Dia Bird couldn't sleep for two nights in a row.

Since the beginning of the army, he has killed people like numbness, and his hands are bloody, but those are all on the battlefield, and they are rarely used in governing the country, he does not use a butcher's knife, not that he can't, but he doesn't want to, even if he was an enemy. For these enemies, he mostly used to seize family property and slaves, making them commoners, and often said to the people around him: "Lone thinks that they do not want to be enemies with Lone, but just stand opposite Lone, and are against the tide of the times, if they are not tyrannical and cruel to the people, let them reflect on themselves, and live under Lone's governance from now on." ”

Every year he has to pardon a number of such people, even if many ministers think that pardoning will be a hidden danger.

Even, he repeatedly revised the death penalty, and asked the Eastern Xia court to send the list of executed people to him, understand their cases, and only those who were heinous were executed.

Maybe it's because I've seen too many deaths.

Those beings could not sleep for a long time before their eyes, first their bodies were stiff, their faces were pale, and then they were rotting.

He felt that he should give people a chance, and even demoted Zhulian to a shield, a person is guilty, no longer harm relatives, only when there are people in the relatives to shield, the crime of shielding, the upper limit of the crime of shielding, is to stab a thousand miles, ten years of hard labor, in order to realize his own political ideals, he more than once warned the people around him: "Isn't there nothing wrong with people, but there is only one life, if you can repent, wouldn't it be better to repent?" ”

It is precisely because of this attitude that the number of death row prisoners in Dongxia has never exceeded 100 in a year.

This time, it was different, and he lost sleep.

None of these people are the most heinous.

No one is subjectively evil.

They are only fighting for water, and there are many of them, thousands of people are involved, including several generals of the military government, there is a general named Xue Shuang, who is a former warrior of his family, he has known since childhood, and there is a general named Wei Duanhe, who is the distant cousin of Da Da Erhu.

There was an endless stream of intercessors, including Ban Pigskin, Shan Xiaohu's fathers, and important ministers of the Fan family, and everyone said that it was better to kill them like this than to let them die on the battlefield.

But Dongxia is a multi-ethnic country.

There are many contradictions, many ethnic groups, many customs, disputes, and everyone is resorted to force, isn't Dongxia a country that will not be a country, and more people are destined to die in civil strife?

He has reduced the number of people who have committed capital crimes to three, they are three local leaders, and he originally transferred the list to Guo Jia and planned to announce it, but when he woke up, he felt that he was avoiding the important and light, so he repented and asked Guo Jia to be called.

Twenty of them were first convicted of capital crimes.

Then fifteen.

And then ten.

In the end, there were only three left.

Guo Jia saw that there were only three people who had been sentenced to death, and the others would be pardoned one by one, but it was rare to relax, and he fell asleep next to the pillow and had a good night's sleep.

was woken up and said that the king was looking for him, Guo Jia's first reaction was that the king wanted to reduce the death penalty again, so he got up at the moment, thought while walking, and thought in his heart: "I can't let the king be reduced anymore." If he is reduced again, his severity will become empty words, and his prestige will be affected. ”

When we arrived, Dia Bird was having breakfast.

He had a very bad complexion, a scruffy beard, and when he met, he said, "What about the list." Get it back. Let Shi Wenqing convene the people of the three law divisions and then discuss the crime. ”

Guo Jia submitted the list, and then sent someone to call Shi Wenqing, and sat back to dissuade him: "King." It can't be reduced anymore, and if it is reduced again, you will be talking empty words. Intimidation without pain is not intimidation. ”

Dia Bird muttered and repeated, "A threat that does not hurt is not a threat. ”

He gritted his teeth and said, "You're right. ”

He put down the food, asked people to find pen and ink, pressed it on the list, ticked the pen, and ticked the pen again...... kept hooking, Guo Jia poked his head and was taken aback, only to see a blood-red color from front to back, and he hurriedly shouted: "King." King. Dia Bird sneered and said, "What? Are you afraid? ”

sneered in his mouth, but the pen was merciless, Xue Shuang was one, brushing the ground blood red, and further down, there was a string of hooks.

Guo Jia hurriedly went to protect the list and asked rhetorically: "Is the king going to kill it?" ”

Diao slammed his sleeves, dusted off a table of food, and said with a cruel smile: "Forty dead and wounded, and forty will be killed alone." Not only kill forty. But all those who participated in it were all filled into the box. Lonely people will always remember that this is the reverse scale of Dongxia, and whoever dares will die. ”

While speaking, Shi Wenqing came with a few judges.

