Pig Killer

Chapter 285

"Do you think the anger of the common people is nothing compared to the execution ground?" Shen Hui'e looked at Huang Zhongchang unhappily and said, "Don't forget that the officials forced the people to rebel."

"No, no!" Huang Zhongchang shook his head repeatedly, "I've been through it. Have you forgotten how we escaped? It was like a flood that submerged everything."

"That's it." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "Since everyone is here, let's get started!"

&*&

In terms of law, Zhang Jixian and Huang Zhongchang had differences.

"The court laws are very strict." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes and said.

"I know!" Shen Hui'e nodded when she heard that.

"What do you mean, Mr. Zhang?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him, not quite understanding.

"That's not appropriate." Zhang Jixian hesitated and said, "Speaking of defamation, as long as you talk about the court's affairs behind their backs, it's defamation and the family will be exterminated." He looked at them with his black eyes and said.

"It's so serious." Shen Hui'e said in shock, "It's too exaggerated!"

"What I said is true." Zhang Jixian looked at them seriously and said, "There was also Ou Yuqishi. The two met on the street and whispered to each other."

"Abandon the city?" Shen Hui'e blinked and looked at him and said, "What do you mean?"

"Take him out and kill him." Zhang Jixian said word by word.

"What?" The people present stood up and screamed.

"Don't you know?" Zhang Jixian looked at them puzzledly.

"I don't know. We are illiterate and naturally cannot understand the legal provisions." Huang Shuchang said immediately after hearing this.

"The emperor is far away, so we don't talk about state affairs." Huang Bochang looked at him with his dark eyes and said, "We dared to talk about the court only after we captured the county town, and then we talked about the emperor's pros and cons."

Zhang Jixian's mouth twitched when he heard this. They were really frank.

"Yes! The emperor is nothing in my eyes now." Huang Jichang said carelessly.

"All these exaggerated and absurd charges are scrapped." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Criminals should be judged by their deeds, not their hearts! No one is perfect in the world." Then she said in a simple way, "Among all evil deeds, excess and lack of restraint are the most serious, but this mainly depends on the behavior, not the heart. If we judge by the heart, everyone in the world is inevitably tempted and moved. In this case, there is no perfect person in the world."

"That's right! If someone keeps shouting that he wants to kill someone, but he hasn't done anything, you can't arrest him and convict him!" Huang Bochang muttered in a low voice, "Everyone gets angry and says harsh words!" He cupped his hands towards Shen Hui'e and said, "General Shen, this is a good suggestion."

Shen Hui'e bowed in return, her dark eyes looking at them and said, "How many times do we go to the government office in a year?"

"No! I have never been to the government office." Huang Bochang said immediately after hearing this, "People owe me money and I don't have a receipt, so I can't even go to the government office to sue."

"Going to the government office is mostly about transferring ownership, real estate, land deeds and so on." Shen Changsheng said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"We were extremely poor before, and this land deed has nothing to do with us." Huang Shuchang agreed.

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and clear eyes and said, "Ordinary people rarely encounter criminal cases. Most of them are neighborhood disputes. These harsh and severe sentencing should be abolished."

"Yes!" Huang Jichang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Killing someone means paying with one's life, that's only right."

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor," Huang Bochang said forcefully. "Whoever made the mistake should be held responsible. Don't bring harm to your family."

"Don't you want to avoid collective punishment?" Zhang Jixian said to them with his dark eyes shaking.

Shen Hui'e looked at Huang Zhongchang and said, "I'm asking you?"

Huang Zhongchang blinked and thought for a moment before saying, "Let's cancel the collective punishment! Whoever committed the crime should bear the responsibility."

"How about you judge the wealthy merchants and high-ranking officials?" Zhang Jixian looked at them with a raised eyebrow and said, "Are you going to punish them all?"

"Uh..." Huang Zhongchang was stunned by the question. This had been discussed before. Of course, everyone would be punished collectively, but it involved common people.

"Those wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials have committed many serious crimes, crimes that could lead to the extermination of their entire clans." Huang Zhongchang said cleverly in a calm and collected voice.

"You are being inconsistent and treating us differently!" Zhang Jixian looked at him with his dark eyes and said, "Since collective punishment has been abolished, we should treat everyone equally."

"Those..." Huang Zhongchang closed his eyes and looked at him in a very rogue manner, "I treat them differently. Their descendants don't enjoy the people's blood and sweat!" He snorted coldly, "If you don't punish them together, ask the common people outside if they agree!"

"Yes! They are not innocent at all." Huang Bochang nodded in agreement.

"We should deal with each one separately." Shen Changsheng thought for a moment and said, "Those young masters and young ladies, if they don't like one of them, will bring disaster to the common people."

