[Three Kingdoms] After offending Wei Guoquan, I went to the peak of my life

As soon as these words came out, several people were a little dazed.

The most impulsive kid from the rich family immediately yelled loudly: "Who killed you, we just want to teach you a little lesson..."

Received the anxious gaze of his companions, the rich boy realized that he had slipped his tongue.He hurriedly remedied: "—but we are still planning and haven't implemented it yet, so it's not considered intentional harm."

The kid from a rich family thinks this remedy is very clever, but when he saw Yan Shi scribbling the record, he was a little scared, and he didn't dare to stand out indiscriminately, so he calmed down a lot.

Before the companions could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard ridicules full of "You Heng's disdain": "Are you still struggling to die? Tan Chuo has already recruited them all."

"This is impossible."

One person retorted subconsciously, but when Zheng Ping glanced at him, he immediately shut his mouth and looked down.

This time, it wasn't the kid from the rich family who couldn't hold his breath this time, but a student who looked very quiet and was very plainly dressed.

Zheng Ping carefully observed the reactions of several people, and retorted lightly: "How is it impossible? If Tan Chuo hadn't confessed you guys, how would I know that you did it?"

Hearing this sentence, several people had different expressions and wavered.

Only the student who looked the calmest frowned, as if he had discovered something and wanted to speak.

Zheng Ping didn't give him this chance at all, he threw the empty pottery cup on the ground, and the government officials rushed in from outside the door immediately, and escorted the few people who were in a state of insanity.

Because of the impact of Zheng Ping's words just now, they all forgot to refute and resist, and were taken away by the officials in a daze.

In the blink of an eye, Zheng Ping and the calmest student were the only ones left in the interrogation room except for the chief bookkeeper and other errands.

The students who were left behind had vaguely guessed Zheng Ping's intentions, and he was bitter and asked in a sluggish and ugly voice, "Why did you keep me?"

"Why do you need to inquire about something you know well?"

This student is indeed quite intelligent. Hearing Zheng Ping's words, he was silent for a while, and said slowly:

"What are you going to do with us?"

For this word, it seems to contain another meaning.

Regardless of whether this statement is intentional or unintentional, Zheng Ping does not intend to get entangled in this issue.

"It's fair, that's all."

Among these few people, a few had extremely evil thoughts.The rest of the people may have been incited by their words, and they hurt people just to vent their anger, and never thought of letting Miheng die.However, no matter what the motive is, it is always contaminating human life together with the principal criminal.

The student's face changed after hearing Zheng Ping's answer, and he stopped talking.

Although he knew that his group might not be able to escape this punishment, he was more worried about whether this case would affect his future appointment as an official in Xudu than the punishment of the county government.

Han laws are strict, much better than Qin laws.Harming someone for no reason is bad, but it depends on the situation.If the consequences are severe, the punishment will be heavy; if the consequences are light, the punishment will be light.

In his opinion, Zheng Ping is fine. Even if they plead guilty, they will probably lose money. What they really need to worry about is the stain left by this incident that may affect their official career in the future.

Zheng Ping can guess what the student is thinking, and even more know what kind of misjudgment the other party has made about the current situation.He didn't remind the other party of his kindness, and sat alone on the mat, drinking lilac water carefully, and left the student aside as if he didn't exist.

At the beginning, the student was happy and leisurely, intending to keep the same in response to all changes.But as time passed, the uneasiness in his heart gradually deepened.

"Aren't you going to persuade me to confess?"

"Why should I persuade?" Zheng Ping asked his attendant to refill a glass of water for himself, and continued to drink, "When everyone else has confessed and you are the only one left, what does it matter if you admit it or not?"

The student suddenly affirmed, "Tan Chuo has not pleaded guilty."

Mi Heng ignored him.

The student frowned slightly, "It's impossible for Tan Chuo to plead guilty. At that time, you were covered in a sack, and you didn't see clearly who beat you... How did you screen out everyone?"

This sentence is already a disguised admission of his crime.

Zheng Ping didn't have a penchant for answering questions, just ignored the student just to force him to confess.Now that the goal is achieved, he will naturally not answer the other party's questions, nor will he share his layout with the other party, describe his grasp of people's hearts, and tell him that he initially screened the targets through the leave booklet in the school, and then checked them carefully one by one. .

Therefore, the student waited for a long time, only waiting for Zheng Ping's silence and ignorance...and a "hiccup" from his throat when he was full of water.

Student:  …

Unwilling to be lonely, he continued: "If you want other people to confess, in addition to intimidating them - other people have confessed, you must also set up rewards and punishments. For example, those who confess can have a reduced punishment, and those who report others and provide clues You can be punished lightly; those who are stubborn and refuse to admit their crimes will be severely punished according to the law, or even more severely punished.”

The students analyzed clearly and logically, and saw the key of "dividing and transforming" very clearly.

Although he doesn't know what "game theory" is, he deeply understands his fatal weakness.

"It's just that there is one thing I don't understand: How to judge the case should be decided by the law and the county government. Will the county government agree with your proposal of 'reducing crimes for confession and increasing crimes for stubborn resistance'?"

