The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 263 Escape and Death
Although the handover work has been completed, it does not mean that all of Bu Kui's situation has been mastered.

Only through the analysis and processing of data can we get some regularity.

The data handed over sometimes drove Jia Min and Feng Ziying almost crazy.

"Officer Min, look at this. The number of people registered is 820. That's fine. But, look at the number of detainees. It turns out to be 870 people. That is to say, the imperial court sent them into exile here." There were 820 people, but he bet 870 people, 50 more people. I don’t know where his 50 people came from.”

Feng Ziying's temper has always been relatively mild, but at this time, she was also extremely angry.

"Could it be that the fugitives caught are also counted here?"

"Of course there are fugitives caught, but they are recorded separately and have nothing to do with this. I asked several of them, and each of them said the same thing, which shows how confusing their numbers are."

"Yeah. The confusion in the numbers is actually the confusion in management. It also proves that their management has failed before."

"Look at this again. The abnormal death rate has reached 30.00%. One out of three people will die abnormally. No wonder people say that Bu Kui is dead. This is not counting people who died on the road. If you add up the people who died on the road, there will be even more people, that is, among the people we detained, none of them died, and all of them were sent to the place."

"Ziying, there won't be such a high death rate?"

The abnormal death rate of 30.00% of exiles is indeed an astonishing figure, even Jia Min couldn't believe it.

"It's not wrong, I checked it several times."

"What is the cause of death?"

"There are many reasons. To sum it up, there are mainly a few."

"One died of illness, which is the most. The second died of freezing, seven of them died of freezing last winter. The third died of exhaustion. The fourth committed suicide, and the fifth was beaten to death. Some were beaten to death by Zhuangtou, and others were beaten to death by fellow inmates."

"There are also those who died of unknown causes, probably due to malnutrition or starvation. The last category is those who died of various accidents, such as those who were crushed to death by ore in mines or scalded to death by molten iron in an iron factory."

This category is the death of production safety accidents.

Jia Min fell into deep thought.

This abnormal death rate is really too high.

People are always going to die, and people are going to die everywhere.It is normal for exiled prisoners to have a higher death rate than others.After all, the natural environment here is harsh and the labor is more difficult, but such a high death rate is still abnormal.

Although these people are exiles, since they are not sentenced to death, they have the right to live.

This is not because of his previous consciousness, but during the peaceful period of the Dade Dynasty, he was very cautious about executing prisoners.

For a relatively serious case, from the county, to the government, to the province, if the death penalty and felony are sentenced, they are actually very cautious.Finally, at the imperial court level, the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Three Judicial Departments of Dali Temple will conduct a joint trial. After the opinions are presented, they will be discussed with the Minister of Military Affairs and finally handed over to the emperor for a decision.

Quite often, some prisoners who had already been sentenced to death were exiled without death when the emperor collude.

At this time, the emperor was adhering to a kind of thinking that God has the virtue of being good at life, and he couldn't bear to be tortured and killed, so he exiled him.In fact, it is a thought of killing carefully.

The emperor couldn't bear to kill these people. Unexpectedly, when he got here, he became a victim of reckless human life.

There are objective reasons here, but the subjective reasons of regulators are also very important.

"Officer Min, if you look at the escape rate again, it's [-]%. Out of [-] people, [-] escaped, and the success rate is [-]%. Half of the people succeeded, and the other half either attempted or failed. was caught back."

"Some reasons for escaping are understandable, while others are unacceptable."

"To be specific, what are the reasons?"

"There are those who miss their homeland, those who miss their loved ones, those who see no future, and those whose ideals are disillusioned. Of course, these reasons are justifiable, but there is no basis for the law. Since you are an exile, you have to bear these problems. This reason for escaping is untenable."

"The rest is up to you to decide. Some were oppressed and abused by the head of the village and other exiles, some were unbearably poor in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, some were labored too hard for too long, and some were obviously unable to do the work, but Those who insisted on being called dry, and some who said they were wronged,..."

"In the end, I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I had to think of suicide and self-harm, or I ran away desperately and wanted to find a way out."

When the exiles arrived at the place of exile, the long process of being punished has just begun.

Not only is personal freedom gone, but the harsh living conditions are the real test.When being abandoned and humiliated, coupled with oppression and inhuman physical and mental torture, many people's patience is limited.Those who are courageous may rise up to resist and escape, while those who are less courageous may resort to suicide to escape.

