Chapter 105 The Prisoner's Dilemma and Uncompromising Materialism
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, the five captured Japanese spies were separated into five rooms and restrained, for fear that they would commit suicide.
The people in the Criminal Department did not understand the meaning of this. Zhang Sihuai, the head catcher with a scar on his face, came out of a room and shook his head and said: "What's the use of this method? They are all interrogated as usual, without any useful information. This
What kind of medicine is being sold in the gourd, Your Highness?"
"Hey, there are three things a new official can do when he takes office, let alone supervise the country. I heard that this young highness is only a teenager. What methods can he use? He just wants to show off his authority."
The policemen started chatting. In the dark prison, one policeman took out a newspaper: "There is a war in Northern Xinjiang. These unsightly things dare to come out during the military parade in the imperial city. The Japanese Japanese pirates have been harassing our coast for many years.
We should beat them just like we beat the barbarians in Northern Xinjiang."
"Yes, there will be. The military parade is so majestic. My father went to watch it. When he came home, he was so excited that he even gave him a set of punches. Our Ming Dynasty has such a mighty army, and it will definitely make all the barbarians surrender."
The arrester, Zhang Sihuai, was still thinking about Zhu Zhanzhen's move of separating several people and imprisoning them: "I heard that His Highness meant to come over at noon today. Is it true or not? Come to our prison of the Ministry of Punishment? Will the nobles from the palace here come?"
"Don't talk too little about me, your highness. Your highness is your highness. Men are most afraid of being criticized. Be careful and I'll chop off your head when the time comes."
At this time, they heard the voice of Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment.
"Your Highness, please be careful when you go this way. The road in the prison is not good, so you should be worried."
The specially amplified voice made all the jailers and detectives stand up straight, which was a notification to them that His Highness had really arrived.
Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment, is a slightly fat man with a medium build. He was demoted once last year and was reinstated this year, so he behaves more carefully.
The jailers in the prison looked at Zhu Zhanqing curiously. His Highness, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, was incompatible with this dark prison.
"Zhang Captou." Following Liu Guan's shout, Zhang Sihuai trotted all the way to the two of them.
"Zhang Sihuai, the head of the Criminal Department, has met Lord Shangshu and met His Highness the Fifth Prince."
Zhu Zhanchen said: "Zhang Captou, have the people been divided according to what I said yesterday?"
"It's divided."
"First take me to see the prisoner who has spoken."
Zhang Sihuai led several people into the cell. In a separate cell, there was an embarrassed middle-aged man covered in blood. Zhang Sihuai handed over a document with his information written on it.
Li Quan, thirty-eight years old, is a native of Yingtian Prefecture, a tea merchant, and his ancestral home is Shandong. He has immigrated to Yingtian Prefecture since his father's generation.
Just looking at this personal information, this person cannot be a spy. He is a local who married and had children locally.
"Your Highness, after being tortured yesterday, he revealed that his father was a Japanese spy. He took advantage of the chaos and came to Yingtian Mansion when the Ming Dynasty was first established. It has been forty years."
"Tsk, tsk, forty years, I still haven't forgotten my mission." Zhu Zhanchen couldn't help but sigh, these spies are really determined.
But this further proves that Japan's penetration into the Ming Dynasty was far from a one-day event, and its intentions are to be punished.
"You said you were from the Ashikaga family of Japan, but are you telling the truth?" Zhu Zhanzhen said slowly.
"Yes, sir, yes, sir, my wife and children are all from the Ming Dynasty, and they are all innocent. I hope you can let them live."
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at Zhang Captou: "Did you arrest his family?"
"We've caught him. The spy's family is probably also a spy. We've caught them all, otherwise this old boy wouldn't have spoken. Your Highness, don't listen to these people. They won't tell the truth unless they teach you a lesson."
Zhang Sihuai was afraid that the young His Highness would be affected by these people's pretense of pity.
But a good car mechanic's heart is more resistant to freezing than antifreeze.
"Who is the current shogun of the Ashikaga family?"
"It's General Ashikaga Yoshimachi."
"What are you doing during this military parade in the Imperial City?"
"Sir, if you promise me to let my wife and children live, I will tell you everything."
Zhang Captou pulled out his whip: "You bastard, are you qualified to negotiate terms?"
Zhu Zhanzhen stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down, and looked at the man in front of him with slightly squinted eyes.
Since there are weaknesses, interrogation is easy.
"I can guarantee the safety of your wife and children. I will tell you the identities of the other four people one by one, your purpose, and how many of your spies are in the city. After interrogating you, I will interrogate the other four people. If the testimonies are correct, are they correct?
Come on, I’m sorry, I’ll send some of your wife and children to you just this once.”
Zhu Zhanzhen's words shocked both Zhang Sihuai and Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment. This child-faced Highness's methods were ruthless.
Li Quan was trembling with fear. He was frightened by the heavy punishment yesterday. Moreover, the spies who had been undercover for a long time and were born outside the country, got married and had children were far less determined than the ones sent by Japan Gang and were easier to defeat.
The other four people had better willpower than him, but they did not commit suicide on the spot, so they were probably not dead soldiers.
