The Pi witch was ashamed and ashamed. She held the scepter tightly and said with feverish cheeks: "This is my mistake. We are willing to accept the punishment. The people who stole the property and stabbed the melons will be found and we will let His Majesty the Witch King and the Great Witch deal with them."
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"Well, although this incident happened among the Pi tribe, in fact other tribes also have some bad habits like this. Compared to stealing, the fight between the Gonghuo tribe and the Yu Gong tribe last year was even more bad!"
Xu Chen didn't want to make the Pi tribe's first party too ugly because of this trivial matter. At the same time, he also knew that stealing was a two-level mistake compared to group fights and riots.
Stealing can simply be attributed to human nature. This is the habitual instinct of all animals, which is to get something for nothing. Before there is no strong moral restraint, stealing will not even be condemned, and the harm is relatively low, and the consequences are not serious.
But the harm caused by the riots last year when hundreds of people from the Gonghuo Tribe and the Yu Gong Tribe fought in groups was much greater than this incident.
If Xu Chen hadn't been so shameless and could rely on his own and the great witch's prestige to suppress the situation, if it had been held at a large gathering like this from other tribes, it might have eventually led to a big melee between the two ethnic groups and more than a dozen tribes, eventually causing huge consequences.
of casualties.
Therefore, when dealing with this matter, Xu Chen also wants to focus on the Yu Gong clan and the Gonghuo clan, because these two tribes were the first to join the Ba League, develop the fastest, and are the strongest. Only the Ba clan can suppress them.
them.
Once you leave the valley of the Ba tribe, you will probably not be able to obey anyone.
Therefore, upon hearing that Xu Chen had brought up what happened last year, the great witch of the Yu Gong clan who had been a little gloating about the misfortune and the righteous old witch of the Gonghuo clan instantly became ashamed and became silent.
"Punishing thieves is just a simple matter. The main purpose of convening you for a meeting today is how to prevent and deal with this kind of thing in the future. You should have heard about it. Starting from this year, the Great Witch and I have decided to punish the witches in the autumn.
I wish the conference would be moved to the Gonghuo Tribe, because there are tribes gathered there, the population is larger, the area is wider, and the transportation is more convenient. But if this kind of thing happened during the Gonghuo Tribe gathering, without the great witch, without me, there would be no one
If it can be dealt with fairly and strictly, what consequences will it have in the end..."
When Xu Chen said this, he turned to look at the great witch of the Yu Gong clan: "You did a good job this time. Although you had some doubts in your heart, you did not go to the Pi clan to make trouble. It deserves a reward. But if the witch and the clan leader are not here,
Come on, can the Yugong family hold back?"
The great shaman of the Yu Gong clan looked a little dull. She didn't know that Xu Chen already knew about this, so she hesitated for a long time before stammering: "No, the clan members who were in charge of the goods were looking for it when they found it missing the day before yesterday, but I stopped them.
If the clan leader and I are not here, there will definitely be a fight!"
Xu Chen nodded and said with a serious face: "So, with so many tribes gathering, we can't keep an eye on everyone all the time. We must find a way to warn and deal with this kind of thing. Even if the witch and the clan leader are not here, each person
The tribe must also have a mechanism to control conflicts, such as having a team of hunters who maintain order or patrol to arrest and deal with thieves or troublemakers. And if there are consequences, there must also be a unified handling method to judge and judge these people.
, ultimately forming a deterrent so that thieves and troublemakers understand the punishment and consequences they will face."
When Xu Chen said this, the eyes of the group of witches suddenly shone. They seemed to understand something, but they couldn't grasp the key points. The main reason was that Xu Chen used several new words here, such as warning, mechanism, and ruling.
, trial, etc., no one can fully understand it.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, what are rulings and trials?" The little witch sister had an expression of humility on her face.
"The adjudication is to discuss the faults according to the methods we have established, and the trial is to punish according to these faults."
"Okay!"
Although some people looked confused, there were others who understood it completely, especially the old witch from the Gonghuo Tribe and the little witch from the Wu Tribe. They had studied the longest and knew Xu Chen best. They basically understood these new words.
the meaning of.
In order for everyone to understand the meaning of these words more clearly, Xu Chen took out some simple laws he drafted yesterday and asked the little witch to read them aloud, while he explained these laws one by one.
This should be regarded as the first real law in human history.
However, in view of the barbaric habits of primitive people and the different governance situations of various tribes, Xu Chen did not fully imitate the laws and regulations that he was familiar with in later generations and elaborated too carefully. He only set constraints and punishment standards for some behaviors, and punishment
It is also formulated to be relatively simple and crude, that is, beating, hard beating.
The discretionary power belongs to the chief shaman or clan leader of each tribe, and the execution is carried out by the officers of each tribe, and a dedicated person is responsible for it. A fixed officer is responsible for the criminal law. In addition, depending on the number of tribes, an execution team of three to ten people is established.
Named Xingzhao.
In order to make discretion and execution clearer, Xu Chen also gave relatively clear definitions for various criminal acts.
The crime of theft is divided into two levels: serious and serious.
Misdemeanors that are not too serious will be punished with two or more canes depending on the severity of the case, and the standard for discretionary trial is to convert the value of the stolen property into copper coins for punishment.
