Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 23 Are You Guilty?

But before Dasuo Maangyue, Li Yan first hooked up the case of bandits and food merchants in Dashuixia who made fake money.

Holding the verdict, Zhou Hao said to Li Yan and Zhang Mi, the prefect of Guazhou, "Your Highness, Lord Inspector, this is the verdict drafted by the lower officials."

After Li Yan finished reading it, he handed it to Zhang Mian who was beside him.

Zhang Mian was getting old, and after reading the verdict with great effort, he said, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

Li Yan said: "There are witnesses and material evidence, and the regulations on crimes are clear, and the lonely king has no objections."

After Zhang Mian finished reading, he also said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Li Yan said to Zhou Hao: "The lonely king wants to use this case to educate and educate. Tomorrow at noon, the official punishment will be announced outside the east gate. You can ask the Fa Cao Yamen to post a notice that the lonely king will personally supervise and execute these criminals."

Zhang Mi looked at Li Yan suspiciously. Ming Dynasty's canonical punishment was also a requirement of the Tang law, but it was the first time that the beheading was announced in advance and the people were allowed to watch.

However, it seems that there is no problem in terms of procedure, and Zhang Mian did not object.

But Zhou Hao's eyes lit up, is His Highness planning to hold a public trial?We are familiar with this business!

Zhou Hao immediately said: "I obey! Your Highness!"

That day, everyone in Guazhou City knew that at noon tomorrow, King Jianning was going to execute the bandits and food merchants in Dashui Gorge outside the east gate.

Since ancient times, watching the execution of prisoners is still one of the few large-scale collective activities of ordinary people.

It's just that in the past, when the government executed prisoners, they escorted the prisoners out of the city to the execution ground on the same day. By the time the common people rushed over, the heads of the prisoners had already moved.

Those people who came late could only listen to others telling the scene of the execution with a sigh, eagerly enjoying their addiction.

But this time the government informed in advance that the prisoner would be executed at the court outside the East Gate at noon tomorrow.

Now the whole city of Guazhou is in a commotion!

On the second day, a huge crowd rushed out of Guazhou City, completely blocking the entire practice field.

Some people even moved their benches from their homes and sat on the edge of the court early, preparing to watch this rare "event" in Guazhou City.

The old people in the city sighed: "There are so many people, and they can only be seen at the Lantern Festival during the Kaiyuan period!"

"Master, will the Lantern Festival be lively?"

"It's lively! At that time, the prefect will lift the curfew, and everyone can go out to the streets that night."

"We wore masks, walked among the colorful lanterns, and watched the fireworks on the city wall. That was the busiest time of the year!"

Those young people who have never participated in the Lantern Festival are full of longing.

But the old man sighed again and said, "Since entering Tianbao, Fangou and Huihui have invaded the border, and Guazhou City has never held a Lantern Festival again."

After saying this, the old man sighed.

Those teenagers who had never seen the Lantern Festival sighed, while the adults who participated in the Lantern Festival when they were young lowered their heads, recalling the happy childhood.

I don't know when it started, but there are no more children's laughter in Guazhou City, and they are doing their best to survive every day.

A child raised his head and asked, "Master, King Jianning is here this year, can we have a Lantern Festival?"

The old man was stunned suddenly. He touched the child's head and looked at the child's innocent and clear eyes. The old man murmured:
"There will be, King Jianning will have everything when he comes."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the thirteen criminals who were sentenced to beheaded were escorted to the execution ground by the yamen servants.

"Behead! Behead!" Shouts came and went, and the crowd cheered!

The thirteen prisoners sentenced to beheading were pushed onto the execution ground by the yamen servants. The bandits in shackles were trembling, and one of them even sat on the ground with his crotch wet.

Among this group of people, Alhan, a big food merchant with blue eyes and curly hair, was the most eye-catching. He aroused cheers from the people as soon as he appeared on the stage.

When the prefect Zhang Mian was in power, he always tolerated the violation of the law by the big food merchants, which caused the big food merchants to be unscrupulous in Guazhou City, often bullying the market and molesting women. Ordinary people in Guazhou did not have any good feelings for these Hu merchants.

Even merchants who deal with Hu merchants also don't like this group of big food merchants who like to shoddy.

This time Alhan was caught on the spot by His Royal Highness King Jianning with fake money, which made those common people who had suffered at the hands of profiteers feel happy!

Alhan, who was once arrogant and domineering, looked pale at this moment, he was completely limp on the ground, and could only be carried into the execution ground by the yamen servants.

But among this group of people, only the third master has a calm demeanor.

He walked into the execution ground calmly, swaying his body and refusing the support of the yamen servants, with his head raised as if he was a general receiving a reward, not a criminal who was about to be beheaded.

When he entered the arena, the people were overwhelmed by his aura, and even the shouts of "beheading" became much quieter.

When all the criminals entered the arena, the knife-axe hand also walked into the execution ground with a ghost-headed sword.

When noon was approaching, Guazhou governor Zhang Mian and Jianning king Li Yan, accompanied by officials from the Guazhou governor's mansion, walked into the execution ground.

The common people knelt down one after another, shouting His Highness King Jianning.

According to the usual practice, Li Yan personally went off to convince the three elders who took the lead in kneeling, and then said to the people: "Everyone, get up."

With the grateful support of the three elders, Li Yan took the position of supervisor and beheader.

Zhang Mian sat beside Li Yan, while Cao Zhouhao, the governor of the governor's office, took a step forward and walked to the open space of the square.

Holding a long file in his hand, he muttered loudly:
"Today, under the order of King Jianning, the verdicts of the 12 criminals in the Dashuixia bandit case and the one criminal in the Dashi businessman's counterfeit money case were read out."

"The 12 first offenders in Dashuixia Shanzhai murdered and robbed, privately forged counterfeit money, several unpardonable crimes, according to the "Tang Law Shuyi" The thief law, sentenced to death!"

"Alhan, a big food businessman, took the initiative to buy fake money and deliberately used the fake money in the market in Guazhou. According to the law of fraud and counterfeiting in the "Tang Law Shuyi", he will be sentenced to death!"

Hearing two beeps, the common people clapped their hands and applauded, the sound was even louder than before!

Alhan, the big food businessman, slumped on the ground, completely without the arrogance of bullying and dominating the market at that time.

Among the many criminals, only the third leader still knelt on the ground with his head held high.

Zhou Hao went on to talk about the crime process and the violation of the law and read it again. When it was almost noon, the knife and ax hand walked onto the execution ground with a ghost-headed sword.

But Li Yan stood up suddenly, stepped down from the supervisor's position, and came in front of the third master.

The entire court looked at His Highness King Jianning suspiciously, only to see Li Yan asking the third master who was kneeling on the ground:

"Are you guilty?"

(End of this chapter)