Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 364 Su Qingtian

"Consort Su!"

In the Kaifeng Mansion Yamen, all the officials were dumbfounded.

"Su Dun actually became the consort!"

They originally thought that there were so many new competitors, and there were more talents who were better than Su Dun in life experience and knowledge. In addition, Su Dun had selfish motives at the beginning, so he would definitely be hated by the princess.

However, no one expected that Su Dun and Princess Xu would eventually get married. Although it was just an engagement, everyone knew that the two would get married once Princess Xu turned 16, and by then Su Dun would be a genuine consort.

Of course, even if the two are not married now, the identity of Su Dun's prospective consort still has a layer of golden status. Up and down the court, as long as Su Dun does not rebel, no one can threaten Su Dun anymore.

At the moment, Su Dun, who had no worries about his future, immediately immersed himself in the documents and used them to find out a number of cases in the second-instance cases in which corruption was committed, the law was violated, or cases were obtained through torture.

The less severe case would be to send him back to his hometown for retrial, while the more serious case would be to directly pull down the official who was in charge and be lucky enough to become a member of the imperial edict. For a while, everyone in Kaifeng was in danger.

If Su Dun's move had been made before, there would have been an uproar, arousing opposition from hundreds of officials, constant impeachment memorials, suppression from superiors, and exclusion from colleagues.

However, now that Su Dun has the status of quasi-consort, the impeachment of hundreds of officials has nothing to do with Su Dun. There are even a group of upright officials who actively cooperate to redress the unjust case.

For a time, the official atmosphere in Kaifeng Mansion was completely cleared. Officials were working diligently in judging, for fear that Su Dun would find some excuse.

"Su Qingtian!"

Under the implementation of the second instance system and the supervision of Su Dun, all the sentences and punishments were very fair, and the people praised him!
Back then, Bao Zheng had the title of Bao Qingtian because of his impartiality in judging cases. Now, although Su Dun's status is not as good as Bao Zheng's, he is still in charge of Kaifeng cases. Driven by the second instance system, Su Dun has done a better job than Bao Zheng back then. .

"Report to the officials! Kaifeng Prefecture's reform of the Legalists has achieved remarkable results. Please also ask the officials to promote it to the world!"

In the political hall, Su Dun solemnly reported.

Before that, Su Dun's reform of Legalism was based on Kaifeng Prefecture as a pilot project. Now that the pilot project in Kaifeng Prefecture has achieved excellent results, Su Dun can't wait to promote it to the whole world to avoid more unjust, false and wrong cases.

Seeing his soon-to-be brother-in-law Su Dun, Zhao Xu felt quite satisfied. Recently, Princess Zhu was full of praise for Su Dun. Her sister Princess Xu Guo was also a young girl in Huaichun and had a deep affection for Su Dun.

"What do you think, dear friends?" Zhao Xu looked around at the ministers and asked.

The faces of the officials changed. It can be said that becoming a forensic doctor has greatly weakened the power of the county magistrate and prefect. This naturally made the officials reluctant. However, Su Dun's reform in Kaifeng Mansion was too successful by relying on the golden body of the consort. , giving them no reason to object at all.

"I agree!" Lu Dafang sighed.

Other important ministers had no choice but to agree, and everyone understood that from now on, the era of the magistrates of the Song Dynasty who kept their word would be gone forever.

"Then let Su Aiqing give the final result! Promote the appeal system and the second instance system to the world!" Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction.

As an official of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu valued balance most. By dividing and weakening the judicial power of county magistrates, the imperial power would be greatly concentrated. Not to mention that the appeal system and the second instance system could greatly reduce unjust cases, which was extremely beneficial to the rule of the Song Dynasty. , Zhao Xu naturally would not refuse.

"The official is wise!" Su Dun said solemnly.

All the officials in the court suddenly gave Su Dun a complicated look. For today, Su Dun did not hesitate to pay for the prince's consort, but now it was a blessing in disguise. Now, Su Dun used this reform method to gain both fame and fortune from the Legalists, but he defrauded the officials all over the world! "

However, just when all the officials thought that by stepping on the world's officials, they would gain both fame and wealth, and thus have a prosperous official career, and enjoy life with Princess Xu, Su Dun came out again and said:

"Let me inform the officials that the appeal and second-instance system are only the first step in reforming the legal system. If the Song Dynasty wanted to eliminate unjust cases, it would need to take another step in reforming the legal system!"

"Ah! I want to reform the legalists!"

All the officials were shocked and looked at Su Dun in disbelief.

They didn't expect that Su Dun would give up without seeing the good news, and would continue to reform the Legalists.

"Su Aiqing, please speak!" Zhao Xu said solemnly.

