The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 35

I interrogated him personally and obtained a confession. According to Lin Mantou's confession, he once gathered thousands of Ninja bandits at the Juhua Temple, confronted Magistrate Guo Zhirong of Dayi County, and used his gun to blow up Magistrate Guo's sedan. Fortunately, Magistrate Guo rode away in advance. , to avoid being poisoned. In addition, there are many other serious cases. Qiongzhou County also reported the capture of bandit leaders Chen Kaizhou, Zhu Laohuazhu, Yang Laojiu and dozens of bandit gang members. I immediately sent my attachés Li Xiangbing and Guo Yunzhang to interrogate them repeatedly, making sure they were innocent and innocent, and selected those who had committed the most heinous crimes to be sentenced to death. Qixiang also brought all the criminals captured from Renshou County to my hotel for verification. After careful verification, except for ordinary robbery cases that were still brought to the provincial capital for trial according to procedures, Lin Mantou and other 18 people were executed on the spot in Xinjin.

However, there was still no news about Zhang Dengzhi, and soldiers and government officials from all over the country were searching for him. I was worried that the soldiers and horses would cause trouble outside for a long time, so I reported it to Prime Minister Mingqi and ordered the commander of the Central Army, Rui, to lead the troops back to the camp. I also returned to the provincial capital to jointly handle the plan. Dian (a grand plan for the three-year performance evaluation of officials). Because both the Governor and the Secretary had just taken office, the program that should have been held last winter was postponed to this spring. Now, since Zhang Dengzhangzi has escaped, we have to go back to the provincial capital first, and then try to capture him---This happened on March 22nd.

Early on the morning of the 25th, the flood soldiers of Dayi County (soldiers in flood areas, according to the military system of the Qing Dynasty, all the green battalion soldiers commanded by General Qian, General General, and Foreign Affairs Committee were called "flood", and the area where they were stationed and patrolled was called "flood". "Xundi") came to report that they had captured Zhang Lamppole and seven of his accomplices. After I asked Prime Minister Qi for instructions, I immediately brought this group of prisoners to the provincial capital, and supervised the interrogation of Zhang Dengzhi at the Nasi Yamen with the committee members of the Chengdu Prefecture.

Zhang Dengganzi confessed to the crime and confessed that he committed another crime in Xinjin Township on the evening of the 22nd. According to Zhang's confession, when the soldiers and the police rounded him up, he wounded several people with his gun and then escaped. When the soldiers chased him, he hacked to death a liquor seller on the way to escape. During the trial, Zhang Dengzhanzi was already dying of illness. Qi Xiang was worried that he would escape the sanction of the law if he died of illness, so he executed Zhang Dengzhanzi first, while his accomplices Xu Wengtan and others waited for approval from the Ministry of Punishment before executing him. Zhang Deng Pole's methods were brutal and he deserved his death.

These prisoners were all detained in the Chengdu Prison. They knew that they were bound to die, so they broke their shackles at night, injured the jailer, and escaped. Ten other prisoners escaped with them. Han Taihua, the prefect of Chengdu, came to my office in tears to report the news. I said to him: "If the fugitive can be captured, it will not be a big problem; otherwise, no one can save you." I also sent officers from the Zhisi Yamen to join the camp. The soldiers and the county's arresters plus the city defenders bravely carried out arrests throughout the city. Fortunately, the city gate was closed and the escaped gangsters were not able to leave the city. They were all captured that night. After examining the circumstances, they were all executed as usual.