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Chapter 434 Controversy in Dali Temple

Shan Tao is riding a horse, looking at the walls of Chang'an City
Finally, the task is completed.

He was responsible for escorting the criminals in Luoyang City to Chang'an for trial, and this task was considered completed.

All the prison cars entered Chang'an through Mingde Gate, which was the southernmost gate of Chang'an and the largest gate in Chang'an.

This city gate is facing Suzaku Street, the city gate is tall and magnificent, but there are still traces of fire on the city gate and it has not been repaired in time.

The gate of this city is not open on weekdays. It will only be opened when there are major events, such as the emperor leaving the palace, or a general who has made great achievements returns to Chang'an.

Another player, Jia Ying, who was in charge of escorting the prisoners, said:

"This is the Arc de Triomphe of our Great Tang. Oh no, the Arc de Triomphe is the Mingde Gate of our Great Tang. We are really blessed to be able to enter Chang'an City through this gate."

Shan Tao also raised his head to look at the tall city gate. Whether it is ancient or modern, such a city gate is an extremely rare super huge building.

The gate of Mingdemen requires a special mechanism, which can only be opened by using five cows as power.

It is indeed a special experience to be able to enter Chang'an City through this city gate.

Zhuque Avenue is a wide street paved with stone bricks. Officials in Chang'an deliberately emptied the pedestrians on Zhuque Avenue. People gathered on both sides of Zhuque Avenue, looking curiously at the prisoners in the car.

The person imprisoned in the first prison car was of course Da Xixun, the false prime minister of Yan.

Starting from Da Xixun, every pseudo-Yan official in the prison car was "warmly" welcomed by the citizens of Chang'an.

The onlookers threw a lot of rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, making the former prime minister curl up in the prison car with his head in his arms.

The scene was very tragic. Seeing such "enthusiastic" Chang'an people, Shan Tao and Jia Ying were so frightened that they pinched their noses and hid aside.

The prison cart was spurned by the people along the way, and the prison cart moved forward along Zhuque Street, and finally came to the gate of Nanya.

Nanya is the place where hundreds of officials and ministers work, and almost all important institutions of the Tang Dynasty are here.

Entering Nanya from Zhuquemen, one has already entered the scope of the imperial city.

Although the walls of the imperial city were not as tall as Chang'an City, they were still four or five meters high, and soldiers guarding them could be seen on the walls.

From here on, there were no more people watching, but Da Xixun curled up even more.

The office officials of various yamen in the southern yamen also came out of the yamen and stood on the side of the road looking at Da Xixun in the prison car.

Among them were many familiar faces of Da Xixun, and these officials looked at the group of traitors who pretended to be Yan with stern eyes, and their eyes were full of contempt.

Wang Wei even curled up into a ball all over his body. This scholar-bureaucrat with the reputation of poetry and Buddha only regretted that An Lushan didn't directly kill him back then.

Now feeling the slashing eyes of his former colleagues, Wang Wei shed two lines of tears.

Compared with Wang Wei's pain, Da Xixun was even more afraid.

As a result of this political speculation, all 21 members of Da Xixun's family were involved in the rebellion.

Daxi Xun's son Daxi Zhi was also stuffed into a prison car and sent to Chang'an City, but Da Xizhi's official position was relatively small and he was not treated like a parade.

Chen Xilie, the puppet prime minister of Yan who was arrested in Chang'an, was also thrown into the imperial prison of Dali Temple, waiting for the joint trial of the three courts.

This is not the only thing Da Xixun was afraid of. When he surrendered to the puppet Yan, he led people to kill many family members of the court ministers, and even killed many Li Tang's clan.

Now that An Qingxu ran back to Hedong, the blood debt would be on his own head.

Da Xixun was just annoyed why he didn't escape Luoyang City sooner.

When the prison car turned a corner, the escort convoy stopped in front of a magnificent yamen.

Dali Temple.

Shan Tao looked up at the plaque. Dali Temple is the highest judicial institution in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Supreme Court of the Tang Dynasty.

All controversial major judicial issues will be reported to Dali Temple for review.

Before the Anshi Rebellion, all files of death row prisoners had to be sent to Dali Temple for approval before execution.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment was a new institution inherited from the Sui Dynasty.

But Dali Temple was established in the Qin and Han Dynasties, so Dali Temple is deeper in terms of qualifications.

The Minister of Dali Temple is only one of the nine ministers. Although his power is not as good as that of the Ministry of Punishment, the power of Dali Temple is higher than that of the Ministry of Punishment.

This is Datang's technique of checks and balances of power.

The Ministry of Punishment, as a legislative body, has the power to amend laws and formulate laws.

At the same time, the Ministry of Criminal Justice also has to review the cases heard by Dali Temple, and the two have the function of mutual supervision.

When encountering a major case, the emperor will also order that Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Yushitai will try it together.

And this time, the trial of the puppet Yan rebel officials was jointly tried by Li Xian, Minister of Dali Temple, Li Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Cui Qi, the newly appointed Yushi Zhongcheng.

Shan Tao handed over the prisoners to the officials of Dali Temple, and the officials of Dali Temple took the list and checked the appearance of the prisoners one by one.

After confirming that it is correct, sign the handover document.

"Send the prisoner to prison!"

