Chapter 427: Public Trial
When they arrived at the city, a general in his forties who took the lead on the other side also turned over and dismounted, and saluted the two people at the same time: "Hu Wenlie, the general of the defeated army, has seen two generals. ”
Gongsun Lin and Ma Yuan both turned over and dismounted directly, Gongsun Lin took a few steps forward, helped Hu Wenlie up and said seriously: "General Hu must not say that, the world can only live the word loyalty, General Hu is the general of Gaochang State, his duty is to protect the people of Gaochang Kingdom, and now for the sake of tens of thousands of people in the city, General Hu takes the initiative to avoid disputes, this is righteousness." ”
"Secondly, General Hu, as a subordinate of Ju Wentai, the current leader of Gaochang, in order to prevent Ju Wentai from leaving a stench for 10,000 years and ruining his and Ju's hundreds of years of prestige, this is for loyalty. Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been in a dilemma, but General Hu has done these two words, how can General Hu talk about the general of the defeated army? ”
Gongsun Lin's words made Hu Wenlie stunned for a moment, this ...... Can it be explained like that? He raised his head and looked at Gongsun Lin's expression, the other party didn't seem to be just to comfort him, the other party's expression was also very serious, Hu Wenlie was somewhat moved in his heart.
At least he did these things, and he made a lot of determination.
"Thank you two generals for your understanding." Hu Wenlie said seriously, "Please invite the two generals into the city." ”
"General Ma Yuan will lead the Suzaku Army to take over the city defense, and I still have a new mission, so I won't enter the city for the time being." Gongsun Lin shook his head slightly and said.
"Yes."
After Ma Yuan entered the city, nearly 20,000 soldiers in the city were all dismissed after unloading their weapons and armor, and the entire Gaochang City was taken over by the 3,000 Suzaku Army.
Gaochang City is not very large, it was already very crowded to accommodate 20,000 troops before, in fact, 3,000 Suzaku troops were enough to control all the situation, and after controlling the situation, Ju Wentai's entire family, who had been placed under house arrest, were controlled in the palace.
Similarly, the other ministers of Gao Changguo are naturally all controlled in their main mansions, and collusion and collusion are strictly prohibited.
After taking control of Gaochang City for a day, Ma Yuan and Gongsun Lin once again held a meeting in a tent outside the city.
"How? Are the results of the investigation out? Gongsun Lin asked directly.
"Come out, I have already contacted the intelligence officers below Minister Mingyue, according to their investigation, although Hu Wenlie is strict in governing the army, he is usually fair to the people, he is a good official, and his soldiers are also quite convinced of him, if it weren't for Ju Wentai's desire to take risks, this time it is estimated that he would not surrender easily."
"At least Ju Wentai doesn't say surrender, he probably won't surrender, and Ju Wentai's reputation among the people of Gaochang is not very high, to be precise, there are a lot of mediocre things, and naturally there are a lot of things that are bullied by Ju Wentai's son."
"There are other ministers who have some similar people." Ma Yuan gave a quick introduction to the situation.
"Well, if that's the case, let's go according to our plan." Gongsun Lin nodded immediately, how to control this city, Gongsun Lin and they have strict procedures, many of these procedures are compiled by Huo Gang according to some methods in later generations, and then there are officials from various departments of the government after discussion and experimentation.
"Okay, I'll go and ask Hu Wenlie to come over now." Ma Yuan nodded.
About a quarter of an hour later, Hu Wenlie also rushed to the tent, and after Hu Wenlie came in, Gongsun Lin spoke directly: "General Hu, according to the order of the chief, General Hu will be appointed as the city lord of Gaochang City, responsible for governing Gaochang and the counties around Gaochang, until about 15 days later, the patrol department troops under the Ministry of Security will come to take over the city defense." ”
"Yes. Thank you, Chief. Hu Wenlie was a bachelor, and he directly rushed to the east and agreed with his hand.
"Then call the city lord, then we will discuss Ju Wentai's handling method." Gongsun Lin said.
