"Senior brother, please see, this is the cause of the armed battle case, but it is not just for the sake of water. I have reported to Your Majesty for all kinds of reasons." Li Jiao said and handed a case file to Shang Xian.

After reading the case file, Shang Xian realized that things were really not that simple.

This Xinhui County is a place where local tourists live in mixed places, and there is insufficient water conservancy and irrigation. Every summer, water will definitely compete for water, which further exacerbates the conflicts between local tourists.

Hakka people live together and are very close to each other. They often take pride in the prestigious clans of the Central Plains and look down on the locals. The locals are also very opposed to Hakka. Although there are intermarriages and interactions between them, they are more of fighting.

This time, Hakka in Panshan Township, Tonglin Township and other places competed for water with locals in Wuqiao Township, Baishi Township and other places. Thousands of people were dispatched to confront each other and digged each other's canals. With the excitement of the crowd, it was difficult for rural police officers to forbid.

The clan leader of both sides and the party member Zhengcunzheng of the talk party, mediated and mediated, and negotiated at Jinfeng Temple, but it did not reach an agreement for two days, and instead became even more stalemate. In order to strengthen their momentum, villagers on both sides all dispatched with weapons and gathered at Jinfeng Temple.

The day before the incident, nearly 10,000 people gathered around Jinfeng Temple. Seven or eight young and strong men from the countryside arrived in a mess with arms, and shouted fiercely to fight.

Most of them hold farm tools and wooden sticks, but a few hold newly made swords, guns, spears, and even homemade bows and arrows.

The rural officials were unable to adjust at this time, and it was difficult for the police officers and public security officers to suppress so many people, so they had to ask the county magistrate to come forward quickly.

County Magistrate Chen Xiaosheng underestimated the seriousness of the incident. At this moment, he made a wrong move. He did not immediately lead the county police officers and the township heroes to the countryside to press and mediate, nor did he immediately report to the Nanhai County and Guangzhou governors. Instead, he ordered the convening of the senior clans of the township and the clans of the town to hold a meeting to negotiate and allocate water sources.

As soon as the Zhengcun and the clan elders left, the scene was immediately uncontrollable and they lost control.

Originally, even so, a large-scale fight would not have occurred immediately. Unfortunately, something happened at this time, completely causing both sides to lose their restraint.

A Hakka woman named Cai married into the local Zhen family and became a widow. Cai had no children and had a new husband, only a house and some money and food.

The Zhen family was afraid of affecting their reputation and forbidden Widow Cai from remarrying. That's not all, the Zhen family coveted Widow Cai's house and money, so they started to eat in a desperate family.

They falsely accused Widow Cai of being possessed by evil spirits and took her to the clan leader for trial. In order to eat the dead, the clan leader ordered to soak the pig cage and sink into the pond without saying a word.

Originally, under the new policy of the Tang Dynasty, the clan leader of the Zhen family did not dare to do this. However, now the local guests are in trouble. The clan leader of the Zhen family took the pretext that Widow Cai was a Hakka, and with the intention of not chasing the public, he took advantage of the conflict between the two sides and lynched Widow Cai.

Poor Widow Cai died of a life of death just after she was over 20 years old. When the Cai family arrived, the body was soaked.

The Cai family was furious and started fighting with the Zhen family, but the Cai family was beaten to death.

The news reached Jinfeng Temple, and the confrontation between the two sides, which was already uncontrollable, suddenly broke out in large-scale armed fighting.

The Hakka people started first, and the locals were about to break out. The two sides fought hard. After more than an hour of melee, they occupied the other party's rural offices, and some people even took the opportunity to smash and rob.

The two sides who were originally confronted by the competition for water were inevitably completely detonated due to the stimulation of extinction of households and lynching.

"Where is the head of the Zhen family?" Shang Xian asked.

"The head of the Zhen family and the person who started to perform the lynching have been detained." Li Jiao replied.

Shang Xian asked again: "Is the review concluded?"

Li Jiao nodded, "The trial has been concluded, both the evidence and the evidence are present, and there is no denying it. There are five people involved in the case, all of whom have pleaded guilty. Do you still need to retrial with the senior brother?"

Shang Xian said: "I was relieved, but I can't just not retrial just because you and I have a personal relationship. Let's prepare to go to the court."

Li Jiao immediately passed the order to be promoted from the prison, instructing the chief of the Zhen family and four Zhen family members who participated in the lynching and killing.

