Chapter 111: The Prisoner of the Border Army
After Dugu Qi returned home, he felt a little stable, after all, the fifth Qi was an important minister in the court, and in the political hall, except for Xia Yuanji, he said that he would not do anything, since he promised that he would find a way to save him, he would definitely not break his promise.
But at sunset, suddenly a team of bad people broke into Chongrenfang and went straight to the Marquis of Anding's mansion. Dugu Qi was frightened, he didn't know what these people were here for, he thought that this was Qin Jin taking revenge on himself, so he trembled and asked to see Fifth Qi.
"The fifth prime minister and a certain person still have business negotiations, I don't know if they can be accommodating, accommodating, and meet with the prime minister?"
Unexpectedly, the leading bad guy sneered twice, raised his tone and reprimanded:
"Don't dream, I'm here on the orders of the prime minister, Duguqi, do you know what laws you have broken?"
Hearing this, Dugu was stunned, Fifth Qi obviously promised that he would try to help during the day, why did such a play come as soon as it was dark? But he immediately reflected it, Fifth Qi must have not been at ease for a long time, and let himself go home with peace of mind and wait for the news, but it was just a delay to fabricate charges.
Dugu Qi is a child of a family in the end, even if a catastrophe comes, he is not willing to grovel to these lowly bad people.
"If you want to add sin, why do you have no excuse? Dugu is not guilty!"
Seeing his tough attitude, the leader of the bad guys didn't get angry, but laughed.
We never indulge the guilty, but we never wronged the innocent. Duguqi, the case files on your body can be stacked into a small mountain, and any one or two rolls can kill you, and you will go to prison for a while to see if you can still be so stubborn...... Bundle it up and take it back!"
As soon as the words fell, several bad people pounced on him like wolves, pressed Dugu to the ground, and beckoned to him.
This aroused Duguqi's heart of resistance, and while scolding, he struggled with all his strength to eat. But after all, he is a gentleman, and he is alone, how can he be the opponent of a bad person, in the blink of an eye, he is like a bundle of sturdy crabs, no matter how he struggles and curses, he can't break free from the ropes on his body.
The leader came to Duguqi's side, squatted down, stretched out his hand and slapped a few times on his left and right faces, although the hand was not heavy, but the voice was very crisp.
"I told you not to resist a long time ago, look at it, suddenly suffered these humiliations, if you obediently cooperate, why tear your face to such an extent?"
The bad guy stuffed a ball of rags into Duguqi's mouth, his eyes were split, but he could only make a sound of uh-huh, even though his face was flushed, his muscles were bursting up, and he couldn't say a word.
"Take it away!"
Soon, the bad guy lifted Dugu and dragged it out, like a dead dog. The leader of the bad guys did not leave, because he had more important things to do while he stayed, and that was to raid his home.
Originally, it was not the turn of the bad people to raid the house, but since the Shenwu Army was stationed in Chang'an, various drastic changes have been made to various personnel practices in the past, so it has always been the most bitter and tiring bad people who have no oil and water to work for, and they have picked up this big bargain in vain.
Because raiding the house is an extremely lucrative job, before the property is registered, as long as you raise your hand slightly, a lot of money can flow into your private pocket. However, after Xia Yuanji began to rectify the atmosphere, he strictly investigated all kinds of public and private interests, so they had to restrain themselves in the work of raiding their homes.
Later, I don't know which powerful person made the decision, but it was proposed that the officials and specific clerks in charge of raiding the house could share a share of the stolen goods and dirty property, and theoretically as long as the more property was copied, the more they shared.
As a result, the originally low enthusiasm has risen sharply, and even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will not let the family of the copied official have a penny left.
"Do it!"
The bad guys were originally responsible for arresting criminals, everyone has a deep folk experience, and dealing with the children of these official eunuchs is almost like a cat playing with a mouse, and out of the distorted hatred of the rich due to their low status, they will not have the slightest mercy for these fallen phoenixes.
Dugu Mansion, regardless of men, women, and children, were all kicked out of their bedrooms, and they were all gathered in one courtyard. Many were even dragged from their sleep, especially many young ladies with only a thin middle coat, their bodies looming in the moonlight, and the unscrupulous people in charge of guarding them were like greedy beasts, their eyes glancing over them recklessly.
Of course, bad people will not be violent to the daughters of these officials, and there was once a person who was in a hurry to control the following words and committed a crime, and was severely punished. Since then, everyone has only sought wealth and not urgency. Of course, with a mobile hand and foot, or a feast for the eyes, this kind of thing will not easily let go of the opportunity......
The Marquis of Anding's Mansion has a huge fortune, and it is said that the wealth is rivaled by the country, and the bad people who can stop and copy the errand of the Marquis of Anding Marquis tonight are all cronies of the Fifth Qi, but after copying it for most of the night, the face of the leader of the bad people is green. Because the goods copied were not even as much as expected.
