A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 482 The shackles in the hall and the scrutiny in the hall

After seeing the documents from Xue Chao and Deng Sheng, Wang Zongdu, the governor of Guanzhong, did not dare to neglect and arranged for a fast horse to be sent to Luoyang.

Soon Wang Che saw the petition. After learning about what happened in Guanzhong, he became furious and directly issued an order to Wang Zong: In this case and similar cases in Guanzhong, those who can be punished or not will be punished, and those who can be exiled or not will be exiled. , kill everyone who can or cannot kill.

All persons involved in the case, except those who are willing to cooperate anyway and are not the mastermind, can be exempted from culpability based on their merit. Everyone else must be severely punished, and the Lord's reduction of guilt will be cancelled.

This was the most stringent use of criminal law since the founding of Daqian. Even titles and merits could not be used to reduce the crime.

This time, the case in Fengxiang County involves a wide range of things. How many wealthy households purchased children, and how many of them used the hearts and livers of babies as medicine to refine elixirs of longevity? Wang Che believed that there were definitely a lot of them.

In addition to these, Wang Che once again issued an edict to strictly manage the alchemists. If any alchemists were found who were refining elixirs of longevity and immortality, they would be immediately arrested.

Since the founding of Daqian, all foreign wars have been successful, and the world has been at peace for a long time. Coupled with the advancement of agricultural technology, the families of nobles, powerful officials, and officials are prosperous.

This has led to many wealthy people pursuing enjoyment. After getting used to enjoying these things, they will want to continue to enjoy them like this, so they begin to pursue immortality.

And how to find immortality? Naturally, we are looking for those alchemists. Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been princes and nobles who have been pursuing immortality, and alchemists have emerged in endlessly. Later, the Huai Kingdom expelled the alchemists, and after the founding of the Daqian Kingdom, they severely cracked down.

But as long as some people still hope for immortality, the alchemists will not disappear.

After receiving Wang Che's order, Wang Zong began to liquidate these nobles, officials, and powerful people. More than a thousand people were implicated in this case. All the principal culprits were killed. At the same time, those who bought the children to use as medicine and refine the elixir of longevity were also ordered to be killed by Wang Zong, saying, "It is not a pity to die for a two-legged beast." ’

All the alchemists related to the case were arrested and killed. Other alchemists were also arrested and carefully screened. If any fish that slipped through the net were found, they would also be killed.

Originally, the case was only in Fengxiang County, but after the investigation, it soon spread to all parts of Guanzhong. Li Zhao's family is not the only one in Guanzhong who does this. Maybe they are not involved in human trafficking, but there are many things that collude with bandits and take human lives lightly.

More and more cases were investigated. When Wang Zong saw this situation, he directly wrote to Wang Che and asked Dali Temple and Luoyang Order to allocate manpower to help. Wang Zong had completely distrusted the officials of Chang'an Order.

Wang Che directly approved the edict, and then sent elite soldiers and generals to Guanzhong. Next, Chang'an will be hearing cases every day, and occasionally cases need to be combined and tried together.

Because of the big moves in Guanzhong, there was some turmoil within the imperial court, and many people felt uneasy about it. Wang Che clearly felt the turmoil in the court, so he sent people to review the cases in Guanzhong and publish them directly in files.

In the following time, on average, three to five people were beheaded every day in Chang'an City, and people were exiled every day, some of whom were relatively well-off. A large number of people were severely punished and sent to the mines.

Those sent to the mines had to serve a minimum sentence of five years.

At one time, more than a thousand people were beheaded and killed in Guanzhong, and more than a hundred thousand were exiled. Originally they were just investigating cases of local nobles colluding with bandits, killing people for goods, human trafficking, and cannibalism. As a result, the number of cases increased and they were even implicated in a large number of past security cases in various places.

Because of the real lack of manpower, Wang Che once again sent a large number of officials from Luoyang to Guanzhong. As a result, a fire broke out in the Chang'an Posthouse and dozens of officials were burned to death. Wang Che was furious and directly sent [-] Yulin guards to station in Chang'an.

The implementation of wartime military control system in Guanzhong stabilized Guanzhong, but officials and officials were dead for a while and could not be replaced. So Wang Zong wrote to Wang Che and transferred officials and cadres from Chang'an to assist in the trial of the case.

However, there were too many cases in Guanzhong, and many officials and old officials were involved. When these people were assisting in the trial, they were confessed by the prisoners during the trial, so these officials and old officials were also shackled and the trial continued.

Since then, many senior officials in Guanzhong have begun to violate the law in various ways, unwilling to try the case, and even want to destroy evidence and conceal the case. Not only was there no result from the trial, there was even fraud. Seeing this situation, Wang Che ordered an emergency assessment regardless of the assessment dates of the Academy and the Imperial College.

Let the scholars from the Academy and Imperial College take the exam. After passing the exam, they will be sent directly to Chang'an to assist Wang Zong in trying the case.

All the dental shops and brothels in Chang'an City have been destroyed. Those who operate dental shops and brothels are prone to violating regulations. This time, the scope of involvement is so wide that they cannot escape at all.

A large number of Yaxingya people and brothels were arrested, and more and more people were involved, and even some local garrisons were implicated.

Fortunately, the Daqian royal family strictly monitors the army, and only a few officers and generals are involved. However, this also makes Wang Che break out in a cold sweat. If the army is also involved, he will not be able to help but kill. .

The situation in Guanzhong has frightened many officials. Many officials in the Guanzhong area have handed in their resignations and want to resign from their positions. Even officials who were originally going to take office in Guanzhong are unwilling to go.

A large number of officials ignored government affairs, and the entire Guanzhong was shut down. These people threatened the court with this behavior, which made Wang Che and Wang Zong furious. But Wang Che and Wang Zong knew that they could not give in at this time. Once they gave in, other places would follow suit and the prestige of the court would be greatly reduced.

Regarding this situation, Wang Che and Wang Zong, who was the "Governor of Guanzhong", did not get used to them. Those who resigned directly sent people to take them into custody, and then investigated the problems during their reign. For those who did not come to take office, Directly ordered him to come and take office.

If he doesn't come, he will be directly punished for his political crimes, and at the same time, his family will be prohibited from holding any official position within three generations.

Faced with this situation, almost no one would disobey except those who didn't care about their family. Once the order is disobeyed, three generations of the family will not be able to go to the Academy or the Imperial College to study. Even if the family has a profound background, three generations will be enough for a family to decline and become an ordinary wealthy family or even a low-income person. These families dare not gamble.

After some operations, the manpower was finally enough, and by this time, nearly two thousand people had been beheaded and killed.

Although such a major case panicked officials, the people at the bottom applauded, and even the security in the Guanzhong area became better than ever before. The Confucian pursuit of not picking up things on the road and not closing the house at night actually appeared in this situation.

(End of this chapter)