In the next few days, Qin Mubai inspected several dikes and inspected the rice bags used to build the dikes, further confirming that his inference was correct.
It is true that the Jiangzhou flood was a natural disaster, but some people took advantage of this natural disaster to enrich the country and try to cover up their previous charges of embezzling flood control funds. Some people were murdered as a result.
In the peaceful and prosperous Tang Dynasty, this was already a shocking case!
A few years ago, the Zhenguan Tang Dynasty set a legal record in Chinese history - in a whole year, only 29 people were sentenced to death throughout the country!
Three years ago, on September 4th, the eighth year of Zhenguan, an anecdote happened that shocked the world - on that day, among the more than 300 death row prisoners who had been released by Li Shimin to celebrate the New Year and participate in the spring plowing and autumn harvest, not one of them
Absent, all returned to death row, ready to go to the execution ground to die!
The cause of the matter used to be this: There was a custom in the Tang Dynasty that all death sentences must be approved by the emperor personally and could not be executed until after the Autumn. And before approving the death penalty, Li Shimin had to patrol the prisoners. As long as there were prisoners who complained about injustice, regardless of the case
No matter how conclusive the evidence is, Dali Temple must postpone the retrial to avoid accidentally killing a good person.
That day Li Shimin patrolled the prisons, but not one of the more than 300 death row inmates complained about injustice. Li Shimin was surprised at the time, why were there so many more death row inmates this year than the 29 in the previous two years? Aren't these people afraid of death? Seeing these
Most of the prisoners on death row were young adults. Li Shimin had a sudden idea and decided to let these prisoners go home to reunite with their families for the New Year and participate in the spring plowing of the next year. He also made an agreement with them that they would return to their cells to be tortured in the autumn of the next year.
This sounds like a fantasy. But a year later, all of the more than 300 death row inmates returned to their cells one by one. After enjoying the last year of their lives with their families, these death row inmates personally
This man was so grateful that he was willing to die, which moved everyone including Li Shimin on the spot. Li Shimin immediately granted amnesty and released all these people back home.
The Zhenguan Tang Dynasty has always been politically clear, has good public security, and has always advocated "cautious punishment". The crime rate is also quite low. But such a bad incident happened in Jiangzhou. I really don't know what Li Shimin and the more than 300 death row prisoners will know.
, what would you think?
After several days of secret investigation and evidence collection, Qin Mubai had already made the case almost clear. So he found Li Ke and the two talked in secret.
Qin Mubai first told Li Ke about the various evidences and inferences he had found, and asked Li Ke for his opinion: "Your Highness, is it time to catch these evil officials?"
"Not busy." Li Ke waved his hand and said, "Recently, we have been busy resettling the victims, rebuilding our homes and restoring mulberry crops. All the officials in Jiangzhou Prefecture are doing their best.
If we suddenly start arresting people at this time, it will definitely cause a stir and cause chaos. This is not conducive to the overall situation."
"What His Highness said is true." Qin Mubai said, "Officials in local prefectures and counties are no better than officials in the capital. They have a very strong cooperative relationship with each other. If we really want to investigate people, I am afraid that everyone will be more or less corrupt."
Being implicated. I always feel that this is not a small case in Jiangzhou. The big and small officials here seem to be tightly hugged together, like a deep-rooted tree. Once we start to uproot a certain tree root
, I’m afraid you have to pull a hair and move your whole body. A tree originally doesn’t have much strength, so it can be lifted easily. But if its roots are twisted and twisted in the soil, it will not be so easy.”
"Well said." Li Ke's eyes flashed with light and he said softly, "In the past few days, I specially sent Quan Wanji to Jiangzhou City in the name of recruiting people's hands. In fact, it was to find out about Cheng Song.
In the year, the details of Ma Kun and others turned out to be great discoveries!"
"Is there anything special?" Qin Mubai asked.
"Yes. And it's more than ordinary." Li Ke said, "It turns out that Cheng Songnian and Ma Kun are not ordinary officials. Cheng Songnian, a small fifth-rank state assassin"