Lu Ming

Chapter 494

Judging from the fact that Cao Dashuai accurately pointed out that Chen Shi'ai was in the same party, the so-called "passing by happened to hear someone suing me" is not valid.

This was an unquestionable, premeditated move.

As for at which link the Chen family leaked the news, it cannot be verified.Maybe it's the county government, maybe it's our own people who are eager to demolish, no one can say.

Of course, none of this matters.

What really needs to be paid attention to is not the life and death of these scholars, but the meaning behind this attack by the crossing people.

Prior to this, the land acquisition and construction work of the special zone started at the same time as Marshal Cao led his troops to the north.And so here comes the problem: Both sides are a bit constrained.

On the crossing side, because Marshal Cao has not yet gained military exploits in the north and became the emperor's golden thigh, he dare not throw his shoulders away and can only take one step at a time.During this process, the local government yamen basically received complaints from landlords and gentry of the Ming Dynasty opposing the demolition, and most of them were Nanhai County of Panyu and Yanchasi Yamen.

Guangdong officialdom is under pressure, and dissatisfaction will naturally arise.Fortunately, Cao Zongbing had just wiped out a large number of pirates at that time, and Yu Wei was still there, plus a group of collaborators and allies, so this situation has been stalemate. resistance.

There is another reason for this: When the local officials sent a message to the capital, trying to use the court to restrain Cao Dachong, they were told that the capital was surrounded by the Tartars, and the periphery was beaten into a mess, no one would care These shitty things.

Just like the judgment of the Jinshi master of the Chen family, in this situation, the gentry and their spokespersons can only wait patiently for the situation to become clear.

However, the time-traveling crowd also thought so.

Then the scene came to its finale: Not long ago, Cao won a great victory in the north and became the most important tripod for the emperor.

By this time, the well-informed upper echelon of Guangdong official circles had actually given up paying attention to the land expropriation incident—since he couldn’t be brought down anyway, why bother talking about it?let him go.

So today's incident of Cao Zongbing's intrusion into the Yamen is actually a positive answer to all the previous questions: I am now covered with sparks and lightning, and came back on colorful auspicious clouds, so I must find a few chickens to kill and solve the demolition at once land acquisition.

Unfortunately, Chen Shiai and his gang ran into the muzzle of the gun.

No matter ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, unlucky ghosts who hit the muzzle of a gun usually end badly.Crack down hard, you will be injured if you rub it, and you will die if you knock it.

So Chen Xiucai must die this time, together with those broken boots.

Standing cage, also known as standing flail, is a fighter among eunuchs, invented by Liu Jin, the emperor of Wuzong Dynasty.

As the name suggests, the station cage is a thin, tall wooden cage, trapezoidal, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and just one person can stand inside it.After being locked in, the prisoner was placed in a cage with his head covered with shackles, his body was suspended in the air or he stepped on a small stool, and his whole body was curled up and unable to bend or stretch, in excruciating pain.

Some upgraded version of the cage will also be filled with iron spikes inside, usually a person will die standing inside within three days.There were also those who couldn't bear the torture, kicked the stool away and hanged themselves.

Standing cages are often used to interrogate confessions or detain serious criminals.Since its invention, this thing has been used as a formal torture tool by the government of all dynasties. It was still used extensively until the Guo Party period, and it was finally abolished after liberation.

When magistrates use standing cages, they usually don't have much psychological burden.For example, it was mentioned in "Lao Can You Ji" in the late Qing Dynasty that in less than a year, more than 12 people died standing in the 2000 cages in front of the Yamen in order to win the title of "capable member" as the acting magistrate of Caozhou. Nine and a half are good people.

There is a wonderful thing about this: in normal times, if a magistrate formally sentenced a prisoner to death, the dossier would have to be reviewed by the higher-level yamen, and finally go to the emperor for a verdict before he could be executed in autumn.

Not only is the exchange of documents cumbersome and inefficient, but the imperial court is also unwilling to see the "increase compared with the same period last year" of death row prisoners.

So standing cages come in handy—those who “stand” and die inside are not counted in the number of executed prisoners.This number is mixed with a series of "normal deaths" such as death from illness, death from nausea, death from choking, and death from hide-and-seek.

Another point that makes the standing cage different from other instruments of torture is that apart from being tortured, this object also has the taste of being publicly "shown to the public" inside.In medieval society, this method can only be said to have played a certain role in educating the public and preventing crime.

Of course, this so-called education of the people depends on who does it.Like this time, Mr. Cao is teaching the leeks not to be stubborn, but to welcome the demolition honestly.

As a result, the anti-demolition scholar gang with a total of six people was dragged out of the crowd by a wolf-like, tall military man after Cao Dashuai issued an order, and then pushed them down, stripping away the symbol of scholars. Big headscarves and green shirts.

