In The history of China, almost all dynasties and generations have been able to go down in history, their character deeds have been praised by posterity, and the folk regions have even deified them, and future generations have enshrined them as gods. The same is true of the one I want to talk about today, his name will not be unfamiliar to everyone, he is the iron-faced selfless Bao Qingtian Bao Zheng. Nowadays, there are many film and television drama works about Bao Zheng, in which he judges the case like a god, dares to offend the powerful and seek justice for the people of Li. Bao Zheng is not only the embodiment of a loyal and good general, but also a representative of wisdom.
Ancient science and technology were not developed, and at that time, the judgment of cases basically relied on human and physical evidence, and the government's arrest of criminals was also very difficult, so there were often unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. Under the influence of today's film and television dramas, Bao Zheng has completely become a "detective", he is just and selfless, selfless, and the trial of cases is also very powerful. Not only that, Di Renjie in the Wuzhou period also became the embodiment of the "Divine Detective", was the ancient man really so powerful? In very rudimentary conditions, how did they solve the case to find the murderer behind the scenes?
According to historical records, during Bao Zheng's departure from Zhitianchang County, he effortlessly cracked a "cow tongue case", which made people have to admire his wisdom. One day, an old farmer suddenly came to Yamen to report the case, and he accused the gangsters of cutting off the tongue of his family's cattle and begging the government to arrest the criminal immediately. In ancient times, the small-scale peasant economy has always been the mainstay, and cultivating cattle is a very important tool of production, so some dynasties do not allow individuals to slaughter cultivated cattle privately, otherwise they will be severely punished for violating the law.
The reason why the old farmer went to Yamen to report the crime at the first time and found out the murderer behind the scenes was only one of the reasons, the most important thing was that he could not afford such a crime, and the cow's tongue was cut off basically after it would die after a long time. If the murderer could not be found, according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, he would be severely punished. The Song Penal System clearly stipulates: "Those who kill officials and private cattle for various reasons shall be punished for one and a half years." "It can be seen that the slaughter of cattle without permission is a felony.
Since there was no physical evidence at the time, trying to find the murderer was like finding a needle in a haystack. After Bao Zheng learned of this matter, he analyzed the case, and instead of directly sending someone to investigate the scene, he directly asked the old farmer to go home and slaughter cattle and sell meat, and told: "The thief must turn himself in!" "It is reasonable to say that after the case occurs, someone should be sent to the scene to check the situation, but Bao Zheng believes that it is completely unnecessary." Since there is no physical evidence, it has no effect to go to the scene.
Judging from the gangster's modus operandi, cutting the tongue of the cow has no money to be sought, and if he really wants to steal money, he can steal the cattle and slaughter them. From this, it is inferred that this must be a revenge of the wrongdoers, and cutting the cow's tongue is only to let the cow die, so that the government can convict the old farmer. If you send someone to the scene, it is likely to hit the grass and startle the snake, but it is better to push the boat along the water and let the gangsters report to the door.
Since some people cut off the tongue of the cattle for revenge, this person must have hoped to see the old peasant arrested by the government. Bao Zheng deliberately asked the old farmer to go back to slaughtering cattle and selling meat, just to attract this person. If the gangster saw the old farmer slaughtering cattle and selling meat at his home, and wanted to add to his crime, he would certainly rush to the government office to make a complaint. Sure enough, this thief who cut the tongue of the cattle really took the initiative to go to the government to report the case, and he also thought that he could let the government quickly arrest the old farmer, but he did not expect that he was caught in the trap.
Bao Zheng has an insight into human nature, and he knows that gangsters are not willing to let go of the old farmers, so he lets the old farmers go home to slaughter cattle and sell meat. This case can also be seen that Bao Zheng is indeed a master of handling cases, he did not use conventional thinking to handle the case, but carefully analyzed the case, in the absence of physical evidence, can solve this doubtful case, really admirable. Afterwards, the old peasants were also spared punishment, the gangsters were successfully arrested, and Bao Zheng became a "divine detective" in the eyes of the people. Perhaps many of today's film and television dramas exaggerate the deeds of the ancients, but there are indeed many doubts in history that have been cracked by them, but art is higher than life.
Bao Zheng can become a representative of clean officials in Chinese history, and many of his deeds are indeed very brilliant. During Bao Zheng's tenure as an official, he really cracked many suspicious cases, which also made the private areas worship him even more. What are your thoughts on this?