Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 77 Everyone is sick!
The people's spirits were shaken, and their anger was immediately vented, and the emperor's mighty voice sounded, shaking the heavens and the earth!

Humans are born with empathy.

But this empathy cannot be given to Sima Hui, who is about to be hacked into pieces, but to those sufferers who are insane, tearful, and gnashing their teeth.

Sima Hui's hundreds of crimes, if only the crime of embezzlement and bribery, would be fine.

However, the most common crimes are those crimes of perverting the law and harming the people. There are many tricks. He has been the county guard for the past two years, and he has probably really regarded himself as the emperor of the country, wantonly abusing the people under his rule.

Just now, every time Li Si read the name of the victim, the sufferer in the audience responded and cried bitterly. The common people felt the same, so how could they waste their extra sympathy on Sima Hui?

……

At this time, Sima Hui on the stage was full of excrement and urine. When he was tied to the pillar by the military judge for execution, he tried to bite his tongue and kill himself.

But biting the tongue cannot kill a person, at most, he will slowly lose blood and die.

The military judge found plant ash and stuffed it into his mouth to stop the bleeding. Then he tore off his clothes and covered his whole body with a fishing net. Several butchers rushed forward and cut the flesh from the mesh with hand knives.

Sima Hui held the knife and whimpered and shouted at the county government office: "Your Majesty... I have made great contributions to the Great Qin in the past... I just want to die quickly... die quickly~!!!"

The wail sounded like a dying beast, and blood gushed out from the mouth and nose with a severed tongue.

But those sufferers and the common people were applauding loudly, and some even rushed to the stage to snatch the flesh and blood cut off from Sima Hui's body, looking like evil spirits!

……

Inside the Yamen Office, Ying Zheng and the accompanying officials looked at the turbulent public sentiments outside, and they all felt terrified. An inexplicable chill of horror rushed straight from the tailbone to the sky.

Including the Confucian officials who have always pursued the theory of benevolent government and loving the people, their faces turned pale.

The sage Confucius said that a boat cannot work without water, and if water enters the boat, it will disappear.

Xunzi, the later sage who collected the great achievements of a hundred schools of thought, also said that water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it.

However, from King Wu's conquest of Zhou, to the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, it was always the stage for princes and nobles, and the common people have always been the unremarkable supporting roles.

It wasn't until the Great Qin launched the Shang Yang Reform, and the military merits were bestowed on the nobility to break the shackles of the class, that there was a tendency for the common people to rise up.

However, the common people of Great Qin raised their heads. Under the diligent governance of the previous emperors and the unification of the six countries by Ying Zheng, they generally showed a positive side.

As for the negative impact, or that civil offenders will fall, none of the officials have seen it, and they may not have even thought about it!
Perhaps, Ying Zheng had thought about it.

Therefore, a few days ago, after learning about the Nanyang officialdom, he was in a depressed mood, and even confided his heart to Qin Mo, expressing his hidden worries about the future of the empire.

But that was just a hidden worry, Ying Zheng didn't have a deep discussion with Qin Mo, so he took the initiative to end the topic.

But now, at this moment, under this situation...

All the officials saw the horror of the civilian criminals!
The hidden worry in Ying Zheng's heart seems to have become a reality!
Finally, Ying Zheng and all the officials with strange expressions looked at Qin Mo together.

He was the one who proposed the public trial, and he was the only one present who looked normal, as expected.

Sensing the gazes of everyone, Qin Mo said, "People's grievances are like water, they can be drained and not blocked, only in this way can there be long-term peace and stability."

Ying Zheng nodded silently. This sentence, which is in harmony with Confucianism, sounds absolutely correct at this time: "Ai Qing, you should think about the matters discussed a few days ago, and future generations will need to use them."

Qin Mo was slightly stunned, but soon realized that he was referring to the emptiness of the power of the future emperors, or the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, so he bowed his hands and said, "I understand."

When the officials saw the two playing riddles, they couldn't help being confused.

