"Kawa Mingki Incident"
In November of the fourth year of Kaibao's reign, Zhao Kuangyin "had something to do in the southern suburbs." After the suburban sacrifice, he awarded rewards to the accompanying soldiers as usual. However, a small accident happened, and people gathered in the inner hall of the Sichuan Ban to cause trouble.
After regaining Sichuan and Shu, Zhao Kuangyin carefully selected more than a hundred warriors from Meng Chang's bodyguards and reorganized them into "Sichuan Banner Dianzhi" to serve as his own bodyguards. Their wages were higher than Other pro-military guards usually received higher rewards than other guards, which was regarded as Zhao Kuangyin's gentle policy.
In this reward, Zhao Kuangyin gave each of his followers a reward of 5,000 yuan.
All the subordinates and soldiers cheered and shouted long live. Unexpectedly, the "Sichuan Class" was unhappy and thought they had been treated unfairly, so they gathered a crowd to beat the drums and cry out for injustice. A "Sichuan Life Is Precious" movement broke out.
Like many disadvantaged groups in the traditional sense, what they strive for is not equal rights, but privileges. If they are not treated favorably, they will be abused. If they are not treated specially, they will be discriminated against. Our usual treatment is higher than that of other pro-military soldiers. Why is everyone treated the same this time? Isn't this discriminating against us? Just because we are from a conquered land, do we have to be inferior? Are we stepbrothers and untouchables? Isn’t this bullying an honest person?
After Zhao Kuangyin heard about it, he was furious and immediately ordered that all the more than 40 people who made trouble be beheaded, and the rest were all assigned to Xuzhou. The designation of "Sichuan Class" was revoked from then on.
At that time, Zhao Kuangyin had a Forbidden Army general named Li Chengjin who worked for Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu. He said that pro-army disputes over pay frequently occurred under Emperor Zhuangzong.
Zhao Kuangyin was thoughtful and asked: "Zhuangzong conquered the Central Plains with great force, but he did not enjoy the country for a short time. Why is this?"
Li Chengjin said that Zhuang Zong liked hunting. Every time he came to the suburbs, there would always be soldiers of the Forbidden Army blocking the way, saying that his meager salary was not enough to support the family, and he hoped that the boss would help with relief. However, Zhuang Zong would always ask his followers to give them a large amount of money rewards, so Zhuang Zong Zong was kind but not powerful, which encouraged the evil trend of the Forbidden Army's excessive demands.
Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said that it took Zhuangzong twenty years of bloody fighting at Jiahe to conquer the world, but he could not restrain these minions, which made them greedy. When the time of crisis came, they were greedy for life and afraid of death, and refused to sacrifice their lives for the master. I am raising troops today, and of course I will not hesitate to reward you, but if there is any violation of the law, only Jianer will do it!
Gathering people to raise money may seem like a defense of rights, but in fact it is a demonstration against the emperor and a threat to the emperor.
Making a fuss about pay is greed, and gathering people is rebellion. The emperor could tolerate greed, but not rebellion. In the 20th year of the Battle of Jiahe, Li Cunxu wiped out the rear Liang and became famous all over the world. However, his end was so miserable. With Li Cunxu's lessons learned, the "Sichuan class trouble" incident touched Zhao Kuangyin's sensitive nerves.
"Cutting down the harem"
In May of the fifth year of Kaibao's reign, the floods caused by the Yellow River in Chanzhou had lasted for more than half a year. Houses leaked and it rained all night. While the court was providing relief, heavy rains continued, resulting in many executions. The old dams were overwhelmed and the new ones were overwhelmed. Emergency repairs and repairs on the dams have been in vain, and emergency reports of floods have continued one after another.
Zhao Kuangyin ordered Yingzhou regiment training envoy Cao Han to go to the disaster area to take command. When bidding farewell, Zhao Kuangyin said with sadness that the Yellow River was overflowing and the heavy rains continued. The flood situation was not optimistic. I burned incense and prayed for several days, begging God to bring disaster if it had to be done. , please let me bear the responsibility alone and don’t hurt my people!
