Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 150 Disposal
With the attention of the Jiangdong nobles, Bai Tu's handling of the Xu family has gradually become clearer.

Although Bai Tu repeatedly stated that this was the result of the Ministry of Punishment's trial and that he did not interfere with the normal trial process, everyone acquiesced that this represented Bai Tu's attitude and will.

First of all, Yinhu and Yintian were inspected. As a "redemption", the land that Xu had earned from selling buffaloes was basically returned to the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion!
Even though the Xu family still has hundreds of hectares of farmland, there are... hundreds of households in the Xu family's branch. In fact, the rest are no different from ordinary farmers. At most, they are a little richer, similar to the previous Lujiazhuang.

Of the hundreds of cases reported by ordinary people, about [-]% were confirmed by the Ministry of Punishment, involving dozens of people.

From this point of view, it is obvious that Bai Tu did not intend to eliminate only Xu Gong's lineage, but meant to expand the treatment, which made other gentry a little uneasy.

However, in response to pleas from all parties, Bai Tu insisted that he upheld the Ministry of Criminal Justice's right to impartial law enforcement and that the charges were not fabricated or framed.

Facts have indeed proved that Bai Tu did not kill everyone. Even... even among Xu Gong's four sons, only two who were involved in other cases were dealt with. As for the women and children who were not involved, Bai Tu did not pursue any investigation at all. .

The Xu family had made preparations before. The young and unremarkable children of the Xu Gong branch were immediately adopted to other branches, and the unmarried women were also married off as soon as possible - so that they would not be implicated!
As for the women who have married into Xu Gong's lineage and whose families are somewhat powerful, they can seize the time to "get together and separate", and they may have a chance to escape.

And all of this must be based on Bai Tu's permission, or at least tacit consent, for them to do this. Otherwise, if they really want to be held accountable, their adopted nephews will also have to be handed over. As for the boys over 14 years old, they will definitely be hopeless...

The final result was unexpected. To put it lightly, many of the descendants of the Xu family who were not originally from Xu Gong's lineage should have committed crimes in the past. This time, they were liquidated together. To put it in a big sense... Xu Gong's wives and concubines , two sons, and an unmarried daughter were not dealt with at all.

For those who deserved to be executed, Bai Tu did not arrange any too cruel death method, but he also did not prepare euthanasia, which was the most cliche "beheading".

Although Bai Tu had no interest in watching the "beheading" and even placed the execution site in the Wengcheng where ordinary people would not go to avoid scaring the children, Bai Tu received a report from Wang Lang afterwards...

After seeing the documents returned by Wang Lang's messenger, Bai Tu couldn't help laughing.

"This old Wang also learned how to blow rainbow farts... before he was executed, he shouted 'Bai Gong is righteous' and 'Gong is convinced', and even burst into tears to express his repentance? Why didn't he say that after Xu Gong's head fell to the ground, he used blood to Seven '6's written on the ground?" Bai Tu smiled.

At this time, Bai Tu only had Tai Shici around him, and he wasn't worried about being heard by others. Moreover... it wasn't really a criticism, he just felt that what Wang Lang said was too exaggerated.

However, Tai Shici looked strange at this time and said after a while: "Master, what Wang Sibu said should be true...at most it is a bit exaggerated."

"Huh? Then Xu Gong can still praise me before he dies?" Bai Tu looked at Tai Shi Ci questioningly, as if to say: How come you know how to blow a rainbow fart?
"Catching Fengwei sent back news that at the execution site, many people also heard Xu Gong say that, and now there are similar rumors in the city." Tai Shici said.

The Wind Catcher Guard has now been handed over to Tai Shi Ci. First of all, Tai Shi Ci, as the Su Guard Chief, usually follows Bai Tu, and as the leader of the intelligence organization, how can he not get close to the Lord?Secondly, Taishi Ci is indeed attentive, and given Taishi Ci's character, Bai Tu is not worried that he will use the intelligence department to do bad things.

Of course, Taishi Ci didn't hear about the tears.

"That's strange. When I was spoiling him, I didn't see him thinking well of me. I regretted killing him." Bai Tu shook his head speechlessly.

"Yesterday Xu Gong had no wife or children involved in the case, and I met him for the last time in prison. Presumably he already knew that the lord was righteous and let his family go." Taishi Ci said.

"I didn't spare his family, I just spared innocent people. It has nothing to do with whether they are his family or not." Bai Tu said matter-of-factly.

From Bai Tu's point of view, Xu Gong could truly feel Bai Tu's benevolence before he died because of what should be done as it should be. Unfortunately, if he had understood it earlier, he would not be where he is today.

At least Bai Tu killed all the heirs of Xu Gong's family. If his wife and daughter were not slaves, no one, including Tai Shici, would think that Bai Tu did something wrong.

Judging only from the number of people who were eventually executed and sentenced, Bai Tu has already been used as a derogatory term for "women's kindness", but... this time there are some unexpected impacts, but it is vaguely disturbing.

And directly speaking, the most uneasy person... is Taishi Ci!

Tai Shici admired his lord's benevolence very much for this kind of behavior of cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots, but he had to think vulgarly that this would bring a lot of pressure to his work as the guard.

Why did the punishment in the Eastern Han Dynasty, once it reached the extreme level, inevitably involve family members, and they would often kill them all, or confiscate the women and children as slaves?

One is to shock, and the other is to avoid future troubles...

For his lord, Taishi Ci now has 1 supports and 1 admirers in his heart, but... it is still necessary to expand the number of guards!

By using Xu's role as "chicken" this time, Bai Tu also showed his attitude towards the Jiangdong nobles and common people, as well as towards the people of the world.

The drought in the northeastern part of the Yangtze River continues until the autumn harvest. Judging from the current situation, the grain production in Danyang and Wu counties will inevitably decrease significantly. The harvest in the directly affected areas is estimated to be only half or even [-]%.

Baitu also reduced or exempted grain taxes for farmers in the two places affected by the disaster, but... all the grain was collected, replaced with relief grain and sent back!

Complaints among the people about this are minimal - after all, half of the harvest is barely enough to fill the stomach.

Without Bai Tu, this half of the harvest would not be saved, and we would have to live and die by then. Now we can at least survive. If you want to exchange for relief food, just change it!
Compared with Huainan, the situation in Jiangdong is already a paradise. In Huainan, there was a real severe drought. Not only was there no water, but there were no deep wells to survive. Countless people died because of lack of water and drank dirty water, and the fields were even more desolate. receive……

However, Jiangdong, which seems to be in a much better situation, is also encouraged by Bai Tu to continue to save food - in the coastal areas of Wu County, people are promoting that if you can eat fish, try not to eat, and leave the food to those in need!
Bai Tu knows best that the current drought is just part of the "extended bonus". The real drought started this winter, and next year will be the real drought...

Cao Cao and Liu Bei were also in short supply of food and grass at this time. Not only were the army in need of food and grass, but even the people in the areas they had recovered were almost unable to feed themselves, and the fields were completely out of food - a complete "fortification of the walls and clearing the fields."

Faced with the fluctuating morale of the army caused by the lack of food, Cao Cao invited Wang Hou, who was in charge of the granary, to have a heart-to-heart talk...

(End of this chapter)