Chapter 43 one

In the spring, King Timur returned to Samarkand.He asked the princess to take Ulugh Beg to meet his army outside the city, because the next big banquet would be held outside the city. Outside the city, I saw the huge gallows again.It always gives me a little shudder in my heart.However, I know that many people, myself included, won't use it. At the beginning of the "Seven Years' War", King Timur ordered craftsmen to build the gallows next to the camp outside the city. He clearly stipulated that during the period when he led the army to the expedition, the soldiers and civilians should keep their duties. The princes and aristocrats of the Branch were tried and those who committed crimes were sent to the gallows to be hanged.

As we all know, King Timur's law enforcement was strict, and the gallows was enough to act as a deterrent.But there are still some people who are willing to defy the law, and this person is Dina, the new governor of Samarkand.In fact, after the erection of the gallows, Dina was the only nobleman to be tried. In the era of King Timur, there were mainly three types of punishment: death penalty, corporal punishment, and fines. For officials who committed crimes, there were punishments such as dismissal, demotion, and removal of lords.Violators of religious law are punished by the judge, and those who violate civil law are convicted by judges depending on the severity of the crime.

Specifically in the death penalty, beheading is regarded as a great disgrace, while hanging is regarded as a dignified death method, which is generally applicable to officials, nobles and royal families. Before Dina became the governor of Samarkand, he served as the chief judge of Samarkand and won the trust of King Timur.If this were not the case, King Timur would not have given him the military and political power of Samarkand with confidence before he set off on the expedition.Unexpectedly, once Dina monopolized power, he would expose his greedy and violent nature, domineering in office, plundering, and crazily amassing wealth. Many businessmen and handicraftsmen were cornered by him and had to move their families to other places.There were also some honest people who jointly reported and handed the pleadings to Shanai, who took over the post of Justice Dina.

Since Shanai was a judge, he had heard about Dina's actions for a long time, but considering that they were ministers in the same dynasty and Dina was a confidant of King Timur, he did not report these situations to King Timur immediately. , but found an opportunity to advise Dina in every possible way. Shanai hosted a banquet in honor of Dina at the mansion. During the dinner, Shanai euphemistically told Dina about the complaint from the common people and businessmen.Dina was taken aback at the time, and in order to stabilize Shanai, he sincerely expressed his willingness to repent.Shanai was originally a kind-hearted person, and he believed in Dina's guarantee. The two had a good talk, and Shanai sent Dina out of the house.

A few days later, Dina listed the crimes and put Shanai in jail, ready to be executed.In order to save Shanai, Aya had to escape from Samarkand and asked King Timur for help. King Timur had just captured Azheer Baizhan, and was in joy when he heard that Dina had disregarded the law and failed his trust, and that Dina had the ambition to monopolize Samarkand, so he was furious, and immediately ordered Qingqi to secretly Return to Samarkand and arrest Dina. King Timur released Shanai and allowed merchants and common people to appeal for grievances.As a result, Dina's crimes were exposed one by one, and King Timur ordered Dina to be thrown into prison and executed seven days later.The Dinato sent a letter to Bronda, the general manager, asking Bronda to redeem his life with 400,000 phi. He promised that once he regained his freedom, he would immediately reward Bronda with a box of gold bars he had hidden.

At that time, one pizan was equivalent to more than one Turkish silver coin, and 400,000 pizan was almost equivalent to 500,000 Turkish silver coins. King Timur was surprised that Dina could come up with so much money at once. King Timur immediately agreed to Blonda's request.The next day, when Blonda came to his palace with Pizan, he took Blonda into prison while collecting the white money into the treasury. Bronda yelled wronged.King Timur asked him: "You and your master extorted and forced many people to leave their homes. How can he pay the 400,000 pizan? Even if it is paid, it can only cover the life of Dina. You follow Your master has done a lot of bad things, shouldn't he also give some silver to redeem his life?"

Blonda replied: "The master promised me that as long as you agree to spare his life, he will give me a box of gold bars as a reward when he returns home." King Timur was even more interested, and asked with a smile: "So, your master still hides gold bars?" Bronda replied: "I don't know about this, it should be." "In that case, let's redeem your life with gold bars." King Timur waved his hand and asked Bronda to be taken away.He originally wanted Shanai to interrogate Dina and force Dina to hand over all his property. Later, considering Shanai's soft-heartedness, he temporarily changed his mind and handed over the job to the king and grandson Khalil.Although Khalil is only sixteen years old, he is decisive in killing and attacking, which is quite the legacy of his ancestors.

Khalil interrogated Dina and Blonda separately, and they tortured Dina and Blonda if they didn't tell each other.Khalil did not tell his grandfather about the interrogation until he forced Dina to hand over his last penny. So far, all of Dina's property has not been confiscated. King Timur sent Dina to the gallows outside the city according to the original execution time, but this time there was an extra chief executive, Blonda, who was buried with him. King Timur personally imprisoned him.When the execution was carried out, there were huge crowds of people onlookers.Bronda regretted it too late. If he had known this, he would not have done such a business that was empty of money and man.

Dina and Blonda were executed at the same time.It's just that Dina was hanged and Bronda was hanged upside down.In this way, King Timur distinguished the identities of the master and servant. Letting Dina die without bleeding is also a little love that King Timur still has for Dina.Although the Chagatai Mongols have occupied Central Asia for a long time, they still retain many old habits. For example, they believe that the soul of a person is stored in the blood, and if he dies without bleeding, the soul will last forever. After the death of Dina and Bronda, the corrupt officials and profiteers in Samarkand were deeply shaken.King Timur was relieved and appointed his grandson Khalil to guard Samarkand, while he returned to the army to continue his conquest.

This is King Timur!When he was in battle, he never showed mercy to his enemies, let alone abide by morality. In order to achieve his goals, he sometimes cheated, sometimes killed people with a knife, sometimes turned his face ruthlessly, sometimes used all kinds of tricks, in short, he did everything he could.