With the attention of the Jiangdong nobles, Bai Tu's treatment of the Xu family has gradually become clearer.
Although Bai Tu repeatedly stated that this was the result of the Ministry of Punishment's trial and that he did not interfere with the normal trial process, everyone agreed that this represented Bai Tu's attitude and will.
First of all, Yinhu and Yintian were investigated. As a "redemption", the land that Xu had earned from selling buffaloes was basically returned to the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion!
Although the Xu family still has hundreds of hectares of farmland, there are... hundreds of households in the Xu family's branch. In fact, the rest are no different from ordinary farmers. At most, they are richer, similar to the previous Lujiazhuang.
Of the hundreds of cases reported by ordinary people, about 70% were confirmed by the Ministry of Punishment, involving dozens of people.
From this point of view, it is obvious that Bai Tu does not want to eliminate only the Xu Gong lineage, but intends to expand the treatment, which makes other noble clans a little uneasy.
However, in response to pleas from all parties, Bai Tu insisted that he upheld the Ministry of Criminal Justice's right to enforce the law impartially and that the charges were not fabricated or framed.
Facts have indeed proved that Bai Tu did not kill everyone. Even... even among Xu Gong's four sons, only two who were involved in other cases were dealt with. As for the women and children who were not involved, Bai Tu did not pursue any investigation at all.
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The Xu family had made preparations before. The young and unremarkable children from the Xu Gong branch were immediately adopted to other branches, and the unmarried women were also married off as soon as possible - so that they would not be implicated!
As for the women who have married into the Xu Gong lineage and whose families have some influence, they can seize the time to "get together and separate", and they may have a chance to escape.
And all of this must be based on Bai Tu's permission, or at least his tacit permission, for them to do this. Otherwise, if they really want to be held accountable, their adopted nephews will also have to be handed over. As for the men over fourteen years old, they will definitely be hopeless...
The final result was unexpected. To put it lightly, many of the descendants of the Xu family who were not originally from Xu Gong's lineage should have committed crimes in the past. This time, they were liquidated together. To put it in a big sense... Xu Gong's wives and concubines
, the two sons and the unmarried daughter were not dealt with at all.
For those who deserved execution, Bai Tu did not arrange any cruel death methods, but he also did not prepare euthanasia, which was the most cliche "beheading".
Although Bai Tu had no interest in watching the "beheading" and even placed the execution site in the Wengcheng where ordinary people would not go to avoid scaring the children, Bai Tu received a report from Wang Lang afterwards...
After seeing the documents returned by Wang Lang's messenger, Bai Tu couldn't help laughing.
"This old Wang also learned how to blow rainbow farts... before he was executed, he shouted 'Bai Gong is righteous' and 'Gong is convinced', and even burst into tears to express his repentance? Why didn't he say that after Xu Gong's head fell to the ground, he used blood to
Seven '6's written on the ground?" Bai Tu smiled.
At this time, Bai Tu only had Tai Shici around him, and he wasn't worried about being heard by others, and... it wasn't really a criticism, he just felt that what Wang Lang said was too exaggerated.
But at this time, Tai Shici looked strange and said after a while: "Master, what Wang Sibu said should be true...at most it is a bit exaggerated."
"Huh? Then Xu Gong could still praise me before he died?" Bai Tu looked at Tai Shi Ci questioningly, as if to say: How come you know how to blow a rainbow fart?
"The Feng Guards sent back the news. At the execution site, many people also heard what Xu Gong said. Now there are similar rumors in the city." Tai Shi Ci said.
The Wind Catching Guard has now been handed over to Tai Shi Ci. Firstly, Tai Shi Ci is the captain of the Su Guard and usually follows Bai Tu. As the leader of the intelligence organization, how can he not get close to the lord? Secondly, Tai Shi Ci is indeed attentive, and given Tai Shi Ci’s character
, Bai Tu is not worried that he will use the intelligence department to do bad things.
Of course, Taishi Ci had never heard of the tears streaming down his face.
"That's strange. When I was spoiling him, I didn't see him thinking well of me. I regretted killing him." Bai Tu shook his head speechlessly.
"Yesterday Xu Gong had no wife or children involved in the case, and I met him for the last time in prison. Presumably he already knew that the lord was righteous and spared his family," Taishi Ci said.
"I didn't spare his family, I just spared innocent people. It has nothing to do with whether they are his family or not." Bai Tu said matter-of-factly.
From Bai Tu's point of view, it was something that should be taken for granted. Xu Gong truly felt Bai Tu's kindness before he died. Unfortunately, if he had understood it earlier, he wouldn't be where he is today.
At least Bai Tu killed all the heirs of Xu Gong's family. If his wife and daughter were not enslaved, no one, including Tai Shi Ci, would think that Bai Tu did something wrong.
Judging only from the number of people who were eventually executed and sentenced, Bai Tu has already been used as a derogatory term for "women's kindness", but... this time there are some unexpected impacts, but it is vaguely disturbing.
And directly speaking, the most uneasy person... is Taishi Ci!
Regarding this kind of behavior of cutting the grass without eradicating the roots, Taishi Ci greatly admired his lord's benevolence and righteousness, but he had to think that this would put a lot of pressure on his work as a guard.
Why did the punishment in the Eastern Han Dynasty, once it reached the extreme level, inevitably involve family members, and they were often killed, or the women and children were confiscated and made into slaves?
One is to intimidate, and the other is to avoid future trouble...
For his lord, Taishi Ci now has 10,000 support and 10,000 admiration in his heart, but... it is still necessary to expand the number of guards!
By using Xu's role as "chicken" this time, Bai Tu also showed his attitude towards the Jiangdong nobles and common people, as well as towards the people of the world.
The drought in the northeastern part of the Yangtze River continues until the autumn harvest. Judging from the current situation, the grain production in Danyang and Wu counties will inevitably decrease significantly. The harvest in the directly affected areas is estimated to be only half or even 40%.
Baitu also reduced or exempted grain taxes for farmers in the two places affected by the disaster, but... all the grain was collected and replaced with relief grain and sent back!
The complaints from the people about this are minimal - after all, half of the harvest is barely enough to fill the stomach.
Without Bai Tu, half of the harvest will not be saved, and we will have to live and die by then. Now we can at least survive. If you want to exchange for relief food, just change it!
Compared with Huainan, the situation in Jiangdong is already a paradise. In Huainan, there was a real drought. Not only was there no water, but there were no deep wells to survive. Countless people died because of lack of water and drank dirty water, and the fields were even more desolate.
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However, Jiangdong, whose situation seemed to be much better, also continued to save food under Bai Tu's instigation - in the coastal areas of Wu County, everyone promoted that if you can eat fish, try not to eat, and leave the food to those who need it!
Bai Tu knows best that the current drought is just part of the "extended bonus". The real drought started this winter, and next year will be the real drought...
Cao Cao and Liu Bei were also in short supply of food and grass at this time. Not only were the army in need of food and grass, but even in the areas they had recovered, the people were almost unable to feed themselves, and the fields were completely out of food - a complete "fortification of the walls and clearing the fields."
Facing the fluctuation of morale in the army caused by the lack of food, Cao Cao invited Wang E, who was in charge of the granary, to talk...