Song Yi

Chapter 429 Money and Life

There were needles and threads for Jinchuang trauma sutures in the military doctor's outpatient box, but there was no disinfectant, and there was no special effect Jinchuang medicine added with Tianqi powder.If the wound is sutured without disinfection, infection and inflammation will definitely occur, but bleeding cannot be stopped without suturing.

Du Wenhao first washed the wound with clean water, did a simple suture, then applied ordinary gold wound medicine, wrapped it up with gauze, and ordered a few soldiers to ride horses, led by one of his own guards, and immediately went to Wuweitang in the capital to find Yan Miaoshou to rehabilitate the wound. Handle the wound strictly.

The soldiers felt a burst of warmth in their hearts when they saw that the dignified three yamen were inspected, and Mr. Zai Zhi personally bandaged the wounds of the wounded soldiers.The back straightened involuntarily, and the eyes looking at Du Wenhao became a little more affectionate in awe.

After sending away the wounded soldiers, Du Wenhao returned to the stage and ordered Guo Ce to organize the soldiers to wear a full set of combat armor, carry weapons and dry food, and run on a heavy-duty field.Go around the field ten times.The total length is about six miles.

The soldiers dressed and started to run.

To Du Wenhao's satisfaction, although these soldiers had not been trained for a long time, their physical fitness was still good. After running ten laps, only a few dozen people fell behind, and the rest almost reached the finish line together.The speed is not bad.

Du Wenhao turned his head to look at Guo Ce, and said coldly: "Soldiers are good soldiers, with good physical strength, good speed, and obey orders. It's just that you, an official, haven't trained well! Look at how you put such a good team together. What does it look like? Archery is inaccurate, you don’t know the formation and formation, you don’t even know the drumming order, you only have brute force, that’s useless! Combat between the two armies is not about fighting in groups, we must pay attention to overall cooperation and give full play to the advantages of the group, you How do such soldiers go to the front line? It is still the forbidden army in the capital. Can such a forbidden army take on the responsibility of encircling the capital?"

Guo Ce's knees softened, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Dereliction of duty, please punish me."

"Of course I will punish you later, but I still need to clarify one thing. How many sergeants did you transfer to do business? - I warn you, I will verify, if you lie to your superiors, You know how to deal with military law!"

The military laws of the Song Dynasty were quite strict, and those who concealed military information would be executed.It's just that the military law has not been so strictly enforced in non-wartime.

But Guo Ce was still so frightened that his face turned ashen, and he was afraid of being serious.It's easy for everyone if you don't take it seriously. If you really want to take it seriously, it's not a joke.Guo Ce kowtowed, tremblingly said: "Return, report back to the general, a total of 110 six people have been transferred to do business."

"No!" Du Wenhao said angrily, "The first battalion has 500 people. Just now, when I reported the number, there are only 220 six people on the field, and you only have 220 seven people. Including the 110 six people who are doing business, a total of 340 three people , there are still 150 seven people left, where are they going?"

"This..." Guo Ce hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Du Wenhao sternly said, "You want to lie to me?"

"I dare not to be humble!"

"What do you say!"

Guo Ce lowered his head and said nothing.

Du Wenhao began to rush to the top of his head, turned his head and said sharply to the audience: "Where is the deputy commander?"

"The last general is here!" A big man hurried over, knelt down on one knee under the stage, clasped his fists and said, "The last general, Yan Bing, respectfully command the deputy commander of the First Battalion of Guangde, Yangwu County. Follow the orders of the general!"

"Get your roster of soldiers!"

"Order!"

Yan Bing hurried to the barracks, quickly fetched a roster, and handed it to Du Wenhao on his knees.

Du Wenhao didn't answer, and said in a cold voice: "You first draw a circle on the soldiers who have been transferred back to Yi, and I will check them one by one."

"Yes! Don't dare to lie to the general!"

Yan Bing ran with a heavy load just now. He was sweating all over the place. He didn't bother to wipe it off. He picked up a pen and drew lines in rows. Those who were drawn were all established teams. It's almost finished.Du Wenhao counted and found that there were 110 and six people.

Du Wenhao said to Yan Bing again: "Now it's up to you to roll the roll, call one person and tick one, and stand aside!"

"Yes!" Yan Bing hesitated for a moment, then turned around and began to roll the roll.

It was finished quickly.

Du Wenhao took the roster, glanced at more than 150 unchecked names, and said coldly to Guo Ce: "Speaking of which, where did these people go?"

Guo Ce still didn't say a word.

Du Wenhao turned to look at Yan Bing.Yan Bing also dodged his eyes and lowered his head.

Du Wenhao sneered and said, "Don't think that I don't know if you don't tell me! Go! Get the account books of the soldiers' monthly salary! I want to check how many people have received their salaries!"

Both Guo Ce and Yan Bing were pale. Yan Bing ran back to the barracks, and after a while, he took out another ledger and handed it to Du Wenhao.

Du Wenhao looked up the monthly salary of the whole battalion last month, and said with a sullen face: "All the 500 people above are paid. These people all have names and surnames. Where are they now? Don't tell me that these are ghosts! "

The two still bowed their heads and said nothing.

Du Wenhao laughed back angrily: "Okay! Haha, okay! Are you playing Sanshou with me? Okay! Let's settle the old score first, Commander Guo, just now the general said that the soldier is an hour late, and you will be beaten with ten army sticks!" —Legist, how many minutes is he late?"

