Volume 1 The Wind Rises Chapter 34: Falling into a Trap
Shi Shouxin said confidently: "Xue Hu, Peng Yang, and Yu Xing are all servants in Wang Jixun's mansion. They behaved illegally and harmed the victims. Wang Jixun executed them. Although the method is a bit extreme, it does not violate the law of the country."
Luo Youdu smiled and said, "I wonder how you know that Xue Hu, Peng Yang, Yu Xing and others are servants in Wang Jixun's mansion?"
Shi Shouxin said proudly: "After I heard that you put Wang Jixun in prison, I specially investigated the cause and saw Xue Hu, Peng Yang and their indenture contracts with my own eyes. How could they be fake?"
Luo Youdu ignored Shi Shouxin and bowed to Guo Rong, saying, "Your Majesty, I beg you to summon the Ministry of Revenue and ask him to investigate the household registration of Xue Hu, Peng Yang and others. Yesterday, I personally went to the Ministry of Revenue and checked the household registration of Xue Hu, Peng Yang, Yu Xing, Zhao Jing, Liu An, Liu Xun, Zhang Hu, Miao Xiang, Luo Man, Liu Liang and Ren Jian. Among them, Xue Hu, Liu Xun and Zhang Hu are registered households, Peng Yang, Yu Xing, Liu An and Zhao Jing are military households, Miao Xiang, Luo Man, Liu Liang and Ren Jian are not registered households, but belong to the military, not household slaves. I really don't know where Shi Duxiao's saying about household slaves came from!"
There was no noble Tungus in the Great Zhou, just three simple household registration systems.
Household registration is the most common household registration system. Whether officials or common people, they are all registered.
The status of military households is equal to that of registered households, except that they have an additional obligation to perform military service. However, they have certain tax exemptions compared to registered households, and they do not have to perform labor service.
As for the last non-registered households, as the literal meaning suggests, they cannot be directly registered. These non-registered households usually have two options: one is to serve the government, called official lowly people, that is, workers, musicians, and miscellaneous households; the other is to be dependent on the big households as Qubu and household slaves.
Putting aside the laborers, musicians, and other households, domestic slaves were like livestock and could be bought and sold at will, or even killed. However, the Qubu were different. They had a certain status and were not allowed to be killed at will.
As soon as he said this, Zhao Kuangyin's face changed drastically.
Shi Shouxin hadn't reacted yet and said, "Summon me if you want..." When he said this, he stared at Luo Youdu blankly.
Luo Youdu continued, "Your Majesty, according to what I have learned, Wang Jixun is a brutal and erratic man. In order to win over his confidants, he spent a lot of effort to get Xue Hu, Liu Xun, and Zhang Hu registered as households, and Peng Yang, Yu Xing, Liu An, and Zhao Jing as military households. As for Miao Xiang, Luo Man, Liu Liang, and Ren Jian, they have not been promoted because they have not made any achievements. I don't know where the contract of selling oneself that this general mentioned came from. But it doesn't matter. As long as we find the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue and check the household registration carefully, we will know everything."
Shi Shouxin's face turned pale, and he realized the problem.
Luo Youdu knew the household registrations of Xue Hu, Peng Yang, Yu Xing and others by heart, which was enough to show that he had seen them with his own eyes before they were destroyed.
Now that their household registrations have been destroyed, it is impossible for the Ministry of Revenue doctors to find out their household registrations.
This will create new contradictions!
The fact that they coerced officials from the Ministry of Households to destroy the household registration system will be exposed.
Seeing Shi Shouxin's expression, Luo Youdu guessed what was going on and secretly felt relieved.
The moment Wang Jixun was arrested, he realized that if he wanted to investigate Wang Jixun's crimes, he had to first convict him of the current crime. Only then would he have a chance to follow the clues and investigate the people he had persecuted over the years.
His crazy act of slaughtering his own men for no reason was just enough to confirm his crime.
Luo Youdu could naturally see the legal loopholes that Yin Yide could find.
He went to the Ministry of Household Registration as soon as possible and got the first piece of evidence in his hands to prevent anyone from making any moves on the household registration.
Guo Rong looked at Shi Shouxin, whose expression changed drastically, and guessed something in his heart. He waved his hand and said, "Send someone to the Ministry of Household Affairs to check the household registration of several people and provide evidence. "
Immediately, a eunuch took the order and left.
Shi Shouxin was in a state of panic, and in this winter season, beads of sweat kept dripping down his face.
Guo Rong said in a deep voice: "Mr. Luo, please continue."
Luo Youdu said: "To be on the safe side, I interrogated Wang Jixun last night. Wang Jixun refused to cooperate, but the little girl Qi Rou who escaped from him said that Wang Jixun believed the rumors of the quacks who said that eating the flesh of young girls could make one immortal and strong, and many young girls had been killed..."
Guo Rong's expression suddenly changed. This kind of thing that violated moral ethics was unacceptable to any normal person .
Luo Youdu continued, "The most infuriating thing is that Wang Jixun did not try to hide this, and buried the girl he had killed directly in the backyard of his mansion, and even abandoned her body in the pond at home. He is so unscrupulous and arrogant. I had planned to submit the case to the Ministry of Justice today and apply for the closure of Wang Jixun's mansion to search for evidence. I am honored to see Your Majesty today, and I hope Your Majesty will allow me to do so. If everything is true, I request that Wang Jixun be publicly executed in Kaifeng Prefecture to uphold the laws of the Great Zhou and redress the injustice of those innocent people of the Great Zhou who have suffered."
Shi Shouxin cried out in grief: "Your Majesty!"
Luo Youdu's arrest of Wang Jixun in the street had already caused a huge uproar. If he led the yamen runners to seal off Wang Jixun's residence and beheaded him in Kaifeng Prefecture, the result would be...
Zhao Kuangyin said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Wang Jixun's crimes are extremely serious, and he deserves to be stabbed a thousand times. But he has fought to the death for your majesty. Whether it was the Battle of Gaoping or the Battle of Jinyang, he was always brave and intimidated the enemy. He deserves death for what he did, but he cannot die in humiliation like this, which will chill the soldiers! I ask your majesty to give him poisoned wine or white silk to preserve his last dignity."
Guo Rong's face was also a little tangled. He had also witnessed Wang Jixun's bravery with his own eyes.
Li Jixun also stood up and pleaded: "Your Majesty, he will die anyway. Why should he be subjected to unnecessary humiliation before his death?"
Guo Rong hesitated for a moment and said, "The three of you go down first and wait for the summons."
"His Majesty……"
Shi Shouxin, Zhao Kuangyin and Li Jixun looked at Guo Rong with some sadness.
“Back off!”
Guo Rong looked solemn.
The three of them didn't dare to stay any longer and left the hall.
Guo Rong looked at Luo Youdu with a complicated expression and sighed, "Mr. Luo, what do you think we should do about this?"
Luo Youdu said solemnly: "If Your Majesty still has the intention of separatism, it doesn't matter if you pardon Wang Jixun. Wang Jixun's bravery is indeed rare. But if Your Majesty has the ambition to unify the world, Wang Jixun should be punished according to the law. If you want to unify the world and achieve great things, you don't just rely on the army. Everything is up to Your Majesty to decide."
Guo Rong muttered, "Yes, they have extended their hands to the Ministry of Revenue. I am indeed too indulgent to them." He paused and said, "Sir, please don't pursue the Ministry of Revenue. You can go ahead with Wang Jixun's case. I and you will fully support it."
"I will definitely live up to your high expectations." Luo Youdu accepted the order loudly, and then said: "I have no involvement in the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. I am just a soldier crossing the river..."
