Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

When Zhang Ren returned to Beijing, he was no longer a mere sixth-rank censor, but a righteous iron hand with rich experience in fighting. He was responsible for the prosecution of criminal cases in the capital. He was ready to take up the title of Deputy Chief Inspector and could take charge of the affairs of the court in at most two years. However, the capital was at the foot of the emperor, who dared to cause trouble? So much so that after Zhang Ren returned to Beijing, he had not handled a serious case.

"The case of Zhang Youquan killing Wang Erma is simple, with complete evidence and physical evidence, and the parties confessed, so why was the prosecution rejected?"

Zhang Ren entered the Censorate on an ordinary morning and saw the file lying on the table, but it was a tough case.

In this case, Zhang Youquan killed Wang Erma, a man from the capital with a musket. The evidence was solid, and even the parties involved confessed. After sorting it out, the Censorate filed a public prosecution with the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate, but it was ruled not to file a case. So, the censor below could only send the file to the deputy Censor, hoping to file a reconsideration.

The entire Censorate believes that killing innocent civilians in public in broad daylight is really bad.

"What reason does the Magistrate's Court not file a case?" Zhang Ren asked while opening the file.

The Assistant Censor had already prepared his homework and replied: "The Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate said that he had no jurisdiction."

Zhang Ren frowned.

The Ming Dynasty had a wide jurisdiction in criminal cases, and as long as it was tied to the case, it was qualified to manage it. Shuntian Mansion used this as a reason for not filing a case, because this person had a special identity.

"Are you a royal relative?" Zhang Ren said unhappily.

The royal family's close relatives were immunized in the case, which was a rule set in the Taizu era until the Longjing Criminal Law formally determined the scope of immunity, and that the emperor could only judge in person.

"That's not," said the assistant, "This Zhang Youquan is still in the military. Therefore, the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate believes that only the Dali Temple of the Five Army is qualified to be tried."

"Things that are timid and afraid of things." Zhang Ren became more and more displeased.

All deployments are fighting for power, trying desperately to "usurp the power", but something happened to Dali Temple and even pushed it out!

Seeing Zhang Ren's disdainful face, the little assistant was quite able to understand the decision of the Magistrate's Office.

The case of Zhang Youquan's killing of Wang Erma is no longer a simple criminal case.

Since Emperor Chongzhen returned to the capital, the Beijing Police Department and the Inspection Department have put a lot of effort into the rectification of the capital's public security. In addition, the Jinlinhui, a "civil organization" that looks white and black, exists. Even pickpockets are missing on the streets of the capital, which is really a waste of time.

How can a murder not shock the world in this environment?

However, from another perspective, although the police found Zhang Youquan's hometown problem during the investigation, the Fifth Army Censorate refused to accept it because Zhang Youquan had completed the retirement procedures and was not considered a military member. The reason why he retained his military status was the policy that was formulated to facilitate the return of retired soldiers to their hometowns. After they settled in their hometown, they would have to transfer to civilian status.

The Censorate of the Five Army did not care about it, but it was not because of Zhang Youquan's criminal behavior that had slandered the army. On the contrary, this was the "protective" within the military. Because according to military law, killing innocent people would inevitably be unforgivable. However, in local areas, even if it was murder, they would often be sentenced to exile at their discretion. If the local area was allowed to take over this case, it would probably be able to save Zhang Youquan's life and it would be a waste of his fellow comrades.

However, the judge system was already in a panic by the Censorate. When he encountered the word "生" and he would definitely go thousands of miles away to settle down, and the word "生" fell on his head. There was no hope of promotion in this life.

In Zhang Youquan's case, there are some people who abuse, some people who sarcastic, some people who sympathize, and some people who appreciate it. No matter how you judge, you will not lose benefits. If you are not careful, you will be labeled as "low-quality" and "mediocre and incompetent".

This is the reason why the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate's Office refused to accept this case.

"Mr. Wenquan," said the assistant, "I'm afraid the reputation is just one thing. There is another thing, you have to be careful!"

"What?" Zhang Wenquan raised his eyes.

"The cabinet is actually against retirement with guns," said the assistant.

Zhang Ren was like a stone statue, without any reaction for the moment.

The matter of retiring with guns is often associated with the popularization of musket exercises among various schools. It also became the touchstone for civil servants.

There is a joke in the Ministry of Personnel that when selecting officials, there is no need to ask anything else, but only ask whether it supports carrying a gun, and that all the students popularize the practice of muskets.

If the officials involved in the selection firmly agree, this is the emperor's loyal minister and can be entrusted with a county or a border barbarian government.

If you object, you will be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. It depends on why he objected. If you answered that it affects social security and is not conducive to government governance, it can be seen that the person regards himself as a laborious person. You can try to stay as a minister and a government official, but your life will only be a fifth or fourth rank.

If you want to take charge of the department and go directly to the third rank of nobles, you must see that this is actually a dispute between civil and military affairs.

It is common sense to rely on things. As long as this musket is placed at home, no matter what position or class this person lives in this life, he will never forget that he has been a soldier and will always be marked as a warrior. If he does not have this musket, time will slowly wash away this memory.

Zhang Ren has already achieved the fourth grade, and it is unstoppable to be promoted to the third grade in two years. He has been able to touch this level.

If it were the elders, they could see more deeply.