But the emperor and the prime minister didn't say it clearly, and all the officials didn't dare to ask more questions, and instead focused on the public trial outside.

……

At this time, due to the unprofessional techniques of the butchers, Sima Hui died after receiving less than a thousand knives.

With an order from the military judge, his head was beheaded, and the body was chopped into a meat paste, which was distributed among the turbulent sufferers and the common people.

Then other county magistrates were taken to the stage for trial one by one. Li Si read out the charges, and Yingzheng sent orders for punishment, beheading or beheading.

In the afternoon, the public trial of hundreds of county officials was finally completed, and the resentment and resentment in the hearts of the bitter masters of Wancheng and the people were completely relieved.

Finally, Yingzheng finally showed his face, and personally issued an edict to cut off the heads of hundreds of county officials and pile them up in front of the county government. civil.

At the same time, the results of the disposal of the officials in Nanyang County were spread by Kuaima to the counties and even the villages of Daqin, shocking all officials in the world.

Afterwards, Yu Jia will go to the counties and townships to publicly interrogate those county and township officials who have been found guilty of crimes, and it will also be handled in the same way...

As soon as Yingzheng's edict came out, the people who had consumed too much adrenaline suddenly went into a state of boiling again.

The emperor's mighty voice came wave after wave, and finally the voice gradually became the emperor's wise voice.

This is the transition from awe to respect and love!
Those sufferers who were wronged and rehabilitated even prostrated themselves on the ground to express their respect and love.

But Yingzheng was like a dragon that moves clouds and spreads rain. After issuing the edict, he hid in the government office again, and the people took a long time to disperse.

The sufferer was brought into the government office by the officials of Tingwei's mansion, and took out the money from the fields and houses that had been confiscated by the county magistrates, and returned or compensated them.

Most of the sufferers accepted it, and left with gratitude.

But there are also those who don't want it, such as Gongsunye, who brought his reunited grandson and granddaughter, but he just shook his head when faced with the fields and houses returned as compensation by Tingwei's mansion and the huge amount of money.

The official of Ting Wei's mansion sighed: "But it's too little?"

"If it's too little, I can report it to Li Tingwei and give you more compensation for your relatives who died unjustly."

Gongsunye was the worst victim of the county officials and generals.

Because Sima Hui charged him with treason, not only the money from his farm and house was taken away, but more than a hundred relatives were beheaded, and he himself also ended up with "five punishments".

The so-called five punishments, in layman's terms, are tattooing on the face first, then cutting off the nose, then amputating the feet, then castration or flogging, and finally beheading or beheading.

There is also a set of strict procedures during the execution period. A criminal law is imposed in public every day, and the prisoner must not die during the process, so as to achieve the effect of demonstrating against the people!

Fortunately, Jin Yi appeared in time, and took him away from the prison when he had already suffered the punishment of tattooing, nose cutting, amputation, and castration.

Although he ended up with neither human nor ghost, he saved his life after all.

The two grandchildren in the family were also left to be educated by Sima Hui because they were not yet enlightened, and they planned to dedicate them to the palace as servants.

But this luck, in the eyes of others, is really too miserable, even if the heart is hard-hearted, it can't help but be moved by it.

Therefore, the officials of Tingwei's Mansion are also willing to help him apply for more compensation!
"Thank you Ting Weicheng for your kindness."

Gongsunye bowed his hands, and first thanked the officials of the Tingwei's mansion for their kindness, and then said: "I don't think it's too little, the land and houses returned and compensated by the imperial court are enough for three or four generations of my family to eat."

"But, this old man wants to see Prime Minister Qin again!"

The officials of Tingwei's mansion murmured, seemingly embarrassed.

Back then, when the hundred generals of Jin Yiwei brought this Gongsun Ye to meet the emperor, he was also there.

Seeing Gongsunye's tragic situation, Yingzheng and other ministers all blamed themselves, but only Qin Mo stepped forward to care.

