In 928 AD, during the Chinese New Year, Shi Jingtang misled the emperor to do a bad thing

These two days are in the midst of the New Year's celebration. I think everyone is very happy. Family and friends gather together, and children play together. This is the happiest time of the year.

But who would have thought that in this festive festival that is celebrated all over the world, someone would be executed by the emperor's decree for fighting and making trouble. What is going on? And listen to me slowly.

Poems prove it:

The first lunar month is the New Year, and children play with each other on bamboo poles;

It was the post-Tang Dynasty Mingzong period. At that time, because of the turmoil in the world, the emperor's career was not easy to do. Well, some people suggested that the emperor destroy all weapons in the world and forbid the private possession of knives by the people.

This year is the first lunar new year in AD 928. People all over the world are celebrating the New Year with joy and excitement. But in this lively, there is a great danger hidden.

It is said that on this day of celebration, everyone should enjoy the joy at home, but who would have thought that the emperor's eyes and ears were not idle, and he was still working overtime to collect information.

Well, there are two children holding bamboo poles, playing jokes and joking, and being seen by an overtime eye, and a big unjust case has arisen.

For the sake of their own performance, the ears and eyes lied about the military situation, "saying that there are two commoners who practiced fighting with bamboo poles".

The play of the two little dolls is called "combat practice", which is equivalent to saying that someone is practicing military affairs. What does military training mean? Everyone knows very well that it was a turbulent era, and whoever engages in military affairs is likely to rebel, to seize territory, and to seize the world.

That's not bad.

So, this exaggerated report was reported to the emperor.

During the Chinese New Year, the emperor is enjoying the great joy of the world, but he received such an untimely report, can he not be annoyed? Therefore, he immediately sent his confidant minister and his son-in-law Shi Jingtang to investigate the matter thoroughly.

During the Chinese New Year, Shi Jingtang was not happy when this happened. This Shi Jingtang is a dignified court official, and also the emperor's son-in-law. He took the emperor's will to do such a trivial matter, and felt that it was really meaningless. So, I just took it lightly and didn't investigate, I just copied the original report and reported it directly. In this way, two fresh lives and two promising little babies were executed by the emperor like this. . It seems that this Shi Jingtang is not a good person.

Fortunately, there is a gratifying follow-up to this heinous story.

There is a minister named An Zhonghui . He saw the loopholes in this report and felt that there was a lot of grievances in it, so he went to a simple investigation, and the matter was self-evident. There is no such thing as "learning to fight with bamboo poles", it's obviously just children playing tricks together, but they are actually caught by bad guys and maimed civilians with the laws of the state. How heartbreaking is this.

When the emperor saw An Zhonghui's investigation, he felt a little uneasy, so he severely dealt with the eyes and ears called "Hun Gong'er". "Hun Gong'er decides to use his chiropractor at 20, but he still cuts his rank and is assigned to Dengzhou."

As for Shi Jingtang, "It's my relatives, and I follow the rules and regulations. Since I'm wrong, it should be shown to be careful, and I can be fined one month's salary." After all, they are their relatives, their own family. If they make such a mistake, they will be fined.

The emperor felt that he was also at fault, so he reluctantly punished himself, "reduce regular meals for ten days" and eat less every day.

Where is the dead man?The emperor is also not bad, he did some condolences to his family members, "for each child's flesh and blood, he gave fifty pieces of silk and one hundred stones of corn and wheat, and ordered them to be buried according to the law." Give a little cloth, a little food, and bury the dead.

From the perspective of handling government affairs, punishing the person in charge and relocating the victims is not over, because there is one very important thing to do, that is: take this as a warning, The alarm bell rang. "Afterwards, in the court and the state capitals of various states, where capital punishment is imposed, it must be fined and ordered, and it shall not be followed." Inform the courtiers in the world to take this as a warning, do a good job in their own work, and do not exaggerate the facts or lie about the military situation.

◇ Misjudgment of the Imperial Letter of the Children's Prison (the third year of the spring and the first month of Tiancheng)

I heard Yao and Shun There is a code of sympathy for punishment. On the 7th of this month, according to Hun Gonger, the envoy of the patrolling army, there were two commoners who practiced fighting with bamboo poles. Yesterday, when I first heard the report, I could not tolerate it. I led the publicity and ordered Fu Shi Jingtang to deal with it. Today, once An Zhong's teachings are performed, we will know that it is a young child who is playing. After listening to the slander, Fang felt that he had lost his sentence, and he kept repeating it again and again. He also used Hun Gong’er’s false accusations quite a lot, and Shi Jingtang covered him a little bit, causing people to be punished for perverting the law, and putting me in a place where I have had a past. Today, I will reduce my regular meals for ten days to thank you for your injustice. His Shi Jingtang is a relative of Zhen Yi, and he is in compliance with the rules and regulations. Since it is wrong, it should be shown to be abide by the rules, and he can be fined one month's salary. Hun Gong'er was 20 years old with a chiropractor, but he still cut his personal title, and assigned the flow Dengzhou , where he is often known. Each of the children's bones and flesh was given fifty pieces of silk and a hundred stones of corn and wheat, and they were ordered to be buried in accordance with the law. Afterwards, in the court and various state capitals, if there is a capital punishment, it must be fined and sent, and it cannot be followed.

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