"A daughter who returns to the clan shall, in accordance with the law, enjoy all the ownership of the dowry she brings back. In addition, her brothers shall also share a part of it as dowry property when they remarry in the future."

After Zhao Xu listened, he took the file in his hand and continued reading.

After reading the file, Zhao Xu asked Cai Jing: "Kaifeng Mansion, where is the license for this case?"

The so-called dry license refers to deeds, documents and other paper texts and certificates recognized by the relevant government.

Cai Jing has already been prepared.

He has even arranged for the suffering master to be in the side hall of the government office.

Just waiting for the emperor to send a message.

So, he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Kaifeng Mansion has been prepared. Please take a look at it."

Then there were officials who submitted relevant documents to prove it.

Zhao Xu just flipped through it casually and already knew that this case was an ironclad one.

The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable!

Therefore, Zhao Xu ordered Feng Jing to send the files of this case to the officials of the banquet.

At the same time, relevant work photos were also sent to the ministers present for circulation.

Fan Chunren and others took the file, lowered their heads and looked at each other.

This case is very simple.

It is a typical property dispute case in the Song Dynasty.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Qin and Zhang, was originally the youngest daughter of Zhang Qian, the former Lieutenant General of the Environmental Guard. When Zhang Qian was still alive, she chose a husband, Qin Yue, the son of Qin Ren, the third commander of the Tianwu Army.

However, before the marriage certificates could be exchanged, Zhang Qian died of illness.

When the Qin and Zhang family's mourning ceremony was over, the Qin family came to propose marriage.

At this time, Qin Zhang's brother, the defendant Zhang Ji, went back on his word and denied the existence of the engagement.

He even wanted to marry his sister to someone in Bianjing City as a continuation of his marriage because he was covetous of other people's betrothal gifts.

After Qin Zhang heard about this, she threatened the defendant Zhang Ji with death and agreed to marry her to Qin Yue.

However, because the Qin Zhang family disobeyed Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji seized all the dowry that Zhang Qian had prepared for the Qin Zhang family when Zhang Qian was still alive and refused to deliver it.

Therefore, the Qin family was furious and took the lawsuit to Kaifeng Mansion, demanding that Kaifeng Mansion order Zhang Ji to return the property belonging to the Qin Zhang family.

This case was originally easy to decide.

Even if you are a novice, you will know how to make a decision as long as you read the transfer certificate.

But the problem is...

The officials at the banquet looked at the name of the defendant - Zhang Ji, so the sanitation officer Zhang Qianzi.

Zhang Qian?

Isn't he the grandson of Xu Guogong Zhang Qi?

This person is the late minister of the Zhenmiao—Hezhenmiao has been a confidant of his since childhood.

At the same time, he is also Zhang Xianmingsu’s most trusted minister.

In the Renmiao era, he was still a favored minister.

The Zhang family's ancestral home alone, the mansion given by Renmiao, has a floor space of eight hundred.

It is one of the most luxurious mansions in the entire Bianjing city.

Even the mansion given to Cao Yi, the prince of Jiyang County, by the late emperor only had a threshold of 500 yuan, and it was still in the outer city.

The Zhang family's house is in Xingguofang, close to the imperial city.

Just when the other banquet officials were still hesitating.

Cheng Yi had already stood up and bowed to him: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ji bullied his young sister, disobeyed his father's orders, and was no longer a human son. I think he should be severely punished as a warning to others!"

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

It’s not surprising that Cheng Yi would do such a thing.

Although Er Cheng is considered by later generations as a pioneer of Neo-Confucianism, many people subconsciously feel that they may have the ideology that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue.

In fact, on the contrary, the daughters of the Cheng family generally have a high reserve of knowledge.

For example, Cheng Hao's young daughter has been studying Confucian classics in her boudoir, and it is said that she has very high attainments.

Er Cheng liked her very much, so he always wanted to choose a husband who was worthy of her.

But after choosing and choosing, they could never find someone they thought was worthy of their daughter.

In the end, he actually delayed the girl - she was still unmarried at the age of twenty-two.

In the Song Dynasty, this belonged to old girls.

Finally, this talented woman fell ill and died at the age of twenty-four.

Cheng Yi wrote an epitaph for himself. The inscription reads: Yi hates her death, but does not hate her not being married.

After Cheng Yi, Su Che also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the defendant Zhang Ji ignored the official documents and refused to come to Kaifeng Mansion to answer the question. His behavior is beyond measure and he must not be leniently spared!"

This is also the reason why Li Shiliang finally chose this case among many Zhang Ji's case files.

Because the evidence in this case is not only conclusive, but also negates Zhang Ji's moral character and conduct from the moral high ground.

This is an unfilial son.

My father once wanted to break the engagements he made during his lifetime.

He even wanted to push his sister into the fire pit.

In the end, he took most of the dowry that his sister deserved.

Unfilial, disloyal, unfaithful, unrighteous, and greedy.

In the Song Dynasty, once anyone was publicly labeled with the above labels, the only thing waiting for that person was social death.

The most important thing is that Zhang Ji perfectly stepped on the sore spots of the scholar-bureaucrats.

Ignored repeated interrogations from Kaifeng Mansion and refused to receive an explanation from Kaifeng Mansion.

What is domineering?

This is domineering!

As long as it is brought out and brought to the table, no one will dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

What awaits Zhang Ji must be the wrath of thunder.

When Su Zhe pointed out this point, other banquet officials and ministers also stood up and respectfully said: "I second my opinion."

Zhao Xu said solemnly: "In that case... Kaifeng Mansion!"

Cai Jing came out: "I am here."

"Summon the defendant Zhang Ji to the Yamen immediately!"

"promise."

"I won't see him anymore!"

"Such unfaithful, unfilial, trustless and unjust people are not my ministers!"

Zhao Xu said coldly: "Please go and interrogate me. If you have the results, report them to me!"

"If that's the case..."

Zhao Xu said coldly: "Destroy the writings he has written since his birth, and assassinate Salmon Island!"

Everyone looked up.

The young official was sitting on the mat. Although he looked young, everyone involuntarily lowered their heads under his cold expression, feeling a little trembling.

This is royal power!

One word can mean the difference between someone's life and death.

As for your question, this is a trivial matter, shouldn’t it be done like this?

According to the laws and regulations, the most they can do is reprimand and demote.

Isn't it a capital punishment to destroy the characters written since birth? Not to mention assassinating Salmon Island!

However, this is the Song Dynasty.

In a dynasty based on the rule of man, the emperor is the creature with the highest power of judicial interpretation.

What legal provisions?

How about I write you a message on the spot?

Zhao Xu doesn't even have any use for willfulness.

Because what he was doing was the highest justice in the Song Dynasty and even in the entire ancient feudal society.
To be continued...