Hearing that Heifu had something to ask for, Xi completely turned around, looked at Heifu's heavy money bag, and said with a smile: "Oh? Could it be that you are puzzled by the number of rewards? ”

At the county prison hall, in addition to announcing Heifu's promotion to the top of the house, Xi also announced the reward for the people of Huyang Pavilion.

In this case, although there were six thieves, four Qin people and two Chu people, and there was no murder or robbery, it still could not constitute the crime of "group robbery". In addition to the leader of the tomb robbers, "Apotan", who is a wanted criminal and is worth 20 taels of gold, the three tomb robbers of the Qin State are worth 7 gold each. And the dead Chu tomb robbers, as well as the little man Xing of the Chu State, because they are foreign thieves, are worth 2 gold each.

So the tomb robbers were rewarded with a total of 45 gold.

This time the money is not like the last private gambling contract with Yuanbai, where Heifu has the final say, but the government divides the bounty into several parts according to the merits of everyone in Huyang Pavilion.

As the pavilion chief, Heifu single-handedly contributed to the success of the arrest of the tomb robbers, and he made great contributions, and he could get 20 gold!

The thief Dongmen Leopard participated in the battle to capture the tomb robbers, and was the deputy of the pavilion, so he could get 7 gold.

Xiao Tao and Lixian also participated in the battle, and each of them received 5 gold.

Although Ji Ying is a postman, the anonymous letter incident started because of him, plus the meritorious report of the case, a reward of 4 gold.

Yu Liang also participated in the report and was rewarded with 3 gold.

Even the pavilion's father, Puzhang, also got 1 gold for guarding the pavilion when everyone went out.

In this way, everyone in Huyang Pavilion got some money, and they were all happy.

Small Anlu County, of course, does not have much gold storage, the so-called gold taels, more as a large denomination of currency weighing unit, when actually issued, is still given the equivalent of half a tael.

In addition, there was a reward for capturing the anonymous submitter, two concubines. The black man claimed that he did not need a concubine, and asked for money at the market price, so he sent down another 8,600 yuan. Heifu got 4,000 yuan alone, and the rest of the money was divided according to the credit of the people in Huyang Pavilion in the search for the book submitter.

So, the two were added together, and Heifu got a huge sum of 15,520 and a half taels! One thousand dollars (běn) is enough to hold fifteen běn......

One tael is 24 baht, half tael is 12 baht, and one baht is 0.65 grams. A Qin State half tael is about 8 grams.

This money was also a lot in front of him, weighing more than 100 kilograms, and Heifu's money bag could only hold more than 4,000 yuan, and the rest had to be transported back to Huyang Pavilion by ox cart.

Hefu had no opinion at all about the distribution of the bounty, and he came to find joy and had other things......

Heifu arched his hand and said: "I still have some doubts about the fact that the public servant was fined the top three for anonymous submission, and I want to ask the prison Peng in person!" ”

……

"Sick with a public servant?"

Xi was slightly stunned, looked at Heifu and said, "You arrested this person with your own hands according to the crime of surrendering, what are your doubts?" ”

Heifu pondered his tone and said: "Although he committed the crime of submitting a book and should be punished according to the crime, he did not submit the book for false accusation or slander, but for reporting the crime. If there is no report of the disease, it is impossible for the subordinates to catch all the thieves, and after the disease is arrested, he confesses to the crime and actively assists us in solving the case, I don't know if there is a ...... in the law."

"Is there a law that mitigates it?" Hi guessed what Heifu wanted to say.

"Yes." Hefu replied.

He considered himself a man of conscience and was quite sympathetic to the punishment for going to the disease. Because Heifu felt that in this matter, there was nothing wrong with the disease, and there was still a pregnant wife in the family, and the family was not wealthy, so he was even more reluctant to go.

Xi said: "Heifu, do you know when this crime of surrender was decided?" ”

Hefu shook his head and said he didn't know.

Xi said: "This law was formulated at the beginning of the new policy of Shang Jun and the law for our country. At that time, when the treacherous people saw that the law was strict, they tried in vain to submit a letter anonymously, slandering all kinds of things, insulting the superiors and subordinates, and doing everything, so that the law was disturbed for a time. So Shang Jun ordered that all things told by anonymous contributors would not be accepted, and that they could not even open and read until the anonymous person was caught, and once the petitioner was caught, he would be severely punished! ”

Heifu suddenly realized, it turns out that this law has such a historical origin, since then, the Qin State has been a one-size-fits-all for anonymous report letters, even if "the fear of thieves dare not sue and vote for anonymous books", they also think that "although this situation is extremely light, and the wind of accusation cannot be long", it should still be arrested and punished.

