The guillotine is done, and the culprit is interrogated and convicted.

As the saying goes, if people are not for themselves, heaven and earth will be destroyed. Le Hou Ye wants to become his own reputation as "Le Qingtian" during his limited tenure as an official, but this vision is very beautiful, but the reality is cruel to Le Hou Ye, because the Northern Song Dynasty has a very complete system, called the "Temporary Punishment Care" system.

During the reign of Zhenzong and Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was an official named Song Xi in Changzhou, who had been an official in Changzhou for ten years, and every time a condemned prisoner was about to be executed, Song Xi would take the verdict and tell the prisoner: "You deserve death for your crimes, and you should call your family to meet each other." "A more sumptuous last meal was also arranged for the death row inmates.

According to historical records, when the sentence was approaching, "the prisoners all bowed and wept". After the prisoners were punished, Song Xi invited monks to "chant and confess" for them. The death row inmates in Changzhou were very grateful for Song Xi's kindness, and said to Song Xi, "If you don't know something, you should be a dog and a horse for Song Fujun to repay his virtue." ”

Not only in the Song Dynasty, this magistrate named Song Xi was also a very sympathetic judge in the world. In fact, what Song Xi implemented was not his own originality, but the "immediate care" system mentioned in the previous book.

According to the legislation of the Song Dynasty, this system of "care for execution" includes seven levels: first, before the execution of death row inmates, "they are still given food and drink", and prisoners are allowed to eat and drink well for their last meal; Second, "listening to relatives' words", prisoners enjoy the right to meet their relatives and say goodbye to their lives before they are sentenced;

3. "Showing the guilt", that is, reading out the prisoner's charges, verdicts, and reasons for judgment (legal basis) in public, and not secretly announcing the verdict; Fourth, "do not cover his mouth", that is, it is forbidden to plug the mouth of a condemned prisoner with something, and he must be allowed to speak; 5. If a condemned prisoner "reverses his confession and complains about injustice", the execution procedure must be stopped, and the execution procedure must be stopped and the sentence must be submitted to the prison department for interrogation" ("Yuanfeng Order").

6. Death row prisoners are generally executed at the time of unclaimed (dusk), "the body is allowed to be retracted", and the corpse is collected and buried by relatives the next day, and the government shall not obstruct it; 7. Death row prisoners who have no relatives or family members shall be given a dignified burial by the government, "all prisoners who die and have no relatives shall be given coffins, and their coffins shall be given in the official land, and their coffins shall be made with official goods, and bricks shall be placed in the circle, and a plaque shall be erected and their names shall be written" ("Heavenly Sacred Order").

As a result, Song Xi's approach was more thoughtful and humane, not only reminding the death row prisoners to "summon their families and make them meet each other", but also invited monks to recite sutras for the executed prisoners. Therefore, we don't have to blame why the death row inmates "wept" at Song Xi, and were willing to "be dogs and horses to repay virtue" in the next life.

I have to mention that although this Song Xi is not conspicuous in the history of the Song Dynasty, but his two sons are very famous in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of his sons is called Song Zhen, who has been the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and is even the first person of the three yuan" (township test, meeting test, and palace test), and his brother Song Qi is also an extraordinary person, who has been an official to the Ministry of Industry, and has co-revised the "New Tang Book" with Ouyang Xiu, and most of the "New Tang Book" was written by Song Qi, and Song Qi is called "Red Apricot Shangshu" with a sentence "Red Apricot Branches Spring Trouble" to amaze colleagues and call it "Red Apricot Shangshu".

Song Zhen and Song Qi have an interesting story, in the second year of Tiansheng in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Qi and his brother Song Zhen were raised together, and the Ministry of Rites planned Song Qi first, Song Zhen third, but Empress Zhang Xian felt that her younger brother could not be ranked in front of her brother, so she set Song Zhen as the first champion, and put Song Qi in the tenth place, known as "Second Song", which is different from size, so it is also known as "double champion".

