First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 369

Liu Ying sat on the chair with a cold face, took a few mouthfuls of roast chicken with chopsticks, and ignored her own brother's crying. In the afternoon, Quan felt relieved a lot.

After a while, Liu Chun on the ground covered his face and got up, looking at his elder brother timidly. Don't look at him talking nonsense everywhere, but he is actually very afraid in his heart. Otherwise, how could he choose a place so far away from home to take office? .

Liu Ying exhaled and said: "Did I tell you that you should stay at home honestly, and your food is indispensable in the Hou's mansion. Now that you have made it like this, you will not only risk your own life, but also implicate your family. You are such a waste that the mud cannot support the wall."

Liu Chun crawled in front of his elder brother, knelt down and tugged at his sleeve, begging, "Brother, I don't want to die. I managed to survive the troubled times. I just enjoyed two years of blessings. I don't want to just die like this!"

"Let's go together to beg the Holy One. Our father has great kindness to him. He said he would repay him. He will not be ungrateful, right?"

Liu Ying pulled him up and let him sit down opposite, and gave him a pair of chopsticks and said, "Of course the Holy Majesty will not be ungrateful, but my Liu family cannot tolerate corrupt officials like you."

Liu Chunde was about to have a fit when he heard this, but he suddenly lost his courage when he looked at his brother's indifferent eyes. The chopsticks in his hand kept shaking, and he picked up a piece of duck meat several times before picking it up.

Liu Ying smiled disdainfully. Even though he wasn't very capable and had never led a soldier in a war, he still followed the general as an army guard to fight in the north and south. He looked down on his younger brother who was secretly abducted in troubled times in order to survive.

Liu Ying was full, but Liu Chun couldn't swallow it at all. It was probably because he was not badly treated, so he was not hungry at all. If this meal was given to ordinary death row prisoners, it would be enough for them to go on their way happily.

After the food and drink were finished, Liu Ying got up and said, "You are almost 40 years old, there is nothing wrong with going to see your parents early. You don't have to worry about it at home. I will take care of you. When you see the Holy One and the Prince tomorrow, don't say anything about it." use."

Liu Chun sobbed in despair and replied, "Understood, I..."

Liu Ying flicked her sleeves without turning her head, and strode out. There was really no other way.

After leaving the prison, Liu Ying went straight to an inn to rest. Although she could also go to the Cangyang County Yamen to stay, but she still had to argue with Wang Shijian, so it was better to stay clean.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Ying met the prefect of Runing and others who had rushed over, and went to meet the emperor outside Cangyang County in person. With the distant Biaoqi surrounded by a luxurious car, Liu Ying and others knelt down to greet him.

The emperor didn't intend to come out, Zhu Biao jumped out and looked at them and said, "Excuse me, let's drive into the county government and talk about it."

"I'm waiting for orders!"

Naturally, it was impossible for such a huge team to enter Cangyang County. Only Han Zheng led five hundred elite guards from the Captain's Mansion to escort the Tianzi Chajia and the Prince into the county, and the rest were stationed outside to wait for orders.

After entering the city, many people knelt down on both sides of the street, some were ordered by the county, and some came on their own initiative. According to the rules, they all knelt quietly after shouting long live, but after a while, someone shouted loudly: "I beg the emperor to be the master, kill that bastard Liu Chun, and the grassroots beg the emperor to be the master of the people!"

The officer in charge of that area turned pale, and just as he was about to rush over to scold him, he heard more and more people crying, "I beg the emperor to be the master of the people."

The sound became louder and louder, and more and more people raised their heads and were surrounded by cars in the center. Yihuihou Liuying blushed at this time, but dared not say a word, while Dongpinghou Hanzheng looked at him as if watching a play complexion.

The car didn't stop, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't reply. Zhu Biao looked at the imperial envoy Wang Shijian in surprise.

Zhu Biao glanced at the kneeling people around him and didn't say anything. It's stupid to say that the Holy Majesty will make decisions for the people at this time, and coercing public opinion has always been a taboo.

After all, Cangyang County is not big, and it didn't take long to arrive at the county government office. The leader of Han Zheng took over the county government office, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally got out of the car. Wang Shijian immediately knelt down and wept.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and reassured him: "Wang Aiqing has done her duty faithfully. I am very relieved. After returning to the court, I will be rewarded."

Then he strode into the main hall of the county yamen and sat down, a group of people hurriedly followed, and after the majesty was seated, everyone knelt down again, and this time they formally paid respects to the monarch.

Zhu Biao walked aside, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced around, then looked at the prefect of Huaiqing and asked: "Cangyang County is under your jurisdiction, and Liu Chun is also your official. He has done so many evil things, why do you It was never reported!"

The magistrate of Huaiqing has just complained: "My lord, let me tell you, it's not that I didn't report what I knew. In fact, I have never received any bad news. It was Liu Chun who colluded with Tongzhi Huaiqing to hide it for him. Although the minister is lax The crime, but never dare to deceive the king, please learn from the sage."

As soon as he said this, an official knelt and crawled out from behind him, looked up at the emperor with ashen face, and confessed: "It is the guilty minister who accepted a bribe of 500 taels of silver from Liu Chun, and what he did to him in Cangyang Please conceal what you have done, please forgive me."

Zhu Yuanzhang was amused: "What do you think we are a foolish emperor? Randomly push out a few people just to get away with it? Shit, let me tell you, no one can escape this matter!"

"Come here, take down the prefect of Huaiqing and others immediately, drag them down and torture them separately. Let's see how deep the water is in this Huaiqing mansion. Is it Wang Aiqing?"

Wang Shijian hurriedly responded, and then swallowed his mouthful of foam. He didn't expect that the first thing that Sheng came to do would be to take down the prefect of Huaiqing, and directly ordered severe torture, which really caught people off guard.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged. Why should I be punished like this? How could Your Majesty be innocent because of anger? Please think twice."

Zhu Biao looked at the officials who were dragged down, and had to say that such rough methods are sometimes extremely useful, which is absolutely impossible in later generations. After all, everything must be based on evidence, and there is no evidence, even if you know that he is a sinner Nor can he be punished.

But nowadays, the imperial power is supreme, and maybe gossip and other gossip can't be controlled, but personal life and death can still be easily controlled. Otherwise, what does it mean that the king wants his ministers to die and his ministers have to die?

Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to see Liu Chun, but waited quietly. The people who were interrogated were all from the mansion of the pro-military captain. Their torture methods were not to mention a group of pampered civil servants. .

In the past two years, Zhu Biao also went to see it curiously. I have to say that Huaxia's methods in this area really have a long history, and many punishments make people shudder just by listening to them.

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(End of this chapter)