Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

However, Lu Ci's sudden appointment caught the state officials by surprise, but after the initial shock passed, he calmed down.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, and it is even more difficult to feel awed by such a young airborne magistrate with a gentle temper.

After Lu Ci dispatched the tasks one by one, he concentrated on writing memorials on agricultural management, and the situation of "new officials taking office with three fires" that they were worried about did not happen.

More than two months later, Chong Wenjun and other officials of the Practical School had something to do, but they were diligent.

As for Qi Jingliu, he gradually relaxed his vigilance and began to think carefully.

After all, no matter in the officialdom or the battlefield, there has always been no unspoken rule not to bully others.

To put it bluntly, the first emperor took advantage of the political turmoil in Daliao to deal with the orphans and widows.

The old fritters in Fenzhou naturally wanted to give the newcomer Lu Zhizhou a blow.

However, when Qi Jing and the others hadn't figured out how to make Lu Zhizhou, who seems to be obsessed with farming and rarely interacts with others, suffer a dull loss...

Lu Ci, who had finished handing in the memorial, turned around in a calm manner and focused on the prison lawsuit.

He read through the hundreds of unsent judgments submitted by his direct secretary since the former magistrate resigned, and then locked on the person in charge of judging the law to join the army, Qi Jing.

On this day, he strode into the signing hall with a small pile of drafted judgments waiting for him to sign: "Where is Qi Jing, who is a member of the judicial army?"

Qi Jing stepped forward expressionlessly, bowed his hands slightly, and said in a drawn-out tone: "What orders does Lu Zhizhou have?"

However, the response given by Lu Ci, who has always been smiling and extremely gentle since he took office, was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Order?" Lu Ci repeated the words at the end of his words playfully, smiled lightly, and at the same time tapped the knuckles of his index finger crisply on the small stack of papers, and sneered coldly: "I dare not tell you .”

Zhizhou suddenly made an attack, and Qi Jing was still the one who took the knife, which instantly attracted the attention of other officials in the lottery hall who had just listened to the movement with their ears pricked up.

Even though he was bathed in the subtle gaze of a group of people, Qi Jing, who thought he had a good grasp of Lu Ci's temperament, did not panic at all, but calmly said: "Why did Zhizhou Lu say that? Although I don't He is talented, and he is also diligent and hardworking. He has prosecuted large and small lawsuits in Fenzhou for many years, and dare not make half a mistake. It is really unacceptable."

Back then, he was selected to serve as the judiciary to join the army, and he was also directly appointed by the imperial court.

What I served was an envoy from the imperial court, and it was something done for the imperial court.

Although Lu Ci, as the magistrate, has the right to be in charge of county affairs, he has no authority to control his promotion or punishment.

Lu Ci seemed to have never heard of him throwing out his qualifications to suppress others, and his face was frosty, and he said every word: "There is such a judiciary who abuses the rules, deceives the superiors, and deceives others to join the army. Unless I want to deliberately Create some unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, otherwise how dare you use them?"

Qi Jing was stunned by the merciless words, his face gradually turned red, and it took him a while to react, and he said angrily, "You!"

Knowing that he was going to make an impassioned sophistry, Lu Ci directly turned out the letter from the king's statement, and said in a deep voice: "The "Song Xingtong" has a report, and those who drive horses and horses in the streets and alleys of the city and among the crowd without reason will be whipped." Fifty; whoever kills or injures a person with a reason will be reduced by one level; whoever kills or injures livestock shall pay the reduced price."

"Whoever kills or injures for a reason is considered negligent; whoever injures or injures because of unstoppable fear..."

Lu Ci stared closely at Qi Jing, and clearly and fluently recited in detail the legal clauses in the "Song Xingtong" about killing people by horses and horses, word by word.

Qi Jing was blocked at the beginning, but his face was full of dissatisfaction, but he didn't dare to interrupt because of the status of the other party's Shangguan.

But after hearing it, his face gradually lost its color, and beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead.

After Lu Ci had memorized the law on "killing and wounding people with chariots and horses", he calmly recited the specific sentencing standards for the crime of "fighting and killing people": "Seeing blood is an injury, a light injury of eighty sticks; causing ear and nose bleeding or vomiting blood Those who add second class..."

He directly dug up all the old cases related to Wang Zhuang.