Shen Hui'e's face broke into a big smile when she heard that.

"Madam, do you agree?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her smartly and asked.

"We are holding a public trial to ask the victims and the common people." Shen Hui'e looked at them with warm eyes and said in a cold and murderous tone!

"The common people don't understand the situation. As long as profiteers and corrupt officials are killed, they will applaud." Zhang Jixian said with a snort.

"Don't say too much. We are acting on behalf of heaven." Huang Zhongchang said proudly.

"But this is blatant discrimination." Zhang Jixian looked at him unhappily.

"When a reckless man gets angry, blood will splatter three feet. This county magistrate who ruined his family and the county governor who wiped out his family are even more destructive." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "Why don't the county magistrate and the county governor show leniency and spare the family from the disaster? Don't they treat them differently?"

"Uh..." Zhang Jixian was speechless.

"It all comes down to who holds the power." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep black eyes and said, "When the emperor gets angry, millions of people will die and rivers of blood will flow."

"Yes! In the past two years, the grain levies have been increased layer by layer, and countless families have been destroyed. Even if they were cut into pieces, it would not satisfy us." Huang Bochang said honestly.

Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes. "If you treat us differently like this, what will you do in the future?"

"We don't hold public trials every day." Huang Zhongchang said in a gangster tone.

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed when she heard that.

"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?" Huang Zhongchang pointed his index finger outside and said, "For what those wealthy merchants did, common people can skin them alive."

"We recited the law in front of his house. They were all unforgivable crimes involving human lives." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and said, "Those trivial matters are insignificant and cannot be brought to the table."

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures!" Huang Zhongchang looked at them with his deep, dark eyes and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are late. Look at the shacks outside the city and how miserable the common people inside the city are."

"Mr. Zhang, please don't accuse us of being self-contradictory. We haven't become kings yet!" Shen Hui'e said with a gleam in her eyes, "The court calls us rebels and traitors. Thieves!"

"Yes! Yes!" Huang Zhongchang looked at Mr. Zhang with sparkling eyes and said, "We are acting for the people and leaving it to the common people to judge!"

Zhang Jixian looked at the couple with a mixture of laughter and tears, and pointed at them with a trembling index finger, "I have nothing to say."

&*&

As the law was recited loudly in East City and West City, dog-eat-dog situations were played out every day.

According to the victim's complaint, every word is full of blood and tears.

"Their crimes are so numerous that it is hard to list them all! Even if they are cut into pieces, it would not satisfy my anger." Huang Zhongchang was so angry that he almost broke the floor by walking on it.

It took a whole month for the situation to calm down.

"What do we do next?" Huang Zhongchang looked at them with his dark eyes.

"Farming!" Shen Hui'e said to them with her gentle eyes.

"It is indeed time to plant the land. Spring ploughing will begin soon." Zhang Jixian nodded hurriedly upon hearing this. "What about the farmlands of those nobles, wealthy merchants, and businessmen?"

"Give everything that can be distributed to the common people, and as for the rest, we will grow it ourselves!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her bright dark eyes.

"Shall we farm?" Zhang Jixian said reluctantly.

"What else can we do? If we leave this land uncultivated, it will be struck by lightning!" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at him and said, "Now we will mobilize soldiers to repair houses, roads and clean up garbage for the common people in the city, the south city and the north city."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Jixian looked at her puzzledly.

"Literally!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "East City is rich, West City is expensive, the houses are tall and solid, and there will be no water on the roadside when it rains. But the houses in South City and North City are low and crowded, not much worse than shacks. When it rains, it's heavy rain outside and light rain inside. The road is flooded and can reach above the knees."

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes, "There are also villages and towns on the outskirts of the city, and their houses are also dilapidated."

"I see. It's just like back home." Huang Zhongchang said with a smile on his face, "Hezhong Prefecture is also our home. We have to build it up before we can defend our home."

"Hmm!" Shen Hui'e said with a bright smile on her face.

"Even if we open the warehouse and release the grain, it won't be enough to last until next year... It should be harvested this summer." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her black and white eyes and said, "What should we do during this period? We are taking risks for food."

"There is enough food in the granary!" Huang Shuchang said immediately after hearing this.

"But people tend to get into trouble when they are idle." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with raised eyebrows.

"I understand." Tiefeng said, looking at them with bright eyes.

"What do you understand?" Shen Peng came over and asked him.

"Let the common people build houses, pave roads, and distribute food to them." Tie Feng said with a smile, "General Shen, I am right."

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e gave him a thumbs up.

"This is General Shen's good teaching. The women in our hometown organized themselves to weave cloth, make clothes and shoes." Tiefeng said happily.