Chapter 658 The first car accident in the Tang Dynasty
Regarding the design of the gymnasium, Zhang Nan was only responsible for providing a sketch. After all, he did not study architecture, so Zhang Nan could only draw a rough idea at most. As for how to cover it and what materials to cover it, this is not the question he considered.
Anyway, the Ministry of Works is responsible for this matter, so Zhang Nan just needs to take out the drawings.
Life is just like this, and Li Er has already decided on the candidate for going to sea. So now everyone is carefully studying the matter of going to sea. Zhang Nan also provided necessary equipment and taught everyone how to use it. The racecourse started to break ground under the urging of Li Er.
In short, everything is developing in a good direction, and I slowly bought March in the month. When spring is in full bloom, Zhang Nan originally planned to take Cui Yue and the others out of Chang'an City after the morning court, fly kites and so on, but during the morning court, something unexpected happened to Zhang Nan.
The reason for this incident starts with the electric car Zhang Nan gave to the ministers.
Although Zhang Nan gave this to the ministers, Zhang Nan did not teach the ministers how to teach it. Although the ministers were curious, not everyone had such a good relationship with Zhang Nan.
Although Zhang Nan is young, his official position and title are much higher than ordinary ministers, so the ministers who can speak to Zhang Nan in the court are all big names without exception.
Zhang Nan just concentrated on training this group of related ministers for a wave of driving. After all, this thing is not popular in the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Nan did not think that these high-ranking and powerful ministers had time to drive around.
But Zhang Nan ignored one thing. Although most of the cars given by Zhang Nan were big shots that day, there were still a few little ministers with low official positions who got electric cars. This group of people was not that busy. They dared not disturb Zhang Nan and asked Zhang Nan to teach them to drive, so they could only think about it at home.
But something happened after thinking about it. After one of the ministers who obtained electric cars were able to drive the car in front of his mansion, he felt that he had mastered this skill.
He actually got bold and drove the car to the streets of Chang'an City.
Unfortunately, although this electric car is not as powerful as a gasoline-burning car, it will run forward when stepping on the accelerator. So on the Zhuque Street in Chang'an City, this minister kicked the accelerator and caused a tragedy of two deaths and fifteen injuries.
The minister was also frightened and could not get up in bed. The murder case had occurred, and the murderer was very clear. The first thing he did was to be taken into custody first. However, due to the special nature of the matter, there had been no case of driving to death in Chang'an City before, and the perpetrator was a minister of the current dynasty, so the matter was reported to Comrade Li Er by the Ministry of Justice.
Because they have no right to decide the judgment of the case.
Comrade Li Er listened to the narration of the Minister of Justice and asked with a dark face: "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? Why did you wait until the morning court to tell me?"
After hearing this, the Minister of Justice hurriedly said, "When you say it to the emperor, this incident happened last night. It was already late at night when I received the news. I dare not disturb the emperor's rest."
After hearing the explanation, Li Er's expression calmed down slightly, and then said, "Where is that Liu Jieyun now?"
"If you go back to the emperor, Lord Liu was also frightened yesterday and is still resting in the mansion." said the Minister of Justice.
"Hmph, what a frightened one. He has killed someone now. The people have not yet settled down. He is still resting?" Li Er sneered.
"If I pass on my will, I will arrest Liu Jieyun immediately."
"Yes, the emperor, it's just the people... Our Tang Law does not have a clear rule on driving and killing people. How should we judge the case?" The Minister of Justice bowed.
"This..." Li Er hesitated for a while. After all, it was the first time he encountered a case of driving and killing someone.
At this time, Zhang Nan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that this case should be stabilized first before talking about it."
"Oh? What does this mean?" Li Er said in confusion.
"If you go back to the emperor, this case was a crime that the court ordered to commit, and the impact caused was significant. If we delay the verdict, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to the credibility of our Tang Dynasty government."
"Secondly, this case has a very bad impact, and it happened in a bustling street like Zhuque Street, so the people are paying great attention to this matter. I think the news that Liu Yunjie was arrested should be first distributed through the Datang Daily, and it is best to publish a special edition."
"As for his trial, although it was not his intention to hit someone by driving a car, it was an indelible fact that it caused the death of two people. Therefore, I think it should be a dismissal and sentenced to ten years in prison." Zhang Nan said.
"Ten years? Is it a little short?" Li Er frowned.
In Li Er's opinion, this incident was simply a slander for the Tang Dynasty's officials. It would be no exaggeration to sentence Li Er to death. Now that Zhang Nan has been talking about it for ten years, Li Er really feels that there are a little less.
"I think a lot of it. After all, this is the first time I have encountered this incident, and the cause of the car accident was not his original intention. Liu Yunjie is also in his forties. After ten years of prison life, it is a problem whether he can be released from prison alive." Zhang Nan bowed.
After hearing this, Li Er nodded. It was indeed the same as Zhang Nan said. Whether or not he had a good life in his forties was unknown, so this decade was not a small amount.
"This is the case. The most important thing is to let Liu Yunjie's family go to the victim's home to obtain forgiveness and compensate the victim's family with a satisfactory amount. Of course, this amount cannot be too much. As for the injured, a certain degree of compensation should also be obtained." Zhang Nan said.
Zhang Nan felt that this treatment method should be the most suitable treatment method at this stage. If Liu Yunjie was given a death penalty at once, then the car would probably end in the Tang Dynasty. After all, Liu Yunjie was an official in the court.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, in ancient times, the lives of officials were more expensive than those of the people. Although he killed two people, he was sentenced to ten years in prison, which made him die in prison. Zhang Nan felt that it was almost the same. If he was sentenced to death, he would also be bounced back by the political group he belonged to. Although Zhang Nan felt that everyone was equal and that the emperor was guilty of the same crime as the common people, the adults in the court did not think so.
Chapter completed!