The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 257

Soon, the team arrived at the Dusi Yamen.

The military camp of the Fubingtuan is ready, just behind the Dusi Yamen.Zhao Dahai and Wu Minqiu accompanied Jia Min to the office to talk, Wei Ruolan led Chen Yejun to arrange unloading and deployment of soldiers, and Feng Ziying led people to deliver the criminals to Dian Shi Yang Lin.

The delivery of criminals must first verify their identities, check them one by one according to the name, place of origin, cause, and physical characteristics written on the brought documents, then register, and finally issue a waist badge.

This waist card states the main situation of the criminal and serves as proof of identity here in the future.

Then there is the distribution of these people.

Their whereabouts are generally three.One is to serve as a slave to the soldiers here.This is basically the most severe punishment.

As a slave, he basically has no rights, and is an object of the master.

The slave here is a slave in the true sense.Although the slaves in Jia's mansion are also slaves, compared with the slaves here, they are living in heaven.

The second destination is to work as an errand.

It can be working in the yamen, such as bearers and some low-level yamen servants, or doing hard labor in iron factories, charcoal kilns, mines, etc.

In the end, the vast majority of people basically went to Guanzhuang.

Guanzhuang is actually farming and grazing, similar to small farms.There is an officer and soldier in a Guanzhuang, called Tunbing, and he is the head of the village.He was in charge of nine criminals.

Each person is given land, ranging from 12 mu to 20 mu, or 30 mu, and the yamen distributes cattle, farm tools, seeds and other production materials.In addition to farming, hunting and charcoal burning are also required.

Under normal circumstances, if you hand in a certain amount of supplies to the Yamen every year, you can be regarded as fulfilling your own quota.

Currently in Bukui, the relatively common standard is that a criminal should turn in 12 shi of grain, 300 jin of fodder, 100 jin of reed, 100 jin of charcoal, 300 jin of lime, and 100 jin of pork every year.

There are also special circumstances, which are generally divided into three types, and they are all relatively minor crimes, so this arrangement can be made.

One is to bring family members. I am a prisoner, but the family members are not prisoners.

For such a person, the yamen can give him some land, usually about 20 mu or 30 mu, and provide farm tools, cattle and seeds for farming by his family.

Such people are treated relatively well, unlike the prisoners in the official village, who are subject to many supervisions and can farm independently.As long as you don't run away, you can report to the Yamen once a month on the first and fifteenth day of the month, which is not much different from ordinary people.

The reason why the supervision of these people is relatively loose is that they usually do not escape with their families, and even if they want to escape, it is very inconvenient.Unlike criminals who come alone, they have nothing to worry about here, and they can put all their eggs in one basket, regardless of the consequences.

The second is that those who brought some money when they came here can hand them over to the local land security guards to manage them and allow them to make a living locally.He could do some small business or farming or something.

The third type is prisoners who know how to work, and they are also managed by the local security guards, who are allowed to make a living locally.

In this era, the entire Dade Dynasty did not have the form of holding prisoners around the clock like the modern prisons of later generations.

The large prisons in counties, prefectures, provinces, and criminal departments in various places are only places for temporarily detaining unconvicted criminals, similar to the detention centers and detention centers of later generations.Once the prisoner's sentence has come down, he will be sent to various places for execution.Misdemeanors will be released on the spot after the execution of flogging and rod punishment.

Those who commit serious crimes, whether they are criminals or exiles, will be sent to other places to carry out their punishment.

Generally speaking, there are usually five ways out for all the exiled prisoners in the future.

The first was exile for life.

This is the most serious punishment, generally lifelong slavery, such felony crimes as rebellion, murder, arson, robbing prisoners, official corruption, making poison, slaughtering cattle, etc., fall into this category.

Such a person, unless pardoned by the emperor, will basically have no chance to get rid of the fate of exile in this life, and will never have the chance to return to the place of birth.

The second way out is to escape.

If you can't bear the hard labor here, or miss your relatives in your hometown, you have to find ways to escape.

Such things are the norm in any place of exile.However, very few are truly successful.

Once he escaped, not only the Bukui Yamen would go all out to hunt him down, but the Yamen from all over the country would also cooperate in the hunt.Prisoners can also assist in arrests.

From the place of exile to the mainland, there are many barriers, and it is generally difficult to break through the barriers or escape from the harsh natural environment.

The third way out is to settle locally and serve the people.

This means that those who perform well in the allocation office and reach a certain period can be transformed into the status of ordinary people.

The imperial court also encouraged prisoners who had served their sentences to settle down locally as civilians.This is a measure taken to enrich the frontier population.

The general practice is to include them in the local folk registers, distribute land, cattle, horses, and agricultural tools, and the yamen lend money, rations, and seeds for building houses.Promote these former prisoners to change from evil to good, re-behave, and let them return to society.

The fourth way out is to return to the country of origin and serve the people.

