It is best to try the case of a powerful family oppressing the people, at least Liu Xiang thinks so.
Soldiers and crossbowmen came to arrest the people involved in the case. Those who dared to resist must have resisted arrest out of fear of crime. Their whole families were confiscated, and the relevant criminals were punished according to the law.
Those who dare not resist arrest will be tried in the main hall, robbed, seized property, raped women, killed and injured, just like that.
Explicit investigation and secret investigation? What is that?
Liu Xiangcai didn't bother. The people sued you for oppressing him, but you said you didn't? Come up with evidence and let these powerful sons of powerful families prove their innocence. Those who can't prove it will be punished according to the law.
What kind of spirit of rule of law is this?
Law enforcement officers have to work hard to collect evidence. If there is no evidence, they will be acquitted. Why?
Liu Xiang was a warlord, and he was not a judge. He asked the people to file complaints, not to demonstrate the justice of the law. He came to win the hearts and minds of the people. This was his purpose.
The purposes are different, and the natural methods are different.
As for those who can prove their innocence.
This is a good man. Come on, come on. I see that you are a talented person, so I will recruit you to be a scribe.
Not willing? You have something in your mind. This case still needs to be investigated. Those who testified for him should be investigated together.
There are the most cases of this kind and they are tried quickly.
The remaining ones are more complicated. This family occupies a few ridges of that family's land, and that family occupies a wall of this family's house. He steals your chickens and you pick his dates. This is a big headache.
They are all ordinary people, and it is not good for anyone to be biased. Send cavalry to the local area to investigate, inquire about the reputation and character of both parties involved, and re-measure according to the land deed.
In line with the principle of fairness, justice and openness, if the evidence is conclusive, compensation should be compensated and punishment should be punished; if the evidence is unclear, some consideration should be given to those with good character and weak family status based on their character and family strength.
The law is complicated, but it is really complicated. It would take a lifetime to learn all the legal provisions formulated in modern times.
To put it simply, it is really simple. Just one word: fair.
With a fair heart, most cases can be solved. There are so many shocking cases in the world, those so-called unjust, false and wrongful cases. The cases themselves are very simple. What is complicated is the human heart and various human feelings and sophistication.
The transaction of power and money means that officials protect each other.
None of this works well here in Liu Xiang.
In three days, he adjudicated more than 400 cases. The homes of eight powerful families were ransacked. Of the 27 officials in the country, only seven were still waiting in the lobby.
The peak period of people's appeals has finally passed, and then it is the daily office work of the government. Those seven survivors will be promoted to some scribes in the general's palace and disabled and retired veterans, and that's almost it.
There is a shortage of manpower, so let's make do with it. As for the newly recruited talents who came because of the recruitment order, of course they are brought with them for inspection. They will just make up for the gap of scribes and will be put into local government in the future. This is better than what he just did
It would be much better to raise troops. At least there are people available.
Liu Xiang tried the case for three days in Qiuguo, and then returned to his hometown. Here, there were scribes who sorted the files in advance, and the powerful families had basically escaped. The trial was completed in one day, but it was more difficult to arrest the criminals.
Okay, let's send out an official arrest warrant to show off and appease the people.
For four days, everyone was busy.
After the assessment, Gu'an County recruited 21,000 militiamen and promoted more than 300 regular soldiers. Qiu State recruited 11,000 militiamen and 50 regular soldiers.
All those who pass the assessment will be allocated fields first in their families. Those who fail to register and pass the assessment will be divided into the second batch, and the rest will not be divided.
Zhuo County had a large population and could not allocate land to everyone, so it had to find a reason to give priority to the people who supported him.
To worry not about scarcity but about inequality, there must be a justifiable reason. Liu Xiang can distribute the land equally to everyone according to their household registration, but how can he mobilize the people who support him? This place is different from other counties.
We haven't fully occupied Zhuo County yet.
Most of the people are unwilling to move. They have all divided their land. Who is willing to leave? How to immigrate to Guangyang County? How to organize farming and land reclamation?
Let’s differentiate.
Liu Xiang stood at the head of Gu'an City and watched the soldiers marching towards Zhuoxian.
He looked back to the west. Those powerful landowners who escaped must have passed the Wuruan Pass. It was a pity that they had lost a lot of money. He originally planned to pursue them at dawn, but turned around and forgot about them, which made him very upset.
"Oh! My old man, my brain is not working properly." He felt like he had lost 100 million.
"Why is my lord sighing?" Shi A was very puzzled. The army was marching out and the soldiers were marching to the horizon. He could see his heart surging. Why did his lord act like he didn't pay back the money owed to others?
"I lost a lot of money."
"Ah?" Shi A was even more confused. My lord didn't carry any money with him. How could he lose it?
Ignoring the confused Shi A, Liu Xiang turned around and went down to the city: "Leave a thousand militiamen to guard the city, and the rest of the people, hurry up and hurry up."
Therefore, neither An nor Qiu left large troops to defend the city. It was unnecessary. The Wuruan Pass defenders did not dare to move. If they could send troops, it would be a dream.
The troops of Qiuguo and Gu'an, totaling more than 60,000 people, rushed to the foot of Zhuoxian City three days later. They set up camp five miles south of the city and joined forces with the camp to the east of the city, completely surrounding the southeastern sides of Zhuoxian County.
Counting the civilians, there were 140,000 people, and they were camped together for more than 20 miles. The smoke from cooking stoves filled the air, oppressing the hearts of the Zhuoxian defenders like heavy clouds.
The whole Zhuo County was in trembling fear.
Liu Xiang did not attack the city. He first inspected various military camps and then went to the civilian camp.
I walked around and learned a lot about
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After looking at the specific situation, I discovered that Wang Xing is a genius.
These days, Wang Xing has been expanding the camp. If you give him some time, he can build another city outside Zhuoxian County.
He also built workshops and furnaces in the camp, built three hundred seven-shooter cannons, fired countless large and small stone bullets, and weaved countless sacks and bamboo baskets.
He also built thousands of oars, connected them in series, added shafts to the back, and harnessed oxen and horses to form a mobile camp. However, he did not find the opportunity to go into battle, and he did not know how effective it would be in actual combat.
There were not many moat bridges, ladders, and chariots, but there were hundreds of each. Wang Xing felt that there were enough for siege, so he stopped working and transferred his manpower to other equipment.
Recently, Wang Xing was studying bed crossbows. He cut down all the mulberry trees within a ten-mile radius and brought them all back to the camp. Unfortunately, the technical requirements for bed crossbows are a bit high, and several of the ones he built were not suitable for use.
He has been looking sad lately. When they first met, Liu Xiang thought he was too stressed and tired.
As a result, it was idle.
Wang Xing is really very idle, this is what he said himself.
"My lord, that old man Wen Shu is like an old turtle. No matter how hard he scolds the formation, he won't go out. He doesn't dare to divide his troops, so he expands the camp, builds equipment, and waits for the lord to return to attack the city."
Next to him, Yan Gang snickered and added: "Captain Wang is very busy every day, and he will soon become a general and a master craftsman."
Liu Xiang said jokingly: "Captain Wang has worked hard and made great achievements. When the battle is over, you will be promoted to the chief craftsman who will serve as the supervisor. There are only work officers as the general supervisor, and there is a shortage of a master craftsman to take charge."
"My lord, you are joking. A rough guy like this should just hang out in the army. I can't be a great craftsman."
Liu Xiang smiled, who knows what will happen in the future? Times make heroes, in this world, things always push people forward.
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