Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king
Chapter 867
"That's right, madam doesn't know something. In the early years, there were hundreds or thousands of death row prisoners escorted to Beijing, but less than half of them were actually able to enter Beijing and report to the Ministry of Punishment."
"Why? What about the other half?"
"died."
"Dead? How could this be?"
"In the early years, the imperial court was very strict in rectifying the official administration in the south. The state governments were quite active in clearing up the backlog of cases, and there were many people involved in the case. In this way, the problem of backlogs was solved, but new problems emerged. Unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, so edicts have been issued to various states, and the execution of criminals in various states must be reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment. In order to speed up the trial and close the case, the local officials in the Jiangnan area do not leave a backlog. Therefore, the investigation of many cases is not strict, and most of them are misdemeanors and heavy sentences. For the judgment, the petty official hastily wrote the document and escorted the person to Beijing, and then the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the capital finally finalized the case and passed the responsibility to the imperial court. In this way, many people who should not be convicted were also implicated in prison. The yamen guards work hard, and the prisoners have to suffer even more. Therefore, once the government convicts the prisoner and escorts him to Beijing, the prisoner's family will definitely send some money to the yamen guards for escort, so as to ensure that the prisoner will suffer less on the way. He would beat, scold and abuse prisoners on the way, and would not give them food or water, so more than half of the prisoners died on the way. The officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Civil Affairs also heard about this matter, but they were afraid that reporting this matter would cause too many government officials to be punished. , so they were all concealed, so that the imperial court knew very little about the malpractices, and Mr. Zhang, who was appointed as Youbuque and Jiangnan West Road transfer envoy at that time, found the Jiangnan area, especially Nanjian, Jianchang, and Qian. There were a lot of criminals escorted to Beijing from the prefecture. After checking the situation, he wrote to the court. His Majesty was very angry and ordered Mr. Zhang to punish the officials in Jiangnan. Supervision and placement were carried out, and there were no punitive measures for the wrong cases reported. Therefore, many officials despised human lives and shirked their responsibilities. Mr. Zhang made a policy for this, and asked the court to appoint officials to review the prisoners who were escorted to Beijing. If an innocent person is implicated, then Yuan Wenguan should be charged with the crime. His Majesty accepted Master Zhang’s advice, and the imperial court immediately issued a strict order. From then on, the officials of the Jiangnan states became more cautious in adjudicating cases and escorted them to Beijing. The number of prisoners has dropped by more than [-]% in one fell swoop.”
"Father" Wei Ling said, "my son heard that elder brother mentioned Mr. Zhang, saying that he was a prime minister."
"Yes, Mr. Zhang was indeed a prime minister. He was a capable official and virtuous minister of our Song Dynasty. But two years ago, Mr. Zhang's mother, Mrs. Jin Guotai, passed away. He went to the court to resign for three years to mourn his mother. He was loyal and filial. .”
"Father, if Mr. Zhang can be the prime minister, he must have read a lot of books, right?"
"Yes, but Ling'er, you may not know that Mr. Zhang was originally a wronged person in Caozhou. He was poor since he was a child and lost his father at the age of three. Your Excellency moved to Luoyang, Mrs. Tai worked as a female celebrity, went to the mountains to cut firewood herself, and gave Mr. Zhang every penny she saved to go to school to buy books. Mrs. Tai worked so hard, but for Mr. Zhang, no matter how tired she was, she would not delay My son had a meal, Master Zhang did not disappoint Mrs. Tai's painstaking efforts, studied hard, and in the ninth year of Emperor Taizu's Kaibao..." Defang paused, "It was also the first year of Taiping Xingguo to win a Jinshi..."
"Why? What about the other half?"
"died."
"Dead? How could this be?"
"In the early years, the imperial court was very strict in rectifying the official administration in the south. The state governments were quite active in clearing up the backlog of cases, and there were many people involved in the case. In this way, the problem of backlogs was solved, but new problems emerged. Unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, so edicts have been issued to various states, and the execution of criminals in various states must be reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment. In order to speed up the trial and close the case, the local officials in the Jiangnan area do not leave a backlog. Therefore, the investigation of many cases is not strict, and most of them are misdemeanors and heavy sentences. For the judgment, the petty official hastily wrote the document and escorted the person to Beijing, and then the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the capital finally finalized the case and passed the responsibility to the imperial court. In this way, many people who should not be convicted were also implicated in prison. The yamen guards work hard, and the prisoners have to suffer even more. Therefore, once the government convicts the prisoner and escorts him to Beijing, the prisoner's family will definitely send some money to the yamen guards for escort, so as to ensure that the prisoner will suffer less on the way. He would beat, scold and abuse prisoners on the way, and would not give them food or water, so more than half of the prisoners died on the way. The officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Civil Affairs also heard about this matter, but they were afraid that reporting this matter would cause too many government officials to be punished. , so they were all concealed, so that the imperial court knew very little about the malpractices, and Mr. Zhang, who was appointed as Youbuque and Jiangnan West Road transfer envoy at that time, found the Jiangnan area, especially Nanjian, Jianchang, and Qian. There were a lot of criminals escorted to Beijing from the prefecture. After checking the situation, he wrote to the court. His Majesty was very angry and ordered Mr. Zhang to punish the officials in Jiangnan. Supervision and placement were carried out, and there were no punitive measures for the wrong cases reported. Therefore, many officials despised human lives and shirked their responsibilities. Mr. Zhang made a policy for this, and asked the court to appoint officials to review the prisoners who were escorted to Beijing. If an innocent person is implicated, then Yuan Wenguan should be charged with the crime. His Majesty accepted Master Zhang’s advice, and the imperial court immediately issued a strict order. From then on, the officials of the Jiangnan states became more cautious in adjudicating cases and escorted them to Beijing. The number of prisoners has dropped by more than [-]% in one fell swoop.”
"Father" Wei Ling said, "my son heard that elder brother mentioned Mr. Zhang, saying that he was a prime minister."
"Yes, Mr. Zhang was indeed a prime minister. He was a capable official and virtuous minister of our Song Dynasty. But two years ago, Mr. Zhang's mother, Mrs. Jin Guotai, passed away. He went to the court to resign for three years to mourn his mother. He was loyal and filial. .”
"Father, if Mr. Zhang can be the prime minister, he must have read a lot of books, right?"
"Yes, but Ling'er, you may not know that Mr. Zhang was originally a wronged person in Caozhou. He was poor since he was a child and lost his father at the age of three. Your Excellency moved to Luoyang, Mrs. Tai worked as a female celebrity, went to the mountains to cut firewood herself, and gave Mr. Zhang every penny she saved to go to school to buy books. Mrs. Tai worked so hard, but for Mr. Zhang, no matter how tired she was, she would not delay My son had a meal, Master Zhang did not disappoint Mrs. Tai's painstaking efforts, studied hard, and in the ninth year of Emperor Taizu's Kaibao..." Defang paused, "It was also the first year of Taiping Xingguo to win a Jinshi..."
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