Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 378 Prince An's Lifetime Enemy

The carriage slowly came to the outside of the palace. Liu An flipped through the books in his hand, thinking about the teacher's notes, and thoughtfully, just after the carriage passed the Sima Gate, a group of soldiers rushed forward and surrounded the carriage. .

Liu An was stunned.

He stared blankly at the soldiers around him. He knew that his father had to follow the King of Qin in everything, but there was no need to follow the King of Qin in this matter of helping Su? ?
In Liu An's puzzled eyes, three figures appeared in the distance.

Wang Tianqi, Xuanyi, Zhang Shizhi.

Liu An hurriedly got out of the car and was about to meet Xuanyi and the others, but Xuanyi, Wang Tianqi and the others were also very shocked. Looking at Zhang Shizhi who was on the side, he didn't know what he was going to do. Zhang Shizhi frowned and looked at the people who got out of the car. The prince said loudly: "According to the Han law, it is really disrespectful to pass the Sima Gate and not get off the bus!!"

"Prince please drive away and walk past the Sima Gate!!"

When Liu An heard this, he frowned and looked at Wang Tianqi, "Your Majesty, the subordinates of Tingwei are giving orders in front of you, don't you want to stop them?"

"His Royal Highness. The minister is no longer a court officer, he is a court officer."

However, Zhang Shizhi shouted loudly again: "Please drive the prince away!!!"

Liu An gritted his teeth, but fortunately he was calmer, not as irritable as his grandfather. He didn't say much. He turned around and drove back. Wang Tianqi's forehead was covered in sweat, and he pulled Zhang Shizhi's head hard. Clothes sleeves, "Shizh, you've only become the captain of the court. It's less than half an hour, how can you do this? The prince is deeply loved by the ministers, and the queen mother is particularly favored, you"

Zhang Shizhi said with a stern face, "The law is something that the emperor and the people should abide by together, and there should be no partiality. The law has rules, and everything is done according to the rules. If you can’t even do this, how can you win the trust of the people? Ting Wei is the leader of fair law enforcement in the world. If Ting Wei dare not act according to the law, the place will be unfair! !"

"Well said!!"

Xuan Yi couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding, his eyes were full of praise, this little old man has never been so excited, he really has a successor, and he is still stronger than the next generation!

Wang Tianqi's face was pale, and he turned to go back to the palace, but Xuanyi grabbed him.

"What are you going to do?"

Wang Tianqi hesitated, did not say clearly, and Zhang Shizhi ignored him, just watched Prince An drive again, and walked through Simamen, and then returned to the palace angrily.Zhang Shizhi turned to look at Wang Tianqi, and said seriously: "The prince is also a person who served as a court officer, why don't you even understand the truth?"

"How can there be a high-ranking Tingwei who came to scold the prince?! That's the country's capital!"

"So what, if the emperor violates the law, I should deal with it fairly, let alone the prince?!"

"I, you! Confused! This is the way to die!"

"I really shouldn't recommend you to be a court officer! I saw the wrong person!!"

"The prince can go back and impeach me. If you can persuade His Majesty to dismiss me, it will not be regarded as the wrong person."

Zhang Shizhi had a big quarrel with Wang Tianqi. After speaking, he ignored Wang Tianqi and took Xuanyi's hand. The two walked out of the palace chatting.

Wang Tianqi was also very angry and walked away.

After Zhang Shizhi returned to the Tingwei Mansion, he summoned almost all the subordinate officials, and conducted a temporary random check on them according to the Han law. Eight of them failed Zhang Shizhi's examination and were immediately dismissed. Shi Zhi said to them earnestly: "As a court official, if you can't even remember the laws, how can you handle affairs with integrity? If you want to hold a post, you have to memorize the Han laws. You don't have the qualifications to be long!"

Immediately, he ordered: "If Tingwei wants to enforce the law, he must first take the lead in abiding by the law. From now on, if the officials of Tingwei break the law, the crime will be increased by one!"

This action made the officials of the court lieutenant extremely surprised.

Liu An did not expect that his nightmare would come so quickly.

As the famous gang bosses in Chang'an, they became Tingwei's targets in an instant. They violated too many laws. It's completely trivial to not get out of the car after passing the door, and no one even pays attention. However, Zhang Shizhi refused to do so, and in the next day's court meeting, Zhang Shizhi wrote to the emperor, requesting that the prince be punished according to the law.

