Rise From the Humble

The sun gradually climbed to 11 o'clock, and the bright sunshine made it hard to open my eyes. The violent storm last night seemed to have become a distant memory.

"mighty."

Under the sun, two rows of officers in the Courtyard Court of the Ministry of Punishment were holding water and fire sticks and shouting powerfully in a low voice, officially opening the curtain of the Ministry of Punishment's petition.

"Snapped"

A scream sounded in the lobby.

"Come here, bring Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Daying to the court." The five presiding officers in the lobby gave each other some humility. Finally, Wang Xueyi, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who represented the host's Ministry of Punishment, clapped the gavel and ordered the officers to bring Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Daying. Da Ying went to the hall.

After the order was given, the two officers walked up to Zhu Pingan, holding out their hands one by one as if they were taking a prisoner.

"Don't bother, I'll leave on my own."

Zhu Ping'an stopped the officer's pulling action with his eyes, then straightened his clothes and walked towards the court.

Is this a petition or an interrogation? ! Zhu Pingan rolled his eyes speechlessly.

Compared with Zhu Ping'an, Zhao Daying's treatment was much better. He was respectfully invited by the guards, and the presiding officers were also kind and kind.

Tsk tsk, today is completely Zhao Daying's home court. It has been arranged a long time ago. Haha, it is getting more and more interesting. Zhu Ping'an smiled disdainfully as he walked, stretched his body, and walked up. Went to court.

"My lower official, Zhu Ping'an, has met all of you."

Zhu Pingan walked into the courtroom, bowed his hands to the presiding judge in the courtroom, and then bowed his hands to the auditoriums on both sides.

"no."

After a long time, I heard the presiding judge in the courtroom reply calmly.

"Who are you in the hall?" Although he knew clearly that the people standing in the hall were Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Daying, the presiding judge in the court still asked according to the procedure.

"Xiaguan Hanlin Academy reads Zhu Ping'an."

"I am under the command of the Xicheng Army and Horses Division, and Zhao Daying of Qianhu."

Zhu Pingan and Zhao Daying replied almost at the same time.

"Well, since everyone is here, let's go to court." The presiding officer in the courtroom nodded and patted the gavel again.

"Mighty." The water and fire stick in the officer's hand repeatedly knocked on the ground, and the low mighty voice sounded again, shouting out the authority of the court.

The officers' shouts of power and the chief judge's slap in the face were all for the purpose of "prestige". Through these, they conveyed the authority and sanctity of the law. In short, they were used to shock and frighten people, and were used to discipline and govern the people.

Zhu Pingan has known the reason for a long time, so this trick is useless to him, and his heart is as calm as water without any ripples.

Zhu Ping'an stood in the hall, his whole body was like a huge reef standing in the waves. Wave after wave hit it, but it could not shake it in the slightest.

Zhu Pingan's calmness made many officials who were watching secretly marvel. In their opinion, a young man of Zhu Pingan's age would definitely feel fearful and nervous when seeing such a formation. However, they did not expect that. Zhu Pingan was so calm. They have all been in the officialdom for a long time, and their eyes are very poisonous. It can be seen that Zhu Pingan is not pretending to be calm, but a strong psychological quality that exudes calmness from the inside out, just like after more than ten years of experience in the officialdom. Like an old bureaucrat.

"The case of Zhu Ping'an, the Minister of the Hanlin Academy, in the case of impeaching Zhao Daying from a thousand households, was presented to the Ministry of Punishments today. Now, the Imperial Guards Tongzhi Tuo Haituo, the left minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. Zhao Qiu, the Minister of Punishment, Mr. Wang Xueyi, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple Lord Wan Gongwan, the Right Deputy Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lord Wang Gaowang, and the official Wang Xueyi of the Criminal Department, jointly presided over the petition. Zhao Daying, Zhu Ping'an, do you have any objections to this joint trial?"

Today, there is a joint trial among the five departments. Since the Criminal Department is the home court, Wang Xueyi, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, naturally presided over the joint trial with the humility of the presiding officers.

These are all procedural questions at the joint trial.

