Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1253

After Wei Wu finished fighting, Qian Jinguang's rationality completely vanished. He roared and prepared to rush over and fight Wei Wu.

However, at this critical moment, a dignified voice rang out in the carriage.

"stop!!"

Upon hearing this voice, Qian Jinguang's lost rationality suddenly returned, and all the other officials also stood up.

Indeed, the speaker was Zhu Yuanzhang, and standing next to him were two little fellows, Zhu Xiong Ying and Fu Qiu.

Just now, when the officials around Li Shanchang started criticizing Wei Wu, Fu Qiu was worried that Wei Wu would suffer a loss on his own.

So he tugged at Zhu Xiong Ying's sleeve, and then Zhu Xiong Ying took Fu Qiu to fetch Zhu Yuan Zhang.

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang arrived so timely.

Upon seeing Zhu Yuanzhang arrive, Qian Jinguang immediately knelt before him without saying a word and cried out:

"Your Majesty, you must stand up for me! The Duke of Zhenguo disregarded the laws of the Ming Dynasty and beat me without cause!"

The "Fighting" section of the Criminal Law of the Ming Dynasty states: "When a superior official beats a subordinate official, the punishment is reduced by two degrees from the crime of fighting among ordinary people."

Although this is a criminal law concerning hierarchical relationships, it can also be applied to cases where a high-ranking official assaults a low-ranking official.

In other words, superiors can only punish subordinates according to the law when they make mistakes, and cannot abuse subordinates without cause.

This is why Qian Jinguang said that Cao Cao disregarded the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Qian Jinguang's weeping and wailing appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately frowned, then looked at Wei Wu and asked:

"Lord Zhenguo, we ask you, why did you beat Qian Jingguang?"

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Wei Wu remained very calm and immediately gave his answer:

"Your Majesty, I simply couldn't stand seeing Lord Qian beat the people without cause. After all, abusing power over the people is a serious crime."

After offering a casual explanation, Wei Wu recounted the entire process the flight attendant had described to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After listening, Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Qian Jinguang and questioned him in a deep voice:

"Qian Jingang, is this true?"

Qian Jinguang dared to distort the facts in front of Wei Wu because other officials wouldn't get involved in such matters and make enemies for themselves.

But when facing Zhu Yuanzhang, Qian Jinguang dared not have the slightest thought of distorting the facts, for that would be a crime of deceiving the emperor!

However, just as Qian Jinguang was about to admit it, someone suddenly stepped forward and beat him to it.

“Your Majesty, I have witnessed the entire process here. I can testify that the Duke of Zhenguo did not lie in the slightest.”

No one, including Wei Wu, expected that someone would step forward at this moment, so everyone's eyes immediately turned to him.

The person who spoke was Zeng Tai, the Minister of Revenue, who had been frowning and sitting quietly for a long time without much presence!

In fact, Zeng Tai had always been here. The reason he hadn't stepped forward before was mainly because he believed that Wei Wu could handle Qian Jinguang.

Compared to others, Zeng Tai knew more about Wei Wu, and he knew that Wei Wu would not suffer any loss with or without him.

Moreover, he was indeed in a bad mood, so he didn't step forward. But now it's different; now the emperor has intervened.

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang speaks up, no one will dare to help Qian Jinguang deceive the emperor. Rather than let others say it, it's better to do it yourself.

Zeng Tai's coming forward is tantamount to providing a witness, thus eliminating any controversy surrounding Qian Jinguang's case.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate at all and immediately gave the order.

"Qian Jinguang beat and oppressed the people without cause. He shall be given forty strokes of the cane and shall go to the Ministry of Justice to be punished on the day the train returns to Beijing!"

Qian Jingang's punishment may seem lenient, but the matter itself was not a very serious one.

To put it bluntly, he only slapped the flight attendant twice. If Wei Wu hadn't been there, Zhu Yuanzhang might have just scolded her a few times.