What he didn't even understand was that the county magistrate was supposed to be in charge of deciding the case. Why did he let Zheng Ping call the shots and set up a big trap to design them?

Students dare not think deeply.He wanted to use Zheng Ping's words to analyze more information, but he didn't know that Zheng Ping was as immovable as a mountain, and still ignored him.

The student's heart gradually sank.

He didn't want to sit still, and continued: "Even if the county government agrees to 'appropriate punishment according to the wishes of the victims', you may not be able to succeed. Half of the people are friends with Tan Chuo and follow his lead. Tan Chuo They have already been told to keep their tongues tight and not to be fooled. Before they see Tan Chuo, they will definitely remember Tan Chuo's prior advice, insist on their testimony, and deny the crime."

In order to lure Zheng Ping to speak, the student used important information as bait to reveal the relationship between Tan Chuo and others.

Zheng Ping glanced at him as he wished, but what he said was not what he wanted to hear: "Is this a 'confession'?"

After grinding his molars for a while, the student gritted his teeth and nodded: "Of course."

Zheng Ping finally responded to him with "great mercy": "To shield each other is to act out of profit; to criticize each other is also to act out of profit."

Whether it is covering up or exposing each other, the word "interest" is inseparable.

According to the modern game theory, the prisoner's dilemma hypothesis, to increase the possibility of the prisoner's betrayal, it is necessary to let the balance make a correct tendency.

It was just a matter of beating someone, and he committed a crime of public security. Because the result was not serious, there was no disability or death, and the punishment he received was not painful.

Under such circumstances, the students are likely to refuse to plead guilty for the sake of the so-called "conspirator's loyalty"-even if they are eventually exposed and cannot escape punishment, but because the consequences are relatively minor, they do not exist in their hearts. awe.Compared to the notoriety of "betrayal of friends because of timidity and lack of loyalty", they may be more willing to bear the consequences together.

Even if they learned that Tan Chuo had "confessed and betrayed", the rest of the people would continue to cover up and cover up.And if half of the team has a good relationship with Tan Chuo, they are more likely to be inclined to each other, trust each other, and increase the probability of taking risks.

So Zheng Ping never thought of using simple bluffing to coax people to confess.The reason why game theory came into being is precisely because human nature cannot bear the test.

"What Qin Chuo committed was not just the crime of 'maliciously hurting others'. He conspired with you to steal an extremely precious treasure, and confessed that the treasure was on one of you..."

There was a "buzz" in the student's head, and he was stunned.

"What treasure?"

Didn't they and Tan Chuo beat Mi Heng to vent their anger?It's just a minor crime of hurting people, what's the matter with Baobao?

The student vaguely had a bad premonition, and before he could ask again, he heard Zheng Ping's voice sounded like Yama urging him to his death, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

"What kind of punishment will be given to those who hide the imperial gifts?"

Zheng Ping's tone was gentle, as if asking a very ordinary question.But after hearing what he said clearly, the student felt his eyes go dark and almost fainted.

Hitting someone can still be said to be a personal dispute, misconduct, and if there are no serious consequences, it can basically be dealt with lightly, and at most it can be said to disturb the law and order.

Theft can be...

Theft is related to a person's fundamental character, and it is a more serious stain than hurting others.

What's more, the punishment for theft is related to the value of the stolen treasure.Stealing ordinary treasures is serious enough, and stealing imperial gifts in partnership... Although he is not very proficient in the law, he also knows that once the royal family is involved, the seriousness is not the same. Hardly talk about "disrespect to the king".

Even now that the feudal lords are rising together, the Han Dynasty is in decline, and people who disrespect the emperor have already lined up...but that was before the first year of Jian'an.Since Cao Cao "served the emperor to order the princes" last year, in order to express his loyalty to the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao respected the emperor very much. Everything is presented to the imperial court.

When welcoming the emperor for the first time, because the palace had not yet been built, Cao Cao also gave away his mansion to the emperor to live in, while he and his family huddled in a small farmhouse, which made a good story.

No matter how real Cao Cao's respect for the emperor was, at least on the surface he never slack off.

Follow the example, this incident actually involves "something bestowed by the imperial court", which is bound to attract the attention of the county government and strictly examine it.

Not to mention Cao Cao's side... Maybe for the sake of the emperor, he intervened and punished them severely, as a warning to others?

The student was covered in cold sweat, and his voice unconsciously became sharp: "Imperial gifts? How can there be imperial gifts?"

He didn't get an answer from Zheng Ping, so he couldn't help adding, "Did Tan Chuo really touch the imperial gift?"

This question did not wait for Zheng Ping's response, and was reprimanded angrily by the director who assisted in the trial of the case:

"The county government office is a clean place. If there is no such thing, who would dare to make a mistake with the things bestowed by the emperor?"

After hearing this, the student no longer regained his original composure, and his hatred for Tan Chuo reached its peak:

The few of them don't know what treasures are, let alone the so-called imperial bestowals!

Tan Chuo encouraged them to deal with Mi Heng, was he actually trying to take advantage of the opportunity to plot the gift from the imperial court?

Soon, the student realized another serious matter: if the imperial gift belonged to "Mi Heng", the origin of Mi Heng must not be simple.Didn't they beat You Heng...