Bao Gong adjudicates the case - an impartial and unselfish person
Bao Zheng was a native of the Northern Song Dynasty. He passed the Jinshi examination at the age of 28 and entered his official career. He once served as a county magistrate, a state official, and a prefect, and served as an envoy to Khitan. He also held important positions in the finance and supervisory departments, reaching the rank of prime minister. As an official, Bao Zheng was selfless, upright and honest, solved cases like a god, and was considerate of the people. He was known as "Bao Qingtian".
The story of Bao Gong’s judgment (1)
When Bao Zheng was the magistrate of Tianchang County in his early years, a case occurred in the county. A farmer tied his cattle in a cowshed at night. , I woke up in the morning and found the cow lying on the ground with blood dripping from its mouth. When I opened the cow's mouth, I found that the cow's tongue had been cut off. The farmer was angry and heartbroken, so he rushed to the county government office to file a complaint and asked Bao Zheng to help him find the person who cut the cow's tongue. Where should I go to investigate this unsolved case? Bao Zheng thought for a moment and then said to the farmer who complained: "Don't make any noise for now. Go back and slaughter your cattle." The farmer was reluctant to slaughter the cattle. According to the law at the time, cattle could not be slaughtered privately. But firstly, a cow with its tongue cut out would not survive for many days; secondly, even if the county magistrate asked him to slaughter the cow, there was no need to worry about breaking the law. After the farmer returned home, he really killed the cattle. The next day, someone from the Tianchang County Yamen came to report the farmer for slaughtering the cattle privately. When Bao Zheng asked about the situation, he immediately lowered his face and shouted, "What a bold guy! You cut out the tongue of someone else's cow, and then you came to sue someone for privately slaughtering the farm cow?" The guy was stunned when he heard this, and lay down. He kowtows on the ground and honestly admits that he did it. It turned out that the person who cut off the cow's tongue had a grudge against the farmer, so he cut off the cow's tongue first and then reported the cow owner for slaughtering the cow. Since then, Bao Zheng's reputation for handling cases has spread.
The Story of Bao Gong’s Judgment (2)
One day Wang Wu drove his donkey to sell charcoal. He tied the donkey to a tree at the entrance of the market. After a while, he sold out and saw the donkey. He became thinner and smaller, so he went to report the case. Bao Gong thought for a while and said: "Lock this donkey for 3 days and try again. On the third day, Bao Gong said to beat this donkey 40 times and let him run away as much as he likes." Run! Then he sent someone to follow the donkey, and he found the bad guy who stole the king's five donkeys!
The story of Bao Gong's verdict (3)
The main content of this story is: During the Song Dynasty, a boy helped his father to sell food on the street. He was tired and fell asleep on a stone. When he woke up, he found that the money in the basket had been stolen.
Bao Gong ran past this place and said. Everyone was curious about the stone, so the man who stole the money came to see the fun. The next day, Bao Gong asked everyone to drop a copper coin into the water bucket. Suddenly, a layer of oil appeared on the water, so he ordered the man to be caught. Bao Gong was smart and observant, and caught the thief because he knew that the boy was selling fried dough sticks, and it was inevitable that oil stains would emerge once he was thrown into the water. Oil film.