In ancient China, although in many legal documents, it was advocated that "there is no doubt about the crime" and that the suspected crime should be forgiven, as recorded in the "Shangshu Da Yu Mo": "The crime is only light, and the merit is doubtful", and "rather than kill the innocent, it is better to lose", which means that the suspected crime should be dealt with lightly, and the innocent person cannot be killed by mistake rather than let the bad guy go. However, in judicial practice, most of the cases of suspected crimes are torture, and the so-called "there is no brave man under the stick", "under the three woods, what can you ask for", and suspected crimes have always prevailed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Qin Dynasty perished, the Legalist doctrine practiced really influenced China for thousands of years, such as the punishment of 黌, 剌, Phi, 劓, castration, are common punishments, and many times, these punishments are no longer judged by the state, but private individuals, that is, those in high positions can also be punished by those who are low. The so-called extrajudicial punishment has two meanings: one is that if the person does not admit guilt and is not convicted, he cannot be sentenced to any punishment, but when the judgment is interrogated, he can be interrogated by torture; the second is what the emperor said in the edict that if the person's crime is only sentenced to death, it is enough to cut off the head according to the law, and the emperor will turn the beheading into a more severe punishment such as five horses and corpses or Ling Chi in order to warn the adulterer and prevent the prisoner's sin from being committed again.

This is the emperor's intention to tell the heir to be cautious, the heir does not know the severity of the punishment, does not know the good and evil of human feelings, if the punishment is right, it is just that, I am afraid that most of the time it will be improper, wronged innocent people, and accidentally hurt the good. Therefore, inform the heir, from now on, you are only allowed to punish according to the laws in the "Great Ming Law" and the "Great Message", and you must not follow my example and hurt others with your own joy and anger. In fact, this edict is also a kind of restraint on the heir, or a constraint on the clan, the so-called five horses that the emperor himself tortured on the rebel ministers to strip the skin and fill the grass, unless there is a great rebellion in the future, it cannot be easily implemented.

Not long after the edict was issued, Zhang Zhaohua dealt with the demons of the White Lotus Sect by crushing bones and scattering ashes, but fortunately, the state department covered up the past, and the day when the edict was issued to Beiping was also after that, so he escaped accountability.

However, this also made Zhang Zhaohua realize that becoming a privileged class is not to do whatever he wants, because there is a higher one that is the ancestral precept pressing on the head, the so-called ancestral law is immutable, and the ancestral law is the law, and the more it continues, the more it will become an iron law of golden rules that cannot be changed.

After the flood in Zhigu, it is obviously the autumn season, but it feels like a spring breeze is blowing in Beiping, this spring breeze makes the relationship between the palace and the envoy Yamen seem to have changed slightly, take the most direct thing, the concubine of Guo Zi, the political envoy of Beiping Zuobu, gave birth to a little son to him, the guests of the 100-day banquet, the lady of the palace also received an invitation, of course, Princess Xu does not need to condescend to Guo Zi's children to congratulate, at this time Guo Zi is the head of a province, but it is just from the rank of the second grade, in the early days of the dynasty, the status of civil officials is actually very low, far from the appearance of the future power, now not to say that it is to fight against the clan, that is, it is impossible to compare with the prince. For example, when the Huagai Hall was given food to the court, the officials, marquis, and first-rank officials sat in the door, the second-rank to fourth-rank officials and the Hanlin Yuan and other officials sat outside the door, and the remaining officials below the fifth rank sat in the Danqi, and there was not even a seat.

But Guo Zi's kindness cannot but be appreciated, this is an olive branch to the palace. What's more, Zhang Zhaohua came to Beiping, and it was the first time to see these official wives, and Mrs. diplomacy was still very important, and she also went with great interest that day, and the princess also sent Ah Wei to take her to recognize people - speaking of which, this is also the last thing Ah Wei did in the palace, because she was going to go out of the palace to get married in the coming year, and the princess didn't say anything to keep it, Zhang Zhaohua knew that as long as she saw Ah Wei, the princess couldn't help but think of Ah Rui who died in Dong'an, which was a thing that everyone regretted, and there was no other way.