On the majestic and lenient provincial governor's lobby, Shang Xian was sitting on the main case as the imperial envoy, next to him was Li Jiao, followed by officials such as the prefect and Sima.

Below are the police officers and police officers and the criminal record.

In a moment, amid the sound of shackles, five prisoners were brought in. They were wearing ochre clothes and a large prisoner on their chests, which was the convicted outfit.

Five prisoners were in a daze and were brought in by police like walking corpses. When their legs were weak, they couldn't help but kneel down in the majestic lobby, trembling like shaking all over.

Usually, county magistrates and officials are all high-ranking figures. Now that important officials of the court are in the hall to ask questions, why are they not afraid?

"Who is Zhen Wuer?" Shang Xian slapped the gavel and shouted loudly.

One of the five prisoners, a man in his forties, trembled, looked up in panic, and said stammeringly: "Little man, Little man Zhen Wuer... has seen a high-ranking official."

Shang Xian snorted coldly, "Zhen Wuer, your Majesty has already issued an order to order the people to use Daming. Why do you still use Wuer? Is it easy to be a slave to the Mongol Yuan?"

Zhen Wuer was so scared that he shivered, "The villain... I've been used to it for more than ten years with this name. The villain used to be Zhen Liye."

Shang Xian said with regret that he was not arguing: "Zhen Liye doesn't need it, he insists on using Zhen Wuer from the Yuan Dynasty. Isn't this a shameful bone? I asked you, why did you kill Cai's widow Cai Erniang? Come on the truth."

Zhen Wuer replied tremblingly: "Little man, the villain thought that her house and money were originally from the Zhen family. She was an outsider... so he ordered a lynching, which was also for the sake of his own clan. I hope the great official will forgive me."

He did not dare to turn the confession, and this matter could not be denied.

Shang Xi also asked the other four people.

It was indeed abusing lynching to kill people in order to eat the worst.

Those who are desperate, remarriage, lynching, and clan laws are all things that are incompatible with the new policies of the Tang Dynasty and the education of the heavenly way. They are not only untolerated by the kingly laws, but also untolerated by the human world.

We must be severely punished to serve as a warning!

"Come on, take it down." Shang Xian waved his hand in disgust and asked the police to take the prisoners of the Zhen family away.

Finally, Shang Xian looked at Li Jiao, "In the opinion of Li Guangzhou, what should these five people do?"

Li Jiao bowed and said, "The officials thought that the justice should be clear, beheaded, and beheaded and displayed to the public, and to serve as a warning to others. Then post a notice to purify the customs of the people!"

"Okay!" Shang Xian nodded and looked around the officials in the hall, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Everyone expressed that they must take this strict measures to warn a hundred people.

Lu Kang of Zhoucheng stood up and said, "Supervisor Qin, Mutai, and the officials thought that beheading was not enough. This private punishment hall was set up to rule on human life, and the power of the government was replaced by the government. Isn't it a plan to rebel? Although the five members of the Zhen family did not have the intention to rebel, they had the plan to rebel."

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"According to the "Brief Law of the Tang Dynasty", if the crime of pursuing a serious crime of pursuing a crime of pursuing a family, they will be executed by their families. Because they have no intention of pursuing a crime, and lynching has been around in ancient times, they are not really considered pursuing a crime. However, except for all five people being killed, the family members will also be demoted to slaves. Such heavy actions are a bit over, but they can shock the people's customs and make people dare not step beyond the line!"

Lu Kang's legal basis is that setting up a private court to rule on human lives is to exercise the power of the court and the people to exercise the public power of the government to rule on human lives is to pursue rebellion.

Of course, it is not really a conviction based on rebellion. Instead, we must make a fuss about this matter to the greatest extent, aggravate the sentencing of lynching and use severe punishments to eliminate lynching.

"But!" Shang Xian looked at Lu Kang deeply, his eyes very appreciated.

Li Jiao also thinks it is feasible.

Shang Xian shouted immediately: "Secretary Records!"

"Here!" the lieutenant responded.

"I plan to order! Zhen Wuer and five others, intentionally murdered, committed money and killed life, lynched and resisted the law, punished the three crimes together, sentenced to beheading and displayed in public, and immediately made the ruling punishment! All blood relatives within three generations of this clan were demoted to slaves and deprived of the land! They were divided into farming with their neighbors, and all the houses were given to their neighbors!"

"Respect the Constitutional Order!" The verdict was quickly written.

