Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 680 The Jagged Little Prince

The light rain in March was pattering down.

Soil is the most common thing in Chang'an City. When a gust of wind blows, there is a burst of grayish-yellow smoke. As the world's top metropolis at this time, Chang'an City still cannot conceal the fact that it is a soil city. .

Even Suzaku Avenue is a dirt street. Every winter, sand from the canal near Chang'an is used to lay the embankment. Otherwise, the long rain in winter can turn the whole street into a muddy soup. Rivers and horseshoes can't cross, cars can't go, let alone people.

After a light rain in March, the soil turns to mud. When people walk, they can only lift their robes to avoid being stained by muddy water.The ban on Chang'an was released again, and there was a long queue outside the nine gates.

Jingzhao government hired civilians to pave the road with sand.

Carloads of clean river sand were transported from the outskirts of the city, and they were dumped on the muddy street, covering up both the mud and the blood.

In three days, 370 and eight people were beheaded on the street, and more than [-] people were arrested and imprisoned. In addition, thousands of businesses received warning letters.This thunderous move all showed the powerful action of the new prince after presiding over Jingzhao.

A yamen servant wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat pasted an official document on the wall in front of the square gate.

Fang Ding, who was standing under the gate and guarding the gate, asked curiously, "What notice is there again?"

"It is a new order from our Jingzhao Prefecture, urging all criminals to surrender within a time limit. If they can voluntarily surrender within a time limit, they will be given a lighter punishment. Those who commit minor crimes can be exempted from punishment. will be severely punished.”

"Whoever reports or exposes other people's criminal acts is verified to be true and provides important clues, thereby being able to solve the case or capture the criminal, the punishment can be reduced according to the law, and if there is a major meritorious service, the punishment can be reduced or exempted according to the law."

"If the general public reports and exposes other people's illegal behavior, or provides important clues, they will be rewarded!"

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In the Hall of Liangyi, Prince Chengqian and Qin Lang are reporting the results of this attack to the emperor.

"My son heard that in the market, there are many vicious people who gather to gamble during the day and rob houses in groups at night. These hooligan gangs have increased sharply, surpassing the gangs of thieves and robbers."

"After discussing with the officials of the East Palace and Jingzhao Mansion, the Guerchen decided to promulgate the "Strictly Violent Order of the Market" to severely crack down on these criminals."

The three-day crackdown was very effective.

Jingzhao Mansion quickly summed up the harvest, made a thick booklet and presented it in front of the emperor.

There is a villain named Ren Man in Wannian County, who has gathered many desperate rogues who are not afraid of life and death. He even appointed big and small leaders in imitation of the official army system, and he also called himself a regiment army. They robbed merchants, and used the stolen money and captured women to open underground brothels and gambling houses in Chang'an City, and to operate loan sharks. Their regiment had two hundred core members and hundreds more subordinates.

And in Tongjifang in the south of the city, a group of rascals gathered, often playing drums as a sign, gathered together, rushed into the houses, blatantly shouted to steal and rob, and then took away the people's money and rose up, and they were proud of it. Call this potting.They robbed the money and then divided it up, went to Pingkangfang or Huaihuafang and other places to squander and enjoy it, and then continued to rob after spending it all.

There are already many such organized criminal gangs in Chang'an City. Under the banners of various groups and societies, they gather scoundrels, gather for their lives, and run amok.

I like to use tattoos as an identity feature, and even different gangs have different tattoo marks.

There are fewer thieves who fight alone.

"These people are so lawless that it's hard to deter them without heavy penalties. For example, among the more than 300 people killed this time, there was a small gang of three, one named Zhang Mingyu, nicknamed Hua Liqian, a rascal, who often As a traitor, he befriended two other people, one named Jiang Cai, nicknamed Prickly Caterpillar, who specializes in abducting the wives and daughters of kind people. He often juggles on the street, fortune-telling and selling counterfeit medicines. , they approached the beautiful and sexy little girl. The other was Zhang Yu's wife. After being cheated by Zhang Yu, the three lived together indiscriminately, and they conspired and instigated the young guy Zhang Liulang to seduce Wu San Mother, then took this innocent little girl in turn and sold her into prostitution. According to the investigation, these three people have been cheated and abducted for many years, and there are nearly a hundred girls who were seduced and trafficked by them alone, which is appalling!"

"There is also a gang of rogues near Qujiang. They call themselves Jinshi Group. They are all formed by Chang'an idlers. Scholars who are rushing to take the exam. These people specialize in providing services for the scholars who come to Beijing, such as playing ball, drinking parties, and of course arranging prostitutes. The way they make money is to extort money in the name of services, and often engage in some Immortal jumping game."

Some young and beautiful women will even be arranged to seduce scholars and then go to a certain store for consumption. This is the ancestor of the female wine trustees of later generations.

Even touching porcelain is a common method.

