Chapter 1904 Punishment
At least in Shao Yunduan's opinion, no matter how "confused" Master Fan might be, he would not do such a foolish thing, and Master Fan II might not have the courage to do so.
On the contrary, the aunt who was looking for a son-in-law was a foolish person who acted on impulse, was arrogant and did not care about the consequences.
But since Master Fan had said so, Shao Yunduan was too lazy to expose it.
Anyway, the result he wants is the same, so it doesn't matter.
It's just right that Master Fan is willing to take it on. The head of the family has committed a crime, and his crime is even more serious.
The matter of catching the bandits could not be neglected. Shao Yunduan immediately arranged for people to go to the Fan family to catch them. Then he slowly said to Master Fan: "Collaborating with bandits is a serious crime with confiscation of property and exile, or even beheading. Even if you turn back from your mistakes, you can be spared the death penalty but not the living punishment. Do you admit it?"
"I admit my guilt, I beg you to show me mercy!"
How dare he not admit it? Master Fan kowtowed again, respectfully, sincerely convinced, and in complete agreement.
He felt relieved, at least his whole family's lives were saved.
"All shops under the name of the Fan family will be sealed immediately, 150,000 mu of good farmland will be confiscated, a fine of 300,000 taels of silver will be imposed, and the principal offender will be imprisoned for three years. If he does not want to be imprisoned, he can pay 50,000 taels of silver to atone his sins. However, within these three years, the principal offender cannot leave Anzezhou at all, must behave himself, and start a new life. If he commits any other crime again, he will be punished for both crimes!"
Every time Shao Yunduan said this, Master Fan's heart ached.
This punishment is really severe for the Fan family!
Even though he had already prepared himself to be slashed hard by Shao Yunduan, he did not expect Shao Yunduan to be so ruthless.
Every blow cuts to the bone.
Master Fan tried to test him: "...Sir, the Fan family will follow your lead from now on. I beg you to show some leniency! This punishment is really, really..."
"In public, I cannot set such a precedent, otherwise I will not be able to control it in the future. Anze Prefecture is different from other places. Even if the bandits are eliminated this time, it is hard to say when they can be truly settled. I think my punishment is already very light!"
Master Fan was sweating profusely, so how could he dare to say anything more? He nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, your Excellency is right, it is I who am confused, I am confused..."
Just based on what the Fan family did, he would have nothing to say even if all their property was confiscated!
Shao Yunduan sneered: "It's good that you know!"
Shao Yunduan glanced at him again and said meaningfully: "Remember, take good care of your family members in the future. If they commit crimes again, I will deal with them impartially and will never show favoritism!"
Don't think he doesn't know that he is most likely not the culprit in this matter.
He acquiesced, but he also had to know that he knew the whole story.
Mr. Fan was really startled, and he kept saying yes, and couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead...
Shao Yunduan called Zheng Sangge and ordered him to write a clear account of the case and have Master Fan sign it. He ordered him to take people with Master Fan to the Fan family to announce the punishment and confiscate all the confiscated items.
He also ordered another clerk to immediately produce an official document, make several copies, stamp them, and post them at the city gates and various places in the city.
The Fan family committed such a serious crime and received such severe punishment, it is impossible not to inform the entire city and give an explanation to the people.
Otherwise, considering the character of Old Madam Fan and Fan Ruyin, who knows what they might say, confusing right and wrong.
Shao Yunduan had to write another official document and report it to the prefect to make the matter clear.
(End of this chapter)
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