In the ninth year of the Ming Dynasty, in 1496 AD, the four seas were peaceful, but the people were uneasy. Among them, the most disturbing person is Peng Chengwei Qianhu Wu Neng. Wu Neng's name sounds incompetent, although he is in the capital defense army, he belongs to a member of the miscellaneous army, although he is ostensibly a member of the five grades, but to some extent he is not as good as ordinary people.
He owes a lot of gambling debts, so he plans to marry his own daughter Mancang'er to someone else to make a fortune from selling his body. He found Zhang, hoping that she could find a good family for his daughter.
Unexpectedly, Zhang was a person who did not pay attention to professional ethics, she ostensibly told Wu Neng to marry Mancang'er to the imperial prince Zhou He's mansion, but secretly took Mancang'er to a brothel and became a prostitute.
The last time Wu Neng saw Man Cang'er was the day Zhang picked her up in a carriage. He watched the carriage carrying his daughter move farther and farther, and his heart rippled. He doesn't know what his daughter's future holds, and he just hopes that she can live happily and safely.
However, what he didn't expect was that his daughter's departure would lead to a strange case of the ancient and the present.
Peng Chengwei Qianhu Mancang'er is full of anticipation to meet the future, and she fantasizes about a peaceful life, as rich as a prince and a relative of the emperor. But what awaits her is not paradise, but the largest brothel in the capital.
Her miserable life begins and she becomes a member of the brothel. Zhang resold her to Yuan Lan, a performance master who was also in a brothel, and Wu Neng secretly married her daughter to someone else, and Nie did not know about it until Wu died.
She came to the Zhou Mansion to look for it, but to no avail. Nie is determined to find his daughter, and day after day, he finally finds Man Cang'er, who has a miserable background, in Fireworks Alley. Man Cang'er was kept in the dark and resented her father Wu Neng, but she didn't know that her parents were also victimized.
Nie found his daughter, but Man Cang'er refused to go home. The Nie clan decided to join forces with his son to forcibly take Man Cang'er away. This made the brothel's performance master Yuan Lan dumbfounded, and Mancang'er was his cash cow, but Nie took her away.
Nie resolutely refused to give money or return people, and Yuan Lan sued Nie to the Criminal Department.
In a Qing Dynasty judicial system, Ding Zhe of the Criminal Department Langzhong and Wang Jue of Yuanwai Lang were in charge of hearing a case. Yuan Lan, a musician who grew up in a brothel, suddenly made a loud noise in the public court, causing the entire courtroom to fall into chaos.
Although Yuan Lan was not highly educated, his behavior angered the presiding judge Ding Zhe and Wang Jue, and they beat Yuan Lu severely. A few days later, Yuan Lan died due to deterioration of his health, and his wife wanted to seek revenge from Yang Gonggong of Dongchang.
Yang Gonggong's nephew had taken advantage of Man Cang'er, and he wanted to take this opportunity to have Yuan Lan recognized as an insignificant person, and Man Cang'er was married into the palace of the imperial prince Zhou He in order to clear the responsibility of the Criminal Department.
As a result, Man Cang'er ran away from home, and the case was handed over to Jinyiwei to handle, and Dongchang had a lot of power in the process.
Schematic diagram of the Ming Dynasty's Siwei Agency) Nanzhen Fusi is the modern FBI, responsible for intelligence collection and reporting directly to the emperor. The North Town Fusi is the equivalent of the CIA, specializing in criminal investigation and interrogation, and is a special law enforcement department.
This time, the case was naturally handed over to the North Town Fuji to deal with. Jin Yiwei and Dongchang colluded and tortured Nie, but there was no truth under the heavy punishment.
Nie was forced to admit that his daughter was married to the imperial prince Zhou He and had nothing to do with Yuan Lan. Not only the Nie family, but also the witness Man Cang'er found by Jinyiwei also insisted that he married into the Zhou Mansion and had nothing to do with Yuan Lan.
Jin Yiwei went to the palace of the imperial prince Zhou He to verify, and the Zhou Mansion also understood Jin Yiwei's intentions, and also issued a document proving that Man Cang'er married Zhou Fu. This kind of framing is seamless.
Therefore, Yuan Lan of ** is regarded as an unjust case, and all ** involved in this case need to be held responsible. Dongchang played that the Criminal Department should be punished for causing the death of innocent people in the performance of official duties.
Sure enough, Ding Zhe, the criminal department who tried the case, was sentenced to imprisonment, which is to restrict personal freedom and forced labor, which is equivalent to the current fixed-term imprisonment. Wang Jue and Chen Yu were sentenced to cane punishment because they were ineffective and the investigation of the case was unclear.
To be punished with a cane is to press a person to the ground and beat him. With the help of this case, Dongchang skillfully weakened the power of the Criminal Department. The departments involved in this case include not only Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Criminal Department, but also the Yushitai and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Everyone knew what the case was supposed to be, but everyone chose to remain silent. Because at this time, Dongchang has reached the point where one hand covers the sky, no one dares to challenge the power of the eunuchs, and no one is willing to take risks for an innocent and weak Nie clan.
People are interconnected because of their own interests, but it is difficult to maintain justice in the political struggle. However, there was one person who stepped forward, and his name was Seo Gyu.
Xu Gui] This warden of the Criminal Department witnessed Dongchang's wanton behavior, so he decided to make a statement to Zhu Youji, the Ming filial piety sect. He said: "In the case of Man Cang'er, the Criminal Department has clearly examined it, and it was Dongchang who sought revenge and made a big fuss about this case. ”
He also pointed out: "There are countless cases like 'Mancang'er', Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yushitai, where officials protect each other, and use various means to frame their political opponents in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty. ”
He suggested that institutions such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei should be abolished, and that the next world would be prosperous and clean and peaceful tomorrow. However, with all the fierce Dongchang spies and Jinyiwei around him, he knew that his life would be threatened.
But he still decided to exchange his life for the awakening of the emperor, to return justice to the world, and to return the world to innocence. Seo Gyu's courage and determination are worth remembering.
Portrait of Ming Xiaozong) He ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to thoroughly investigate the case again, but he ignored a key fact: at that time, the Ming Dynasty was surrounded by each other, and no unit, ** and institution dared to tell the truth, and invisibly, they all became the lackeys of Dongchang.
If the emperor does not personally investigate the case, then the grievances will never be cleared. Zhu Youzhu has this determination, but he doesn't have enough time. He handed over the matter to the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office, but Min Gyu was the person from Dongchang.
Repeatedly, everything went back to square one. Justice will not only be late, but will also be absent. Soon after receiving the order, Min Gyu told the emperor that what Xu Gyu said was all false.
There was no need for the emperor to make another decision, and the imperial court had already made a decision to deal with it: to uphold the original verdict of the second instance, and to dismiss Xu Gui, who had been making trouble, and demote him to a commoner.
The "Mancang'er case" is over, and those who should be punished are not punished, and those who should be cleared of their grievances are not treated fairly. The political atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty has not been improved in the slightest.
Dongchang and Jinyiwei are still tyrannical in the court, oppressing the people, and no one can compete with them. Seo Gyu, the criminal department warden who once made a righteous voice and a final roar in the crowd, was demoted to the people and completely disappeared into the dust of history.