After several quarrels and repeated revisions among the staff and officials, the "Civil Code" and the "Criminal Code" were finalized and published in Xuzhou, and the "Prohibition of Weapons" was also published at the same time as the two codes.

There is nothing more prestige than quelling a rebellion, at this time, Liu Ze not only sat firmly in the position of Xuzhou Mu, but also reached its peak in the five counties of Xuzhou, and no one dared to hold his edge. Under these circumstances, Liu Ze used semi-coercive means to implement the three decrees, and although there was widespread resistance among the people, especially the scholars, no one dared to follow in Xiao Jian's footsteps, and the decrees were carried out smoothly.

The content of the rule of law by means of human rule made Liu Ze a little crying and laughing, the concept is originally a deep-rooted thing, and it is not easy to break the old concept and erect a new concept, but someone has to come to eat the crab, Liu Ze has made up his mind, he has eaten the first bite of the crab.

At the same time, the verdicts of Xiao Jian, Cao Hong, Wang Jun, and Lu Yang were also issued, and Xiao Jian and the other four were sentenced to the crime of rebellion, executed, and confiscated all their property. In line with the principle that the first evil must be punished and coerced and never asked, all the nearly 10,000 captives who participated in the rebellion were exempted from the death penalty, but although the death penalty was exempted, the living crime could not be escaped, and more than 10,000 prisoners were sent to the tuntian camp.

As for Tao Ying, Jin Yingwei found out that Tao Ying was tricked by Xiao Jian and others into participating in the rebellion, and Tao Ying did not participate in the planning of the entire organization and planning process. Therefore, it was determined that Tao Ying was not the main culprit, and naturally he was exempted from the death penalty, and was sentenced to be guilty of a crime, and he was not allowed to leave Tao Mansion for the rest of his life.

Dealing with Tao Ying is indeed a headache, and according to the provisions of the Criminal Code, Tao Ying is a capital crime. But if Liu Ze executes Tao Ying, he will be criticized by everyone in the world, and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge for unkindness may be regarded as the lightest scolding. Tao Qian's friendship with Liu Ze's acquaintance, Liu Ze undoubtedly had an extra responsibility on his shoulders when he accepted Xuzhou - to protect the Tao family. Although Tao Ying committed the crime of great rebellion. But in any case, Liu Ze could not put him to death.

Many of Xuzhou's former ministers pleaded with Liu Ze one after another, asking him to excuse Tao Ying from the death penalty in front of the recently deceased Tao Envoy. The potter even knelt in front of Liu Ze, burst into tears, and pleaded earnestly with Liu Ze.

Liu Ze was indeed very embarrassed. The Penal Code has just been promulgated. If the first case is a case of favoritism. The implementation of the three major laws will inevitably be overshadowed. But if Tao Ying was really to be executed with the name of injustice, Liu Ze could not accept it, Tao Qian's kindness was greater than heaven. The last words of his last wish are still in his ears, Liu Ze is a person who values love and righteousness, and it is impossible to be ungrateful and ungrateful to kill the killer no matter what.

Fortunately, Pan Feng's review of the case has a favorable side to Tao Ying, Tao Ying did not take the initiative to participate in this rebellion incident, but was lured by Xiao Jian to get involved in it, for the organization, planning and action of the rebellion, although Tao Ying participated but did not bear the main responsibility, should be classified as an accomplice.

The conviction of Tao Ying is quite crucial, the first evil must be severely punished, not punished is not enough to anger the people, and not punished is not enough to deter the remaining evils, but the accomplice can be opened. Of course, Tao Ying could not be sent to the Tuntian camp like other captives, and after a collegial discussion, it was unanimously decided that Tao Ying should be exempted from the death penalty, cut down the knight and removed from office, and placed under house arrest in Tao Mansion, and was not allowed to leave Tao Mansion for the rest of his life.

Such a result is undoubtedly the best result for the Tao family, although Tao Ying was deprived of his official title and never did anything in his career, but at least he can still live, and he can also pass on the incense to the Tao family, Mrs. Gan cried with joy after hearing the news.

Also crying with joy were Xiao Jian and others who were sentenced to death. After the failure of the rebellion, Xiao Jian and the others were imprisoned in a dark prison, and they knew very well what awaited them. Turning over the history books, the punishment of the rebels is shocking, the car cracks, digging the heart, the cannon branding, Ling Chi, and the annihilation of the three clans, Xiao Jian doesn't know what kind of capital punishment Liu Ze will impose on them.

Do you want to say that Xiao Jian regrets it? No, wealth has always been in danger, Xiao Jian himself rebelled with the determination to kill himself, and if he didn't succeed, he would become benevolent, and the strict punishment and law had never stopped the desire of careerists. Xiao Jian's only regret is that he still has two young sons, but he is about to be connected by him, the Xiao family has a door of incense, because of him, and he really has no shame to see the ancestors of the Xiao family under the nine springs.