When Fifth Qi learned the news, he couldn't help but sigh:
"The rumors of the Anding Marquis Mansion have a great business, and it seems that it is just a lie!"
In fact, there is this situation, and the fifth Qi is not surprised, everyone knows that Dugu is squandering money, and the cost of 10,000 gold a day also abounds, but the income of the Marquis of Anding is only a handful of ways, in his opinion as an outsider, the squandering that cannot make ends meet will sooner or later be empty, but I didn't expect that this day would come faster than imagined.
Of course, this does not rule out the three caves of Dugu and the cunning rabbit, and there are no other industries outside the city or in other squares, and the fifth Qi immediately arranged for someone to go to Jingzhao Mansion to check whether there are any industries related to Dugu that have been missed.
The next thing is to convict Dugu Qi. He had no intention of checking Duguqi's past case files, and it was enough to deliberately conceal his property to fight against Qingzhang land.
Since Xia Yuanji rectified the atmosphere, the most common method is that those who violate the regulations against the wind will be severely sentenced, and the head of the gang is the most basic. Fifth Qi also calculated Xia Yuanji's recruitment, as long as there are a few scenes of killing chickens and monkeys, there is no need for large-scale executions to deter those who oppose it, after all, the prisons of various government offices are now overcrowded, and more than eighty percent of them are death row prisoners waiting for the autumn execution.
The Marquis of Anding, Dugu Qi, was only one of the thousands of prisoners waiting to be executed, and there were many officials with prominent titles and high ranks than him, so a mere Dugu Qi would not attract anyone's special attention.
But on the contrary, someone noticed the public announcement and solemnly mentioned it to Qin Jin, in order to consider the impact, it may be possible to deal with Dugu Qi in a low-key manner, otherwise it will leave a stain on Qin Jin's reputation.
This person is Du Fu, his official business in Chang'an is almost finished, and he will leave to return to Hedong after only a few days of preparation. He reminded Qin Jin:
"If Dugu Qi is punished again, the doctor will be questioned and retaliated, and if there are three more people, you can become a tiger, so you have to think carefully about your attitude towards Dugu Qi!"
Qin Jin shook his head and smiled:
"This kind of reputation can't be preserved even if he cherishes his feathers, unless he doesn't want to do anything, if Dugu Qi really does something that perverts the law, he will be dealt with according to the system, so why should I intervene?"
Du Fu still insisted:
"Seize the lord, the punishment is enough to punish Dugu Qi, why put him to death?"
In fact, he wanted to use Dugu to express his opposition to the large-scale execution of prisoners.
"In just one proclamation, more than 1,000 people have been sentenced to beheading, and there are very few of them over the years.
Xia Yuanji and Fifth Qi used heavy canons to rectify opponents, Qin Jin knew it, and there was nothing to say about using heavy canons in troubled times, not to mention that although they did so simply and rudely, it greatly improved the efficiency of governance. As the saying goes, there must be a loss, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds in this world, if you are too demanding, the gains will outweigh the losses.
However, Du Fu's reminder made Qin Jin suddenly have an idea.
"Fu Jun's suggestion made me think of a place where they would not die!"
In fact, Du Fu knew Qin Jin's stubborn character, and he didn't plan to make Qin Jin change his mind in a few words, but Qin Jin was "as good as a stream", and he couldn't help but be shocked.
"In the bitter cold land of Anxi, there are few Han people and many Hu people, as well as Hebei, Liaodong, etc., but anyone who has been sentenced to death, as long as he wants to live, he can choose to exile the army there, so it also solves the problem of the imperial court's overstretched personnel!"
Just now, Qin Jin received a military report from Anxi, Zheng Xianli hoped that the imperial court could allocate some population to enrich the local area, this requirement was of course impossible to achieve, after several years of war, the population was withered everywhere, how could the population be transferred to that bitter cold place?
Moreover, even if the imperial court agreed to this request, the people would not be willing to leave their homeland to that bitter cold place thousands of miles away, right?
Therefore, Qin Jin refused this request without thinking about it, but Du Fu's persuasion made him suddenly think of this, anyway, those prisoners are also going to be executed, it is better to distribute them from afar, and whether they die or live in the future depends on their creation. There is more chance of survival, and the death row prisoners will naturally rush to fill the army if they are squeezed out.
Du Fu was a little worried:
"It is a good idea to relocate prisoners to Anxi and other places, but in the long run, there will be more and more prisoners in various border areas, and won't it become a concentration of traitors?"
Qin Jin smiled, thinking that Du Fu was unfounded, and the prisoner filling had been implemented as early as the Qin and Han dynasties, and he didn't see any problems because there were too many prisoners. Even if there is a problem, it is all because they don't know how to cherish the people's strength, and now they are only filling tens of thousands of prisoners every year, what impact can it have?