Zhao Tong said: "How should the military supervisors respond?"
Dutou said: "I know that the prince sent me to give him away, so how dare I let him go privately? Even though he was humiliated and humiliated in every way, I persisted and secretly sent someone to deliver a letter to my subordinates, who then came to report to the prince."
Zhao Tong nodded: "You do a good job, what's your name?"
Dutou was overjoyed when he heard this. Isn't this what he has been waiting for all these years? He hurriedly said: "My subordinate calls me Niu Abao."
Zhao Tong thought for a while, but the arena was not over yet. The officials in the Fusi were either in the arena or in the army outside the city. As for the people around him, the only ones around him were Yang Zhi and Shi Jin.
Yang Zhi wants to be the head of the department. He is originally from the front department. He is very familiar with the reception and delivery in front of the door. He also has a general understanding of the various procedures in the department. He also has to take care of the newly recovered goods. The time changed, so Shi Jin could only go there alone.
After calling Da Lang and ordering a total of 200 soldiers from the two capitals who had stayed behind in his superiors, Zhao Tong went straight to the prison of the Guards and Military Division outside the east city.
To say that there were so many prisons in this era, it was unprecedented in history. Almost every government department that could enforce the law had their own prisons. In addition, there were also various specialized detention places and prisons for prisoners.
Doing the math, there are imperial city jails from the inside to the outside, which are specially used to detain and judge the crimes of officials and concubines in the palace. This place is quite special, and there is almost no pardon from the court, such as general prison terms, amnesty, convicts, etc. It is difficult for them to benefit the Imperial City Prisoner.
Yushitai Prison, this is the prison set up by Yushitai, it was called Taiwan Prison at the time. It mainly detained criminal court ministers and major criminals who were personally interrogated by the officials. To put it bluntly, it was the imperial prison cell where the officials punished criminal officials. At that time, Su Dabeard He was once imprisoned in a Taiwan prison.
Dali Temple Prison. At the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, Dali Temple was changed to a cautious punishment institution due to the improvement of the status of Taiwan Prison. No prison was set up. It was restored during the reign of Emperor Shenzong to specifically detain and try officials who committed crimes in the capital.
The Prison of the Ministry of Punishment sounds bluffing, but in fact, the Ministry of Punishment of this dynasty was in charge of the review of capital crimes, the exile of prisoners, the crimes of rebellion, the family involvement, and the matters of official and private slaves. As for the prisons, they were mostly used for supplementary backup.
Kaifeng Palace Prison is the place where criminals from the capital prison are detained. Anyone who violates public security, takes bribes, offends the court, violates ethics and other illegal activities within the capital and related personnel are detained in Kaifeng Palace Prison.
The Left and Right Army Patrol Prison is a prison affiliated to Kaifeng Prefecture. In addition to its own prisons, Kaifeng Prefecture also has the Right Army Patrol Division and the Left Army Patrol Division, which are responsible for the investigation and trial of local criminal cases and the establishment of prisons.
The Sipai'an Division Prison, Sipai'an Division, referred to as Sipai'an, is an official office in charge of maintaining water transportation and transporting large quantities of goods directly to the capital. There is a prison inside. Anyone who steals official property during water transportation, or embezzles and sells it privately, or destroys boats will be punished. They will all be dealt with by Sipai'an Division and imprisoned in Sipai'an Division Prison.
The prisons of the Dianqian and Mabujun Divisions are what Zhao Tao calls military prisons. Most of the illegal officers and soldiers in the Forbidden Army are detained. The prisons of the Dianqian Division and the Mabujun Division have always been separate, because the Dianqian Division has the largest number of relatives of the emperor and noble children. , and guarding the imperial city, so they know a lot of secrets, so they have to be held in separate prisons. As for the Mabu Military Prison, it is not so particular. If the imperial guards violate the law, they can just imprison them directly.
Local prisons. In this dynasty, local prisons not only included state prisons, but also state military academies, governor's courts, and prisons all down to counties. Local prisons mainly detained offenders from the state, county, and army.
