Please enter the urn.
Zhou Xing and Qiu conspired to rebel, and the Queen Mother ordered Lai Junchen to interrogate him. When Lai Junchen was studying things while eating with Zhou Xing, he said to Zhou Xing, "Most prisoners refused to confess. What should I do? " Zhou Xing said: "Easy. Take a big jar and bake it around with charcoal fire. Let the prisoner in. Don't admit anything! "
Lai Junchen found a big jar, raised charcoal fire around it according to Zhou Xing's method, stood up and said to Zhou Xing, "Someone in the palace handed over a complaint accusing you of rebellion. Please come to this big jar! " Zhou Xing was frightened and quickly kowtowed and pleaded guilty.
original text
Please enter the urn.
Zhou Xing conspired with Qiu Shen, and the Queen Mother ordered him to come to Jun Chen. Jun Chen and Fang Xing passed the buck and said Xing Yue said, "What if there are too many prisoners?" Xing said, "This sounds good! Take a big urn, burn it around charcoal and put the prisoner in the middle. Why not? "
A handsome minister is a big urn, and fire is like a prosperous law. Because of this, he said, "If there is any internal push, please come to this urn!" " Fear, kowtow, sin.
Idiom story
Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty appointed a group of brutal officials to suppress those who opposed her. Two of them are the most vicious, one is Zhou Xing and the other is Lai Junchen.
They killed many upright civil and military officials and ordinary people by framing, accusing and inhumane criminal laws. On one occasion, I sent a tip-off letter to Wu Zetian, the content of which was actually to report the rebellion of Zhou Xing's contact.
Wu Zetian was furious and ordered Lai Junchen to investigate the matter. Lai Junchen is worried. He thinks that Zhou Xing is a cunning and treacherous person, and it is impossible to get him to tell the truth through a snitch letter. But if I can't find out the result, the queen mother will blame me, and I can't afford it.
what can I do? After thinking hard for a long time, I finally came up with a clever plan. He prepared a sumptuous banquet.
Invite Zhou Xing to his home. Two people, you advised me to drink and talk it over.
After three rounds of drinking, Lai Junchen sighed and said, "Brother, I usually handle cases and often meet some prisoners who refuse to plead guilty. I wonder what you can do? " Zhou Xing proudly said: "This is not easy!" Said, and took a sip of his glass. Lai Junchen immediately pretended to be sincere and said, "Oh, please give me advice quickly."
Zhou Xing smiled insidiously and said, "You find a big urn, bake it around with charcoal fire, and then let the prisoners in. Do you think there are prisoners who don't confess? " Lai Junchen nodded yes again and again, and immediately ordered someone to bring a big urn to light the charcoal fire around him as Zhou Xing said, and then turned to Zhou Xing and said, "Someone in the palace secretly accused you of rebellion. I was ordered to investigate this matter. Sorry, please put yourself in the urn now. "
Hearing this, Zhou Xing dropped the glass in his hand, then fell to the ground with a plop, kowtowing repeatedly and saying, "I'm guilty, I'm guilty, I confess!" " "
meaning
Lai Junchen is also a cruel official. He knows Zhou Xing's handling style and characteristics very well, and he also knows that Wu Zetian's task to him may not be solved by his own method, so he set up a very clever bureau, let Zhou Xing set up a bureau himself, and then put him in this bureau. This is a classic representative of "deal with a man as he deals with you".
In this idiom story, Lai Junchen skillfully used the method of "deal with a man as he deals with you" to punish Zhou Xing. From the psychological characteristics, this not only replaces the psychological desire of good people to realize "punishing evil and promoting good", but also warns the wicked to be careful that they will end up in a sad end in the future.
Related figures
1, Zhou Xing
Wu Zetian is a famous cruel official. Jingzhao Chang 'an (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi) was born. He studied law when he was a teenager. After becoming an official, he served as the capital in Shangshu Province, and was transferred to Shao Qing, a farmer, and assistant minister Qiu Guan to take charge of the prison. He strongly supported Wu Zetian's administration, and once demanded that Li Tang Zong Zheng be disqualified as a member of parliament. Therefore, he was highly valued by Wu Zetian and was appointed as Zuo Cheng, a senior minister. He was "repeatedly sentenced to prison, inscrutable, and killed countless people."
After the death of Li Zhi in Tang Gaozong on February 27th, 65438+683, Wu Zetian, as the general representative of emerging political forces, manipulated the supreme power of the Li and Tang Dynasties. In February 684, Li Xian, the middle school emperor, was abolished and became the ruler of the imperial court, monopolizing the political affairs of the imperial court. In order to consolidate the supreme ruling position, Wu Zetian not only used the army to suppress armed resistance, but also made great efforts to report.
Open the imperial edict to the prison and implement a high-pressure control policy. "Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and other dozens of internal coolies are paws, and those who are not afraid will be caught in the French Open." It is under this political condition that Zhou Xing is arrogant and wanton. He colluded with other cruel officials and speculated on the meaning of Wu Zetian, aiming at reporting the framing, arresting and killing officials, so that "the ruling and opposition parties were shocked and did not dare to speak out."
2. Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian (A.D. 624-705 16 February 16), whose real name was Xie, was later renamed Qi and was born in Wenshui, Shanxi. She is the only orthodox female emperor in the history of China (reigned from 690 to 705) and the oldest (acceded to the throne at the age of 67) with the longest life expectancy.
Wu Zetian entered the harem at the age of fourteen. She was a talent of Emperor Taizong and was named "Wu Mei". Tang Gaozong was named Zhao Yi, then the queen, and was honored as the "queen of heaven", and was also called "double saint" with Emperor Gaozong. After the death of Emperor Gaozong, he became the empress dowager of Tang Zhongzong and Tang Ruizong. In 690, Wu Zetian announced that he would change the Tang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty, become emperor on his own, make Luoyang his capital, call it the "God Capital" and establish Wu Zhou.
In 705, when Wu Zetian was seriously ill, Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi launched a mutiny, supported the restoration of Tang Zhongzong and forced him to abdicate, which was known as the "Dragon Revolution" in history. After the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongzong was honored as the "Emperor of Heaven". 165438+705 10, Wu Zetian died at the age of 82. In accordance with his last wish, Zhongzong changed his name to "Zetian Tiansheng Queen" and was buried in Ganling as a queen. If he is tired, he will be the queen of Tianshun.
Before and after Wu Zetian came to power, the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty was killed, and "cruel official politics" rose. However, he is "good at observation and judgment", with more power but less talent, rewarding agriculture and mulberry, reforming official management and attaching importance to selecting talents. Wu Zetian was resourceful, dabbled in literature and history, and was quite gifted in poetry, including Hanging Arch Collection and Golden Wheel Collection.