Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 135

There is a saying that the use of "exile" punishment in ancient China began in the Qin and Han Dynasties.In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the rulers established "pardoning the dead and exiled" as the sentencing principle, and exiled punishment became one of the five feudal punishments.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the system of five punishments of whipping, staff, imprisonment, exile, and death was formally established, centering on "exile punishment". generation.

In the early and mid-Qing Dynasty, the government exiled prisoners to the Northeast, mainly for the three purposes of punishing criminals, resisting the invasion of Tsarist Russia, and maintaining the rule, which belonged to forced military or political immigration.

For example, Lu Liuliang’s family, who were exiled to Ningguta due to the literary inquisition, such as Lu Shoushan and the Xu brothers in the Yizhulou poem case, are all political prisoners; Offenders, suing officials by the people (Qianlong used to stipulate that if they sued officials by the people, they would be exiled for three thousand miles), dismissed officials and their families, and even eunuchs and bannermen who committed crimes.

The establishment of places of exile such as Ningguta, Sanxing Yamen, Dashang Ula, Shangyangbao, Fengtian, and Heilongjiang were determined according to different crimes.

For example, Shangyang Fort (in East Sishili, Kaiyuan County, Liaoning), the Qing government stipulated in the 14th year of Shunzhi that anyone who casts copper coins privately, the first offender and the coin maker will be executed, and the accomplices and insiders will be hanged and waited in prison, and they will help sell the money The middlemen, merchants, peddlers, etc., who were responsible for the forty boards, migrated to Shangyangbao.

Another example is Ningguta. In the 18th year of Shunzhi, it was stipulated that all prisoners involved in rebellious cases should be sent to Ningguta; In 22 years, all domestic slaves who escaped three times and were arrested, who stole more than three times, were exempted from death and reduced crimes, trafficked people, drugged people and trafficked people, as well as accomplices who knew the crimes, will all be sent to Ningguta and armored men as slaves.

Even banner people who cheat and murder civilians will be sentenced to exile in Ningguta.

As for those who were sent to Heilongjiang, they were all serious criminals or those who refused to reform after repeated education.That is to say, if prisoners sent to Jilin and Fengtian areas committed another crime in the exile area, they would be sent to Heilongjiang, which is farther away than death.

This still uses Lu Liuliang's descendants as an example.

In the first year of Qianlong's reign (1736), the Qing court issued a new regulation, regardless of Manchu and Han slaves, if anyone in the family had been an official or had been a juren, tribute student, or supervisor, they would be exempted from being slaves.In the place of distribution, he was incorporated into the banner and the battalion of slaves, and he was ordered to go out to do errands.This is the transition from political exile to military immigration.

Because of this regulation, some prisoners who were slaves tried their best to obtain the title of prison student in order to get rid of their status as slaves.In the 37th year of Qianlong's reign, Lv Liuliang's grandson, Lv Yijian, entrusted someone to secretly serve as a student supervisor in the capital.As a result, when his nephew Lu Fu first wanted to do it, the officials refused.So there was a story about a nephew suing his uncle for privately running a donated prison.In the end, the two uncles and nephews and their families were sent to Heilongjiang again.

When Zhao Xin talked about this, he changed the subject and said: "Among these slave Han people, are there any who have been wronged by the literary prison? Needless to say, the Xu family brothers, Lu Shoushan, and Pan Xiucheng are the best proof! But are there any big traitors? Evil people? There must be! Corrupt officials, thieves, human traffickers, drug addicts, etc.

Do we have to open the net to welcome these people warmly?Can we not interrogate clearly?Maybe some people will become a ticking time bomb here! "

Liu Zheng stopped talking, but Hong Tao continued to ask: "Mr. Zhao, as you said, if there are really villains among these people, how should we deal with them?"

Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Reform through labor! We are not Manchus. Basic human rights will always be guaranteed. There is no problem with food and clothing."

The shooting training ground on the east bank of the Sila River was temporarily turned into a prison camp.

At this time, more than 1000 recruits were busy, erecting walls and watchtowers around the prisoner camp; while those prisoners were closely guarded by two companies of armed soldiers.As for the captured "Ouchi master", he was sent to the Katayama Kanbingwei police station for solitary confinement.

After the meeting ended, a group of time-travelers headed by six people from the security department all ran to the police station to see what was happening.

What a master of life!
Everyone has seen live giant pandas; the masters of the Qing dynasty have only seen them on TV and movies before, and no one has seen them in real life!So a group of people stood outside the cage, looking at the prisoner.

Wang Yuanfang took the record from Pianshan Kanbingwei, which read: Li Dagang, courtesy name Gongjian, from Xinhui County, Guangdong, 45 years old.

"Yo! Still a Han Chinese?" Wang Yuanfang blurted out.

Li Dagang was discovered while cleaning the battlefield.He was hit on the forehead with a big bump by the butt of the gun, and he was also shot in the thigh. He lost too much blood and passed out.If Liu Siting hadn't found out that this man was still alive and treated his wound urgently, he would have been buried in a mass grave too.

