The first place was Song Ci.
Song Ci was able to write the "Collection of Washed Grievances", an ancient forensic science masterpiece, which shows that his knowledge of criminal investigation has reached the realm of the first-class masters of ancient times.
Moreover, Song Ci once served as a criminal officer and was specifically responsible for many cases, and it is precisely because he has mastered many first-hand information that the "Collection of Washed Grievances" written by him will be so similar and vivid and in line with the facts.
In the "Collection of Washed Grievances", a large number of case-breaking experiences and examples of many famous officials in ancient times are also recorded, which shows that Song Ci also absorbed the experience of his predecessors and eventually merged into one family.
Therefore, Song Ci's ability to judge cases was definitely first-rate in ancient times.
The second place was Di Renjie.
Many people say that Di Renjie is a divine detective and a Chinese Sherlock Holmes, but in fact he is misled by two things.
One thing is the TV series. In recent years, there have been many TV dramas about Di Renjie's case, and many viewers have regarded Di Renjie as a Tang Dynasty Bao Gong and respected him as a master of case determination.
In fact, the story of Di Renjie's case is all fiction, and the most famous case in the film and television drama is that Di Renjie found a nail in the hair of the deceased that killed people, which is actually Zhang Guanli Dai.
The first person to make Di Renjie a master of solving cases was a Dutchman named Gao Pero. He wrote a book called "The Legend of Di Renjie's Judgment Case", just like "Bao Gong Case", which touted Di Renjie a lot.
Another thing is that the history books record that when Di Renjie was an official at Dali Temple, he took a year to deal with all the squeezed cases, and no one cried out for justice. As a result, some people assert that Di Renjie is good at judging cases.
In fact, during the Tang and Song dynasties, Dali Temple generally handled cases involving officials, and the cases themselves were not complicated, but because they involved officials, they were difficult to handle. This is also an important reason why dali temple has a large backlog of cases. Di Renjie was able to handle all the cases in a short period of time, not because he was good at judging cases, but because he could handle things fairly and justly.
Di Renjie was a discerning zaifu minister, and governing the country was his strong point, but as for his ability to judge cases, it was actually average.
Ranked third, Bao Zheng.
Among the three, Bao Zheng's ability to judge cases is actually the worst.
In fact, not only is compared with Song Ci and other masters, Bao Zheng is not good at judging cases, but compared with ordinary Qing officials, Bao Zheng's ability to judge cases is also ordinary.
The stories about the Bao Zhengjue case are all fictionalized by "Bao Gong Case". Bao Zheng's true image in history is that of an advisor.
Bao Zheng was like Wei Zheng, a Qing official who dared to speak out. With his efforts, he brought down many officials. Of course, not all the officials he brought down were faint officials and bad officials. In history, he mainly brought down three people, one named Zhang Yaozuo, one named Song Yu, and one named Zhang Fangping.
These three people are actually considered to be famous courtiers of the Song Dynasty, and they are very capable. So in what name did Bao Zheng bring down the three of them?
Emperor Renzong of Song wanted to promote Zhang Yaozuo to the position of envoy of the Third Division, the highest financial officer in charge of the whole country. Bao Zheng disagreed, he proposed that Zhang Yaozuo was Zhang Guifei's uncle, how could the minister of state zai let a foreign relative be appointed?
In fact, Zhang Yaozuo was a jinshi in his own examination, and he stepped into a senior leadership position step by step from the county order. The evaluation in the history books and the reputation of the people at that time were very good. However, because he was the uncle of the noble concubine, he was shot off the horse by Bao Zheng.
Song Yu is a cultural celebrity, with a lifetime of affection and dozens of concubines in the family. Within a few days of his succession as the Third Division's envoy, Bao Zheng impeached Song Shu for his imprecise personal life and his unworthiness to be the Third Division's envoy. As a result, Song Yu was picked off his horse by Bao Zheng because he had too many concubines.
Zhang Fangping was an important minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he had a very good reputation for governing Shudi, and even Su Shi admired this person very much. However, Bao Zheng said that when Zhang Fangping bought a house in Beijing, the price he paid was lower than the market price, and he must have relied on the authority of the officials and bullied the people. As a result, Zhang Fangping also fell.
Regarding Bao Zheng's behavior, some people clapped their hands and applauded, believing that Bao Zheng was upright and asked for the people's life. However, Ouyang Xiu, a contemporary, looked down on Bao Zheng and publicly played impeachment against Bao Zheng. This allusion is called "Qitian Grabbing Cattle", and everyone can Baidu.
In short, these three ancients, except for Song Ci, who is a master of case solving, the other two are famous because of the novels of later generations. In fact, the real first master of judging cases in the Tang and Song dynasties was not Song Ci, but Zhang Yong!
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