As long as you are not a dead soldier, you will have a chance to open your mouth.
"Can you write?"
"Yes... yes."
"Bring a pen and paper and write down all the information about the other four people. The arresters will verify them one by one, as well as your other accomplices in the city. If there are mistakes, you will see some part of your wife and children. You will eventually
What part of your wife do you like most? Her face or her legs."
Li Quan was so frightened that his liver trembled. He picked up the pen and started writing. His handwriting was crooked.
While Zhu Zhanzhen was writing, he whispered to Capt. Zhang: "Capt. Zhang, wait for the information he wrote to be verified one by one with portraits of the prisoners. These people should have hidden their identities in the city for a long time."
If you want to catch it, you have to uproot it."
"Understood, Your Highness is wise."
"If there are accomplices in the city, the fact that they were caught cannot be concealed. The city has been under martial law from the beginning of the military parade to now. I hope they will not escape."
"What happens after Your Highness verifies the information?"
Zhu Zhanchen thought for a while: "Tell the other four people this information respectively. You don't have to tell them who said it specifically. Just let them know that one of their accomplices has corrected them, and I have promised to let him go."
If family members and others are willing to tell all the information, they will be treated in the same way."
"Collect the information of five people. The information they know may be different. You can extract more people. If anyone among them lies, find a corpse and select a part according to what I just said to scare them."
"Your Highness is wise."
They were interrogated separately to extract more information. None of the five people knew what the other people said. They would try their best to give out useful information in order to save their families. They could not all be slain warriors who were not afraid of death.
The dilemma between prisoners, denying or confessing, no matter what they choose in the Ming Dynasty, they must die as spies, and they can only use their families as threats.
The one with the softest bones has already opened his mouth, and the next step is to pry open the mouth one by one.
After Zhang Sihuai learned of Zhu Zhanzhen's thoughts, he stood on his back with chills. Who is this His Highness? The interrogation method used is a game of human nature. It is terrible to have such thoughts at this age.
"Your Highness, you will be the one to interrogate me later. We are lucky enough to be able to learn more." Liu Guan immediately showed his favor and flattered him.
"No, my appearance is not suitable for interrogation. The one who spoke just now is because he spoke before. The others have to send a few experienced ones. Remember not to rush. It is better to have a fierce face. Give them enough
A sense of oppression.”
Under the Prisoner's Dilemma, interrogating prisoners has become easier. Zhang Sihuai and others are experienced arresters. They interrogated many of them in one afternoon, but the result was far beyond everyone's expectations.
Looking at the confessions compiled by the five people, there were generally slight discrepancies, but the differences were not large. Because no one accepted the discrepancy in information, the discrepancy was not serious. Several people stated that the purpose of this operation was to assassinate Zhu Di.
There was only one thing about which five people came up with three answers: their commander.
Three people, including Li Quan, identified the commander as one of the two dead people, one of the other two people identified him as the other dead spy, and the youngest person identified the commander of the operation as Li
spring.
This is interesting, five people have three answers, and it happens to be one of the most critical questions.
Zhang Sihuai organized the information, copied it into two copies and packed it up: "Give it to Lord Shangshu, and send the other copy to the palace for His Highness the Fifth. There must be no mistakes. Go and do it quickly."
After the messenger left, the policeman asked, "Captain, this is a good interrogation method. Let them bite each other like dogs."
"I will use this method from now on. I don't know what other methods His Highness will have next."
"It is said that these five princes are not even 10 years old yet. Such scheming methods..."
Zhang Sihuai glared at him: "Is the emperor and grandson someone you can discuss?"
When the case report was delivered to Zhu Zhanzhen, Zhu Zhanzhen was about to go out and met Yao Guangxiao.
Yao Guangxiao was arranged by Zhu Di to come back and is now in Zhu Zhanzhen's yard.
"Your Highness, it's been a long time."
"Master, I have to go to the Criminal Department first."
"Your Highness, don't worry. It's getting late today. Let's go back tomorrow. There are more important things tonight."
After all, Yao Guangxiao had a different status, so Zhu Zhanzhen had to ask someone to take the message back first, and he and Yao Guangxiao sat down to drink tea.
Yao Guangxiao took out the tea leaves from his clothes, and Zhu Zhanzhen had a black line on his head. This guy really disliked the tea leaves in his yard.
As soon as the tea brewed and the fragrance filled the room, I understood why Yao Guangxiao disliked his own tea.
"Your Highness, the weather is getting colder, and my old body is also a little tired. I'm afraid I won't be able to walk around for long."
"Master, you are strong. You can run, let alone walk."
"Your Highness, please don't comfort me. I know my own situation."
Zhu Zhanyi didn't know whether Yao Guangxiao was trying to make things happen or if he had other deeper meanings.
Yao Guangxiao took a sip of tea: "Your Majesty, your Majesty's Northern Expedition is massive and has unprecedented morale. When the army gathers to attack next year, it may be possible to decide the outcome in one battle."
“The barbarians from the north have harassed the Ming Dynasty’s borders for many years, looting and killing. It’s fitting that this king’s army will march north to spread the country’s prestige on the grassland.”
