Second hall.
Gu Zhengchen wrote three documents, one was sent to the Ying government to transfer all Jurong's exile and imprisonment files for the five years of Hongwu; the other was sent to the Zhongshu Province, requesting that the resettlement time for Tatar prisoners be advanced to September 25th; The third document was sent to Zhu Dalang, avoiding the important and taking the easy, only to find that there was a local bully who bullied the people and had been dealt with.
After the document is written, arrange for it to be delivered to the delivery room.
Zhang Pei looked at Gu Zhengchen, who was sitting behind the desk and looking through the trial files, and approached with a tea bowl: "Master, I have a question."
Gu Zhengchen took the tea bowl and asked, "Look."
Zhang Pei said bluntly: "I have the account books of Zhao Doubei and Liu Boqin's corruption in my hands. Why don't you just report it to the court and punish them?"
Gu Zhengchen took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and looked at Zhang Pei: "These account books are not related to just the two of them, but to more than thirty officials from the county government, as well as a group of government servants and miscellaneous servants. Your Majesty's method of punishing corruption You know that after the account books are delivered, the Jurong County government office will be full of people!"
Zhang Pei didn't understand: "If you are greedy and oppress the people, you should kill him and use thunder to intimidate power!"
Gu Zhengchen shook his head slightly: "I don't hate corrupt officials, but the root cause of corruption is not here. The murder of the culprits who committed large amounts of corruption is very satisfying, but those who get one or two taels of benefits every month are just for the survival of their families. What about the officials and government officials? None of these people will be punished until death."
Zhang Pei said nothing.
Gu Zhengchen stood up, patted Zhang Pei on the shoulder, and said seriously: "People's lives are not matters that are spoken or decided easily. Zhang Pei, do you know the rule of Zhenguan?"
Zhang Pei nodded: "When I was following Master Muchun, I heard from a private school teacher that the Zhenguan rule in the Tang Dynasty was a longing for the prosperous age."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly and said seriously: "Do you know that in the fourth year of Zhenguan, there were only twenty-nine prisoners sentenced to death in the entire Tang Dynasty."
"What, this isn't true?"
Zhang Pei was a little shocked.
Gu Zhengchen said solemnly: "Of course it is true. According to records, in the 25th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, only fifty-eight prisoners were sentenced to death."
Zhang Pei was a little unbelievable.
In the six years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the number of people sentenced to death by the imperial court and executed directly by the emperor was by no means dozens.
Gu Zhengchen sighed.
Respect life, be kind to others, and have a little bit of humanity. Some people in future generations will spit out two words at every turn:
Holy Mother.
Or three words: Holy Mother Bitch.
People who say such things must be full of hostility in their hearts, and they often take pleasure in killing and death. They only enjoy pleasure, but never think about reality or review history.
Li Shimin killed few people, was he the Holy Mother?
Zhu Yuanzhang killed many people, was he a hero?
Killing people may not solve the problem, and sparing people's lives may not mean being merciful.
Only by delving into the logic behind problematic crimes and implementing targeted policies can we reduce crime and corruption, rather than blindly killing people.
History proves that corruption alone cannot be solved by killing.
Gu Zhengchen walked to the hall with his hands behind his back: "Liu Boqin and Zhao Doubei have committed extremely heinous crimes. They don't need to be charged with corruption. Even with the Yin and Yang files and years of unjust cases, they can't escape death. There are still many issues that need to be investigated. You go and find Yao." Zhen, Sun Shiba called."
Not long after, Sun Shiba and Yao Zhen entered the second hall.
Gu Zhengchen looked at the two of them and asked directly: "I have promised not to let anyone contact Liu Boqin and Zhao Doubei. How did the news of Chen Zhong's death reach their ears?"
When Yao Zhen saw Gu Zhengchen asking, he was very puzzled: "Master, Sun Shiba and I also find this strange. The two of us didn't have any contact with anyone, but after eating, we suddenly started shouting about injustice."
"Have a meal?"
Gu Zhengchen stared: "I remember that you and Shiba are personally responsible for the food for the two of them."
Yao Zhen nodded: "Shiba and I are responsible personally. Sun Shiba stayed to keep an eye on the two of them. I went to fetch the food and brought it to Liu Boqin and Zhao Doubei."
Sun Shiba nodded repeatedly: "That's true. We took turns on duty and did not slack off. Moreover, the two of them were detained at the end of the cell, and other guards could not go there."
Gu Zhengchen took a copper coin and knocked on the table, thinking about the loopholes in it, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
Yao Zhen and Sun Shiba looked at each other, and Sun Shiba quickly asked: "Master, what are you thinking of?"
Gu Zhengchen chuckled and whispered a few words to the two of them.
Not long after, Gu Zhengchen entered the cell, moved a bench and looked at Liu Boqin for half an hour, then moved to another cell, and looked at Zhao Doubei for another half an hour. It was not until almost dusk that he laughed. After leaving the cell, he summoned a group of jailers and said solemnly: "Liu Boqin and Zhao Doubei have already confessed that this case involves the Ying government and is no longer for me to decide. Early tomorrow morning, I will give a report to the court and transfer these two people to the Ministry of Punishment." Dispose of it, none of you are allowed to have private contact, and those who disobey the order will be severely punished!"
"yes."
Everyone took orders.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Sun Shiba and Yao Zhen: "You two have worked hard to keep an eye on the two of them to prevent any accidents."
"yes."
Sun Shiba and Yao Zhen agreed.
Gu Zhengchen left the prison cell with satisfaction.
