Chapter 1676: Chapter 96: Ruthless Measures (Part 3)
"If you still refuse to get up, then don’t bother getting up at all.
Don’t blame me for disregarding old ties, go back and pack up your things, you’ll depart in ten days.
It is rumored that there are countless islands overseas, from now on your task is to go out to sea and find islands suitable for human habitation.
For every one gold coin of corruption, you must find one square kilometer of land to atone.
For those who recklessly tarnish the clan’s reputation outside, the punishment will be doubled!
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Hudson’s words fell, and everyone present gasped.
It seemed like no one was killed, but there was essentially no difference from execution.
Entering unfamiliar seas to find islands is a fight against the heavens; one small mistake could mean shipwreck and death.
According to the rules, within one year, the time they are allowed to stay on land must not exceed two months.
It’s worse than sailors who spend their years toiling overseas!
From Hudson’s tone, it can be understood that this time the exile to sea is not meant to include sailors; these officials need to become sailors themselves.
Such a "bear your guilt and make contributions" situation is not as good as joining the Suicide Squad, where the chances of killing the enemy and gaining credit on the battlefield are higher.
"Hudson, most of them are not from the navy, having them go to sea might be..."
Before Redman could finish, Hudson interrupted: "It doesn’t matter, they can also learn if they don’t know.
Toss them into naval training for three months, if they want to survive they’ll make an effort to learn, if they can’t learn then they deserve their fate.
It’s just the right warning for others, to let everyone understand there are some things that cannot be done!"
In matters of governance, it’s necessary to be harsh.
Leaving any room for luck will encourage countless successors.
In fact, such deterrent measures can only be temporarily effective, over time, new corruption will still emerge.
But in a feudal monarchy, this is already the most effective method.
As for perfecting systemic supervision, it can only be treated as a political slogan, utterly impractical in implementation.
No other reason, it’s simply due to limited productivity, unable to support so many officials, powerless to subdivide authority.
In Snow Moon Territory and Jia Mountain Territory, there are nearly a million square kilometers of land, Hudson appointed fewer than three hundred civil officials.
Even if you add the clerks below, the bureaucratic team only numbers over a thousand. If you calculate in the Baojia Leaders, this number can easily surpass ten thousand.
Compared to the millions of people in the same domain, the scarcity of officials is beyond imagination, but this is also a feature of the era.
Under the serf system, population mobility is very small. Apart from the cities, you can hardly see freemen, and there are not many government affairs to manage.
In this context, each official holds great power, making supervision extremely difficult.
Seeing that Redman couldn’t persuade him, others dared not intervene even more.
Currently, those being dealt with are the ones with severe cases, some minor issues are overlooked, in case Master Hudson expands the investigation due to trouble, they themselves might be implicated.
No one doubts Hudson won’t take action!
Those who have fought their way out of the battlefield are all decisive in killing, once they make up their mind, they won’t easily change.
Although exile overseas is miserable, at least there’s a glimmer of hope.
As long as one is alive, there’s hope, anyway, it’s not themselves being exiled, there’s no need to endure the hardships, and no need to confront Master Hudson.
Concerning the matters of personal connections, they have already done their best, sincerely unable to persuade.
If anyone has the capability, come and cause trouble themselves, they can try how sharp Master Hudson’s blade is.
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