奏報議定官員監守自盜及知情隱暱不報之罪
Yongzheng-era memorial

我們（刑部尚書西里奧等人）恭敬地上奏，是爲了請皇上批示一件事。 雍正三年正月十四日，議政大臣兼管正白旗都統拉錫傳達了皇上的諭旨。諭旨裏說： 光祿寺的書吏索爾遜，去年秋天跟着阿哥去獵場的時候，把帶去的銀子胡亂花掉了，一點兒都沒剩。這件事林祖成按理應該檢舉。可是林祖成卻上報說，黨古里手下一個弓匠死了，還跟我說黨古里這個人挺好。爲查清這事，我把黨古里叫來當面問。以前，我曾經反覆告誡過他，當官要清廉，要改掉壞習氣。可是問他爲什麼還不改？爲什麼凡事都不照實上報，總瞞着我、敷衍我？黨古里辯解說，光祿寺從前虧空的賬目，他已經全補上了。我跟他說，你補虧空的事暫且不說，你們衙門的書吏索爾遜跟着阿哥去獵場，亂花銀子，這事你明明知道卻不檢舉彈劾，反倒用公家的銀子去填補窟窿、把事情糊弄過去，這明顯是在矇騙我。黨古里說他不知道，還是堅持原來的說法，裝得像沒事人似的。再進一步追問他，他也一點兒害怕的意思都沒有，照樣跟我大大咧咧，很不恭敬，沒規矩。另外，以前祭祀的時候，黨古里分發祭肉，也非常粗魯、失禮，我教導過他很多次。像這樣隱瞞、壞毛病不改的人，不能不懲治。把黨古里抓起來，連同索爾遜一起交給刑部，從重定罪。欽此。 我們遵旨覈查了法律條文。條文規定：看管公物的人，如果擅自把公家的錢糧借出去用，或者自己私用，按贓款數額論罪，達到四十兩銀子的，判絞監候（雜犯死罪），實服五年徒刑。如果是冒名騙取公家錢糧，知情隱匿不報的，和犯人同罪；如果是死罪，就減一等。 黨古里明明知道索爾遜盜用公款，卻瞞着不報，按這條律例應減死罪一等，判杖一百，流放三千里。他是旗人，本應枷號兩個月，鞭一百。但黨古里已經做到尚書這樣的高官，皇上又多次下旨要他廉潔爲政、改掉惡習，他卻明知索爾遜盜用公家錢糧，故意瞞着不彈劾，皇上當面查問，他仍不據實回奏，還裝着不知道，態度滿不在乎，粗野不敬。因此，不能簡單地只給黨古里上枷鞭打了事，我們建議把他發配到伯都訥（今吉林扶余一帶），幹苦差。 索爾遜私自挪用公家錢糧，按律應判絞監候（雜犯死罪），實服五年徒刑。他是旗人，照律應枷號一百零五天，鞭一百。但考慮到他已經把揮霍的銀子全部賠清了，按照追回贓款、完贓減等的條例，應減死罪一等，再減一等，判杖一百，徒刑三年。因爲是旗人，改爲枷號四十天，鞭一百。 我們是這樣擬罪的，請皇上批示。 所以上了這道奏摺。 雍正三年二月初四日，刑部尚書議政大臣李廷儀，左侍郎兼內閣學士黃柄，右侍郎色爾圖，都統、右侍郎邵宜（此後原文殘缺）……

議政大臣、刑部尚書臣西林等謹奏，為欽遵上諭事。雍正三年正月十四日，議政大臣、正白旗都統拉錫傳諭：都察院筆帖式索爾遜，去年秋隨皇子行圍，將帶去銀兩妄行花費，毫釐無存，林祖成理應參奏。乃丹古里將弓梢損壞，林祖成尚稱丹古里為好官，向我保奏。為此，我召丹古里訊問，再三降旨訓誡，令其澄清吏治、痛改惡習，爾為何仍不改，凡事不以實情奏明，隱瞞欺蔽而行？伊供稱：都察院舊有空缺虧空各項，我俱彌補完結。我對他說，你不僅彌補舊有空缺，且爾衙門筆帖式索爾遜隨皇子行圍，將帶去銀兩侵吞花費，爾並未參奏，之所以彌補虧空銀兩、完結事件，顯然你瞞騙欺隱於我，等語。伊全然不知，仍固執堅稱不知，如同奏辯。再次訊問，毫無畏懼，仍向我怠慢傲慢，甚是不敬粗鄙。況且先前祭祀時，丹古里進胙肉，甚為粗鄙無禮，我多次訓誡。如此隱瞞欺蔽、不改惡習之人，不可不懲。將丹古里拏交刑部，同索爾遜一並嚴審定擬，欽此。欽遵查得：依律載，查管看守之人，將公項錢糧私自借用，若計贓科罪，照監守自盜論，四十兩，斬，係雜犯，準徒五年；若挪移出納，將公項錢糧出自倉庫，知情隱匿不首者，與犯人同罪，至死減一等。丹古里知索爾遜侵用公項銀兩而隱匿不首，應按律減一等，杖一百、流三千里，係旗人，例應枷號兩個月、鞭一百。但丹古里身任尚書之職，又曾蒙朕再三降旨訓飭，令其澄清吏治、痛改惡習，卻明知索爾遜侵蝕錢糧，故意隱匿不參，及至朕召問，又不以實情奏明，仍如不知，怠慢傲慢，殊屬不敬。因此，未便僅照律枷號鞭責，應將丹古里發往軍臺效力贖罪。索爾遜私自借用公項錢糧，應照律斬，係雜犯，準徒五年，係旗人，枷號一百五日、鞭一百。但索爾遜已將侵用銀兩全數賠補，應照例，所有應追贓銀等項，予限一年，如能依限全完，死罪犯人免死減等，再減一等完結。依此例，將索爾遜減二等，杖一百、徒三年，枷號四十日、鞭一百。為此謹奏，請旨。依議。雍正三年二月初四日，議政大臣、刑部尚書臣勵廷儀，左侍郎仍兼內閣侍讀學士臣黃炳，右侍郎臣塞楞額，都統、左侍郎臣碩奕拜。

