Beiyang reactionaries

Wang Chonghui nodded.

Originally, what Wang Chonghui meant was to arrest the principal criminal and release the accessory criminal.It is mainly for homicide and injury cases, but it is obvious that Duan Xun's choice is completely different.

Wang Chonghui did not argue with Duan Xun, because the laws enacted are flexible.For the same crime, the sentence is not small.The same crime, according to the different circumstances, the sentence will be different.Duan Xun is to be punished with the maximum penalty for the crime.

"Then I'll discuss it and see how the penalty is judged this time."

"Row."

Wang Chonghui left.

After sending Wang Chonghui away, Duan Xun said to Yang Yongtai: "Mobilize all the newspapers that can be controlled, and attack the reality of cannibalism caused by the current patriarchal clan and etiquette."

"Yes."

After this case broke out, the standard-bearers of the New Culture Movement began to attack the patriarchal clan and the law of etiquette with all their strength.

Especially the attack on etiquette is great.

Those newspapers controlled by the government cannot be silent either.

It's time to do it.

Criticize the patriarchal clan and the law of etiquette with all your strength, and lay a good foundation for Duan Xun's next inspection of the country.

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A small case.

It was really a case that couldn't be smaller, but it caused such a big disturbance.This is unexpected by many people, not even the public opinion that has been appealing.

Because this incident became a fuse.

A large number of people in official circles in Anhui have been implicated, and I don't know how many big families in Anhui have been implicated.Of course, the more important thing is that after such a thing happened, the investigation team suddenly received a lot of reports.

This sort of thing was supposed to be common.

Nobody cares.

But after it was widely publicized, even some villages and towns with no information began to spread the news.So much so that there were such things in the past, but the cases that were suppressed were revealed again.

In May 1924, more and more cases of this type were dug up and received.

More and more people are involved.

surprise.

No one expected that there are so many such things in local villages and towns.Of course not all cases are the same, but there are countless similar cases.

In the end, even the case of being beaten to death because of other disputes came to the investigation team.For a long time, rural areas have always been the territory of clans and gentry.

The order in these places was established by the clan and the gentry.

However, after this incident caused a sensation throughout Anhui, many things that were suppressed by the clan and gentry were exposed.

nice guy?

There are no absolutely good people in the world, no matter how well a politician like Duan Xun packs himself, there is no "dark" place.Which one has not used many shady means.

Really with a magnifying glass, anyone can find problems.

Including clans and gentry.To say that they are all "local tyrants and evil gentry" would be an exaggeration.In order to maintain their reputation, some families who inherit poems and books are still very concerned about their own actions in their hometown and will not do too much.Even some warlords did.

They ran amok outside, the army burned, killed and looted, they really did all kinds of evil.But in his hometown, he has a good reputation.

But no matter how hard they maintain their reputation, it is impossible for a big family to be completely free of black apples.As long as there are black sheep, there must be many shady things.And if they can stand upright in the local area, there must be many things that offend people.Usually these are nothing.

But now they have all been exposed.

Cai Mi is no ordinary person.

When he was the chief prosecutor in Chongqing and Sichuan in his early years, he was really ruthless.How many people were sent to the guillotine by him.

Cai Xian came to Anhui this time as the leader of the investigation team with a mission.Duan Xun personally told him not to worry about others.Just sit in Anhui and rectify the situation in Anhui.

There are many cases, as long as Cai Mi has the energy to take them and solve them, he can take them all.

So Cai Mian really is, taking any case.And as long as the investigation is clear, he doesn't care what kind of families those families are.It should be grasped, not soft at all.

I don't know how many powerful factions in Anhui hope that Cai Mian will show mercy.

But Cai Xian didn't give them face at all.

Therefore, those big families in Anhui are completely panicked now, worried that Cai Mian's next rectification butcher's knife will fall on them.While taking the case, Cai Xian began to prosecute the case that had been sorted out.The Xu family case, which has attracted the most attention, was the first to go to court.

fast.

For this case, the court also opened the door of convenience.

Originally, the trial of the case was procedural and orderly.But because this case has attracted the attention of public opinion, it is a special case.The Supreme Court also sent people south to supervise the case.

The case is being tried in the Anqing Court.

When the results of the first trial came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

On June 1924, 6, the Anqing court pronounced that those who beat the male student to death said the case was serious, the methods were cruel, and the social influence was bad. Moreover, the members of the Xu family did not show repentance at all, but resisted the censorship.Therefore, it was decided to impose a heavier punishment on the Xu family.

There are eleven people in the Xu family, all of whom are the masterminds of this incident and are under the death penalty.More than 40 others were sentenced to varying degrees.Afterwards, starting from the Xu family, the old relatives of the Xu family involved in this case were all tried for using their influence and bribing government officials to suppress the case.

Some of these families were sentenced to prison, some were confiscated, and the various punishments were different.

Once the sentence was pronounced, it caused a sensation all over the country.

Eleven people were shot.

Starting from the Xu family, more than a hundred people have been sentenced, and there are six families whose property was confiscated.Among those sentenced were more than 50 government employees.

It's just criminal law.

There are still a lot of cases that are not up to the criminal law, but government employees are still subject to administrative punishment.

On June 1924, 6, the cabinet announced the establishment of a supervisory committee.

Because this incident exposed too many problems.There are many government departments that are dereliction of duty. They clearly know that there are such cases, but they stand on the sidelines one by one.

should all be punished.

It's just that they are not involved in corruption and bribery, and the procuratorate has nothing to do with it.Therefore, a supervisory committee was established to supervise government workers.Appoint Weng Jingtang, the former director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the current prosecutor of the General Prosecutor's Office, as the director of the Supervisory Committee.Conduct an inspection of every province in the country to see if there is such a thing.