In addition to the above, there are also some special places of imprisonment, such as distribution houses, prisons, Yeting prisons, etc.
Now that Emperor Daojun has reestablished the Guards and Military Department, the Mabu Army Prison Department is naturally under the control of Zhao Tao. This military prison is located outside the city, but it is not very big and is already in a semi-abandoned state.
The reason is very simple. If we want to seriously investigate the illegal activities within the Forbidden Army, it is estimated that the entire Gyeonggi prison together will not be able to hold that many people.
Zhao Tong and his entourage went straight out of the east city gate and stepped across the moat. Not far to the southeast, there was a piece of land, backed by a mound and surrounded by a large wall. There were almost no trees, flowers or grass in the surrounding area.
There is a wooden gate in the front direction. The top is sharpened and painted with black paint. It looks like that from a distance, but up close, it is already rotten, as if it could be broken with a kick.
At this moment, there was a row of soldiers standing in front of the wooden gate, and the leader was making excuses to several officials from the Ministry of Justice opposite.
Zhao Tong watched and saw that the officials from the Ministry of Justice did not recognize them. They were only wearing green official uniforms, so their rank was not too high after all.
After the reform of Yuanfeng in this dynasty, the colors of official uniforms were customized, purple for the fourth rank and above, scarlet for the sixth rank and above, green for the ninth rank and above. All those with crimson uniforms wore yellow and white fish bags.
Zhao Tong frowned when he saw that the officials were all below the sixth rank. Dutou Niu Abao was running in front. Before he reached the gate of the military prison, he shouted loudly: "The two kings are here!"
The officers and soldiers in front of the door bowed down one after another after looking at it. Several officials from the Criminal Department looked shocked and turned around.
Zhao Tong did not dismount, and the Zhaoye Jade Lion ran in front of a few people, shook his head, and dug the soil with his hooves, immediately splashing soil all over them.
Several people looked at each other and said politely: "Officials from the Ministry of Punishment are here to see the King of Qi."
Zhao Tong looked at a few people and saw the leader saying: "Your Majesty, Mou Gong, the official of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, has heard that his subordinates reported that the people in our department were captured and imprisoned by the imperial army. We don't know why. We just came forward." Come and ask.”
Zhao Tong looked at him and said, "Yuan Wai Lang?"
Mou Gong was a little confused. He had actually received an order from above, saying that a group of people from the imperial army had taken the officials of the capital out of the city. The specific reason was unknown, and he was asked to come to the military prison to take the people back. How could he have expected that he would be watching here? Arrive at the King of Qi.
But he couldn't tell the truth at the moment, and as a direct official of the Du Guan Si, he didn't feel anything was wrong in his heart, so he said: "Exactly, I don't know why the people in the department are against the Imperial Army, and they are caught in such a shameful way." place."
Niu Abao suddenly winked at the prison warden who was prostrate in front of the gate. The prison commander immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, when these people came over, they asked their subordinates to let them go, but they refused to let them go. Good words cannot violate the military rules." As a result, these people stood in front of the door and cursed, saying that they wanted to be young and look good if they didn't let her go."
When Mou Gong heard this, he immediately turned around and said, "What right do you military supervisors have to detain people from the Criminal Department? Don't you know that this is against the rules!"
When Zhao Tong heard this, he sneered on his horse and said, "I asked you to arrest him."
Mou Gong and the people behind him were stunned when they heard this. Mou Gong secretly complained in his heart. He guessed that the superiors didn't know the cause of the incident. They just saw the imperial army leading people out of the city, so they ordered his family to come and ask for the person.
But Mou Gong always had some thoughts in his mind. First, it was indeed against the rules to send people from the Criminal Department to military prisons. Second, he did not think that his officials would commit any serious crimes.
He thought: "Your Majesty, this seems to be a violation..."
"It's against the rules, right?" Zhao Tong said calmly: "But you, a little outsider, actually came to question this king for violating the rules. Who gave you the courage?"
Mou Gong looked ugly, and a person behind him suddenly said angrily: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with courage. The court system cannot be broken. Please think twice, Your Majesty."
