The Criminal Department and Dali Temple are together, the northern half is the Criminal Department, and the southern half is Dali Temple. The compound of the Criminal Department sits on the west and faces east, and there is no large prison in the southwest and northwest corners of the compound, which are respectively the official prison and the ordinary prison, which are the ordinary prisoners who have committed major cases, and the official prison is the place where the prisoners and their families are kept.

The conditions in the official prison are much better than those in the ordinary prison, and the jailers in the official prison are also polite to the prisoners, this is an experience handed down from ancient times, who knows which court official said today that he would kill his head tomorrow but the official was reinstated? You offended people very much, and after they were released from prison, a casual word could strangle you to death like an ant.

Therefore, the jailers of the official prison are not only very polite to the prisoners, but still respect the lord in the prison, and as long as you have money and want to enjoy something, the jailer will run errands for you.

Xia Xun walked into the official prison accompanied by the servant of the Criminal Department, the inside was very clean, the skylight was opened more, and the air was still fresh, but because many of the prisoners' families were also locked in, the cell was a little overcrowded.

Along the way, the wife cried, the children screamed, and some people scolded, listened carefully, but scolded their own relatives, such as Fang Xiaoru's relatives, Qi Tai's relatives, at this time I didn't remember that they were officials, and the benefits brought by the ascension of a family of old and young chickens and dogs to heaven only remembered that they were tired of their family, and the words were extremely vicious, and there were all kinds of filthy words.

Xia Xun frowned slightly, and Liao Shilang, who was accompanying him, saw that Grandpa Guo was a little displeased, so he hurriedly gave the prison boss a look, and the prison boss immediately roared: "Shut up, be careful of eating whips!" The jailer can be polite to you, you dare to kick your nose in the face, he really dares to clean you up, the psychology of the people who guard the prison all the year round is a little dark, and there are many vicious means to rectify people.

Liao Shilang respectfully accompanied Xia Xun inside, and the further he went, the bigger the officials were detained, and there were fewer and fewer people in each cell, and the cell was much empty.

The people in these cells are different, some people see that the squire of the criminal department is coming, and they seem to be accompanied by a more clamped official, sitting in the cell without speaking, but those eyes have been closely following Xia Xun's movements, and his eyes are full of longing and hope, just hoping that he is here to release him. Some people also rushed to the edge of the fence, grabbed the fence with both hands, and scolded Xia Xun and Liao En: "Dog officials, traitors, you must not die well!" The jailer who followed Xia Xun with his waist down also scolded Grandpa Guo unceremoniously, isn't this death, they whip it, don't look at the cell is a vertical grid, their whipping method has long been practiced, and no matter where you hide, you can whip them screaming.

In some cells, the official in prison clothes didn't look at Fu Xun and Liao En's party, but took a stone and scribbled poems on the wall.

There are a lot of poems on the wall, both old and new, and the whole wall is carved like graffiti in the toilet, and this person still wants to recite poetry, so he can only find some gaps in it, and the words are not too big.

Another person sat upright, watching Xia Xun and Liao En pass, with a calm demeanor and a smile, as if they were enlightened monks, and it was difficult to tell whether they were really indifferent to life and death.

At that time, Xia Xun, the Jiangyang thief, had never seen the Jiangyang thief Xia Xun on the execution ground, but in modern society, when the death row prisoners went to the execution ground, there were also those who were full of indifference and smiling, whether they were really not afraid or pretending to be calm, Xia Xun was also difficult to determine their psychology, and it was even more difficult to speculate about these readers.

People say that prison is the best way to reflect the various states of life, and it seems to be true.

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"Guogong, further back, they are all single cells, Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Lian Zining, Zhuo Jing, and ......"

Xia Xun stood up and gestured to him slightly, Liao En immediately puffed up his chest, looked around, and said loudly: "The prince of Fuguo is ordered by the emperor to come here to visit your lords, although you have been disrespectful and disrespectful to the emperor in the past, but the emperor is magnanimous, as long as you are willing to bow down and confess, the emperor will pardon you ......", Xia Xun raised his hand and stopped Liao En, and said: "The emperor said: Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, tampering with the ancestral system and dividing the clan are the main culprits, and they should be the loss of the country and the displacement of the people in the past four years, the slaughter of the clan, the casualties of the soldiers are responsible, and they will never be forgiven! In addition to these three people, those who are willing to repent will be treated and tolerated by the emperor! ”

Xia Xun directly explained that these three people are bound to die, and it is useless to beg for mercy, this is the first step of differentiation. He wanted to persuade the ministers, but he was afraid that they would be held by Fang Xiaoru and others, and some officials who could win over would not take the step of weak surrender. In order to persuade these officials to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, Xia Xun used his brains on the ground.