Of course, the "immediate care" system of death row prisoners in the Song Dynasty did not fall from the sky, but came from the fine legal tradition of China. By the Tang Dynasty at the latest, the government had legislated to establish a system of "care for execution". The "Tang Decree and Prison Officer's Order" stipulates: "All the great crimes shall be punished, and the officials shall give wine and food, listen to the words of relatives, announce the guilt, and be executed before the day (i.e., dusk)"; "If you decide to stay overnight, you will be buried, and if you have relatives, you will also be buried"; "If the prisoners die and have no relatives, the official will give the coffin, bury the coffin in the official land, put the brick inscription in the mound, set up a plaque in the mound, and write their names."

In the chaos of the next five generations, the provincial governments tortured and killed sinners, completely did not abide by the Tang law, and abandoned or mutilated the corpses at will. Judge Zhang Renyan of the Later Tang Dynasty could not bear to see the bodies of death row prisoners being dumped in the wilderness, and suggested that the government should follow the principle of "care for execution" in the Tang Order. The imperial court "from it".

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty's "imminent care" system was inherited, and it was developed more completely, such as the legislation emphasizing that "the mouth and ears of (death row prisoners) shall not be suffocated and blinded", which is equivalent to protecting the right of death row prisoners to "express their grievances before execution" from the law.

In the Tang Dynasty, after Wu Zetian seized Li Tang Jiangshan and established himself in Wu Zhou, he severely punished the law, wantonly slaughtered the loyal ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and prevented the population more than the Sichuan, and once executed the prisoners with a sealed mouth, destroying the system of "saying injustice before execution", and the legislation of the Song Dynasty was a reversal of Wu Zetian's corruption of the legal system.

Behind the "imminent care" of the Great Song Dynasty contains the ancient Chinese judicial concept of "compassionate punishment and careful killing". If Lotte wants to win the name of "Qingtian", it is still a little difficult, and even because he made these three guillotines, one will accidentally become a "cool official" like Zhou Xing and Junchen in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen are deservedly called cool officials, and if they get this title, they will really be wronged.

Moreover, Lotte looked through the files and cases of Dali Temple over the years, and found that the Song Dynasty sentenced two or three thousand prisoners who committed capital crimes to death almost every year, but most of these death row prisoners were often commuted in the end because of amnesty or other reasons, and were not executed. The number of people actually executed each year is less than 100.

And even if the evidence of the crime is conclusive, the prisoner must pay for the crime with his life, after all, it is also a deprivation of a human life. The ancients showed great reverence for the capital punishment of deprivation of life, such as only allowing "beheading after autumn", and could not carry out the punishment for more than half of the year, because the ancients believed that the execution of prisoners in spring and summer violated the virtue of good life.

After all, the Song Dynasty was still a feudal society, and there was still a great conflict between the legal system, the rule of man, and human feelings.

However, Lotte must admit that 1,000 years ago, the Northern Song Dynasty not only established a relatively complete system of "care for those who are subject to punishment," but also legislated that "those who do not obey the law will be treated as violators." It is indeed commendable that the judicial organs that violate the system will encourage the impeachment of Taiwan officials and allow the "bitter family" to sue them. Because, even the Chinese government a thousand years later may not be able to do this.

Dali Temple has accumulated a lot of cases that can be sentenced to death, and there are also many death row prisoners in the prison cell, but most of them are cases of murder or human trafficking by the people, although the crime is extremely heinous, but it is not in the category that can arouse the strong anger of the people, and it is only April now, and there is still a period of time before the autumn frost of the autumn frost of the death row prisoners to the winter solstice.

And Lotte knows that he will marry Maode on June 4, and this Dali Siqing will also do it, if he doesn't do it at this time, these three guillotines are not only cast in vain, but also the name of "Yue Qingtian" I am afraid that I can no longer withstand it.

And if he forcibly beheaded these death row prisoners at this time, firstly, Wang Hao and others would like to make waves to impeach him, and secondly, the name of "Yue Qingtian" is also a little untrue, in fact, he is just a few thieves, and he is far away from Bao Zheng's "dragon head, but the emperor's relatives and relatives, Fengzi and Dragon grandson who committed the crime. Tiger head can be corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and traitors to the country. Dog-headed gentry, can be a local tyrant and a bad gentry, a bully and a scoundrel. "The realm is 108,000 miles away.

"Master Hou, this is the confession of Li Yan, Zhang You, and Du Gongcai, the three of them confessed to the case they committed, please read it."