Finally, the handover was over, and Shan Tao left Dali Temple with a group of people.

He said to Jia Ying beside him: "It's too depressing, working in Dali Temple is too uncomfortable!"

Jia Ying also said: "Dali Temple is a serious place. Brother Shan, how do you think the prisoner we sent will be sentenced?"

Shan Tao said: "How else can I judge, I must kill them, these are all thieves!"

"Isn't that Wang Wei in there too? Could it be that he was killed too?"

Shan Tao touched his head and said: "I don't have a good history, so I don't know about it, but it seems that if I don't die, my skin will peel off."

However, in the yamen of Dali Temple at this time, a fierce conflict broke out between Dali Temple Minister Li Xian and Yushi Zhongcheng Cui Qi over how to judge.

Cui Qi's attitude was very firm, and he said with emotion: "Such traitors who defected to the enemy should naturally all be executed!"

Cui Qi was originally the servant of the household department, but because he was good at figuring out what he wanted, he was transferred to the position of Yushi Zhongcheng.

However, Chengyan Zhenqing, the original censor, was changed to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites because she spoke too much outspokenly.

Although the servants of the household department, the minister of rites and Zhongcheng Yushi are all the same four ranks, their powers are not the same.

The censor Zhongcheng who is in charge of supervising all officials and who can advise the king is the most valuable.

Not long after Cui Qi took office, he naturally understood Li Heng's idea of ​​punishing these traitors, and proposed such a radical plan.

Li Xian, Minister of Dali Temple, was Minister of Dali Temple during the emperor's time. As a professional judicial official who is proficient in Tang law, he put forward his own views.

"The thieves trapped the two capitals, the emperor toured the south, and people escaped. These traitors were executed indiscriminately, which violated the way of forgiveness taught by the sages."

Hearing what Li Xian, Minister of Dali Temple said, Cui Qi immediately said excitedly: "Thieves are incompatible with Tang! Shouldn't these traitors be executed?"

Dali Temple Minister Li Xian did not back down, he insisted on saying what he meant:
"The Son of Heaven patrols the south, people escape by themselves!"

The three people present all heard Li Xian's meaning.

It was the emperor, the emperor, who escaped first, and the emperor fled Chang'an, violating the contract between the monarch and his ministers. It is also innocent for the ministers to find a way out under such circumstances.

Confucianism in the Sui and Tang Dynasties had not yet developed to the point where the monarchy was supreme like the later Song Confucians.

In this kind of monarch-subject contract, the subjects do not have unlimited responsibilities to the monarch. Many officials, such as Wang Wei, were the ones who fell into the hands of the enemy and had to follow the thieves because the emperor abandoned all the officials and officials and fled to Chang'an. Not in them.

Cui Qi pointed to Li Xian and said, "Are you going to punish the emperor for his crimes? Do you want the emperor to come to Dali Temple for trial?"

Li Xian also blushed and said: "Now that Hebei is not in peace, there are still many rebellious officials on the rebel side. Huairou can only make them return to the court. If they are all killed, then these people will follow the puppet Yan court to resist to the end. "

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two sides was getting stronger and stronger, Li Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, quickly smoothed things over and said:
"Li Siqing, Cui Zhongcheng, we are all working for the court, so stop arguing."

"If you want me to say, I still have to submit to His Majesty's holy order."

Cui Qi and Li Xian looked at each other, and they also approved of Li Jin's method. It is the safest way to hand it over to the emperor.

After Shan Tao and Jia Ying finished delivering the prisoners, the errand was successfully completed.

The mission experience of escorting the prisoners was recorded, and Shan Tao and Jia Ying received a new mission to go to the Ministry of War to explain their errands.

The Ministry of War was also in the Imperial City of Nanya. After handing in the Guanfang and Order Talisman, Lu Shang, a member of the Ministry of War, said to Shan Tao:

"Shan Brigade Commander, the Ministry of War now has an order. You can be transferred to Chang'an as generals to make up for the vacancies in Chang'an City."

Shan Tao and Jia Ying glanced at each other. Their positions belonged to the Suiyang army. After the escort, they had to return to Luoyang to return to Zhang Xun's command.

But when he heard the military officer Wai Lang say this, Shan Tao and Jia Ying looked at each other, and Shan Tao asked:
"I don't know what arrangements the Ministry of War has for our brothers?"

Lu Yuanwailang said with a smile: "Now Chang'an has just been restored, and many local ruffians are still fishing in the troubled waters of Chang'an City. Jing Zhaoyi found Lu Shilang from our military department, hoping to select some capable generals from the army to help maintain Chang'an law and order."

"According to the previous rules, each Lifang in Chang'an has a street patrol shop, and three street patrol shops have a street patrol shop. The military resources and merits of the single brigade commander are enough to serve as a street patrol shop."

Now Shan Tao also hesitated.

Those who manage the law and order in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty are called bad people, and the yamen they work in are called Xunjiepu.

Patrolling the streets means patrolling the streets, which is equivalent to the police patrolling in later generations.

The street patrol shop is equivalent to a police station, and a street patrol envoy has to manage three street patrol shops, which is equivalent to the branch chief of the three police stations under his command.

This is already considered a good position, and Shan Tao was a little moved.

(End of this chapter)