After burning the house in Blind Mountain, Heifu and the others went to the county town again the next day to return to work and accept the reward at the same time.
When entering the official temple, everyone's hands were empty, but when they came out, the familiar bowls were full again, and everyone was still smiling and congratulating Xiao Tao.
"Xiao Tao's arrow was really life-saving. If it had been a moment later, we wouldn't be standing here anymore." This was Dongmen Leopard's praise.
"Although he is quiet on weekdays, he is really reliable at critical moments." This is Ji Ying's praise.
"Xiao Tao deserves the title of Duke." These were Li Xian's words, but in his eyes, he felt a little lonely and envious.
Xiao Tao is a dull young man who usually doesn't talk much and is always very inconspicuous. Now he suddenly became the center of attention and his face turned red. He touched the "gongshi" scarf on his head and felt that this was not true.
, after leaving the official temple, he immediately bowed to Hei Fu and said:
"I can have... today, today, much... thanks to the pavilion chief."
Heifu quickly helped him up: "Xiao Tao, this meritorious service is all based on your own ability. If you hadn't shot the prison door and bluffed with a copper whistle to scare the people inside, I'm afraid
It's more bad than good, so it's us who should thank you."
As the leader of the pavilion, Heifu was very fair when reporting the case. He honestly expressed his credit for everyone's performance without hiding anything. Especially Xiao Tao, perhaps because he did not have high expectations for this young man.
Therefore, his bravery and intelligence can always surprise people.
In the end, the government concluded that Xiao Tao was the number one hero, so they treated the Li Jianmen who incited the locals to kill officials and flee as beheadings, and made Xiao Tao a nobleman.
Because although there are many people in Blind Mountain, they are just a group of unruly people. They are neither bandits nor fugitives. It is also difficult to award rewards. In the end, except for young Master Tao Sheng, the collective reward was only 30 gold, equivalent to 15,000 yuan.
Money. Mr. Hei has more than five thousand money, and the rest of the money is divided according to each person's different merits.
As a result, Ji Ying and Li Xian, who were still soldiers, couldn't help but be envious of Xiao Tao. Li Xian remained silent, but Ji Ying sighed and said that he didn't know when he would get the title.
It was still reasonable to ask Dongmen Bao to steal. He slapped the two of them hard on the shoulders and said with a big smile: "With the black husband taking you, are you afraid that you will miss the opportunity to make meritorious service and get a title? Second and third sons, don't look at the past six months.
, how much reward did you receive?"
Not to mention it was a blessing, but when everyone thought about it carefully, it was true that since Heifu Xuetian took office, although they had only solved two cases, they were both major cases that shocked the whole county.
The title of the Qin Kingdom is not that easy to earn, but the money is really a lot. Before, everyone's family background was not very rich: Dongmen Bao worked as a baggage seller, Xiao Tao's family was a poor farmer, Ji Ying
It was slightly better than that of the Li Xian family, but it was just enough for food and clothing.
After receiving the reward money for emergency relief, these four people are now at the level of a middle-class family, and their clothes are no longer shabby. They can even think about getting themselves a good sword. In this way, all they need is a horse.
, in this era, everything necessary for a man to live is complete.
They attribute all of this to Heifu. There are many pavilions in Anlu County, as many as ten or twenty. But not every pavilion has such good luck. The director of the pavilion must be capable to lead his men to earn money.
Credit...
"It's not my fault alone, it's actually the joint efforts of everyone." Heifu said modestly.
It is certainly a good thing to have such trust from his subordinates, but Heifu also understands through this incident that his path to promotion in the future may not be as smooth as before.
Why? It's not that someone in the county deliberately suppressed him, but because... the upgrade experience bar has become longer.
When he first came to this era, Heifu also thought about it: "Since a soldier kills an enemy's head, he can get a first-level knighthood; in this way, as long as he kills twenty enemies, he can get a twentieth-level knighthood."
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He quickly rejected this stupid idea. There is no such easy-to-earn title. If that were to happen, Qin would definitely have "marquises everywhere and concubines as numerous as dogs."
The officials of the Qin State were not fools. Shang Yang, who formulated this system of merit and nobility, was very smart!
Slowly, Hei Fu found out that the calculation method of military merit for officers and soldiers was very different. For example, if he was now a superior, he would be at least very high in the army, and he could even be a garrison commander.
In a war, if he wants to lead fifty men into battle, he must first ensure that the number of people killed in the battle is less than the number of beheadings, so that he will not be punished. The leader of the village leads the soldiers and leads the soldiers to kill the enemy and behead them. If he himself is cowardly, he will not be punished.
In the end, if there is no harvest, then I will be executed!
But even if a few heads are chopped off, the village commander still cannot be promoted, because military law stipulates that only after the "Central Corps" has captured 33 heads, the hundred generals and the village commander can be awarded the title for their meritorious service.
In short, soldiers' upgrades are based on individual merit, while officers' upgrades are based on collective merit.
Moreover, in order to prevent senior officers from neglecting their duties and competing with ordinary soldiers for credit, Qin Law even expressly stipulates that those with the title of doctor or above must command the soldiers to attack and are not allowed to suddenly stop to behead someone. If they do this, they will be exiled!
Therefore, it is not surprising that Bai Qi, the Lord of Wu An, pursues beheadings every time he fights the enemy. As far as Changping is concerned, if Lord Wu An accidentally beheads 400,000 Zhao people, I am afraid that the officers at all levels below will be killed.
Soldiers, in the end, their efforts will be in vain due to insufficient beheadings...
Although the superficial reason is "fear of chaos", in fact the real purpose is still to behead people. Therefore, the life and death of those Zhao soldiers are no longer decided by Bai Qi alone, not even in the King of Qin's thoughts, but by the military merits of the Qin State.