This dark musket is actually the key to the battle between monarchy and regime.

Although everyone in the world believed that the power of the monarch was the power. In fact, since the establishment of the cabinet of Chengzu, the power of the monarch and the power had been separated. From the rule of Renxuan to the chaos of Yan Song, it was the process of the regime constantly transferring the power from the emperor to the cabinet, until Xu Jie hung a banner: "Returning the lord with his power to the emperor, returning the government to the officials with government affairs, and returning the public with the punishment of the punishment." No one felt that it was inappropriate.

In Xu Ge Lao's view, the emperor only needs "power and blessing", while government affairs belong to various departments. As for personnel rights and judicial judgment power, he must "return the public to the public to the public's arguments."

Emperor Chongzhen was the only emperor who consciously regained power after Emperor Wanli, but the means he could think of was "change people". Seventeen years before the national change, fifty prime ministers broke the records of the Ming Dynasty, broke the dependence of military generals on civil officials and important officials, and also lost the court's control over the army.

The young Emperor Longjing took advantage of the special period of national change to govern the military power and the regime. Even though he was forced to give some power to civil servants, the military power was always tightly held. With the emperor's golden thighs, who would still rely on civil servants?

Retiring with a gun is a means to brand young and strong people in the country as a military figure, so that they can always remember their identity as a military man, even if they go to school in the future and become doctors. They will never forget their military career, nor will they forget the education they received in the army that they were absolutely loyal to the emperor.

Back to Zhang Youquan's case.

If you think that Zhang Youquan should kill someone and pay for his life, it is easy to fall into a logical trap: if you were not allowed to retire with a gun, how could such a tragedy occur?

This is also a voice that the cabinet officials want to hear intentionally or unintentionally.

At this time, Zhang Ren finally knew how heavy the complaint in his hand was.

"Non-no, since he is a military member, he should be transferred to the Censorate of the Five Army from the very beginning!" Zhang Ren slapped on the table: "Does the ignorant police stations not understand the rules, and the censors don't understand the rules?"

The assistant smirked and said intimately: The so-called iron hand cannot be avoided!

Zhang Ren took a breath and said, "But since he has already taken it in his hand, he will give it like this, and people will say we are afraid of trouble."

The assistant was stunned, wondering what the deputy commander meant.

"First report to the Holy ruling on the issue of jurisdiction and see what the Holy will mean." Zhang Ren said.

The assistant immediately felt awe-inspiring: This skillful skill! I will hand it over to the emperor directly, no matter what the emperor said, the Censorate has no responsibility anyway.

...

When Zhu Cixuan first heard about Zhang Youquan's case, he had already thought of the possible social impact. If he intervened directly, it would undoubtedly destroy the established judicial procedures. As an emperor with a major in law, of course, there was no big problem, but later generations would have to take more detours for this.

Until the Censorate submitted the issue of jurisdiction, it was considered to give Zhu Cixuan a chance to take over.

"Although Zhang Youquan's household registration is still in the army, the military status should be based on the principle of registration, that is, he will be a soldier before he is registered until his military rank is cancelled. Zhang Youquan's crime on his way to retire and return home should be considered a mortal crime. It will be tried by the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate."

Zhu Cixuan explained the case on Zhu's comments and listed this example as a judicial interpretation and sent it to the whole country, which also has legal effect. However, this matter is not simply over, and its social influence is too great. The emperor must weigh whether he is determined to protect Zhang Youquan's shortcomings or insist on fairness and justice.

"Your Majesty, killing someone to pay for his life. Why does such a simple thing cause a storm in the city?" Duan was very puzzled by the fact that the debate in the newspapers had been so great recently. He even disagrees with Zhang You who fired a gun in broad daylight. Even though some people pointed out that Wang Erma was originally a scoundrel, and had acts of betrayal when Donglu occupied the city.

If a retired soldier can kill someone if he wants to kill someone and is not severely punished, what is the chaos in the world?

"Because some people want to do some small moves through this matter." Zhu Cixuan said: "Some people want to use this to ban private muskets, and some people want to take this opportunity to ban private muskets without any restrictions."

Duan frowned and said, "What are the coaxing people who want to open the firearms? Isn't it a counterproductive thing to make a fuss?"

"How could it be?" Zhu Cixuan smiled and said, "They happened to catch a chance. Speaking of which, if someone killed innocent people and everyone had a musket in their hands, wouldn't it be much safer?"

Duan's brows tighter and said, "This musket is so powerful, it's better not to flow into the people. What if those evil people are allowed to take it, what should I do to fight against the government?"

Zhu Cixuan said: "That's all, some people said: Bad people can always get muskets, and it's not difficult to build a musket by themselves, so it should be better for good families to protect themselves."

Duan turned around for a while before turning around and said, "It seems that there is some reason to say this. No! If it is a fire ban on the government, as long as someone secretly hides the fire ware, you can catch it. Why do you need a good family to fight it?"

"There are many problems," Zhu Ciyang said, "and like the new land, the situation is not stable, and every Han man has a rare combat power. How can he not defend himself with firearms?"

The defense responsibility of Xintuo Land lies with the border guards, but Han immigration is also an important armed force - the township warrior. The township warriors in the mainland are at most followed the inspection department to catch small thieves, while the township warriors in the border guards actually have to carry out combat missions with the border guards. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!