Seeing that it was getting late, the jailer Guo Min prepared food. After opening the rice, he said to the jailer Li Cheng: "How long have Sun Cai, Wang Daxiu, and Wang Erniu been locked up in the prison cell? How come these Rao family members are not here yet?" Send the rice, I will inform the county magistrate and ask the Yamen servant to rush for the rice. Today the food for the three of them will be halved."
"okay."
Li Cheng agreed and went to wash rice.
Guo Min left the prison cell on the pretext of urging the prisoners to eat rations, went to the government office Chen Jie, and talked a lot. After Chen Jie heard about it, he left the county government office and hurriedly returned in less than half an hour to greet Guo Min, who had been waiting for a long time. After a few words, Guo Min returned to the prison cell.
In ancient times, when you were in prison, there was no charge for accommodation, but for food, you had to provide your own rations...
Don't think that being in jail means eating from the court and relying on the court to support you.
In fact, it was not easy for prisoners in ancient times to eat.
If he committed a crime in the Qin Dynasty, he might not need to go to jail. Instead, he would be dragged to dig graves, build the Great Wall, build walls, and build rivers. If he did not work, he would not be able to eat, because the prison food in the Qin Dynasty was It is paid based on the prisoner's workload.
If you don’t work, what will you eat? Is it worthy?
If the number of labors per year is not up to standard, then you will have to go hungry.
In the Jin Dynasty, the "Prison Officer's Order" stipulated that prisoners' food should be provided by their families, and the jailers would deliver it on their behalf.
This point was continued by later dynasties.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, prisoners’ food and salary were usually paid by their families themselves. If this buddy's family is from Youzhou and he goes to Luoyang and commits a crime, and his family cannot be contacted for a while and cannot deliver food, the court will not let him starve to death. The yamen will temporarily advance the food and ask the family for it later.
If you want to eat government food for free, there is no way...
The Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties were very similar. The prisoners' rations were basically provided by their families. If the guy had no father, no mother, no family members, or if he had relatives, the family members themselves were too poor to take the blame. In this case, the government would only provide rice. Standard That’s two liters of rice per day, which is three kilograms of rice.
Of course, the standards are like this. Whether or not the standards are implemented is not good.
Why can some rich and wealthy families still live comfortably in prison cells? The family members gave me a lot of food, so why didn't the jailer treat me well?
The most common way for people in prisons to get benefits is to deprive prisoners of their rations.
Guo Min returned to the prison cell and prepared food.
Yao Zhen walked in. When Guo Min saw it, he picked up the food with a smile, handed the food box to Yao Zhen, and did not forget to say hello: "Brother Yao, thank you for your hard work."
Yao Zhen glanced twice, cursed and complained before leaving, calling Liu Boqin and Zhao Doubei for dinner.
Liu Boqin sat in the prison cell, eating his meal slowly and frowning.
In the afternoon, Gu Zhengchen ran to the prison cell and sat there for so long without saying a word or asking. Why did he do this?
Liu Boqin didn't understand the reason. He suddenly felt a little dizzy, and then he felt severe pain in his abdomen. The bowl and chopsticks fell from his hands, his pupils dilated, and he shouted "The rice is poisonous" and fell to the ground.
Not far away, Zhao Doubei was also poisoned and fell to the ground. Sun Shiba looked under his skirts and quickly raised the torch.
A series of footsteps came closer and closer.
Liu Boqin felt more and more pain in his abdomen and looked outside with wide eyes. Under the light, Gu Zhengchen, Wang Ren, Lin Shan, Zhou Mao, Yang Liang and others rushed over. Wang Ren, Lin Shan and others seemed to be carrying buckets of medicine to benefit the people. Xu Wen, the official doctor of the bureau, also came. He seemed to be carrying a long bucket of food.
"Gu Zhengchen, you actually poisoned me, you will die badly!"
Liu Boqin struggled to say a word.
Gu Zhengchen did not answer Liu Boqin's words. He turned sideways and looked at Xu Wen, Yang Liang and others: "What are you still doing?"
The cell door opened.
Wang Ren, Lin Shan, and Yao Zhen walked in and put two buckets aside. Yao Zhen forcibly pinched Liu Boqin's mouth and inserted the funnel into Liu Boqin's mouth. Wang Ren took a ladle of water and looked at Gu Zhengchen. He didn't know what was going on. The casing still didn't work. Seeing Gu Zhengchen's urging, he quickly poured water into the funnel.
On the other side, Yang Liang, Zhang Pei, Zhou Mao and others were also filling Zhao Doubei with water.
Xu Wen picked up Liu Boqin's food, inspected it, and walked to Gu Zhengchen: "Your Majesty, it's Bronchus."
Gu Zhengchen nodded slightly: "These methods are really ruthless."
Xu Wen watched Liu Boqin struggle violently, and a large amount of water was continuously poured into Liu Boqin's body. His flat abdomen began to bulge. Xu Wen was not surprised by this scene. The method of inducing vomiting was indeed recorded in the classics, but Gu Zhengchen used A large amount of water, while the classics use carbon ash and alkaline water.
For this poison, inducing vomiting is very effective.
When someone stepped on Liu Boqin's belly and sprayed water, he almost thought about dying, but one inducement of vomiting was not enough, and he had to do it again...
Xu Wen took out a bowl of mung bean soup and looked at the dying Liu Boqin: "Are you going to drink it yourself, or are they going to feed it?"
Liu Boqin didn't want to be tricked, so he drank it with difficulty.
The corvee carried Liu Boqin and Zhao Doubei to the door of the prison cell. Gu Zhengchen looked at the two weak men with hatred in their eyes, smiled lightly, rolled up his sleeves and said: "Liu Xiancheng and Zhao Doubei, don't you think this is the case?" I want to kill you, right? Hehe, come on, bring the jailer Guo Min and the yamen officer Chen Jie!"
