Chapter 126, Execution
"Marinus Flanagan, guilty of murder, subversion, enslavement, imprisonment... In the name of the Emperor, sentenced to death!"
"Jese Dutra, guilty of murder and fraud...In the name of the Emperor, he is sentenced to death!"
"Loyd Yukik, guilty of..."
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Many people, wearing clothes that were originally very delicate but had become dirty during detention and interrogation, were tied up and kneeling on the ground.
They looked at Lambert, who was sitting on the trial bench, reciting his charges, but defended silently.
They couldn't speak either. Their tongues were all cut out to prevent them from talking nonsense on such an important occasion.
They just need to show up here and meet their destiny.
In fact, they are not the first ones. In front of them, there was a platform under the high platform of judgment, which was stained with blood.
Just now, at the rhythm of ten in each batch, after the sentences were pronounced, they were dragged to the high platform below, and then a person pointed a gun at the back of his head. Following the order of the Provost, gunshots rang out at the same time, and the kneeling people He immediately fell forward and blood flowed all over the floor.
Immediately afterwards, someone came up and dragged the bodies away. When the crimes of the next group of people were read out, the workers poured water on the execution platform with buckets, and then quickly mopped it with mops.
This would definitely not be cleaned at once. When the next group of people were dragged over, the ground was still wet and the smell of blood hit their noses.
I was so scared that I wet my pants, squirmed and tried to resist... These were all routine actions, but they were meaningless.
Then came another order, another burst of gunfire, and the next group of people were sentenced...
Lambert had to kill more than twenty batches of prisoners in this way before he could finish them all.
During this period of political terror that enveloped the revitalized inner city, almost two thousand people were arrested.
Of course, these people will not all be brought here to be executed. On the one hand, not everyone is sentenced to death. On the other hand, it would take too much time to sentence two thousand people to death one by one.
A total of two hundred or so, it's easy to understand. There are still four to five hundred death row prisoners left to deal with later.
Some of the captured prisoners were really fine and were released, about five hundred of them. The remaining thousands of callers were all sentenced to hard labor and prepared to dig in the mine at the old site of the Abandoned Dongshe.
This group of people, judging from the environment of the wasteland, are quite thin-skinned and tender-bodied. I am afraid they have never performed too high-intensity physical labor. After working in a dark mine for five years, I wonder how many people will come out alive when their sentence is over.
Further down from the execution platform is the execution viewing square.
This place is located in the square in front of the Alliance Parliament Hall. The place is quite big, and it is not a big problem for 20,000 people to stand there.
Now, about half of the people are standing here, which is about ten thousand people.
These people watching the execution were basically the top 10% of the residents in the inner city.
They were 'invited' to watch the trial, and they were very moved when they received the invitation.
The scene that happened at this moment made their scalp numb as expected.
Among those executed, there were many people they knew and were familiar with.
In the past, these were their leaders, their superiors, and their bosses.
Whenever I meet someone, I'm afraid I have to bow my head and say hello politely, hoping that if I spare some money, I can give them a good meal; with a little support, maybe I can have greater opportunities in my future life.
But now, these once aloof people are like dead dogs, being executed in groups in front of them.
People were silent as they watched the execution. Mr. Governor, you are serious.
This makes many of them have to deeply recall the second-generation governor six years ago...
No, it’s even more outrageous than the second-generation governor.
If the second-generation governor wanted to implement his reign of terror and impose tyranny, he also needed to rely on the administrative and military power of the alliance itself. In that era, although horrific disasters were caused, since administrative measures relied on the alliance system to implement them, many of them were already within this system, and the people who carried out the terror were themselves.
Many times, terror does not come to you.
But this is not the case with the new governor. He built up a set of his own power out of thin air, and that power carried out his will. The new governor really doesn't need them.
More than two thousand people were arrested, and two hundred people were shot one by one on a high platform, which was easier than killing a pig. This means that the ruling class and leaders of almost all interest groups under the alliance system have been wiped out.
Isn't this enough to show the determination and ruthlessness of the Governor?
Now, they have truly felt that Fuxing City, the Alliance, and even the entire Raging Owl Star have really changed.
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Gu Hang was on the highest stage, silently overlooking everything.
The blood on the execution platform and the silent and fearful people below did not change his expression in the slightest.
Destroy the existing order, that's exactly what he's doing. The purpose of this is to clean up the house and make it easier for him to reestablish the order he wants.
His approach to people in the inner city is different from how he treats people in the outer city.
If the people in the outer city are poor, impoverished, and have nothing to fill their stomachs, then they should use gentle methods to show kindness, give hope, and establish prestige. Let them have enough food and clothing, let them live and work in peace and contentment, and they will naturally become their own strength.
People in the inner city are living a pretty good life, but if you want to bribe them with more benefits, the price/performance ratio is too low. Then use decisive means to implant terror into their minds so that they dare not become an obstacle to him.
Gu Hang must not let these inner city people become vampires anymore. Not only that, he also wants the people in the inner city to bleed. Otherwise, who will pay for the resources from the people in the outer city?
Contrary to what he expected, Gu Hang did not gain much actual value after clearing out the powerful people in the city.
Money is meaningless. The so-called alliance currency is a currency issued by the alliance government and has a relatively small circulation range. To Gu Hang, these things are like waste paper.
He has not completely abolished the use of alliance coins, but that is only a matter of time.
Gu Hang has no patience to engage in the financial industry here.
Can the financial industry help pay taxes? Can I use alliance coins to talk to the imperial tax collector?
Obviously not.
Money is just a means of regulating the economy.
The devastating storm caused by the original Angry Owl Sect helped Gu Hang a lot to some extent. When the people from the outer city had almost nothing, Gu Hang realized that there was no need for him to maintain the original financial system of Fuxing City.
And the most important thing he got from the so-called powerful people was the industry they originally controlled.
Next, Gu Hang will abolish and not recognize the use of alliance coins to a large extent, which will directly make all inner-city residents impoverished. The wealth they accumulated in the past will all turn into waste paper piled up at home under this decision.
They won't be left with nothing. After all, they still have their own houses and some material savings, which is much better than those from outside the city who start everything from scratch.
But the life of the past will be gone forever.
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I updated 5.5k today, and I have to hold back a big chapter tomorrow.
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