At that time, there were many people evading taxes in Shaanxi. The relevant departments of the court increased their criminal law and supervision to this end. However, even so, the people were generally unable to pay taxes.
After Liu Jichi came to Shaanxi to take office, he immediately asked his colleagues to go to various counties to investigate the situation, and released the common people who had been arrested by the government for evading taxes, allowing them to postpone the payment of taxes. The people were grateful to Liu Jichi and worked hard to make up for the arrears of land taxes.
years ago, Liu Jichi was recruited as the Minister of Justice. During this period, he successfully released many unjust prisons through his accurate judgment.
For example, once a civilian home in , in , thief suddenly entered the middle of the night and massacred the whole family. In order to confuse the public, the thief deliberately left a knife next to the corpse. The knife was marked with a clear memory and was easily recognized as the knife of the next house.
Therefore, the government immediately sent someone to arrest the neighbor. The neighbor said that this was indeed the knife I lost a long time ago, but I didn’t kill the person. But the government couldn't take care of so much, so it immediately tortured the neighbors, but the neighbors couldn't hold on and finally pleaded guilty.
After Liu Jichi became the Minister of Justice, he immediately found that the murder case was not as simple as it seemed, so he sent someone to take the knife to investigate everywhere. Finally, I met a boy who knew the knife and said, "This is my thing."
So, Liu Jichi followed the clues and finally arrested the real thief.
"After a thief in Yangzhou, the thief entered and killed people at night, and left his sword and corpse beside him. The sword was remembered, and his neighbor was the neighbor. The official arrested him and asked him to take care of him. The neighbor said, "I have lost this sword for a long time." "I was unable to win the plunder and falsely obeyed. Ji Chi sent someone to take a knife and go inside to observe it. A boy knew that, "This is my family's property." "It is only possible to steal." "History of Ming Dynasty: Biography 38"
to Zhu Di entered Nanjing. After becoming Emperor Yongle , he wanted to compile an all-inclusive book, which was later famous " Yongle Ceremony ". Among them, Liu Jichi was appointed by Zhu Di to follow him, and the ministers such as Yao Guangxiao and Xie Jin and compiled and compiled them together.
When Yongle was eight years old, Liu Jichi was arrested and imprisoned for committing some negligence. Although he was released soon after, he was demoted from Ministry of Justice and ran to the place to be an insignificant little official. Later, Liu Jichi was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Works, but not long after he died of illness in office.
