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Chapter 169 Ming Canon Punishment
In the next few days, in addition to formulating and testing the drills under his command, Zhou Changfeng submitted an application to the Navy Department of the Ministry of War to join the Spanish military expedition team.

In addition, he also wrote a short article on the experience of suppressing bandits, titled "A Brief Discussion on the Use of Gunboats and Aircraft in the Operation of Public Security and Stability", which can be regarded as a good example.

After that, with the end of the five-day drill, seven or eight of the scattered bandits were also picked out in the past few days. A disabled bandit can't get out of the waves.

The morning of February [-]th.

Last night, a thin and dense spring rain like yarn fell on Yiling Prefecture, so the air this morning can be described as extremely fresh.

Zhou Changfeng, dressed in ordinary clothes, came to the execution ground by car with his saber slung over his waist.

This place can already be called a sea of ​​people, and many people would come to watch the execution even though it was still dark before dawn.

Since ancient times, according to traditional Chinese rules, any death penalty in the world theoretically needs to be approved by the emperor.

For example, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, any death penalty case across the country had to be sent to the capital for trial by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, then reviewed by the Dali Temple, and then handed over to the imperial court, where the emperor’s imperial pen circled the roster of Autumn Queen’s Execution, and in the process , The Metropolitan Procuratorate supervised the whole process.

This seems to be very bright and fair, and often there were not many death penalty cases throughout the year in the peaceful world, but in fact there was a word in ancient times called "瘐死", which refers to dying in prison for no reason.

Therefore, the "county magistrate who broke the family" is definitely not a lie. As long as the county magistrate is willing, he can detain people in the jail without convicting him. Inexplicably" died.

Of course, ancient times are ancient times, and the current Ming Dynasty... is better in this respect. After all, modernization in all aspects is on the right track.

What is interesting is that Daming still retains the traditional operation mechanism to a large extent in the case handling process. This set of process is quite praised by Westerners, who think it is "incredibly rigorous and fair."

The crimes of the bandits are too numerous to list, but in the spirit of fairness and justice, the more than [-] captured bandits were carefully screened one by one, because many of them were fugitives from previous cases.

The officials in Yiling Prefecture publicly pronounced that all the bandits were sentenced to death. Except for three people who were "executed after autumn", the rest were "never wait".

Now the grassroots judicial power of Ming Dynasty has been split from magistrates, magistrates, and magistrates. Tuiguan has complete judicial adjudication power, and this official position has been expanded from the ancient government-level subordinate officials to the county level.

After hearing the result of the trial, the people who were watching nearby cheered in unison, and applause came from the crowd.

"This time is really unprecedented, how long? Three quarters of an hour?" Xue Can asked excitedly, looking around.

Zhou Changfeng raised his hand and looked at his watch, "One hour and four minutes."

At least on this matter that has attracted much attention, the Ming government and the court have shown extraordinary efficiency.

The government of Yiling Prefecture reported the verdict to the Ministry of Punishment, and then passed the review in Dali Temple, and then stopped for a short while at the emperor's place, and soon issued a decree agreeing to the execution on the spot.

The gloomy dark clouds dissipated, the sky cleared up, the warm sunshine sprinkled on the earth, and there seemed to be a looming rainbow in the moist and fresh air.

The two Taoist priests who were in charge of Guizhou and Yilingzhou and Bingbei Dao also made a special trip to "observe the punishment". They naturally hated these bandits who discredited their political achievements.

So under the witness and records of reporters from many newspapers, the Yiling Prefecture police escorted the bandits with their hands tied behind their backs and death signs behind their backs to the center of the execution ground, and they lined up in a row.

On the outskirts, the military police platoon of the first marine regiment wandered around with submachine guns and automatic guns, and the barrels of the blued guns shone coldly under the sunlight.

"Tie up their trousers, damn it, or they'll be shitting all over the place later!"

"Is the lottery finished? Whoever gets the lottery will get the bullet."

The execution policemen worked in groups of two, each received a round of bullets, and stood one step behind the condemned prisoner, aiming at the back and shooting.

After one person shoots, the other shoots again, in case the person deliberately does not hit the fatal part due to a hand shake error or being secretly bribed.

Zhou Changfeng also saw that many people brought their children to watch the excitement, and there were many children riding on their father's shoulders pointing and asking questions.

Co-authoring this has become a special parent-child activity of Daming, right?
"It's almost there, let's go now, the official punishment is announced, and the execution is ready!"

"Yes."

Some of the prisoners on death row who were tightly bound were trembling all over, while others were murmuring with blank eyes.

However, there are also some people who are arrogant, knowing that they are about to die, and shout loudly that this life is happy and worth it!

"It's worth your mother's leg, stupid!"

"Prepare... let go!"

"Bang! Bang!"

At this moment, the abstract criminal law was sternly concretized—thousands of joules of rifle bullets pierced through the back and pierced the front of the chest, tearing a big hole, and the ground was directly splashed with blood.

This cycle went on and on, and the bandits were shot one by one.

Soon, there were corpses lying on the ground.

In the fresh air after the rain, the smell of stench and blood was particularly pungent and disgusting.

In addition to the 32 people who were executed, three others were sentenced to execution after autumn, which is equivalent to a suspended death sentence.

Everyone also discovered a more serious problem during the process of spot checks and interrogations-why did the British also secretly stir up the water?
After the report was made, the Foreign Police Department quickly sent people to participate in the investigation.

Cases of the British infiltrating Daming and encouraging and supporting people with ulterior motives have been common in these years, and foreign factories have handled them with ease after taking over.

However, the Marine Regiment did not stay long, and was preparing to return soon.

"Teams board one by one!"

"Pay attention to your own things, don't leave them behind!"

At noon, at the Yilingzhou Railway Station, two military trains had finished adding coal and water, and were ready to go. Soldiers were boarding the trains one after another.

Last night, the Zhizhou, Zhou Tongzhi and other officials also organized a reward army with local gentry and merchants. There were all kinds of big fish and big meat, but they couldn't drink wine to their heart's content, because the first marine regiment had to set off the next day. .

The officials and people in Yiling Prefecture were very surprised by this army that "comes quickly, operates quickly, and leaves quickly". Because of the banditry, troops are often transferred here every three to five years to carry out the campaign.

However, this is the first time I have seen such a fierce, straightforward, and unswerving army.

Zhizhou, who came to see him off, was quite emotional. At first, they all thought that this army that came from afar should also suffer a lot, but they didn't expect that it would be resolved in a few days.

Merchants are more at ease. In the past, they had to worry about the goods and commodities being robbed, but now they can finally feel at ease and bold.

When they were happy, they decided to give away a Wanmin umbrella and a plaque. However, due to the rush of time, they had to burn the lights and work all night in the past two days.

　Push a group of friends' works, if you are interested, you can go and have a look.

　　
　
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