Chapter 541 Baoyu: Chen Zhao is a sycophant(1/2)
Although there are only a few hundred people from the Police Department patrolling the streets of Nancheng, seeing soldiers wearing flying fish uniforms, carrying embroidered spring knives and looking serious walking back and forth on the streets will always make those who work in the Crime Suppression Division feel scrupulous.
Don't dare to take action, the security everywhere has improved a lot.
Originally, the trivial cases in the streets and alleys were handled by the Shuntian Prefecture's police officers, but Jin Yiwei handled the errands with such dedication, they now had a lot of leisure.
There is nothing going on on the street, but since entering the wax moon, Shuntian Mansion has not been idle for a moment. From the Prime Minister Sun Shaozong down to the book office clerks, arresters and the most ordinary servants below,
No one is idle because there are few cases outside.
Sun Shaozong was introduced to Chen Zhao by Jia Lian.
Although he was a civil servant, he came from a military family, and his elder brother Sun Shaozu was the commander of the patrol camp in the capital.
Sun Shaozong was tall and strong, and he looked like a general and warrior at first glance. In fact, he was indeed gifted with supernatural powers and could carry a cauldron.
However, he was actually a fox-skinned man who did not take the route of a military commander, but took the route of a civilian official, until he reached the position of Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture - the proper second person in Shuntian Prefecture.
Sun Shaozong defected to Chen Zhao, and Wang Ping and others had similar thoughts, that is, they all saw that Chen Zhao had a bright future, so they wanted to come over as soon as possible to embrace him.
After Chen Zhao and Sun Shaozong drank several times, they reported to the emperor, arranged for someone to write an official document, signed the seal, and personally brought it to Shuntian Mansion and handed it over to Chen Zhao.
The two of them murmured in the duty room for a long time. After Chen Zhao left, Sun Shaozong summoned all Shuntian Prefecture officials for a meeting to investigate the cases over the years.
He wanted to make statistics on the large and small cases that happened every year and were reported by the people, involving cases of robbery and deception.
Shuntian Mansion, like other government offices, is procrastinating in doing things, and doing official business is not as energetic as doing private business.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong proposed this matter in the name of the public, but sent a lot of gold and silver in the name of a private person. No matter how secretly everyone complained, they could not get away with it. They had to go all out.
Sun Fucheng himself is a very skillful person, not to mention that there is a big brother of Jinyiwei behind him. He wants to clean up these things, so everyone naturally understands the meaning behind it. Plus, with gold and silver in hand, they naturally dare not slack off.
So soon, the records of criminal cases such as theft, robbery, abduction, and deception every year in the capital over the years were compiled and sent to Chen Zhao.
I don't know how to count them. When I counted them, even Chen Zhao was shocked.
In the past few years, all the criminal cases in the capital have involved millions of taels of gold and silver, and tens of thousands of people have been victims.
Chen Zhao did not dare to neglect and immediately went to see the emperor.
Emperor Xiaode was also shocked: "It is said that at the feet of the emperor, the most virtuous place, there are so many deceptions, deceptions, and traps to harm people. These are all reported by the common people, plus those who have not reported to the official,
Isn’t it more? Is it possible that our capital city of Great Zhou is so restless?”
For a moment, he walked back and forth in the Wenhua Palace with his hands behind his back. Finally he stopped and said in a deep voice: "Chen Zhao, I order you to take full responsibility for this matter. You must clean up the capital! We will crack down on crime severely! I
We want to bring a bright future to the capital city! When you get married in March next year, you can enter the examination room with peace of mind."
Hearing the emperor's statement, Chen Zhao immediately knew that Emperor Xiaode had great ambitions, and immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go all out for this 'severe attack'!"
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the guards in uniforms of the patrol department were reading official documents loudly in the streets and alleys, in places where people gathered. These soldiers were different from before. Although the weather was cold, they were well-dressed and had their knives neatly placed on their waists.
The official document was recited aloud, while one person stood aside solemnly.
In addition, the officials of Shuntian Prefecture and the commanders of the Five Cities Military and Horse Department were also standing aside. It was obvious that the three families had joined forces.
"...Stealing, violent robbery, fighting in the street, gathering people to cause chaos and other illegal things should be punished severely and severely. Don't say that you were unprepared..."
Since the founding of the capital more than 2,000 years ago, the people of the capital have seen almost all new things. Just imagine that even the "Changing King's Flag on the City Head" has been a sideshow for thousands of years since the city was founded. What else have the people of the capital not seen?
Although the people in the capital are well-informed, new programs like "Strike Hard" that benefit themselves rarely happen. They actually find it very new. For several generations, even in the legendary era, this kind of thing has never happened.
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However, everyone soon realized the benefits of promoting this name.
For example, in the Nancheng Market, a thief stole a wallet and was immediately caught. However, several burly men suddenly appeared and directly intimidated everyone.
"If you don't want to get beaten, just stay away. If you can't keep your wallet in check, you're incompetent!"
The corners of the mouths of several big men were indifferent, and they didn't take the people in the market seriously at all.
But before he finished speaking, a sharp whistle was heard, and soon a dozen or so soldiers in brocade uniforms wearing flying fish uniforms, embroidered spring knives across their waists, and holding wooden sticks rushed over, directly surrounding these people and scolding them.
After that, the sticks came up, and they knocked the burly men and the thieves to the ground, and tied them up tightly.
