The prison cell was a little calmer and the situation was under control. After hearing the news that Gu Wuchen had moved from the boat to the prison hall, Lin Fu took Chang Sun Geng and others to the front yard to meet Gu Wu Chen. Outside the second wall, Chang Sun Geng met the others.
Pulling back a little, he walked closely to Lin Fu's side and whispered: "Mr. Lin, the problem in the prison in the city is more serious. I know a thing or two about it..."
Lin Fu stopped and looked at Changsun Geng.
Changsun Geng is a scholar who passed the imperial examination in the second year of Chongguan. He is only thirty-one years old this year. He is as tall as himself and has a thin build. He has been doing official business inside a high wall without much sunlight for a long time. His face is a little pale. Lin
Fu didn't know how to explain it to Changsun Geng.
Gu Wuchen came to Jiangning with a heavy responsibility. He shouldered the heavy responsibility entrusted to him by the Chu Party to control the situation in Jiangdong. He definitely did not come to Jiangning to serve as an honest official who would be remembered in history. If Gu Wuchen had not had the intention to reopen the prison case, he would have needed to
To completely control and transform Jiangdao Prison, he would never support such a big move to clear the prison.
There are many evil deeds in the city's prison. Lin Fu had heard a lot from Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan. Many of the evil deeds were even committed under the bright light of day. However, the interest chains involved in the city's prison were too many and complex, and even the various yamen directly
To make a deal with escorting suspects to the prison in the city. As far as Jiangdao Prison is concerned, Gu Wuchen's intention is only to bring the former prison chief Ge Zuxin and other officials to justice. As for other issues Ge Zuxin explained, Gu Wuchen may keep a copy privately.
The transcript is good for blackmailing some people, but this time it will not be used to expand the implication.
When it comes to crime, almost half of the officials in Jiangning City know that Wang Xueshan, the Yin of Jiangning Prefecture, has a hobby, that is, he likes to interrogate female prisoners for adultery. Others may not know why Wang Xueshan is doing this, but Zhang Yubo met Lin after drinking.
The secret behind the binding is revealed: According to the laws of Dai Viet, if a woman commits adultery, she will be tortured with moss in front of the hall and her clothes will be removed.
To put it bluntly, Jiangning Prefecture Yin Wang Xueshan liked to watch the yamen take off the pants of female prisoners and beat their white buttocks with canes until they were bloody and bloody, so he tried every means to convict the female prisoners of rape.
In order to satisfy Wang Xueshan's hobby, not ten but eight female prisoners died every year in the lobby of Jiangning Prefecture due to the humiliation and collision. Who could resist the dignified third-rank Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Prefecture?
"In this Jiangning city, if all the officials in the city are dragged out to behead, they must be unjust. If they are carried out one by one to behead, there must be a lot of people who slip through the net... You know you reprimanded the former director of Jiangdao prison to Jiangning government
Whose hands finally fell into the hands of the prison and the petition for the officials to force the prisoners into prostitution?" Lin Fu stood under the old plum tree and looked at Changsun Geng. In Jiangdong officialdom, although Changsun Geng was a low-ranking official, he was an "other kind".
, He didn’t want Sun Geng to get his head bruised again, so he sighed and said, “When arresting Ge Zuxin, Yang Dianwei found a petition signed by you from his luggage. During the interrogation, Ge Zuxin said that you had good handwriting.
Then I kept your petition and took it back to my hometown..."
"..." Changsun Geng was stunned there, speechless. How could he have imagined that it would be such a huge irony? Even now, Gezu, who was so enthusiastic about accepting him, still appreciates his good calligraphy? After all, this world is pure and turbid, and there is no distinction between black and white.
I'm afraid Ge Zu didn't consider forcing prisoners to be prostitutes to be such a serious crime! Lin Fu also understood very well that the government was already in a mess, and it was impossible for one person to turn the tide with his blood. Lin Fu did not support him to make the situation even greater.
I asked Gu Wuchen about this question, but it was of no use. Gu Wuchen was just a deputy inspector of the fourth rank.
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The watchman walked outside the yard at midnight. It was already midnight, and the interrogation in the prison cell was still going on.
As for what other secrets could be extracted from the mouths of Zhou Shide, Jiang Jin, Cao Shang and others, Lin Fu was not interested. People know their own rules, so Lin Fu did not let Changsun Geng and others participate in the torture. The place was lent out and Yang Pu and Ma Chao were responsible for it.
The lights were brightly lit in the front yard of the prison hall. Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen were sitting opposite each other in front of the desk. There was a candlestick on the desk, drinking strong tea and talking. The spring was cold, and the plum branches and leaves in the courtyard were rustling in the wind. Even sitting in the room, I still can't feel that I am inside a heavily guarded high wall.