Is the judgment heavy? Too heavy.

Is it wronged or not? It's really wronged.

Five people lynched an innocent widow to sink a pond and soaked a pig cage, and at most, all five of them were killed. However, even their families were demoted to slavery!

Doing this is actually just "political". From the overall perspective, that's right.

Shang Xi wanted to judge a typical national case and make a basis for trial for similar cases in the future. If you dare to abuse lynching, it would be great, it would be a big deal, just to have such a heavy sentence.

Moreover, your neighbors will stare at you and report you, and will be legitimately assigned to your fields and homes.

In this way, who dares to lynch his own use?

After the sentence, five prisoners were taken out of prison and then taken to the village of their original hometown to publicly clear the canon. There was no need to report to Dali Temple for review again, and the emperor decided to make a decision.

A simple lynching and killing common among the people has been raised to this level!

Who is not afraid? Who dares not take it as a warning?

Soon, the people of Nanhai County City all knew about the verdict.

"The imperial envoy has executed a constitutional order to kill people..."

Unexpectedly, when the imperial envoy arrived, the first person to be involved in a fight was not an armed fight, but a five-member Zhen family who was lynching and killing people for the sake of extinction.

Whether it is a desperate household or a lynching or killing people, it is no big deal, right? These things have happened from time to time before, and I didn’t expect that the sentence would be so heavy.

It's scary!

For the first time, they felt that the death of a family and lynching were so serious.

The next day, the five members of the Zhen family were executed in the village where they were originally located. The family members of more than 30 were all demoted to slaves!

Afterwards, the five heads that were cut off were circulated to be headed to the towns.

The imperial envoy's verdict immediately frightened the villagers who learned the news.

Then, the extremely stern and murderous imperial envoy issued an order and posted it all the countryside.

The imperial envoy notice said:

"Our Tang Dynasty governs the world with Tao, and the Holy Emperor uses benevolence to impart the people, so as to educate all directions, and the sun and the moon shine. However, there are mobs who set up lynching in court, disregard human lives and family, so as to seek wealth from the household, violate national laws and violate the laws of the heavens, and do they want to rebel?..."

"…It is the people, the thief, the good or the evil, it lies in a thought. If you are a thief and evil, then your eyes will be like lightning, and the official laws will be like furnaces. It is okay to try it. If you ignore the national laws, you will not want to be the people of Tang. Since you are not willing to be the people of Tang, then the honor and welfare of the people of Tang will not be set up by you..."

"The Ministry of the Ministry of Justice ordered the ministers to purify the customs of the people. When the headquarters arrived, it was necessary to cleanse bad habits and prohibit evil. The Ministry of Justice was not afraid of the name of cruel officials, but did things that were thunderous and dared to violate the orders. Regardless of the officials and the people, investigate and deal with them together. Do not say that they were not prepared for what they said..."

"As the constitutional order, all lynching laws, such as eating out families, **, foot binding, drowning in babies, clay pots, high-priced dowry, widows prohibition, child brides, and wife... are all illegal acts, and they are strictly prohibited. If there is any violation, the crime of death will be inevitable, and the crime of living will be difficult to escape..."

"There are departments in the local area, and rural officials who dare to tolerate or let go of themselves will all be dismissed for investigation and prosecution for dereliction of duty and injustice... The unhealthy trends and evil spirits will not be replied for a day, and the department will not reply for a day... This order!"

After the constitution was promulgated, it was quickly passed to 18 counties and 127 counties in the two prefectures and 18 counties.

At the same time, some spies quickly wrote Shang Mian's move in Guangzhou into a secret report and sent it to Jiangling.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Xian's imperial envoy moved to Xinhui County and took charge personally. First, he dismissed all the magistrate of Xinhui County and the responsible township officers. He was ruthless.

Then, Shang Xi ordered that more than 2,000 responsible villagers in the fight be taken to Jinfeng Temple in Xinhui County and to the coffin of more than 300 victims.

The imperial envoy camp outside Jinfeng Temple was in full swing. The troops transferred by the Guangzhou Jiedushi, the police officers and military police from the Guangzhou Police Hall were all surrounded by martial law.

More than 300 coffins are arranged neatly, which looks gloomy and shocking. With constant crying, the white sails are everywhere, even in the hot summer, it makes people feel chilled.

More than 2,000 people were ordered to kneel in front of more than 300 coffins and apologize.

