A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 213 Ten Evils
As for the other four dental firms, they can be sentenced as they want. "

Zhao Ligong said:

"According to the prisoner's confession and some evidence found in these dental offices.

These four dental firms not only abducted and trafficked children, but also committed the crime of 'immorality' among the ten heinous crimes. "

This is the ten heinous crimes, which is an idiom that we often use in later generations --- the ten evils in "heinous".

Unlawful: Killing a family is not a death penalty, dismembering a person, capturing a living person, cutting off their limbs, or mutilating a child, cutting off their limbs and forcing them to beg, or harming people with witchcraft.

"So according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the principal offenders are all executed at Ling Chi, and the wives are exiled for two thousand miles. All the accomplices are beheaded, and at the same time, the property is confiscated and handed over to the family members of the deceased."

Wang Lidong questioned:

"The shopkeepers of several dental shops have all pleaded guilty? Didn't the owners behind them be involved?"

Zhao Ligong shook his head and said:

"The shopkeepers are not stupid, the deeds of their family are all in the hands of the master.

If I have taken the charge off my shoulders, then my parents, wife and children will definitely be taken care of by the Lord's family, otherwise
Moreover, in the records of these dental shops in the Yamen, the names of all the registered owners are the names of several shopkeepers.

Unless there is substantial evidence, it is impossible to implicate the boss behind them based on the confessions of a few of them. "

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, business was basically controlled by officials, gentry and nobles, but they would not be the ones who came forward.

There are housekeepers or servants at home.

On the one hand, the imperial court stipulated that officials were not allowed to do business.The second is for fame. Scholars, peasants, businessmen, and merchants are lowly businesses. Most of these gentry families have scholars, and they are afraid of tarnishing their reputations.Also, in today's situation, if something goes wrong, you don't have to be implicated.

After hearing this, Wang Lidong made a decision and said:
"Then do as Mr. said, and then report the case to the magistrate's yamen."

When it comes to the death penalty, the county government does not have the power to conclude the trial, and must send the case files and criminals to the magistrate's government office for a second-level interrogation.

The magistrate retried, and there was no problem in the judgment, and it was sent to the procurator.

According to the re-examination of the procurator, it is the third trial level, and then reported to the governor or governor.

For death sentences, the governor still needs to report to the Ministry of Punishment, and especially serious cases must be reported directly to the emperor.

After a process, it can be as fast as two or three months, and as slow as more than half a year.

The death penalty in the Ming Dynasty, or the death penalty in ancient times, except for serious crimes such as treason, which could be executed immediately, generally the death penalty inmates could not be executed until after the fall of frost and before the winter solstice.

Therefore, these people in the tooth shop will not be able to execute their sentences until the second year.

Thinking of giving them room and board for free for so long, Wang Lidong felt uncomfortable.

With food and shelter and no need to work, he lived a more nourishing life than him.

"Sir, you will explain to Jin Daya later.

He didn't often complain, saying that his subordinates were all newcomers, and he had to do the work himself.This time there is just so much material, let him practice the newcomer well, just don't kill him. "

Zhao Ligong didn't think there was anything wrong. After knowing what these people did, it was difficult to feel any sympathy.

"Engong, a total of 1200 taels of silver, 5 shops, 8 courtyards, and some sundries were copied from several dental shops."

"How did you deal with the previous practice?"

Zhao Ligong explained:

"According to the usual practice, one tael for yamen servants, two taels for squad leaders, five taels for arresting heads, two taels for injured brothers, and 30 taels for casualties. As for the shops and yards, we will sell them sometime."

Thinking that today is the first large-scale operation organized by the county government, Wang Lidong said:
"Each person will add one tael of silver, and those who guard the yamen will also receive half a tael.

As for the shop and yard, they are reserved and may be used in the future. "

He knew that the amount of silver taels copied today must be more than this, but the difference is not too much.

As long as you don't go too far, he will just turn a blind eye.

After all, he took the big head, and the people below also had to drink soup.

Wang Lidong remembered what he found when he went out today, so he asked:
"There is one thing I want to ask sir."

"Please tell me, benefactor."

"In the county town, why are there so many idlers, where do they come from?"

Zhao Ligong said after listening:

"Engong, mainly in the past six months, Japanese pirates often went to the island to burn, kill and loot, causing many villages to be destroyed.

The villagers who survived by chance either fled to relatives' homes, and those who had nowhere to go had to flee to the county town.

But there are only so many jobs in the county, so there are many idlers. "

Wang Lidong thought that the several 10 taels of silver that he had donated a few days ago were just taken from the people and used for the people.

"Sir, I want to repair the four walls of the county town, the two streets, and the road leading to the pier in our county town.

Together with several masters, calculate the cost and manpower required for these projects.

If there is no problem, start working as soon as possible, and I will leave this matter to Mr. "

Zhao Ligong hesitated and said:

"Gonggong, if you want to repair so many places, you will need a lot of silver.

Where does this money come from, if taxes are raised, maybe? "

Wang Lidong said:

"I went back to the provincial capital a while ago and met some rich and kind-hearted people.

Knowing that our Linjiang County has encountered Japanese riots several times this year, we must donate money.

I didn't want it at first, but it's a pity that the few of them just want to donate.

I really couldn't hold back a few people, so I reluctantly accepted it in the end.

Therefore, there is no need to increase the tax for the cost of this repair, and a part of it is directly allocated from this donation. "

After Wang Lidong finished speaking, he saw the words of disbelief written all over Zhao Ligong's face, so he said to Qingqian who was shaking his fan behind him:

"Go to my room, there is a small box on the second shelf of the bookshelf, you go and get it."

Qingqian snorted and ran into Wang Lidong's room.

After a while, he came to the two of them holding a wooden box.

After signaling Qingqian to put the wooden box on the table, she said to Zhao Ligong:

"Sir, open the box and have a look."

Zhao Ligong was not polite, opened the wooden box, and saw four stacks of bank notes neatly placed in the box.

The denominations of the top four banknotes are all 100 taels.

"This this."

If there are several stacks of banknotes with the same denomination, then conservatively estimate that there are at least 5 to [-] taels in this box.

Gathering his mind, after glancing at Wang Lidong, Zhao Ligong stretched out his hand to pick up a stack of bank notes, and looked through them carefully.

It is found that each sheet is 100 taels, and a stack is almost [-] sheets.

He had never seen so much money in his life, and when he lit it, his hands trembled involuntarily.

"Grandpa, is so much money really charitable?"

Wang Lidong nodded with a smile and said:
"It's all donated by a few rich men, don't worry now."

But I thought in my heart: With this little money, you are so excited.If all of them were thrown out, Lanlan might lose a dear father.

Zhao Ligong immediately calmed down.

Since the benefactor said it was charity money, it was charity money, and there was no name written on the bank note, who would think the money was hot.

And judging from Wang Lidong's intentions, this money should be used as the government's expenses.

Last night, their masters had sorted out all the accounts in the yamen.

After seeing the result, he was worried about how to tell Wang Lidong.

The main reason is that the previous county magistrate was too wicked, so he emptied the county government office without leaving any money for them.

(End of this chapter)