I am Da Song

Chapter 585

Other rulers always bring themselves into the side of the officials, to safeguard the interests of the officials, so as to stabilize the rule.

But Zhao Huan's thinking is completely different, just like the poem: "Officials don't have to be feared, and ordinary people should never be taken lightly."

Officials have always been tools in the hands of the emperor, and it is impossible for a normal emperor to be threatened by his courtiers.

Zhao Huan was never afraid of officials, because they could not shake their own rule.

But he never dared to look down on Xiaomin, because only the small people's uprising can shake the rule of the whole country.

The Anshi Rebellion was mighty, with hundreds of thousands of frontier troops sweeping across the Central Plains, but the hearts of the people turned to Tang, and the rule of the Tang Dynasty was still unbreakable. It could make mistakes again and again, still put down the rebellion, and then maintain the rule for hundreds of years.

However, the Huang Chao uprising swept across the country at once and pushed the entire Tang Dynasty into the abyss.

When a country loses its hearts and the world is impoverished, it will inevitably end forever.

Even if there are hundreds of thousands of rich and wealthy households in this country, it will be difficult to stop the great situation.

Seeing the Son of Heaven standing in front of the stele, Wei Sheng asked, "Officials, do you want to go in and have a look?"

Zhao Huan recovered his senses and looked at the Hejian government office. In fact, he had actually entered here, but only in later generations.

As the largest and longest architectural complex handed down from the Song Dynasty, the Hejian Government Office is also a very attractive tourist attraction in later generations.

Being a man for two lifetimes, Zhao Huan really felt a little different when he revisited his old place, so he said, "Then go in and have a look."

People in the Song Dynasty were not as afraid of the government as they were in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The county government opened its doors and could enter and exit at will.

As soon as you enter the door, go north along the corridor, and after crossing five steps, you will find the palace built by the Hejian government office, called the lobby, where the government officials try cases.The general public is allowed to attend the general civil cases heard in the lobby.

After passing the second hall behind the lobby, some confidential cases are tried, and the public is not allowed to attend.

The people of the Song Dynasty were prosperous, and there were a lot of idlers in the city. There were already many onlookers standing in front of the lobby, watching the case being tried by the criminal judge.

Judicial openness is a major feature of the Central Plains judicial system, and even later generations will have live broadcasts of court trials.

Zhao Huan led He Qinhu and Wei Sheng to the front of the lobby, at this time a group of people had already started whispering and discussing in front of the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Sheng asked a muscular old man beside him: "Grandpa, I just arrived, can you tell me the details of this case?"

Hearing that someone was interested in the case, a group of people spoke one after another: "Then it's such a coincidence that you came here, this is the appointment of a criminal officer to make decisions for the people!"

"This case is mysterious again, like a script. It involves a minister, a county magistrate, a high official, and a beautiful concubine."

Zhao Huan is relatively tall, standing behind the crowd and looking forward, he can see several officials sitting in the lobby, and several officials standing under the stage, while a rich man and a plump woman are kneeling on the ground .

The people on the sidelines were afraid that others would not understand the excitement of the case, and enthusiastically explained: "This has to start with the legal system of our dynasty. In our dynasty, crimes below the punishment of staff can be sentenced by the magistrate; crimes of more than imprisonment are judged by the magistrate." , and the criminal officer is mainly responsible for supervision.”

"However, the criminal judge is also responsible for hearing difficult cases, rehabilitating unjust prisons, and accepting appeals from the public."

"This case was already sentenced by the county magistrate. After investigation, Song Tixing overturned the trial result of the county magistrate and re-opened the trial."

While speaking, the trial had already started inside. A young official stood under the stage and said righteously: "When the official reviewed the files this year, he found that Li Shu, a Zhuang Han in Wujiazhuang, Suning County, Hejian Prefecture, died. The county magistrate Liu Zhixian interrogated him, and he committed suicide."

The people outside said excitedly to Zhao Huan: "This is Song Tixing. Song Tixing is an upright official and judges cases like a god. He has solved hundreds of difficult and miscellaneous cases in Hejian Mansion since he was the judge of Hejian Mansion."

"This is a good official of ours who is in charge of the people. It is said that the one he admires the most is Prime Minister Zhuge. It is often said that Prime Minister Zhuge's famous saying is to govern the world with great virtues, not small favors."

"If there is no Song Tixing, I am afraid that this unjust case will be hard to clear."

Hearing this, Zhao Huan took a good look at the young prisoner. He was wearing a pair of single-lens frameless glasses and a red robe, which was refined but upright.

Glasses, originally existed in the Song Dynasty, are called 叆叇 nowadays, if you don't read the fine books, you can use them to cover your eyes.

So at this moment, Song Tixing adjusted his glasses very naturally, and said to the chief judge of the criminal punishment department, "But as far as I know, even in the Taishang years, taxes were heavy, There are very few cases of Zhuang Han committing suicide. There is no such thing as a last resort. There is almost no news of Zhuang Han's suicide."

"The lower official read the case file and found that there was no detailed reason for the suicide, so he decided to take advantage of the fact that the case was not long before the trial."

"The lower official once opened the coffin for an autopsy, and found that the wound on the abdomen of the deceased was light when the knife was entered, but heavy when the knife was released. According to Wu Zuo, after the incident, the knife was in the hands of the deceased, but he was not holding it tightly. From this, it can be inferred that the possibility of suicide Insignificant."

He is an expert in the judiciary when he mentioned criminal and prison affairs. He nodded immediately when he heard the words, and explained to the other jurors: "If it is suicide, it is impossible to enter the knife lightly and the knife is heavy. This is not in line with the basic physiological conditions of the human body. But on the contrary, if it is homicide, the situation is very appropriate. And the knife is heavy, which shows that the murderer has resentment against him and has rich experience in killing."

"Basically, it can't be connected with an honest Zhuang Han."

Song Tixing continued: "So I visited the neighbors, relatives and friends of the deceased Li Shu, and found more favorable evidence. The deceased Li Shu was just married half a decade before his suicide, and his wife, Li Wang, was beautiful and extraordinary. It is the daughter who kneels and lies down."

Everyone looked at it, and even the people outside the lobby were full of admiration.

"Just look at the back, so slim and attractive, and a new wife. Even if I die, I will be a ghost under the pomegranate skirt!"

"I look so pitiful. Which man would commit suicide? If I must die, then I choose to die in her belly. Being happy and enjoying yourself is not wiser than stabbing yourself with a knife?"

Good law is not contrary to human feelings.

If the result of the verdict is contrary to the simple public sentiment, then someone must be doing evil.

Emperor Zhao Huan also didn't believe that someone would commit suicide within half a month of their wedding.

You must know that the present is different from the future generations. The bride is a virgin who is married with three books and six rituals.

Countless Zhuang Han will not realize that the spring night is worth a thousand gold until the wedding ceremony.

Unlike later generations, who may be tired of the bride.

(End of this chapter)