"Ship Qin, all the main culprits of the armed fight have been re-examined. There is no mistake. Please read it." A police officer handed a thick case file to Shangxie's desk in the large tent.

Shang Xian was sweating all over, but he didn't even wipe it. Every time he read a copy, he would hand it over to his subordinates to read it again. After there was no mistake, he would then take the case file and operate it like an assembly line.

From time to time, police officers came out of the tent and shouted, shouting their names and instructing people to bring them up.

"Take the Liangshan Mountains!"

"Tire King Qianfu!"

...

Shang Xian spent a full hour to check the case files of all the main culprits, and his whole body was soaked with hot sweat.

Then, Shang Xian took off the pen on the desk and wrote down the constitution. He executed all the 270 or 80 people who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were the ones who were

Among them, "ruthless people" who have killed more than one person's life will be divided into halves.

There were also thugs who participated in beating, smashing, looting and other crimes during armed fights, and they were all executed.

After the constitutional order, a policeman immediately issued a tent, announced the verdict to the crowded onlookers, and pronounced his names.

More than 300 people were tied up by police and soldiers, and their mouths were blocked, and they were taken to a temporary execution ground one by one.

There were loud cries around him, including the families of the deceased and the families of the prisoners who were about to be executed. And these prisoners who were about to be executed remembered the courage in the armed battle a few days ago.

They used guns and spears to kill each other's familiarity, even cut off each other's heads, broke open each other's belly, and even killed more than one person...

At that time, I felt that I was really a hero who dared to fight and kill. But now they felt boundless fear when they looked at the coffin in front of me and the murderous police officers and military police.

They are afraid, they don't want to die!

But what else can I use?

At this moment, the imperial envoy Shang Xian came to the execution ground under the gaze of the crowd. He looked at the more than 300 death row prisoners who were trembling, then glanced at the dark crowd around him, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty gave the king of the government. After we arrived, we realized your majesty's kindness and had a lenient heart. However, the evil of this case was shocking and unbearable. Our department could only handle it strictly and give justice to hundreds of dead people. If we have the intention of hurting Your Majesty's forgiveness, our department would naturally apologize to Your Majesty!"

Li Jiao and others said, "We also advocate strict measures. If you hurt Your Majesty's way of forgiveness, you will apologize to Your Majesty afterwards!"

"That's the end of those who are brave enough to fight and kill people in private! When the Tartars came, why didn't they see them fighting so hard? Don't think that the law does not blame the public. Even if tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people violate the national law, they will be punished! Pass the order! Execute the punishment!" Shang Mian ordered expressionlessly.

"Boom!" As soon as two cannons sounded, the brigade's police officers and military police walked onto the execution ground, raised their sharp Tang swords, and some opened the terrifying guillotine.

More than 2,700 people were imprisoned, and more than 300 people were executed. The people who were killed were really killed. Among them, the people who were cut in half were not dead for a while, dragging half of their bodies into the crowd, which scared the crowd to scream.

These people who were cut in half had not only killed one person, but were often cruel.

A police officer came out and said loudly: "The imperial envoy carried out the Taixian government order! There are more than 2,44 people left. Although they are exempted from death, they cannot escape the crime of living. They all served hard labor for five years and built reservoirs, roads, and bridges... this order!"

The death penalty has just been executed, and a punishment for others has been announced. It turned out to be five years of hard labor!

If you don’t surrender to your hometown, you are already considered kind to be Shangxiong.

The people around were shocked. They never expected that the fight would have such a serious consequence, and many people cried loudly.

"The order was sent to bury the remains of the victims of the armed battle, establish a cemetery, named Xiangjian Garden, and erect a monument to warn future generations."

"All the bodies of the death row prisoners are buried on the spot and no corpses are allowed to be collected. This is the fate of those who are brave enough to fight privately and are afraid of national warriors!"

"I will send another order to write this matter into an announcement and announce the eighteen counties of Guangzhou and Guizhou. Those who dare to despise the government and fight privately are bandits who are not the people, and the national laws cannot tolerate it!"

"The order is that if the two have grudges, they can apply for a fair duel. Both sides agree to the duel, sign a life-and-death certificate, and everyone testifies. After going to Zhongwu Temple to worship, the government can issue a duel permit. The court allows the people to make a fair duel, as long as they dare!"

The orders shocked the onlookers, especially the last one, and allowed a fair duel. As long as both of them applied, a duel license could be issued.

If you want to fight, you can. Sign a life-and-death case in front of everyone, do you dare?