Later, Qin Mo came with troops to arrest the officials of Nanyang County, and rescued the two grandchildren of Gongsunye, so that the grandparents could be reunited.

In this way, it is common sense for Gongsunye to be grateful.

"This old man is willing to donate half of the land and house property to the imperial court to conquer Baiyue, just to see Prime Minister Qin again!"

Gongsunye threw away his crutches and was about to prostrate on the ground to beg, but he was determined.

The officials of the Tingwei's mansion saw it, so they had to stop it and said: "Forget it, follow me into the Houya, and I will take you to see Prime Minister Qin."

After all, he took the three grandparents and grandchildren into the back office to look for Qin Mo.

Houya is the place where Yingzheng lives. It can be said that there are three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post. Qin Mo needs to be recuperated, so he was specially ordered by Yingzheng to stay in Houya and receive medical treatment from the accompanying doctor.

When the group of four found Qin Mo through numerous sentry checks, Qin Mo was arguing with Xia Wuqie.

"Lao Xia, the taste of this soup is not right. Did you put lead and mercury in it again? You want to kill me!"

"Don't worry about letting it go, Prime Minister Qin, you'll be fine after drinking it..."

"The bad old man is very bad, Ni Zuokai, Ben Hou wants to live for two more years!"

"How could Doctor Xia harm a gentleman, drink it quickly."

Concubine Yu held a bowl of soup and medicine, and helped Xia Wuju speak, like a golden lotus feeding medicine to Da Lang, and delivered it straight to Qin Mo's mouth.

Qin Mo was furious: "Little girl, why do you want to murder your husband?!"

The corners of the mouths of the officials of Tingwei's mansion twitched, and they suppressed a smile and went forward to pay homage: "Mr. Qin, the bitter lord, Sun Ye, came to thank you."

Seeing an outsider, Yu Ji stopped messing around quickly, and stood aside with a bowl of soup and medicine in her hand.

Qin Mo also got up from the reclining chair, looked at the three grandparents and grandchildren behind the officials of Tingwei's mansion, and said shamelessly: "I am the right minister, so I can't investigate adultery and eliminate evil, and cause the Gongsun family to be wronged."

"If the elder wants to thank you, he will embarrass me!"

Gongsunye looked at Qin Mo's still sunken eye sockets, suddenly threw away his crutches, and threw himself on the ground: "My Gongsun family's grievances have been resolved, but I'm so tired that the king's heart and mind are haggard, and it's a crime."

A few days ago, Qin Mo led five hundred guard knights to raid the county army camp to take over the military power. He and all the bitter masters were in the team, and they watched Qin Mo flogging the former robes with their own eyes.

He also saw with his own eyes that when the crowd of robes committed suicide in front of Qin Mo, Qin Mo, who was so angry that he couldn't even stand still under the blow, collapsed in a pool of blood.

But at that time, he and the other sufferers only cared about feeling happy, but didn't pay much attention to Qin Mo.

Goodbye now, only a few days later, Qin Mo was so skinny and emaciated, he was grateful, but also ashamed and regretful!
"The prince has great kindness and great virtue, and all the people in the world still need to rely on it. If it is my Gongsun family that damages the life of the king and marquis, my Gongsun family will be the sinner of all people."

"Your Majesty, you should take the decoction!"

Gongsunye's rainbow fart sounded nice, and Qin Mo also enjoyed hearing it. Just as he was about to step forward to help him up, he didn't expect that there would be a magical twist behind him.

Qin Mo smacked his mouth speechlessly, stepped forward to help him up, picked up the crutch and stuffed it into his hand, he couldn't laugh or cry: "The soup can poison people to death, the elder doesn't know the reason, so don't make trouble."

Suddenly, Gongsunye limped to Yu Ji, took the soup and medicine bowl and said, "I'm going to test the medicine for you."

As he spoke, he raised his head without hesitation and drank half a bowl in one gulp.

The officials of Tingwei's mansion and Xia Wuju saw each other and couldn't help praising: "A true loyal man!"