If the value of theft is less than one penny, the rod will be two.
The value of the theft reaches one penny and four rods.
By analogy, every increase in the value of a document increases the penalty by two rods. The maximum punishment standard is twenty rods. However, if the value of theft is greater than ten yuan, it is a felony. In addition to being beaten with a rod, an additional one month to one year of reform through labor is added.
and deprived of mating and food distribution rights.
The crime of robbery is more serious than the crime of theft. Also, depending on the seriousness of the case, the person will be beaten with a cane and sentenced to one month of labor reform. The minimum is ten canes and one month of labor reform. If serious losses or casualties are caused, more stringent penalties will be added. For example, once
Three years of labor reform, etc.
The crime of intentional injury is a felony. Depending on the extent of the injury, the person will be given at least 20 strokes with a cane and three months to five years of reform through labor. If a person is seriously injured or killed, the maximum punishment can be life-long reform through labor or even expulsion from the clan.
In addition, although Xu Chen did not want to deal with the chaotic relationship between men and women in various tribes, he finally listed the definition and punishment measures for the crime of rape.
If a woman is forced to mate against her will, she will be beaten with a cane or forced to undergo labor reform.
And if someone attacks an underage girl or young girl, the person will be sentenced to a hundred canes or even expelled from the clan.
Because they are primitive and barbaric, these laws are not complicated. They are mainly aimed at some of the more common situations. There is no need for other messy primitive people to understand. Anyway, with these basic discretion and trial standards, basically
This will also allow each tribe to have a unified implementation standard.
In addition, for conflicts and crimes between different tribes, the discretionary power lies with the local witch. Serious crimes must strictly record the adjudication and execution process and submit it to the Ba witch for review. If there are serious differences and objections between tribes regarding the ruling and execution,
, you can also appeal to the Ba tribe, and the decision will be made by the great witch.
All felony trials, and any punishment of more than one year of reform through labor, must be handled by personnel above the Grand Shaman in Blue, and submitted to the Grand Shaman of the Ba Tribe and His Majesty the Witch King for review.
Facing these detailed laws and punitive measures formulated by Xu Chen, a group of great witches listened very seriously and were very surprised.
It can be said that these things happen in endlessly in various tribes. Theft is okay, everyone is living in poverty. It is only in the past two years that they have a little decent food and clothing, and there are no personal belongings, so there is nothing to steal.
, usually theft occurs between two different tribes. In the past, it was basically stealing food.
Just like this time, the Pi people stole the thorn melons from the Ba people's vegetable garden. It was just a wild habit. Seeing that they were hunting, they secretly picked them out and ate them because their hands were itchy.
In the wild, these are not called stealing at all.
Because thorn melons were originally wild, it was only in the past two or three years that the concept of growing vegetables became popular among the Ba people.
So in the final analysis, these Pi people will only receive a few sticks at most.
But the situation is different for serious crimes. Almost all of them are subject to additional labor correction, at least one month, up to a lifetime, and may even be expelled from the clan.
Xu Chen did not enact the death penalty because it was not in line with the civilizational characteristics of this era.
Human rights don't mean much in this era because everyone doesn't live long.
In addition, in general armed conflicts that cause heavy casualties, it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, because everyone is a savage, very barbaric, and they have no brains when fighting. They just act recklessly and end it.
If you win, you will cheer for joy. If you lose, you will either be killed and eat meat, or you will be abandoned in the wilderness and fed to wild beasts.
Therefore, no matter whether you win or lose, punishing people for killing may not necessarily convince the public. What's more, the population is already extremely scarce. Killing people will only reduce the overall strength of the Bam League.
In fact, for primitive people, expelling the tribe is far more terrifying than killing.
Primitive people are not afraid of death at all, or in other words, they are very numb to death, just like beasts being injured and dying, this is a part of their normal life, because they have been fighting death since they were born.
But being expelled from the tribe and being completely abandoned by the tribe is the most terrifying and frightening thing. No one can survive alone in the wild. Once you leave the tribe, you will be in a primitive wilderness, filled with poisonous snakes and beasts, making it difficult to move even an inch.
Just like when the Ji clan was willing to leave a hunter who wandered alone for a few days in Gonghuo Basin, surviving alone in the wild for seven or eight days was not only a matter of ability, but also a matter of divine blessing. It was completely unbelievable.
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The only way for primitive humans to continue to develop is to exist as a group, help each other and take care of each other, so that they can slowly multiply and grow. Therefore, the group is the only reliance in their hearts, and leaving the group is more fearful to them than death.
There are not many provisions in this law. It simply sets the standard of discretion, the trial team and the execution team, thereby constructing a basic criminal law system.
Xu Chen also formulated these provisions after careful consideration and discussion with the little witch last night.
However, today's meeting with all the witches requires all witches to discuss it together to see what they can understand and accept. What they can't understand and accept also needs further improvement.
Therefore, after the little witch read it and Xu Chen explained it one by one, he asked a group of witches to discuss it, but no one raised any objections and said they would respect the decision of His Majesty the Witch King and the big witch.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Xu Chen made a final decision and fixed these laws, saying that he would have these contents copied as soon as possible and then let each witch take them back to his tribe, and he would also be responsible for summoning the leaders of the tribes to publicize them.