Chapter 782: Liberation, Freedom
A few hours later, the Supreme Court in Beijing sent a telegram approving the execution of Harari, and preparations for the execution of the death order were soon begun. And when Harari saw the gallows, his legs went limp, and he fell to his knees. He kept pleading, hoping that the judge would let her live. He said he still had family to take care of, and that his children were too young to be without a father. And without him, his children would have died, and his old mother would have suffered as a result.
And when Harari finally felt the preciousness of being alive at this time, he could only beg now, hoping to let him go. But the judges questioned him on the spot, "Did the slaves who he had ordered to kill have no parents and no children?" And in the end he replied that they were just pariahs, and that made the judge shake his head. Because he saw in this Harari's eyes that he was only trying to survive for himself, and he didn't realize the preciousness of life. He doesn't have the slightest reverence for life, and it's not impossible for a person who doesn't have reverence for life to do anything brutal. And a person who has no reverence for life, if he lives in this fashion, is a time bomb, even more dangerous than a time bomb. Only a person who has a reverence for life can truly be a good citizen. Even Wang Guorui does not advocate the use of war to solve problems, because war is only a last resort. If a person does not even have a fear of life, then do you expect him to be a good person, a good person who is accepted by everyone?
And when that Harari was sent to the gallows, and then the planks were removed, the Harari was immediately hanged and strangled to death, and finally died. And when the medical examiner examined the execution, it was determined that he had died. Then they will be sent for cremation.
And when the judge carried out the execution in public, the slaves of the toast and the people were also dumbfounded, and then they did not know much about the situation. In their hearts, they still think that this is another toast who annexed this Harari and then ruled over them. In this kind of area, there are actually a lot of toasts annexing each other. So maybe they just treated the Han people as a toast and then ruled them again, no different from Harari.
"From this day forward, you are free according to our laws. The constitution of our Yanhuang Empire has stipulated that you can have free power and will not be subject to too many coercive orders. From now on, you can do whatever you want. The judge said.
Next. The so-called usury and the deed of sale from Harari were all taken out, sprinkled with some combustibles, and set on fire. From then on, the usury IOUs and the deeds of sale were all burned, and the slaves were regained their freedom.
And the slaves looked at the deed of sale and asked, "My lord." Now that this deed of sale has been burned, don't we have to be Harari's slaves? ”
"Of course. From now on you will no longer be slaves to Harari. The judge said.
And the "slave" still asked, "My lord, what do you want us to do?" Can you make our lives better? Can we not work for eight hours a day? We don't dare to ask for too much, can we just do it for six hours? We are so tired of working eight hours a day, can we do two hours less? ”
The judge was speechless and said, "You don't have to work for twelve hours." You're free, and you can do as much as you want. You can do as much as you want every day, don't you have to ask me. ”
"What? How much can you do? This "slave" was also quite surprised.
The judge immediately explained: "Of course, if you do more and do less, that will determine your harvest." If it is much dried. Then the harvest will be greater, and if you dry less, then you will get less food. You do more and do less, that is your freedom, but you get more if you do more, and you get less if you do less, and this is also a very important place. ”
"You don't force us to work?" The "slave" asked.
"We can't force you to work, and even the emperor can't force you to work. You work, you get paid, which is our new currency. And the wages can go to buy other things, and what you want to eat, you can use the money you get to buy it after working. Then whatever you want, you can go and buy it with money. Even if you want something, you can buy it with the money. Everything else can be bought in groups, and then as long as you can work hard to earn money, and then go to get rich. ”
"Do we still get paid for our work?" Those slaves couldn't believe it.
The judge immediately said, "Of course, if you are willing to work, you can all get paid." If someone wants you to work, you have to pay for it. Of course, if you don't want to be paid and help out as friends and relatives, that's fine. But you must not be forced to do things with violence, and if you are forced to do something, then we will punish him. ”
"And what do you want us to do?" The slaves asked.
The judge replied: "We don't want you to do anything, as long as you watch the work of farming, producing, collecting materials, etc., and then pay your taxes on time, and abide by the law, and don't just do those things that violate the law and discipline, then that's fine." ”
"How much do you have to pay taxes?"
"It's not too high, and in most cases it won't be more than a tenth of your harvest."
The slaves couldn't believe it, because they didn't think that the conditions were so good that they were less than a tenth of the harvest, so could they not be excited? Especially when they used to work for the toast, they had to hand over almost the entire harvest, and even if they could just get a bite to eat. The toasts gave them poor food, but they were required to work for a long time, and then they worked almost sixteen hours a day, and many of them were exhausted to death.
"Except for less than a tenth of what is taxed, then the rest is ours?"
"Yes!" The judge said again.
"Then we're not going to be casually executed, are we?"
"Of course, except for a few felonies, nothing else will be put to death. For example, if you kill someone, if you kill someone intentionally, you will be sentenced to death. And there are also felonies, rape of women, and many other heinous crimes that lead to death. And you will not be executed for a word. And even if anyone is to be put to death, it will have to go through the court. It must be approved by the vast majority of people before a person can be truly executed. Even if it's even in jail, that's true. ”
"Then I won't be executed for saying the wrong thing?"
"Of course, you have your freedom to speak. However, as long as you don't deliberately insult others, as long as you don't deliberately spread rumors, then most of the cases will not trouble you. Moreover, even if you scold, even if you scold our emperor, you will be executed. If the scolding is right, it is not only not wrong, but still meritorious. If you scold the wrong one, it is usually an apology. Even if you scold the wrong emperor, it will not be more than three years in prison at most, and there is still a long way to go before you are executed. ”
Next, the judge gave the slaves a lot of legal knowledge. Let's say they want to leave because they have suffered so much here, so they don't want to stay here. There are also those who hope to be able to go out and see, see the outside world, see the world of the Central Plains. And these judges also explained to them that they had the freedom to move, and they could go to live in other cities as they pleased. However, whether you can obtain a local household registration depends on the local conditions. However, long-term residence in any city is acceptable, and it will not restrict his own movement within the country.
And when those slaves heard such good "conditions", their eyes immediately lit up. Because in the past, they were all slaves, they had no freedom, they could not run away casually, and even if they said the wrong word, they could be executed, and even their families would die together. And there are many good things that they couldn't think of in the past, such as being able to leave casually without fear of being caught by those toasts. Even if you scold someone, even if you scold Emperor Wang Guorui, it will only be three years in prison at most, and it is impossible to be killed.
And there are many other situations that they did not dare to think about in the past. And these are all things that they could not have imagined in the past, the mountains they feel oppressed on their bodies, the ropes that are tied from the physical to the spiritual, are all gone.
"Are we liberated, free?" The newly freed slaves asked.
"You are liberated, you are free!" Again, the judge replied in another affirmative tone.
"Liberated, free!" "Liberated, free!" "Liberated, free!" ……
The slaves cheered, and then jumped up in excitement. I have not experienced the pain of losing my freedom, and I will never feel the preciousness of freedom. These slaves also lost more freedom than the vast majority of people in China, so they can now deeply feel the preciousness of freedom. Now they finally feel the freedom that they couldn't feel at all in the past, the freedom that they couldn't really enjoy, they have been liberated, they have been liberated, they have been liberated by Wang Guorui, this is the freedom they have really obtained. (To be continued.) )