I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 246 The imperial prison has become Huo Xian's private prison! ? (seeking subscription)

There are many prisons in Chang'an City, which are managed by different government offices and used to detain prisoners of different identities.

Yongxiang, Baogong and Violence Room are specially used to detain the guilty women in the palace; Jamsil is used to detain people who have undergone castration; Beijun’s room is specially used to detain criminal generals.

In addition, the three auxiliary government offices also have the tiger's den dungeon for criminals and the county prison for common criminals...

Being locked up in different prisons also reflects the identities of different prisoners.

In addition to these "national" prisons managed by the government, in the dark and invisible corners of Chang'an City, there are also many "prisons" of rich families and wealthy families, which are used to detain people who have offended them.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Chang'an is a big prison.

There are so many prisons, and how many prisoners are locked in them, I am afraid that even Huo Guang, who knows the Han Empire best, can't tell.

Among these many prisons, the most famous one is the Imperial Prison under the direct jurisdiction of Ting Wei.

The detainees in imperial prisons were either arrested directly by the imperial edict, or they were arrested by Tingwei for committing the crime of deceiving the emperor, or they were criminals who committed heinous crimes.

After entering the imperial prison, it is a trivial matter to be sentenced to five punishments. Maybe the whole family will be implicated, and one will die.

However, entering the imperial prison does not mean that there is no life.

Sometimes the emperor issued an edict in the court to imprison the courtiers in the edict prison, and it was probably just a moment of anger.

When the emperor's anger dissipated, he might use another reason to release him, and he could even still have a place in the court.

If you are ordered to go to prison, you will go to prison; if you are asked to go back to the court, you will go back to the court.

This prison is also the embodiment of the power of the emperor.

Therefore, the most miserable people are not those who were arrested and sent to prison by the emperor, but those who were implicated in prison.

Maybe the main criminal has been released and the scenery has been restored, but the accessory is still waiting to die in the imperial prison.

And the Huang Ba that Liu He came to the prison to fish today was the one who was implicated.

It was none other than Xia Housheng, who was studying behind closed doors, who implicated him in the Imperial Prison.

Huang Ba studied the "Book of History" with Xia Housheng, and at the same time intensively studied the law, insisting that the big and small affairs in the government should be handled according to the laws of the Han Dynasty.

A few years ago, Huang Ba was promoted to Ting Weicheng, who was ranked as Qianshi. He enforced the law impartially and never favored others when handling cases, and handled many unjust, false and wrong cases.

Although the words must be called the law of the Han Dynasty, he is not a cruel official, but is called a follower by the people.

The reason is that when he tried cases, he always deliberately favored the people on the weak side.

Preferring to the powerless and powerless people will inevitably offend some dignitaries who oppress the people.

Many colleagues advised him to restrain himself and stay away from the common people everywhere, but Huang Ba remained unmoved and continued to go his own way, and naturally more and more people hated him.

A month ago, Xia Housheng was imprisoned for disrespecting Emperor Xiaowu because he lost his ceremonies in the palace.Out of public interest, Huang Ba wrote a letter to intercede for Xia Housheng.

Unexpectedly, his Shangzuo was left in the Shangshu Office and presented to Liu He.

What's more serious is that those officials who had been offended by Huang Ba jointly filed a petition, slandering Huang Ba and Xia Housheng as the same party, and disrespecting Emperor Xiaowu.

In the end, Huang Ba was sent to prison.

I don't know whether it was negligence or ignorance, Xia Housheng redeemed the rest of the people who were imprisoned because of the temple name, but slightly missed Huang Ba.

So a few days ago, when Liu He heard that Huang Ba was still in prison, he was still taken aback.

Being able to enforce the law impartially, and being able to properly favor the common people, being reasonable, is what Liu He needs at this time.

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The emperor Che Zhan came all the way to the outside of the prison, and the prison order who hastily got the news came out with a group of officials.

The imperial edict was named Zhang Zhen, a 50-year-old official.

Liu He had someone check him in advance. He is a hardcore Huo party, so it would be annoying.

This person became the prison chief of the county prison under Jing Zhaoyin's jurisdiction at the age of 40. His official career is not to say dim, but it must not be bright.

Later, this person didn't know how he got into the Huo family's relationship, and by doing things for Huo Xian, he helped Huo Xian's mother and son deal with many unloved people, and then he became the prison order with a rank of a thousand stones.

