Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 96 124. Changting Night Trial
Changting is located fifty miles away from Yuzhang County. Changting (equivalent to a modern town), Wang Hao and others rushed to Changting Town after dark.

Li Zheng: "The villain Chen Da pays his respects to the lord!"

Wang Hao: "You're welcome, Chen Lizheng. We won't go into the village tonight. We will just clean outside the village all night..."

Li Zheng: "How can this be, my lord must..."

Hu Che'er: "My lord doesn't need it if he says you don't need it. Why can't you understand..."

Wang Hao: "Hu Che'er back down..."

Wang Hao's convoy has nearly 2000 people, and there is also the official flag of Jingzhou. Anyone who is not blind would know that Wang Hao and others are big shots, but Wang Hao is not willing to get too close to him.

Lizheng repeatedly invited Wang Hao to stay in Liuyang Village, so Lizheng and several local elders had no choice but to leave the camp. Just as they were about to leave, they saw the imprisoned young man and several villagers, who were guarded by soldiers. Unable to get close, he hurried back to the village.

Hu Che'er: "My lord, before that old man left just now, he asked the villagers about..."

Wang Hao: "Oh, what do you think of Fengxiao?"

Guo Jia: "This subordinate doesn't know, is there something in it..."

Lu Xun: "They are just a group of rural people, how can they still be against us? I remember that there are no such spies under Sun Quan..."

Wang Hao: "Hu Che'er, call that boy over after dinner, I have something to ask him..."

For some reason, Wang Hao always felt that something was wrong when he saw the young man's unwilling and angry eyes in the evening, but the young man also admitted that he had stolen something and found gold on him.

After dinner, Wang Hao's tent was full of high-level people. The boy was rescued by the army doctor at night, and his face was not so haggard after dinner.

Wang Hao: "Why did you steal the gold from Lizheng's family?"

Boy: "That was originally mine, why can't I take it back?"

The young man looked up without fear of Wang Hao's gaze. Wang Hao and Guo Jia looked at each other. Standing behind Wang Hao, Hu Che'er also felt the chill.

Guo Jia: "You say what's yours is yours. What evidence do you have?"

Boy: "No, but...but..."

Wang Hao: "Since there is no evidence, how can you say it is yours?"

Young man: "I heard someone said that as long as someone dies on the battlefield, his family will receive fifty gold as compensation. My father died in the war, but he didn't give anything to my family..."

Wang Hao: "When did it happen?"

Boy: "Last month..."

Guo Jia: "The compensation didn't arrive until three months later. How can you say that the gold is yours?"

This Wang Hao did say at the beginning that half of the princes who died in battle would be compensated with ten gold for burial expenses, one stone of rice and grain, and tax exemption for three years.

And Wang Hao himself has strong financial resources. Generally, soldiers who die in battle are given fifty gold, five stones of rice grain and one livestock as compensation, and they are tax-free for life. This has always been the case in Wang Hao's territory.

Boy: "Old man Chen said that my family is from Danyang, not from Yuzhang County, and he wants my family to move out of Liuyangting..."

Guo Jia: "When did your family move into Liuyang Pavilion?"

Young man: "My father was a soldier in Danyang Prefecture. Danyang County was captured and died in the war a few days ago. Hu Cao divided our family and moved to Liuyang Pavilion in Yuzhang County."

Wang Hao: "Danyang government soldiers... a month ago..."

This time Wang Hao is a little bit overwhelmed. Gao Shun captured Danyang County just over a month ago. The boy’s father should be a soldier of Sun Quan, but now he is a subject under Wang Hao’s rule. Should the compensation be paid? Fa Wang Hao himself didn't even know.

Guo Jia: "Hucao moved. Since your family was moved to Yuzhang, you will naturally have fields and winter grain supplies. Why do you commit theft?"

Boy: "As Li Zheng said, we are outsiders and do not belong to Liuyang Village, and we have not signed official documents to receive subsidies..."

Wang Hao: "Is Lizheng not approving the documents? Have you gone to the pavilion chief?"

