Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 215: Panic

After Chen Gong left, Lu Lingqi asked curiously, "Do you want the barbarians to rebel against their own chieftain? You ca n't even move the local tyrants, yet you are still making things difficult for Uncle Gongtai!"
"You... understand what I mean?" Bai Tu looked surprised.
Indeed, from a certain perspective, the relationship between the barbarian chiefs and their tribes is an intensified version of the relationship between local nobles and civilians with unbridled violence.
The fact that Lu Lingqi could give this kind of example shows that she really understood!
Seeing that Lu Lingqi was looking at him unkindly, Bai Tu quickly changed his words and said, "Ahem, you are indeed the one who understands!"
In fact, this is also because Lu Lingqi grew up in Bingzhou since she was a child. She has never seen Shanyue, but has always seen Qiang and Hu. There is no difference between the commander-in-chief and the Qiang King.
Lu Lingqi continued to stare at him, and Bai Tu was silent for a moment before he said, "Only by fighting for the Shanyue against the tyranny of the monarchy, will I feel at ease in the face of the casualties that follow... Isn't that hypocritical?"
Bai Tu could have foreseen the casualties, and he could restrain the army of the General's Mansion and not disturb the civilians, but he could not control the killing among the barbarians. Even if Chen Gong and Zhang Liao led the army and watched from behind, they could only ensure that the barbarian rebellion would not enter the Han settlement area north of Wuxi.
Although it is common for the barbarians to kill each other's young and strong and plunder women, but... without a convincing reason, Bai Tu is still unwilling to be the one to stir up trouble.
Perhaps what persuaded Bai Tu was "to fight for the barbarian civilians against the tyranny of the monarchy", or perhaps... "this can reduce the casualties of our soldiers."
"Pfft..." Seeing Bai Tu's silence, Lu Lingqi couldn't help but laugh out loud, then said seriously: "It's really hypocritical."
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Seeing that Bai Tu really looked a little lonely, Lu Lingqi suddenly laughed, and then said: "But isn't this your style, little saint?"
As she spoke, Lu Lingqi hugged Bai Tu and put her hand on the back of his head - the two of them were now one sitting and one standing, and Bai Tu's face was pressed directly against his abdominal armor... It was a bit uncomfortable.
Bai Tu is not someone who can be easily bullied, so he will naturally bully back...
When was the first time it felt so bad? Maybe it was when my adoptive father didn't come and Lv Lingqi was in charge of supervising Bai Tu's morning exercises?
There was no fighting element, but Lu Lingqi insisted on adding it in. As a result... in the end it inexplicably turned into them using armor to butt against each other.
Originally, as the chief of the royal guards, Taishi Ci should have been by Bai Tu's side all the time. However, because of Lu Lingqi, when Taishi Ci was in the General's Mansion on weekdays, he would go to deal with the affairs of the Wind-catching Guards. The only "royal guard" left by Bai Tu's side was Lu Lingqi.
However, at this moment, Taishi Ci had matters concerning the Fengwei Guard to report to Bai Tu. At this time, Bai Tu was in the central hall with the door wide open, and Taishi Ci walked in... and then quietly left.
Taishi Ci, with his back to the door, couldn't help but fall into deep thought - should he add a clause in the future guard regulations that "subordinates cannot kiss their superiors"?
After thinking for a while, Taishi Ci turned around again and headed towards the central hall, where he found Bai Tu sitting in the main seat handling government affairs, while Lu Lingqi was standing beside him with a standard posture, like a Sanhao guard.
Taishi Ci also had selective amnesia, and came in normally to report to Bai Tu the "abnormalities" he had discovered before, which were actually some recent "chaos" in the Ministry of Justice.
Wang Lang's reform of the Ministry of Justice has been ongoing and is moving towards the ideal functions of the Ministry of Justice. However... many accidents have inevitably occurred during this period, and recently it has even affected the normal work of several other departments.
Mainly in the aspect of "torture", when Wang Lang was a local governor, he was famous for his criminal trials. He was most opposed to using torture to extract confessions, and was good at using his tongue to confuse the prisoners and make their confessions inconsistent, thus revealing their true colors.
However, not all officials in the Ministry of Justice can reach Wang Lang's rap level...
Most of the county magistrates in the Eastern Han Dynasty solved cases in two steps. The first step was to find out who had the motive for committing the crime, and the second step was to make the victim confess. If they refused, they would be beaten - the year before last, even Yang Biao was severely beaten by Man Chong, not to mention ordinary people.
In fact, this process of solving cases has been the mainstream of feudal dynasties for thousands of years, with exceptions only in a few cases and among a few officials.
Generally, the time determined by the coroner is used, and the alibi is looked at to determine if the official is competent.
After all, in mainstream values, if ordinary people are not honest and do things that arouse suspicion, it means that they are troublemakers and we cannot blame the officials for wrongly accusing them.
Now most counties have established criminal courts and stationed criminal justice officers from the Ministry of Justice. After the local trial power was gradually returned to the Ministry of Justice, Wang Lang also began to control the use of punishment.
However, as a result, the crime solving rate dropped significantly, and the confession rate increased significantly. Because of the abuse of punishment, the number of criminals being supervised and punished was almost more than the number of prisoners caught...
Both the government and the people at the local level have complaints about this.
After listening to Taishi Ci's report, Bai Tu sent someone to invite Wang Lang.
The way local authorities tried cases previously did have big problems. As long as the murderer had the methods used in the original version of the Conan animation, he could basically handle the case alone without any damage.
