How did the emperor agree to pardon the fugitive criminals?

This is a fantastic story of an emperor who did not want to apply to fugitive criminals, but something changed his idea...
Forgiveness and Generosity
When Emperor Zhang reigned, he once granted amnesty to all criminals who had been given the death penalty and were detained before April of that year. That is, all their crimes would be lowered by one level and sent to Jincheng (in today’s North Korea) to guard the border. However, the amnesty did not apply to fugitive criminals.
Guo (a government officer) said to the emperor, “Over 10,000 criminals with a death penalty have fled, and most of them were arrested and taken back to prison after the amnesty was issued. As a result, they all received harsh punishment and were not given the amnesty.”
Guo said that the amnesty was intended to protect people’s lives. He proposed to apply the amnesty to those death penalty inmates who fled before the amnesty was announced. This would protect their lives and allow them to contribute by safeguarding the border. The emperor agreed to give them amnesty.
When handling legal cases, Guo focused on forgiveness and generosity. He once advised the emperor to change 41 felony crimes to lighter ones, and the emperor approved all changes. Historians documented that Guo was later promoted and many of his offspring were blessed by becoming high-ranking officers.



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