In doing so, Qin State may indeed have the effect of "plugging the source of false accusations and putting an end to the road of treachery and deception", so that those who falsely accuse and slander dare not make mistakes. But Heifu still feels that this kind of disposal is a bit blunt and one-size-fits-all. He wanted to know if there were any regulations in the Qin State similar to those in later generations, and the criminals took the initiative to assist the police in the investigation, or could reduce the criminal responsibility?

However, Xi shattered his illusion that in Qin Law, there are only three circumstances that can reduce criminal responsibility, one is the "Law on the Protection of Minors" that only appeared today, because most of the juveniles are instigated to commit crimes and have no capacity for criminal responsibility.

Secondly, the punishment for the crime of negligence is lenient, mainly for officials, and the punishment for unintentional violation and intentional negligence is completely different.

The third is to turn himself in and reduce the punishment. The Qin law stipulates that those who flee with borrowed public property and voluntarily surrender will not be punished as theft, but as fleeing.

Among them, there is no relief option suitable for public officials.

Heifu was silent for a moment, and after a while, he said softly: "In the way of officials, doesn't it say that those who are officials should be judged and punished, and they will not be guilty of any crime?" ”

"Whether you are guilty or not is not up to you and me."

Hi frowned and repeated his mantra: "Judge only by the law!" ”

"There will be no errors or stiffness in the law?" Heifu was a little unconvinced, at this moment, there was an irreconcilable contradiction between the reward of anonymous whistleblowers in later generations and the punishment of the Qin Dynasty.

"Even if there is a mistake, it must be changed by Xianyang, by Tingwei, Yushifu, and by the king, you and I only have the responsibility to enforce it, and we have no power to criticize the law!"

Xi lowered his face and said to the black man: "The lawgiver is the program of the world, and the instrument of all things; The officials are also the people who hang on for their lives. ”

"Heifu Pavilion Chief, you are a Qin official, just do things according to the law, don't give birth to sympathy that you shouldn't have! Now that you are the first pavilion chief, you have solved a big case, and you have a bright future in the future. I also hope that you will remember what is said in "The Way of Officials", be cautious, do not chase after words, and do not distort the law and give birth to delusions! ”

With that, Xi nodded at Heifu and waved away.

Heifu also knew that he was naïve about this, and when he heard in the hall that minors could be commuted, he thought that there were other places in the law that were warm and flexible, but who expected that what he bumped into head-on was still the cold law and the Qin official with a straight face.

Xi's words made him sober up a lot, although Qin Lu gave him some surprises from time to time, but this is still a distant ancient time, it is better to punish mistakes than to let go, this is Qin Lu's way of thinking.

"If I Were the Ruler ......"

The thought popped into Heifu's mind, but quickly sank again.

Even if he was in a high position and could interfere in the making of the law, would he be able to eliminate all the inaccuracies and inaccuracies? It seems to have been said in the legal class of the previous life that the crime of anonymous submission was not abolished until the Republic of China, and it must have been in the 90s of the 20th century that anonymous submission was recognized and encouraged......

If we carry the provisions of the laws of the future generations out of thin air, but cannot change the productive forces and social forms, I am afraid that it will only be a castle in the air.

All this is too early for Heifu, he can only collect his doubts and continue to obey the system.

However, the police handled the case in accordance with the law, but arrested the bad guys and the good guys together, although the bad guys deserve their crimes, but do the good guys deserve to be punished in vain? At this time, as a police officer, you can't do anything about the law, what should you do?

Heifu pinched the heavy money bag on his body, made up his mind, and strode towards the county office.

The public servant was fined 4,000 yuan, and because he could not pay it off, he had been taken to the county sikong to ask him to repay the fine with hard labor, and he would probably not be able to go home for a year and a half, which was a devastating blow to that warm little family.

Hefu could not convince himself and turned a blind eye to this!

When he stepped into the county office, he saw that he was trembling and wanted to sign his name on the labor paperwork......

"Citizens go to illness!"

Heifu shouted loudly, stopped drinking, turned around, and looked at Heifu with a group of small officials in a daze.

He walked up to him and put the dead bag of money on the desk, making a clattering noise.

"Go to the disease, make a contract with me now!"

Heifu patted the money bag and said with a smile: "I'll borrow you these four thousand dollars!" ”