Basically, it is just like when a modern court is in session, the presiding judge announces the members of the collegial panel and asks the parties if they have any objections to the members of the collegial panel. The implicit meaning is that if it is believed that the members of the collegial panel have an interest in the case or have other relationships with the parties to the case that will affect the trial, they can apply for the recusal of the relevant personnel.

"I have no objection. I believe that your lords will judge fairly and clear my name." Zhao Daying was the first to reply. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhu Pingan demonstratively.

Zhao Daying naturally had no objections. Sitting among the presiding judges were his uncle Zhao Qiu, officials he had paid a courtesy visit to, and backbone officials from the Strict Party. Except for a few presiding judges, almost all of them were It is beneficial to him.

Zhu Ping'an raised his head and scanned the presiding officials in the hall one by one, squinting his eyes slightly and thinking for a moment.

objection?

Zhao Qiu is the uncle of Zhao Daying, so he will definitely favor Zhao Qiu; Wang Xueyi, the Minister of Punishment, is a close confidant of He Ao, the Minister of Punishment, and He Ao is now attached to Yan Song. Wang Xueyi is also a member of Yan Song's party. No need to think about it, Wang Xueyi will definitely favor Zhao. Da Ying; Jinyiwei comrade Tuohai is a confidant of Jinyiwei commander Lu Bing. Although Lu Bing is not a Yan Party member, after jointly rectifying the former chief minister Xia Yan with Yan Song, his relationship with Yan Song has heated up sharply. It is expected that Tuohai will also be biased towards Zhao Da. Ying;

Zhu Ping'an had some impressions of Wan Gong, the young minister of Dali Temple, that he was an expert in water control and a capable minister, but the rest was not clear.

Wang Gao, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is not a member of the Yan Party. Wang Gao is a member of Li Mo, the Minister of Civil Affairs. However, Li Mo has always been unhappy with him. Recently, he has been even more dissatisfied with himself because of his "Houhei Xue". He is a scholarly scum. Who knows whether Li Dang will fight with Yan Dang here, or will take this opportunity to cleanse himself of this scum.

Therefore, in total, if you want to apply for recusal, the chief judge in court will have to recuse himself from more than half of it.

But Zhao Qiu is easy to talk to, so he can raise objections based on his relationship with Zhao Daying's uncle and nephew. But what about the other presiding judges? You said they are strict members, so they raise objections? There are many strict people today, including presiding judges and even more observers.

This is not a legal reason, and the court will definitely not support him. Moreover, he will completely hate Yan Song and offend the presiding judge, and he will lose more than he gains.

Another point is how do you prove that someone is a strict party member?

Therefore, if there is any objection, we can only object to Zhao Qiu, which does not help the situation. The other chief judges who are biased towards Zhao Qiu are still there. And even if he objects to Zhao Qiu, he may not succeed. If someone declares that they want to kill relatives for the sake of justice, and the other chief judges take the opportunity to say that they should not avoid relatives when doing internal affairs or avoid enmity when doing external affairs, there is nothing they can do.

This is a feudal society, not a modern society ruled by law. In a modern society governed by the rule of law, kinship relations will definitely be avoided, but this is different in feudal society, where mentioning it may also be dismissed.

One more is not too much, one less is not too much.

In this case, it is better not to mention it at all.

Let them be complacent for a while and relax their vigilance, and it will be more interesting later.

There was a lot to think about above, but it only lasted a moment in Zhu Ping'an's mind. It was less than a second before Zhao Daying finished speaking without any objection.

"I have no objection," Zhu Ping'an thought for a moment and then returned.

After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, Zhao Daying on the side couldn't help but curl up his lips. Zhao Qiu in the courtroom glanced at Zhu Pingan with a profound meaning.

Other officials in the court who knew about the relationship between Zhao Daying and Zhao Qiu looked at Zhu Pingan and shook their heads slightly. Zhu Pingan was still too young.

"Okay, since there are no objections, let's officially start the petition." Wang Xueyi, the Minister of Punishment, nodded and patted the scaffold.

"Wait a minute, I have an objection."

At this moment, a voice was heard, and the voice was unusually loud in the courtroom.