This arson case that shocked Chang'an not only destroyed Wang Dazhu's house, but also caused panic in the entire capital, so it alarmed the entire court.

Li Shimin was very angry, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the capital of a country, someone committed such an act, disregarding the law of the country, this is a naked slap in the face.

At the same time, Hongyun Supermarket, Mankouxiang Fast Food Restaurant, and Qianjinfang are all Li Shimin's cash cows, and now they have been ruined, do you think he can not be angry in his heart?

Such a large-scale arson case has no less impact than the "911" incident, and if there was TV news in the Tang Dynasty, it would definitely be the headlines.

Xuanzheng Hall

"It's so rampant, it's just lawless, the capital of a country, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, dares to commit crimes one after another so unscrupulously, and no one has even discovered it, I really don't know when the public security environment in the capital has been so bad." At the meeting that day, Li Shimin was furious.

On the main hall, the officials knelt on the ground, and they were all ministers responsible for the security management of the capital.

The institutions responsible for public security in Datang mainly include Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an County and Wannian County, Jinwuwei and Yushitai, etc., although there are many departments, but their functions are different and the division of labor is different.

Among them, Gyeongzhao Prefecture is the highest administrative body in Chang'an, with Yin and Shaoyin as the chief and deputy governors, responsible for the administrative management and social security of the entire Gyeonggi region.

Due to the complex composition of the personnel of the Beijing division - princesses of the king, the powerful and powerful, the eunuchs and the forbidden army, and the evil young traitors, the so-called "vulgar with five directions, characters confused, and Huarong miscellaneous", so it has been called difficult to govern since ancient times. Chang'an and Wannian County are both Jing County, the county office is located in the city, the two counties are bounded by Zhuque Street, the east is Wannian, the west is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an, respectively responsible for the administrative and public security affairs of their respective districts, "Tang Liudian" volume 30 in the record of the duties of the Jing County Order said, "Widows and widows, care for the orphans and the poor, examine the grievances and pro-prison lawsuits, and know the suffering of the people." The specific official in charge of social security is the county lieutenant, and there are six in Jing County, and the history books often refer to them as thieves.

The left and right Jin Wuwei have the positions of generals, generals, etc., and the "Old Tang Dynasty Book and Official Chronicles" states that its function is: "The law of patrolling the police day and night in the palace and the capital is not violated by the law." The specific patrol task is his subordinate Zhonglang General's Mansion, "Tang Liudian" volume 25 said: "Zhonglang will be in charge of the government, to supervise the left and right six streets in the capital day and night patrol police." Later, he set up a special post of left and right street envoys, which were still subordinate to Jin Wuwei, or filled by General Jin Wu, or filled by other officials, and were in charge of "patrolling the six streets".

Tang Chang'an implemented the fang market system, the whole city was divided into 109 squares, two cities, the fang market is surrounded by walls, open on all sides, closed at dusk and opened in the morning. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, when the square door was closed, the paaging along the street was paging by the horsemen, and then it was changed to 800 drums at dusk and the door was closed, and the drumming was 3000 and the door was opened at two o'clock in the fifth watch. Drums are placed on the left and right streets, and the drums start from the Imperial City, and the drums of the six streets are struck in turn, and then stop after reaching the required number of times. The Tang Dynasty set up Wuhoupu in the Fangjiao and city gates of Chang'an, and each had a different number of soldiers, namely 100 people at the big city gate, 20 people at the small city gate, 30 people from the big shop, and 5 people from the small shop. When the curfew was imposed at night, the street envoys led knights to patrol the streets, and samurai spies were scattered everywhere. Once a public security incident occurs, Wu Houpu will be responsible for arresting, and major events will be played by the street envoy.

Originally, the Imperial Historical Observatory was the highest supervisory body of the state, and since the Imperial Historical Observatory undertook the task of accepting unjust complaints from all over the world and recovering prisoners, it was inevitable that it would have to deal with the petitioners who went to Beijing. In addition, it also has the task of dividing the left and right patrols of the Beijing Division, that is, dividing the capital into different areas, with the left patrol envoy patrolling the city and the right patrol envoy patrolling outside the city, exchanging once a month, and the task is to investigate and deal with illegal things in their respective patrol areas. At the end of the month, they inspected Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, the East and West Disciples' Workshop, Jinwu Prison, County Prison and other departments. The left and right envoys were appointed by the palace attendants, and later, due to their busy affairs, some Gyeonggi County lieutenants were also selected to fill the positions. Regarding the specific tasks of the left and right patrol envoys, there is a detailed record in volume 13 of the "Tang Liudian": "The left descends, the flow stops and disappears, and the demons, the night, the pubo, the theft, the prison lawsuits, the state code of trade and theft, the endowment is not as good as the French style, and so on. If you can't picket and indulge and hide, then measure their severity and sit by the imperial history. "If you can't fulfill your duties, you must be held accountable for the imperial history who served as the patrol envoy.

There is a division of labor between the left and right street envoys and the left and right patrol envoys, the former is mainly responsible for the streets, and the latter is responsible for the squares. Shops were also set up in the east and west markets of Chang'an, and sergeants were stationed to maintain law and order, and the city bureau was responsible for transactions. In addition, if the circumstances of general public security affairs or disputes occur in the fang, the fang is responsible for regulating and handling them, and it does not necessarily alarm the prefectural and county officials. Fang Zheng is in charge of the key to the door of the fang, and has the responsibility of supervising the treacherous wrongdoers.

"Your Majesty, it was a dereliction of duty on the part of the ministers who failed to find these arsonists in time and let them set fire to them everywhere, causing serious consequences, and the ministers deserve to die."

"The subordinates are not strict in supervision, causing the gangsters to set fire to the crime, and the crime deserves death!"

"The ministers are ashamed of Your Majesty, and even more sorry for the people of Chang'an City, please punish Your Majesty severely."

Not to mention anything else, at least the officials of the Tang Dynasty are still responsible and do not pass the buck to each other, which is probably the reason for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period.

Looking at the officials kneeling on the ground, the anger in Li Shimin's heart dropped slightly, the matter has come to this point, it is small to pursue responsibility, and the most important thing is to find the murderer who set the fire as soon as possible.

If this matter is not explained to the people as soon as possible, and the case cannot be solved in the shortest possible time, the prestige of the court will be gone, and the people will be panicked at that time, and the gossip will have to scold the princes in the court.

"Your Majesty, I think that although all of you are responsible, do you want to find the culprit first and settle the grievances of the people?" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that all responsible officials must be severely punished, if it were not for their dereliction of duty and poor supervision, how could such a thing happen?" Wei Zheng stood up and retorted.

Li Shimin looked at the courtiers in the hall with a gloomy face, and asked: "The Shangshu of the Criminal Department, according to my Tang Dynasty law, what crime should these dereliction of duty be?" ”

"Returning to the emperor, according to the law of our dynasty, officials who neglect their duties and fail to supervise, resulting in major cases within their jurisdiction, causing major losses, and causing panic among the people, officials above the third rank will be demoted to three levels and fined for three years, and officials below the third rank and above will be demoted to three levels and fined for three years, and shall not be promoted within three years, and officials below the fifth grade will be exempted from official investigation." Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had to stand up and answer Li Shimin's question.

Regarding the legal punishment for the dereliction of duty of officials in the Tang Dynasty, I did not find out, so I probably wrote it blindly.

(End of chapter)