The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 38

Originally, heavy laws should be used to manage troubled times, but those who cause injustice will be punished. That is, the county magistrate Zhang Mitian used brutal criminal laws and killed people indiscriminately. As a result, when he was acting as the magistrate of Zhongjiang County, he was caught by an unjust ghost and tossed and turned on the bed, muttering something in his mouth. After Zhang Mitian's death, his wife and children lived in Chengdu and could not return to their place of origin in Guizhou. Li E, the alternate county magistrate, used to interrogate banditry cases in the province, and his only skill was to extract confessions through torture. Later, he was impeached and removed from office because he owed money to the domain treasurer and failed to pay after repeated reminders. He was ordered to repay --- punishment. It was considered a very minor injury, but he actually took a knife and slashed his chest and stomach several times, but failed to die. In the end, he threw himself into a well and died. After the alternate county magistrate Mao Zhenshou captured the bandits in Shuangliu, he tortured the prisoners severely---These were nothing. What was shocking was that he actually threw the prisoners into a pot and cooked them---The Laws of the Qing Dynasty But there is no such law.

The ruthless officials are too much. I have been favored by the emperor to be in charge of the criminal law of a province. If you report to me, I will not tolerate this kind of abuse of the people; but if you do not report to me, I have no way to stop it. My step-brother, Mrs. Wang, heard that there are a lot of murders and robberies in Sichuan. Whenever she hears the sound of prisoners being whipped to the west of the official office, she becomes very sad. She prays every day that I can be promoted and transferred away from here. She is really worried. I have caused injustice unintentionally.

[1] "Luoqianjiwang" refers to torture and false accusation. The words come from "Zi Zhi Tong Jian": "Li Linfu wanted to get rid of those who were not attached to him, so he used ruthless officials Luo Xixi and Ji Wen. Both of them followed (Li) Lin Fu's desires, and they were trained into prison. Those who were unable to escape themselves would be People call it 'Luoqian Jiwang'.

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In August, I acted as the chief envoy of Sichuan.