Finally waited for his death sentence, not a car split, not Ling Chi, not beheading, but hanging, a way to die that could keep the whole body. Xiao Jian didn't care about what kind of death method he had, anyway, it didn't make much difference if he died, at most it would add a little pain. But when he learned that the three clans of the Xiao family had not been punished, he burst into tears with excitement, and knelt down in the direction of the state pastor's mansion for a long time, and cried loudly: "Xie Liu makes Jun Virtuous great!" ”

As for how the death penalty should be applied, most people preferred to split the car, which was the standard punishment for felons who rebelled against them. But when Liu Ze was in Luoyang, he witnessed the process of the car splitting Ma Yuanyi, and he still remembers the tragic scene vividly, it was too cruel and inhumane! Therefore, Liu Ze did not intend to carry out torture such as car splitting and Ling Chi, but the death penalty such as beheading was too ordinary and could not deter the people.

Liu Ze had an idea, and thought of the gallows in the Middle Ages in Europe, the tall and standing gallows, the black and solemn execution scenes, and the corpses suspended in mid-air, the picture was quite shocking. Hanging was not uncommon in ancient China, and it was a relatively mild death sentence, also known as hanging, but it was mostly used in private occasions, which was essentially different from hanging prisoners on the gallows, so Liu Ze decided to publicly execute Xiao Jian and the other four people on the gallows in the eastern suburbs of the city, and at the same time posted notices for the public to go and watch.

On the day of the execution, the eastern suburbs of Xuzhou were crowded with people, and the people of Xuzhou poured out of the city to see Liu Zhoumu's latest and strange way of executing prisoners. The tall gallows were solemn and solemn, the executioners were all dressed in black, and the prisoners who were escorted up were also dressed in black, and the heavy handcuffs and shackles made them stagger.

Xuzhou's prison officer Cao served as today's prison officer, and after verifying his identity, he ordered: "Prepare for execution!" "The jailers who escorted the prisoners removed the handcuffs and shackles and tied their hands behind their backs, and the executioners, who were not yet skilled in knotting ropes, put them around the necks of the four prisoners, each with two sandbags tied to his feet.

The prison cao asked them one by one if they had any last words, and Wang Jun and Lu Yang were already as dead as ashes, trembling like chaff, dripping with chaff in their crotch, and their lips trembling and unable to speak. Cao Hong was very unscrupulous, and swept Wang Jun and Lu Yang on the left and right with disdain, and said proudly: "The prince who is a prince and a loser, there is no fear of death, and he will be a good man after twenty years!" ”

Xiao Jian's face was full of gloom at this time, and he said abruptly: "The old man plotted rebellion, the crime should be like this, it is not a pity to die, please ask the prison Cao to send a message to my two unscrupulous children, let them behave for themselves, and don't repeat the mistakes of the old man." ”

Prison Cao nodded in response, saw that the time had come, and shouted: "Execution!" ”

The executioner pulled the mechanism at the same time, and the planks under the feet of the four prisoners all opened with a bang, and their bodies were kicked straight together with the thick ropes, and the faces of the four were instantly twisted and became hideous and terrifying, and the crowd of onlookers suddenly erupted in exclamation, and everyone was terrified.

Then the four bodies were hung there and exposed for three days. This gallows, which was not dismantled afterwards, has been standing on the wilderness of the eastern suburbs, where it has undoubtedly become the most terrifying place, people passing by have to take a detour, and the terrifying appearance of Xiao Jian and the other four when they are dying makes people shudder from time to time. Many children cry, and adults just need to say the last sentence and cry again and send you to the eastern suburbs, and the children are immediately silent.

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Cai Yan put the sorted out text on Liu Ze's desk, and said softly: "Husband, you have to pay attention to your body, you have to work so hard day and night, be careful of being tired." "Cai Yan, the secretary, did an extremely competent job, and she organized the information transmitted by Jin Yingwei in an orderly manner, which was entirely due to her extremely high literary literacy and unforgettable ability.

Liu Ze raised his head, looked out the window and saw that it was already twilight, put down his pen, rubbed his stiff neck, and smiled apologetically: "Don't say it, my neck is really sour." In the past few days, Liu Ze has been busy with the aftermath of the rebellion and the revision and promulgation of the three decrees, no matter how big or small, either he is sitting on the desk or convening his subordinates to discuss matters, and he is almost busy every night until the rooster crows three times and the east is getting whiter before he has time to squint for half an hour, and after a few days in a row, he is indeed so tired that he has a sore back.

Cai Yan gently slapped him on the shoulder, and said: "Husband, I have never seen you as an official, but you are also the lord of a state, holding so many subordinates with so many subordinates, and letting them share some worries, you only have two hands alone, even if you work hard, you can't be busy." ”

Liu Ze smiled indifferently and said, "Yan'er, you still feel sorry for me the most, okay, when I'm done with this, I'll hand over the matter at hand to the following." I won't blame you for snubbing you these days. "The matter of the criminal and civil codes, Liu Ze can't be true or fake.

Cai Yan pursed his lips and smiled: "I don't blame you, but some people want to blame you." ”

"Who?"

"I don't know if you're really confused or pretending to be confused, you marry someone's bride into the door, ignore it, and let the family stay alone in the empty house, how can you not make the family resentful?" Cai Yan said with a smile. (To be continued......)