The capital usually has large prisons directly under the imperial court. The most famous ones are the Ministry of Justice Prison and the Dali Temple Prison. When combined, it happened to be called a prison. However, the Song Dynasty was quite special. The six ministries had long been undermined, and the Ministry of Justice had no power, so naturally there was no longer a prison. Although Dali Temple had power, the Dali Temple Prison was abolished in the early Song Dynasty.

However, it is impossible for the capital to be without a prison, so the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison has become a prison directly under the jurisdiction of the court. Almost all prisoners in the capital will be sent here, and the prison is also of strict hierarchy. Criminals of different levels will also be detained in different areas. For example, after Lei Yungong was escorted back, he was detained in the deepest part of the prison, which is also a place to detain death row prisoners.

Although Jinshan is a relative of Lei Yungong, he is not a criminal, so he is just imprisoned in the middle area. Lu Wu is waiting outside, while Li Zhang, led by the prison minister, passed through the narrow and dark passage. The prisoners on both sides of the passage were all desolate prisoners. When Li Zhang came in, he also attracted the attention of all the prisoners. These eyes were numb, cold, despair, etc. It can be said that almost all the negative feelings in the world were concentrated here.

Li Zhang felt very uncomfortable, not because of the eyes of the prisoners. In fact, he basically ignored these eyes that did not have any substantial threats. However, the prison was too smelly. After all, the prisoners were all in the cell for food, drink, defecation, and sleep. It is estimated that the prisoners here would not be able to clean it frequently. As a result, over the years, all kinds of odors in the prison were intertwined, which could make people faint.

In desperation, Li Zhang had to cover his nose with his sleeve, and at the same time he was secretly swearing in his heart that he would not be imprisoned in the future, otherwise living in such an environment would be even more uncomfortable than death.

After passing through the front area, I finally came to the area where Jinshan was detained. Compared with the front areas, this area is much cleaner and the smell is not as strong as before. It is normal to think about it. Although the criminals detained in this area are not very serious, as for being killed, some officials who committed the crimes are even locked up here. Maybe there will be a day to make a comeback in the future, so this is the best-in-class area in the prison.

When Li Zhang was taken to Jinshan's cell, he found that Jinshan in the cell was lying on the straw, and his chest was sleeping soundly. The conditions in the cell were a little worse, but they were single cells, and other cells were usually locked in two people. It seemed that Li Zhang had some help to ask Lu Wu to ask someone to take care of Jinshan before.

"Jinshan, someone is here to visit you!" The Prison Chief shouted at the fence of the prison cell, then nodded at Li Zhang, then turned his head and went out. From now on, Li Zhang had half an hour to spend with Jinshan.

Hearing the voice of the prison chief, Jinshan inside finally woke up. When he saw Li Zhang outside the prison cell, he immediately turned over and stood up, then quickly walked to the prison door and said excitedly: "Li Zhang, why are you here? How are my mother and younger sister?"

"Don't worry, Mrs. Jin and her younger sister live in our mansion now, and they are just very worried about you. But now, although your conditions here are a little worse, at least they have not suffered much. I believe they will be relieved!" Li Zhang smiled and comforted.

When Jin Shan heard that his mother and sister were living in Li Zhang's house, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After he was arrested, he knew that his family property would definitely not be preserved, so he had been worried about Jin Xiaomei and the others, but now he finally let go of a big stone in his heart.

"I don't thank you for your kindness. I did not read it wrong as a friend!" Jinshan also solemnly said to Li Zhang at this time. He had nothing now, but he still had friends like Li Zhang, which made him feel warm in his heart.

"What are my friends doing? On the way, I bought you some dishes you like, let's talk while eating!" Li Zhang also put down the food box in his hand and said, knowing that the food in the prison was definitely not good, so he bought some food for Jinshan on the way.

"Haha~, you'll know me!" Jinshan was so excited when he saw something to eat. The prison door could not be opened easily, so Li Zhang and Jinshan sat opposite each other across the fence, and the food in the food box was also taken out. Jinshan was not polite to Li Zhang, and he picked up the chopsticks and started eating. It seemed that no matter what kind of environment, it would not affect his appetite.

"I have already inquired about your case. There should be no worries about life, but it is very likely that he will be exiled in the end." Li Zhang hesitated for a while and finally decided to speak. Although the end of exile was quite terrible, for Jinshan now, it is better to know the result in advance than his random thoughts now.