Boy: "Do you still need to look for it? My family will be kicked out of Liuyang Village tomorrow. It's useless for me to go to Tingli without Lizheng documents. Those compensations will be in Lizheng's turn in the end..."

Guo Jia: "Do you have proof for this?"

Young man: "Last time I saw Li Zheng using this method to drive away two families who had moved here..."

Guo Jia didn't ask any more questions. He had already seen Wang Hao's gloomy expression. Not long after the last major change, this happened again, and Wang Hao's mood must not be much better.

The army is the sharp sword in Wang Hao's hands, so Wang Hao pays special attention to and cares about the daily life of soldiers and post-war pensions, and he did not expect such a thing to happen.

Guo Jia: "My lord, don't blame yourself too much. This kind of thing may just happen by accident. After all, there is no one who is not afraid of the knife and the ax!"

Wang Hao: "Feng Xiao doesn't need to comfort me. It is necessary to let Korea and Mo legislate when I go back this time. In troubled times, heavy codes should be used. I was too merciful before.

Hu Che'er listens to the order, tonight you bring a hundred imperial guards into the village, secretly..."

Wang Hao is not yet sure whether what the young man said is true or not, but a thorough investigation is necessary. If this is the truth, Wang Hao's territory may be another bloodbath.

Guo Jia: "Think twice, my lord, the method of Han Mo cannot be easily restarted, it has been verified in the pre-Qin period!"

Wang Hao: "In troubled times, heavy laws should be used. Legalist discipline is to follow the trend. Only by severe punishment can the law make the world pure and make some young people stop thinking..."

Wang Hao has always wanted to improve the law. In this era where Confucian law is the only one, there are certain things that should not be wrong.

It is understandable to kill someone to avenge his father, but he kills a whole family to stand up for his friends. He is also known as a benevolent knight. Wang Hao does not think so. Killing for life is good, but he does not spare even the old, weak, women and children.

There are also those who make small moves behind the scenes, who frame Zhongliang or collaborate with the enemy and traitor. Although they did not kill or set fire, their actions are enough to cut them into pieces. Don't use benevolence and justice as an excuse.

Just like Xu Huang, although he surrendered because his parents were held hostage by Cao Cao, thousands of soldiers under Wang Hao died in Lujiang County. These people also have parents, wives and children.

Without a relatively fair law, those who talk about benevolence, justice and morality, and those who rely on the power of aristocratic families, will not be strict with themselves and others. There will be no clues when they are prosperous, but once the sun sets, the wall will still fall. Everyone recommends.

Hu Che'er came back not long after he went out. Seeing that Lu Xun was still in the big tent and didn't speak directly, Wang Hao muttered to his ears for a long time. Wang Hao's weather was getting worse and worse, and Guo Jia could feel the smell of gunpowder.

"Hu Che'er listened to the order and ordered you to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to surround Liuyang Village overnight.
Yang Feng, you took my warrant and rushed to Yuzhang County overnight to arrest Yuzhang County's master and Hu Cao,

After Hu Che'er besieged Liuyang Village, he confiscated Lizheng Chen Da to me, and I ransacked my house. Anyone who resists will be killed!

Guo Jia, please write to Zhicai, asking Han Mo to go to Yuzhang immediately to serve as the prefect of Yuzhang and the captain of Bing Cao.

After the spring of next year, I want to see a different Yuzhang County. If Han Mo can't do it, let him go away.

Without him, someone can draft the new law. I don’t want him to wrongly accuse a good person, and it’s best not to let any bad person go!
Boyan, how about you accompany me? I have a night trial at Liuyang Pavilion tonight! "

Wang Hao's orders came one after another, and Lu Xun's resolute way of handling things opened Lu Xun's eyes. Although Lu Xun didn't know what Hu Che'er and Wang Hao said.

But something that can make Wang Hao angry is definitely not a trivial matter, and Guo Jia also realizes that something big is about to happen!
(End of this chapter)