He arched his hand to the officials in the cells on the left and right, and said loudly: "My lords, in the past, each was his master, you ate the imperial court Dai Lu, loyal to the emperor, and your loyalty is commendable, and the emperor is not to blame now. The emperor once said that you are all courtiers left by Emperor Taizu, so you should naturally be loyal to the Son of Heaven who was passed on to Emperor Taizu, this is the way of being a minister, and there is nothing wrong with it.

However, Emperor Jianwen grew up in the deep palace, did not understand the world, and was controlled by a few traitorous ministers, and bewitched the monarch, and the adults were also forced to do some wrong things that undermined the ancestral system and hurt the royal family, and the crime was unforgivable and excusable. When today's Zijing was difficult, he raised troops to kill under the city of Jinling, he was in accordance with the ancestral system, the Qing monarch side, and punished the evil and evil, but Emperor Jianwen was ashamed of his sins, and he had no face to face the emperor's uncle, and he committed suicide. For the sake of the country, the emperor will inherit the unification today, as long as you .................."

Xia Xun hadn't finished paving the steps for them, so he heard a sneer: "Clever words, it is difficult to change the fact that the traitors are usurping, we are open-minded, like the wind and the moon, even if you die, you can go down in history, although you are honored!" You will be a traitor, but you will be reviled by all eternity! Xia Xun saw that it was Huang Zicheng who spoke, Xia Xun smiled slightly, and said: "It turned out to be Lord Huang of Taichang Temple, disrespectful and disrespectful." A person, it's not difficult to come up with a bad idea once" The difficult thing is to have a bad idea for a lifetime, such a difficult thing, Lord Huang has done it, and Yang really admires Lord Huang. Huang Zicheng's face was swollen and red like blood, "He threw himself on the side of the fence, pointed at Xia Xun with his halberd, and said angrily: "You...... Dare to insult the old man ......"

Xia Xun dusted off his robe and said disdainfully: "Light wind and fog moon? You deserve it too! Cao Guogong's army defeated Beiping City, which one covered up for him and deceived Jianwen, so that he was guilty and rewarded heavily? It's you, the emperor, why are you doing this? Is it for the country of Jianwen or the righteousness of the world? It's not for your own future! I'm afraid you know that you will die, for the sake of the name behind you, so pretentious! ”

Huang Zicheng was so angry that he wanted to explode, but this matter was just because he couldn't refute the stain, and he choked for a while, and Fang Xiaoru in the opposite cell said in a deep voice: "Small is not hindered by the big festival!" Since ancient times, there have often been long and long successes, and the national code of ethics is often "how can it be disorderly?" What we do, for the country and the people, with a clear conscience! If you can hold on to this, what is a little flawed? Xia Xun turned his head and looked at Fang Xiaoru and asked, "Then may I ask Master Fang, "What ethics are often related to the fortunes of the country and the people's livelihood?" Fang Xiaoru Zhenhuan said: "The royal family is orthodox!" Xia Xun smiled faintly: "It's just to marry Xianmang first and have the first child!" ”

Fang Xiaoru said sharply: "This is the will of heaven, this is the way of heaven!" ”

Xia Xun said: "Providence? Speaking of providence, providence made His Royal Highness King Yan the emperor! Doesn't your bachelor advocate the ancient etiquette system, you can also select talents and appoint people when you get on the bus, Zen let the world, whether you are a good emperor or not, it depends on what he can do to the country and the people of Limin! Jianwen is a huge country, but he can't compete with a corner of Beiping, what virtue can he have? Fang Xiaoru arched his hand and said disdainfully: "The emperor is benevolent and filial, how can he be compared to a thief?" Xia Xun sighed and said: "Zhiren and filial piety, my ears are about to give birth to cocoons when I hear this sentence, but I want to break my head, and I haven't thought of all the things in Jianwen Yuji in the past four years, where is the benevolence!" Where is filial piety? Could it be that once he ascended the throne, forbidding the prince to run for funeral is filial piety? Could it be that he was punished without guilt, imprisoned the king of Qi, the king of Zhou, and the king of Dai, and forced the king of Xiang to death, is benevolence?

