.

All the evidence was conclusive and the prefect had no way to refute, so he had no choice but to plead guilty.

So the judge announced his sentence.

Shootings and house raids.

His sons and grandsons are not allowed to be officials.

"What?"

When the magistrate heard this, his legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground, his eyes blank.

Among his crimes, the rest of his crimes are actually okay, but the fact that he helped landlords increase rents and oppressed tenants is very serious.

You must know that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments attach great importance to the implementation of these decrees. The reason why Yan Ling would rather use new officials with no practical experience trained by himself than to use experienced officials left over from the Ming Dynasty is a very interesting fact. Important factor.

Now the other party has turned to the side of the landlords and gentry. If they are not severely punished, the consequences will be disastrous.

He was immediately accused of deliberately sabotaging government policy.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about being shot for this crime.

Yan Ling also wanted to use this to deter officials from various places. It is impossible to completely ban it, but before committing a crime, at least consider the consequences.

Not to mention anything else, just that once a crime is committed, the descendants and grandchildren will not be able to serve as officials, which is enough to make many people put their minds aside.

You must know that the public atmosphere is not so easy to change. Although many people have emerged who are willing to participate in industry, commerce, science and other industries, for many scholars, becoming a government official is still the first choice. After all, it has been like this for hundreds of years. .

Descendants are not allowed to be officials. Even if they are not doing it for themselves, they still have to consider it for future generations, which can stop quite a few people.

This can greatly reduce the disruption to order.

After all, everything depends on man-made efforts. The Ming Dynasty had many policies with good intentions, but the result was that the officials below colluded with the landlords and gentry, and the result was changed. The originally good policies ended up making people angry.

For example, the policy of preferential and exemption of corvee for officials and gentry was originally intended to provide some benefits to officials at all levels. However, after some local operations, the landlords and literati simply stopped paying regular taxes.

Yan Ling will never allow such a situation to happen in his government.

Otherwise, even if he can think of the best policy strategy, it will still be useless.

The prefect was dragged down.

Some officials in the back also discussed their crimes, and the landlords were also punished.

And these will naturally not be concealed. Only by making them public can they serve as a deterrent and show the government's determination.

(End of this chapter)