Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 411 The Emperor Who Knows Mistakes and Can Correct It

After dealing with the fight between Li Ke and his brothers, Li Chengqian led a large number of guards out of the palace overnight and went straight to the government office of Chang'an County. For the first time, a returning soldier was murdered and imprisoned.

Liu Shi's military power is the foundation of his command of the East Palace, he must know where the problem is, and make up for the loopholes in time, otherwise, this bug will eat up the entire Liu Shi sooner or later.

The more important reason is that the few soldiers took the blame for several companies. They are all veterans for many years, and there is no reason why they don't know the strict laws of the court.

And when they retire, the Six Commands will issue a separate settling fund to commemorate their years of fighting for the country.Even if you can't have a lot of fish and meat like a big family, it's still no problem to guarantee three meals a day.

At the same time, according to the documents reported by Chang'an County and Zhechong Duwei's Mansion, these guys had no intention of fleeing or resisting after killing people. Otherwise, with their skills, how could they leave the local government office unscathed? captured alive. .
Outside the county government office in Chang'an County, County Magistrate Liu Ying and Captain Zhang Hong both opened their mouths wide and looked at each other in disbelief, because what they were waiting for was not the Shangguan from the Ministry of Punishment, but the Prince's Dragon Banner.Isn't it just a few murder cases of veterans? It doesn't need to alarm the crown prince of a country.

Is this really a big fuss, of course not, even if these guys are not born in the six ranks, but ordinary people, the local government and the third division have no right to directly sentence a person to death. It's finalized, but the two of them have only been officials for a while, so I don't know the reason for this.

In the second year of Zhenguan, the emperor appointed Lu Zushang as the governor of Jiaozhou. Lu Zushang was worried that Jiaozhou was remote, with many barbarians and miasma, so he refused to go to the post.The emperor persuaded Lu Zushang many times, but Lu Zushang was determined not to follow the order, so he pushed Lu Zushang out and chopped him up in a rage.

Afterwards, the emperor regretted it very much, and even thought that his move was too cruel.Then he said to Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others: "However, although Lu Zushang has lost the righteousness of a minister, it is too violent for me to kill him! If I want to kill people in the court, you should dissuade them!"

In fact, it was not that Fang Du and other ministers did not persuade, but that the emperor had a violent personality, and not everyone could be persuaded when he was angry. Because of this violent temper, the emperor specially issued a decree in the fifth year of Zhenguan: , although it is ordered to be executed immediately, it must be repeated five times.

It turned out that in the fifth year of Zhenguan, Dali Temple set up a "rebellion case". A man named Li Haode often said some rebellious words, was reported as suspected of "rebellion", and was finally sent to Dali Temple for trial.When Zhang Yungu reviewed the case, he verified that Li Haode was indeed ill, and the emperor believed that Zhang Yungu's trial was very reasonable, and ordered to forgive Li Haode.

But one day later, the plot suddenly reversed, and Quan Wanji, the servant in the palace, revealed an inside story: "Zhang Yun is always in Xiangzhou, and his brother Houde, who is virtuous, is his governor. The love is in Ah Zong, so it is not true. "

This means that Li Haode has an older brother who is the governor of Xiangzhou, and Zhang Yungu happens to be from Xiangzhou.It can thus be proved that Zhang Yungu's rescue of Li Haode may not be out of selfishness, but to give a favor to his parents (Li Houde) in his hometown.

You must know that in order to avoid favoritism among officials, the Tang Law stipulates that officials are not allowed to serve as parent officials in their hometown.However, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. In order to take care of the clan elders in their hometown, many court officials will find ways to build relationships with the current parents and officials in their hometown. Everyone has letters to each other and takes care of each other. This is no longer an official secret.

After this incident was exposed, the censors impeached Zhang Yungu for favoritism and fraud.What's more, another detail was dug up: when the emperor was going to forgive Li Haode, Zhang Yungu hurried to the prison, secretly revealed the will to Li Haode in his private capacity, and even played with him (a kind of gambling) form).

This incident is enough to show that the relationship between Zhang Yungu and Li Haode is extraordinary. If Zhang Yungu's trial of Li Haode's case is not biased, no ghost will believe it.The final result is: the emperor was furious and ordered Zhan Yungu to be killed in Dongshi!
After the emperor beheaded Zhang Yungu because of anger, he gradually regretted it, because Li Haode was indeed sick and should be forgiven.Zhang Yungu is indeed suspected of favoritism, but even if Zhang Yungu's crime is confirmed, according to the "Law of the Tang Dynasty", he is not guilty of death.

So, he began to complain about Prime Minister Fang Xuanling again, saying: "I was very angry at the time, and ordered to deal with it immediately. The public and others didn't say anything, and the supervisor didn't repeat it, so I executed it immediately. Is it reasonable?"

Fang Xuanling and others who were scolded by the emperor were very aggrieved, and then said: Your Majesty has the supreme power, including beheading criminal suspects.

After hearing this explanation, the emperor felt that Fang Xuanling's words were very reasonable, and after pondering for a long time, he made a rule: if there is a death penalty, even if it is ordered to be executed, it must be repeated five times.That is to say, from now on, if someone is sentenced to beheaded, he cannot be beheaded immediately, but will be reconsidered five times.

In this way, Menxia Province, Yushitai, and Dali Temple reconsidered many times within two days to avoid misjudgments to the greatest extent. In this way, fewer and fewer prisoners were executed during the Zhenguan period.

In Li Chengqian's view, the emperor has such and such shortcomings, but he is indeed a benevolent monarch. This does not mean that he is a benevolent monarch if he does not kill people, but that he always finds ways to make up for his shortcomings after knowing them.Using the method of making laws to avoid manslaughter by oneself, and using laws to limit the right to kill indiscriminately, this is where the emperor is respectable and worthy.

Sitting in the lobby of the county yamen, Li Chengqian carefully looked through the case file, and the magistrate of Chang'an and the captain stood respectfully below. From their trembling legs, one could tell that these two guys who had just entered office Scared, even if they don't think there's anything wrong with what they're doing.

After knocking on the file on the table, Li Chengqian said lightly: "Are these confessions obtained through torture?" Of course there is a reason for asking this. According to the file, the younger brother of the deceased is currently working in the Captain's Mansion, and he is also The only surviving member of that family.

No, no, no, Chang'an ordered Liu Ying to wave his hands, and quickly explained: "Your Highness, I have never been beaten into a trick, and they are all unharmed!"

"Okay, since that's the case, then let's bring everyone up. These guys can, they can make Gu and General Qin come here, and they're promising!"

(End of this chapter)