The places where prisoners were imprisoned in the counties of the Han Dynasty were not much different from those of other dynasties. In the county and county administrative offices, there are special prisons, which are divided into heavy prisons and ordinary prisoners' prisons. Prisoners in heavy prisons are heavily guarded, and generally have committed capital crimes. The evidence is conclusive, after the pre-trial of the county magistrate closed the case, he was detained here, and the case file was reported to Chang'an for the emperor's imperial approval, and it was decided after the autumn! In ordinary prisons, however, the prisoners are much more lenient, and the prisoners can be disposed of at their discretion, either through hard labor, or with money to atone for their crimes, or even to be released.

Of course, the situation in each county will vary according to the characteristics of each county. In the prison of Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Han Empire, the division of labor was even stricter.

The capital prison is divided into Chang'an Prison and Zhao Prison. Chang'an Prison is certainly not a prison of Chang'an Prefecture, but a prison for serious offenders under the management of the Tingwei Mansion. As for the edict, it is commonly known as the "heavenly prison".

The so-called edict mainly refers to the place where important officials of the imperial court, such as Cheng, Yushi, Jiuqing, and high-ranking officials of more than 2,000 stones, such as the county guard, are guilty and should go to the place where they should be punished. All cases and officials that were "imprisoned" were convicted by the emperor himself, or were directly involved in the administration of the emperor in accordance with the emperor's will.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, the word "edict" could not be used casually. The "edict" system has the most direct connection with the establishment of the emperor system, and its originator is, of course, the emperor Qin Shi Huang.

When the king of Qin unified the six kingdoms and was called the emperor, he ordered the ministers to discuss various names, and formulated that the Son of Heaven should call himself "I", and the Son of Heaven should be called "system", and the order should be "edict". Therefore, as a word with a specific meaning and dedicated to the emperor, "edict" represents the sacredness of the dignity of imperial power.

"Imperial Prison" is such a symbolic place. Most of the people who were caught here were important figures in the imperial court, and once they were imprisoned and could come out alive, they were already burning high incense on their ancestors.

It has been said that the darkest places in the world are palaces and brothels. But if there is one place in a sense that is even darker than these two, it is the prison!

In other places, there may be a little human touch due to the exchange of interests and other reasons, but in prison, human affection is an extremely rare and rare thing.

If there really is a bull-headed horse face in hell that comes to seduce souls, then in the dark prison, those jailers who wait here all the year round are like this.

Especially the jailers in Chang'an Imperial Prison, their cruel methods made the world hear about it. Whether it is the ministers of the court, the princes and nobles, or the generals and local princes, as long as they fall into their hands, they will be skinned if they do not die! There are very few people who can live out of their hands.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, especially after the power struggle and turmoil in the early Han Dynasty, the role of the Han Dynasty Imperial Court and Imperial Prison has become particularly important for the royal family. After all these years of polishing, it has finally become the sharpest knife in the hands of the emperor, and no matter how powerful the powerful minister is, he has no power to parry.

Needless to say, ordinary officials changed their complexions and feared like tigers, and even the important ministers of Jiuqing in the court were appointed as court assistants, and there were not a few people who were arrested and imprisoned by an order. The more famous ones are Xiao He, the founding prime minister of the previous dynasty, and Zhou Bo later.

These two can be said to be famous, and they were both the top figures in the court at that time! But when he was ordered by the emperor to be "imprisoned", he was just like an ordinary person, trembling all day long, and his life was in danger at any time, and he didn't know if he would be clicked by a knife at the next moment. It doesn't matter what kind of prime minister you are in the world or a general who commands millions of troops in all directions, when you get to this small prison, you have to coil on the dragon, and you have to lie down on the tiger! A small jailer can decide your fate at any time.

Therefore, when Zhou Bo, the ancestor of the most famous military family of the Han Dynasty, walked out of the darkness of the Chang'an Imperial Prison, he looked at the light in his eyes as if he had been reborn. "I will taste millions of soldiers, and today I will know the value of the jailer"! What a painful realization. Of course, he was lucky, and his son Zhou Yafu, who was more famous than his exploits and martyrs, was not so lucky as him. As soon as he was imprisoned, he was humiliated and starved to death, and he was never able to come out alive.

Since the predecessors have such a majestic past, there is no need to say how arrogant and domineering the jailers of Chang'an Imperial Prison have been following this atmosphere. Especially today, the power of their immediate superior, the chief officer, Lord Tingwei, has been greatly strengthened, which has made these people have no fear, and treat the prisoners who come in more violently and cruelly than before.

There is a strange phenomenon in prisons throughout the ages, that is, no matter how important the prisoner is, no matter how heinous the crime he committed, the habit of the prison guards asking for "filial piety" has become a common practice. The competent authorities of the imperial court may be powerless after repeated prohibitions, or they may just turn a blind eye, anyway, it has always existed.