Regardless of whether the decoction can poison people to death, Gongsun Ye's ability to test the medicine for Qin Mo in this way is the most respected righteousness and despise death in the pre-Qin era.

Even Concubine Yu was also awe-inspiring and took the initiative to help Gongsunye who was on crutches to show respect.

However, Qin Mo secretly frowned, and turned to look at the two children with runny noses.

Emphasizing righteousness and despising death is indeed a cruel virtue, but if it is a virtue that values ​​righteousness and despises death, it is more than cruel.

Even, it's not a virtue, but a stupidity!

"Okay, stop pretending. If you really die from poison, who will take care of these two dolls?"

Qin Mo glared at Gongsunye angrily, took candied fruit from the tea table next to the recliner, and stuffed it for the two ignorant dolls.

The two children are well-behaved, imitating the appearance of adults, first thanking them before they are willing to eat, no wonder they were able to be favored by Sima Hui, and they were taught not to kill and stay...

Qin Mo rubbed the heads of the two children, and said, "Take your grandfather back home, drink more milk from cow and goat, it will cure the poison of lead and mercury."

"Well (here)."

The mouths of the two cuties were stuffed, and they agreed vaguely, but they didn't know if they understood.

Qin Mo turned his head, only to find that Xia Wuqi, Yu Ji, and the officials of the Tingwei Mansion were all looking at him with contempt.

Including Gongsunye, there seemed to be resentment in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Qin Mo was puzzled.

Xia Wuqi raised his beard and said hesitantly: "What Qin Xiang thinks is still so unreasonable."

Qin Mo was even more at a loss: "Why is Ben Hou not following common sense?"

The official of the Tingwei's mansion couldn't bear to take the words: "Gongsun Yeshe's family is small, and it is a righteous act to test medicine for Qin Xiang, how can you be reprimanded?"

Qin Mo subconsciously said: "Of course this Marquis wants to... Well, this Marquis understands."

In the middle of his speech, he finally realized something, pointed at Gongsun Ye with resentful eyes and said: "If he dies of poison, I will take care of these two dolls and fulfill his righteous deed, right?"

"Of course~!!!"

Xia Wuqi nodded along with the officials of the Tingwei Mansion and Yu Ji.

The resentment in Gongsunye's eyes also turned into satisfaction.

Qin Mo was speechless for a long while, and finally squeezed out three words from between his teeth: "Everyone is sick!"

"Loyalty is rare, and Aiqing should not be insulted."

A familiar thick male voice suddenly sounded outside the small courtyard, and then Ying Zheng stepped in, followed by Fu Su and Yuan Man.

Qin Mo and the others saluted the family of three.

Yingzheng waved his hand, looked at Gongsunye and said, "Qin Qing was granted the title of Hexi Kingdom, and he is the monarch. You can serve Qin Qing with all loyalty and righteousness as an eunuch's order!"

The so-called eunuch order, as the name suggests, is in charge of the official position of the eunuch in the inner palace, which means something like the chief of the inner palace.

But in fact, they are not of humble origin, but like Yu Ji's middle palace visitors, they are all ministers and belong to the Shaofu.

Gongsunye is now a prisoner, so it is appropriate to take up this official position.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gongsun Ye bowed to the ground, bowed to thank Yingzheng, and then paid respects to Qin Mo: "I, Gongsun Ye, pay homage to the lord."

"I'm old and disabled, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve you well, but let my grandson enter the Hexi inner palace..."

"Stop~!"

Qin Mo hurriedly stopped him, looked at Ying Zheng helplessly, and said, "Your family's little grandson should be kept for the next generation, and this Marquis is not short of people to serve him."

"If there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, you can rest assured!"

　Thanks to Jiang Jinwang, the emperor, for the 100-point reward!
　　Thank you for calling me Li Yesheng, the emperor, for the 500 point reward!
　　Thank you, Meng Ranran, the emperor for your 100-point reward!
　　The feeling of being rewarded is really cool!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)