The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

Li Shimin was a little strange when he saw Qin Tian coming.

"Why did Qin Aiqing suddenly enter the palace?"

"Shengshang, didn't there be a murder in the capital a few days ago, and now, the minister has sorted out the situation of the murder, please take a look."

Hearing that this is the kind of thing, Li Shimin frowned slightly, indeed, a murder is a major event, but for him Li Shimin, it is nothing, he is generally in charge of national affairs, not murders.

Now Qin Tian let himself see the situation of such a murder case, what to do?

However, although Li Shimin was a little puzzled, he still picked it up and looked at it, and after he finished reading it, his brows condensed slightly.

"Qin Aiqing, what do you mean by letting me see this?"

"Shengshang, when the Tang Dynasty first opened the country, it was still a situation of conquest by various countries, for the stability of society, the designation of the law was stricter, but now that the Tang Dynasty has been founded for ten years, it has unified the north and the south, if you still use such a heavy law, I am afraid that there is something inappropriate, this murder case is caused by the punishment is too serious, of course, it is not ruled out that this person has some violent tendencies, but the law, the minister thinks it should really be revised."

Showing Li Shimin the situation of this case was to let Li Shimin consider the revision of the law, but after listening to it, Li Shimin frowned slightly and hesitated.

For a court, the law is very important, and revision is never an overnight thing, the law represents the highest dignity of the entire Tang Dynasty, and it cannot be violated, nor can it be modified at will.

Even if he, Li Shimin, wants to change it, he has to get the consent of different departments in the DPRK and China.

"Qin Aiqing, it's just a case, is it necessary to make a major revision, once the law is revised, it will have a great impact on my Datang."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin paused for a moment and said: "If the reform is more relaxed, some criminals may have to be released from prison early, in case they have evil in their hearts, isn't this harmful to Datang?" ”

In Li Shimin's view, we must not be merciful when dealing with criminals, otherwise if we let them out, they will continue to do evil, and in that case, won't they harm other people?

Qin Tian naturally knew about this situation.

"Holy Lord, the great traitor and evil man, also have a good heart, of course, there are many people who will not repent, but it is not excluded that some people will repent, and now the situation in the Tang Dynasty is that many people who are not enough to be sentenced to death have been sentenced to death, which is a bit too much, so the minister feels that it should be revised."

Speaking of this, Qin Tian glanced up at Li Shimin again, and said: "As the Son of Heaven, the Holy One should have a merciful heart, so that the people will love and respect you even more. ”

Qin Tian knew very well that Li Shimin was a virtuous monarch, but not a benevolent monarch, and in the whole of China, there were only two or three people who could really be called benevolent, and the most famous one was naturally Song Renzong.

But Li Shimin is definitely not.

However, although Li Shimin is not, Qin Tian still hopes that he can be more merciful, the law is lenient, sometimes it is not a bad thing, perhaps, this will make many people feel that the cost of crime is low, but at the same time, it will also give people hope.

Hope is sometimes more important.

Now Li Shimin needs to give hope to the people, and he also needs to show his benevolent side to the people.

Perhaps, he did not exterminate Li Jiancheng's old party, which made many people think that he was benevolent, but these are too far away for the ordinary people of Datang.

Li Shimin looked at Qin Tian, and after a long time, he said, "Let's go, accompany me to the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

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The summer prison was hot and smelly.

As soon as Li Shimin walked in, he couldn't help but want to gag, it was the first time he smelled this smell, which was different from the smell of blood wafting from killing enemies on the battlefield.

The smell of blood is sometimes terrible and pungent, but the smell here is uncomfortable.

The two walked briskly, and Han Xiao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who heard the news, hurriedly greeted them.

"Holy Lord, why are you here?"

"I'm going to take a look at what kind of prisoners are being held in this prison of the Ministry of Punishment."

Hearing this, Han Xiao was a little strange, so dignified, look at what this is doing, what prisoners can be held in the prison, they must all be criminals, and there are not many wronged people.

However, Li Shimin wanted to see it, and Han Xiao didn't dare not let him see it.

"Does the Holy Lord want to see the condemned prisoner, or the light criminal?"

"Death row prisoner." Li Shimin wanted to see what crimes these death row prisoners had committed, Han Xiao didn't feel anything when he heard this, and after he responded, he glanced at Qin Tian, but Qin Tian's expression was calm, so that he couldn't see a clue.

Several people walked along the big cell, the hotter and hotter they went, and the more they walked, the more smelly it became, and inside the cell, there were prisoners shouting loudly that they were wronged, shouting that they wanted to go out, and so on.

The voice was a little noisy, Li Shimin's brows were slightly condensed, and he seemed to be a little displeased, seeing this, Han Xiao was faintly a little uneasy, but he also felt aggrieved, these criminals were all arrested and sentenced according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and few of them were wronged, as prisoners, who didn't cry out for injustice?

Soon, they came to the end of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, where there was a relatively large cell, in which all the prisoners were executed, of course, not major death row prisoners, who would be held elsewhere.

After Li Shimin appeared, the reactions of these death row prisoners were very different from those of other prisoners, the other prisoners were shouting that they were wronged and wanted to get out, but these death row prisoners were very quiet, and everyone's eyes were dim.

Obviously, after they were sentenced to death, they had lost hope for the future, and since sooner or later they were going to die, so why struggle, and what was the use of struggling?

"Open!"

The jailer hurriedly opened the door of the cell, and after Li Shimin came in, the condemned prisoners did not fluctuate much, they just raised their eyes to look at Li Shimin, and now they were half-dead and half-squinting.

Seeing this, Han Xiao frowned slightly, and immediately shouted: "Bold, when you see the Holy One, you still don't bow down?" ”

Li Shimin was wearing a single coat and did not wear the emperor's clothes, so those condemned prisoners didn't know him, but when Han Xiao said this, those condemned prisoners were stunned for a moment, a little incredulous.

"You...... Is it really my Tang Dynasty Emperor? ”

A prisoner asked tentatively, and Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, I am Li Shimin, the son of the Tang Dynasty." ”

At this time, the originally dead and silent cell suddenly became noisy.

"Holy One, I don't want to die, I don't want to die......"

"There are old people in my family, and there are young people in my family, and they still need me to support them, so the Holy God will spare us."

"Holy spare, we don't want to die......"

When Li Shimin's appearance gave them hope, they suddenly seemed to be a different person.

(End of chapter)