1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 119 [Holy Light and Destiny]

After a long while, the horse sentry picked out a part of the report: "These dozens of people were severely punished. If their attitude is good enough, they will be sent to a labor camp, where they will be reformed according to the strictest standards. If their attitude is not good enough, they will be shot."

These dozen or so people were originally old shamans who were eating vegetarian food, and they were the group he wanted to eradicate first, so naturally there was no reason to let them go.

And the so-called strictest reform-through-labor standard is almost the standard for exhausting people.Ma Shao hopes that these people will make up for the labor they owe before they are too old to walk.

"The remaining people, check the severity of their plots. If they are indeed involved in Lushou's rebellion plan, or spread rumors during this epidemic, they will be guilty of the same crime as the dozen or so people just now." He flipped through the review report again , "If the problem is not serious, a verbal warning to time punishment may be imposed."

Time punishment is about the same as imprisonment, but unlike reform through labor, time punishment can buy freedom with money, and prisoners can pay money to offset the time spent in custody.

The specific amount is mainly determined by the prisoner's income. Those whose time is valuable will be fined more, while those whose time is not valuable will be fined less-time is money.

For prisoners who are punished by time, the horse whistle not only allows money to buy freedom, but even encourages it through some detailed design.

Because one of the most basic principles of his management of the tribe is: the fewer idlers, the better.

Locking up a prisoner, giving him food and clothing, but not making him work, isn't that creating idlers?

Therefore, except for the death row prisoners, for the punishment of any prisoner, the horse sentry starts with obtaining labor as much as possible.

Forced labor is required for serious criminals, and fines are also imposed for minor criminals.

Of course, Horse Whistle has also gradually realized the disadvantages of this method-it is easy to become addicted.

In the past half a year, he has expanded the tribe's arable land by tens of thousands of acres by squeezing captive labor. He also built many houses, toilets, and a complete low city wall, all at a cost of less than [-] US dollars.

This near-free prostitution experience is addictive.

So much so that Ma Shao had this idea: Should we not arrest more people and send them to reform through labor?

It is probably not a good thing for a government to rely on the profits of reform through labor and turn punishment into a business. Perhaps this is also an important reason why countries in later generations gradually abandoned the reform through labor system.

Lu Shou was very stubborn and did not plead guilty, even in the face of his son's persuasion.

So naturally, all that awaits him is death.

A few days later, Mashao held a public trial in the square, just like judging Gong, Fang Lian and others in the first trial, dozens of criminals were successively announced different punishment results by him.

"The deer hand, spread rumors during the epidemic, hindered the prevention and control; tried to provoke a rebellion and split the tribe; attempted to kill in the parliament. Immediate execution!" The horse sentry stood in the center of the square and announced with a mask on.

Since the epidemic has not yet completely ended, the density of the audience has been limited, so there are not many onlookers on site.In previous public trials, almost the whole city would come to watch, but this time only a few hundred people were present.

Even so, as soon as Ma Whistle finished speaking, there was still loud condemnation from the crowd: "You actually obstructed the prevention and control of the epidemic, this bastard should be fed to wolves!"

"If it weren't for these people, fewer people would have died of illness!"

"Split the tribe, and you will die!"

"Shameful traitor!"

"Lushou, you traitor!"

People cursed, and some even picked up stones and clods, even took off their shoes, and threw them at Lushou and others.

Hearing the curses from the crowd, especially the "traitor" one after another, Lu Shou couldn't help breathing fast, his face flushed as if dripping blood.He would have liked to argue some more, but he hadn't had the chance.

In an open trial, when dealing with a prisoner like him, the horse whistle would only give a symbolic chance to defend himself, and the rest of the process would be tied up and gagged.

"Traitor!" The curses continued.

Lu Shou could only listen to the cursing of the tribe, but could not speak, and the blood kept rushing to his forehead.

Am I really a traitor?He thought in fear.

Impossible, I did nothing wrong, I am not a traitor!He quickly put an end to his self-doubt.

Even at this moment, Kazuo still doesn't think he has done anything wrong.

Even, he continued to strengthen his own cognition, and finally went directly to the self-cognition similar to that of a martyr-the clansmen are ignorant, they can't understand me.

He thought, what he bears now is not shame, but tragedy, what he is about to experience is not punishment, but sacrifice
With this self-hypnosis mentality, Shikashou successfully forgot the fear of death and became the only prisoner without incontinence.

A total of six people were sentenced to death, including Buckhand, Vulture, and Blackhorn.The method of execution was still random shooting from behind. Death, shame and unknown brought unprecedented fear to several condemned prisoners.

Apart from them, dozens of prisoners present were all sentenced to labor reform.As for those who appeared in the review report but did not appear in the square, most of them were given lighter punishments.

Others went unpunished or were given verbal warnings.

"Teacher." Horse Whistle said after a meeting.

"What's wrong?" Shi Ya rolled up the minutes of the meeting, put it in his arms, and asked casually.

Ma Shao looked at the teacher, and after a moment of silence, he smiled: "It's nothing, just pay attention to your body."

In the end, he still didn't mention it to Shi Ya.

In fact, he can probably guess the real situation of the stone crow.

Stone Crow's beliefs and viewpoints belong to the relatively fragmented one. It not only believes in traditional shamanism, but also believes in spiritual teaching. say a few words about science
It's not outrageous for such a person to appear at the gathering of Lu Shou and the old shaman. If you find an acquaintance to tie the knot, in the name of exchanging the skills of the master of dancing, you can probably call him over.

In fact, this is not unusual, and may even be closer to the norm.

Just like what Ma Shao saw in his previous life, some people not only admire the red road, but also show courtesy to monks and Taoists. One minute they are still discussing the ancient ape descending the tree, and the next minute they start thinking about God creating man
Logical self-consistency is never a necessity, patchwork and self-contradiction are all too common.

This is also the reason why the horse sentry did not continue to expand the review.

The Three Views of the vast majority of people is not a self-consistent system, it can even be said to be a bunch of bugs, full of a large number of irrelevant or even contradictory views, infinite and strict review will only make everyone a criminal.

Not only the clansmen, but even Ma Shao's own three views have bugs. Although he doesn't know where the bugs are, he knows there must be.

Therefore, Horse Whistle finally understood that his goal should only be to eliminate the biggest moths and the most radical opponents.

He also successfully completed the goal.

The successful prevention and control of the epidemic has brought him sufficient legitimacy. His judgment is as unquestionable as the sun, and the insects that got in the way disappeared.

The ashes of the insects also further fertilized the authority of the horse post, making it continue to rise.

With the continuous rise of this kind of authority, when the epidemic in Sleeping Bear City is completely over, people will talk more and more about "Holy Light" instead of "Great Spirit".

The so-called holy light is of course a metaphorical name for the horse whistle.This is just like in many periods and countries, the word sun is also used as a synonym for leaders.

According to the teachings of the Spiritual Revelation, this also makes perfect sense.After all, as the supreme god who created the singularity, the Great Spirit is an existence beyond the universe. To him, the sun, moon and stars are no different from dust. He has no human feelings at all, and he doesn't care about the prayers of ordinary people.

There is no point in praising such a transcendent being, and it is impossible to get any response.

But the great chief has the identity of a real person, so it is naturally different.

Apaches are increasingly speaking of "Holy Light," while Americans are increasingly speaking of "Mandate of Heaven."

With the heating up of the situation in the United States and Mexico, "Manifest Destiny" has sprung up all over the United States and has become the most popular word, which can be seen in almost every newspaper.

Americans firmly believe that America is the destiny, and now is the time when God gave them the land.

(End of this chapter)