In the main hall, apart from Gu Wuchen and Lin Fu, Yang Shishou was the only one sitting at the table at the door.
Gu Wuchen was not in a hurry to leave the prison island and return to the city that night. Lin Fu talked with him about many ideas such as using prisoners to treat prisoners, dividing crimes to treat prisoners, and raising prisoners for use. These ideas are all prison management experiences that have not yet been summarized. , Lin Fu did not copy it exactly from memory, but sized up the situation and put forward some suggestions for prison management improvement that adapted to the situation.
Lin Fu's suggestions on prison management reform are more authoritative because he co-authored "Prison Book" with Zhao Shuhan. Otherwise, in this officialdom atmosphere where seniority is the key to everything, someone else's insignificant "nothing to say" will be enough. It can easily wipe out a lot of his efforts.
When Lin Fu wanted to do something on this prison island, he had to get Gu Wuchen's support. He first had to gain Gu Wuchen's trust. But no matter how much Gu Wuchen trusted him, he couldn't ignore the rules of the officialdom. Otherwise, Gu Wuchen would definitely prefer Yang Pu or Ma Chao to come. To manage this Jiangdao prison on his behalf.
A "Prison Book" really laid some foundation for Lin Fu to replace his qualifications.
"Treat prisoners with prisoners, and treat prisoners by dividing crimes, so that prisoners can be mobilized and raised, and this is in line with the spirit of the criminal law of 'prisoners must work hard to punish their crimes'," Lin Fu said about his ideas for prison governance and what he will do in prison Some specific measures implemented on the island, "When the weather gets a little warmer, I will send the prisoners to open a vegetable garden and a livestock pen outside the high wall. At this time, there are still a large number of empty cells in the prison cell that are of no use. I thought Take a prison cell and try it out as a workshop, buy some looms, and make the female prisoners work. Prison clothes can also be cut in the prison. You can also do some craftsmanship, carpentry, ironwork, etc., all of which can be done within high walls. If you manage them carefully, you don’t need to worry about escaping from prison. I plan to make every effort to be self-sufficient in other materials except rice and food from the Xuanfu Envoys Department within this year. Works such as prison cell repairs will also be carried out. It is entirely possible to use prisoners to do it. In addition to using the saved money to improve the livelihood of the officials, if the inspectors need to pay, they can also allocate one or two... If there is still excess manpower in the prison, all the people on the prison island can be used. The products produced can be sold into the city. I think that the raw materials for production will be provided by Jiyun Society in advance at this time. The products produced in the future will be handed over to Jiyun Society for unified sales and discounts to offset the previous payment. As long as the prison island is under control and cleansed If there is no change, Mr. Jia will not have any objection."
Gu Wuchen nodded while listening. He was not a stickler for the rule of law, and he had a clear enough understanding of reality.
Forcing female prisoners to work as prostitutes in official kilns and prostitutes was not a big deal in this dynasty. It was common practice for prisoners in the city's prisons to work as hard labor in government and private workshops. Every time the city walls had to be repaired, government offices and other large-scale buildings were built, and the number of prisoners in the prisons increased. It was the target of massive servitude. Lin Fu wanted to set up a factory on Prison Island, but he just went a little further on these foundations. There was nothing Gu Wuchen couldn't accept.
In the future, prisons will be implemented on a large scale, with thousands or even tens of thousands of people imprisoned. In addition to guards and supervision, the supply of prisons will become the biggest problem.
Prison food, prison clothes, prison cell repairs, prison food and money for jailers and officials, torture instruments, medicine and many other items, coupled with deductions in all aspects, the amount of money allocated to each prisoner is almost as high as that of each prisoner.
At the level of ten taels of silver, even if the prison city in the future reaches a capacity of 2,000 people, it will cost 20,000 taels of silver every year.
The power of the Inspectorate is quite great, but it has no control over money. The amount of money that can be spent freely every year is only thirty to forty thousand taels of silver. This is not as good as that of the Admiral's Office, let alone the Xuanfu Envoy who directly manages money and food.
, in the future, if others oppose the prison idea, they can completely block Gu Wuchen's retreat with just one sentence: "You can solve it yourself with money."
Although the jailer in the city earned more than 20,000 taels of silver from exploiting prisoners every year, Gu Wuchen couldn't offend the public and let everyone spit out the money and use it on the prison city, right?
If Lin Fu could not make these suggestions, Gu Wuchen would feel that he was useless. In addition to his reputation as a son, this was precisely where Lin Fu was far superior to Yang Pu, Ma Chao, Yang Shi and others.
