"Why does the prince's method of arresting deserters look similar to the law of the past?"
The person who raised this question was Zheng Dajin, the governor who was busy preparing for the reorganization of Hubei's new army recently. This top leader in Hubei firmly supported Prince Rui in apprehending the clan children who fled north, because the clan children represented not only the Aisin Gioro royal family, but also the
The basic core of the Qing Dynasty.
If the clan is in ruins, how can the Qing Dynasty not be in ruins?
The phenomenon of escape is extremely bad.
As Prince Rui said, if the royal family fled north without asking any questions, how could the Eight Banners and Green Camp be strictly controlled?
The clan refused to serve the country, so who did the Qing Dynasty accuse of doing so?
For this reason, Governor Zheng not only published the "Huguang Frontline Special Law on the Hunting of Deserters" to units at all levels, but also issued it to all prefectures and counties in the name of the governor, requiring units at all levels to actively cooperate with the work of the supervision and arrest department, and to treat those who are passive and negligent in the supervision of arrests.
, once discovered, he will be dismissed immediately. If the situation is serious, he will be reported to General Wang Xingyuan for severe punishment in accordance with the law and will not be tolerated.
With the strong support of the governor of Hubei, the wave of desertions was effectively contained before it completely spread, and it did not spread out of control.
Only gradually, Master Zheng realized that there was something wrong with the taste.
It's this special law for arresting deserters and the supporting related measures that look so familiar.
After Wang Shaogong, the prefect of Xiangyang, committed suicide out of fear of being accused of harboring deserters, Mr. Zheng suddenly realized that the law for arresting deserters was the same as the law for arresting deserters. The two methods were exactly the same.
The so-called escape method refers to the fact that when the Qing Dynasty was fighting against the Ming Dynasty army, in order to solve the problem of insufficient troops and insufficient food and wages, it repeatedly broke through the Ming army's Great Wall defense line and entered the pass, and plundered Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei.
The strong Han population in Henan and other places was used to enrich the population outside the customs.
The reason for this bill was that the current emperor was determined to rectify the Eight Banners after he ascended the throne, so he moved some of the Eight Banners back to outside the customs, or moved them to the northwest for cultivation.
To be honest, the title of Grand General King is inherently unlucky and difficult to end well. If this offends the clan and Manchurian dignitaries, the future of Prince Rui will be really worrying.
Therefore, Mr. Zheng hopes that Ji Shilang, who serves as the counselor and minister beside the prince, can give some advice.
Ji Yun slowly drank tea and said: "Master Zheng has thought about everything I have thought about, but now it seems that the law of arresting deserters is in line with the spirit of the Qing Dynasty's rule of law, and there are examples to follow."
The enforcement of the Deserter Law was unprecedentedly strong, and the enforcement of the Deserter Law was unprecedentedly strong.
After all, most of the people in the Beifu Banner are descendants of the clan, and they have a lot of energy behind them.
"When Prince Rui led the Qing Dynasty to successfully conquer China, he relied on strict laws and punishments. Although the situation of the country today is far less bad than in the early days of the country, as an old Chinese saying goes, in troubled times, heavy laws must be used. The prince has a saying that is good, follow me
Start from small things, start from the side. By extension, the affairs of the country should start from the Eight Banners, from the clan, from the royal family. Only in this way can the country have a future."
Putting down the tea bowl, he said that during the reign of the Holy Ancestor Kangxi, three times the execution of deserters was changed to enslaving the poor soldiers of Ninggu Tower. Later in the 38th year, the Ministry of War and the Supervisory Yamen were abolished, and the matters of supervising and arresting fugitives were handled by the Ministry of Punishment.
As a result, the "Rules for Supervising and Arresting" were changed to focus on arresting escapees from the Eight Banners.
Let's see, the next step is for Prince Guanbao to fully roll out this desertion strategy and become a nightmare for all the Eight Banners children, including the Aisin Gioro children.
The captives and Han Chinese who became serfs were not only brutally exploited, but also had no personal freedom, and could not even protect the chastity of their wives and daughters, so they fled to the south in large numbers.
Without violating the big principles, can there be some small changes, or small loosenings?
In terms of punishment results alone, the desertion law and the desertion law are twin brothers.
One is the slave and the other is the master.
For this reason, Dorgon promulgated the Fugitive Law, which not only severely punished deserters, but also punished those who harbored fugitive slaves by personally executing them and confiscating their property. At the same time, neighbors and local officials were also implicated.
Governor Zheng admired General Wang and knew that the young prince was sincere in doing practical things for the Qing Dynasty. However, he was worried that if he continued to enforce the law on arresting deserters, he would not only be stigmatized as a villain, but also become a bad person.
Add more enemies to Wangye Pingkong.
".During the Yongzheng period, the penalties were gradually reduced. However, I remember that in the eighth year of Qianlong's reign, Xu Benzou, a bachelor, published the "Regulations on Supervision and Arrest", which changed the supervision of arresting Han slaves to the supervision of arresting soldiers of the Eight Banners who fled the flag. This has not yet happened
was abolished, so the law promulgated by the prince to capture deserters is consistent with the spirit of the "Supervisory Regulations". If there are any objections in the court, you can speak according to the regulations."
Master Zheng went round and round and said that the law for arresting deserters can only be regarded as a local ordinance. According to the principle of superior law, this law is wrong and illegal to a certain extent. It has not been approved by the highest judicial authority of the Qing Dynasty.
The temporary regulations can be implemented in Hubei, but it will be very difficult to promote them across the country, and they will face great pressure.
Anyone with knowledge knows that the prince's move was a painful move, but from the perspective of the clan, it was clearly aimed at them.
After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they designated all fertile farmland within 500 miles of the capital as flag farm and forced millions of Han people to become serfs under their banner.
Hearing what Minister Ji said, Governor Zheng also remembered that there was indeed such a rule for supervising arrests, and it was a national bill personally approved by the current emperor.
"Supervisory regulations?"
Not to mention opening a hole to loosen things up, it would be good if the current law enforcement principles can be maintained.
At least, the implication should not be too broad, especially for those who harbor clan members who have fled north. Education and fines can be the main method, rather than killing them as per the current regulations.
During this process, they were resisted by the Eight Banners in the capital, and many of the bannermen who returned to the villages fled in large numbers, causing a great sensation.
The total number of Han people before and after was as high as more than three million. In addition to farming for Manchuria, the captive Han people were used as slaves to accompany the army to supplement the shortage of the Eight Banners' military strength.
Ji Yun didn't even raise his eyelids when he spoke. He couldn't tell what Prince Rui had in mind.
"If it is just those who flee north, the court will still accept it. But if they also harbor and help people, they will implicate many people, and those who can help the clan flee north are either bannermen or high-ranking officials."
The difference between the two is that the desertion law issued by Prince Regent Rui Dorgon was aimed at escaped Han slaves; the desertion law issued by Prince Rui now is aimed at Aisin Gioro.
"That's the truth. However, Sir Ji, this law is just promulgated by the court after all."
As a national bill, this regulation can be used as a superior guideline for the law on arresting deserters. Therefore, in terms of legal procedures, the desertion law issued by Prince Rui has no legal problems at all.
This is Ji Yun's best explanation of the Deserter Law after reading all kinds of laws.
At the same time, Prince Rui, who had just arrived at Tianmen, did not review the new officers and soldiers immediately. Instead, he became very popular in poetry and wrote a poem, and then ordered people to widely promote it in various departments of the Eight Banners.
The title of the poem is "The Death Song of Wuxiang Huguang Wave".
Jia Liu instructed: "Use the spear of the Eight Banners to poke the shield of the Eight Banners."