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Generally speaking, major and difficult cases in the counties and states are reported to the Tingwei Temple for resolution, and in addition, the emperor will also hand over special cases to the Tingwei to deal with.

For example, when Emperor Xiaowen was traveling in a car, when he crossed the Zhongwei Bridge, a person walked under the bridge, so that the horse of the Son of Heaven was frightened. After this person was arrested, he was handed over to the court lieutenant to deal with.

At that time, the court lieutenant was Zhang Shizhi. Because of this case, it left a classic dialogue between the monarch and the minister.

-- Zhang Shizhi questioned the person arrested in this case, and the person also pleaded guilty and replied honestly: "The county people came, smelled it, and hid under the bridge." For a long time, I thought that I had passed, and when I went out, I saw the car riding, that is, I went to the ear. ”

-- Zhang Shizhi reported this: "This person commits a crime and should be fined." Such a light punishment, of course, Emperor Xiaowen was very dissatisfied, and said angrily: "This person is personally shocking my horse, Ma Lai is gentle and gentle, so that it is not defeated and hurts me?" And Tingwei deserves a fine! ”

-- Zhang Shizhi explained: "The Dharma, the Son of Heaven and the public of the world. This is the case with the law today, and what is even more important is that the law does not believe in the people. And when the time comes, the envoy will punish him. Now that he has been under the court captain, the court captain, the peace of the world, one tilt, the world's usage is all important, and the people's security is wrong? Only His Majesty observes it. ”

-- Emperor Xiaowen thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed with Zhang Shizhi's explanation.

Although he is the highest-ranking criminal officer and the "peace of the world", not all the prisons in the world really have to be reported to the court captain. Not to mention the counties, even within the Jingshi, it is also divided and ruled by the three auxiliaries. Generally speaking, in the outer prison, the county is the lord of the order, the Hou kingdom is the master of the history of the beginning, and then belongs to the phase. The three assistants and the order-abiding and each other have the right to kill. Not to mention that there are prime ministers, imperial historians, and secretaries who can be imprisoned. Moreover, the emperor would also appoint envoys to directly administer the prison, that is, the "edict".

Other official prisons in the central capital can also be divided into one point, whether it is an edict prison, and the Tingwei prison itself is an edict prison.

Since it is an edict prison, it is different from ordinary prisons, there are no strict time regulations for case examinations, interrogations, and reports, and they often depend on the situation, and moreover, after all, Tingwei Prison is a subordinate of Jiuqing, and the people who will be tied to this prison are not high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and they need to go through the cumbersome process of "miscellaneous treatment" and "miscellaneous discussion" before they can be convicted, that is, the case is serious, the relationship is complex, and all kinds of people are involved, so it needs to be arrested and pursued, and it naturally takes more time. Of course, such as the prisoner's refusal to confess and confess, or the emperor's delay in reporting the conviction is not uncommon, so it is not uncommon for "protracted indecision" to be uncommon.

For example, Wei Xiang, who is now imprisoned in Tingwei Prison.

-- Because he was accused of being a thief and killed innocently, he had a boss in the matter, and he didn't wait for a formal handling opinion, because the people under his rule were too enthusiastic to intercede, and he angered Huo Guang, who was already dissatisfied with him......

- Prison Captain!

Fortunately, it was only the lower court lieutenant prison.

……

Wei Xiang also understood that he looked dangerous this time, but after all, Huo Guang was not a cool official, nor was he a tyrannical person, and he would not really want to put people to death because of a momentary mood, so on the way from Henan to Beijing, he not only thought of a good way to deal with it, but also asked the house slaves who traveled all the way to send a letter to his wife at home, and asked his wife to come forward and visit a few officials in Beijing who had a good relationship with him, and finally got a letter.

-- The general has not yet been convicted.

When he arrived in Jingshi, the house slave passed the word, and Wei Xiang realized that he had made a big mistake.

-- First of all, the people of Henan gathered in Guguan to invite him to enter Beijing, which was also a common practice and was nothing, but the Henan pawn who was the official of the military center stopped Huo Guang's car again......

-- I can't say that Henan did something wrong, it's just that the two things are together......

――What other impression can Huo Guang have of him besides disgust?

Wei Xiang could only admit that he was unlucky.

Because of this, Wei was very uneasy about his future.

- But......

-- It made Huo Guang tired of ......

- Does he have a future?

Although he also knew the news that he might be pardoned, Wei Xiang's frustration and disappointment did not disappear until Bingji came to see him in prison.

Bingji was a court lieutenant eunuch, and now he is a doctor of Guanglu and a close confidant of Huo Guang, if he wants to enter the court lieutenant prison to visit a person, as long as that person is not a great rebellion, the court lieutenant will naturally not hinder him.

Bingji was also familiar with Tingwei Prison, and after asking Wei Xiang's cell, he didn't want the jailer to accompany him, so he asked for a lantern and went in alone.

The little officials who could stay in Tingwei Prison naturally had eyes, and when they saw Bingji's posture, they all stopped with great eyes and waited outside the prison.

Like other official prisons, it was always dark inside, with a few lights hanging sporadically for lighting. Bingji walked very carefully, although he was familiar with the situation in prison, but after all, he did not come for a long time, and from time to time he had to stop to identify the specific location of the cell. However, along the way, I finally didn't miss it.