Self-injury and self-injury are also a passive means of escape, that is, by injuring oneself, making one's hands and feet and other parts disabled, so as to avoid heavy labor.

Among the exiled prisoners, there are also some who receive preferential treatment, but this is only a special case.

Those who receive preferential treatment, or those who are rich, get some preferential treatment by bribing the head of the village or the official.

Some are skilled, without this person, they will not be able to do it, and they will receive some preferential treatment.

Some are related, and relatives and friends with backgrounds greeted them and received some preferential treatment.

There are some exceptions, that is, those who are more cultured and respected.Whether it is officers, soldiers, prisoners, or local people, they will respect and take care of these people.

However, the fate of the vast majority of ordinary exiles is very miserable.It is not too much to say that they are struggling to death every day.

This is the root cause of the high death rate and escape rate.

At the beginning, these exiles were not directly executed, but their lives were spared. Naturally, they were unwilling to let them all die here.

If a person dies here, not only will the court's will to kill cautiously fail, but it will also damage the court's reputation.

The exile of these people by the imperial court is not only to punish the exiles, but also to rely on their labor to create a certain amount of wealth and use these people to enrich the frontier.

If everyone dies, all these purposes will be defeated.

It is a common phenomenon that the exiles in exile have a high abnormal death rate.However, like Bu Kui, the abnormal death rate is 30.00%, and the escape rate is 40.00%, adding up to nearly [-]%. This ratio is really too high.

In order to reduce the death rate and escape rate, in addition to allowing exiles to see the vision of living and returning to society in the future, improving their living conditions is a realistic way.At the very least, make them bearable.

However, it is easier said than done to achieve this!
This requires a huge investment of human, financial and material resources, as well as various existing systems and institutional constraints, and the most important thing is the conflict of ideas.

If it is not handled properly, Jia Min's official career will be affected if he is not careful.

However, if reforms are not carried out and this situation is allowed to continue, the vicious circle may lead to even worse outcomes in the future.

Once the flow of people's tolerance reaches the critical point, they will take risks and fight to the death.

The exile riot in August last year, which killed the former guard Qian Delu and [-] soldiers, was a painful lesson.

"Okay, give me some time and let me think about it. This is a big deal, and I have to come up with a plan."

"I also think that these things have to be changed. Now that we have taken over, if someone makes a fuss about this matter, it will not be good for us in the future."

"How was the interrogation at Zhong Ding's side?"

"Lin Dajiang is working on it, but many old people are watching, saying that Zhong Ding is General Ning Guta's nephew, so it depends on us."

"General Ning Guta, is the second rank?"

"Yes, he is the biggest in the entire northeast of Shengjing. He is very powerful, and he can be regarded as a figure in the imperial court."

"Look at my luck. I can take down a leader at random, and he is a nephew of the second grade. But, so what? Isn't Ma Qiming also arrogant? Don't we easily bring him down too?"

"As long as we sit up straight and walk upright, so what if we meet a few big men? Many people are nothing more than paper tigers. Who dares to stand in our way, to kill gods when we meet gods, and to kill Buddhas when we meet Buddhas. "

Looking at Jia Min's resolute face, Feng Ziying felt a strong murderous aura.

The two were talking when Lin Dajiang came.

"Officer Min, more than 5000 taels of silver and several letters were found in Zhong Ding's room."

"Oh, so much money? Did you bring the letter?"

Lin Dajiang gave the letter to Jia Min.

These are Zhong Ding's family letters, two are from his wife, one is from his father, and the other is from his uncle. His second uncle is indeed General Ningguta Han Tiankui.

"The silver is of some use. Ask him to explain the source. These letters are of little value. Does he have another place to live?"

"I asked a few of his subordinates, but they hesitated, but they didn't say what Ziwu Maoyou was."

"He should still have a residence outside. Find out who he has a close relationship with. Now the soldiers still have doubts and are waiting to see. If we get other important evidence, they will turn around."

"Get two whistle-blowing boxes and hang them on the street. I don't believe that Zhong Ding can cover up the sky in Bu Kui."

Feng Ziying and Lin Dajiang smiled at each other: Breaking through from the outside is a brilliant move.

Immediately doing what he said, Lin Dajiang immediately found someone and made two whistleblower boxes.One was hung on an ash tree beside the Dusi Yamen.The other hangs next to Wangji's grocery store.

In addition, I wrote a few announcements, calling on those who know the facts to report and expose Zhong Ding's illegal facts, and those who verify the truth will be rewarded.

(End of this chapter)