According to the law, those who pass through the Sima Gate and do not get off the bus will be punished by flogging.

Liu Chang was completely stunned.

He sat in the upper seat, looked blankly at Zhang Shizhi in front of him, and asked, "You want to beat my prince?!"

"The prince violated the law and should be punished!"

"This matter will be discussed later."

"Please punish your majesty!!"

Zhaoping couldn't sit still, he got up and reprimanded: "How noble is the crown prince, how can he be punished?!"

"Prince is honorable, what about King Chu, King Wu, and King Zhao? How about the rest of His Majesty's princes and clan children? How about their descendants for the merits of founding the country? Aren't these people all honorable people? His status will forgive his crimes, and in the future, the local government will follow His Majesty's example. When encountering a person with a high status, he will not dare to punish him. Those people with a high status will trample the law at will by relying on their status. Is this not true? Is it the correct way to govern the country?!"

"Your Majesty is the first emperor of the ages, and the lord of Ming Dynasty, how can you despise the law because of your son? Your Majesty is the emperor of the world first, and then the father of the prince! Please punish me!!"

He was as irritable as Liu Chang. Hearing Zhang Shizhi's words, he was speechless. He tried to defend himself several times, but stopped, alas. When it came time to use Fang Hen Shao, he didn't even know how to refute him.

Fortunately, Zhao Ping, the prince's most staunch supporter, stood up again, and the "Prince Sheren" said angrily, "The punishment is not good."

"Can't the doctor be punished? Oh, if Zhao Xiang wants to use the laws of the past to deal with the current behavior, why not first persuade His Majesty to abolish the counties and counties, and return the power to the princes?"

"You and I."

Seeing this young court officer slaughtering the Quartet, all the ministers were stunned. Where did your majesty find these young people, are the young people now so brave? ?

As Liu Chang has been in power for longer, ministers everywhere have begun to get younger. From temples to places, many important ministers are under 40 years old, almost all of them are around 30 years old, or even in their 20s. These people have no past The old ministers are so safe and aggressive in doing things, but the problem is that they really dare to do it, dare to do anything, and are not restrained at all.

In the face of Zhang Shizhi's persecution, Liu Chang had to stand up, "It's because I don't discipline me strictly, I'll definitely give better discipline in the future. I'll forgive the prince this time, and he won't do this again in the future."

Only then did Zhang Shizhi skip the matter of the prince, and he immediately pointed the finger at Zhidu, who had been in the limelight recently.

"Tongwen Mansion ordered Zhidu, wantonly arresting people to commit murders, and blatantly trampling on the law, what qualifications do you have to arrest people? On what charges are you murdering people?!"

Zhang Shizhi looked at Zhidu angrily.

The goshawk slowly raised his head, looked directly into Zhang Shizhi's eyes, and the two confronted each other in the air.

The old ministers only have to eat the melon, whispering, if these two people work together, who can win?

Both are Legalists, but their principles of doing things are completely opposite. Zhi is both famous for daring to arrest and kill. He is notorious and everyone is afraid. Even if he makes a small mistake, he may be beheaded at his hands. , use severe punishment to achieve the goal of governing the world, and punish criminals with tyrannical means.

As for Zhang Shizhi, he is known for his fairness and strictness. What he and Zhi Du have in common is that he dares to arrest the other party regardless of their identity, but the difference is that he acts according to the law. What kind of crime is what kind of criminal law, it is definitely not excessive, and it will not be easily forgiven. As for the emperor, this famous saying is "the man of the law, the emperor is common to the world." ".

Zhang Shizhi didn't just impeach Zhidu, his eyes were fixed on the ministers, and everyone suddenly realized that Tingwei was going to be a big trouble.

As everyone had guessed, Tingwei's style changed rapidly, becoming even stricter than during the Xuanyi period.

Prince Liu An became the biggest victim.

Zhang Shizhi just stared at him to brush up his political achievements. Liu An, Liu Xiang, Liu Qi, and Liu Wei were arrested the next day as Tingwei, while the King of Chengyang, Liu Zhang, came to Tingwei as usual to find people. At that time, he failed to do so. Zhang Shizhi, according to the law, drove a car in the King City of Hexi and was fined two shields. First.King Xiting arrested and beat Jiashi and demoted him to Chengdan.

The prince had never driven a car, but he was fined one dong for being in the car.

