Chapter seven hundred and twenty fourth severe punishment
Chapter 724: Severe Punishment
Two days later, it was dawn.
Four men appeared outside the side door of a secluded house in the city. Chai Yan was at the front, followed by Gu Zhengbang wearing a hat, Mo Di and Miao Li wearing bamboo hats.
Chai Yan walked to the door, took out the key and quickly opened the door, and then let Gu Zhengbang and the others into the house while looking around.
After entering the house, Chai Yan bolted the door and walked to Gu Zhengbang and said, "Master Gu, what do you think of this house?"
Gu Zhengbang did not speak in a hurry, but took off his hat and observed everything in the house while walking inside.
Mo Di and Miao Li also took off their bamboo hats and followed Gu Zhengbang quietly, looking around silently.
The house is not big, but it is more than enough for Gu Zhengbang and three people. Compared with the environment of Zhang Jishou's wood shop, it is a world of difference!
After walking around casually, Gu Zhengbang stopped in the atrium of the house and said to Chai Yan: "Chai Yan, this place is very good, how did you find it?"
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Master Gu, as long as you have money these days, anything can be done easily!"
After hearing this, Gu Zhengbang just smiled slightly and stopped asking any more questions.
Mo Di asked: "Chai Yan, is this place safe?"
Miao Li happened to want to ask this question, so he and Mo Di looked at Chai Yan.
Chai Yan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I spent a lot of time carefully selecting this place. It's secluded and safe, and I hired someone to clean it carefully yesterday. You can just move in with your bags!"
In the past two days, Chai Yan and Yu Yuan put all their energy into buying a house. They walked around the streets and asked many dental shops, and finally found such a place.
A nice house to find tranquility in the midst of the hustle and bustle.
"Mr. Miao, there seems to be nothing wrong inside the house. How about we go outside and walk around?" Mo Di asked.
"That's what I meant." Miao Li nodded and then looked at Chai Yan.
Before Miao Li could speak, Chai Yan said first, "I know, I will protect Mr. Gu! Go ahead..."
Seeing that Chai Yan had said everything he wanted to say, Miao Li had no choice but to shut his mouth and walk away with Mo Di.
After the two left, Gu Zhengbang said: "Chai Yan, you took the trouble..."
"Master Gu, why are you so polite to me? Besides, if I don't flatter you, who will help me get promoted and get a raise in the future? Hahahaha..." Chai Yan laughed as he spoke.
stand up.
Gu Zhengbang shook his head slightly and said seriously: "The one who can help you get a promotion and a salary increase is the emperor, flattering me will not work!"
"Then I'll take pictures too!" Chai Yan said immediately.
Hearing this, Gu Zhengbang finally couldn't hold back his laughter: "Hahaha..."
The two of them came to the front hall while talking. Gu Zhengbang stood in front of a chair and nodded to Chai Yan: "Sit down..."
After saying that, Gu Zhengbang sat down on his own.
Chai Yan sat down in the lower seat on his right.
Gu Zhengbang looked quietly outside the front hall, and after a while he asked: "By the way, Liu Hongxuan from Nanying went to Lintai Mountain to suppress the bandits for a few days, has there been any news?"
Chai Yan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, not yet..."
Gu Zhengbang nodded secretly, and said with a slightly solemn expression: "The bandits in Yaozhou have been suppressed repeatedly, and the imperial court is extremely annoyed by this!"
After hearing this, Chai Yan couldn't help but said: "Master Gu, the Yaozhou bandits have been suppressed repeatedly. To be honest, it has something to do with the court's actions!"
"How do you say this?" Gu Zhengbang looked at Chai Yan in surprise, without any intention of blaming him.
Chai Yan thought for a moment and then said seriously: "Master Gu, I personally think that if you want to effectively deal with bandits, you must first prevent the occurrence of bandits, and you must have severe punishments!"
Chai Yan said: "For the imperial court, banditry is undoubtedly a major crime of rebellion. It goes without saying that it is a capital crime for both leaders and accomplices. However, those who harbor and condone bandits must also be sentenced to death. Only under the deterrence of severe punishments
, people don’t dare to become bandits easily!”
Gu Zhengbang nodded and encouraged: "Go on..."
Chai Yan nodded and continued: "The second key point is to prevent refugees and refugees from gathering. Regardless of whether the gathering is justified or not, they must be punished. Serious conspiracy of rebellion, the crime must be enough to lead to death! At the same time, the local people must be clearly ordered to
Officials, not allowed
It is also a very serious crime for refugees to leave the country or enter the city at will! If there is a disaster, a large number of refugees must be controlled in a designated area, and then the government office will go to distribute porridge on credit to effectively control the situation...
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Speaking of this, Gu Zhengbang couldn't help but interjected: "But in the event of a disaster, the number of refugees will be extremely large. Even if the local government goes to give out porridge on credit, most of the time it will be a drop in the bucket...
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"Master Gu, of course I understand what you said!" Chai Yan patiently explained: "The small amount of food from the local government is definitely not enough to feed all the refugees, but what the court needs to do is to give the refugees hope of survival. This is the only way.
The hope of survival is ignited in the hearts of homeless refugees, so that they will not move around and turn into groups of rogue bandits..."
Gu Zhengbang was deeply convinced and nodded heavily.
Then, Chai Yan added: "One more point is that the connection between the bandits and the scholars must be severed! For the scholars who participated in it, the court's sentencing must be extremely severe and the punishment must be widely publicized! For example, anyone who dares to accept property from the bandits
Scholars who are scholars or scholars who advise bandits are all
The generals must be sentenced to death, and they must not be lenient just because they are scholars! You must know that if the bandits do not have the support of scholars, it is equivalent to losing the knowledge and organizational ability, and they will not be able to grow! It is just like ordinary bandits without the support of scholars.
You won’t know how to be a bandit even if you are taught by scholars!”
"Yes, what you said is right and makes sense!" Gu Zhengbang nodded heavily, obviously very much agreeing with Chai Yan's statement.
"In addition, for the rogue bandits that have already occurred, the natural way to deal with them is to encircle and suppress them first, without giving them time and space to continue looting. These rogue bandits cannot produce, and over time there will definitely be a shortage of supplies. Maybe they themselves will
Internal strife will occur because of this, and some of the rogue bandits will separate and run away. As long as the rogue bandits give up their strongholds and start running away, everything will be easy to handle!"
Chai Yan gradually became excited as he talked a lot, and he couldn't stop talking for a while.
After Chai Yan finished saying what he thought of, Gu Zhengbang looked at Chai Yan with a completely different look.
After a while, Gu Zhengbang said very solemnly: "Chai Yan, what you just said, I will record and organize and supplement it one by one. When I return to Beijing, I will definitely give advice to the emperor!"