Pure heart is the cure, straight is the body.
Xiugan eventually became a building, and steel was not hooked. - "Shuduan Prefecture County Jaibi"
The detection of a case often relies on the observation ability of the case-handling personnel, in addition to keen insight, accurate grasping of details is also a key factor in solving the case. In Chinese and Western history and literature, there have been many detectives who handle cases, such as Sherlock Holmes in the West, Conan in Japan, and Di Renjie and Bao Zheng, who are famous in China. The ability of Di Renjie and Bao Zheng to judge cases can be said to be well-known throughout China, and they are two real people in history.
The level of science and technology in ancient China is far less developed than it is now, and there are a lot of high-tech auxiliaries in the detection of cases now, which were not available in ancient society. Therefore, the ability of Di Renjie and Bao Zheng to judge cases can be highlighted in the ancient times when science and technology are backward, and even modern people are full of praise, which can be said to be quite powerful. Compared with Di Renjie, Bao Zheng is more famous in China, and his stories have been made into TV series and movies.
Bao Zheng has always appeared on television as an iron-faced selfless figure, he even dared to kill the emperor's relatives, and he has always been synonymous with justice. The stories in television, movies and literary works are mostly fictional and exaggerated, and the historical Bao Zheng is not so magical, but the common people have deified him and created such a Bao Qingtian.
However, there are records of Bao Zheng's judgment case in history, this case is also the key to Bao Zheng's fame, today we will talk about how Bao Zheng used his wisdom to crack the "cow tongue case".
The farmer's tongue was cut
Bao Zheng was an official during the Northern Song Dynasty in China, and during the Reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Bao Zheng, who was twenty-nine years old, passed the jinshi examination and entered the dynasty as an official, and Bao Zheng was appointed as the county commander of Tianchang County when he was thirty-eight years old, and the famous "Cow Tongue Case" occurred during this period. It was autumn and the people were busy with the autumn harvest, so the county was quite deserted at this time. While Bao Zheng was handling official business, a farmer ran to the outside of the county and shouted" with "My cow" in his mouth!
Hearing the cry, Bao Zheng ordered his men to bring the farmer outside the door into the county court, and as soon as the farmer came in, he fell to his knees, still holding a cow tongue in his hand, and he said to Bao Zheng: "Your Honor, you must do justice for me, my cattle have been cut off their tongues." The farmer asked Bao Zheng to help him catch the murderer, knowing that in ancient times, there was no level of science and technology today, and a cow at that time could do more farm work for the farmers and save a lot of energy for the farmers. And the cattle can't eat when their tongues are cut off, they can only wait for death, and the farmers without the cattle will lose a lot.
Generally speaking, officials in such cases will not pay attention to it, because there was no monitoring equipment at that time, and the person who cut the cow's tongue would not be stupid enough to leave a trace, so it was difficult to catch the murderer. In addition, the person who cuts the cow's tongue does not get any benefits, and can only take revenge against the owner of the cow, and the victims of this kind of thing can only consider themselves unlucky. So Bao Zheng asked the farmer if he had offended anyone during this time, or had any festivals with others.
The farmer thought about the answer for a moment, this time is the time when the farmer is busy, there is no spare time to argue with people. At this time, Bao Zheng already had an idea in mind, so he did not ask again, but told the farmer that since the cattle could not survive, let's kill and sell it to others for some money, so as to recover a little loss. The farmer was shocked to hear this, you know, the ancient cattle are treasures, the imperial court even ordered that slaughter is forbidden, if you kill the cattle, you will go to jail.
The murderer threw himself into the net
While the farmer was hesitating, Bao Zheng told him that even if he went to kill cattle and sell meat, even if something happened, he would be safe and sound. The farmer was relieved to hear this, and that selling the cattle would indeed save some of the losses, so the farmer was so cruel that he went back that night and killed the cattle, and cut the meat and prepared to sell it at the market the next day.
Early the next morning, a sneaky person came from outside the county court, saying that he wanted to report it, and Bao Zheng asked him to take him into the county court and ask him what was wrong. This person claimed that he and the farmer whose tongue was cut yesterday were from the same village, and he claimed to report the farmer because he found that the farmer had killed the cattle last night, violating Song Dynasty laws. Bao Zheng listened and drank loudly: "Bold little man, why do you want to cut the cow's tongue." ”
When the informant heard this, his legs were weak, and he immediately knelt in the lobby and shouted for his life, and he was also confused for a while. Bao Zheng immediately ordered someone to lock him up, and it turned out that Bao Zheng had already recognized that this person was the one who cut the tongue of the cow, and he summoned the farmer to tell him that the murderer had been found.
After the farmer came to the county court, he saw the person who cut the tongue of the cow and suddenly realized that the two had indeed had a conflict a year ago, but the farmer thought that they were all villagers in the village, a little contradiction, and turned his head to forget, did not expect that this person actually hated him for more than a year, and also cut off the tongue of his cow.
Just not a bag blue sky
In fact, bao Zheng knew that the cow's tongue had been cut off, and the murderer's plot was not the cow, but the owner of the cow. Cows without tongues are certainly unable to survive, and their owners can only watch as the cows starve to death, or kill the cattle to sell meat. Obviously, the murderer is more likely to see the second possibility, as long as the owner of the cow kills the cow, he can go to the police, so the murderer has been secretly spying on the owner of the cow, even if the owner of the cow is killing the cow at night he can also know.
In this way, Bao Zheng was sure that whoever came to report to the cattle owner early in the morning was the murderer. The reason why he did not follow the farmer to the village to investigate, but pretended to be indifferent, let him go back to killing cattle and selling meat, in order not to fight grass and snakes, so that the murderer could relax his vigilance. It turned out that Bao Zheng's method achieved the desired effect, and the murderer finally threw himself into the net and was arrested. Bao Zheng used his wisdom to help the farmer catch the murderer, and this case is also Bao Zheng's famous case, which is written into the canonical history.
According to historical records, Bao Zheng was a very filial and obedient person, he had not been an official for a few years, and because his parents were older, the lives of the two people who had no one around to take care of him were inconvenient. Bao Zheng immediately resigned and returned to his hometown to accompany his parents to take care of them. After the death of his parents, Bao Zheng built a thatched hut next to the mausoleum and lived for three years still unwilling to leave. Bao Zheng is not only filial to his parents, he is also a good official who is dedicated to the people. During his tenure, he never used his status as an official to oppress others.
Bao Zheng never let good people be wronged, and all the cases he handled were handled fairly and justly. When Bao Zheng returned to his hometown to become an official, his relatives and friends thought that they had a backer, so they made a blessing in their hometown, and they thought that Bao Zheng's official position was so high now, he would definitely help himself to settle the balance. What these people did not expect was that Bao Zheng personally arrested them and imprisoned them, and Bao Zheng was such a good official who was just and honest, selfless and selfless, and in his eyes there was only fairness and law, no interests.
epilogue:
Later, Bao Zheng was an official in Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty at that time, and the process of reporting officials here was cumbersome, and even the officials privately asked for money from the people who reported the officials, and after Bao Zheng took office, he directly carried out drastic reforms, omitting useless steps, and doing a practical thing for the people.
Bao Zheng made many achievements in his life, and his fair and just attitude to work made many people remember him, and even his story has been passed down to this day.
Reference: "Bao Xiaosu Gong"
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