In this atmosphere of suspicion, uneasiness erupted inside. Although each of these officials was in a room, he had not seen any other colleague since he came. But across the walls, each of them was thinking about it in their hearts. Someone else's later, your own. The future of his own life, his family...

Zhao Jiaotou sat on the table, sat on the bed for a while, and sat on the ground again for a while, no matter where he sit, he felt uncomfortable, and he felt up and down wherever he sited. The heartbeat is fast and slow, and it can't be stilled at all. He was wondering what the head of the Punishment Department who came with him would tell Mistress Goshi about him. The Criminal Department has a good relationship with him, and knows a lot about him...

But he himself could not be sure what was known about his situation. Of course, he would not take the initiative to tell that person about some sensitive situations, but in the past, in order to win the trust of the head catcher who was bigger than his official position, he had taken the initiative to disclose some information. Although this seems to be a very dangerous move now, it did win him the trust of the headhunter at the time.

In addition, it is not known whether the head catcher has investigated him in private. You must know that it is normal for superiors to quietly investigate their subordinates, and the more you know about the situation of your subordinates, the easier it is to control, which everyone can understand.

If the headcatcher had investigated him, then nothing could have been said. Maybe everything he did was already in the hands of the head catcher.

As for himself, he is completely ignorant of head-hunting. The headcatcher did a few things he shouldn't do, but they were just small things that bullied people. Well, what should I do, I say if I don't say it, will I let him know and be cruel to me? If he knows much more about me than I know about him, will he win?

It's tangled, it's helpless, it's scared... This is how Zhao Cell Boss feels now, and it is also the feeling of everyone in the house arrest officials.

In fact, this is what Chen Letian learned in an unknown letter.

This technique is called the prisoner's dilemma in unknown letters.

Suppose two criminals who commit a crime together are caught and thrown into prison. The two of them could not communicate with each other.

If neither of them reports the other, then each of them will only have to go to jail for a year, and neither of them will be able to speak and therefore cannot be sufficiently proven guilty. And if one person reports another person and the other person does not report it, then the person who reported it can be released immediately because of the guilt and meritorious service. Those who do not report and speak up will be imprisoned for 10 years for not cooperating. And if two people expose each other, they will both be sentenced to eight years in prison because the evidence is conclusive.

In the end, since neither criminal can trust the other, they will definitely expose each other, rather than not talking together.

Because no matter how the other person chooses, it is the best choice for me to report the other person.

For example, if A does not speak, B reports it, and B will be released. A and B both report each other, and B only needs to go to jail for eight years instead of ten years. The same is true for A.

That is to say, from their own point of view, no one dares to hand over the decision to another person, and everyone will make a choice that is most beneficial to them no matter how the other party chooses.

As a result, they will only choose to report each other in the end.

It's a no-brainer. Because trust between people is a very fragile thing. It can be said that apart from such a thing as profit, trust between people can never be maintained.

Because it is obvious that no one dares to guarantee that others will sacrifice their own interests to do things that are beneficial to others, so once they use this method, let these officials face this situation, although each of them knows that it is not good for them to do things that harm others, and they may not be able to get benefits themselves, but for their own safety, the only safest way is still only one way, that is, to confess to others, the only way, there is absolutely no second way to go.

The imperial historians listened to Chen Letian's method at the meeting, and everyone came out of the back. They all wondered why this Lord Chen had so many unfathomable schemes in his head? As experienced figures in the officialdom, they often felt that they could not keep up with Lord Chen's footsteps. It seems that this young Lord Chen is not a twenty-year-old person at all, but an eighty-year-old wise old man who has gone through the ups and downs of the Huan Sea.

It's weird.

However, the leader Zhang Yushi said to everyone when Chen Letian was away: "Some people's talent is high, not comparable to us ordinary people, so don't think strange, everyone just think of those heroes since ancient times, many of them are penetrating everything at a young age."

As long as we do things well, don't think about other messes, and save our brains and energy. ”

Everyone was reminded by the leader, think about it, it is true, the ancient sages and emperors will be a lot of you to trace his life, you will find that his life is similar to mine, but why can he come up with so many good ideas and good deeds at many critical times, and I can't think of it.

Because you can't think of it, you just can't think of it, so you're an ordinary person.

So no matter how much you think about it, you can't think of a reason, it's better to do things well, do the things at hand well, and be down-to-earth.

For the next seven days, every official under house arrest reported on the actions of his colleagues. Of course, the good ones are not reported, they are all reported bad.

When and where did something that upset the people.

People are really strange, and when they talk about the wrong things they have done, they often say all kinds of excuses. But this is not the case when it comes to talking about other people's wrongdoings. Instead, he said it calmly and objectively. If it weren't for Chen Letian and the imperial historians to warn these people, if it is later found that you have exaggerated and added fuel to the fire, you will be punished, you should be careful. Only then did these people have scruples and did not dare to talk nonsense, and tried to tell the truth honestly.