In addition to Wang Zhuang, it also includes those old case files that Qi Jing used to make big things into small things and trivial things into nothing.

As long as there is an unfair judgment, there is nowhere to hide at this moment.

Others may still hear it in a cloud of fog, not knowing the truth or falsehood, but Qi Jing was born in the Ming Law Department, served as a local judge and joined the army for many years, had contact with countless laws, and took advantage of countless loopholes, so he naturally understood what Lu Ci said serving size.

His face was already as pale as paper, and when he looked at Lu Zhizhou, who was not as weak as the crown, but powerful, he also showed a bit of unknowing fear.

Lu Ci was actually involved in Ming Law, and he knew so clearly about "Song Xing Tong"!

No matter how dull Qi Jing is, he still knows that he has hit the iron plate this time. Lu Ci seems to be silent, but he has collected many evidences of his perverting the law behind his back. Thunder strike.

After Lu Ci memorized all the legal provisions, he squinted his eyes slightly, and asked one sentence at a time: "The 'blocking tiger' is rampant in the countryside. He is a habitual offender with 27 crimes in five years. Why has he been sentenced lightly and never called for prosecution?"

"You have an old relationship with the principal criminal Wang Zhuang, why don't you avoid it?"

"Why are there only fragments of money, but no record?"

……

Lu Ci's tone was steady, but every sentence he asked almost hit the point, and made Qi Jing's already drooping head unconsciously lowered a little.

When he thought of the countless colleagues around him listening, he wished he could dig a hole and bury himself.

He also hated Lu Ci to the extreme for tearing off his face mercilessly in public.

But right now, he didn't dare to move, and even under the extreme blushing and embarrassment, he couldn't even refute a single word.

Lu Ci stood up at last, and did not look at Qi Jing, who looked ashamed, but only faced the other officials who were palpitating, and announced in a loud voice: "From today, Qi Jing will stop first, and the specific treatment needs to be written to the imperial court; , by Lin Louquan; all cases that were handled by Qi Jing will be sent back for retrial..."

Lin Lou is one of Qi Jing's subordinates, but he has never been reused and even targeted.

He also has a stubborn temper, and he seconded all cases that he thought were problematic, even if they could not affect the final judgment.

As a magistrate of the state, even though Lu Ci had specially studied the law, he only focused on those most related to state affairs.

For example, he memorized 24 chapters and 54 articles in the four volumes of the Law of Thieves and Robbery, and 26 chapters and [-] articles in the four volumes of the Law of Fighting Litigation.

As for other aspects, it is only to the extent that they will not be fooled by the people below, and it is far inferior to the specialization of Mingfake people.

What's more, there is absolutely no reason to let the dignified magistrate do everything by himself and replace the official affairs.

Now that Guanlinlou had good conduct in the past and was born in the Ming Dynasty, he was appointed to take up this position temporarily.

Lin Lou never dreamed that the unscrupulous boss who was pressing down on him was so violently slapped by Lu Zhizhou, and he didn't even dare to show his anger.

And after hearing his name, he felt even more in a dream.

It was Chong Wenjun who secretly bumped him with his arm, and then hurried forward, suppressing his excitement and shouting loudly: "Take orders!"

Of course, Lu Ci has no right to dispose of Qi Jing, but he has committed serious mistakes such as creating an unjust case, and the evidence is solid. As long as the letter is submitted, he still has the right to remove his position and temporarily appoint someone to replace him.

If Lin Lou performed well, Lu Ci could also know the identity of the state and recommend him, maybe he would be promoted.

Lu Ci nodded: "Go."

Wang Zhuang, who is still eating and drinking in prison, has no idea that his good days of making mistakes are coming to an end.

What's more, the group of people headed by Qi Jing who had been helping him to cover up all the time also fell off the horse, suspended their posts in despair, and waited for the results of Lu Ci's memorial at home in fear.

With Lu Ci making it clear that he wanted to investigate this stumbling block, Lin Lou naturally no longer felt constrained in the investigation, and with Chong Wenjun's full cooperation, he sent out a solicitation letter the next day, encouraging insiders to report on him...

The people who heard about it couldn't believe it at first.

Until those who were daring and had been victimized by it, mustered up the courage to go to the government to report them.