"Two quarters!"

"Okay! You are not strict in leading your troops. You did not assemble your troops within the time limit of the military order. Come here and give me twenty army sticks!"

When he came down to inspect this time, he did not bring a law enforcement team. Xu Huaqiang, the captain of the personal guard, waved his hand, and a few guards came up, twisted the commander Guo Ce and pressed him to the ground. There are rows of weapon racks next to the military field, with eyebrow-level whistle sticks on them. When I brought back two of them, the two guards swung them round and beat them hard.

Seeing the commander being reprimanded in public, the officers and soldiers in the audience were as silent as a cicada, lowering their heads and not daring to move.

This Guo Ce is a tough guy, after the twenty army sticks, his thighs are bloody and bloody, and he just didn't say a word.

Du Wenhao secretly praised in his heart, without any emotion on his face, and said coldly: "You are not strict with your orders, you are good at dispatching troops to return to Yi, and you are negligent in training, military law officer, how should you deal with it?"

"The mastermind will be punished according to the dirty goods he sells. The camp ordered the household department and the general department to arrest him."

"Well, what is the specific punishment for being guilty of dirty crimes?"

"Whoever earns more than [-] sticks will get one hundred rods."

"What?" Du Wenhao turned his head and stared at the military lawyer: "No death penalty?"

"Yes, general. Only those who steal the imperial objects of the great gods can be punished by public servants; those who steal the imperial treasures can be punished by beheading. People outside the army can steal up to [-] guan, sticks are sixty, and they are stabbed with Honshu, while those inside the army can steal up to [-] , one hundred sticks, no thorns."

"Aren't you mistaken? Steal [-] coins without beheading?"

"Yes General."

The punishment for theft is often inversely proportional to the prosperity of the economy. The more developed the economy, the lighter the punishment for theft. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the country was still very poor. At that time, the punishment for theft was very heavy. Later, after the country became rich, the crime of theft was naturally relaxed a lot, and it was stipulated that those who stole more than ten guan (5000 yuan) should ask the emperor to personally decide whether the death penalty should be applied.

Later, as the country became richer and the singing and dancing were peaceful, the emperor implemented a benevolent government, paid attention to killing less and killing carefully, further relaxed the punishment for theft, and finally abolished the death penalty for ordinary theft.In the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, there was no death penalty for ordinary theft.

China's Criminal Law in 5 once stipulated that if the amount of theft was particularly large (generally around [-] yuan as the starting point), the death penalty could be imposed.Later, when the new criminal law was promulgated in [-], the reform and opening up had gradually enriched the pockets of the Chinese people, so the revision of the death penalty for the crime of theft was limited to the theft of financial institutions and the theft of precious cultural relics.The death penalty was abolished for the rest of general theft.

With the rapid development of the national economy, ordinary people are richer than ten years ago, and the concept of money has also undergone tremendous changes. Coupled with the increased emphasis on human rights, people believe that human life is the most precious and priceless , so no matter how much money is paid, it cannot be equated with a person's life, and a person's life cannot be deprived just because of the theft of money.Therefore, the Eighth Amendment to the Criminal Law, which is currently under consideration, is likely to completely abolish the death penalty for theft.

Du Wenhao didn't know the regulations of Song Xingtong, so he was very surprised, and asked: "Who is responsible for punishing the officers and soldiers?"

The military law officer said: "In non-wartime, for ordinary soldiers, the stick punishment shall be reported to the battalion command by the military law officers of each capital; those who violate military orders and need to be punished by the commanders of the three Yadus will be punished. All beheadings will be executed by the commanding envoys of Sanyadu to ask the emperor to make a decision. In wartime, the commander and war supervisor will make the decision and execute on the spot."

Du Wenhao nodded, and said with a sneer to Guo Ce: "You are the battalion commander, and as the inspector of the three yamen, I have the right to punish you with a cane. One hundred sticks is enough. Military law officer, what if you are killed during execution?"

"It doesn't matter if you are punished but die from serious injuries."

"Well, that is to say, you can't blame me for beating you to death. Come on! Since he is tight-lipped and conniving, give him a hundred sticks first, and beat me to death! I will be responsible for beating him to death!"

Several guards came up, pushed Guo Ce down, and swung their whistle sticks to beat him.

Guo Ce knew that he was unlucky, bit his lip tightly, closed his eyes and waited for death.

The stick hit Guo Ce's back with a whistling sound, and his flesh was bloody in an instant.Guo Ce remained silent, as if it wasn't him who hit him.

The deputy commander, Yan Bing, burst into tears, knelt down and kowtowed: "General, the commander is not to blame for this incident. When the commander was transferred to our camp, these vacancies already existed."

"Even if it's not your fault that it already exists, you can't continue to falsely embezzle the monthly salary! I'm not looking for anyone's fault now, but for the monthly salary of more than 150 people who have been falsely received. Whose pockets did they all fall into? !"

Neither answered.

Du Wenhao was furious, pointed at the two of them and said: "Okay, I want to see if you two are stubborn, or this general's military stick!" Without looking back, he asked sharply: "Military lawyer, embezzlement of monthly salary, how do you do it?" Punishment?!"

(End of this chapter)