Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 44 Long Live My Emperor (Please recommend tickets, please reward!)

April [-]th, Beijing.

The streets were crowded with people. The capital was under martial law for two days, and the ban was just lifted yesterday evening. People in the capital who hadn't gone out for two days came out of their homes one after another.

The Jinyiwei that filled the streets the day before yesterday made them aware that something big was happening in the capital, but it wasn't until last night that these people who worked hard every day for daily necessities knew that the imperial court was punishing corrupt officials.

The notices of the imperial court had already been pasted up in various parts of the capital last night, and the people who came to watch were surrounded in front of each notice, and some people who could already read read aloud to the people around them.

The imperial court wanted to punish corrupt officials, and executed 310 or two of them at a time. This did not happen a few times in the 200-year history of the Ming Dynasty, and these few times made the people at that time celebrate and tell each other.

"Heaven has eyes, that dog official finally got his retribution, my son, your spirit in the sky can rest in peace!"

An old man with a pole on his shoulders burst into tears, and the pole slipped from his shoulders to the ground. The old man bowed his head in the direction of the imperial city, his forehead touched the ground, and he didn't know it was covered with dust.

"My house was robbed by that dog official named Zhang Qi two years ago. My mother was not in good health and was bullied by this dog official, which caused my mother to go away with injustice. It was this dog official! Mother, you Did you see that dog official will be executed tomorrow!"

A young man wearing a felt hat and looking like a restaurant clerk also had tears in his eyes. He yelled at the name of Zhang Qi, the former left servant of the official department, and then kowtowed in the direction of the imperial city.

"This man surnamed Li occupied ten acres of fertile land from my family and injured my father. Retribution! Retribution! I'm going to Xishi Street right now, and I want to watch that dog officer be beheaded with my own eyes!"

"Go, I'm going to see it too!"

"I'm going too, the little six sons of my second uncle's family were killed by them..."

"go!"

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There is a street near the border town outside the Meridian Gate of the capital, called Xishi. Ever since Ming Chengzu Zhu Di usurped his nephew's throne and moved the capital to Beijing, the streets of Xishi have become a special place for criminals to be executed.

Since then, the entire Ming Dynasty has continued this tradition. For more than 200 years, there have been many ghosts under the knife in this place.

However, since Zhu Chongba executed tens of thousands of heads at one time when dealing with the Hu Weiyong case in the early Ming Dynasty, there has been no large-scale corruption punishment, but that was in Nanjing.

The Chongzhen 17-year corruption case involved a total of 310 criminals and eight criminals. In the case of implicating the three clans, the number of people executed this time was as high as 3000 and 70 people, which directly created a record for the execution of criminals since the establishment of Beijing.

From early in the morning, Liu Hongjian dressed neatly and rushed to Jinyiwei Prison. All the criminals were taken from the prison to the prison car, crossed Chang'an Avenue, and arrived at Xishi Street. count.

Both sides of Chang'an Street were full of people from the capital who had heard the news. There were small businessmen in shops who had been bullied, and people in the fields who had been squeezed. They wore clothes of various colors, and some of them were filled with colorful patches.

But everyone has a basket hanging on their arm, and there is nothing else in the basket. The whole basket is stuffed with rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

Liu Hongjian specifically told the prison cars to drive slower, so that these people could vent their grievances accumulated over the years, and the people's hearts could be used, and the people's hearts could be expected. He wanted to arouse the people's only remaining goodwill towards Daming.

Only he knows that when a nation awakens, it will be an unstoppable torrent, which is enough to change Daming's predicament.

The people on both sides of the street threw all kinds of sundries at the prison car while shouting to kill him, kill him, and the whole street became very chaotic.

The dispatched [-] Jinyiwei and [-] Jingying soldiers held their guns horizontally to block the people who wanted to break through the obstacles. It is conceivable that if the people really rushed forward, it is estimated that these corrupt officials would never survive the execution ground. .

In the execution ground at Xishi Jiekou outside the Meridian Gate, several dark red jujube tables were placed on the upper seats. From the middle to the two sides sat the chief supervisor Liu Hongjian, the new Minister of Criminal Affairs Meng Zhaoxiang who was in charge of supervision, and the commander of Jinyiwei Tongzhi. Liang Yang, the driver and eunuch Wang Chengen, Shi Bangzhao, the censor of Zuodu of the Inspectorate, and Qi Zhongming, the Minister of Dali Temple.

Due to the large number of beheadings and the serious shortage of executioners in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Meng Zhaoxiang consulted the documents with beheading experience and recruited [-] executioners with beheading experience again.

Most of the older executioners executed ministers during the Tianqi period, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, which also made them feel guilty until they quit the business.