In this way, it only took seven days, and the three heinous bosses were left who had not confessed, and all the others had been confessed.

Of the three, one is the county, one is the main book, and the other is the canonical history, because the three of them came separately, so no one testified against them. It's all from different places.

So the Prisoner's Dilemma method is useless for these three people for the time being.

But it's easy to deal with only three people left, and two people were scared by the previous ventriloquist torture, and Chen Letian also beat two of them, and the scholar was beaten, and the impact was very great. may not have been beaten so hard since I was a child.

No matter how you used to call for wind and rain and conspiracy in your respective positions, you were beaten up by Chen Letian like this, and it was useless to make any plans, can you not feel helpless and then feel scared and confess.

In what Chen Letian said to the imperial historians, just come with something real, not false, such as fists.

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In the end, only one canon remains.

It took Chen Letian three days to break through the psychological defense. Chen Letian's method is nothing more than telling him the general trend. Although Shu is autonomous, the imperial court is already destined to intervene in the rule of officials. The imperial court can ignore the appointment and dismissal of officials, but the imperial court cares about the opinions of the people. The people were unhappy and sued the court, and the court was going to rectify it. Why is the imperial court so tough this time, so many imperial historians have come down from the imperial history platform, and why did they quickly promote me to govern the officials of Shu with full authority. It's because the imperial court has paid attention to it.

This is not just now, this is also sending a message to everyone in Shudi. No matter how the officials do in Shu, it is the business of the king of Shu, but the bottom line is not to hurt the hearts of the people too much, otherwise the court will definitely be on the side of the people.

In addition, Chen Letian directly threatened him, saying that now everyone has confessed. It's up to you, if you're still stubborn, then I can cut you down, although I can't punish you if you don't confess, but I can kill you directly. With your reputation in Sanjiang City, the people grit their teeth with hatred for you, and after I killed you, I reported it directly to the court, saying that you were disrespectful during the interrogation and even beat me, and I accidentally beat you to death before I could control my temper. Then find one or two hundred people to press their handprints on your accusations and submit them to the imperial court, do you think Your Majesty will punish me? Besides, your family still has to think about it, if you confess honestly, our Great Song Dynasty law is not like the Wei State and the Liang State that exterminated the door and exterminated the clan at every turn, and we are still willing to give you a chance to corrupt officials and corrupt officials, after all, your wife and children of a few years old are innocent of the crimes you have committed...

With such an obvious threat, this Sanjiang Dianshi no longer dared to take chances, so he went along with the river to confess.

In the next few days, everyone sorted out the case files, and after sorting out all the confessions of all the officials, they compared the confessors. For example, A confesses to B, and after sorting out the file, he tells A about B's confession again, and if both times are about the same, it means that he A has not fabricated, and then brings the information to ask B, and then asks B to tell him about his crime again, and if there is a discrepancy, he tells B where he has entered and exited, and B does not dare not admit it, so he signs and draws the confession, which is considered a confession.

That's it.

And so the matter ended without a hitch.

All the officials who were summoned pleaded guilty and were sent to prison in Chengdu. Waiting to be processed.

Chen Letian submitted these charges and evidence to the imperial court.

A few days later, the imperial court sent a letter from the Imperial History Observatory and asked Chen Letian to discuss with the King of Shu and the Governor to deal with these officials as appropriate. Chen Letian was very helpless, which was tantamount to letting him be the judge of these officials. It means that the life and death of these officials are all in his hands. said that the king of Shu and the governor discussed together, but in fact, of course they all listened to Chen Letian's arrangement, after all, Chen Letian represented the will of the imperial court, and of course they had to listen to Chen Letian as magistrates. Especially the King of Shu, he didn't care about it at all from beginning to end, he really didn't dare to take care of it, for fear of carrying a name that he wanted to meddle in. So he let Chen Letian and the imperial historians do it all, and he didn't even read a page of the dossier.

So Chen Letian first went to the prince, and then to the governor, and told the two adults that we were going to have a meeting to discuss the next decision.

In the evening, the prince feasted in the palace to the princes of the imperial history yamen and the governor.

After everyone sat down, Chen Letian told the prince and the governor the meaning of the court.

A prince and a governor all said, this matter does not need to be discussed, Lord Chen, you can just watch and do it. Whichever sin you say is too great to die, then die, and whichever one you say is extenuating, then live. It is also the most appropriate for you to consult with Lord Chen and Master Chen, we have not contributed much from beginning to end, and we can't figure out the situation.

Chen Letian wants to say that you have to make up your mind, after all, you are all the governors of Shudi... But by the prince's words, Lord Chen will not mess with us, just say that, if you need help, just say it, the power of adjudication must be in the hands of Lord Chen...