Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 164
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The five-year winter of Daye.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and the weather is getting colder every day.

The county government office located in the center of Zhangqiu County is extremely lively today.

At the gate of the yamen, Zhou Dewei, the head of the soap squad, led the part-time county soldiers of the soap squad with knives and spears to guard the gate of the yamen to maintain order.Judiciary Zoro Cunxiao sat in a high chair in front of the yamen. Today is the day for the trial of the gang of cattle thieves and butchers, and the county called all the people in the city to watch.

Du Ruhui tried the case in person, and the county magistrate Zhang Yichen and the county captain Luo Cheng also came to listen.

The weather was cold, and all the prisoners were shivering, but no one sympathized with them.People hate cattle thieves the most.For many people, a cow is considered the most important asset of the family.

But there are always thieves who should be damned, but they ignore the law, ignore the life and death of the people, steal cattle and slaughter them privately.

"Refer to the criminal!"

Zhou Dewei picked up the spear in his hand and slammed it on the ground, so the brothers under him took the spears and slammed to the ground in unison, shouting mighty.

Regarding this case, Du Ruhui had actually reached an agreement with Zhang Yichen, that is, severe punishment will not slack off. Although such a big case was reported, they would inevitably be reprimanded again, but neither of them wanted to hide it.

Du Ruhui looked at the row of prisoners who were brought up, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With so many prisoners, this case would have to expose Qi County's officialdom again, and it might even go to the court.

There are too many people involved in this case, but the situation is clear.

Brother Ma Liansheng not only committed the crime of privately slaughtering farm cattle, but was also the leader of a gang that stole farm cattle. In Shuinan Village, Baishui Township, almost half of the Ma family members participated in the previous operations of stealing farm cattle and hiding stolen goods.

Following the clues, this time not only knocked down a cattle slaughter gang, but even brought out several cattle slaughter gangs that the Ma Liansheng brothers had supplied when they stole cattle before.

Luo Cheng took the brothers from the county barracks along the vines, and they pulled out a lot of melons.

The newly formed two-bedroom and three-shift team has been busy with this big case every day. It took many days and many nights to finally take this case across the three counties of Qi County, Lu County, Jibei County, and as many as 20 people. Major cases in several counties have been clarified.

In this case, Luo Cheng led the county barracks to dispatch many times, and arrested more than [-] people involved in the case.

There are those who steal cattle, those who slaughter cattle, and those who hide and sell stolen goods.

Even in the end, many subordinate officials in more than [-] counties in the three counties were involved, which can be said to have alarmed the three counties.

Zhangqiu County can't control people from other counties, and Zhangqiu County can't control people from other counties, but no one in this county is spared.

More than 300 people were involved in the case, how to judge is also a problem.

In the end, Zhang Duluo and the three decided to handle the case according to law and punish them severely after some discussions.

Stealing cattle and horses privately owned by officials is a penalty of one and a half years, plus compensation, but this is just stealing a cow.But now this group of people is a gang, and the number of cattle stolen and slaughtered is astonishing.

Ever since, the ordinary prison sentence is no longer enough punishment.

"According to the law, if one cow is stolen, one and a half cows will be fined. For those who steal two cows, three years will be added. For those who slaughter more than two cows, they will be punished severely."

The maximum sentence is three years, so stealing two ends has exceeded the upper limit of the sentence.

Then only heavier punishment can be used.

The laws of the Sui Dynasty stipulated five kinds of punishments, namely death, exile, imprisonment, staff, and flogging, divided into twenty grades in total.

Among them, the death penalty is beheaded and strangled, and the flow is divided into three categories: one thousand miles, one thousand five hundred miles, and two thousand miles.

Imprisonment ranges from one year to three years and five grades, rod punishment ranges from sixty to one hundred and five grades, and flogging ranges from ten to fifty five percent grades.

Penalties such as whipping and car cracking were abolished, but various penalties were allowed to be redeemed with copper, and the price was clearly marked.

"This group of thieves are extremely vicious and arrogant, and must be severely punished."

Above and beyond imprisonment was exile, which meant exile, but Du Ruhui directly skipped exile and sentenced criminals who stole and slaughtered more than two cows to death.

Anyone who steals and slaughters more than two heads and less than five heads shall be hanged for execution.