Hearing this, Shi Wenqing was the first to be shocked and defended loudly: "King." Are you looking for cases from ancient times to the present day? The so-called law does not punish the public, how can there be thousands of cases where all the people are convicted? ”

Dia Bird sneered and said, "The law must punish the people, otherwise what is the law?" Compared to the millions of people in the Eastern Xia Kingdom, where are the people? Maybe you think that Lone's head is hot this morning, and suddenly you want to kill someone, and then your mind will change, so you will delay it, and Lone will change it tomorrow, no, Lone will not change his mind again, and he has repeatedly reduced people before, but Lone has not thought about it, and feels that killing twenty is no different from killing ten, and killing ten is no different from killing five. Lone didn't turn the corner, fell into a misunderstanding, after a few days and nights, Lone thought about it, and made up his mind. ”

Several of the magistrates looked at each other.

A judge suddenly showed a hint of a smile, stepped forward and said, "Great King." There are cases. Tyranny once had the crime of death in a private fight, and executed it brutally. ”

Several other magistrates reminded him: "Tyranny?! Why is Yong called Tyranny? ”

The first magistrate turned around and said sonorously: "You only see that Yong is called a violent Yong, but you don't know how similar the Yong of the year is to today's Xia country, when Yong used the law to Qi Jiaguo, he could destroy the countries and pacify ......the world" Shi Wenqing was furious and scolded: "You shut up for me." ”

Dia Bird asked rhetorically: "Shi Wenqing." Do you want to be lonely and shut up? Or you can bake a few pieces of plaster and make it all paste. ”

Shi Wenqing said sneeringly: "Great King." The monarch has always been ashamed of being associated with tyranny, and the minister is afraid that he will mislead His Majesty. ”

Dia Bird said lightly: "Then let the family finish speaking." ”

The first magistrate said, "Your Majesty." The first reason for Xiaochen's recognition is that the Eastern Xia is similar to the previous Yongguo country, with strong folk customs, mixed hus, and many ethnic groups...... If you can really be ashamed of private fighting and brave in national war, then the soldiers of Dongxia will be the best in the world; The second reason that Xiao Chen agrees with is that Daxia Law has made it clear that private fighting is guilty, whether it is ten, hundred, or thousand, it is guilty, even if it is a million, it is also guilty. The Great Xia Law was issued throughout the country and asked the people to correct their words, and the people thought it was just, can they deny it now? If the king did not repent, would the people be able to repent? ”

His voice was sonorous and powerful, like a flood of bells, and he stunned the people in the room.

Diao's bird demanded, "You go on." ”

The magistrate said, "The minister thinks." It is the duty of the judiciary to uphold the law in hand and convict the guilty, because the case is serious, to avoid misunderstanding by the people, and the famous people of the whole country can be cited for jury. What the king said was not wrong, this time the armed fight killed thirty-two people, seriously injured seventeen, can be sentenced in this way, according to the principle of the murderer's death, after the crime, the number of executions should be equal to it, in order to redress the guilt, as for many accomplices, can be reduced, according to the king's words, full of hooks. I wonder what you think? ”

Shi Wenqing didn't say anything, Guo Jia didn't say anything, and several other judges exchanged words, but they didn't say much.

Dia Bird said slowly: "He's lonely, just do it." After the condemnation of the crime, the dead person should be carried before the person, and the guilty of death should be counted, and he should be ordered to judge himself, and before he died, he must also shout to the lonely: He died a shameful death. ”

Shi Wenqing asked rhetorically: "Who is the sufferer in handling the case like this?" ”

Dia Bird said, "The family is the sufferer. I think the family members will be willing to let those who cause trouble suffer for two years, lest they come out and do not cherish their lives and act arbitrarily and bring pain to their families. ”

Everyone said yes.

But the judge said, "But the high rank is a lord, and I don't know if I can atone for it?" ”

Again, "The higher the position, the higher the title, the more they should distinguish between right and wrong, and they are different from the common people, who do not know the consequences of the fight, but still participate in it." Since it is involved, it is for this reason, because the case is serious, and it should not be exempted if it is not redeemed. Therefore, this is also the basis for your conviction, and the number of deaths should be determined according to the position and title from the highest to the lowest, and if it is commuted, it should be the one who is motivated, and it should be compelled to do it. ”

He asked rhetorically, "Is there one?" It's not that he doesn't understand, as soon as he says that he wants to fight, the higher he is, the more he screams and screams to go up, as if he has a knight, he should be braver than others. ”