Li Dagang who woke up after being treated didn't know if there was a lack of nerve in his brain, and he said nonsense, "I am the emperor's bodyguard, I will never surrender!" Wu Siyu heard it.

After returning to Beihai Town, he was locked up and sent to the police station alone.At this moment, he sat in the wooden cage without saying a word, looking at the group of people in front of him with some surprise.

"Didn't you say they were from Orosi people? Why are these people all Han Chinese?! This group of people has no braids, a group of rebels!"

Li Dagang quickly noticed that among the group of people who came in, there were all the accents of the South and the North.The voices of several people sounded like bannermen!Who are these people? !

Li Dagang was completely confused.At this moment, Director Liu Siting opened the door and came in.

"Where is the master? Let me take a look. This is it, he looks quite strong, huh? This person seems to be..." Director Liu looked at the prisoner in the cage, talking non-stop with his small mouth .

Li Dagang has never seen such a scene, a woman dares to show her face.A big face was filled with angry blood, turning from red to purple, and then from purple to black.

"Oh, his face is not right. Does he have high blood pressure?" Zhang Bo said suddenly.

Li Dagang sneered and said: "What a thief! Kill me when you have the ability! It's not worth letting a woman insult me!"

"Who are you talking about! What happened to the woman?! I took care of the wound on your leg! You would have died without me!"

Li Dagang was stunned for a moment, is this woman a doctor?

"You actually let a woman be a doctor, regardless of the defense of men and women!"

In ancient China, it was very repulsive for women to be doctors, let alone go to the battlefield.It is recorded in the Qing Dynasty that letting women go to the battlefield is to send brothel women to the city wall to take off their clothes and destroy the enemy's spell...

Liu Sheng asked Li Dagang with a cold face: "You are a Han, why do you want to be the dog's leg of the Manqing?!"

Li Dagang sneered with a "hum", he didn't want to talk to the messy people in front of him at all.It is a pity that he can no longer serve the court.

I feel sorry for my two daughters. It's good that the eldest has married into the Liang family in Xinhui, but what about the younger daughter?
At this time, Zhao Xin said to the crowd: "Okay, you have all seen the living masters. There is nothing unusual, let's go."

After speaking, he winked at everyone.Everyone took a look, and they didn't know what this Mr. Zhao was holding back, so they all went out.

At this time, only Zhao Xin, Katayama Kanbingwei and two security policemen with guns were left in the room.

Zhao Xin took a chair and sat down two meters in front of the wooden cage. He smiled and said to Li Dagang, "Brother Li, I'm sorry. None of us have ever been to the customs, so we know that there is a big insider here." A little excited. Excuse me."

"..." Li Dagang lowered his head and ignored Zhao Xin at all.

"Asshole! My lord is talking to you!" Katayama Kanbingwei was furious, and was about to draw his sword, but Zhao Xin raised his hand to stop him.

"Brother Li, you, a Cantonese, can be a second-class guard. I guess, you are a Wu Jinshi? What year did you work? Which palace gate did you guard before?"

Zhao Xin's words shocked Li Dagang!This person is fluent in Bannerman Mandarin, and actually knows about the imperial court's martial arts.He decided to test it out and see what kind of foundation this leader-like person in front of him is.

So Li Dagang said proudly: "That's right, Li was a martial arts examiner in the 39th year of Qianlong's reign. In 46th year, he was hand-picked by the emperor, and he won the No.3 Xin Chou Ke Wu Jinshi, and was actually awarded the second-class shrimp."

Li Dagang has the capital to be proud, because the military Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty is actually more difficult to test than the civilian Jinshi.Martial arts is the same as liberal arts, with a competition every three years.

The first is the children's examination, which is held in the county and the government.

In addition to proficiency in bowing and horses, great strength, and good martial arts skills, martial arts candidates who enter Beijing also need to study strategies.For example, in the third written test, "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" were used for the first question, and "Sun Tzu", "Wu Zi" and "Sima Fa" were used for the second question.

In ancient times, it was said that "study literature poorly, learn martial arts richly", and one person hired famous teachers to teach martial arts and study at a young age, and finally was admitted to Wu Jinshi.The average middle-class family simply cannot afford it.

"Oh. The second-class guard, that should be the fourth rank? Are you guarding the Jingyun Gate? Is it just to the east of the Qianqing Gate? Then you must be able to see the princes and ministers every day? Have you seen He Shen and Zhongtang? No?"

"Ah?!!" Zhao Xin's series of questions made Li Dagang completely stupid.Who is this man?
In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial guards were divided into three classes. Since the Yongzheng period, it was stipulated that the first-class guards were awarded to the first-class guards by Wu Zhuangyuan; second-class guards were awarded by Wu Bangyan and Tanhua;

The second-class guards are usually sent to guard the Jingyun Gate in the Forbidden City.This place is located on the east side of the square in front of Qianqing Gate, facing east and facing Longzong Gate on the west side.There are slow roads inside and outside the doorway to facilitate the entry and exit of vehicles.On the north side of the gate are the guard houses of Mongolian princes and ministers and Jiuqing's guard house, and on the south side is the watch house.Outside the gate is Fengxian Hall in the east and Yuqing Palace in the north.