Su Dun took a deep breath and said: "In all the unjust, false and wrong cases, in addition to officials engaging in malpractice for personal gain, taking bribes and perverting the law, and confusing right and wrong, there is another important factor, and that is torture to extract confessions?"

"Extorting a confession through torture?" All the officials couldn't help but tremble.

In the trials of the past dynasties, waiting for the death penalty has been a trick that has been tried and tested by officials of the past dynasties. As the saying goes, under three trees, what can you ask for!

As long as they undergo severe punishment, the trial officials will easily get the confession they want.

Su Dun looked around and said: "Of all the unjust cases that Wei Chen has vindicated, almost [-]% of them were confessions obtained through torture. It can be seen that torture to extract confessions and unjust, false and wrongful convictions are the same thing. Wei Chen believes that only by abolishing torture can we have a solution." It is possible to avoid unjust cases as much as possible.”

Many officials looked embarrassed. Torture to extract confessions was their usual method during trials, but now it became evidence of their fabrication of unjust, false, and wrongful convictions.

"That's not to say that [-]% of unjust cases are not testimony obtained through torture." Yang Wei said unconvinced.

Fan Zheng sneered at the side and said: "How can a person who has been wronged confess his crime obediently? Of course he will be severely tortured. This is not a testimonial extorted by torture. That is because the person who was wronged has already died suddenly while being tortured."

Yang Wei felt as if he had been struck by lightning and was speechless. He did not expect that the victims of [-]% of unjust cases would end up even more miserable.

Cai Jing sneered and said: "Cai admits that there will be unjust cases under the three trees. However, those criminals are all cunning people. If they are not severely punished, they will not admit it at all. Under this condition, it will be impossible to judge the case."

Other officials nodded one after another. No criminal would take the initiative to admit his crime. If he was not punished severely, there would probably be countless unsolved cases!The harm will be great.

Su Dun sneered and said: "Su once heard: Punishing a doctor is not good enough. Confucius said, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Since even the scholar-officials are not willing to be tortured, we are taking the initiative to torture to extract confessions, even if we risk being wronged." The risk of false and wrong convictions. Wouldn’t this be contrary to the teachings of the saints?”

All the officials were immediately speechless!

They did not expect that Su Dun would refute him with the words "The Punishment Is Not Good for a Doctor" and Confucius' remarks.

Lu Dafang said disapprovingly: "We are scholar-bureaucrats with noble moral character, how can we be confused with criminals?"

Many officials immediately laughed and sneered at Su Dun's remarks.

Su Dun angrily rebuked: "The people who wronged you know more about how wronged you are than you do. Those officials who create unjust cases in high courts are even more evil. Extorting confessions through torture will only allow unjust, false and wrongful cases to be repeatedly banned." "If the punishment is not severe, Waiting will allow more criminals to escape punishment, which will be more harmful." Zhang Dun retorted.

Suddenly, the court was divided into two factions. Some people agreed to abolish torture to extract confessions and reduce the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongful convictions. More officials agreed to torture to extract confessions, which would allow more criminals to be punished and reduce the harm to society. , even if it results in some unjust, false and wrongful convictions.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but frown. As an emperor, he neither wanted to see unjust, false or wrongful cases happen, nor was he willing to let the criminals go and endanger the rule of the Song Dynasty. For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma.

Fan Zheng saw this and said loudly: "I'd like to inform the officials that I have a compromise strategy that can solve the dilemma."

"A compromise!"

Suddenly everyone in the court turned their attention to Fan Zheng. Although Fan Zheng usually likes to use evil prescriptions, he can always cure his illnesses. Perhaps he can find a solution to both problems.

"First of all, according to the current case-solving techniques, if you want to rely entirely on evidence to solve the case, even if Su Tongsuan solves the case himself, it will be difficult to get the suspect to plead guilty!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"What Fan Taicheng said is true!"

All the officials praised him, it was the first time they saw Fan Zheng so pleasing to the eye.

Su Dun frowned but did not interrupt Fan Zheng. After all, as Fan Zheng said, even he could not make the criminal confess unless the evidence was conclusive.Sometimes fingerprinting methods and psychological profiling are useful, but as time goes by, some criminals with a strong anti-detection awareness begin to intentionally erase their fingerprints, which makes it more difficult to solve crimes.

"Although it is impossible to abolish torture now, torture that can cause death and maiming people to extract confessions must be abolished. Many tortures in prisons must disappear, and even caning and flogging that leave damage to the body must be abolished. "Fan Zheng said seriously.

"Ah! By abolishing these criminal laws, how can we make those cunning criminals plead guilty and punished!"

