Upon hearing this, Di Qing suddenly froze on the spot.
amnesty?
He indeed took the blame proactively. After all, the eldest brother was the backbone of the family. He just got married last year and had a son this year.
Moreover, the eldest brother accidentally pushed Wang Datou into the river because he stood up for him.
However, Di Qing would certainly be happy if he had the chance to be pardoned if he was willing to take the blame.
However, the two brothers of the Di family obviously do not understand the law.
Although Di Qing was classified as manslaughter, manslaughter is also murder, and crimes like his are not included in the amnesty.
If you should be exiled, you must be exiled.
However, there is one thing that can be changed, that is, the location of the thorns.
The most important thing in the thorn match system is the word "thorn", which is also the core of the thorn match system. It not only identifies identity, but also means warning and humiliation.
There are a series of regulations on how to tattoo characters, such as what characters to tattoo, how big the characters should be, where to tattoo the characters, etc.
According to the regulations, if the armies are transferred and have different quotas or are downgraded, the number of tattoos cannot exceed two points. Four points for fleeing and deploying to the city; five points for the prison city (soldiers); and seven points for Far Evil and Salmon Island.
Di Qing's treatment should be to equip the city with a prison. According to the regulations, the tattoo should be five minutes in size (about 1-2 centimeters), which is a small tattoo.
As for whether it is to be tattooed on the face, behind the ears, on the forehead, or on the neck and arms, etc., the specific situation must be analyzed in detail.
According to Di Qing's guilt, it must have been tattooed on his face.
However, if you encounter an amnesty and the supervisor has strong empathy, it is not impossible to tattoo the forehead or behind the ears instead.
However, the two brothers did not know all this. After all, they were just ordinary farm boys who had neither read books nor taken serious classes.
How would they know the twists and turns in the marriage system?
At this time, the two brothers were still thinking about how they would make a living if they could be released.
While the two brothers were talking about the future, the edict of amnesty to the world had been issued by Jinzouyuan to all places.
Jinzouyuan is responsible for all the postal services in the world. All government facilities, orders for rewards and punishments, writing of imperial edicts, farewells and greetings to the court, etc. that need to be broadcast to all directions are all handled by Jinzouyuan.
Moreover, there are relevant regulations on the transmission speed of different documents.
There are three specific delivery methods: step delivery, horse delivery, and quick-foot delivery. Among them, step delivery is the slowest.
Delivery by horse is relatively fast, while delivery by foot is the fastest.
Documents like pardons, which concern the life and death of criminals and the rewards of the people, are naturally of a very high level and should be delivered by horse or foot.
Generally speaking, in areas closer to the capital, letters of pardon were delivered by horse, traveling at a speed of four hundred miles day and night.
Areas further away from the center of the capital were delivered by foot, traveling day and night, covering five hundred miles a day.
Fenzhou belongs to Hedong Road, and the straight-line distance from Fenzhou to Bianliang is about a thousand miles.
Considering the detour required, even if the pardon letter is delivered by horse delivery, it will still take four to five days.
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Five days later.
Bingzhou (Taiyuan).
After the amnesty document arrived in Bingzhou, the news immediately reached the Tidian Prison Department Yamen.
In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there were three types of local institutions at the road level, and the three were not subordinate to each other.
The Pacifying Envoy Division, also known as the Shuai Division, was set up to deal with the invasion of Xixia and Liao Kingdoms. It was usually only set up in border areas and was not a permanent institution.
The transfer envoy division, also known as the Cao Division, is in charge of the wealth along the route, and also has responsibilities such as inspecting local officials and maintaining public security. It is almost equivalent to the chief officer along the route.
Let me remind you that the Division of Penal and Prison, also known as the Division of Constitution, supervises and manages the judicial affairs of the state under its jurisdiction and reviews the files of the state.
Initially, the Department of Punishment and Prison was subordinate to the Department of Transportation and Envoys, and was occasionally abandoned during the period. During the Jingde period of Zhenzong, Zhenzong separated the matter of punishment and punishment specifically to divide the power of the Department of Transportation and Envoys.
Bingzhou is the administrative center of Hedong Road. However, the Yamen of the transfer envoy and the Yamen of the Tidian Prison are generally not located in the same place.
Noon.
Let me remind you of the Penal and Prison Department Yamen.
"Kensi, the pardon letter from Beijing has arrived."
An official rushed to the main hall and reported to the chief officer.
"Um."
Hedong Road asked Du Yan about criminal and prison matters, and he nodded in a subtle way.
"Ready your horse!"
The letter of pardon is not just a simple document, but also the benevolence and grace of the emperor.
Although the pardon is not an imperial edict, local governments still have to hold corresponding meetings to accept the pardon.
Not long after, Du Yan rushed to the south gate on horseback. Before he arrived, the magistrate of Bingzhou and Pingjin County had already arrived in advance.
Among the people present, Du Yan, the head of the Xiansi Division, has the highest official position.
After some greetings, the ceremony of reading the letter of pardon officially began.
[Under the disciple: The king inherits the throne and holds the throne, holding the map to the extreme. I have inherited the weight of the ancestral temple and entrusted it to the princes. I fast all night and night, and no one dares to waste time.
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(It’s too difficult, I can’t make it up)
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Amnesty can be given to the whole world!]
After the pardon was read out, Du Yan, as the highest-ranking person present, personally took the pardon from the Beijing envoy.
Once here, the responsibilities of the Beijing envoy are completed, and the remaining propaganda work is taken care of by local people-friendly officials.
It must be "known to everyone", which is the purpose conveyed in the pardon letter.
After the reading ceremony was over, Du Yan returned to the Yamen and saw the mountains of files on the desk, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
These backlogged cases can finally be approved.
Like the judicial departments of later generations, the Department of Corrections and Prisons also has KPIs.
As if murder cases in later generations must be solved, the judicial institutions of the Song Dynasty pursued "prison emptiness", that is, after all cases have been tried, there are no criminals in custody in the prison, so that the prison is temporarily vacant.
This was the highest pursuit of government departments in the Song Dynasty.
What does it mean that there are no criminals in prison?
It shows that local governance is excellent, to the extent that "no one picks up lost things on the road, and no one closes the house at night".
Previously, Du Yan had not approved the judgments sent by various states, mainly because this year was the year of the Suburban Sacrifice.
Generally speaking, after the suburban sacrifice, the court will issue a letter of pardon.
And this is the reason why Du Yan has a backlog of cases.
He wanted prisoners who had committed minor crimes to suffer less.
Du Yan's compassion for the people is actually closely related to his childhood experiences.
Du Yan was a native of Shanyin County, Yuezhou. The Du family was one of the local prominent families, and the Shanyin Du family was one of the branches of the Jingzhao Du family.
Historically, there have been many celebrities from the Du family in Jingzhao, including Du Zhou and Du Yannian, the imperial censors in the Western Han Dynasty, Du Du in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even nine prime ministers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Du Ruhui, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, was born in the Jingzhao Du family, and the poet sage Du Fu was also born in the Jingzhao Du family.
However, the ancestor Kuo Guo has little to do with Du Yan himself.
Du Yan was a posthumous son. His father died before he was born. Later, his mother Sheng remarried to Heyang (Mengzhou, Henan) and left him to be taken care of by his grandfather.
Since he was a child, Du Yan had never experienced father's love or mother's love. When his grandfather passed away, his two half-brothers kicked him out of the house.