Liu Zhang was helpless, the fine was easy to say, but the empress dowager finally came forward and asked Zhang Shizhi to be punished lightly. Zhang Shizhi changed the degraded Chengdan to tenth, and Zhang Shizhi personally executed it. Liu Yan's buttocks were all smashed, that is, Liu Yan was tall and strong, and it was hard to say if it was another person.

After that, the group of five suddenly became quiet. They were all cautious when they left the palace, but all five of them were cowardly. The rest of the sages were even more frightened, and they didn't dare to do anything out of the ordinary. Chang'an has become extremely peaceful, and the law and order is very good.

In addition to targeting the upper-level dignitaries, Zhang Shizhi also went to various places in person to ask the local officials if they were not allowed to leapfrog to appeal.The laws of the Han Dynasty were like this. The county government first sent the sentence. If you felt that the county government's sentence was unfair, you could appeal. If you still feel it was unfair, you could appeal again to the court official.

Of course, if Tingwei felt that the county government's judgment was just, the person who appealed would have to bear double the punishment.

If Tingwei feels that the county government and the county are unfairly sentenced, then what crime the county government and the county have sentenced to you will be punished by himself.

The system of the Dahan is very perfect, mainly because the system is Qin Keke, because the Dahan is strong and powerful, and the law has come out in large numbers, so the law has been perfected.

But the county and the county generally do not give this opportunity. Of course, they are also worried that Tingwei will eventually reverse the case, so they intimidate the people or take coercive measures. The first thing Zhang Shizhi did was to abolish the appeal. The standard of double punishment, if the judgment is unfair, you can appeal, and you don't need to be double punished.

Tingwei officials were shocked and hurriedly said: "How many people have been sentenced in the world, if you stipulate this, I am afraid that the sinners in the world will continue to appeal!"

Zhang Shizhi replied: "Isn't this very good? The law is a major matter that determines life and death. Shouldn't it be carefully verified many times?"

The official said again: "Tingwei officials will have no peace!"

Zhang Shizhi reprimanded angrily, "If you want to enjoy peace, why don't you go back to farming, and what kind of official should come to Tingwei?"

After abolishing this system, Zhang Shizhi sent people to the local area many times to ask the prisoners whether they were stopped by the local area when they appealed, whether they were threatened or forced to sentence, and whether they were dissatisfied with the judgment, etc., and re-examined the past. According to the dossier, Tingwei's large-scale activities, it turned out that there were 340 cases in which prisoners were forced not to appeal. Zhang Shizhi dismissed or sent these people to prison according to the law.

Local appellants kept going to court officials, and even court officials of various countries. Zhang Shizhi demanded that court officials of various countries should not neglect government affairs and should strictly implement them.

At this time, another major case happened in Chang'an.

Someone stole the jade ring in the temple of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and was captured by the guards.

Liu Chang was furious, and ordered Tingwei to severely punish the robbers and put their clan to death.

According to the law, Zhang Shizhi was sentenced to beheading and abandoning the city. He became angry and insisted that the clan be executed. Zhang Shizhi argued for the law, saying: "According to the law, the highest criminal law for stealing is beheading and abandoning the city. Exterminating the entire clan, if someone steals a handful of soil from Changling in the future, how should he be punished?"

Liu Chang thought that what he said was very reasonable, so he no longer objected.

After these incidents, Zhang Shizhi's prestige rose, and the people all over the world shouted: "Zhang Shizhi is the Tingwei, and there are no injustices in the world!"

"Fourth brother. After you go back, remember the second brother's words, don't stay up all night to deal with the performance. These things are what I gave to Youzi."

Liu Chang stood at the gate of the city in person, holding the fourth brother's hand very reluctantly, and repeatedly warned.

Liu Heng should have left a long time ago, but there are too many performances, one article after another, Liu Heng felt that if he stayed any longer, he would really become the prime minister of his eldest brother, so he found one. Opportunity to resign with the Queen Mother, and finally prepare to return to Wu State.

Liu Chang is naturally very reluctant, it is rare to have such a useful tool brother.

When Liu Chang instructed Liu Heng, Liu Heng also instructed: "eldest brother, these ministers in your country. There are too many legalists, so it is better to use other schools, the legalists are easy to use, and there are many available. Yes. You have also read history books, so you should know this truth."

"Well, don't worry, brother, I know what to do."