When Lotte was in trouble, Lord Xu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who was in charge of the right prison of Dali Temple, walked in, followed by two officials, and after taking out the three confessions, he presented a stack of confessions in front of Lotte, and then said: "Hou Ye, this is the confession of the eunuchs Xu Ling minions of the Xicheng Imperial Court under Zisong Gongcai, please take a look at it." ”

Hearing what Dali Temple Shaoqing Lord Xu said, Lotte suddenly had an idea, and then his expression perked, he slapped his hand on the table, and said excitedly: "It's him!" ”

Seeing that Lotte was like a crazy demon, Lord Xu and the two scribes were stunned and looked at Lotte with amazement.

With an excited smile on his face, Lotte commanded: "Lord Xu, if you go to Zhang Bang, it will be that all the relatives of the family who were killed by the cane of Xicheng and the land of the family were occupied by the public land, and all the people of the family invited to this official, and the official wants to be the master with them, give them justice, and return me to the Song Dynasty a bright future." ”

Lord Xu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, tried to ask: "My lord wants to interrogate Yang Jian and the people involved in the case in Xicheng?" ”

"Of course!" Lotte nodded.

Suddenly, Lotte Jue's Li Gang has not returned to Beijing at this time, which is really a good thing for himself, although he and Yang Jian avoid suspicion, but for the title of "Yue Qingtian", he can't take care of it much at the moment.

Immediately, Lotte was full of righteousness and awe-inspiring, and then said: "If it weren't for Yang Jian's doing all the things that hurt the heavens and reason, how could the people be displaced, how could the people in the world be in turmoil, and how could the people be angry and resentful this year, so that there was a great drought in the prefectures and counties around my Biandu, isn't this the sky warning to my Great Song Dynasty, if you don't get rid of such thieves, how long will this natural disaster and man-made disaster last?" ”

"What's wrong with this lord today?" Lord Xu thought to himself, but he didn't dare to refute anything with Lotte, so he had to only talk.

"Yang Zhi!" Lotte called.

Yang Zhi, who was guarding the door, hurriedly entered the house and arched his hand: "What did Master Hou call me for?" ”

"Yan Xiaoyi hasn't left Biandu yet?" Lotte asked.

Yang Zhi hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the Hou Ye, you haven't left yet!" ”

"You go to find Yan Xiaoyi, talk to him like this......" Calling Yang Zhi closer, Lotte lowered his voice and said, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

After receiving Lotte's orders, Yang Zhi hurriedly walked out of Dali Temple and walked to the street.

Within a few days, rumors gradually spread in the streets and alleys of the whole Biandu, Yang Jian was sent to Dali Temple Prison, even if it was ironclad evidence, but His Majesty saw that Yang Jian had served him for many years, and he couldn't bear to see him killed, so he just waited for the rumors to subside, and then let him go.

There are also rumors that Wang Huang, the ruling ruler of the dynasty, and Liang Shicheng, the Taifu of the dynasty, had a very personal relationship with Yang Jian, and tried their best to protect him from death in front of His Majesty.

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At the time when all kinds of rumors were circulating, Liang Shanluo was active in Jingxi, Jingdong, and Hebei Zhulu people's ranks, and there were signs that they were about to move, which was also said to be caused by the imperial court's long-term delay in disposing of Yang Jian.

There are such rumors in Biandu City, and the people of Gyeonggi and Hebei Zhulu are ready to move, so they are naturally inseparable from Lotte.

Yang Jian can be imprisoned and punished, but whether to kill Yang Jian or not, it really depends on Huizong Zhao Ji's face and willingness to act.

For more than a month, he married Emperor Maode, I am afraid that he will have no chance with his official career, Lotte naturally does not want to interrogate Yang Jian's name to others, but also to show the majesty of his guillotine, in desperation, Lotte created a momentum, the rumors of talking about the streets of Biandu City were released by Lotte, Liang Shanluo and Jingxi, Jingdong, Hebei Zhu's civil rebellion team was ready to move, and it was also Lotte who instructed Yan Xiaoyi to instigate.

Because only with a big case like Yang Jian, the emperor and the people of the world will not take into account the "immediate care" system of Lao Shizi.

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