Now, the imperial court wants to execute these truly corrupt officials who are full of crimes, and it also rekindles the blood of these old guys who were forced to kill loyal officials. For them, this is a redemption.

He took out the rusty Guitou Broadsword from home, sprinkled some water on the whetstone, and after a while, the Guitou Broadsword shone coldly and was extremely sharp.

The first batch of prisoners to be pressed up were the tycoon Wei Zaode, Zhang Jinyan and their family members, a total of 35 people. Wei Zaode, who was kneeling on the execution ground, had long since lost his previous splendor.

Not only was his hair unkempt, but his arms were drooping weakly, as if he had lost control of his arms, his lips were cracked, his throat moved slightly but he couldn't speak anything, it seemed that Xu Ba had been struggling a lot these two days.

Zhang Jinyan, the former minister of the Ministry of War, was very stubborn. He knew that he had committed a serious crime, but he just bowed his head to accept Minzhuang's abuse, his eyes were dull, and he didn't say a word.

"Brother Liu, Uncle Liu, do you recognize me? I'm Zhang Chengyou. I bought your mirror at the Changsheng pawnshop. Master Liu, please help me!

The money is all my father's greed, it has nothing to do with me!Oh yes, he's not my father, I already severed ties with this bad old man the day before yesterday.

Master Liu, as long as you can rescue me, I wish to serve you by my side for the rest of my life..."

Behind Zhang Jinyan was a scruffy young man who shook his head from side to side desperately, revealing his dirty face. He was Zhang Chengyou, the son of the former minister of the Ministry of War, who had spent a huge sum of money on Liu Hongjian's mirror at Changsheng pawnshop.

Idiot, Liu Hongjian said contemptuously in his heart, taking money and breaking the law is unfaithful, insulting one's biological father is unfilial, killing relatives for a living is unkind, coveting life and fearing death is unrighteous.

With the money your father got from you, you spent half your life in luxury and lust, and now you are calling your father a fool. Is there such a brazen person in the world?Where did your father's money come from? Don't you have any B numbers in your heart?

"I don't recognize you. As for your grievances, go to the underworld and have a deep relationship with Lord Hades. Come here! Declare the decree!" Liu Hongjian ordered in a deep voice.

"You dog official, even if I go to the underworld, I will turn into a ghost and look for you, you..." Before taking Zhang Chengyou and continuing to make noise, the impatient Beijing soldiers beside him kicked him in the ribs, He was kicked straight on the ground speechless.

The head of the criminal department, who received the order, took a few steps forward and read out the numerous evil deeds of Wei Zaode and Zhang Jinyan, as well as the emperor's will, and returned to his order.

"Cut!" Liu Hongjian took out the beheading token and threw it out. With a loud shout, the beheading token drew an arc in the air and fell to the ground.

The executioner spit a mouthful of spirits on the ghost knife. The 35 ghost swords were held up high, shining coldly against the sun. After the order was given, the executioner's eyes widened and 35 heads rolled to the ground.

Most of the onlookers covered the eyes of the children, but some adults taught the children not to be afraid, and they wanted the children to see with their own eyes that the bad guys who killed their parents were brought to justice.

"Heaven has eyes, my Zhou family finally got revenge, the emperor is wise, long live my emperor!"

An old man took the lead and knelt down, with old tears streaming down his face, bearing the highest respect for Emperor Chongzhen.

Immediately, the people around fell to their knees like a wave, and shouted in unison in the direction of the imperial city, Long live the emperor, all people are united, and the momentum is overwhelming.

Emperor Chongzhen did not go to the execution ground. At this time, he was still reviewing the memorials that could never be cleaned up in the Qianqing Palace. He was probably tired. Emperor Chongzhen sighed, got up and walked to the window.

Behind him, the eunuch Wang Erxi also followed, and suddenly there was an indistinct shout in the distance, and Chongzhen frowned.

"Listen, Your Majesty, it's the people of the capital, they are shouting, long live the Emperor!" Wang Erxi listened carefully.

"Really?" Chongzhen's tired eyes suddenly filled with tears.

　Today I revisited the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty at Badaling. On the ridge, the majestic Great Wall of Ming Dynasty shows the glory of the Ming Empire. Mr. Zuo He climbed to the highest point of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty in Beijing today, and now his legs are sore. It is estimated that it will take several days Come to relieve, I drank again tonight, the last few chapters were written by the author while drunk, somehow, it seems that the drunk state is easier to penetrate into it.

　　Piaopiao, hand over all the piaopiao, the book is currently in the recommendation state, your support will give the author infinite power to create.

　　


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