When Zhang Zhaohua came back in the evening, he was depressed again, which made Gao Chi very surprised, put down the book and leaned over and asked, "Today's banquet seems to be very boring." ”

"Why is it boring," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Everyone flatters me and flatters me, I sit there, like the stars holding the moon, how can I not be happy!"

"But," Gao Chi said with a smile, "there must be something about this, but there must be something that makes you unhappy." ”

"I just think it's too strange," Zhang Zhaohua turned his body around and said, "This Mrs. Guo is over fifty years old, Lord Guo is also in her fifties, and their sons are also thirty years old, Lord Guo's concubine has a young son, but Mrs. Guo is happier than anyone else - what's going on!"

"I heard that Mrs. Guo is very virtuous," without waiting for Gao Chi to speak, Zhang Zhaohua said in a fit of anger, and said: "It seems that the succession of the Guo family is really more important than anything else, it is not enough to give birth to one, and I got a few women to serve Guo Zi, this time she finally gave birth to one, she is happier than having a son herself!"

"Isn't this what it should be," Gao Chi felt that Zhang Zhaohua was strange: "Although this child is a concubine, since Mrs. Guo has organized a 100-day banquet with great fanfare, that is, she is ready to raise the child under her knees as a son of her own relatives, she is naturally happy." ”

"Is it your own to raise it under your knees?" Zhang Zhaohua said: "This is obviously from other people's stomachs, how can you say that you gave birth to it in a grand manner?"

Gao Chi had no intention of arguing with her, it was a natural thing, and it didn't seem to be the same when he came to Zhang Zhaohua, which was also a strange thing.

What Zhang Zhaohua actually doesn't understand is Mrs. Guo's attitude, she can still see the look of true joy, but it is this kind of sincere joy that makes her feel incredible, if Mrs. Guo is just pretending to be happy on the surface, in fact, she secretly hates this new life, which should be human nature, but Mrs. Guo is obviously not like this.

When the Wang family came to see her a few days later, she also told the Wang family again, but she saw that the Wang family actually looked suspicious, and only then asked: "The family is going to give you a concubine for your brother-"

"If you don't marry a wife, take a concubine first, what is the reason?" Zhang Zhaohua frowned when he heard this.

"It's not Brother Sheng," Wang waved his hand and said, "It's Brother Chang." ”

Zhang Zhaohua was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Good manner, why do you suddenly want to take a concubine!"

"It's been ten years since your sister-in-law got married," Wang frowned and said: "It's not satisfactory in terms of birth and rearing, ten years, but I only gave birth to Xiaobao, and I have two children before and after.

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Zhaohua said angrily: "I already have Xiaobao, and it's bullshit to say that the concubine is for the sake of inheritance!"

"The doctor has seen it, your sister-in-law can't have children anymore," although Wang was stunned by Zhang Zhaohua's look, he still finished his words: "This matter of taking a concubine is her idea." ”

Zhang Zhaohua said in disbelief: "Is that what she meant?"

"We didn't force her, we didn't press her with half a sentence," Wang said: "She brought it up herself, and these days she is running around and running around to make sounds, and she can't stop it, and she is hard-hearted." ”

Taking the initiative to take a concubine, Zhang Zhaohua thought of many possibilities, the pressure of the heir was forced, the virtuous and generous was praised, and the favor or pleasing - but in the final analysis, this noble sentiment is actually unreal, the woman is expressing a gesture at this time, it is really impossible to have her heart, and men still don't have too many illusions about women's minds.

She thought so, and then she sent someone to ask the Zheng family very clearly, and she also received a positive answer, that is, to buy a child who can give birth, and after giving birth to a child, there will be no future, and the person will be sent away, and it will have nothing to do with it from then on.

She herself was very unhappy about this, but this at least solved the doubt in her heart, that is, Mrs. Guo's pure joy was disguised too well, and she really thought it was a kind of happiness from the bottom of her heart.

However, when she saw such heartfelt joy again, it was twelve years later, and on that day twelve years later, her question was truly answered.