He dictated a lawsuit and placed a monogram, and after Chong Wenjun found out the situation the next day, the reward was distributed to him.

——Lu Zhizhou really wants to eliminate harm for the people!

As soon as the news came out, even if the reward was not much, countless ordinary people who dared to be angry and dare not speak out poured out to report his bad deeds and crimes.

The tree fell and the hozen scattered, the wall fell and everyone pushed.

In the past, he was still domineering and overbearing, and the king who dared to anger and dare not speak out, suddenly became a mouse that everyone shouted and beat.

Knowing that the situation was not good, Wang Zhuang naturally refused to confess, and even loudly cried out for injustice.

If you really admit it, it won't be closed for ten days and a half months, and you can settle it with some small money that you don't need to pay at all!

Lin Lou was overjoyed, and when he reported to Lu Ci, he said that the prisoner refused to confess, so could he be tortured?

Of course, the use of torture not only requires the consent of Lu Ci, but also has specific regulations on the instruments of torture, the location of the torture, and the level of torture. It cannot be carried out casually, let alone cause death.

But just like that, it was enough for this former majestic stumbling block to drink a pot.

Although Wang Zhuang was not a tough one, but he also knew that he must not confess at this time, so he gritted his teeth and endured it.

After listening to Lin Lou's report, Lu Ci calmly reminded: "Now the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and the witnesses and physical evidence are all there. You can be convicted based on the evidence, and you don't have to ask him to confess."

Compared to Lin Lou who was not sure about this, Lu Ci was clear early in the morning.

But when Lin Lou came to ask him if he could use torture, he deliberately didn't say it first, but only after he had used torture.

Let Wang Zhuang, who finally survived the punishment, put all his efforts in vain.

Finally, when he heard the verdict of "twenty spine sticks, served on Tongzhou Island, and seven points stabbed in the face", Wang Zhuang, who had always been fearless, also rushed to the chills of fear.

He refused to accept it.

Once the prisoner refuses to accept the sentence, according to Song law, he can appeal.

Since the law of "No More Proceedings" came out decades ago, most criminals have only pleaded innocence during interrogation or sentencing, seeking to reverse their injustice.

Wang Zhuangzi is no exception.

However, when the day of the verdict came, when he pulled himself together and wanted to appeal to the new Zhizhou Lu, he saw a scene that was even more desperate than the worst nightmare.

——Lu Zhizhou, who has handsome features and a face like a crown jade, is so familiar...

The author has something to say: Notes (today's all come from "The Cultural History of the Song Dynasty"):

1. If the prisoner refuses to accept the sentence, he may appeal.To appeal, one is to claim injustice during interrogation or judgment, which is called "reversal", and appeal to the original judicial organ; the second is to appeal to the higher-level judicial organ after the judgment is pronounced.At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, appeals could go directly to the capital to beat Dengwen drums or invite chariots to appeal to the emperor. Later, because too many people appealed directly, in the first year of the Dao Dynasty (995), it was stipulated that "no more appeals" should be made, and the state must first go through The county and the supervisory department; if they don't accept it, they can appeal to Dengwen Drum Academy and the Procuratorate; if the Drum Academy and the Procuratorate don't accept it, they can appeal to Yushitai and even the emperor.The Jingshi area first appealed to the picket department; if they refused, they appealed to the Drum Court and the Procuratorate.

There is a time limit for appealing, and the Northern Song Dynasty stipulated that it was half a year

2. Torture:

During interrogation, if the prisoner refuses to confess, the judge can use torture to extract a confession.From the county judiciary to the Dali Temple, torture can be used, but the punishment must be approved by the chief, and there are regulations on the equipment, location, and level of torture, and it cannot be carried out casually.If the torture is over and the prisoner still refuses to confess and the truth cannot be found out, the prisoner must be released.

Of course, if the criminal evidence is solid and there are all personal and physical evidence, and the prisoner refuses to confess and cannot be punished according to regulations (such as privileged officials, the elderly, the sick, and pregnant women, etc.), then he can be convicted based on the criminal evidence.

