PNB Chapter 328: The 1st Cruel Official.
Chapter 328: The 1st Cruel Official.
Ye Kun frowned slightly: "All adult men, beheaded?"
"Yes, Wang He's brothers and adult sons and nephews, a total of 27 people, will all be executed."
Xie Tong wiped her tears and said, "Master Ye, Wang He is Baochan's uncle. No matter what, please save his life."
Xie Baochan also got out of the car, knelt in front of Ye Kun, and begged bitterly.
Ye Kun helped Xie Baochan up and sighed:
"It seems that Wang He's crime is very serious, otherwise, Ma Zhao would not have made such a judgment. Back then, I asked Ma Zhao to be responsible for the supervision of officials and the prosecution of criminal cases in the whole territory. I promised him that no one could interfere with his work and everything should be based on the law. If I plead for mercy now, it would be like going back on my word. Alas, I am really in a dilemma."
Xie Baochan cried, "I know my husband is in trouble, but the dead cannot be brought back to life. Please at least give my uncle a chance to atone for his sins."
Ye Kun smiled bitterly: "We'll think of a solution when we get back to Chengdu."
Xie Tong and his daughter expressed their gratitude together.
A day later, Ye Kun and others returned to Chengdu.
In the hall of the palace, Ye Kun gathered everyone to discuss the cases of Wang He and Xue Peng.
Ma Zhao was resolute and refused to give in:
"Master Ye, we had an agreement at the beginning that no one, including you, could interfere with the law and the prison. You also said that if the governor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people. Now Wang He and Xue Peng are extremely evil, and if they are not executed, it will not be enough to appease the people's anger."
Wu Qiong laughed and said cautiously, "Confiscating the family property is considered as atonement, how about that?"
"Ridiculous! For such a serious crime, the family property should have been confiscated. How can this be considered atonement? Not punishing the entire clan is already polite!" Ma Zhao directly retorted.
If the entire nine clans are implicated, then Xie Baochan will also be killed!
Everyone was talking about it, but they couldn't find any reason not to kill Wang He and Xue Peng.
Xie Tong and Han Chun both looked at Ye Kun with pleading expressions.
"Let's do this." Ye Kun stood up and said:
"Whether developing production or fighting, people are the foundation. Without people, we cannot develop production and expand our team. Now is an extraordinary period. Xiahou Chang and Jiangdong are eyeing us covetously. There are still the Nanman, Xiqiang and Xiongnu that have not been pacified, and we still need a large number of people.
If we kill Wang He and Xue Peng's entire family, we will lose a lot of people. I think we can let them off the hook and let them do hard labor."
Xie Tong and the others were overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "Master Ye is right. This is Master Ye's tolerance, and it can also allow Wang He and others to make up for their crimes and make meritorious contributions."
Ma Zhao sneered: "But how can we stop the people from talking nonsense?"
Ye Kun pretended to be embarrassed and took two steps back and forth:
"Wang He and Xue Peng are sentenced to death. But with so many people begging for mercy, we can't be too heartless. In my opinion, we should use money to buy their lives. We will collect some money and compensate the victims, and then save the lives of Wang He and others and send them to do hard labor. If you want to save someone, just give some silver!"
This is a good opportunity to blackmail someone.
Ye Kun doesn't mind having too much money.
Xie Tong and others looked at each other.
Ma Zhao sneered, "That's fine. Wang He and Xue Peng, the price is 10,000 taels of silver. The price for other death row prisoners is 1,000 taels of silver. If you have money, you don't have to die. However, all of them will have their thumbs and big toes cut off and be displayed outside the city gate for three days to serve as a warning to others and appease the people!"
Xie Tong was furious and pointed at Ma Zhao and yelled:
"Ma Zhao, you are the most cruel official in history. You demand money, cut off your thumb and big toe, and put them on display for three days. How can you be a benevolent person? Do you think that governing the world depends on harsh laws?"