Prisoners who know the rules and tastes, obediently accept rich filial piety, although they may not be of much help to the fate they face, but at least they are spared the imminent pain of flesh and skin, and can suffer less sins and avoid the humiliation of these jailers.

However, there are also some iron-clad men who refuse to give in with grievances, and refuse to bow down to these lowly jailers in their eyes, so they don't care about them at all, let alone give them any filial piety. Since you are so ignorant, then I'm sorry, there are ways to deal with such people in prison.

When it comes to torture people, there are all kinds of strange and varied methods in the world, only if you can't do it, you can't think of it, in the Han Dynasty, all kinds of torture methods have long been available. The wisdom of the ancestors is really not boasted in this aspect, no matter how powerful the descendants are, it is only amazing to learn and worship!

Now the warden of Chang'an Imperial Prison is named Zhu Ming, and he is nicknamed "Chasing Life"! No need to ask, just by hearing the name, you know that this is a ruthless character.

Since it can be done in this position, it is not simple. Although nominally he still belongs to the officials, he is still a little short of the official, but the power is huge, and the forces behind it are naturally extremely huge. The court is originally intricately intertwined, everyone is a chess piece, and no one knows which giant hand is manipulating behind this chess piece.

Zhu Ming has been in charge of the edict for ten years, and it can be said that he has covered the sky with one hand on this one-third of an acre, and hundreds of jailers from top to bottom have obeyed him, and every word he has said is immediately executed. Over time, hubris is unavoidable. He has this capital and this ability, because the backer behind him is Lord Tingwei, who is in charge of the laws of the country.

Recently, Chang'an City has not been peaceful, and the Tingwei Mansion has naturally been busy for a while. According to the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor, several parties joined forces to arrest the Jianghu rangers and high-roller masters, and for a time the Chang'an Mansion was full of prisons, and there was no way, after consultation, Lord Tingwei allowed that some of the most important Jianghu figures could be transferred and imprisoned in Chang'an Prison.

The Chang'an Prison, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Tingwei Mansion, is divided into an outer prison and an inner prison, of which the inner prison is what we call the Imperial Prison. After Tingwei's consideration, he put twenty or thirty famous leaders on the rivers and lakes, such as Fan Zhongzi of Chang'an, Zhao Wangsun of Huaili, Gao Gongzi of Changling, Yao brothers of North Shu Province, Yu Gongzi of Southeast Province, Qiu Jing of Northwest Province, etc., all of them were imprisoned.

This time it was an errand that the emperor personally explained at the court meeting, so naturally it was not allowed to be sloppy. It is said that these people will soon set out on a journey to the grasslands of Saibei, where they will be punished with hard labor and build three cities, and they will be the main laborers, and they will suffer and suffer, which is really unlucky.

It is said that this idea was proposed by Yuanzhao, the Marquis of Changle, who led the army to defeat the Huns and obtain the Hetao grassland. These characters are also unlucky. Who ever thought of a good nourishing life, but suddenly he was caught, and he wanted to go to the bitter cold place outside the plug to build that bullshit city! Whenever I think of this, these guys who are in prison and are under strict guard, they hate that Hou Ye named Yuan Zhao to the core, if he appears in front of his eyes, no one will doubt that they will definitely rush up and tear him to pieces.

Maybe God heard their wishes and wanted to give them a chance. Just tonight, they are about to fulfill their wish, and the person that everyone hates will appear in front of them. As for whether it can get its wish, we have to wait and see!

The prison officer in charge of the prison tonight is named Zhu Laoshi. He was a relative of the warden Zhu Ming, so he naturally came in through nepotism. This guy's name is "Honest", but he acts the opposite, not only dishonest, but also very cruel.

At that time, before it was dark, a prisoner was brought in by the guards of the Yulin Army. They didn't explain much, they just said that they were to be detained for the time being, and left without saying much else.

Zhu didn't care too much. This kind of thing happens often, and since he was sent to prison, he must be an important person who has committed a major crime. And such people are generally "fat pigs", and at such a time, they are not slaughtered for nothing. Generally speaking, in order to avoid suffering, they will obediently offer filial piety. Even if he didn't bring it with him, it didn't matter, as long as he wrote down the note, he was naturally not afraid that his family and relatives would repay the debt. The edict has been open for so many years, but I have never met anyone who dares to repay his debts here!

After Zhu Laoshi led people to inspect the circle, it was getting late, so he ordered people to light the lights everywhere, passed through the long passage in the prison, and led a dozen jailers to the prisoner who had just been put in a marginal cell, and shouted at him to come to the rough wooden fence, and the prison masters had something to say to him!

In the dim light, the young prisoner turned around and looked at these fierce and vicious fellows, and there was no fear in his eyes, but he seemed very novel, as if he wanted to study it well, and walked over step by step.