1. The emperor further controlled the supreme judicial power.
In the Ming dynasty, the emperor had the final decision on all death sentences and serious cases, and all kinds of joint trials should be "drawn up by the Ministry of Punishment" and then executed according to the purpose. The emperor personally tried the case and arbitrarily used punishment. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang said that "if you have a prison, you must face it" and "serious cases are more cordial (trial), and the Ministry of Justice does not appoint them". When he became an ancestor, he ordered that "felony must be repeated five times." In the early Ming Dynasty, Mao's harsh laws and his regular court aides were ignored. Only Chengzu slaughtered the old minister of Emperor Jianwen, and the torture was extremely extreme. "873 people died", and some people had their teeth pulled out, their hands and necks broken. Useful frying; Some people cut their ears and noses and cut them again in the middle of the year, which caused great damage to the legal system of the Ming Dynasty and accelerated the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
2, factory health secret service organs interfere with justice.
Factories, which refer to East Factories, West Factories and Inner Factories, are secret agencies composed of eunuchs, specializing in such serious cases as "rebellion at the door, vicious words, and heinous crimes". Wei, the Royal Guards, turned out to be the most trusted of the "Twelve Guards" of the emperor's pro-army. His main duty is to be responsible for the etiquette and safety affairs of the emperor. Since Taizu, Jin Nongwei has sentenced both soldiers and prisoners, and has the right to arrest and imprisonment. Among them, Nanbei Town Government Department and Beizhen Town Government Department set up imperial prisons, also known as Royal Guards Prison. The factory health system is the product of highly centralized imperial power, which is almost superior to one of the judicial organs and is endowed with various judicial privileges.
(1) Investigation power: Its investigation scope mainly covers important cases involving state power and does not interfere with general criminal cases. For example, some villagers cursed Wei Zhongxian after drinking in the secret room, but Wei Fuling was caught by factory health agents and was executed.
(2) the right of trial supervision: the factory health has the right of interrogation, but has no jurisdiction.
(3) Extrajudicial punishment: Factory guards set up their own special courts, arbitrarily extort confessions by torture, fabricate evidence, and extort confessions by torture is not uncommon.