"We can take this opportunity to completely ban the Guandi Temple people." Mu Min is in charge of public security. According to the standards she adheres to, this matter is already a major security case, which will at least alert the provincial department. "Although our police
If the strength is insufficient, the national army can be mobilized to focus on the suppression and containment of various sinuses inside and outside the city..."
"No, our task now is not to eliminate the Guandi Temple troops." Lin Baiguang was originally a little eager to try, but now he has calmed down, "The Guandi Temple troops seem to be powerful, but they themselves have no economic ideas and
An evil gang with no political agenda. It is a group of lumpen proletarians who are paid to act as thugs. Letting them continue to roam around for a few days will not affect the overall situation. If we ban them now, these tens of thousands of people will burden us.
I just carried them on my back. Although the young and middle-aged beggars can be sent to labor reform, there are still a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled people who have to be resettled."
These old, weak, sick and disabled people must not only provide them with food and clothing for a long time, but also enable them to "support themselves" in the end. Facilities such as "poor workshops" and "new farms" must also be set up with a large number of equipment.
Management and care staff. This is a heavy burden for the new Guangzhou Municipal Government, which is short of both "human resources and financial resources".
"But if they are not eliminated, it will be difficult for Guangzhou's public security to fundamentally improve." Mu Min said, "Of all the various public security and small-scale criminal cases in the city, Guandi Temple people are involved in the highest proportion. Pickpocketing, trafficking in stolen goods, and human trafficking
, tomb robbers...are almost all involved with this gang."
"So we are going to take strict measures this time. It is also a warning to the Guandi Temple people and tells them to restrain themselves." Lin Baiguang said, "We must first treat the dental problems."
In the final analysis, the death of a few grain merchants would not do any harm to the Senate's rule, but it would give them a perfect excuse to rectify the dental industry.
Although Yaxing was notorious, they couldn't figure out what crimes they committed that could be punished. Now they took the initiative to bring a justifiable crime.
The strict rectification of Yaxing is not only because they have a monopoly on the rice and grain trade, which poses a potential threat to the Senate's next currency issuance, but also serves as a warning to various forces in the city: Don't riot at will and abuse violence.
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Things like the Guandi Temple men and horses attacking guild halls and business hotels and fighting are not new in Guangzhou. Even the Chaoshan businessmen who were victimized this time have done many similar things. In medieval society, due to the imperfect state machinery, government governance was
Poor ability, generally prone to abuse of violence. In central commercial cities like Guangzhou, businessmen compete for docks and wealth; the gentry and wealthy citizens hire a large number of bandits to fight for personal grudges or lawsuits. Except for
People from the Guandi Temple, Danhus on the Pearl River, Chaoshan people in the city, and Hakka groups all participated in the fights. It was exactly the same as the "beating" that was prevalent in the Jiangnan area. Moreover, this kind of fights were also mixed with unique local disputes.
Concepts made the fight more intense.
"This time we are going to be serious and severe. We will kill everyone and let them understand what a legal society is." Lin Baiguang said.
Mu Min was about to speak when someone suddenly came to report: "Director Lin, Director Mu, someone came to surrender at the door of the city hall. They said he was the instigator of the attack on the Haiyang Guild Hall today."
"Surrender?" Mu Min was surprised.
Lin Baiguang nodded and said: "I understand, transfer the person who surrendered to the city police station."
"Old Lin, what's going on?"
"This is the top guy." Lin Baiguang smiled, "In my opinion, you don't even need to be interrogated. You just bought it with money. If you want to kill me, you have to ask for information. You can't tell the truth.
They can't hear it - they don't know it at all."
Mu Min already understood. When she returned to the city police station, the jailer who had been retained came to complain: "We have arrested so many people, and there is no room for them in the cell."
"Shit and pee", "I don't know what to do".
The city police station was originally the Lingnan Road Yamen. Unlike the county Yamen which have prisons, they just set up a temporary detention center in an empty courtyard. Because they could not recruit people willing to serve as jailers, Lingao itself also lacked professional guards.
We had no choice but to temporarily retain a few former cellmates as guards, and the outside was guarded by white horse teams.
"...This group of beggars have nothing to offer. They got free gruel to eat in prison. It's a waste to catch them." The prison boss said nonchalantly, looking at Mu Min's expression with his eyes.
, "...There are too many people inside now. It's probably easy to spread the plague when the weather is hot. I also ask the chief to make a decision and punish them as soon as possible..."
Mu Min smiled and said: "My Senate is rich all over the world, so what's the point of giving them a few meals of gruel? As for pooping and peeing, just clean it up for me. I heard that you were originally known as the 'Living King of Hell'.
The prison in Nanhai County is an 'eighteen levels of hell', why can't it cure a few brats?"
In the past, the government rarely caught beggars: there was no money to be squeezed out of the cells, and they had to work hard. Now they have arrested more than 40 beggars in total, and they feel that Australians are "nosy".
The cell leader originally wanted to persuade Mu Min to release these beggars quickly, but he didn't expect that he would hit such a snag as soon as he opened his mouth. Listening to the implication of the female chief's words, if he didn't get rid of them, he would lose his rice bowl in the future.