Yao Guangxiao said with profound meaning: "However, the poor monk made a fortune after observing the sky last night."
"Is this the Northern Expedition that Master is planning?"
"Um."
"How's the hexagram?"
"Of course it is a sure sign of victory. It is superfluous to calculate this hexagram. With the morale and combat power of the Ming army at this time, the Tatars in the north are simply unable to fight with our army."
At this point, Yao Guangxiao made a U-turn: "I measured the national fortune for the Ming Dynasty again. The national fortune is prosperous, but the direction of the fortune is not in the north, but in the west. I am quite puzzled."
Zhu Zhanchang stood on his head with cold hair. In the West, can this old monk really predict destiny? Is there really such a thing as fortune telling in the world?
After suppressing the shock in his heart, Zhu Zhanzhen asked tentatively: "Master, are you sure about this calculation? Apart from beauties, other things in the Western Regions are not of much interest."
"Go further west, but His Highness the Fifth Prince does not believe in gods and Buddhas."
Zhu Zhanyang smiled: "Master, it's the same."
The two looked at each other and smiled. The two sitting here were the two most staunch supporters of materialism in the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Highness, I just saw that the Ministry of Punishment has sent a secret report. Can you show it to this poor monk?"
Zhu Zhanzhen took out the secret report without any hesitation: "Your Majesty said before going on the expedition that you should ask the master's opinion on everything. If the master can help, you will be happy to ask for it."
The two of them read the report from the Ministry of Punishment together, and Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly after reading it.
"The young of these people are twenty-two years old, and the older ones are over forty, and all of them have been in Japan for at least ten years. Some of them were even born in Ming Dynasty. Japan has penetrated far more into Ming Dynasty than I think.
There are so many on the surface, and the Japanese thieves have been coveting the Central Plains for a long time."
"Master, do you think we can use this as an opportunity to send troops to Japan?"
"This is not possible for the time being. The barbarians in the north have not been eliminated, and the small countries such as Jiaozhi in the south have too many trivial matters. If we continue to cross the sea, I am afraid that it will be a waste of national power. When the time comes, the three parties will be attacked. Once one of the parties breaks a hole, the war will resume in the Central Plains."
This is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang listed Japan as a country not to be conquered. Naval battles are too variable and the wind and waves on the sea alone are difficult to fight. Therefore, although Japan often harassed the coast of Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty never counterattacked its homeland.
Not only Japan, many of Zhu Yuanzhang’s countries without conquests were island countries or places in the past that required navigation.
"But Master, Japan has a heart that can be killed."
"The time has not come yet, so there is no need to rush. The biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty is still the barbarians in the north. I hope that your majesty can defeat those barbarians this time so that our Central Plains land can recuperate. The poor monk looked at the steam engine. If you give me another ten years of the Ming Dynasty,
Maybe we can go to Japan."
Zhu Zhanzhen also nodded, but he felt that in less than ten years, the development of science and technology would definitely be faster than Yao Guangxiao predicted.
"What do you think of the discrepancies in the master's confession? The most critical part is wrong."
Yao Guangxiao thought deeply: "Four of the five people identified the dead, and one identified the living. The dead can't speak, but the living can always speak. To dig out more spies buried underground, we need more of these living people."
Open your mouth."
"What should I do better, Master?"
"Three of these people are natives of the Ming Dynasty. They were born, married, and had children in the Ming Dynasty. Such spies are not reliable. They only need to use soft and hard tactics. If Your Highness can trust the poor monk, the poor monk will do this for you."
If someone is doing something, it is naturally good: "Thank you very much, Master. By the way, Master, do you think it is possible to instigate these people to become our undercover spies in Japan?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head: "Your Highness, it is better not to give up such an unreliable spy, but your Highness's statement does make sense. From now on, spies can be arranged to go to Japan. This matter can be done after His Majesty returns from the expedition."
"Master is right."
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Shangshu Liu Guan and Yao Guangxiao stood side by side. Yao Guangxiao looked gloomy and said reproachfully to Liu Guan: "Liu Shangshu, you have just been reinstated not long ago. It is understandable that you want to show your meritorious service, but if you dare to do it next time,
If you let His Highness interrogate the prisoner in person, don’t blame me for asking you to read the book."
Liu Guan's face was covered with cold sweat: "National Master, His Royal Highness King Zhao ordered me to inform His Highness the Fifth Highness of all official matters."
Yao Guangxiao stared at him: "His Royal Highness, King Zhao, can you order you to hand over the interrogation of prisoners to His Highness the Fifth Prince?"
"Yes... His Highness came on his own."
"Master Liu, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. If the criminal cannot be found out, His Highness the Fifth Highness will have to help. You, the Minister, have done your best."
In terms of official title, Yao Guangxiao could not talk to Liu Guan like this, but after all, Yao Guangxiao's status was extraordinary, so he was reprimanding him on behalf of the emperor at this time.
"I... I know I was wrong."
"Liu Shangshu, I would like to remind you that no matter which emperor or grandson wants to interrogate a prisoner, he or she must sit in the high hall and interrogate people like a police officer. You cannot bear the reputation of being ruthless and cruel. We
I work for the royal family, so I have to think about everything for others."