Of course, Jiyun Society will supply production raw materials to Prison Island at this time. In the future, the products produced by Prison Island will be handed over to Jiyun Society for unified marketing. Jiyun Society will naturally make profits from it. Gu Wuchen is very clear about this. In his opinion, Lin Fu
After all, people who are somewhat selfish, no matter what, are the most difficult to control. People who have no selfishness at all are the most difficult to control. Besides, the Gu family also gets one thousand taels of silver from Jiyun Society every year. Of course, this thousand taels of silver will not be born out of thin air.
"Okay, you have the guts to do anything on Prison Island. As long as I am here in Jiangning, you will be the master of the Prison Island..." Gu Wuchen held his hand on the desk and listened to Lin Fu's words. He really felt that Prison Island
There was nothing more to tell him. When it came to comprehensiveness, Lin Fu thought more thoroughly than himself, and he felt a little disappointed. When it came to writing, there were many in Jiangning City who were better than Lin Fu; when it came to the knowledge of helping the world, Gu Wuchen was really good at it.
He has not seen a more outstanding young man than Lin Fu. Before Lin Fu took the "Prison Book", Gu Wuchen felt that Lin Fu was using Zhao Shuhan as a stepping stone. Now in his heart, Zhao Shuhan is still better than Lin Fu, no matter how knowledgeable he is about helping the world.
Different.
"I have another unkind request..." Lin Fu said.
"Say." Gu Wuchen said.
"Prison management involves supervision and labor, among which the responsibility of supervision and prevention is particularly important. Lin Fu dare not or forget it. At present, the prison guards cannot be used. If more people are used, money will be wasted, and if fewer people are used, prevention will be insufficient. The only way
The method of elite soldiers is feasible, but the prison affairs are heavy, so I have to ask your Excellency to send someone to help me with the matter of elite soldiers..."
"Oh..." Gu Wuchen was startled for a moment, pondered for a moment, pointed at Yang Shi who was sitting at the table at the door, and asked Lin Fu, "Is it feasible for Yang Shi?"
Yang Shi, who was sitting aside, heard people talking about him and hurriedly came over.
"Brother Yang, just don't feel wronged." Lin Fu looked up at Yang Shi and said that Yang Shi's father, Yang Pu, had a better impression of him. Some things that happened in Shiliang County made Yang Shi have a grudge against him, but
Lin Fu knew that he was not qualified to choose people.
Generally speaking, the prison guards will be used for a long time, but in the final analysis, the prison guards are still in the nature of the military. They are even nominally under the dual jurisdiction of the Military Preparation Branch of the Inspector General Division and the Military and Horse Division of Jiangning Prefecture. It is difficult for Lin Fu to fully control them.
To control.
Besides, there is no unreserved trust in the world. Instead of sending other military attachés to the Inspectorate who have no knowledge of the situation, it would be better for Gu Wuchen to directly send another confidant. Lin Fu also made it clear that he would do it on Prison Island.
In the way of elite troops, the troops that the Inspector General can directly control are very limited. The elite division of three to five hundred does not seem to have many people, so Gu Wuchen may not want to directly control it in his own hands.
"Yang Shi, what do you think?" Gu Wuchen also raised his head and looked at Lin Fu.
"I obey your orders," Yang Shi said.
Although following Gu Wuchen would bring more benefits, he didn't really want to covet those benefits. Besides, with his father at Gu Wuchen's disposal, any benefit would be from his family. He wanted to do something more than just follow Gu Wuchen.
Gu Wuchen ran forward and backward.
"Well, your father will come back with me tomorrow, and you can just stay here. I will make up for the transfer order when I get back," Gu Wuchen decided, but he was also afraid that Yang Shi would be young and energetic and compete with Lin Fu on Prison Island, at least for now.
At that time, he completely trusted Lin Fu and believed that Lin Fu was far more capable of presiding over the overall situation of Prison Island than Yang Shi. At that time, he also bluntly warned Yang Shi, saying, "But you have to know that although Lin Fu is only one year older than you, he is very knowledgeable.
His ability is much better than yours, so you should learn from him and don't imitate Si Yuan's stubborn temper. If Lin Fu feels that you are not suitable, I will transfer you back to the city at any time..."
"Yang Shi remembers it." Yang Shi nodded and said. No matter how bad his impression of Lin Fu was, Yang Shi at least knew that although Lin Fu was young, he was a person who was qualified to sit down and discuss the case with Gu Wuchen in the middle of the night.
Sitting down, he listened to Lin Fu talking endlessly, which made Gu Wuchen nod his head repeatedly. On the prison island, he still knew who was the master and who was the auxiliary.
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