Liu Heng looked at his brother's determined gaze, and he didn't know if he really understood or if he pretended that he really understood.At this moment, Liu An and the others also gathered around, Liu Qi held Liu Heng's hand tightly, "Father. I can't go to the Western Regions for the time being, can you let me go back to Wu State temporarily?"

"Yes, yes, Father Zhong, I also want to go to Wu State!"

"Father Zhong! Take me there too!"

Everyone shouted, their eyes full of urgency.

Liu Heng was very relieved, these stubborn sons are still very affectionate, and it is worth his love to love these stubborn sons, he was about to appease when he heard Liu Wei say: "Father Zhong, this Chang'an can't stay any longer, traitors are in power. That dog is really lawless. Look at the spanking he gave me. My butt hurts in the car now."

"Yeah. I was drinking in a liquor store that day, and his people said that we violated the drinking together, and they were immediately arrested!"

"This fellow is very kind to the people, with a smile on his face, and he treats us like an enemy."

Liu Heng immediately understood, well, it turns out that Chang'an can't go on, and he is going to bring trouble to my country of Wu.

Thinking of this, he immediately raised his face and reprimanded: "Duke Zhang strictly enforces the law. If you don't violate the law, how could he treat you like this?!"

He said solemnly: "If you dare to disrespect Zhang Gong in the future, I will never forgive you!"

After scolding the vertical sons righteously, Liu Heng took Deng Tong and left here.

After seeing Liu Heng away, Liu An and the others sighed helplessly, followed Liu Chang's side, and returned to the palace together.

"Father, do you allow this thief to bully your son like this? He just can't get along with me. He will appear wherever I go. He will hold on to the slightest mistake."

Liu An was talking. With his character, he would rarely be so angry, nor would he hate someone so much, but this Zhang Shizhi is really not a human being. As long as Liu An leaves the palace, he will be around him. There are definitely officials from the Tingwei who are staring at him. It is said that Zhang Shi gave the order. As long as the officials of the Tingwei can report an unruly dignitary, they will be rewarded. And who is the biggest dignitary in the Han?
That is to say, if the queen mother does not go out, Liu An even thinks that if the queen mother goes out, this fellow dares to send someone to watch! ! !

Zhang Shizhi's own madness is not counted, but he took the entire Tingwei mad together.

Hearing Liu An's words, Liu Chang couldn't help but ponder.

"In the beginning, I also had such a hated person. When he arrived in Chang'an, he also stared at me, took me away several times, and even beat me, hehe, that was when I was young."

"Ah? How did Grandpa get revenge?"

"I entered. Married his daughter."

Liu An was stunned for a moment, then woke up, "It's the father of the foreign father!!"

"yes."

Liu An pondered for a moment and asked, "Father, do you think Zhang Shizhi has a daughter?"

"do not know."

Liu An said bitterly: "I am not strong, but when I am strong, things will change!"

Liu Qi patted Liu An on the shoulder, and said righteously: "An, you can't think like that, you have to be generous! How can you hold grudges like this? He acts impartially, this is also his duty, how can it be because of offending Do you want to take revenge on him? Look at me, I never care about this, even if someone offends me, I will never be jealous. Be generous! It's okay!"

In Changle Palace, Wang Tianqi lowered his head and was reminiscing with the Queen Mother.

"The queen mother does not need to be angry. Zhang Shizhi did not oppose the prince sincerely. There are many powerful people in various places, and there are many illegal people. Zhang Shizhi treats the prince like this, and the rest of the powerful people will not dare to violate the law again. He is also doing this for the big man. Considering the whole world, he is not a person who sells straight for fame. He is very friendly to the people and does not abuse the criminal law. He personally inspects various places, visits the situation of the people, punishes traitors, powerful people, intimidates him, and even sends people to kill his family. The dog he never gave in half a step."

"He is still very young, but he has already thought about revising the law. The law of the big man is perfect, and it is estimated that it will fall on this young man. Please forgive him a little bit, forgive his offense, and put the world first. Heavy."

Empress Lu glanced at him and asked, "I heard that Zhang Shizhi is not in harmony with you, and he has impeached you many times. Why do you still plead for him?"

"Because the minister is not as good as him."

ps: There is no doubt about the use of the emperor, wrong, season, all, and strict law. - "Historical Records"

All are harsh first, and the emperor persuades to be lenient; Ji is first to be lenient, and the emperor persuades to be strict. - "Saint Lloyd"

(End of this chapter)