When Jinshan heard Li Zhang's words, he couldn't help but stop eating food, and then said indifferently again: "I thought I was dead this time, but I didn't expect to save my life. However, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to come back again. At that time, my mother and my little sister will entrust me to take care of me!"

"You don't have to worry about family affairs. As long as I'm here for a day, I will never let my younger sister and the others suffer. But I can't get involved in your case, and I don't know where you are going to be exiled. I can only wait until the verdict is made before making plans." Li Zhang said at the end, and he couldn't help but sigh, he didn't have many friends, Han Qi is one, Jinshan is also one, and the remaining Zhao Zhen, Huozi, Douzi and others can only be considered relatives.

"You don't have to worry too much about mine, as long as the younger sisters and the others are fine!" Jinshan said this and lowered his head and ate it again. Li Zhang didn't know what to say at this time.

After Jinshan finished eating, Li Zhang chatted with him for a while, and Jinshan asked him about the situation below, especially Lei Yungong's current situation. However, when he learned that Lei Yungong would definitely die this time, he sighed and said nothing.

Half an hour passed quickly. When the Prison Chief came to pick up Li Zhang, Li Zhang quietly pulled him aside, then stuffed all the valuable things he had on him to the Prison Chief, and asked the other party to take care of Jinshan. The Prison Chief immediately became enthusiastic and patted his chest to promise that Jinshan would definitely make it delicious and drink here and would never suffer any grievances.

After leaving the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison, it was getting late, and Li Zhang immediately returned home and told Mrs. Jin and Jin Xiaomei about Jin Shan's situation. When he learned that Jin Shan did not suffer in prison, the mother and daughter temporarily calmed down.

However, Li Zhang could not stay at home for a long time. The next morning, the carriage he picked up came to the front of his house. In desperation, Li Zhang had to instruct his family to take care of the Jin family and his daughter, and he once again left Tokyo City and went to the imperial village.

"How is it going on in the capital? Is Lei Yungong dead?" As soon as Li Zhang returned to the imperial village, Hu Yan Shouxin found him to inquire about the news. After all, the information here in the imperial village was closed and he knew nothing about the situation in the capital.

"Yes, although Lei Yungong is still being detained now, no matter what the investigation results are, he will definitely be alive." Li Zhang nodded immediately and said.

Just when Li Zhang left the capital, he had heard that the court was going to send officials to the imperial tomb to investigate Lei Yungong's affairs. However, there seemed to be some problems with the candidates for this official. It was probably because Liu E and Ding Wei had their own plans, so there was a disagreement. Now it depends on which one of them can win, but no matter who wins, Lei Yungong will not be able to escape death.

"Who would have thought that the eunuch who was still a hot topic a few days ago ended up like this because of such a thing." Hu Yan Shouxin couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

When he said this, Hu Yan Shouxin seemed to have thought of something, and he spoke again: "Which Song Dynasty values ​​culture and over military affairs, the treatment of military generals is better than that of civil officials, and military generals do not have to be intrigue in the court like those civil officials, which has reduced a lot of trouble."

"But the use of literature and military control has caused the management of the Song Dynasty's army to be chaotic, and its combat power has plummeted. Our Song Dynasty has raised millions of soldiers every year, but it is still at a military disadvantage. The fundamental reason is that the generals have no power in their hands!" Li Zhang retorted with emotion when he heard Hu Yan Shouxin.

As soon as Li Zhang said that, Hu Yan Shouxin couldn't help but look at him in surprise, then sighed and said, "We all understand this principle, but this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu. Although there are many generals in our Song Dynasty, we are either going from martial arts to literary or relying on the shade of our ancestors to live."

"Has no one ever thought about changing this situation?" Li Zhang frowned when he heard this. If even the generals accepted their fate, it would be even more difficult to change this situation.

"Why didn't it? In fact, when Emperor Taizu released his military power with a cup of wine, on the surface, although everyone handed over the military power, there were still many people in secret who were unwilling to accept it. In the end, all of these unwilling people were killed by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, and the rest were those who honestly accepted their fate." Hu Yan Shouxin said this and spread his hands and made a very helpless expression. Originally, if these words were spread, they would be enough to cure him for being disrespectful, but he trusted Li Zhang very much.

Li Zhang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. Zhao Kuangyin was not in a good position, so he was worried that his generals would learn from him since he ascended the throne. As a result, he tried his best to suppress the generals. In addition, the arrogance of the martial artists in the late Tang Dynasty made the Song Dynasty extremely alert to the generals. This also led to the current situation. Anyone who wants to change can only be powerless.
Chapter completed!