"If you catch a thief and his accomplices, how should you deal with them according to the law?"
"Thirty boards per person!"
"The Jin Yiwei will carry out severe punishment, double the punishment, and change it to sixty rounds, even if they are beaten to death!"
"yes!"
Immediately, several soldiers in uniforms were picked out, and they beat them severely with sticks.
These soldiers had gone through several months of training, and every one of them had been beaten and scolded by the instructors. Every one of them was very angry, and they would not be gentle when it came to execution.
Suddenly, there was a sound of skin opening and flesh bursting.
A few thieves wanted to stick it hard and pretend to be heroes, but when more than a dozen sticks were hit, they screamed in pain, and the grandparents screamed at the top of their lungs.
But the executor was stared at, saying that sixty sticks are sixty sticks, and no one could let go.
So they were beaten with dozens of sticks to death, killing two people immediately. Several others also had too much air coming out and not enough air coming in. Even if they were healed, they would be disabled.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This kind of thing happens in more than one place.
However, no one will feel sorry for a deceitful and abducted person like this, even if he is beaten to death or maimed.
But Chen Zhao was not satisfied.
How can one be beaten to death or crippled?
After all, the policy of "strike hard" is to avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones, and to treat illnesses and save people. How can we say that we should just kill people if we kill them?
Wouldn't it be better to keep working and reeducate through labor?
So Chen Zhao quickly issued a new order.
The punishment with sticks was changed to flogging.
Although the flesh and blood were bruised after the whip, the medicine could heal the person and the person would not be disabled. However, after the medicine was applied, the person was not released directly, but was taken outside the city to wait.
Building a mausoleum for the Supreme Emperor requires a lot of manpower.
During the Han Dynasty, the emperor began to build his own mausoleum as soon as he ascended the throne.
But then everyone was not so stupid.
Many emperors had been emperors for more than ten years, and when they felt old and weak, they began to build tombs for themselves.
The Supreme Emperor is even more extraordinary.
He ascended the throne at the age of twenty and has been the emperor for forty-five years. He has always been powerful, majestic and prosperous, and always feels that he will live forever.
It was not until he abdicated due to serious illness that he began to consider building a mausoleum.
Today's reign is "filial piety", which is an excellent example of filial piety and morality. The tomb of the Supreme Emperor is naturally very large.
So there are a lot of laborers arranged.
Chen Zhao thought what the emperor wanted and used severe crackdowns to recruit a large number of criminals. Many of them were directly sent there to build tombs.
Of course, only the most guilty ones are sent there and work until they die of exhaustion.
Those who committed minor crimes were sent to manors outside the city.
Those manor houses are owned by senior Jinyiwei officials and all kinds of immortals. They are short of manpower to build water conservancy projects, but some are still busy. Now that Jinyiwei takes the initiative to send soldiers to escort these prisoners to work, it is natural that they can get what they want.
It's very busy here, and there are soldiers in training guarding you coming and going, so you can't escape if you want to.
The official document at that time clearly stated that after the punishment, the person must be reformed through labor to discipline him into a disciplined manner, and then he could be released free.
Some people can go back after working in a manor outside the city for a month, while others have to be sent to some old villages in the mountains of Yanshan, and some have a hard time.
People fear power rather than virtue.
But when the gang of thieves were killed and the guys who set up the trap were sent to work outside the city, the public security atmosphere in the capital suddenly improved. Under heavy laws, lives were at stake, and no one was not afraid.
There are many local gangsters who do not do any serious things and are always causing harm to the neighbors, as well as the heroes of the Beggar Clan who are trying to rule the area and rule the area. At this time, they are all trembling with fear. Those who can leave the city are leaving the city, visiting relatives and avoiding.
If Long Xiaoyun knew about the severe crackdown after his death, he would definitely hate Chen Zhao for not implementing the severe crackdown earlier.
Going to work in the manor is much better than dying of pain.
Many people discussed privately that this kind of harsh punishment violated the righteousness of the saints. Maybe the civil officials would advise and cancel this high pressure as soon as possible.
But they did not expect that the estates of the top bosses in the civil service were being worked for free by these prisoners. The bosses must be optimistic about the success.
Sure enough, after a few days of discussion, no advice was heard. On the contrary, news came out that the Jinyiwei Division was checking the backlog of cases in Shuntian Mansion. The cases committed in previous years were not found out, and the cases were serious.
A thorough investigation is required.
Jin Yiwei's Comrade Chen Zhao personally contacted Sun Shaozong, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, to handle the case, and he must thoroughly investigate all criminal cases.
You must know that there is no perfect deal in this world. When you make a case, you use money on the same day, use connections, and delay it. If Jin Yiwei really wants to investigate, I'm afraid it will be accurate at first glance.
As soon as the news came out, even these calm people hurriedly walked out of the city, fearing that they would be swept away, beaten to death, or forced to do hard labor!
But for wealthy people, it's just a casual chat after dinner.
On that day, Jia Lian mentioned the majesty of Jinyiwei in front of Jia Mu. Jia Mu and others praised her repeatedly, but Mrs. Wang didn't say a word. Only Baoyu pouted at the side.
When he returned to the courtyard, he said to the attacker: "I think that Chen Zhao is not only stupid, but also a villain who deceives the emperor. Why is the capital so 'chaotic' and the people are fearful and uneasy, so we have to implement it
To be continued...