"General Gongsun, please speak." Hu Wenlie couldn't see any expression on his face.
"We will hold a public trial of Ju Wentai and his family." Gongsun Lin said with a smile.
"Public trial?" Hu Wenlie was stunned for a moment, looked at the two of them suspiciously, obviously not quite understanding, what this public trial meant.
"The so-called public trial is to face the tens of thousands of people in Gaochang and openly try all the crimes of Ju Wentai and his son." Gongsun Lin smiled and said, "We will give them a fair punishment in accordance with the current laws of the Han Dynasty." ”
Hu Wenlie was a little confused, he actually didn't understand this, but he also knew that the other party notified him because he was going to take over Gaochang City, and he was the city lord, at least the temporary city lord, so he would inform him, and any advice he put forward would definitely not work.
"I listen to the chief's orders." Hu Wenlie simply nodded.
"Very good, thank you General Hu for your understanding, then we will start propaganda tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow we will officially go to trial." Gongsun Lin said very simply.
After the three of them finished talking, Ma Yuan directly sent someone to arrange it.
After Gaochang City surrendered yesterday, the people of the entire Gaochang City were a little uneasy, they didn't know what they would face next, they naturally didn't want to fight, they knew what the Han was like, and they heard a lot of legends about the Han, so they actually had some expectations in their hearts, but they couldn't decide on these things.
When they heard about the war before, although they were helpless, they could only silently pray that the defenders could win, because since ancient times, after the city was broken, they and the people had to suffer a plunder, but what they didn't expect was that the battle didn't start.
Because the general of the defending army surrendered, directly surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and did not fight, many people were also relieved, because many of their relatives, sons, and husbands were soldiers, and now that suddenly there is no war, they naturally don't have to worry.
But what the Han army was like, they were still very scared, but what happened next surprised them, all their men who were soldiers in the army were sent home, not to mention, and were responsible for taking over the Han army in the city...... Unexpectedly, Qiu did not commit any crimes.
Qiu did not say that any hooligans and ruffians who took the opportunity to make trouble in the city and took the opportunity to make trouble were directly arrested as soon as possible, and then thrown into prison, and these people will be subjected to compulsory labor reform.
Anyway, there are too many projects in Dahan now, and some of these ruffians and hooligans are places for them to exert their residual heat.
These soldiers were constantly patrolling the city, and they were all lined up in a neat queue as they were on patrol, constantly walking the streets like machines, and these soldiers were all paid according to the rules, whether they were buying things or anything else.
If you don't want money, they won't buy your stuff at all, and if you ask a question or something, they'll answer it seriously.
In just half a day, many people in Gaochang City boldly walked out of their homes, because they found that these soldiers were ...... I don't know how many times better than the soldiers of Gaochang before, although they are very strange, but they do not have any violations.
In just over a day, Huo Gang's army can be said to have left a deep impression on these people, and the legends they had heard before were naturally quickly recalled in their minds and fixed.
Therefore, on the third day when Ma Yuan's Suzaku Army took control of Gaochang City, Gaochang City returned to its daily state, and many people had already come out on the streets to do business and work.
But today is destined to be different, when the early morning sun climbed not long after, a pair of soldiers suddenly appeared in the streets and alleys of Gaochang City, and directly began to loudly promote something, and at the same time posted announcements in different locations in Gaochang City.
Soon these people figured out what was going on, and they actually wanted to put the former Gaochang King Ju Wentai on trial? And there are many things listed in it, such as Ju Wentai wants to poison the wells in the city, Ju Wentai wants to use the plague to infect the whole city, and even Ju Wentai has placed hay in many places in the city, preparing to burn the entire city to fight against the Han and a series of other things have been leaked.
When these things were publicized, the people of the entire Gaochang City were instantly angry, and the fools knew that Ju Wentai didn't care about their lives or deaths at all, if they might have watched the excitement at first, now ...... They're just angry.