Many people secretly rumored that this imperial prison was Huo Xian's private prison.

Although he has climbed to the position of the prison order, the minister Zhang Zhen is now 50 years old, and there is no possibility of promotion.

Today, when I suddenly heard that the Son of Heaven came to make an inspection tour, he naturally came out to greet him immediately—the Son of Heaven might be able to do what Huo Xian could not do.

Liu He entered the courtyard silently, and saw a group of subordinate officials bowing down.

Counting casually, the number of people was as many as dozens, and even some small fighting officials came.

Without the order of the prison order, they would never dare to join in the fun. It seems that Zhang Zhen wanted to make the scene bigger, so as to please the emperor.

There is nothing wrong with catering to the above wishes, but it is unforgivable to neglect political affairs.

What's more, he is still a Huo party who only knows how to drill.

If you want to show the flag overnight, it may be too late.

After seeing the ceremony, Liu He was rather displeased, and wanted to give that flattering Zhang Zhen a blow.

Therefore, Liu He did not speak, looked at the subordinate officials coldly, and said after a while: "Your ministers are busy with government affairs, so I will not delay your work, let's go."

Zhang Zhen never had a chance to meet the emperor, let alone these officials.

And the edict prison is not like other government offices, the emperors of all dynasties rarely come here once, so naturally everyone wants to make a good impression in front of the emperor today.

But the emperor had spoken, so how could he not leave?
After hesitating for a while, he bowed to the emperor again, and then dispersed in embarrassment.

After a while, there were only two people left in the courtyard, one was Zhang Zhen, the imperial edict, and the other was Chen Xiu, the imperial eunuch.

Zhang Zhen was eager to try, and really wanted to come up and have a few words with the emperor, but Liu He didn't buy into him, and said directly: "Chen Xiu left a reply, you can also step back."

Although unwilling, Zhang Zhen was helpless. He glanced at Chen Xiu jealously, saluted, and withdrew respectfully.

If this prison order is a solid person, then Liu He will keep him for a while, so it seems that he will be replaced sooner or later.

After all the people left, Liu He motioned for Chen Xiu to come over.

Other than the two of them here, there are only Yu Wuyou and the four silent Changyi Langs.

"Chen Qing, I haven't seen you for several months, how have you been?" Liu He asked with a smile, completely different from the indifferent look he had just faced the imperial edict.

"Thank you for your majesty's concern, my minister is well."

"How many officials are there in the Imperial Prison?"

"There are 15 subordinate officials with 30 shi and above, 60 subordinate officials with 200 shi and above, [-] small officials with fighting food, and [-] dead."

"How many prisoners are there in the prison?"

"450 male prisoners and 120 female prisoners."

The entire Imperial Prison is not much bigger than the Lieutenant's Mansion in Changyi Kingdom.

The front yard is the punishment room, the Cao Cao, and a small prison temple, the middle yard is the main hall, and the back yard is densely packed cells—different from the front and back houses of other government offices, the back house is given over to the prisoners. Yes, after all, they are the regular customers here.

Listening to Chen Xiu's familiar words, Liu He nodded silently.

This Changyi vassal is good, and it's time to straighten him up.

"That's right, I came to the prison today, first to see you, and second, to see a prisoner, this prisoner is called Huang Ba."

"Huang Ba, it has been a month since he was imprisoned in Cell A No. [-]."

"Has anyone seen him?"

"The case has not been closed, so relatives cannot visit, so no one has ever visited."

Xia Housheng had been pondering over the half volume of "The Analects of Confucius" at home for a month, and this Huang Ba was still in prison waiting for the sentence of Tingwei.

What a weird thing.

"Xia Housheng was released from prison, didn't he come to redeem his sentence?"

Chen Xiu's expression was troubled, as if he had something to hide.

"Is there anything you can't say in front of me?" Liu He asked with a sullen expression on his face.

Chen modified his appearance, and hurriedly confessed: "It seems that Huo Xian, the wife of the general, is saying that she wants to give Huang Ba a heavy sentence. He has not been sentenced, so he cannot be ransomed."

The sullen look on Liu He's face became darker and darker.This Huo Xian, the management is too lenient, the emperor's imperial prison is really Huo Xian's private prison.

(End of this chapter)