Benevolence and filial piety are good emperors? According to what you Lord Fang said, a filial piety can be an emperor, but can he manage a country well? If the Ming Jun in your eyes is only a noble Tao, then the most deserving emperor should be a monk, sweeping the floor without hurting the lives of ants, and cherishing the moth gauze lamp, isn't it beautiful? ”

Fang Xiaoru roared angrily: "Yan thief is ...... uncle and nephew."

"Come on, can you be reasonable? There is always a cause and effect in everything! Oh, by the way, Master Fang suppresses Buddha and doesn't believe in cause and effect, but you always have to talk about the truth, right? The head of the family has just passed away, and your bones are still cold, and you, the eldest grandson who inherited the family business, have crowded out the uncles of the house, and have done everything possible to take away the property that your grandfather had given them in various names.

That's not all, but to force all the uncles to death, this nephew is benevolent and righteous? Uncle can only wait to be killed, and once he resists, he will be killed by his uncle. Is there any provision in the Da Ming Law that it is benevolent and righteous to use the nephew and uncle to cripple the uncle, and the uncle to resist is to be the uncle and the nephew? Reversing black and white, pointing to the deer as a horse, as for Si! Qi Tai had been sitting cross-legged in the cell, listening to their theories, and when he heard this, he just sighed slightly and closed his eyes gently.

Huang Zicheng said: "This is a state affair, how can it be compared with a family affair, the power of the vassal king, it is not beneficial to the country, for the peace of the world, it must be ......"

Xia Xun also glanced at him, spread his hands and said: "Look, I'll talk to you about state affairs, you tell me about my uncle and nephew, I'll talk to you about family affairs, and you talk to me about state affairs." Okay, if you want to talk about state affairs, let's talk about state affairs. Xia Xun pulled his body back, and said loudly: "Emperor Ming Zuxun": The world is big, and a feudal screen must be built, the country will be defended, and the people will be safe. Now the sons are long. It is advisable to have their own titles and divide the towns into countries. I am not a personal relative, but I follow the system of the ancient sages and kings, and it is a plan for long-term peace and long-term rule. Ladies and gentlemen, this domain was established by Emperor Taizu, and you keep saying that His Royal Highness King Yan has violated the ancestral system, who is violating the ancestral system? Huang Zicheng was just about to speak, Xia Xun said again: "Okay, I won't reason with you about your self-slapping mouth, just according to what you said, the power of the vassal king is not beneficial to the country, and for the long-term stability of the world, it should be cut down." Then I ask you, what is cutting the feudal domain? Xia Xun raised his voice violently, and said in a deep voice: "The feudal domain, the fence, has its own feudal country, self-supporting soldiers, and calls it a domain."

You want military power, the kings hand it over, you want three guards and horses, and the kings also hand it over" This prince is only a prince, and he can no longer be called a vassal king, why do you have to work hard to force each other, not to die or forgive?" In case of misfortune, there will be a disaster of Li Chang and Wu Lubi, King Yan sits on one side, and has been defending the border for a long time, once the ambition grows, the country is bound to be in chaos! Surrendering military power does not mean that he cannot be a party to the disaster! "What if? Once? As long as Zhou Gong sees a prince with ability and prestige, if there are any civil servants and military generals who are respected and have heavy troops, once, in case, there may be a rebellion "With his ability, the world will be in chaos, then regardless of whether he is guilty or not, whether he is guilty or not, whether he has any rebellion, immediately kill him?

No wonder your bachelor Fang is a great Confucian, this kind of earth-shattering knowledge of ghosts and gods really makes me admire it so much! No wonder you were recommended by the local government to enter the court, "Emperor Taizu refused to use you, according to your theory, if you want the world to be too much, then except for the crown prince, the other princes should all be raised, neither teach him martial arts, nor teach him literacy" or strangle them all to death in their lives to prevent future troubles, right? Huang Zicheng rolled his eyes and smiled coldly: "Have we wronged him?" He's the opposite, isn't he? ”

Xia Xun also smiled: "Master Huang, do you still want to be shameless?" His Royal Highness King Yan should bow down and kill, "Just take advantage of your heart, right?" But if His Royal Highness King Yan really bowed his head and was killed, would you be willing to admit that you wronged him? I don't think so, "If King Yan is a loyal minister, then Emperor Jianwen will not become a faint king, and you will not be a traitor?"

Therefore, if His Royal Highness King Yan really bowed down and killed him at the beginning, you would still give him a charge of planning rebellion. It will be written in the history books that your lords are wise and martial, and as soon as you find the back, you will immediately kill the traitors.