Stop eating it.
He quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Director! You are joking, how can I stand up to you? I will suppress you now!"
Mu Min didn't say anything, but called a corporal: "Take a few people and follow the guards to suppress the prisoners, use all means to restore order, tell the prisoners not to make noise, and at the same time clean up all the feces and urine on the floor."
The cell leader returned to the cell - this detention center was originally a courtyard in the Yamen. The main hall was used as a place to do business. The side rooms on both sides were turned into temporary cells with fences installed. Naturally, there was no room for more than 40 people, so
These people were scattered in the courtyard. According to the rules, these people had to squat with their hands on their heads, but now they were all standing upright and yelling, with feces and urine flowing on the ground. Several prison inmates were standing on the steps, holding iron rulers and unable to hold them.
Yell.
The cell leader stood on the steps, put his hands on his hips, and shouted: "Everyone, old and young! This is the prison of Guangzhou Prefecture. As the saying goes, the king's law is like a furnace..."
Before he could finish his words, he was drowned out by the sound of strange shouts and shouts, and all kinds of swear words were thrown at him. Don't forget that the prison leader was called the "Living King of Hell", but he was referring to ordinary prisoners. The strength of the Guandi Temple's people was overwhelming.
Ordinary subordinates cannot afford to provoke the public's influence. If they lack confidence, they naturally cannot speak loudly.
The prison boss was afraid of losing his job, so he shouted at the top of his lungs. His face turned red and his neck was thick, when a black object suddenly flew out from the crowd. The prison boss saw it clearly and quickly jumped to the side. The thing fell to the ground and fell to the ground.
It turned out to be a mass of excrement. The prison cell leader on the steps had a lot of stinky juice splashed on his body, and they were all in a miserable state. The whole courtyard burst into laughter.
The cell leader was in a panic, ashamed and angry. He saw the corporal jumping down the steps, raising his gun and stabbing the beggar who was closest to the steps and laughing the most cheerfully.
The bayonet stabbed straight in like cutting tofu, and the beggar fell down without even a grunt. Before anyone in the crowd could react, several soldiers behind him jumped down the steps and raised their swords with bayonets.
Rifles and sharp bayonets flashed in the sun. The yard, which had been filled with laughter, suddenly fell into chaos, and the prisoners fled in all directions like a nest exploding.
"Squat down and hold your head!" Following the corporal's voice, the originally bustling courtyard suddenly became deathly quiet. The beggars who had just said, "The sky and the ground are my bed, the emperor is not afraid of me either" all behaved obediently.
He squatted down and held his head, not even daring to move.
The prison boss watched with horror. He saw the Australians killing people like chickens and ducks, and suppressed the chaotic scene with decisive killings in a moment. He couldn't help but feel awe and respect. He was afraid that if the corporal came back and said that Mu Min would think he was "incompetent",
He quickly shouted: "Which bastard just hit me with shit? Get out of here!"
The prisoners quickly dispersed in all directions, revealing a lone man, squatting in fear, his rags stained with feces and urine.
The cell leader yelled, "You bastard, I wonder if I won't tell you to eat your shit!"
While he was shouting and cursing, the corporal walked through the crowd, kicked the prisoner to the ground with his leg, and finished with a bayonet while raising his gun.
"Reporting to the commander, order has been restored." The corporal reported, "Two rioters were killed during the operation, and we had no casualties."
"Take a break!" Mu Min nodded, "You did a good job, dismissal!" He turned to the prison chief who was pale and a little dizzy and said: "You ask the kitchen to prepare some porridge, with more water and less rice. If you are not hungry,
Just die. Supervise and distribute one bowl to each person."
The cell boss quickly responded, and Mu Min asked those who "surrendered" to be escorted to the pre-trial room, where she wanted to interrogate them personally.
Someone "surrendered" so soon after the incident happened. Although she knew that it was the sponsor, it was still a bit difficult for her to understand why the leader rushed to send someone to support the crime. After all, she had no idea about this medieval city.
We still know very little about the tricks of monsters and demons in commercial cities, and we don’t have a deep understanding of the humanities and sophistication of this era.
The pre-trial room is located in the original flower hall, which has been renovated and spaced according to the specifications of the old time and space.
Mu Min has read the preliminary trial records. There are a total of six people who surrendered, the leader of whom claims to be a rice merchant.
"Just bring this rice merchant here first," Mu Min said.
The prisoner was quickly brought in, but he was an old man with gray hair and wearing a brand-new Taoist robe. When he came up, he was about to kneel down, but he was taken to a chair and sat down, and his hands and feet were shackled. He couldn't help but feel strange and confused.
An uneasy look. Then he saw that the officer sitting in front of him was actually a woman, and he suddenly showed an expression of surprise.
"What is your name?"
"Back, back, my lord, Qiu Kesheng."
"how old are you?"
"Fifty-five."
Mu Min thought that this was quite an old minister, and asked again: "Why did you surrender?" (~^~)