Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 204: Abolishing the Death Penalty Is Not Kindness

The sour scholar frowned and thought for a while, then said, "In fact, the laws of the Qing Dynasty are based on the Ming Dynasty system, which is already very complete. It should be usable with a little modification!"

Chen Gu smiled and said, "Let me put it this way. Our declaration has a sentence about the emperor under the law, which means that once the law comes into effect, it will apply to everyone. If you think the Qing law can be used, then you can use it. But when the time comes, you will be subject to the law, so don't complain to me."

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Everyone knew that Chen Gu was a man who could do what he said. If the law targeted everyone in this way, then the laws of the Qing Dynasty would be a bit too cruel.

Especially the punishments such as confiscation of property and extermination of the clan, and death by slow slicing, if they happen to you one day, it is chilling to think about it.

Bai Yunqing thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Leader, do you mean that our Huaxia Department needs to abolish capital punishment?"

The sour scholar took one look at Bai Yunqing and immediately raised an objection, "The desires of the human heart are like a ravine that is difficult to fill. Even capital punishment is not enough to deter greedy people."

"But people don't fear death, so how can we scare them with death?" Chen Ju sighed, and then said, "It takes more than ten or twenty years to train a person, but it is very easy to kill a person. Besides, once dead, dead is dead. What's the point of it all?

Even if a person is extremely evil, he should be given a chance to repent and make up for the losses caused by his mistakes.

Therefore, I believe that all corporal punishment and the death penalty should be abolished. No matter what crime has been committed, a labor reform is enough.

If he is just an ordinary criminal, let him do some easy work and earn money to compensate the damaged people or the public. If he is really a vicious person, put him in shackles and shackles to mine and refine oil, and also earn money to compensate for the losses.

The only difference is the length of labor reform!"

At this moment, everyone finally understood what Chen Gu meant.

The so-called abolition of capital punishment is not out of kindness, but just a desire to make good use of the criminals and squeeze out some of their last value. If someone really commits a serious crime, the result will probably be death from overwork.

It's not much different from being beheaded directly, it's just that you can survive for a while and create some value.

What an extreme practical person!

Everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

But extremely intelligent people like Suan Xiucai, Bai Yunqing, Wu You, Han Yuanxiao, etc. thought more deeply, especially people as cunning as Bai Yunqing, who only felt that Chen Jue's abolition of the death penalty was targeting officials like them.

After all, when a person dies, many things are over once and for all, but if a person is not dead, many things still have a chance to be reversed. And officials who hold power cannot act so unscrupulously if there is no death penalty.

The lack of the death penalty makes it more difficult to silence witnesses, and some problems that are originally easy to solve will become very troublesome.

In fact, since ancient times, the vast majority of people who died unjustly were civilians, and officials basically deserved their punishment, so the abolition of the death penalty is very clearly targeted.

However, no one dared to object to such things. After all, abolishing the death penalty is definitely a good thing in the general direction. Anyone who opposes it is standing against the entire nation and will probably be scolded to death by public opinion.

Therefore, although he knew that Chen Jue's abolition of the death penalty was aimed at himself and others, Master Bai Yunqing did not dare to raise any objections.

Chen Gu smiled and said, "Of course, the law is the law for everyone after all. As a leader, my opinion does not count as to the specifics. Let's wait until the people from all ethnic groups and counties are gathered, and then we can discuss it together." "The law contains thousands of things. It will be difficult to reach a consensus with so many people discussing it together!" said the sour scholar with a frown.

"We seek common ground while reserving differences. By discussing one by one, we can eventually come up with a law that everyone agrees on. Only when everyone agrees on it will everyone abide by and uphold it.

If no one follows and upholds a law, what difference does it make whether it is enacted or not?" Chen said.

In Chen's opinion, although legislation is important, getting the whole nation involved is more important.

Of course, the whole people does not refer to all people, but also representatives from all places, especially some ethnic minorities. Only when you allow them to participate in legislation will they agree with your laws.

This is very important because ethnic minorities in this era are a very unstable factor. It’s not that ethnic minorities are inherently a certain way, but the lack of communication often leads to many misunderstandings.

Then people will think that it is because they are outnumbered and are bullied by the Han people, so they start to make trouble.

For this legislation, Chen Ke hopes to communicate well in one go and come up with a law that everyone can consciously abide by.

Sichuan, Guizhou, and the snowy areas outside Dajianlu can basically include all ethnic minorities. As for the ethnic minorities in the northeast, Chen Gu plans to let the Manchus participate as representatives.

Chen Gu had some Eight Banners prisoners of war, but considering their low status, Chen Gu planned to let Chang Lin get involved.

Changlin's identity can definitely represent the Manchu people, because he is not only the governor of Guizhou, but also his surname is Aisin-Gioro.

For this reason, Chen Gu specially asked Suan Xiucai and others to bring Changlin to Chongqing when they came.

After Changlin was captured by Lao Piao, he did not suffer much. He surrendered very quickly and cooperated very well after surrendering.

Secondly, after Lao Piao captured Chang Lin, before he had time to deal with him, he encountered an obstacle: Huihejiang was dispatching troops. Lao Piao was in a hurry to lead his troops to set off, so he left Chang Lin to the obstacle without having time to explain.

It was naturally difficult for the enemy to deal with Changlin, a high-ranking Qing official captive, so they sent Changlin to Jiangjin. The major families in Jiangjin, including Suan Xiucai, would not deal with Changlin, but instead treated him to delicious food and drink.

So when Chen Gu saw Chang Lin, he found that this guy was not only chubby, but also had a ruddy face and was in a very good mental state.

"Are you the bandit chieftain Chen Gu?" Chang Lin squinted his eyes and looked Chen Gu up and down.

"I am Chen Gu!" Chen Gu nodded with a smile, then said to the guards around him: "Let him understand his situation!"

The four guards immediately rushed forward with grim smiles and gave Chang Lin a good beating. All four of them were veterans of the special forces battalion. Although they rarely had the opportunity to fight with cold weapons, they had trained very hard under Yun Hua, so their skills were not weak. In addition, they had killed many people in the past six months, so they were very ruthless.

Chang Lin, who had become as fat as a ball, was no match for the four veterans of the special forces battalion. He was beaten and cried for his parents as soon as they came into contact.

(End of this chapter)