In November of the first year of Xiande, the Yellow River burst its banks and flooded the border of Yunzhou, causing damage to the surrounding Puzhou and Yanzhou.
Luo Youdu sat in the courtroom, looking at the five thieves who had been beaten and unable to get up, and sighed. This world is already difficult, but God actually joined in the fun.
These five thieves escaped from Puzhou.
Because he was very hungry, he secretly killed people's pigs in the suburbs, beat up the people in the village, and reported him to the official.
Faced with this situation, Luo Youdu could only choose to put the thief in prison. He would at least have a bite to eat in the prison, and he would either starve to death or continue to commit crimes. He might be beaten to death, or he might have to pay for his life by resisting and committing murder.
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Regarding those who lost livestock, Luo Youdu once again showed off his peacemaker skills: "Look at how they beat you, if they attack you more harshly, it will be a human life. It is true that they are wrong in the first place. After all, the crime will not lead to death. It really means killing a human life."
, you feel sorry for yourself, don’t you? I think even if you take off the clothes that cover their bodies, it won’t be enough money to accompany the pigs. Otherwise, when they come out of prison, you will punish them to do hard work for you? "
The eyes of the people who reported to the official were looking at me, and finally they fell on an old man.
He is the elder of the village.
The old man and his father sighed and said: "Forget it, forget it, we are all poor people, let's leave it like that. I, the official, will resign."
Not long after Luo Youdu returned to his office, the voice of Gao Ze, the promotion official of Kaifeng Prefecture, came.
"Brother Luo, please go to court."
The duties of the Kaifeng Prefecture officials are to maintain local security and arrest thieves.
If they catch thieves or common people fighting, they will hand them over to Luo Youdu, a legal officer who joins the army for trial.
Due to long-term contact, the relationship between them is quite harmonious.
Luo Youdu stood up again and asked: "What's going on?"
Gao Ze said: "Two groups of beggars fought on West Street and disrupted many stalls. The specific reason will only be known after Brother Luo's investigation. It is probably because of the turf war!"
Luo Youdu said hello and walked to the Kaifeng Mansion Hall.
"Snapped!"
As Luo Youdu's alarm sounded, more than ten beggars in ragged clothes entered the court under the escort of the government officials.
Luo Youdu scanned the hall and found more than ten beggars divided into two waves. One wave looked relaxed and showed no fear. The other wave was shrinking, obviously fearful of him as an official.
This Kaifeng Prefecture Cao has been in the army for a few months, and he has encountered many "beggars" as a profession.
Most of them are lazy people with a clear organization. They usually live on charity from others and do some petty theft from time to time.
People like this are not afraid if they are caught. They treat the prison as a free canteen and a dormitory.
Really delicious hob meat.
They are not aware of the terrible accumulation of criminal records. They only think that they are just being detained for a while, and they don't care about the extra criminal stains on their already shabby household registration books.
Luo Youdu asked the group of cowering beggars, "What's going on? Why are they fighting in the street?"
The group of beggars cowered for a moment and could not answer because of fear.
But a beggar from another group said: "They are taking our territory..."
"Snapped!"
As soon as the alarm bell sounded, Luo Youdu said: "If you disturb the court, give me twenty sticks!"
He really looked down on this kind of beggar.
There is no shame in begging for a living. People will always encounter difficulties. In these troubled times, if you can survive, you have to be able to do it without shame. But when you have the hands, feet and strength, treat begging as a profession that you can rely on to survive.
That's hateful.
After beating him with a twenty-burning fire stick, the beggars who looked like flesh on a hob immediately became frightened.
"We came from Yanzhou and just wanted to beg for food."
Luo Youdu looked at the beggar who had the courage to speak, and his face suddenly changed. He thought of a question, and said hurriedly: "How many of you are there, and what is the situation in Yanzhou now?"
"I don't know. The flood flooded our village. I don't know if anyone escaped. A few of us escaped by going into the mountains and trampling on medicinal materials. Thinking that there is food here in Bianjing, we came here first.
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Luo Youdu was too lazy to ask any more questions. It was obvious that this group of refugees had a conflict in the city with this group of beggars who regarded West Street as their own territory over land grabs, so they directly asked the government officials to temporarily imprison them.
He hurried back to the office and found an old map of the Tang Dynasty's territory from the bookshelf in the room.
I read a lot of this book on war and spent some time studying the map.
He didn't bother to find the latest map, but just randomly got an old map of the Tang Dynasty. The map was from the Li Zhi period, and the territory was drawn to East Asia.
Soon he found Puzhou and Yanzhou on the map. They were not far from Bianzhou on the map.
Bianzhou was the name Kaifeng was called in the Tang Dynasty, so Kaifeng was also called Bianjing.
"Zhang Jin, if you have an acquaintance at Kaifeng Pier, go and investigate whether there have been many refugees mixed into the city recently. Also, whether there are any refugee gatherings on both sides of the waterway to and from Kaifeng."
Zhang Jin has joined the Kaifeng Prefecture Yamen Team Leader.
It was his hand that used twenty burning fire sticks to beat the beggar.
At this moment, I got the order and set off immediately.
Zhang Jin was quick with his movements and returned within half an hour.
Luo Youdu also got the expected answer and strode towards Cui Yan's office.
Cui Yan has been living a very comfortable life recently.
Luo Youdu tried all the cases that could be tried. As the top leader, he had nothing to do. With a high salary, he sipped tea and read books every day, contentedly.
"Cui Daizhi, I suspect that tens of thousands of refugees are about to arrive in Kaifeng. We must prepare in advance. Otherwise, they will have conflicts with the local residents, which will inevitably lead to trouble. Today, the official has tried two cases because of the refugees.
And there are derivative cases. This should be the first wave, some people with fast legs and no family members to drag them down. The second wave is those who bring their families with them, and the third wave is the old, weak, women and children behind. I looked at the map of the disaster area
, there is no particularly big city, Kaifeng is the only and most promising place for refugees to get food. They will definitely come..."
Cui Yan looked shocked and lost his voice: "No way! Don't be alarmist, Luo Canjun! The Yellow River burst its embankments and the imperial court has sent Prime Minister Li to Yunzhou to supervise the construction of river embankments and provide relief to the victims."
Luo Youdu said anxiously: "This is not alarmist. After the disaster spread to Kaifeng, the government made plans to send officials to rescue the disaster. It has been a long time. The victims cannot just stay where they are and wait for rescue. That will only lead to death.
Only by spreading out and looking for food can you have a chance of survival. Kaifeng is definitely the first choice in the hearts of all disaster victims. Now that it has begun to take shape, it is time to prepare."
"When the second and third batches of victims arrive, it will be a mess. We must make first-hand preparations as soon as possible... Cui Daizhi, disaster relief has nothing to do with our Kaifeng Prefecture, but the Kaifeng Prefecture has the authority to take charge of all people's livelihood in Kaifeng.
It is a trivial matter, and the gathering of refugees will bring immeasurable harm to people's livelihood. We have an obligation to meet with the officials for the sake of the people of Kaifeng and let the officials make preparations in advance."