The system was forced to the butcher's knife by hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers' desire for promotion and meritorious service...
This is true during wartime, and this is also true when officials discuss their merits during peacetime.
When Heifu was still a soldier or a public servant, he could basically upgrade his skills to one level at a time, but when he reached the top level, it was a different matter.
The county magistrate told him that the credit this time had been recorded on the performance slips, and he had to make another great contribution before he could be promoted to the third level of "hairpin".
"It's just a small pavilion. If I solve two major cases in half a year, it will be a big deal. And I don't want there to be any more trouble in the area. If this continues, the road to promotion will be far away..."
With this in mind, Heifu led everyone in Huyang Pavilion to the gate of Anlu County. The embers in Blind Mountain were not yet cold. Here, the cruel death penalty was about to begin...
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The Qin State did not have the later generations' "autumn and winter executions". The trial, judgment, punishment, and death penalty were usually completed within two months. Even the food provided to the officials was scrupulous, so how could the death penalty be allowed to be there?
Free food and drink in prison?
The 13 principal criminals in the blind mountain case will be executed outside the market today. People in Anlu County are packed with people watching.
The punishment of those ten people was relatively better. They were just beheaded and the corpses were divided. Although the corpses were humiliated, they did not have to suffer too much.
The situation was different when the carriages and horses began to move slowly. The criminals screamed for mercy, and the sound of bones breaking resounded throughout the Anlu market. Because the scene was so bloody and cruel, even several bystanders who were watching the execution were
The officials all vomited out gall water.
Xiao Tao, Ji Ying and others also had livid faces, and Li Xian even turned his head away, unable to bear to look at it any more.
On the contrary, Dongmen Leopard was very excited to see it. This guy was born with a different preference for blood.
Heifu also turned a little pale after seeing it, and he left the execution site after a while. Although he was a little physically uncomfortable, for some reason, he was more concerned about the executed thief "Pan" than when he first came to this era.
A little pity, my own sympathy, is no longer so overwhelming.
Perhaps it's because, no matter ancient or modern, the experiences of all police officers have something in common. From the youthfulness when they first arrived, to the numbness they have become accustomed to, after the past six months, Heifu's heart has hardened a lot...
In this situation, he suddenly remembered what the senior police officer who told them about the experience of fighting trafficking in his previous life warned them:
"Compassion does not control soldiers, kindness does not serve as police!"
Although he had some complaints about Qin Lu's frequent arrests of hundreds of people, for these people in front of him, Hei Fu knew what they had done and deserved to die. To deal with extremely vicious criminals, what other way could there be than to use more evil to stop evil?
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If you want to slay demons, you must first become a blood-stained Wei Tuo!
Heifu has such a consciousness.
When the execution was over and everyone was walking on the way to the south gate, Heifu noticed that the people around him looked at him in an unusual way.
If he captured three thieves for the first time and gained a small reputation, the people of Anlu County simply praised him, but the praise did not last long and was forgotten after a few months.
So the second time, Heifu gave 4,000 yuan to Gongshi to cure his illness. His "righteous" name spread throughout the county, and the people of Anlu County became respectful to him. The respect lasted longer, but it didn't last long.
Several years.
But this time, Heifu led the people in the pavilion to capture more than a hundred people and bring them to justice, almost exterminating an area. In addition, today the government publicly executed 13 people, and the cruel death method of 13 people warned the people of the whole county, "Don't follow suit!"
So the people in Anlu County looked at Heifu and the others with a mixture of respect and awe. Seeing them from a distance, they inevitably bowed to them carefully and then stepped aside.
Although he felt the changes in the eyes of others, Heifu still smiled and nodded to everyone who saluted him.
The Dongmen Leopard is different. What he pursues is the feeling of being looked up to and awed by. He feels happy, has a belly, and even walks with arrogance...
However, not everyone was in awe of them. At the crossroads heading to the south gate, there was a rider riding a galloping horse. He did not slow down at all and passed by them blankly. Not only did Ji Ji
Ying was so frightened that he sat on the ground, and Dongmen Leopard was almost hit!
"You guys, don't you have eyes?"
Dongmen Leopard pointed at the horse's butt and cursed loudly, but the rider on the horse just looked back and even smiled.
Dongmen Leopard was furious, gritted his teeth and said: "Hei Fu, do you want to catch up and see who is so bold? Condemn him for galloping in the street!"
Before Heifu could say anything, Ji Ying quickly got up and said, "Ah Bao, please don't cause trouble. Judging from the way the rider is dressed, he must be a descendant sent by Nanjun."
He himself is a member of the postal system, so he is naturally familiar with that person's identity.
"When someone delivers an urgent letter, even if he rides on horseback in the street, no one will say that he is not. Furthermore, he is carrying a bamboo tube dyed yellow on his back. Did you see it?"
Heifu was also curious and asked: "What's the deep meaning of that yellow bamboo tube?"
Ji Ying said: "That color is specially used by the government to report victory! It must have been passed down from Xianyang to Nanjun first, and then passed down from county to county..."
"Report victory?" Everyone looked at each other, not understanding where the victory came from.
Still Heifu's expression changed and he said: "Could it be..."
He turned around and looked to the north. In the sky looking north, the thick layer of clouds was blown to pieces by a strong wind...
Heifu's guess was correct. Sure enough, the next day, the Anlu County Magistrate sent mailmen to announce the great news to all townships and kiosks!
"Good news from the north, by order of the king, the general has captured Yanji City and assassinated the head of the king's mastermind, Prince Dan! The army has returned in triumph! Congratulations to the king, Qin Wansheng!"