All the officials couldn't help but express their dissatisfaction. In their view, abolishing these punishments was simply condoning crime.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Fan is a doctor, so he naturally knows the limits of the human body. As long as you follow Fan's method, it will not harm the human body. At the same time, it can replace torture and make criminals plead guilty and punished!"

"Seriously?" Bai Guan said half-convinced.

Fan Zheng nodded and performed the famous memory resuscitation technique one by one.

"There is still such a method in the world?" Cai Jing looked at Fan Zheng suspiciously.

This is not because Fan Zheng is cruel, but because there is very little evidence for handling cases in this era. Many cases are solved almost by torture to extract confessions. Compared with whipping, tiger bench, soldering iron, cane torture, and torture that can easily cause disability of both hands, they have no effect on the human body. The big memory resuscitation technique that obviously hurts is already the greatest mercy.

Su Song nodded and said: "What Fan Taicheng said is true. This method is indeed feasible. Torture also requires the human body to endure the pain to the limit before confessing, but it can easily cause harm to the human body. Although this method is the same, it is harmful to the human body." It doesn’t hurt much.”

With Su Song's guarantee, the officials nodded slightly. What they wanted was a confession from the criminal. If there was a more suitable method, that would be great. After all, torture would not be good for their reputation.

Su Dun frowned and said: "Although this method has no external injuries, it still does not lose the essence of torture to extract confessions, and unjust, false and wrongful convictions will still occur."

In Su Dun's view, as long as there is torture to extract confessions, there will definitely be people who can't bear it, and in order to solve the case, the people handling the case will try their best to get them to confess, and then there will definitely be unjust cases.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "What Su Tong said is true. If this is the case, unjust, false and wrongful cases will indeed occur, so the targets of punishment must be limited. Only suspects who have evidence to point to but do not confess can be used." .”

Su Dun said firmly: "It is still difficult to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions!"

Fan Zheng thought for a while and said: "If you want to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions as much as possible, you must hold officials accountable. If there are officials who ignore the evidence and torture to extract confessions, resulting in unjust, false and wrongful convictions, if it is found out in the future, the officials will be held accountable. Or if torture causes physical injuries to the prisoner, the officials will be held accountable."

"Accountability!"

Baiguan frowned. When will officials who handle cases and torture criminals need to be held accountable?

"I think it's okay. This method can make officials afraid of using lynching indiscriminately and avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions." Zhao Xu suddenly said in support.

Naturally, he did not want unjust, false and wrongful cases to occur in the Song Dynasty, so it would not be a bad thing for officials to be wary.

After hearing the official's decree, all the officials couldn't help but sigh. Compared with Su Dun's radical reform strategy, Fan Zheng's compromise method was not unacceptable.

However, Su Dun still refused to give up and said: "Having said that, if the case was truly unjust, false or wrong, wouldn't it mean that he suffered an unfair injustice?"

Fan Zheng solemnly said: "It is impossible for every case in this world to be absolutely fair. There may be unjust, false and wrong cases, and criminals may escape punishment. The most important thing for Legalists is to find a balance among them. Although enemies and wrong cases are inevitable, But under the new punishment, even if he is forced to suffer injustice, his body will not be seriously damaged, he will still have a chance to survive in the future, and he will not become disabled like torture."

"But…………."

Su Dun argued again, but was interrupted by Fan Zheng: "This is already the limit of the imperial court. If we really want to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions and let the real criminals escape, then Legalists should increase the means of solving crimes and strive not to unjustly accuse a good person." , and don’t let a bad person go.”

"Don't wrongly accuse a good person, and don't let a bad person go." Su Dun was shocked and suddenly thought deeply.

"As for those who have suffered unjust injustice, I am afraid that it will never be avoided, but it is not impossible to make up for it. Under the new type of punishment, their bodies are not damaged, and they can live a normal life after their grievances are washed away. The court can imprison them according to their According to the income of normal people in Kaifeng City, the state will compensate him for the length of time, restore his reputation, and eliminate his grievances as much as possible." Fan Zheng finally said.

"State compensation!"

In an instant, the eyes of all the officials in the court lit up. Business in the Song Dynasty was prosperous. If money could be used to solve everything, everything would be easy. Fan Zheng's proposal of compensation for the National Training Institute can be said to have won the hearts of all officials.

"I agree with Fan Taicheng's strategy." Su Song was the first to support.

The other officials were also silent. Fan Zheng's new criminal law that would not cause death or disability, holding officials accountable, and state compensation were not compromises. They were just another evil recipe.

"I have no objection!" All the officials nodded.

"Wei Chen agrees!"

Su Dun finally admitted that compared with the current extremely tragic unjust, false and wrongful cases, Fan Zheng's evil method could be said to be perfect.

"allow!"

Seeing that the court reached an agreement, Zhao Xu waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)