In the next few days, in addition to formulating and testing the exercise items under his command, Zhou Changfeng submitted an application to the Navy Department of the Ministry of War to join the Spanish military expedition.

In addition, he also wrote a short article on the experience of suppressing bandits, entitled "A Brief Discussion on the Use of Gunboats and Aircraft in Public Security and Stability Maintenance."

After that, with the end of the five-day exercise, those scattered bandits were also found out seven or eight people in the past few days, and as for the rest... The meaning of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is that it is not to be taken care of, and the few remnants of the bandits will not be able to make waves.

On the morning of February 18.

Last night, a fine, dense, yarn-like spring rain fell on Yiling Prefecture, so the air this morning can be described as extremely fresh.

Zhou Changfeng, who was dressed in regular clothes, carried his saber on his waist and rode to the Dharma field.

It was already a crowded place, and many people had to walk through the mud to watch the execution, even before dawn.

Since ancient times, according to traditional Chinese rules, any death penalty under the whole world theoretically requires the imperial approval of the emperor.

For example, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, any death penalty case in the country must be sent to the capital, tried by the criminal department, and then reviewed by the Dali Temple, and then handed over to the imperial front, and the emperor's imperial pen circle drew the autumn queen beheading list, and in this process, the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervised the whole process.

This seems to be extremely fair and fair, and there are often few death penalty cases throughout the year during the Taiping Dynasty, but in fact, there is a word called "death by deprivation" in ancient times, which refers to death in prison without explanation.

As long as the county magistrate is willing, he can detain people in the class room without convicting them, just lock them up, and then ask his family for "filial piety", otherwise this person will die "inexplicably".

Of course, ancient times are ancient, and the current Ming Dynasty... It is still better in this respect, because after all, modernization in all aspects is on the right track.

Interestingly, the Ming Dynasty still retains the traditional operating mechanism to a large extent in the case handling process, which is quite praised by Westerners as "incredibly rigorous and fair".

The crimes of the bandits are too numerous to mention, but in the spirit of fairness and justice of the rule of law, the 30 or so bandits who were captured were carefully screened one by one, because many of them were fugitives from previous cases.

The Yiling Prefecture magistrate publicly sentenced all the bandits to death, except for three who were "executed after the autumn", the rest were "never waited".

Now the grass-roots judicial power of the Ming Dynasty has been split from the county, the prefecture, and the prefect, and the magistrate has a complete judicial adjudication power, and this official position has been expanded from the ancient prefecture-level subordinate officials to the county level.

After hearing the verdict, the people who were watching nearby cheered in unison, and the crowd cheered one after another.

"This is unprecedented, for how long? Three quarters of an hour? Xue Can, who was full of interest, asked with a look left and right.

Zhou Changfeng raised his hand and looked at his watch, "An hour and four minutes." ”

At least in this matter of much attention, the Ming government and the imperial court have shown extraordinary efficiency.

The Yiling Prefecture government reported the verdict to the Criminal Department across levels, then reviewed it in Dali Temple, and then stayed at the emperor's place for a short time, and soon issued a decree agreeing to the summary execution.

The gloomy clouds dissipated, the sky cleared, the warm sun shone onto the earth, and a rainbow seemed to appear in the moist and fresh air.

The two Taoists in charge of the sub-patrol road and the military preparation road in the areas around Guizhou and Yiling Prefecture also made a special trip to "watch the punishment", and they were naturally extremely disgusted with these bandits who had smeared their political achievements.

So under the witness and record of a number of newspaper reporters, the Yiling Prefecture police escorted the bandits with their hands tied behind their backs and the death cards behind their backs to the middle of the court, and lined up one after another.

In the outskirts, the military police platoons of the 1st Marine Regiment hovered with submachine guns and automatic guns, the barrels of which were baked blue and glowed coldly in the sunlight.

"Tie their pants tight, damn it, or they'll be!"

"The lottery is over, right? The person who draws the lot gets the bullet. ”

The police officers who carried out the execution were divided into two groups, each receiving a round of ammunition, standing one step behind the condemned prisoner and shooting at the back.

After one person shoots, the other person refills the gun to prevent deliberately not hitting the fatal part because of a mistake in shaking his hand or being secretly bribed.

Zhou Changfeng also saw that many people brought their children to watch the excitement, and there were many children riding on their father's shoulders pointing and asking this and that.

Co-authored, this has become a characteristic parent-child activity of Daming, right?

"It's almost, just now, Ming Zheng's punishment, prepare for execution!"

"Yes."

Some of the condemned prisoners were trembling, some were staring blankly and muttering to themselves.

However, there are also people who are alive, knowing that they are going to die, and shouting loudly that this life is happy and worth it!

"It's worth your mother's legs, stupid hanging!"

"Ready... Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! ”

The abstract law of punishment is coldly embodied at this moment—a rifle bullet of several thousand joules burrows through the back and tears a large hole in the chest, and the ground is splattered with blood.

And so on and so forth, and the bandits were shot one by one.

Soon, there was a corpse lying on the ground.

In the fresh air after the rain, the smell of fish and blood is particularly pungent and disgusting.

In addition to the thirty-two people who were executed, three others were sentenced to be executed after the autumn, which is equivalent to a suspended death.

In the process of spot checks and interrogations, more serious problems were discovered - how could the British also secretly muddy the waters?

After the report was reported, the Foreign Investigation Factory quickly sent people to participate in the investigation.

The infiltration of the British into the Ming Dynasty and the encouragement and support of people with ulterior motives have been common in recent years, and the foreign factory has handled it with ease after taking over.

However, the 1st Marine Regiment did not stay long, and was soon ready to return.

"Teams board the bus in turn!"

"Keep an eye on your own stuff and don't leave it behind!"

At noon, in the Yilingzhou Railway Station, two military trains had completed the filling of coal and water, and were ready to start, and the soldiers were boarding the train one after another.

Last night, the Zhizhou, the Prefecture Tongzhi and other officials also organized a sacrifice with the local gentry and merchants, and there were all kinds of big fish and meat, but they could not drink happily, because the 1st Marine Regiment had to leave the next day.

The officials and people of Yiling Prefecture were very surprised by this unit that "came quickly, did it quickly, and went quickly." Because of the banditry, troops were often transferred here in three to five years.

However, it was the first time that such a forceful, crisp, and unobtrusive force had ever seen it.

Zhizhou, who came to see him off, was quite emotional, at first they all felt that this army from afar should also suffer a lot, but they really didn't expect it to be solved in a few days.

Merchants are more comfortable, and in the past they had to worry about looting their goods and goods, but now it seems that they can finally rest assured and bold.

In addition to being happy, they decided to send a Wanmin umbrella and a plaque, but because of the rush of time, the two days of night fighting and all-night work were completed.

Push a group of friends' works, if you are interested, you can take a look.

(End of chapter)