Datou said so and quickly followed, and the accompanying Yulin army also immediately withdrew. The group walked out of the town and rode back on their horses the same way they came.
Seeing that he had been frowning and saying nothing, Datou guessed what he was thinking, "Sir, you have warned them sternly in advance, but they still dare to commit crimes, that is, they are looking for death. I mean to kill another group, so as not to prevent other states from doing so."
The county officials thought that what happened in Jeju would never happen again, and killing a few more people from Liju would be enough to deter all local officials. Let’s see which local official dares to deceive the subordinates and hide it from the superiors, so as to exploit the common people.”
"What you say makes sense," he said. "If it were the prosperous Tang Dynasty, when the country was stable, there would be no need to be so urgent and ruthless in rectifying the government. But after the Huangchao Rebellion, the people's morale is now seriously unstable. If local officials continue to do whatever they want, they will
It will make the people completely lose confidence in the imperial court. This is something that will destroy the country and rot its foundation. He must be killed, but what I am worried about is how to kill him."
"Punish the three tribes," Datou said, "You have made it clear on the notice that anyone who dares to prevent the people from redressing their grievances will be punished by the three tribes. You can't just say it but not do it. If you do that, you won't be able to deter other places.
The effect of officials."
"Executing the three tribes is much crueler than killing everyone," he said with a frown, "Do you know how many people would be killed if the three tribes were really killed?" ??
"I have been in Yushitai for so long, I must know," Datou said, "The father's family killed the married aunts, sisters and daughters, the mother's family killed the aunts and cousins, and the wife's family killed the father-in-law, mother-in-law and the whole family. After all, we killed
No matter what, one person has to implicate hundreds of people."
"The government officials were just following orders, and there were officials at all levels above them," he said. "If they were all caught, tens of thousands of people would probably be killed."
"It seems a bit much," Datou said with a confused look on his face, "But you have already said what you said, so you have to kill me, right?"
"I'm just scaring them," he frowned and sighed, "I know the virtues of local officials. If they don't speak harshly, they will definitely deceive them. Who knows that they actually dare to prevent the wronged people from redressing their grievances and filing a complaint. Now it's better.
It’s hard to get off the tiger.”
"Sir, you are still in charge of the household department. How many people are there in Datang now?" Datou asked.
"There are 77 million registered." said.
"There are so many more, so let's kill them. It will scare those corrupt officials into pissing their pants," said the boss. "People generally don't like officials. If the court wants to unite the people, the best way is to investigate corruption."
, kill corrupt officials.”
"You can't kill, there are too many," he shook his head again and again, "One person is responsible for one person's work, and implicating people is unfair. If I really kill tens of thousands of people, I will be infamous for thousands of years. The historians above the court will not let me go.
The rotten scholars and moral literati in the market will not let me go. They don’t know what it means to kill to stop killing. They
They will only slander and slander me with all their benevolence, justice and morality."
"What should we do?" Big Head asked.
"We have a solution," he said. "No official who bullied the people will be spared. All those implicated will be sent to prison to be executed. If the official document is sent to the court, the emperor will definitely understand my intention and will pardon them as they go. It will take half a year to go back and forth."
It's enough to scare officials from other places."
"Yes, yes, this is a good method," Datou happily agreed. "It can not only frighten other local officials, but also put a golden face on the emperor."
After solving the problem, the two of them accelerated their horses and returned to Lizhou City with the Yulin army.
As soon as they arrived at the city gate, they found a man riding out of the city. It was the fourth watch at this time, and ordinary people could not go in or out at all. When he saw the man riding out of the city, Datou immediately shouted loudly, "Who is that person?!"
The rider on the horse was a young man. He was already nervous when he saw the crowd, and when he heard the big head shouting and asking questions, he became even more frightened. He shook the reins and urged the horse to gallop away.
Upon seeing this, Datou immediately turned his horse's head and galloped to catch up.
The big head was riding a sweaty horse, and after running a hundred feet, he caught up with the man, captured him, and then dragged him back.
"Sir," the boss handed over a wrinkled letter, "this guy wants to stuff this letter into his mouth."
I took the letter, tore it open and read it. I saw that the letter was actually written by the governor of Lizhou to Wang Jian of Xichuan. The general meaning was that he wanted to surrender the city and asked Wang Jian to send troops to garrison the city.
He handed the letter to Datou. After reading it, Datou angrily cursed, "This bitch knows that he cannot escape his guilt, but he actually wants to betray the imperial court and join the rebels."
The two of them were already furious, and when they saw Lizhou Governor trying to rebel, they became even more furious, and immediately led the Yulin Army to gallop back.
Although the number of our side was small, he and Datou were both martial arts practitioners. After returning to the government office, the governor of Lizhou did not dare to resist, so he had to be captured without mercy.
After stabilizing the situation, the Yulin troops sent to various places also returned one after another. None of them returned empty-handed, and all the officers sent by the local government to hinder the appeals of the wronged people were captured.
After daybreak, the wronged people who had lost all obstruction came one after another to sit in court in person and hear the cases one by one.
As the saying goes, you will never do anything wrong in your life, and you will not be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night. The reason why local officials do everything they can to prevent people who have been wronged from filing appeals is mainly because of their guilty conscience, because they all know that the cases they judge confuse right and wrong and cannot withstand pushback.
Even if you knock it, you won't see the light.