When a person dies, he has to leave a thousand years of infamy! Didn't the king of Xiang, who was killed even if he counted s, get such a disposition? What kind of nickname did the most benevolent and filial Emperor Jianwen give his uncle who was forced to die with his own hands! Perverse! ”

Xia Xun's voice was very strong, and later the sound shook the roof tiles, word by word into the hearts of every official, stirring up waves in their hearts, some people couldn't help but reflect on the past four years, what they have been justifying, is it really right?

Fang Xiaoru said in a loud voice: "Let your tongue be canlian, Fang Xiaoru is only loyal to the Tao in his heart, for heaven and earth, for the people, Fang died without regrets!" ”

Xia Xun calmed down, bowed to him slightly, and said, "Master Fang, be loyal to the Tao in your heart, and seek benevolence, it is indeed worthy of respect!" But is it only you who are true to your own way? In the past four years, those soldiers who followed Emperor Yongle from birth to death and never abandoned were not loyal to their way?

If you die, you are the guardian! General Zhang Yu died in a hundred battles, isn't it the way in his heart? Only your Word is the Word? You're the only one who deserves to die? Heaven and Earth Avenue, is it just for you? Why is your word righteousness? Establish a heart for heaven and earth, and establish a life for the people? Do you deserve it! Is this a matter of the country, the nation and the people? You are just standing up for Jianwen, asking for your life for orthodoxy, and dying for your beliefs! The heart of martyrdom is respectable, and its way is really not worth it! Fang Xiaoru was struck by lightning, took two steps back, and couldn't speak for a while.

Xia Xun turned around disdainfully, and said coldly: "Master Fang, on the day the city was broken, there were ministers who died, when Emperor Jianwen **, there were also ministers who died, and there were no you, you who were not relied on by Emperor Jianwen, you were captured at home!"

Huang Bachelor, Qi Shangshu, after the current Holy Emperor, the recruiting ministers who did not go to Beijing such as Wang Shuying, Huang Guan, etc., all committed suicide, and there were no you among them, you disbanded the soldiers and horses, changed your robes, and were arrested on the way to absconding.

If they don't want to die, they don't have to die, those who accuse and submit to Emperor Yongle have been pardoned, and generals like Ping'an and Sheng Yong, who have defeated the Northern Army, can not die, let alone them. And you are the ones who deserve to commit suicide in martyrdom, but you are not dead, so why are you still here to talk to me about righteousness? Xia Xun's words were a bit provocative, listening to the ears of other ministers, his expression was really different, Xia Xun struck while the iron was hot, and called: "Liao Shilang!" Liao En, who was listening to the audience, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The lower official is here, what does the prince have to order?" Xia Xun said: "In addition to Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai, the other officials are invited to come out one by one, let's have a good talk!" Xia Xun quietly watched the expressions of the prison officials, obviously because of his words, some people's attitudes have been loosened, but because of their face, it is difficult to speak in front of everyone. He struck while the iron was hot, and took the officials out one by one for questioning, and there were no other criminals around, so that it would be easy for them to confess their guilt and ask for pardon.

Saving one is a family or even a family, and the merit is immeasurable. As for those who still refuse to let go of their obsessions, he can't care so much, change the dynasty and immortalize, isn't that nonsense!

Xia Xun walked out, and at this time, there was already a crazy roar from the prison cells of the prisoners' families who were closer, and the elders of the clans, close relatives of the prisoners, tried to come up with the elders' factions, shouting hoarsely, and the parents of wives and children were crying and pleading.

Some people want to report Jianwen as soon as they die, and his family may have the same attitude, but this is a minority after all, most of the clan relatives are like drowning people grasping a life-saving straw, and the shouts are deafening, as if there is a riot in the prison, and every sound is shaking the hearts of some people who are still strong-willed.

Immediately afterwards, the family members of the prisoners in the farther cell also understood, and immediately joined in the ranks of begging and persuading their masters, while some family members of Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai, who were clearly announced to be sanctioned, scolded like crazy, seeing their crazy appearance of desperately shaking the fence, if they were released now, they could pounce and bite the whole family to death.

Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng still wanted to express their intentions and call on the officials, but no matter how loud the voice was, it was drowned out by the tsunami-like shouts of the families of these criminals who were in a frenzy.

When Xia Xun walked out of the cell, he quietly instructed Liao En: "Don't worry, wait for half an hour, and then mention someone!" ”！ ~！