Chapter 258: two years of hard labor
Chapter 258 Hard labor for two years
The noisy Mrs. Qi left with her daughter and daughter-in-law. The father and son of the patriarch Qi, along with all the male servants, were escorted to the prison by the government officials.
The maidservants who were left on the spot by the master's house suddenly panicked, and they cried and begged again.
Old Master Pan was so quarreled that his head hurt, he patted the gavel, and the yamen servants followed with a burst of water and fire sticks.
The maidservants were frightened, and they didn't dare to cry and call for the Patriarch Qi's family who didn't look back.
Seeing that they were finally being honest, Mr. Pan repeated the words of his master, "Whoever violates the law and is punished with a cane or imprisoned according to the law, they can be compensated with money and hard labor. If you can't afford money, then It’s the same even if it’s offset by labor.”
A group of maidservants who were mourning their wives heard the words, and their eyes suddenly shone with astonishing light. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly, "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
It’s better to die than to live. As long as they can avoid going to jail and not being judged because of their reputation, even if they have to do hard labor for a lifetime to repay the one thousand taels of silver, they are willing.
Old Master Pan raised his hand to signal them to keep quiet.
After everyone was silent, Old Master Pan spoke again, "You are all sentenced to one year in prison. If you pay for it with hard labor, you have to work for free under the arrangement of the government for two years."
Everyone was stunned, "Two years? It only takes two years?"
That's one thousand taels, they thought they would have to do hard labor for the rest of their lives to pay off their debts.
Old Master Pan glanced at these maidservants lightly, "My lord is wise and benevolent, and when he made the legislation, he had already taken into account ordinary women like you who are cash-strapped."
The master of punishment was much more straightforward than Mr. Pan, he said: "You are different from rich and noble families like the Qi family. They hold gold and silver in their hands, and a thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket to them. You are different, Even if you go bankrupt and sell your sons and daughters, you will not be able to spend a thousand taels of silver to save yourself from being imprisoned. If you are asked to perform labor labor according to the standard of a thousand taels of silver, you may not have to serve until you die. This is not my lord want to see."
In Ye Anlan's view, "one year in prison" and "two years of hard labor" are relatively similar punishment methods, and it is relatively fair and reasonable to replace them.
But if someone exchanged "a lifetime of hard labor" for "a year in prison", in Ye Anlan's view, it could no longer be regarded as a kindness, but as a deliberate difficulty.
Her original purpose was not to use these women who committed crimes to make money. As long as it can serve as a punishment, Ye Anlan herself will not mind whether they choose labor reform or pay money.
The reason why she set the redemption standard so high is because if the standard is lower, those rich people will feel that since the cost of crime is so low, it doesn’t matter if I commit a crime? Anyway, I have money, even if I am sentenced to jail, I can redeem myself.
The standard she has set now is very bald. One year in prison, you have to pay a fine of one thousand taels of silver, two years in prison, you have to pay a fine of three thousand taels of silver, three years in prison, you have to pay a fine of seven thousand taels of silver, and four years in prison. To pay a fine of fifteen thousand taels of silver
Based on her calculation method of doubling every year, no matter how rich a family is, it is impossible to spend so much real money for nothing, right?
Although they can also choose to pay with labor instead of money like those women who can't afford the money, the problem is that with their bodies that don't touch the sun and spring water, can they support their bodies when the wind blows? Raise chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pigs, or open up wasteland, cultivate grass and weeds, and harvest in autumn?
Otherwise, are they willing to sweep the streets, wash clothes, sew, weave, cut and embroider non-stop?
It's not that Ye Anlan looks down on them, but if they can really grit their teeth and persevere, then Ye Anlan can be considered to have achieved the goal of reforming these women through labor, which will make Ye Anlan happier than if they just pay the money.
However, judging from her past experience, these female relatives of rich and noble families who have never suffered hardships and are extremely shameless, as long as they can collect money and hand it over to the local government, they will never allow themselves to do hard labor.
Even if their pockets will be cleaner than their faces after handing in the money, they will never make themselves suffer in order to keep the money.
Only those who really can't afford the money will treat the word "labor" as a life-saving straw, just like the group of maids who have been abandoned by their masters and are desperately thanking Mr. Pan and others.
"You can't leave Jeju for the past two years, and you can't cheat while working, otherwise, your working period will be extended depending on the situation."
As soon as the master finished speaking, the maidservants nodded like chickens pecking at rice.
Can they not go to jail and pay money, and what they thought was a lifetime of hard labor has become only two years of hard labor. With such a good deed, what do they have to be dissatisfied with?
Everyone thanked Mr. Pan for a long time, and then praised their benevolent and righteous Jeju new leader, Miss Ye. The flattering skills practiced in the gate of the mansion are no worse than those practiced by Mr. Pan in the officialdom _(:з」∠)_
Old Master Pan was both funny and helpless. He ordered all these maids to be sent away, and then ordered Qi Hongling to be escorted home.
After all the outsiders left, Mr. Pan asked someone to patrol the street and the government officials to pay more attention to the area where Qi Hongling's house is located in the future.
He was afraid that after Patriarch Qi was locked up, his wife, who would lose her mind if something went wrong, would attack Qi Hongling desperately.
After arranging these things, Mr. Pan returned to his residence behind the official office.
The patriarch Qi, father and son are three people in prison, and the elders of the Qi family will definitely have other thoughts.
Those maids and women have already developed resentment towards the master's family in their hearts, but they are all Mrs. Qi's original confidantes. There are countless old relatives in the Qi family's servants, and the relationship between them is intricate and influential. Not to be underestimated.
With these people constantly making noises, there is no need for him to do anything else. He just needs to wait quietly and wait patiently for the Qi clan to gradually become chaotic from the inside out.
As for the Li family who has been controlling the Qi family from afar, well, Mr. Pan can't do anything before the other party actively gets involved, so he can only choose to turn a blind eye to their small actions.
But he is not in a hurry, anyway, he will have a long time in Japan, and he still has a lot of time to slowly dismantle the discourse power and influence of these local aborigines in Jeju.
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