The backward transportation conditions made it extremely difficult for Li Zhi's father and son to communicate.

When Li Zhi's new letter was put on Li Shimin's bookcase, it was already September.

At this time, Li Shimin was waiting for the criminals he had released before to return as scheduled.

Therefore, he just took a quick look at Li Zhi's recital and put the matter aside.

Due to the secret revenge of the ministers, the number of prisoners reached nearly 400.

This is a far cry from his original intention.

The reason why Li Shimin thought of letting the death row inmates in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment go home to say goodbye to their relatives was actually to make up for a mistake he had made before.

I think that when Zhenguan was four years old, there were only 29 death row prisoners in the country.

At that time, Dali Temple was strictly enforced and impartial under the leadership of Dai Guan.

Every case is treated according to the law.

Therefore, under his leadership, there are few unjust, false and wrongful cases.

However, such a good situation was ruined by his own impulse.

Many of the officials in the early days of the Tang Dynasty were recommended through the Jiupin Zhongzheng system.

Many of these officials' files have been lost in years of turmoil.

So some people took advantage of this opportunity to forge a file and get away with becoming officials.

When Li Shimin learned of this situation, he issued an order, saying: As long as those who falsified the files can voluntarily turn themselves in, he will not be held accountable for the past.

Otherwise, if he is found out in the future, he will put them all to death.

As a result, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, the imperial court found out a large number of officials who had forged files through inventory.

Li Shimin was angry when he saw that these people were so faceless.

He then ordered all of them to be put to death.

However, Dai Zhou at that time stood up and resolutely opposed Li Shimin's approach.

Because according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, falsifying files can only be punished by exile at most.

Because Li Shimin has always emphasized the importance of the law, he had no legitimate reason to refute Dai Zhou at that time.

In the end, he could only pinch his nose and approve of Dai Guan's punishment.

However, Li Shimin also made some petty tempers because of this.

In his opinion, he is the emperor after all, and what Dai Xuan takes is also the money he gave.

He believes that Dai Guan's handling of this case is obviously a bit of a distraction.

So Li Shimin briefly promoted Dai Zhou to the post when he was in the fifth year of Zhenguan.

Although this allowed him to enter the center, he was also transferred out of Dali Temple.

What Li Shimin didn't expect was that Zhang Yungu, who took over Dai Zhou, also had the same temper as him.

At that time, there was a crazy person in Xiangzhou who talked nonsense all day long.

also said that Datang will be finished soon.

Local officials arrested him and sentenced him to death.

When the dossier was sent to Zhang Yungu, he suggested that Li Shimin should give this madman a light sentence according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin also agreed to the sentence at the time.

So Zhang Yungu told the madman the good news in advance and frolicked with him for a while.

As a result, this matter reached the ears of Quan Wanji, who was still the imperial history at the time.

So he wanted to take this opportunity to impeach Zhang Yungu.

After some careful investigation, he really found some evidence.

The elder brother of this madman is none other than Xiangshu Thorn Shi.

Therefore, Quan Wanji insisted in front of Li Shimin that Zhang Yungu's behavior belonged to the protection of officials and officials, and bent the law for personal gain.

In addition, Quan Wanji also accused Zhang Yungu of revealing the punishment result to the criminals in advance, and leaking the secrets of the palace.

Li Shimin didn't think much about it at the time, but he just felt that Zhang Yungu had deceived him.

Therefore, in a fit of anger, Zhang Yungu, who was supposed to be exiled, was beheaded.

However, it was precisely because of Dai Guan's transfer and Zhang Yungu's beheading that the entire Datang judicial department made a wrong judgment.

That is, the emperor hopes that the punishment will be heavier when the case is judged.

It is precisely this misunderstanding that led to the fact that in the sixth year of Zhenguan, there were nearly 400 death row prisoners in the country.

Li Shimin knew that many of the 400 or so people must have been punished too heavily because of their wrong behavior.

That's why he wanted to let the more than 30 death row inmates in the prison of the Criminal Department go home to reunite with their relatives and then come back to receive the death penalty.

However, what Li Shimin didn't expect was that his disrespect for the law ushered in retaliation from the ministers.

So that nearly 400 people at that time all received the same treatment.

Now Li Shimin can only look forward to these prisoners being able to abide by the agreement and return on time.

The time is getting closer and closer to the day of the beginning of autumn, and Li Shimin's heart is becoming more and more nervous.

He knew that if the outcome of this matter was not good, his prestige would definitely be greatly damaged.

Fortunately, in the last few days before the beginning of autumn, the death row inmates finally began to return one after another.

And as the date approaches, more and more people are returning.

When the last day came, everyone but one was there.

When these people were dragged to the execution ground, none of them were terrified of the impending death.

Instead, he scolded the last person who was absent on the execution ground.

They all felt that the man had betrayed his promise and was a villain who was spurned by all people.

As the time of questioning and slashing approached.

Li Shimin suddenly came to the execution ground.

He wanted to personally preside over the execution as a way to express his guilt and respect for these people.

This result has made Li Shimin very satisfied.

He had a covenant with nearly 400 gentlemen, but only one of them did not return.

This was enough for him to give an account to the courtiers.

Even the onlookers did not complain about Li Shimin.

Instead, they cursed the dishonest man along with the condemned prisoners.

When the time came to noon, Li Shimin carefully glanced at the death row prisoner in front of him.

He then picked up the token and prepared to order the execution.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion on the periphery of the crowd.

Then I saw a simple carriage slowly driving into the execution ground.

In the car lay a patient with a pained look on his face.

After the guard's report, Li Shimin soon learned that this person was the last prisoner.

He fell ill on the way back, but in order to fulfill his promise, he hired a carriage to bring him over.

Li Shimin walked up to him excitedly and said, "Since you are about to die, why did you come all the way to the execution ground?" ”

The man stiffened his neck and said, "The eldest husband was born in the world and believed in his word, and although the little people are not heroes, they don't disdain to be that shameless villain." ”

Li Shimin laughed happily when he heard this.

His mood was more relaxed than ever.

The significance of this event to him was simply too great, big enough for him to make a name for eternity.

So after laughing, he immediately spoke in front of all the people: "Even though you are death row prisoners, you have not lived up to me, how can I bear it today? ”

Then he said to the death row inmates: "I declare that all your previous sins will be forgiven..."