Chapter Ninety-Six: Punishing Slaves
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In Situ Xing's view, the power of Daqian's laws and orders is like a network program in later generations, and the Legalist disciples are the administrators of program maintenance.
With the improvement of the status of the great Qianlong, the authority in the hands of the administrator will also be improved.
But the ultimate authority for the program will always be in the hands of the maker of the program and the master of the empire.
Situ Xing is still a talented position, belonging to the lowest level of the bureaucratic system of big cadres, borrowing the energy of the legal network is limited, and he wants to obtain higher authority in the legal network, pass the imperial examination, obtain the professional position, and finally enter the court as an official.
According to Situ Xing's prediction, after becoming an official official of the Daqian Dynasty, his legalist rank will also be promoted from a first-class legal disciple to a second-class legal priest.
"Master Situ, I don't accept it!"
Situ Xing was reading a book, and from time to time he used a brush to write his own opinions and annotations on the book.
There was a sudden quarrel outside, and Situ put down the manuscript and walked to the hall in some surprise.
I saw Yang Shou standing in the hall with a dark face, a young servant with a slippery face kneeling on the ground, shouting loudly.
Many of the servants gathered around the hall, sympathetic or resentful, and although they did not dare to enter the hall, their eyes kept watching every move inside.
There was no joy or sorrow on Situ Xing's face, and he sat there quietly, as if it was a big mountain, pressing on everyone's hearts. Even the slave who was shouting injustice couldn't help but look stunned. The tone and expression are quite restrained.
"What's going on, why is it so noisy?"
Situ Xing didn't look at the slave, looked at Yang Shou, and asked lightly.
"Returning to the master of the family, this slave stole the property of the master's family, was caught on the spot, and the stolen goods were captured, and according to the provisions of the family law, he should be sentenced to twenty canes and expelled from the house. ”
Yang Shou saw that Situ Xing's face was gloomy and a little unswerving, so he hurriedly replied.
Family rules are formulated, and the power of rules envelops the house. Situ Xing's understanding of the Legalists has deepened, and his majesty has become more and more serious, not to mention ordinary servants, even when he sometimes faces Situ Xing, he has a sense of anxiety in his heart.
"Everyone gets the stolen goods, according to the family rules, it should be so. Do you have something to say?"
Situ Xing's face sank as he looked at the slave who knelt on the ground.
Mao Xiaoliu looked at Situ Xing's cold eyes, couldn't help swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva, and then suppressed the fear in his heart, and then said tremblingly: "Back to Master Situ, I stole the property of the master's family, but I only stole a copper coin, and it was the first time to steal, the crime is not like this, please be merciful." ”
"That's it, it's just a copper coin, General Yang is too serious. ”
"That is, how can a copper coin be considered theft?"
"A copper coin, sentenced to twenty canes, expelled from the house, is too severe. ”
"It's chilling... ”
The family outside looked at Mao Xiaoliu who was kneeling on the ground, and suddenly felt a feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and whispered secretly.
Yang Shou listened to the discussion outside, his face couldn't help but become more ugly, Mao Xiaoliu also heard the discussion outside, a trace of happiness flashed in his eyes, and the fear in his heart was greatly reduced.
"It's just a copper coin, and you will be sentenced to twenty canes and expelled from the house, which is too harsh. ”
"Is that really the case?"
Situ Xing sat on the top, and naturally heard the discussion outside. But there was no change in expression on his face, so that people could not see what was in his heart.
When the slaves outside saw that the master of the house did not object, they became more and more emboldened. The sound was getting louder and louder, and even Yang Shou and the others in the hall could hear it.
"Yes, sir!"
Mao Xiaoliu received the support of his colleagues, and seeing that there was no look of disgust and disgust on Situ Xing's face, he said boldly.
"It's so bold! There are still no rules in the mansion, who is so bold to wait?"
Situ Xing's face suddenly became cold, although his tone was not high, but there was a terrifying power, Mao Xiaoliu only felt that his heart was grabbed fiercely, and he no longer dared to be as presumptuous as just now, even the slaves outside were worried in their hearts:
"One dollar a day, a thousand dollars a thousand days, water drops and stones are worn, and ropes are sawed and wood is broken. “
"If a small evil is not punished, there will be a big disaster!"
"Don't take the good as small and do nothing, don't take the evil small and do it. ”
Seeing that everyone's voices were quiet, Situ Xing's voice sounded again, although his voice was not loud, but in everyone's ears, it was like thunder, and there was an indescribable majesty.
"The water drops through the stones, and the rope saws the wood. ”
As Situ Xing's words landed, a picture naturally appeared in everyone's hearts, one by one stalagmites hung upside down above the cave, and at the tip of the stalagmite, a drop of water slowly dripped down. Underneath the droplets is a hard, iron-like rock, and the soft droplets fall on the rock, instantly splashing everywhere.
As the days go by, I don't know how many years have passed, the hard stone is smoothed by the soft droplets, pierced through the hole, and a deep black hole appears on the stone plane.
"Whew!"
Everyone looked at the picture in front of them with some horror, who would have thought that the softest water droplets could penetrate the hardest rock.
Call!
It's horrible!
Don't take the good as small, don't take the evil as small.
"This Mao Xiaoliu is really not wronged when he was beaten. ”
Thinking of this, everyone's sympathy for Mao Xiaoliu was gone.
Mao Xiaoliu also thought of that scene, his face was pale with fright, his eyes were straight, and Situ was like a high mountain, which made him breathless.
A belly full of flowery intestines and a single-minded ghost trick, under the majesty of Situ Punishment, he didn't even dare to use it. I don't dare to quibble for myself.
"What else do you have to say. ”
Situ Xing didn't look at it, and continued to ask in a cold voice.
"The minion has nothing to say!"
Mao Xiaoliu was sweating with profuseness on his face, and he wanted to open his mouth to argue, but he found that he had nothing to say, so he could only bow his head and confess his guilt.
"Since there is nothing to say, and the family law is triggered, you will be punished. Yang Shou, you will be executed in person today. ”
As Mao Xiaoliu confessed, the slaves who pleaded for Mao Xiaoliu just now showed embarrassment and repentance on their faces. Situ Xing commanded in a low voice.
"No!"
A cold light flashed in Yang Shou's eyes, and he lowered his head and agreed.
The samurai have long been gearing up and ready. As soon as Situ finished his order, the two warriors stepped forward and pressed Mao Xiaoliu to the ground, Yang Shou held the torture staff in his hand, and under the gaze of everyone, he hit Mao Xiaoliu's buttocks hard.
As the torture rod fell, Mao Xiaoliu's face showed a painful look, and he could still grit his teeth and endure it in front, but in the end, he couldn't help it, and howled loudly in front of everyone.
Yang Shou would not let his hands go soft because he howled in pain, and the round wooden stick fell heavily, and within a few blows, his back was beaten to the flesh and blood.
A few of the timid servants turned their heads and did not dare to look again.
The onlookers either showed unbearable, uneasy, resentful, or frightened looks in their eyes, but whether it was a maid or a little maid, they had enough awe of the family rules and laws in their hearts to dare not touch them.
Situ Xing sat quietly on the main seat, looking at everything in front of him expressionlessly.
Shocking people with torture is what Situ wants to see the most.
A trace of the power of order intertwined in the void, more stable and reliable.