Chapter 2136 The Flower War (Forty-four)

According to the crime silver system established by Heshen and Zhongtang, in addition to the unforgivable crimes designated by the emperor, some crimes can be replaced by fines, including the death penalty. Depending on the family background of the person sentenced to death, 1,200 to 12,000 taels of silver can be used to pay for the life.

, a person sentenced to three years of exile can use 480 to 4800 taels of silver to offset the penalty.

However, in the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign, Heshen had just had his wedding and was still preparing for the imperial examination next year, so there was no such system at that time.

If they were exiled for a few years, the authorities would send them to work in mines and saltworks as laborers. But if they were exiled for life, they would be sent to the frontiers, usually in the northeast and northwest, where they would be enslaved by garrison soldiers.

Slavery was legal in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. An armored man in the Northeast could have 10-12 slaves. These soldiers could be rented out like animals to landowners who lacked manpower. Often these people who could not bear to be enslaved would suddenly rise up to rebel and kill the oppressors.

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In the northwest, city defenses and canals are being built. The uninhabited Gobi Desert is the best prison. Unless the escapee has a strong ability to survive in the wild, if he does not know the way and runs into the vast sea, he will soon be trapped in the desert.

He fell to death in the yellow sand due to lack of water and turned into white bones like the camels, horses and people.

Since the Kongque River was diverted, many ancient cities along the line have been abandoned and abandoned, becoming so-called "ghost cities." However, the absence of water on the ground does not mean that the groundwater has also been exhausted. Well water can still be found in some abandoned ruins. In addition,

Just look for trees that are still growing green leaves. If they are alive, it proves that there is water underground. You can often find it after digging deeply.

The desert is solitary and the sun is setting over the long river. When there are no sandstorms, there is no wind. If you have to work under the scorching sun, you will soon suffer from heatstroke. In that case, there will be no conflicts between people.

The conflict with nature is so intense, but when Lin Yuhua first arrived in XJ, someone did tell him to "take good care of" him.

How could a scholar do such physical work?

It is relatively rare for a scholar to be assigned to XJ. Ji Xiaolan was demoted to XJ. He was still an official of the imperial court and usually worked in the court.

The road to the "Western Heaven" was not peaceful either. Tang Monk was accompanied by Sun Xingzhe, Marshal Tianpeng, and General Shulian when he was studying for scriptures. There were no "apprentices" like Lin Yuhua, but he encountered many monsters. Tang Monk arrived in front of the Tathagata to cultivate.

After getting the positive result, Lin Yuhua wanted to build the city defense. At this time, Ji Xiaolan's original post-style WLMQ found him.

Who wants to stay in a place like that for a lifetime. WLMQ is not from the Western Regions. Ever since he arrived at WLMQ with the army, he has had a feeling of "accepting his fate". He is probably going to die of old age in that place. He happened to be promoted when he found Lin Yuhua.

The original post-printing position of head of the printing house became vacant, so he took Lin Yuhua out of the hard labor camp.

In the forty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, Ji Yun had already become the Minister of Rites. During the forty-five years of Qianlong's southern tour, he accompanied him. At this time, he still had the strength to save a former student.

Some people will say harsh words, "I won't let you go even if I become a ghost." This is the relationship between Lin Yuhua and those who harmed him. Although Lin Yuhua did not really become a ghost after death, those who harmed him

People thought he was dead. Lin Yuhua was imprisoned for seven months before departure. He had already lost half his life. In the harsh environment of the northwest, it was abnormal for a weak scholar not to die.

Lin Yuhua not only survived, but also wrote a poem on his way back to Fuzhou:

Five hundred grains of silver is too little. I can't bear to sweep away the famous teachings.

Do you know that it's good for you, God? But when I return, I will come again.

Those people thought they could get a clean life with 500 grains of silver, and they lived comfortably for many years. Suddenly, they heard that a man who had died a long time ago came back, and they were so scared that they couldn't sleep at night. But they didn't ask Taoist priests to exorcise ghosts.

The Taoist priest has no use at this time.