However...if Wang Lang's idea were to be implemented directly, he would have to consider that the criminal investigation methods of the Eastern Han Dynasty were still very primitive and it would be difficult to find too much on-site evidence.
To a certain extent, Wang Lang's talkative trial cannot be used as direct evidence in modern criminal investigation, but it is much better than simply forcing a confession.
As soon as Wang Lang arrived, he directly apologized to Bai Tu. He also knew the recent feedback from the local area.
After some positive efforts, Bai Tu pointed out a clear way for Wang Lang - he still had to train qualified criminal justice officers first.
“Unfortunately, there are not many orators who stand out in the selection test. It is already good enough for a county’s criminal hall to have one qualified criminal justice officer.” Wang Lang said regretfully.
Bai Tu was speechless and reminded: "No, no, no, I don't think the judge needs any eloquence."
"Hmm? My Lord, you don't know that when dealing with those cunning criminals, you must use better tactics than them..."
Wang Lang also went astray completely. He asked him to train a criminal justice officer, but as a result... he mainly focused on eloquence.
"I think the Ministry of Justice should still summarize its own criminal investigation methods and procedures, use irrefutable physical evidence to make people confess their guilt, and enhance the status and role of coroners. How about this... you select a group of experienced coroners from the criminal courts in various places, and we will work out a set of regulations together." Bai Tu thought to himself: It seems that it is time for "Xi Yuan Ji Lu" to be published, but it needs to be slightly revised, otherwise Bai Tu will not be able to justify himself.
Although Wang Lang went astray a bit and trusted his mouth too much, he was still very capable. At least most counties now have established criminal courts, thanks to Wang Lang's soft or hard connections.
Wang Lang's son, Wang Su, was even more of a little genius. Bai Tu thought that after a few more years of training with Kong Rong, he could try academic fraud... no, he should start to correct the deviations in Confucianism.
The matter of the Ministry of Justice should also be blamed on Bai Tu for not providing technical support in time...
However, it is not too late to start summarizing now. It’s just that Pang Tong’s “Ministry of Industry” and the “research queue” are already full.
Bai Tu was not going to trouble Pang Tong for forensic and evidence collection related technologies. At most, the medical school could provide some assistance.
Now even the "ship design" has been assigned to the Ministry of Industry. Only after the samples are designed and the drawings are finalized will they be sent to the shipyard in Kuaiji.
After all, Gan Ning has gone to sea now, and his main focus is not on the shipyard...
Pang Tong’s burden was already heavy enough. The last time Bai Tu saw him, he always felt that his cheap student’s long flowing hair was a little thinning.
Of course, Shi Yuan is not disappointed in vain. The first batch of warships completed by Kuaiji Shipyard is already being delivered.
"Gongjin, can Xingba's warships really arrive tomorrow?" Sun Ce asked impatiently.
"Looking at the itinerary, we can get there, and this kind of important military intelligence must have been calculated over and over again. Bofu, I understand how you feel, but you need to calm down now." Zhou Yu said patiently.
Although Sun Ce had asked this question many times in the past few days, Zhou Yu understood Sun Ce's current mood.
When he was under Yuan Shu's command, Huang Zu of Jiangxia was Sun Ce's thorn in his side. When he first returned to Jiangdong, Bai Tu also promised that he would give him the opportunity to personally attack Huang Zu.
It’s just that due to the natural disasters and man-made disasters before, the Chaisang navy has been in training. Now... the General’s Mansion has finally declared war on Jingzhou Prefecture!
However, because the new warships had not arrived yet, the previous attack on Echeng had remained in the exploratory stage - Echeng at this time was the location of Wuchang in later generations.
Located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han River, Huang Zu deployed heavy troops at the nearby port of "Miankou".
“Brother is still too cautious. What new warship... Look at its speed, I’m afraid it’s not even as fast as our current warships. A mere Huang Zu..." Sun Ce was unable to continue.
After all, to belittle Huang Zu too much would be tantamount to indirectly insulting his father who died at the hands of Huang Zu.
And objectively speaking, Huang Zu was quite capable in Jiangxia. Historically, Sun Ce also broke a tooth in Jiangxia during his lifetime. It was not until the eve of the Battle of Chibi, after Liu Biao had died, that Sun Quan avenged his father and took over Jiangxia, where the people were uneasy.
Finally, the promise was not broken. Sun Ce was waiting at Chaisang Port in the early morning. When it was just dawn, warships came upstream from the east!
In a hurry, Sun Ce put on his armor and flew into the air, looking out over the river...
Sun Ce had sharp ears and eyes, and his armor was equipped with a special "telescope" made by the Ministry of Works. He saw three huge monsters coming up the river among the masts.
In the middle and late period of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, there were also tower ships that could carry thousands of people, but at that time there were no such weapons for naval warfare.
The huge ship that was approaching had five floors, was over fifty feet high, and was probably two hundred feet long...
Although it was moving slowly, Sun Ce could already imagine how desperate the enemy would be when looking at this huge ship after the five-story ship tower was filled with sailors armed with bows and guns.
Moreover, there were three erected "masts" on both sides of the ship... This was obviously a human-powered ship, so Sun Ce had no idea why there were masts.
Not only were there three giant ships, but there were also countless flat boats and paddle boats around. The former seemed to be able to carry hundreds of sailors, and the latter moved very fast on the river...
It seems that this new battleship...was not a waste of time!
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