A respectful memorial from the Grand Ministers of the Deliberative Council and Minister of the Board of Punishments, Your Servant Sirio, and others, concerning the reverent compliance with an Imperial Edict. On the fourteenth day of the first month of the third year of the Yongzheng reign, the Grand Minister of the Deliberative Council and Commander of the Plain White Banner, Rasi, transmitted the following edict: The clerk Sorson of the Censorate, who last autumn accompanied the imperial princes on the hunt, wantonly spent the silver taken along, leaving not a bit behind. Lin Zuceng should have impeached him accordingly. Yet when Danggūri broke a bow, Lin Zuceng still recommended Danggūri to me as a good official. For this reason, I summoned Danggūri for questioning and repeatedly issued edicts instructing him to purify official administration and reform evil practices, asking why he still had not changed, why he did not report facts truthfully in all matters, and why he carried on hiding and deceiving me. He stated: “I have made up for all the old vacancies and deficits in the Censorate.” I said to him, “Not to mention whether you have made up for the old deficits, the clerk of your own office, Sorson, who accompanied the princes on the hunt, embezzled and spent the silver taken along, and you did not impeach him. That you made up for the deficit silver and settled the case clearly shows you have been hiding and deceiving me.” Yet he claimed absolute ignorance, obstinately insisting on his ignorance as though presenting a defense. Upon further questioning, he showed not the slightest fear and continued to treat me with arrogance and disrespect, being extremely irreverent and coarse. Moreover, on a previous occasion at a sacrifice, Danggūri presented the sacrificial meat in a very rude and disrespectful manner, and I admonished him many times. A person who hides and deceives like this and does not reform evil habits cannot go unpunished. Arrest Danggūri and together with Sorson deliver them to the Board of Punishments for strict trial and sentencing. Respecting this, we investigated and found: According to the statutes, if a supervising guard privately borrows public funds or supplies, and the amount calculated as theft reaches forty taels, he shall be sentenced to decapitation according to the crime of theft by a custodian; as this is a miscellaneous capital crime, it is commuted to five years of penal servitude. If one knowingly conceals the fact that public funds or supplies have been taken from the treasury by misappropriation and does not report it, he shall be punished the same as the offender, reduced by one degree if the penalty reaches death. Danggūri knew that Sorson had misappropriated public silver and concealed it without reporting. He should therefore be sentenced to a reduction of one degree from the principal crime: one hundred strokes of the heavy bamboo and exile to three thousand li. As he is a bannerman, by regulation he should be placed in the cangue for two months and given one hundred lashes. However, Danggūri held the post of Minister and had repeatedly received edicts instructing him to purify official administration and reform evil practices. Yet he knowingly concealed Sorson’s embezzlement, deliberately withheld impeachment, and when I personally summoned and questioned him, he still did not state the facts truthfully, pretending ignorance and behaving arrogantly and disrespectfully. Therefore, it is inappropriate to merely place him in the cangue and flog him according to the statute. Danggūri should be sent to a military post to labor and redeem his crimes. As for Sorson, for privately misappropriating public silver, by statute he should be decapitated, but as a miscellaneous capital crime it is commuted to five years of penal servitude. As a bannerman, he should additionally be placed in the cangue for one hundred and five days and given one hundred lashes. However, Sorson has already fully repaid the silver he embezzled. According to the regulations, if within a one-year deadline he can complete repayment of all due fines and repayments, a capital offender shall