Changji is the transliteration of "Yangji", which means "field garden" in Mongolian. It already existed in the Western Han Dynasty and was the only way to pass through the ancient Silk Road.

The lake area is rich in water and grass, suitable for grazing, so there were so many horses in the city during the Changji rebellion.

Changji did not have a city wall at the beginning. In the 27th year of Qianlong's reign, the city began to be built. The cities in small cities in the Western Regions were generally built with rammed earth, which required digging. When digging the earth to build the city, someone dug out the city wall.

Weird embroidered shoes.

At that time, the tribes stationed in western Mongolia were collectively called Erut. None of them had the habit of foot binding. The red embroidered shoe they found was only three inches long, and the arch of the foot was curved. It was obviously worn by Han women. How could there be one like this?

Where are the embroidered shoes buried more than five feet underground in Changji?

If it is a cemetery, there should be bones. If the bones are all rotted away, why do these embroidered shoes still look like new ones? And there is only one shoe, but where is the other one?

The workers did not dare to continue digging. Di Renjie, no, it was Ji Xiaolan who became more and more suspicious of the Taoist priest, so he and his colleague Chen Tiqiao interrogated the person who reported the reporter.

That man was a clerk at a hotel in the city. The Taoist priest usually lived in the hotel where he worked. Every night before going to bed, the Taoist priest would take out his gourd and pour out two black pills. One night, the clerk saw that

There were three people lying on the Taoist priest's bed, both of them women.

At first, he ridiculed the Taoist priest. Even though the Taoist priest was not like a monk and could get married, he took two of them and still slept outside. However, at dawn, he was the only one who came out of the Taoist priest's house, and the other two girls disappeared.

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The waiter thought that the two girls had gone back, but then one night, the Taoist priest poured out the pills, and the two girls appeared in the Taoist priest's bed again, and the Taoist priest was alone the next day.

The boy asked him where the girl had gone. The Taoist priest said no, and the boy told the boss.

Human trafficking was very common in the Qing Dynasty, but not everyone acquiesced in this phenomenon, especially since WLMQ is located on the border. Do Taoist priests want to sell girls abroad?

So the clerk and the boss sued the Taoist priest together, but they couldn't produce evidence to prove that the Taoist priest was trafficking in people, so they accused him of using sorcery.

At that time, people in the northwest believed that eating horse meat could break the witchcraft. It happened that a horse died in the military camp, so the man asked the Taoist priest whether he should eat it, and the Taoist priest said no.

Putting aside the authenticity of the rumors about horse meat breaking magic and the clerk's confession, Ji Xiaolan went directly to Wen Fu and the two discussed and handled the matter together.

In the soul-calling case, the arrested suspect would confess to others indiscriminately in order to avoid suffering physical pain. In the end, neither "Zhang Siru" nor "Zhu Shijiang" found this person, and it was the suspect who made it up randomly. General Wen believes that if the interrogation is poor

In the end, it would lead to catastrophe, but he also opposed the deportation method proposed by Ji Xiaolan and Chen Tiqiao.

If this Taoist priest goes to other places, he may cause trouble. According to border customs, people with suspicious behavior should be questioned and searched. If there is evidence, they should be handed over to the competent authorities. If there is no evidence, they will be sent back to their place of origin with an official document, so that he cannot confuse the people.

, if he was arrested elsewhere and he confessed to having stayed at WLMQ, but WLMQ officials just expelled him, who would bear the responsibility?

Both Ji Xiaolan and Chen Tiqiao thought this method was feasible, so they found the Taoist's ultimatum and drove him back to the mainland.

As for the embroidered shoe, it was thought that someone had buried it as a prank, and the rest of the people continued the construction.

"What's the matter?" Bonaparte suddenly asked.

Georgiana made no answer.

She remembered the pair of sandals belonging to Nefertari in the Louvre, which led her to walk for a while, as if someone was wearing them.

"Two shoes, two girls," she whispered.

Bonaparte thought for a moment, then scoffed.

Georgiana didn't try to persuade him and continued reading this travelogue that she didn't know was true or false.
Chapter completed!