The Great Song Dynasty has a very strict system for whistleblowing. The purpose of this system is to ensure that the act of whistleblowing does not create a culture of whistleblowing by everyone.

Countless histories have proved one thing, once a dynasty has set off a trend of whistleblowing, then it is never a good thing for the country and the people, in such a country, the trust between people is extremely fragile, let alone the maintenance of etiquette. Therefore, at the beginning of Emperor Hecheng's accession to the throne, he made a series of changes to the whistleblowing system.

From the original rampant whistleblowing, it has gradually become less and less common.

Whatever the people want to demand, try to use the formal way. For example, the yamen, for example, the criminal department.

And the reason why whistleblowing has not been completely banned is because there are always problems that cannot be solved by regular means.

For example, as a common person, who has been illegally violated, and the offender is a person in a high position, if the people follow the regular path, it may be difficult for them to win, and they may even be hurt by greater retaliation.

And whistleblowing, when the people have no way to ask for help, when the people have tried many methods and still can't get justice, the people can use it.

The most basic system of whistleblowing is very simple, that is, once the truth of the matter is clarified, if it is found that your whistleblower is a false accusation, then you are likely to be severely fined or even killed. The punishment is almost the same as the one you want to put to death.

This forms the most intuitive understanding. If it weren't for the deep hatred, if it wasn't for the fact that the real victim couldn't survive, no one would want to slander others.

In fact, in many times of whistleblowing in history, the biggest problem is that whistleblowing leads to a large number of false accusations, and false accusations that are not punished will encourage people to make false accusations. When the price of false accusations rises to the level of a life and a family, those who want to make false accusations will weigh it carefully.

Therefore, when Dr. Yu Shi brought the letter from the jailer of Bazhong City, the emperor's first reaction was whether it was an informant or not. Because the emperor is very concerned about whether the entire Great Song Dynasty is or is about to set off a wave of whistleblowers.

But this time it wasn't a whistleblower.

One of the conditions to be met for the so-called whistleblower is that the matter told must be confidential, but the matter told by the jailer is not confidential, or it is not so secret.

First of all, the matter of Cao County's bandit in Bazhong City has become something that many people know, and of course the matter has not yet been confirmed, which means that it may be true or false.

But whether it's true or not, it's no longer classified.

If this matter was reported to the imperial history before this matter was circulated, it could be regarded as a whistleblower.

But even then, according to the whistleblowing system, this jailer still has to take risks.

Because you're informing the official.

In general, the aim of all systems is to prevent whistleblowing from becoming a trend, and at the same time, it is necessary to preserve a path for those who have been unfairly treated to report it.

You can't completely block the path of speech from the bottom up, and you can't let people develop an atmosphere of promotion by suing others.

Balance, that's it.

The emperor looked at the fold and said: "This matter still needs to be investigated, not just based on his words, the county order of Bazhong City, for so many years in office, has been making the life of the people of Bazhong better and better, such a person, we have to find out." Also, did this jailer say why he was informing?"

Doctor Yu Shi arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this jailer said that he is not used to seeing Cao County's order do this, but there has been no way out, this time someone happened to complain in the Governor's Palace, so he told what he knew." However, it is not known whether it is true or not, and the minister told His Majesty about this matter today, not for this matter, but to tell His Majesty about the matter of Shudi. ”

"Sit down. "The emperor served a few dishes and a few pots of tea in the pavilion next to the golden pool. Because he heard the stomach of the Imperial Doctor growling, presumably the hard-working Imperial Master must have been busy until this point in the afternoon without eating, so he went directly to the palace to ask to see him.

What Yushitai does is to picket hundreds of officials, and the four words of picketing hundreds of officials are destined to have no time to rest all year round. Political affairs can be rested, and military affairs can also be stopped, but the work of picketing hundreds of officials cannot be stopped for a moment, this is the original words of the imperial doctor.

What else can the emperor say, it's useless to say anything, such a courtier, it is the court, the empire, and the blessing of the people.

After taking a sip of tea, the adults saw the chickens and ducks on the table, and they felt hungry, so they hesitated a little, and they didn't restrain themselves, so they pulled a chicken leg in front of the emperor and ate it.

"Eat slowly. The emperor looked at Lord Zheng and devoured it, a man in his sixties, with white sideburns under his official hat, wrinkles on his face as deep as hills and ravines, and dark skin. The emperor suddenly had a sour nose and a dry cough to cover up the past.

"These two dishes are specially made for adults in the imperial dining room, and they taste good according to the tastes of adults?"

"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious, thank you, Your Majesty. Lord Zheng's mouth was full of meat, and he whimpered.

"Lord Zheng, in fact, there is no need to be in such a hurry, you have to take your time in the affairs of the officials, I will give you enough time. ”

"The saints can wait, the court can wait, but the people can't wait. This sentence was very clear, and after speaking, Zheng bluntly said that Lord Zheng continued to bury his head in hardship. It's hard to imagine that Lord Zheng at such an age would eat like this. However, this is also very consistent with his poor background, before the age of thirty, before becoming a little imperial history, he can be said to have never eaten a full meal.

The reason why the can't eat adult has become his nickname in the court is because he often takes out the sentence that he once couldn't eat enough when discussing things, for example, the minister often didn't eat enough back then, so the minister knew that what people usually didn't eat or even couldn't eat could actually be used to satisfy hunger... Something like that.

Because of this, the Holy Lord often gave food to Lord Zheng outside the palace. And Lord Zheng devoured it every time, as if he knew in advance that the Holy Lord would give him food, so he was hungry several times in advance.

The emperor was speechless by Lord Zheng's sentence 'the people can't wait', thinking about it, it's true, he, the emperor, can afford to wait, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military can also afford to wait, even the powerful people outside can afford to wait, but only the ordinary people. Those unarmed, powerless, homeless and wealthless people can't wait for a moment.

"Lord Zheng's words have taught me a lesson. The emperor was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said.

Hearing this, Master Zheng put down his chopsticks, stood up and shook it to the end: "The minister knows that the saint is actually more anxious than us, whether it is public or private... His Majesty is the most anxious. Forgive the minister for speaking so bluntly..."

"Sit down, eat, eat, eat. I don't blame you, it's not a day or two since you've been talking straight. The emperor waved his hand and motioned for him to continue eating.