Ma Zhao also retorted: "Wang He and Xue Peng were recommended by you and Han Chun, so you are also responsible. You called me a cruel official, but I haven't held you accountable yet!"
In the lobby, the two men were confronting each other fiercely.
Ye Kun, in turn, played the role of a good guy: "You two are both doing this for the people of Yizhou, so stop arguing. I will be a peacemaker again. Wang He and Xue Peng, the price is 5,000 taels of silver. The price for other death row prisoners is 5 taels of silver. Whoever wants to protect them, bring the money."
Xie Tong finally held back his anger and said, "I am willing to pay to save the lives of Wang He's family."
Han Chun and Xue Peng were in-laws, so they could only consider themselves unlucky and pay money to redeem the lives of Xue Peng's entire family.
But even if he escaped the death penalty, he could not escape the living punishment.
Ma Zhao insisted on torturing the criminals, tattooing all of them and sending them to hard labor camps in the mountainous areas.
Those women were left to be taken in by Xie Tong and Han Chun.
Because Yizhou abolished the slave and slave status, and there was no longer a system of official sales.
Other corrupt officials identified by Gongsun Erniang were also severely punished one by one, with their homes confiscated, their names tattooed, their names displayed in public, and their names exiled.
After this matter came to an end, Ye Kun obtained a property of 100,000 taels, as well as a lot of land and real estate.
However, it also caused divisions among Yizhou officials, greatly reducing their unity.
In order to appease Xie Tong and others, Ye Kun gave them another batch of gifts, invited them to dinner in private, drank and chatted, and played the emotional card.
One day, He Tiantian came running to report excitedly: "Master Ye, the glass telescope and microscope you mentioned have been made. I have completed the preliminary debugging. It feels amazing!"
"Really? How amazing is that?"
"Well, I can see the moon in the sky, and I can see it very clearly!"
"So, have you seen the craters on the moon?" Ye Kun asked.
Before traveling through time, Ye Kun had also played with a telescope.
It is said that with a twenty-fold telescope, you can see the craters on the moon.
"I don't know what craters are, but I see that there are many scars on the moon!"
"Silly girl, those round scars are craters, which are also craters on the moon." Ye Kun touched Tiantian's head:
"Come on, take me to see the telescope and microscope! Oh, and I'll call Madams Shang Rong, Bao Chan, and Yue Juan."
Microscopes and telescopes allow people to see the unknown world.
Of course Ye Kun had to call his wife to broaden his horizons together.
Yuejuan is now the legitimate wife of the King of Hanzhong, and has been canonized by the imperial court, so she also moved to Chengdu and lives with everyone.
Only Wei Caiqin still lives in Deyang.
Hearing that there were fun things, Jiang Yourong and others were very happy. They dressed up and came to the laboratory together.
Ye Kun first looked at the microscope.
The first generation of glass microscopes could magnify about five hundred times, which was much clearer than the previous crystal microscopes.
Take a drop of water from the pond and drop it on the glass below, and you can clearly see the microorganisms in it.
Even under a microscope, you can see tiny cracks on the white and smooth tiles.
Put your fingers under a microscope, and every fingerprint will be as conspicuous as a river!
Those jade artifacts that appear to be exquisitely crafted, when placed under a microscope, the details appear extremely rough.
Xie Baochan laughed and said, "This is fun, but...what's the use of it?"
Ye Kun smiled and said, "It's very useful. For example, for some diseases, we can take blood for testing, find bacteria in the blood, and then treat the symptoms. For some patients, we need to test their urine and feces to identify parasites in the body."
Xie Baochan looked disgusted: "Eh... so disgusting."
Miss Yuejuan, however, had a brilliant idea and quietly asked Ye Kun: "Husband, can the illnesses of my two younger brothers be treated with a microscope?"
"Uh... this probably won't work." Ye Kun smiled awkwardly.
Yuejuan's two younger brothers suffered from congenital dementia due to their parents' incestuous marriage, which cannot be cured even with the medical technology of two thousand years later.