Song Mingyue

Chapter 219
The bewildered Du Gongcai opened his eyes slowly, and saw Jiang He throwing his sword on the ground, and saluted Zhao Hao respectfully, while Zhao Hao stepped forward to help Jiang He up with a full face.

"Commander Commander, Yang Jin, the commander of Luoyang soldiers and horses, intends to lead the people to rebel, and has been beheaded and killed by the lower officials. Fortunately, he lives up to his trust!"

The Jingxi officials in the hall who were ecstatic at first saw Jiang He bowing to Zhao Hao, but before they could react, they were all stunned and at a loss, and now they heard Jiang He's report, and finally gradually came to their senses.

Pululu~
I saw Jiang He smashing the blood-dripping head to the ground, and the head rolled on the ground dripping, shocking everyone.

"It's Yang Dujian's head!" Someone exclaimed.

Everyone took a closer look, who was the head if it wasn't Yang Jin?

In an instant, all the officials in the west of Beijing changed their expressions. They were extremely happy at first, but now they seemed to fall into the cellar from the top of the mountain, and the expressions on their faces became pale and pale.

The situation changed so fast that they felt like they were in a dream, and they could hardly believe their eyes.

"Jiang He, if you offend the superior and kill the superior without authorization, you will be punished for the crime!"

At this moment, Yang Yu, who had experienced the transformation of great joy and great sorrow, finally reacted. Seeing the head of his only precious son rolling on the ground, he instantly went berserk like a beast. He was held tightly by the attendant beside him.

Zhao Hao laughed: "Jiang He was ordered by the Marquis to suppress the rebellion and kill the thieves. He has made great achievements. What is the crime? Not to mention that the rebellion is a serious matter, but the matter must be in a hurry. The Marquis holds the Shang Fang bestowed by the official. The sword can be cut first and played later, Jiang He was ordered by the Marquis to kill the rebels, why not? Come, take them all!"

"Here!"

All Jin Yiwei agreed in unison, raised their sabers and moved forward.

Du Gongcai finally understood at this moment. Seeing that the general situation was over, his eyes became red, and he shouted: "Fight it, kill!"

Before the words were finished, a dozen or so desperadoes rushed out with their knives and rushed towards Jin Yiwei.

The first was a big man in black, eight feet tall, as strong as a bear, with a big Jiedao in his hand, and with a roar of a tiger, he rushed towards Jin Yiwei in front of him.

咻咻 咻 ~
Three consecutive flashes of cold light shot out, and before the big man got close, a crossbow arrow was shot in the chest, throat and eyebrows respectively. The big man in black swayed a few times, and then fell down like half a black tower.

咻咻 咻 ~
Dozens of crossbow arrows shot out in succession, like shooting stars, towards those thugs who were trying to resist, only to hear the sound of puffing arrows penetrating into the flesh and blood, and the dozens of desperadoes fell to the ground one after another.

Of the remaining two, one was knocked down by Jiang He with a knife, and the other was stabbed into a sieve by several Xiang soldiers.

However, within one meeting, the hall was covered with blood. Those seemingly tyrannical desperadoes who bullied ordinary people still made a living, and were vulnerable in front of Jin Yiwei.

clang clang clang~
The long knives and daggers in the hall were thrown all over the ground, and those tyrannical men raised their hands and surrendered. Although they have always been fierce, they know how to spare their lives. They did not commit any serious crimes in today's matter, and they can be released after a few days at most. , It's not worth risking your life for a little salary.

Hahaha~
Among the crowd on the opposite side, someone suddenly laughed, and then one of them stepped out boldly, walked up to the guards in brocade clothes, stretched out his hands, and said loudly: "Lock it, I want to see the Marquis of Shou'an, just rely on a copy of Du Gongcai's personal How can you convict me with the fabricated ledger!"

Everyone fixed their eyes and saw that it was Zhang Yue, the chief criminal officer.

Zhao Hao looked at this person coldly, smiled faintly, and shouted sharply: "Take them all, and those who disobey will be punished without mercy!"

All Jin Yiwei took out the shackles and chains that had been prepared, stepped forward to grab the person, and within a short while, all the more than a hundred people were locked up.

Hundreds of parent officials who were majestic during the day all lowered their heads like a defeated rooster at this moment, except that Zhang Yue seemed to be willing to go all out, still holding his head high, turned around again, and said coldly Staring at Zhao Hao.

"Xiaguan is a first-class Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongning and No. 9. As far as Xiaguan knows, although Marquis Shou'an eats poetry, calligraphy and painting, he rarely reads scriptures and laws well, and although he is a third-rank official, he is an official. It was only a year, so I had to remind Marquis Shou'an that since ancient times there have been etiquettes and laws, that no scholar-bureaucrats should be punished, and my emperor Taizu has made it clear that you must not kill scholar-officials and those who write letters to the ministers. Kill it. Please Shou An Hou remember it, be careful!"

Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, this ancient legal principle has been generally followed. Although in some specific periods, this observance was not strict, the Song Dynasty was always strict both in the theory of state governance and in legal practice. Follow the basic legal principle of "Punishment is not a doctor".

According to the "Song History Su Song Biography", in the second year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Zhongxuan, the magistrate of Jinzhou, was sentenced to death for embezzling and breaking the law.After hearing about the case, Su Song, the magistrate of the trial court, told Song Shenzong that in ancient times, he could not be punished as a doctor, and Zhang Zhongxuan was an official of the fifth rank. Not deserving of mercy, but still too severe a punishment for dishonoring the doctor's reputation.Song Shenzong thought it was reasonable, so he exempted Zhang Zhongxuan from the punishment of stick and tattoo, and exiled him to Hezhou.Since then, the stick tattooing law was not applicable to officials, which became a fixed legal system in the Song Dynasty.This is the specific institutionalization of the principle of "Punishment is not a doctor".