Standing outside Wei Xiang's cell, looking at the haggard figure sitting inside, Bingji raised his eyebrows, then put down the lamp and called: "Is the weak Weng An?" ”

After being in prison for a year, Wei Xiang's reaction was more than a little slower, and the first person to recognize Bingji was the big slave who came to serve Wei Xiang in prison.

"Doctor Guanglu." The Wei family hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

At that time, the Wei family also went to Bingji's house for Wei Xiang's case.

Wei Xiang stood up at this time, looked up at Bingji, who was standing with his hands outside the wooden fence, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Shaoqing."

Prison is not cheap, Bingji replied, looked at the cell, confirmed that Wei Xiang was not punished in prison, and then looked at his strong spirit, but it was difficult to hide his decadent appearance, and couldn't help but shake his head: "Wei Jun ......"

"How can the ancient gentleman be like him?" In terms of the positive color of Bingji.

Wei Xiang couldn't help but be awe-struck, and then his face was ashamed.

What Bingji said was actually a question that Chen Zi asked Mencius in the past.

-- Mencius said: "What you do is three, and what you go to is three." Greet it with courtesy; Words will be done in their words, and they will be done. The politeness is not diminished, and the words and deeds are also gone. Secondly, although they did not do what they said, they greeted them with courtesy. If the politeness is declining, it will be gone. When he heard this, he said, 'I can't walk in his way, and I can't go out of my land by hunger.' 'Zhou, you can also accept it, so as not to die. ”

-- Mencius said: "Shun is raised in the acres, Fu Shuo is lifted between the plates, the rubber is lifted in the fish and salt, Guan Yiwu is lifted in the scholars, Sun Shu Ao is lifted in the sea, and Baili Xi is lifted in the city." Therefore, the heavens will descend on people, and they must first strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and benefit from what they cannot. People are permanent, and then they can change; Trapped in the heart, balanced in the mind, and then done; It is in the color, in the sound, and then in the metaphor. If you enter, you will not be able to go home, and if you go out, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will die. Then he was born in sorrow and died in peace. ”

-- Mencius said: "Teaching is also a lot of skill, and those who give disdain to teach are only teaching." ”

Wei Xiang and Bingji are both proficient in scriptures, how can Wei Xiang not understand Bingji's meaning.

-- Actually, it was to persuade him.

Therefore, the heavens will descend on man, and he must first strain his heart and bones, starve his body and skin, empty his body, and act disorderly, so he will be tempted to endure and benefit what he cannot.

Wei Xiang lifted his spirits, and then sighed again: "Ancient gentleman? ”

Bingji was stunned, and then couldn't help but say: "There is no king in March, and the weak emperor is the emperor?" ”

The Q&A between the two is also from "Mencius"

――Zhou Xiao asked: "The ancient gentleman is who?" ”

-- Mencius said: "Shi." It is said: 'If Confucius has no king in March, the emperor will be like him, and he will carry quality when he goes out of Xinjiang. Gong Mingyi said: "The ancients had no king in March, so they were hanged." ’”

Although Bingji's words are allusive, they say that Wei Xiang is so decadent because he has lost his official position and can no longer serve the king......

Wei Xiang was stunned, but he couldn't help laughing, and only replied after laughing: "Why March?!" Do you want to hang it? ”

-- Why did he go to prison like this, didn't Bingji come to comfort him?

Bingji smiled, but he didn't deny it, paced again, looked at Wei Xiang's cells left and right, and saw that they were all vacant, so he walked back to Wei Xiang's cell.

After all, Wei Xiang is 2,000 stones, and the cell he is in is considered to be of high standard, otherwise, his family's slaves and maids will not be able to enter.

-- The most important thing in this kind of cell is to be quiet, and of course, to prevent sinners from colluding in prison.

Seeing Bingji like this, Wei Xiang's heart moved.

――Isn't there any good news?

Bingji is a person, Wei Xiang understands, he is a good person, he has a good heart, but he also has a lot of skills, and he has a wider network.

The two have known each other for many years and have a good relationship, but it is definitely not a lifelong friendship. Despite this, when the Wei family begged to come to the door, Bingji did not shirk, but he did not respond to all, but just said that he would inquire about the news on his behalf and try his best to help. The Wei family thought it was a lie, and when Wei Xiang entered the Tingwei Prison and listened to the jailer, they knew that Bingji had come to deal with it before.

In the words of the jailer, if it weren't for Bingji's relationship, the Wei family would have more to deal with, and it might not really make Wei Xiang much more comfortable.

Wei Xiang was grateful to Bingji.

However, later, when the Wei family went to Bingji's house again, Bingji refused to see him, and the meaning revealed made everyone in the Wei family shocked.

-- Bingji's evasion means that there is nothing he can do in Wei Xiang's affairs.

Wei Xiang's decadence is mostly due to this news.

Among the people Wei Xiang knew, Bingji was the closest person to Huo Guang.

――Huo Guang's attitude is what determines everything!

……

- At this moment, Bingji came......

"Do you really want to forgive the world?" Wei Xiang asked.

Bingji nodded: "Yes." ”

-- It's no secret.

Wei Xiang looked at Bingji, and his eyes, which had been gloomy, brightened up a little.

"General......" Wei Xiang was a little nervous.

-- I guess that's good news......

Bingji smiled: "Jun Dangshi." ”

Wei Xiang closed his eyes, but his heart was excited.

-- This is the ...... It's really over!

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In the sixth year of Yuanfeng, summer, pardon the world.

When Wei Xiang was released from prison, he immediately issued an edict ordering him to guard the Maoling order.