Afterwards, these people were strangled by the military man, carrying their belts, and stuffed them into the row of cages under the outer wall of the county yamen like catching chickens—a group of "Panyu Six Gentlemen" who will be promoted by the evil gentry in the future. In this way, the broken boots party embarked on the countdown of life.

"Hahaha." Cao Qingtian, who had finished a case impartially, stood up from behind the case, first stretched himself, and then said to County Magistrate Sun with a long smile: "The Xiaoxiao is gone, so, please stop bothering me."

"Don't dare."

At this point, if you still can't see that the person surnamed Cao came prepared, then the grandparents are really fools.So he can only laugh awkwardly at a seventh-rank sesame official, and he doesn't know Liang Jingru, how can he have so much courage to play tricks in front of the murderous Earl Cao?

Afterwards, Marshal Cao swaggered out of the county government office, and got into the bulletproof carriage parked in the middle of the street under the watchful eyes of many melon-eaters.

At the end, Cao Dashuai opened the window and confessed: "Yan Tiexia, you will lead people to guard here for the next two days, until you die at these stations. If you come to catch people, please report my name. Go to Whampoa to transfer troops, I want to see who is so ungrateful!"

With a face like the bottom of a pot, Yan Tiexia, a small soldier with a face full of flesh, immediately knelt down on one knee and took orders loudly.

The next moment, the pretending Marshal Cao closed the window of the car, and the convoy drove out of the city at a constant speed under the guard of the cavalry.

These few shows must die.

After the Qinwang team that went to the north returned, the cabinet held an enlarged meeting, and it has clearly pointed out the focus of the next stage of work: to invest resources in Guangdong one after another, to cultivate intensively, and to build while slowly corroding the local government, military, gentry, and family power. In the future, prepare to move across the large forces.

Today's appearance is one of the actions to implement the spirit of the meeting: these few scholars were forcibly convicted by Cao Zongbing and imprisoned in the cage without trial and without being deprived of their student status by Xuezheng.

The hidden taste of this move is very vicious: the authority of the official county government of Ming Dynasty and the government office of Guangzhou were replaced with fists, and it was a low-intensity conflict. After all, Potian was just a few scholars, which was in line with the spirit of the meeting.

And the scene that happened in front of the county government office today, accompanied by six scholars who died slowly, the series of stories will soon spread among Ming people.The word "subtle influence" refers to this kind of situation - Ming people will gradually understand in the days to come, who has the final say in today's Guangdong.

So these six scholars must die.

No matter whether someone comes forward to scoop up people this time, no matter how high the person's official position is, even if officials from all over Guangdong unite, the cross-travelers must stand up to these six people: this is the reverse of the Qianjin City, and since the brand Once it stands up, it must never fall down.

Regarding this point, the current time travelers in Guangdong are authorized: in the most extreme situation, even if troops enter the city, they must ensure that things go smoothly.

So in today's outing, Cao Zongbing seemed to be calm and breezy from the beginning to the end, but in fact, the crossing people were loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and the troops outside the city had already received orders to increase their combat readiness.

Today, the time-traveling crowd is no longer the situation where they raised their guns and fought against the red hair in person.After three years of arduous efforts, the people of the time-traveling have acquired core industries, loyal minions, and industrious leaders.

In a word, even if you raise the flag to rebel today, it is worthwhile to travel through the crowd.

As the convoy gradually went away, more people gathered around the gate of the county government office: six talented masters who were locked in a cage, this scene is usually not seen.

As for the scholars, no one dares to let them out right now—on the second floor of the restaurant across the street, Yan Tiexia, a military man, is sitting seriously, who would dare to make a mistake?Aren't you afraid of being locked in a cage?
The help brought by several scholars has already dispersed and gone to inform the family members of the masters.

A large number of melon-eaters who came after hearing the news surrounded the gate of the county yamen, and people showed smiles on their faces. While admiring the hoarse shouts of the scholars, they vividly told the latecomers the script that happened just now. Everywhere, I couldn't help dancing.

Relying on his height, He Bian is now crowded into the crowd to watch the fun and listen to the stories.While listening, he grinned and laughed.During this period, he also followed the direction of his fingers and saw those rich soldiers who were eating roast chicken on the second floor of the restaurant.

After shaking his head and clicking his tongue a few times, He Biandan secretly swallowed his saliva, touched his empty belly, looked up at the sky that was approaching noon, and then squeezed out of the crowd.

After running to the teahouse on the street and throwing out a penny, and drinking a bowl of bad tea with floating tea stalks, He Biandan said hello to the waiter, bent down to pick up the pick that had been stored in the teahouse, and walked along the street.

He Biandan is a native of Xicheng. He is in his early twenties this year, and his occupation is to carry and deliver goods to others.

He Biandan is very talented, not only has a broad frame, but also has a height of 1 meters, which is rare in Nancheng.However, he is tall, probably because he has not had enough to eat all year round. He always looks empty, with a tattered blouse on his body, dangling at any time.

(End of this chapter)