This is also aimed at those prisoners who have kept themselves in order and served a certain period of time. They can return to their hometowns and re-enter the household for the people.

It doesn't have to be easy to achieve this condition. Generally, you have to work hard here for at least ten years before you can get this way out.

The last way out is to enlist in the army.

This road is relatively risky, and if it is not done well, it will die.

However, with great risks come opportunities.First of all, the requirements are relatively low and the treatment is relatively good.The second is that if you are lucky, you have made military achievements and have the opportunity to be an official.

Among the soldiers guarding the yamen in Bu Kuiyuan, there are many such people.

Since it was getting late today, Jia Min decided to formally hand over official duties to Zhao Dahai tomorrow.

So, I chatted casually with Zhao Dahai and Wu Minqiu in the office.Most of the topics were what he had seen and heard on the road, what he had seen and heard in the imperial capital, and the local anecdotes of Bukui, and basically did not involve official business.

We were chatting here when we heard a noise coming from the backyard. A soldier rushed in and said that the veterans and recruits in the backyard were fighting.

Veterans were Bu Kui's former garrison guarding the yamen, and the recruits were naturally members of the Fubingtuan.

Jia Min didn't leave immediately, he wanted to see Zhao Dahai and Wu Minqiu's reaction.

Wu Minqiu didn't respond. As a gentry and a private person, this matter has nothing to do with him.

The anxious one should be Zhao Dahai.

As soon as the government corps arrived here, the veterans clashed with the recruits. Judging from common sense, the veterans were to blame.

The recruits have just arrived here, they are not familiar with the place of life, and they are still busy settling down, why would they take the initiative to find trouble with the veterans?
Zhao Dahai didn't respond at first, and seemed to be waiting for Jia Min's reaction.After a full 15 minutes, seeing Jia Min still looking at him with such a smile, he finally lost his composure.

"Master Du Si, why don't we go and have a look?"

Zhao Dahai asked tentatively.

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

Jia Min got up and followed Zhao Dahai to the backyard.

At this time in the backyard, the two groups of soldiers were divided into two teams, and a confrontation had already formed.Veterans are to the east, recruits are to the west. , standing on the south side were the new prisoners, and next to them were some civil servants in the yamen.

On the middle field, two people are fighting.

On the side of the veteran was a tall and strong man in his thirties.

On the side of the recruits, there was the relatively thin, not tall, quiet Qin Zhong.

At first, the two sides fought for a while, and then Zhong Ding and Chen Yejun, the leaders of the first leader, came forward and separated the two sides.

When fighting in groups, the veterans suffered a loss and were unwilling to give up, so they proposed to resolve the outcome through martial arts.

In the conflict between the two sides, regardless of who is right and who is right, it is undoubtedly abnormal for a few soldiers to dare to make such a request when the chief is still present.

Either the military discipline is too lax, or the chief deliberately connives.Otherwise, as a soldier, where would he have such courage?

It is unbelievable that Zhong Ding agreed to this request.And asked Chen Yejun to agree to the martial arts competition, the excuse was that this was Bu Kui's rule.

Chen Yejun didn't know if the rules were irregular, but if the other party didn't respond to such a provocation, he would undoubtedly lose the prestige of the government corps.

So Chen Yejun sent Qin Zhong to play.

When the veterans saw that the opponent sent a thin child to the field, they inevitably felt contemptuous.How did they know that Qin Zhong's fighting skills are actually very good, among the officers of the Fubing Regiment, they are all among the top few.

The conflict between the two parties was caused by the female relatives such as Ping'er and Miaoyu.

In order to ensure the safety of the female family members, when Wei Ruolan arranged the residence, she arranged Miaoyu and others to live in a room in the middle of the Fubingtuan.On both sides of their room are dormitories for male soldiers.

Although this is inconvenient, it is the safest solution for newcomers who are not familiar with the local conditions to ensure safety.

On the way here, Wei Ruolan told Jia Min, and Jia Min agreed.He also specially told Zhao Dahai to restrain the veterans and not to offend the female relatives.

Seeing the female relatives coming, several veterans couldn't bear it anymore, they wandered around in front of the female relatives' door when they came, Wei Ruolan told them to leave, but they didn't leave.

The members of the Fubingtuan beat up a few of them wherever they were used to them.

More veterans came out, but more Fubing regiment soldiers also came out.So the two sides fought in groups.

The government corps is well-trained, and its combat effectiveness is already strong. Coupled with the large number of people, the veterans are naturally not opponents.

Seeing that the veterans were at a disadvantage, Zhong Ding stood up and stopped them.He also put forward an unreasonable request to fight alone to decide the outcome.

Chen Yejun was naturally not to be outdone, and wanted to take the opportunity to teach the other party a lesson and teach them to have a longer memory, so he agreed.

After listening to Chen Yejun's introduction, combined with Zhao Dahai's ambiguous attitude, Jia Min immediately understood.

This is the other party trying to show him off, and he wants to test his attitude and determination.

(End of this chapter)