This was also what Li Luo taught to commercial milling.

Of course, banning private fights is national law, but if the ban is too rigid and rigid, it will make the people timid and cowardly, and even dare not fight when they encounter bullying.

So I opened a hole, which was to apply for a one-on-one duel.

Although few people dare to apply for a duel, it is ultimately a way to retain blood courage. What should I do if the other party has a grudge against you?

You can apply for a duel. Of course, the premise is that the other party agrees and there must be a complete set of procedures. If the other party does not make a life-and-death case, the duel will not be carried out. If you beat him to death, you will have to pay your life.

Duel has existed for a long time in the history of China and the West, and it also has its reasons for its existence.

Not long after, Tang Ting promulgated the far-reaching "Dull Rules" and formulated a complete duel etiquette and legal process.

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In Myanmar, Yangpi County is more than 200 miles away from Kongming City (formerly Bagan City).

Yangpi County was originally called Saye Tuqin, which was the territory of the Burmese people. After the whole country returned to the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Yangpi County and established county government offices.

It was the end of July, and millions of Burmese people knew that the Minister of Sufeng Observation in Myanmar and Dianzhou had worked hard and had been in Myanmar for half a month.

I heard that the imperial envoy was a woman or a marquis of Fenghuang Township. Why did the emperor send a woman to be an imperial envoy?

"Chen Da, your father is dead and should be burned or buried. How can he raise fish? The imperial envoy issued a strict order and no longer allowed to raise fish on his body. Don't disobey your order. This is not a joke."

In Baye Village, an old man said to a young man. He watched the young man put a dead body into a wooden box and sank into the pond outside the house with a little concern.

The man named Chen Da grinned and showed a honest and honest look, "Uncle Ma Long, it doesn't matter. Many people in the village are still raising them. How can the female imperial envoy know so much? When the eels are well raised, I will give you the biggest one."

He was originally called Chengda, but because the Tang Dynasty was not allowed to use the Man's name, it was changed to the homophone Chen Da.

Ma Long shook his head, "I don't want it. I'm old and can't eat good food. I'm afraid that I'll be raised even if I die."

Although the Burmese people returned to the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dao Temples were built in various places and schools were opened everywhere, but the progress of Chineseization was still not ideal. The biggest obstacle is that the local customs are still very stubborn.

Especially some vulgarity, creepy.

For example, the strange customs such as "raising fish on corpses" and "hiding corpses on corpses" that are common to the people of Myanmar are not only very common, but also deeply rooted.

They often do not bury corpses, but use them to raise fish. They put the corpses into wooden boxes with small holes and sink them into the water. Small fish and eels will follow the smell of the corpses and enter the wooden boxes and eat them.

In this way, the eels can grow up quickly and will never be able to get out of the wooden box again.

After a while, the wooden box was opened, and the body became a white skeleton, and the eels inside grew into thicker arms. It is said that they are not only very delicious, but also a great tonic.

This custom has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it is not surprising to the Burmese people.

They also put the corpse in a wooden box filled with sawdust and placed it under the bed, hoping that the corpse under the bed would slowly turn into mummies and become immortal in the golden body.

These evil and strange customs are certainly incompatible with the education of the Tang Dynasty, and must be forbidden to be purged.

The imperial envoys to Myanmar and Dianzhou are hard work.

The reason why Li Luo sent her here was that he knew that the customs in Myanmar were strange and there were many snakes and insects. When ordinary people came, they might be disgusted.

But thank you for your hard work, she doesn't seem to take these evil things seriously. She is also cruel and sinister enough and is the most suitable candidate.

The hard work at this time was listening to the report at the provincial governor's office in Kongming City.

As a marquis, she was awarded the Minister of Observation of Sufeng, the imperial envoy of the Burma and Yunnan provinces. It has been half a month since she arrived in Myanmar, and she only sent a few notices, but she seemed to have done nothing else.

I only issued a notice, but did nothing during this period.

It seems to be a malfeasance.

In fact, she wanted to do things perfectly.

These days, she has been planning. Now, it's time to start.

"I heard that the eels raised from the corpse are delicious and nourishing. This time I want to see if I can restore them to death."

"Ship Qin, everything has been arranged. Please order the constitution." A police officer reported.

"Set out!" He worked hard and wore a purple robe and a cloud crown unique to a high-level female official in the Tang Dynasty.

"Respect the Constitution!"
Chapter completed!