Everyone in the world is good at studying, and the ancients are even more so!

Cane punishment was definitely a technical job in ancient times, for example, before the execution, it can be seen from the words of the eunuchs.

If the eunuch in prison said "really beat", the person who was tortured might be punished, but he would not be beaten to death, and at most he would end up with the skin of the beaten person open.

If the eunuch said "beat with heart", the person who executed the sentence would at most mean a few beatings, and the person who was tortured would definitely be able to live as well as a person who had nothing to do after a few days, and some people would even be able to walk as usual on the night after being tortured.

If you want to beat the tortured person to death or maim it, the eunuch in charge of the prison will shout the sentence "beat hard" or "beat hard" before the execution, so that the tortured person will basically have no way to live.

This executioner is really not something that ordinary people can do, they all have to be trained and have to be a good hand, you can even say that this group of people is a group of craftsmen, you just look at how they practice playing the board every day.

The method of training beating people is to use a piece of tofu to put on the ground and hit it with a small board, only to make a sound, not to break. When the beating is over, the tofu inside is all rotten, and the outside is still a whole square piece, not moving at all, this is the first-class master.

According to records, the Ming Dynasty factory guard was responsible for the implementation of the staff of the school guards in training, first with leather tied into two figures, one put bricks inside, one outside the bread on the paper, and then put clothes on them, let the school guard on them, the brick figure is used to practice the "outside light and heavy inside" technique, the requirements can do it look like it is light, the clothes are not damaged, but the bricks inside to be broken.

The human form of wrapping paper is used to practice the technique of "heavy on the outside and light on the inside", and it is required to make it seem that it is very heavy, but the paper wrapped inside cannot be damaged, and the walking stick must reach such a level to be considered qualified.

You see, this spanking is a technical job, right? That clumsy person really can't do it, otherwise the prison eunuch will tell you to beat you with your heart, and you clumsily beat people to death, won't that be a disadvantage? If you don't do a good job after receiving money from others, it's not good to spread it, and people who are eunuchs also have to talk about whether their reputation is good or not.

Gao Yan was a wise man, his face was as good as the city wall, but he was a brazen man, and after a short period of contemplation, Gao Yan turned around and shouted when he was about to be carried out of the council hall by the brocade guards: "Help, lord! ”

In fact, no one is stupid, but the rest of the people are really ashamed to speak, but fortunately, Gao Yan made a good start for himself very intimately.

So, such a scene happened in the council hall.

"My lord spares his life!"

"The lord is angry, and the minister knows his mistake!"

"Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter! ..... Lord! ”

In a hurry, the ministers all began to "talk nonsense".

But one thing is for sure, they are all courting Li Yang and sending him a distress signal very undisciplinedly.

The corners of Li Yang's mouth hooked a slight arc, and he was very satisfied with this result.

Li Yang naturally wouldn't let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he glanced up at Han Bao and said, "For the sake of all the ministers who have no merit and hard work, give it a light sentence!" ”

Han Bao nodded pretendly, and after pondering for a moment, he waved his big hand and said, "Drag a group of criminals out of the hall, and punish eighty with a cane!" ”

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, don't look at Han Bao only exempted everyone from twenty boards, in fact, twenty boards is not the point, the focus is on the three words "heavy beating", if it is really executed according to Han Bao's previous requirements, it is estimated that these tortured people will be beaten to death by Jinyiwei.

When the ministers were continued to be held out by the Jinyi guards, Wang Liang roared loudly with an angry face: "A group of bastards who don't know what to do, the lord personally came forward to intercede for you, but how did you do it?" A bunch of ungrateful bastards! Lost to Del and others still boast that they are people who read poetry and books, but the readers are so ignorant of etiquette? I'm afraid that all the books you are waiting for will be read into the dog's belly! ”

Hearing this, the ministers who were still being held by the brocade guards hurriedly turned around and said, "Thank you for saving your life, and please forgive the lord for the crime of not being able to perform the full courtesy!" ”

The ministers thanked him again, and Han Bao's head was about to explode.

Han Bao waved his hand impatiently, signaling the Jinyi guard to pull this group of nasty ghosts away as soon as possible!

When they arrived at the square outside the hall, someone had already made preparations before the cane execution, and they could start the execution just after Han Bao's order.

The last procedure before the execution still has to go, a Jinyi Wei walked into the meeting hall and reported to Li Yang the preparations before the execution, Li Yang showed grace in public, Jinyiwei received the order, returned to the square, and said loudly: "Lord Shengming, to the four of Fu Zhi, Tian Feng, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu, be extra gracious, exempt from the cane, and hope that the rat tail juice!" ”

The four of them hurriedly knelt down and saluted, saying, "Thank you for the grace of the lord for not punishing!" ”

Han Bao was still relatively sober, and he also knew that he should save some face for several conspirators and ministers.

There are many officials who have been punished, Li Yang must take care of their decency, and pay more attention to the influence, otherwise he may not know what will happen! Li Yang didn't want to be labeled as a tyrant.

After dozens of officials were punished with canes, according to later statistics, as many as seven people were disabled due to the punishment, but this time it can also be called the most tragic cane punishment in the history of Youzhou!

For a while, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the ministers said in private: "It's best not to mess with honest people, because it's the most deadly thing for honest people to launch a surge!" ”

Han Bao through this cane, for his political career to draw a strong stroke, and he also paid a very heavy price for this, since then, Wenchen and him separated from Germany, after this discussion, Han Bao for a long time no longer involved in political affairs, he put all his mind on the military!

Li Yang wanted Han Bao to move into the state pastor's mansion, so that the two could meet and talk from time to time, but Han Bao politely rejected Li Yang's proposal on the grounds that such a practice was "unreasonable and arrogance".

Due to Han Bao's thunderous methods, the national policy has finally been improved, and the business and trade of Youzhou have also developed unprecedentedly, and everything is developing in a good direction.

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Time flies, time flies! In the blink of an eye, months later!

Despite the opposition of his ministers, Li Yang successively introduced a number of outrageous policies and regulations.

For example, the state pastoral government issued a strict order: officials, nobles, gentry, and wealthy families are not allowed to keep private soldiers, and the number of servants and maids in the house must not exceed 50.

Another example is that officials and their relatives are strictly forbidden to engage in business and enclose land, especially the latter, once discovered, they will be killed.

In the end, Li Yang even came up with a tax policy that combines a whip method with a combination of the whip method and the apportionment into the mu.

First of all, Li Yang issued a strict decree stipulating that the poll tax should be incorporated into the property tax, and the amount of tax to be paid should be fixed according to the amount of land per mu.

This measure favored the poor and disadvantaged the gentry and landlords, and while lifting the heavy shackles of the poor, it also removed the cash cow of many officials.

Second, the land taxes and other miscellaneous taxes of the prefectures and counties were all collected into one article, and the silver taels were collected together and paid according to the per mu, thus greatly simplifying the tax system and facilitating the collection of taxes, and at the same time making it difficult for local officials to cheat, thereby increasing fiscal revenue.

As soon as this tax policy appeared, the world was in an uproar.

Once this tax policy was introduced, it indicated that Li Yang would completely part ways with the landlords and the noble class, and the two sides would fight if they disagreed.

Although this move offended the scholar class, Li Yang also won the support and support of the people of Youzhou through this move.

When Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others learned that Li Yang had launched a new tax measure, they were very impressed, but they were also ready to watch the show! Because they clearly knew that Li Yang would encounter unprecedented resistance and difficulties.