Jingyunmen is an important gateway to enter the square in front of Qianqingmen, and then leads to Waichao Middle Road and Neiting Middle Road, so it is also called "Forbidden Gate".From below the prince, high officials of the third rank in civil service, second rank in military service, and entourages of officials in the inner court are only allowed to stop twenty steps away from the steps outside the door, and trespassing is strictly prohibited.

Li Dagang was stunned by Zhao Xin's question, and Zhao Xin was still rambling on purpose.

"Is He Shen 34 this year? Is Liu Quan'er still alive? But I heard that He Shen has no beard, tsk tsk, men in their 30s don't grow beards, maybe that old man Qianlong has some hobbies? So Spoil him... Tell me, how many members of your Li family are there? Does the eighth brother still play chess? Is his leg problem healed? Where does your family live in Xinhui? Must be very rich? Fifteenth brother? Is mom still alive..."

Katayama Kanbingwei was also fainted by Zhao Xin's "buzzing".He thought to himself, what is the lord doing?How is it like chanting.

Li Dagang was dizzy from Zhao Xinwen at this time, he felt a group of flies outside the cage, buzzing around his ears non-stop.It's fine if it's just general chatter, but Zhao Xindong kept asking questions about official affairs or palace affairs, and occasionally asked about his family's situation.

He just wanted to cover his ears right now, but his hands were handcuffed behind his back, and he couldn't break free at all.

"Stop! Stop talking!" Li Dagang finally couldn't take it anymore, and interrupted Zhao Xin's "nagging".

Zhao Xin smiled slightly and said, "Brother Li, why are you so anxious, I haven't asked for so long!"

"Before answering Your Excellency's question, I have to ask a question first!" Li Dagang's forehead burst out with veins, and he stared at the people outside the cage with blood-red eyes.

"Brother Li, what do you want to ask?"

Li Dagang hesitated for a while, and then said with some difficulty: "You, you...are you a bannerman?"

Zhao Xin shook his head.

"Really? You swear!"

Zhao Xinxin said who did I offend by sipping Beijing movies?Every now and then someone asks if he is a Bannerman.Let me swear, why? !
"I swear...Achoo! Shit."

Li Dagang didn't hear Zhao Xin's last two words. He saw Zhao Xin swear, and then he began to answer Zhao Xin's subsequent questions.

At this time, Shen Jingdan and Lao Huang were leading people to check the seized materials in Zhao Xin's woodcut office not far away.The two men had already counted the seized silver, and the total was 560 taels.

Before Zhao Xin asked the two of them for help, he had said that the money would be remelted and handed over to Shen and Huang to take back to buy population and antiques.Otherwise, Lao Huang wouldn't be so risky!

Lao Huang stretched wearily, got up and walked around the room twice.He walked to the corner of the room where the flags of the Qing army were piled up, bent down and pulled them a few times, and suddenly called out "Yeah".

From a pile of flags of various colors, Lao Huang reached out and picked up a large flag that was obviously different from the others, and unfolded it with his hands.

This is a large pennant flag made of cloud pattern yellow satin, with flame patterns embroidered on the edge of the flag, and a four-clawed golden cloud dragon in the middle; Inside, a long flame-patterned yellow ribbon fluttered in the wind.

"This is the dragon flag!" Lao Huang exclaimed in surprise.

Hearing Lao Huang's exclamation, Shen Jingdan quickly put down the account book in his hand, got up and took the flag, looked at it carefully before explaining: "The five claws are dragons, and the four claws are pythons. This is the python flag!"

"Then this is..."

"I guess, this is Marshal Fu's flag!"

"Ah?!" At this moment, Lao Huang suddenly looked around nervously, and then went to the outer room to take a look.

A few soldiers were on duty inside the house, and there were more than [-] guards standing around Mukeleng outside the door.

Lao Huang walked back to the big inner room and closed the door smoothly.He said to Shen Jingdan in a low voice: "Brother Shen, I didn't believe you when you told me that Mr. Zhao wanted to become a king and overlord. Now even Marshal Fu is in trouble, and I heard that he even killed a minister who was in charge of the guards." ?”

Shen Jingdan smiled and said, "I've heard about it too, but I don't know who it is."

Old Huang said: "Then what do you think we will do in the future?"

Shen Jingdan said: "Brother Huang, you are overthinking. We continue to be our businessmen and earn money."

Lao Huang asked strangely: "What do you mean by this brother?"

"This time the court suffered such a big setback, do you think Lord Qianlong can let it go?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"Because the imperial army is not here, it is true that the two of us will run back and forth a few more times to earn more money. I figured it out, this Mr. Zhao is not short of money!"

"Then what about your Ah Quan and Lu Yun? They will all follow this time?"

Shen Jingdan frowned, remembering what Hong Tao and Liu Siting had said to him.The baby in Luyun's stomach was in an abnormal position, and neither of them suggested that Shen Jingdan take her back.

As for Ah Quan, it would be a big trouble to follow him back now.Shen Jingdan felt that it was necessary for him to have a good talk with Zhao Xin.

(End of this chapter)