It is precisely because of the extremely preferential treatment of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty that the emperor and the scholar-officials shared the world, which caused the scholar-bureaucrats to corrupt the law and fight for power to the extreme.Anyway, no matter how much you commit a crime, at most you will be dispatched to the frontier. You will neither be tortured nor sentenced to death. The cost of crime is too low, which has caused the case of officials on Northwest Beijing Road to embezzle food and ink to form a nest case.

In theory, Zhang Yue is confident.After all, the account book was recorded by Xiang Neng, and Du Gongcai signed it for confirmation. The others were caught without any real evidence, so he can completely disapprove of Du Gongcai's account book.Although Zhao Hao has arrested all these people, so what?He couldn't torture to extract a confession, Zhang Yue kept his mouth shut and pretended to be dumb, how could Zhao Hao be convicted?
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Overnight, 96% to 13% of the important officials in the entire west of Beijing were arrested, and [-] people were arrested in Liang Yuan. In addition, those corrupt officials who dared not go to the banquet with a guilty conscience had already been targeted by Jin Yiwei, and they were still unable to escape the law. Another [-] people were arrested, so that the prison in Luoyang Mansion was full of "parent officials" of rank seven or above.

When the news got out, the whole Luoyang city was boiling. For a while, the people in Luoyang city decorated with lanterns and festoons, sang and danced.

It's just that the person caught it is straightforward, but the follow-up disposal has become a difficult problem for Zhao Hao.

Except for Du Gongcai, who has witnesses and physical evidence, and can be convicted without interrogation, the others have not pleaded guilty.If he is to plead guilty, he must be tortured.However, torture in the Song Dynasty was very restrictive.According to the provisions of the "Song Xingtong", those who meet the requirements of the consultation, request, and reduction shall not be tortured, and the reduction includes officials of the seventh rank or above. In the Song Dynasty, torture was basically not allowed for rank officials, regardless of whether he was a scholar-bureaucrat who was born in the imperial examination.

Secondly, even if these officials plead guilty, like the chief villain, Du Gongcai, Zhao Hao, he can be executed with Shangfang's sword, but among them, only 11 of them, including Du Gongcai, were not scholar-bureaucrats who did not come from the imperial examination. Cai Jing, Yang Jian and others are in control, it is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain, everything will be out of Zhao Hao's control, basically it is a waste of time, how can Zhao Hao be reconciled?

The imperial envoy was walking around, and the dim lamp was like a bean. Zhao Hao was staring at the lamp in a daze, his brows tightened.

A white shadow walked in lightly, Zhao Hao looked back, saw that it was Fang Baihua, and continued to stare at the lights in a daze.

Fang Baihua gently sat beside him, picked up the jug on the table, poured a glass of wine, gulped it down, then looked at Zhao Hao's fair face, and said with a coquettish smile : "The young master is out of his mind. Could it be that he misses his little lady?"

Zhao Hao rolled his eyes at her, and asked in a cold voice, "Is someone recruiting?"

Fang Baihua's face suddenly turned cloudy, and he said angrily: "These bastards are calling for grievances one by one, and none of them are willing to take it seriously, and the young master does not allow torture, I am almost mad at me!"

Zhao Hao shook his head helplessly and said: "It's not that the Marquis is not allowed to use torture, but that it is not allowed to use punishment according to the law. If there are only one or two people, it's fine. It's fine if the officials make a lot of excuses. Now there are more than 100 rank officials. It will alarm the officials. At that time, without waiting for Benhou to do anything, the officials will come down with a decree, asking Benhou to send these corrupt officials to the capital for trial. At that time, Cai Jing and others will operate, and Benhou will waste all his previous efforts. Countless innocent souls confess?"

Fang Baihua sneered and said, "You have taken over all the high-ranking officials on Northwest Beijing Road. Nowadays, many prefectures and counties rely on subordinate officials and Jinyiwei to maintain order. How long can you last? If Luoyang goes to the capital quickly, it will only take three days. Once it is reported to the capital, Cai Jing, Yang Jian and others, and even the entire Zongzhenghui, including King Yan, will all be dispatched, then how can they be under the control of the young master? How can it not be a quick knife to cut the mess, click..."

Fang Baihua fiercely made a chopping gesture.

"No!"

Before the words fell, there was a broken drink at the door.

Zhao Hao looked back, but saw Xu Churen walking in.Xu Churen, Fang Baihua and Wu Song all entered Zhao Hao's study with special permission from Zhao Hao, so they went straight into Zhao Hao's study, just in time to hear Fang Baihua's harsh words.

Xu Churen said angrily: "The laws and regulations of my court give great favor to scholar-bureaucrats and high-ranking officials, especially not to kill scholar-bureaucrats without authorization. This is the legacy of the Taizu's oath, and it is even more irreversible. If the son does not follow the legacy of the Taizu and the laws, it will not only be favored You will lose, and you will be accused by thousands of people and scolded by the world...Young master is the hope of the world now, you must be more cautious in your words and deeds, how can you be so reckless? This girl's strategy is really to trap the young master in a place where he will never be restored, absolutely not!"

Fang Baihua was reprimanded by Xu Churen, she didn't say a word, but took a deep look at Zhao Hao, and then retreated.

Looking at Fang Baihua's leaving back, Zhao Hao fell into deep thought again.

(End of this chapter)