Anyone who steals and slaughters more than five cattle will be executed!
Not only were these people sentenced to death, but their property was confiscated, their sons were slaves, their daughters were slaves, and their wives were used as soldiers.

What does it mean to recruit the wives of these condemned prisoners?
To put it bluntly, it means sending them to the military camp as military prostitutes.

This is the heaviest punishment for a criminal, implicating the whole family, which is only a little better than exterminating the family and punishing the three generations of the nine clans.

In ancient times, there were generally several kinds of punishments for the family members of criminals. For example, the family members were not implicated for general crimes, but the family members were implicated for extremely serious crimes.Either be executed together, or be exiled, or enter Yeting, or enter Jiaofang Division, or directly assign border guards to the military camp for reinforcements.

Among them, the most miserable thing is undoubtedly the dispatch of soldiers at the frontier. Not only will they be exiled to a remote border wilderness, but they will also be subjected to hard labor and even ravaged in a military prostitute camp.

Luo Cheng had raised objections to this serious treatment.

After all, what modern people pay attention to is that their crimes are not as good as their wives and children, and modern laws will not implicate them. What's more, it is too miserable to deal with such a slave girl as a slave girl to supplement his wife's wife.

But Du Ruhui said that stealing farm cattle and slaughtering them privately is a serious crime, not to mention stealing and slaughtering so many cattle. You must know that these gangs have stolen and slaughtered thousands of cattle over the years.

"Stealing and slaughtering farm cattle is the same crime as murder and arson. If you steal so many cattle, it's like slaughtering a village. How can you be lightly punished. Especially in places like Zhangqiu, where there are many bandits, the more severe the punishment is. Severe punishments are used to stabilize the law and order."

Even Zhang Yichen supported Du Ruhui's verdict.

Ever since, Ma Liansheng and more than [-] prisoners were finally found guilty of the most heinous crimes. They were all guilty of the felony of stealing and slaughtering more than two cows.

"Decision!"

Adding the word "jue" after the word "cut" means that you don't have to wait until autumn to ask about the cut, and you don't have to report it to the county and the Ministry of punishment for review.

Generally, they are beheaded. After the death sentence is sentenced, the prisoner is temporarily detained in the prison, and then reported to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple for reexamination. He was taken to the capital and executed in the capital after autumn.

But with the addition of the word Lijue, there is no need to go through these procedures, and he will be executed directly.Generally, those who can be sentenced to beheaded or strangled are criminals in serious and important cases with mountainous evidence, heinous crimes, and bad influence.

They are not given the chance to live another day.

There are also many prisoners who are only guilty of covering up, concealing stolen goods, selling stolen goods, or stealing and slaughtering less than two cows. These people are also severely punished, basically three years in prison, and fined.

Du Ruhui even ordered the deprivation of the land granted to them by the imperial court after he sentenced these people to their punishment.

He believes that these people are not qualified to own the fields of the imperial court.

As for those Zhangqiu clerks who took bribes from the cattle thieves and gave them cover, they were all punished with the same crime as Ma Liansheng and the others, and even because they were businessmen, the crime was aggravated, all their property was confiscated, and they were executed. Children, wives and children are not slaves.

In front of countless people in Zhangqiu, Du Ruhui read out the verdicts one by one. This result has been reported to the county magistrate and approved by him, representing the final result of Zhangqiu County.

As soon as the verdict of this case was pronounced, it must have shocked Qi County, and even shocked the Criminal Department and Dali Temple in the capital. It became a typical major criminal in this year's Sui Dynasty.

As a county magistrate and county lieutenant, they would never receive any praise for handling such a major case, and would be impeached by the censors for making such a big mistake, but both of them had already made up their minds.

When things happen, it is not possible to turn major events into small ones.

But today's verdict can be so decisive, in fact, Zhang Yichen and Du Ruhui also asked the magistrate and the prefect. The case was reported to the higher authorities. He upheld the verdict and supported Zhangqiu County.

Du Ruhui also wrote to Daxing's grandfather, and the boss who was the Minister of Industry also supported Du Ruhui's decision.

"cut!"

After the public trial was over, more than [-] prisoners who were sentenced to beheaded were escorted outside the East City Gate.

Following the shout of Jia Runpu, the deputy captain of the county barracks who supervised the beheading, the county soldiers waved their swords one after another, and beheaded the criminals one by one for the public to see!

(End of this chapter)