Chapter 1898: A Great Victory
After their identities are identified, those who should be released will be released, and those who should be punished will be punished.
However, in this case, people must be sent there to guard and manage it.
Although it was still dark when these bandits were escorted into the city, how could no one know about such a large group entering the city?
News spread among the people so quickly.
At dawn, when all shops had just opened, the news had already spread among the vendors...
Shao Yunduan did not want the public to speculate, so he released the official and accurate information to the public as soon as possible.
When the official news spread, the people were excited and cheered! All the major families were in a state of confusion!
No one thought that what the imperial court sent troops to do in the past could not be done, Master Shao actually did it! Hutouzhai, one of the three major mountain bandit dens that had been rampant in Anze Prefecture for more than ten years, was destroyed overnight!
Lord Shao is really extraordinary! He is so amazing!
No one would think that this is easy to do, not even the most ignorant people.
Since Hutou Village could be wiped out, then the other two mountain strongholds could be wiped out as well. It seems that the battle in Giant Rock Gorge was real! The government did not exaggerate...
Originally, many families suspected that this matter was fake, but now, no one would think so anymore.
The families' respect and reverence for the prefect was further enhanced...
With hundreds of people, feeding is a big problem, and it is easy to cause trouble when so many people gather together. Shao Yunduan had to deal with it quickly and handed the matter over to Jia Heming.
Jia Heming spent three days making a detailed distinction between ordinary bandits and backbone members, their families, and servants. The ordinary bandits and backbone members continued to be detained, while the ordinary bandits, their families, and servants contacted the salt field closest to Anze Prefecture and requested support from Lin County to help send all these people to the salt field to do hard labor to atone for their sins.
As for how many years one has to work to be exempted, it varies from person to person, ranging from approximately three to ten years.
It is absolutely impossible to release these people. Even if there are really good people who were captured and taken to the mountains and forced to work for the bandits, who knows what their character is like now after spending who knows how many years in the mountains?
The provincial government is so busy now, and there are not enough people and time to verify and identify each one one by one.
Besides, it was not unfair to send them all to the saltworks to do labor. If they served obediently, they would be released one day.
As for those bandits who were the backbone and committed numerous evil deeds, they were not treated so well.
Those people must be interrogated clearly, the crimes must be found out, and they must be punished according to the law, whether imprisoned or exiled.
But Shao Yunduan doesn't have time to do this right now, so he can only detain all the people temporarily, as there are still two major strongholds that have not been resolved...
The government had to deal with numerous matters after the destruction of Hutouzhai, so Hang Xingshan, Wei San and others were still sent out to secretly monitor Minjiazhai and Liuhebao.
In the city of Anzezhou, the military and civilians were still patrolling and guarding the city strictly. Security checks were strict at the city gates and all people entering and leaving were checked. The second in command of Minjiazhai and others could not get out at all.
As for the news that Hutou Village had been breached, Fan Ruyin did not dare to tell the second in command of Min and the first in command of Hutou Village.
She didn't know what Shao Yunduan would do if they knew such fatal news, but she would definitely be angered by them.
In the past two days, Fan Ruyin has been even more nervous! She worries every day that she will be beaten.
(End of this chapter)
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