Introduction
is a stranger in a foreign land and misses his family more during the holidays. —— Wang Wei " September 9th Reminiscing Shandong Brothers "
When the festival comes, we always feel deeply miss our family. Especially when you are in a foreign land, and this festival is a festival for family reunion, you will feel all kinds of loneliness. You originally thought it was nothing, but seeing others in groups and you are alone will feel a different feeling. Many people will think, if he is a prisoner, will he have the chance to go home?
The Spring Festival is the most traditional and solemn festival in China. Everyone who works hard outside is eager to go home for the Spring Festival. So during the Spring Festival, can the "death prisoners" in the prison go home for the New Year? This seems unlikely. But there are indeed such examples in history.
Sometimes, in order to show the benevolence of the emperor, some emperors are already very tolerant. They will carry out an activity called " record ". This prisoner is mainly to comfort the prisoners who are about to die. Because after all, they will lose their lives. Sending them on their way is also a kind of kindness. Isn't it a bit like what we see in the TV series that those prisoners are about to die, and they usually have a full meal and then set off on their way.
In fact, in addition to being comforting, this prisoner is more likely to have the only chance to seek justice. After all, there have been no unjust, false and wrong cases in our history. If you are really wronged, you can use this and may get the final chance to prove your innocence. Next, if the emperor visits in person, according to the emperor's generosity, they do not need to worry about their family life after their death. In history, there have been many actions of emperors taking prisoners.
According to the data, in the seventh year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, there were a group of prisoners in the Jiangnan area and they were to be taken to the capital for execution. Among them, there are also quite a lot of death row prisoners, accounting for 390 places. According to the law at that time, only the emperor and the emperor could have pardoned the dead prisoners. In fact, before , Emperor Taizong of Tang , there was no record of pardoning death row prisoners.
In fact, if you do not conduct such behavior as prisoners, death row prisoners usually shave their hair, eat and sleep well, and will be sent to the road tomorrow. Usually two hours before death, the death row prisoner must write suicide notes to face up to the mistakes he has made. Maybe they agreed that it was good for people to die. So before death, the heart of the death row prisoner will become kind and truly realize his mistakes. This is also an important reason why death row prisoners are forced to write suicide notes. In fact, I tend to regret the nature of the book.
By the seventh year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang was even more kind-hearted. Emperor Taizong of Tang not only visited the death row prisoners, but also made an agreement with the death row prisoners. It was Emperor Taizong of Tang who asked the death row prisoners to go home for the New Year, but he had to come back after the New Year to die. Many people were speculating whether these death row prisoners would abide by the original agreement and would really come back and die. After all, everyone is afraid of death. And that was the best time to escape. But in fact, none of these death row prisoners escaped and returned as agreed. When Emperor Taizong of Tang saw that they kept their promises so much, he directly pardoned the death penalty.
Conclusion
Although Emperor Taizong of Tang really pardoned these death row prisoners, it does not mean that he would not pay attention to the movements of these people. Because they have violated the law, they will be punished for death. If you let it go, who knows whether these death row prisoners will repeat the same mistakes!
Emperor Taizong of Tang also monitored these death row prisoners for several years. Only after they truly recognized that they were willing to do good would they truly erase their case. In fact, judging from this incident, Emperor Taizong of Tang was also a very kind and very rigorous emperor. No wonder during the period when Emperor Taizong of Tang was in charge, the Tang Dynasty developed so rapidly and became one of the dynasties that everyone envied.