When Cao Han heard this, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed his head vigorously, and bowed his head and said: "In the past, Duke Jinggong of Song Dynasty also said similar words, and the disaster stopped. He was only a small prince, and your Majesty was concerned about the billions of people in the world. The people will definitely be more moved by God, and the disaster will stop soon!"
After sending Cao Han away, Zhao Kuangyin came to Zhao Pu again and said that the flooding was not stopping. Could it be that there was a lack of current affairs? If I don't do well, tell me and I will correct it.
Zhao Pu's answer was quite satisfactory. He said that since His Majesty came to the throne, he has been concerned about the country and the people, and has worked day and night. He will do something bad when he hears it, and he will do something good when he hears it. As for the flood and natural disaster, it must be the dereliction of duty on the part of the ministers!
Long live your Majesty, I may die.
Zhao Kuangyin said that it may be that there are too many people in the harem. I checked yesterday and found that there were more than 380 people. Let's tell them that those who are willing to go home will be given travel expenses. It needs to be emphasized that the "harem" here is not all concubines, but also includes the maids, cleaning aunts, etc. who serve the concubines.
After the order was issued, 100 people applied for resignation, and all of them were "dismissed generously."
Zhao Pu and other ministers all shouted long live, "Long live the Holy Ming!"
"Heinous"
In May of the fifth year of Kaibao, a wanted criminal named Fan Yichao was arrested, and a shocking massacre of a family became a top trending search.
During the Guowei period of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Fan Yichao from Shaanzhou killed twelve members of his villager Chang Guzhen's family over trivial matters. Chang Guzhen was still young at the time and escaped in time. The criminal suspect Fan Yichao absconded in fear of crime and was not arrested until today more than ten years later. Chang Guzhen then went to the government to complain and requested that the murderer Fan Yichao be severely punished.
However, the relevant departments used the "amnesty" as an excuse to write off Fan Yichao's crimes. The whole country was in an uproar.
Zhao Kuangyin came to the end in person and said, "How can anyone kill a family of twelve and be pardoned?" Kill me!
There are no more details in the history books, which is puzzling. As explained earlier in this book, under normal circumstances, "general amnesty" does not apply to all criminals. Many crimes are not included in the amnesty, which is the so-called "unpardonable heinous crimes". Such as treason, murder, arson, poisoning, etc. A massacre like this that killed 12 people must be heinous. I really don’t know which amnesty provision the relevant departments cited.
In addition, this case reminds me of the "Kunshan Anti-Murder Case". Do you still remember the judgment before the High Court intervened and the shocking remarks made by other local courts and so-called legal professionals? I dare not say it elsewhere, but the official WeChat account of the Intermediate People's Court of the city where I live made a statement that shocked and chilled me. The general idea is that according to the law, according to the law, according to the law, the dragon slayer had excessive defense and was suspected of intentional injury. In short, you must bear criminal responsibility. I advise you and others to abide by the law and not to fight each other, not to fight each other, not to fight each other...
If you say that the dragon slayer is not guilty, then you are a legally illiterate person who has lost his mind. Morality cannot interfere with the law, human feelings cannot be higher than the law, the law is greater than people, blah blah blah...
The subsequent development is as we have seen. The High Court, like the great ancestor Zhao Kuangyin, brought justice to the people. The dragon slayer was acting in self-defense and was not guilty. The official WeChat account of our city’s Intermediate People’s Court also quickly deleted that professional, rigorous and serious statement.
Brother Long from Kunshan was passionate from the bottom of his heart and made outstanding contributions to advancing the legal process in our country. I really hope that he will die a few years ago.
The debate between law and justice is ancient. The law upholds justice and serves the people, rather than cold regulations. Rigidly applying templates and chewing words is not the spirit of justice. On the contrary, it is a ruthless trampling of justice. "Strictly follow the system", then do we still need people to implement it? Give me a piece of cake or call for a dog.