3. Broken money and records:

The prisoner's confession is called "broken money", which is mostly messy and unorganized. It is the first-hand material of the trial and is generally not submitted. The judge will carefully sort out and copy out a well-organized formal confession based on the "broken money", which will be signed by the prisoner. , as a formal basis for judgment.The case submitted to the superior for review is usually signed by the prisoner who made the official confession, which is used as the official basis for the judgment.The case statement submitted to the superior for review is usually copied from the official confession, which is called "recorded version", and sometimes only the summary of the case is excerpted, so it is also called "section statement".In order to prevent officials from cheating, the auditing agency can also ask for the original status comparison when auditing.

4. Avoidance:

There are four situations for recusal: one is the recusal of old-time relationship and the same year and rank in the imperial examination; the second is refusal of native place; Served as the trial work of the same case.

5. Recruitment:

In the Song Dynasty, there was no special procuratorate to file public prosecutions. There were generally four ways to prosecute: one was that the victim and his family members filed a complaint with the government; There are also those who force people to report. For example, for serious crimes such as treason, those who do not report will be held accountable for "continuous sitting". Proposals include impeachment by the supervisory authority, supervisors, and Taiwan admonishment.

6. Penalties:

Song Taizu Jianlong promulgated the "Folding Stick Law" in the fourth year of Jianlong, and all the punishments of flogging and stick among the five punishments were turned into buttock sticks; Except for those who were originally sent to additional service and changed to three years of local service, the rest of the exile sentences were changed to one year of local service.

7. Casting and tattooing

Service, also known as "stabbing service", refers to the penalty of hitting the spine with a stick first, then stabbing the face, and then escorting the criminal to a designated place to serve. It is a compound penalty that combines sticking, tattooing, flow, and service.In the early Song Dynasty, in addition to being punished with a stick, most of the punishments for service were stabbed on the face. This is the revival of the ancient "tattoo punishment", which also reflects the severe punishment of the rulers of the Song Dynasty on criminals who did great harm.Acupuncture is often used on the face; the parts to be stabbed are divided into the back of the ears, the back, the forehead, and the face according to the severity of the plot; the content of the stabbing may be tattooed characters or other symbols. "The word ", also has the name of the labor service on the tattoo, such as "a certain command miscellaneous service", "a certain state and a certain army heavy service", etc.; the tattoo mark is generally circular, and there are also square stabs. The size of the tattoo or mark is also regulated; The depth of the crime also varies according to the severity of the crime. Generally, it is assigned according to the location of the service, with four points for the city's thorns, five points for the prison city thorns, and seven points for the Salmonella and Yuan'e state army thorns.

In the early Song Dynasty, most prisoners were sent to the northwest frontier for military service. Later, because prisoners often fled outside the Great Wall and colluded with foreign invasions, they were instead assigned to Haidao or Guangnan.According to the seriousness of the crimes, the islands include Dengzhou (now Penglai, Shandong) Shamen Island and Tongzhou Island, and the far-evil state army includes Qiongzhou, Wan'an, Changhua, Zhuya (all belong to Hainan today), Guangnan, 3000 miles away , 2500 miles away, 2000 miles away, 1500 miles away, 1000 miles away, 500 miles away, neighboring states, this state, etc.Most of those with the main state, neighboring states, and 500 miles away are in the city, and those with more than a thousand miles away are mostly in the prison city.The army of the Song Dynasty included the Forbidden Army, the Xiang Army, the Township Army and the Fan Army. Among them, the Xiang Army was under the local management and was dedicated to the government. There were more than [-] types of troops. That is to say, for convicts, the city accepts those with minor crimes and weak health, and the service is also light; the prison city assigns prisoners with serious crimes, and the service is also heavy.

8. "Song Xingtong"

The laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into three categories: laws, edicts, and cases.

“律”即《宋刑统》。建隆四年窦仪等以《后周刑统》为蓝本，参照《唐律疏议》等修改、补充而成，是宋代最基本的法典。《宋刑统》包括“名例律”六卷24门57条、“卫禁律”二卷十四门33条、“职制律”三卷22门59条、“户婚律”三卷25门46条、“厩库律”一卷十一门28条、“擅兴律”一卷九门24条、“贼盗律”四卷24门54条、“斗讼律”四卷26门六十条、“诈伪律”一卷十门27条、“杂律”二卷26门62条、“捕亡律”一卷五门十八条、“断狱律”二卷十七门34条，共十二篇三十卷二一三门五零二条。内容主要是刑事法律，也有部分属婚姻法、民法、诉讼法、财产继承法等的范畴。