Wei Zi accused the emperor of murder.

Although ancient times respected the supremacy of monarchical power, it was also a relatively legal society. Whoever the emperor wants to kill will still be convicted. The normal channel is to send it to the punishments department. After the three meetings of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple (Tang Dynasty), the capital crime was convicted and executed, reported to the emperor for approval, and the date of beheading was drawn up before the minister could behead. If the joint trial results show that it can't be decided, it can't be cut now.

The practice of dragging and chopping in class can only be done by warlords or underworld organizations. Of course, kings who started as warlords are inevitably infected with similar habits. After the monarch formally established political power, he was generally unwilling to use this simple procedure to deal with it, which easily led to the confusion of the system. Even among warlords, it is easy to trigger a war.

Think about it. If you are a monarch, it is at least unsanitary to kill people directly in your court, and it is not appropriate to drag people out of the palace at the gate of the palace. Then the person to be executed will be dragged to the noon gate. It takes about an hour to walk there quickly. Not everyone can behead, and guards are not suitable to carry a beheading broadsword with them, which is also unsightly. You have to ask a professional executioner to take the knife. By the time you come back to hand in the bill, it's time to get off work.

A hot-tempered person, such as Zhu Li of the Ming Dynasty, should do it himself when he sees eunuchs and maids eating.

Therefore, emperors who killed many people, such as Wu Zetian, usually set up another secret service. If someone wants to get rid of them, let the Secret Service accuse Luo Zhi and force him to enter an unfair case, which will go beyond the supervision of legal procedures. This is the rule of political struggle. The side effect is that the spy chief will soon sit up, leading to the fall of the monarchy, and long-term implementation will soon lead to political darkness.