The case is settled quickly. No matter how old it is or how complicated the case is, it can be completed within a stick of incense. The reason why it is so fast is not only careful and perceptive, but also a very important reason, that is, the presumption of innocence is not enough.
If the evidence proves that the prisoner is indeed guilty, he will be found innocent.
It is very difficult for an official to not unjustly punish a good person or let go of a bad person. It is pure nonsense. No matter how powerful the law official is, he cannot do this. Therefore, his principle is
I would rather let a bad person go than unjustly accuse a good person.
Several prefectures and counties got wind of the case in advance and knew that they could not withstand re-examination, so they secretly destroyed the files. As long as the files were incomplete, they would be regarded as unjust cases and officials would be held accountable. Fear of investigation means a guilty conscience, and a guilty conscience means there is something wrong.
Officials are also human beings, and when everyone makes mistakes in judgment, the correct approach is to correct them when they know they are wrong, rather than trying every means to cover it up. There is no shame in admitting mistakes. Not only will the people not laugh at them, but they will think that the officials are magnanimous.
If you insist on continuing to cheat and maintain the so-called official dignity even though you have made a mistake, you will easily lose the support of the people.
In one day, more than 40 long-standing cases were tried, which is extremely fast.
But after a day of trial, I felt extremely heavy. These cases were all cases in which the victims or victims had appealed for grievances for many years. There were few of them poor people, most of them were educated or had some property, but after years of appeals and grievances,
Suppression by local officials has made their lives difficult, and many of them have lost their homes.
In addition, why are there no poor people among those who appealed for redress of grievances? Do the poor have no grievances? Of course not, but the poor are illiterate and have no money. Even if they are wronged, they can only swallow their anger and endure it silently. They do not even know how to appeal.
, can’t even redress injustice.
The number of people who appealed for grievances decreased significantly the next day. Even if no one came, they still sat in the hall and waited. Datou and the inspector sent by Yushitai served as jurors and sat with them for three days.
In the evening, a soldier delivered a letter on horseback. It turned out that the rebel army led by Long Haotian was passing through the city at 10:00 tomorrow and asked Lizhou to send someone to comfort the army to welcome them. ??
After reading the letter, he threw it aside casually. Dozens of officials, including the governor of Lizhou, were now in prison, waiting to be beheaded tomorrow. He had no time to talk to Long Haotian.
According to the custom, the capital beheading was at three quarters of noon, but in order to frighten Long Haotian, he set the time for beheading to 10 o'clock the next day, and changed the place of execution from the south gate to the east gate.
The army arrived in mighty force, and the executions began. More than a hundred officials and officials were killed. The corpses were strewn across the field, and rivers of blood flowed.
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Long Haotian was originally a gangster. Although he was granted a title as a general, he could not change his banditry habits. He walked slowly and leisurely along the way, and he had to extort money from local officials wherever he went. After setting off, he did not fight a single battle, but loaded more than a dozen carts with small amounts of money.
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Although Long Haotian is a bad guy, he is not the kind of serious bad guy, but a profit-seeking gangster. Seeing his army crossing the border, he executes people and kills people. Knowing that they are coming for him, he is not angry, but reins in his horse and stands still.
He asked with a smile, "You are such a cruel official. You kill wherever you go. Jeju doesn't kill enough, so you come here to kill me again? You also deliberately kill me on the way to march. What are you doing, killing chickens to scare the monkeys?"
"Are you a monkey?" He was also not angry.
"Of course not," Long Haotian didn't dismount, "From the first level, it is also the first level. If you, a first-level official, don't enjoy peace and happiness in Chang'an, why bother going to this place where rabbits don't poop?"
"I received a tip that the leader of the Xichuan Branch of the Beggar Clan led his people to rebel against the imperial court. I came out this time just to investigate the matter thoroughly," he said.
"Hey, hey, stop it," Long Haotian shook his horse whip, "I won't ask anymore, and don't smear shit on me. We are now ministers in the same palace, and I, the army of the West Route, still expect you to help me.
Where are the military supplies and rations?"
"Humph." sneered.
"Look at you, why do you always look down on me? I've apologized to you for everything before," Long Haotian was shameless and thick-skinned, "By the way, I haven't had time to thank you yet, please."
Thanks to your blessing, I have been promoted to Taixuan and can enjoy the peak of purple energy."
He had given the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art to Long Haotian before. Long Haotian's promotion to Taixuan was undoubtedly due to the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art. Thinking of Long Haotian plotting against him that day, he felt very angry. "Congratulations to you, but the peak of Purple Qi is not the best."
It’s not that you are invulnerable, you still need to be more careful when killing enemies in front of the battlefield.”
"Look at you, armed with a gun and a stick, I won't tell you anymore. We still have to rush to the front of the battle," Long Haotian pointed to one of the carriages, "By the way, the officials along the way gave me some tea money.
You some?"
Long Haotian looks like a big boss, but in fact he is rough and subtle. If you say this, you will naturally not be able to talk about the money he made along the way in the future. He will be too lazy to argue with him and wave his hands impatiently, "I don't want it, just leave quickly."
"Thank you, thank you so much," Long Haotian waved his hand, "Brothers, let's go and quell the rebellion."
When Long Haotian walked away, Datou whispered, "Sir, this guy doesn't look like a master who can win a battle."
"Hmph, let alone win the battle, the court will be thankful if he doesn't lead the crowd to defect..."