Then blackmail, those who have money can pay in cash, and those who have no money can borrow on credit. Anyway, most of the scholars who come to take the exam are in good condition, especially these people also focus on the new subjects. Today’s Jinshi and tomorrow’s officials, don’t worry about him. return.

As a result, many Jinshi became the debtors of this Jinshi group, and some Jinshi who were deceived and blackmailed, because of their face and reputation, often chose to spend money to eliminate disasters, which further fueled the arrogance of this group of people.

Li Shimin frowned more and more.

"Under my feet, how can Chang'an City become a place where filth is hidden?"

When Li Shimin was in his teens, he and his elder brother Jiancheng also went to Chang'an City. At that time, Li Jiancheng, Chai Shao and others were also well-known young men in the capital, and they were very popular.Li Shimin was young at that time, and he just thought it was fun, and he didn't know much about the water in it.

Later, I went to Taiyuan with my father and made friends there, mainly for the purpose of recruiting people and preparing for the army.Afterwards, the army and horses went to war, and when they returned to Chang'an, they were already the king of Qin who was aloof.

Although he had been emperor in Chang'an for a few years, Li Shimin didn't know much about the real low-level market in Chang'an.

Even if there was the siege of Changle Caves before, Li Shimin felt that this should be a problem left over from history, and Changle Caves had been eradicated long ago, so Chang'an should be peaceful and prosperous now, why are there so many dark things?

"Is the law enforcement too strict? Is there any definite evidence for the killing?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, the population of Chang'an City has increased greatly in the past two years. The new population has increased by more than [-] each year, and the floating population has also exceeded [-]. This has caused Chang'an to be mixed with fish and dragons, and the security problem is even more serious. Many old household registration and security management The system can no longer keep up."

"Now the climate in Chang'an is getting worse and worse. There are more and more criminal gangs like the Jinshi Corps. There are also many rogues who always avenge the success of the imperial examination candidates and ask for money, wine and meat. It's not enough if there is less. And there are also people among the people. Many people come to congratulate and ask for money, wine and meat every time the common people get married and wait. , it is unavoidable that the black smoke will obstruct the atmosphere."

And a large number of Hu merchants and Hu officials entered Beijing, which also led to a great change in the atmosphere today.

"How do you plan to deal with these more than 4000 people?" Li Shimin asked Chengqian.

Before Chengqian came, he had discussed carefully with Qin Lang and the others, and he had some confidence in his heart. Facing his father's question, he raised his head up, "I think that serious illness should be treated with strong medicine, and to deal with these people, we should be strict." Seriously, otherwise there will be endless troubles. I ask Your Majesty for permission. Among them, more than [-] criminals will be executed and executed. The rest of the evil ones will also be exiled to Longyou Jiannan, Liaoxi, and Nantian to guard the border!"

"That's it?"

"I also request that the relevant officials of Jingzhao Mansion, Jinwuwei, Yushitai, Dali Temple, Criminal Ministry and other related yamen be punished for their dereliction of duty and inaction, and they will be dismissed or demoted, transferred from their original posts, and reappointed. Capable officials come up to do things."

"In addition, the Turkic, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and other officials who belong to the Hu nationality involved in the incident will be punished equally, and those Hu merchants and Hu envoys who violated laws and disciplines will be punished equally, regardless of their status as Han or Hu. Whether the official is a merchant or an envoy, as long as he is in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, he must abide by the laws of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Shimin threw the booklet in his hand on the table and looked at the young prince.

"After killing more than 800 people, do you want to kill more than 800 people now?" He said slowly, "More than [-] lives were killed because of you. Have you seriously thought about it?"

"Saint, I think these people should be killed."

"What I'm talking about now is not whether you should be killed or not, but whether you can really bear the consequences? Since I have entrusted you with the Jingzhao Mansion to work in the General Consul's Mansion, I have Qin Lang, Yu Zhining and other assistants , I believe that you can't make a mistake if you really make this decision, and Qin Lang and the others won't agree if you make a mistake, but you just took Yuanfu, more than 1000 lives, and you can make a decision with one word, have you really thought it through?"

"Your Majesty has thought it through."

"In this case, very good, I will do as you said, but I have a request. Three days later, the execution will be executed in Xishi, and you will personally supervise the beheading. I hope you can personally watch these 800 people. Cut off the heads one by one, I hope you can see the state of the heads when they are cut off with your own eyes."

"A person cannot be resurrected after death. Every command you make must be reconsidered. I hope you can understand."

"My son, thank the sage for his teaching!"

Li Shimin nodded, and then said to Qin Lang, "I heard that before you took this action, you specially sent a message to the families of those relatives, aristocrats, famous families, and high-ranking officials, so that those in the family who like to hang out on the street and be a hero should take good care of their children." , although you can save a lot of trouble by doing this, you can't just swatt the flies without killing the big bugs, if you want to do it, then do it to the end."

"After you go back, write another note and send a list of those who have committed crimes, crimes, and violations of discipline. I will personally take care of them!"

(End of this chapter)