Therefore, when the day of the public trial on the fourth day came, countless people gathered outside the square where the public trial was located, so to speak...... Almost all the people of the city came.
A high platform had been erected in the center of the square, and a few soldiers with a few strange tin horns were facing the square square.
When Ma Yuan stood on the wooden platform and read it out loud, the soldiers would read Ma Yuan's content aloud to the people around him.
“…… After our investigation, Ju Wentai, the former lord of Gaochang City, which belonged to the Western Turks, disregarded the general interests of the nation and the safety of the people when he faced the army of our Han Dynasty to liberate all the people...... Trying to manipulate the lives of the people of the city to achieve his goals...... To this end...... According to the law of the Han Dynasty, Ju Wentai was sentenced to death! Execute it now! Ma Yuan said loudly.
With Ma Yuan's shout, the people below were quiet, and they didn't know who took the lead, and the shouts of "kill him" around them gradually rang out, and finally converged into a terrifying sound.
Seeing this scene, Ma Yuan's face was calm, but he secretly recorded it in his heart, and sure enough, as the leader and Minister Mingyue said, the public trial can make the people more united, but in the same way, such behavior is also easy to mobilize the emotions of unknown people, so it is necessary to prevent the coercion of people with intentions.
Ma Yuan waved his hand directly in the shouts of the crowd! A warrior standing behind Ju Wentai did not hesitate to directly swing the long knife in his hand. The long knife made of characteristic alloy steel directly cut off Ju Wentai's head.
Then Ma Yuan asked them to pull the second person up, this person is Ju Wentai's eldest son, this guy is a complete gentleman, there are many lives in his hands alone, it is not difficult to investigate these things, the intelligence officers who have been lurking in Gaochang City have even found out the parents of the daughters of several people he killed.
When Ma Yuan announced his crime, the family members of the victims waiting in the crowd could no longer bear their emotions and rushed out, crying bitterly about his evil deeds, and begging Ma Yuan to kill him.
To tell the truth, Ju Wentai has a total of seven sons, except for the youngest one, who is still in infancy because he is only 3 years old, the youngest of these eight-year-old sons is not a good thing, and there are several maids who are killed without saying a word.
It's just that the maids were bought, and their parents didn't know their whereabouts at all.
Soon all of Ju Wentai's sons were sentenced to death, and only the youngest one was sentenced to be raised by an ordinary person, as for who this ordinary person was, no one knew, not even Ma Yuan and Gongsun Lin didn't know, because he would be constantly transferred by several personnel from the Ministry of Security, and finally gave Dahan an ordinary, infertile person, but who wanted children to raise.
No one knows who he really is except for the most confidential files of the Ministry of Security, and the Ministry of Security will be responsible for monitoring him until he is 12 years old, and if no one approaches him when he is 12 years old, the Ministry of Security will destroy all of his previous identity information.
Since the law is enacted, it must be enforced in accordance with the law. For this, Huo Gang is very insistent.
Among these concubines of Ju Wentai, there are also a lot of careless human lives, all those who commit murder are all sentenced to death, and those who do not commit crimes, these women will be sentenced to some old soldiers, Huo Gang has enough confidence in the loyalty of these soldiers.
And these women, in this era, it is impossible to set off any waves, as long as they have a little brain, they know that living a good life is their right choice. What's more, these women are also after careful inquiry and determination of their character.
Including the servants, maids, and servants in the house of Ju Wentai and his son, they will ask for their opinions, if they are willing to go home, they will let them go home, if they are not willing to go home, but they are willing to migrate to the Huoci River, the Tarim River valley to become a common people, will give them houses and cattle and sheep land, and treat them fairly.
After the public trial of these people, then there are those ministers, there are many people who have been bullied by these people, Gaochang is not without good ministers, but there are really not many good ministers, but these generals in Gaochang, but on the whole, the bad proportion is lower than these nobles.
The entire public trial conference lasted for two whole days, and it can be said that through this public trial, the entire Han Dynasty instantly established a preliminary image in the minds of all the people of Gaochang! An image like never before!