Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 649 Let them experience it too

"Go ahead and write down honestly what you want to report or surrender!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly and said quietly.

Yan Liangjie and Fang Ziming were stunned, write it out?
Where to write?
"Come to the back!"

At this time, Guo An, who had been standing at the back, seemed to be aware of the thoughts of the two gentry, smiled lightly and said.

Hearing this, Yan Liangjie and Fang Ziming turned around and saw the Prince of Shunde sitting in the back!
Then, after seeing the pile of crimes in Guo An's hand, he couldn't help but feel dizzy.

Old thief Kuang Ben is so shameless that he actually wrote down so many crimes?
Thinking about it, the two people hurriedly walked towards the two desks.

After sitting down, I started writing quickly.

The old thief Kuang Ben has already taken the lead, they can't be later!

However, it didn’t pass for a while.

Then another school captain came in to report, and someone asked to see His Highness the Crown Prince!
Hearing this, Yan Liangjie and Fang Ziming were even more shocked and quickly accelerated their movements.

As for Zhu Gaochi, he let the man in directly.

Naturally, it was another official who wanted to report.

Seeing Yan Liangjie and Fang Ziming writing hard, the official's eyes widened.

How could these two old thieves be so fast?
Just kneel down and apologize...

Just like this, people have been coming to secretly ask to see the prince Zhu Gaochi, and then ask for prosecution.

It lasted until midnight, and no one came until after midnight.

In the hall, the crimes written down have begun to be packed in baskets.

As for Guo An and Zhu Gaochi, they had already fallen asleep in Xushi.

Staying up late is most harmful to the body, so they don't waste their lives with those rogue officials!
of course.

In the entire Kaifeng Mansion, it seemed that except for Guo An and Zhu Gaochi, everyone stayed up late!
The two of them felt refreshed the next day.

Then he saw Wang Zhen, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Hubu, Zhang Sigong, the Minister of Punishment, and the accompanying officials from the Ducha Yushi, the Punishment Ministry, and Dali Temple, all standing in the hall with strange expressions on their faces.

As soon as they arrived in Kaifeng Fucheng, they began to vigorously provide disaster relief.

They had only heard about Zhu Gaochi and Guo An's behavior yesterday, but they didn't have much time to pay attention to it.

However, they never imagined that this would only take one day.

Kaifeng Mansion was captured by more than half of the officials and gentry.

Also.

Yesterday, the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture who were following them to assist them in disaster relief all knelt here early this morning, as if to apologize to the prince Zhu Gaochi.

Could it be that these officials in Kaifeng Prefecture have gone crazy?

However, when they came in and saw the large baskets of crimes placed in the hall, they were speechless!

My heart was filled with shock.

It seems that the prince and the king of Shunde did not ask the Jin Yiwei to carry out the punishment, but these officials actually confessed all the crimes.

They seem to have seen the ridiculous things that happened in the capital a few years ago, where students reported on teachers, lower officials reported on superior officials, gentry reported on officials, and superior officials reported on all officials below...!
"How did you sleep last night?"

Zhu Gaochi said hello with a gentle expression, and then looked at the ten baskets of crimes in front of him, a little surprised.

"Why so many charges?"

Wang Zhen quickly handed over his hands and replied: "Reporting to His Majesty the Crown Prince, at midnight, those traitorous officials who were imprisoned by Wei Chen all begged Wei Chen to bring them pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and to confess their crimes and I want to report some traitorous officials and evil gentry and try to atone for their sins!”

"Have they all been reported?"

Zhu Gaochi asked again.

Wang Zhen said: "Reporting to your highness, there are still a few thieves and evil gentry who are unrepentant and have not made any movement all night!"

"Good!"

Zhu Gaochi smiled faintly and said, "Single out the crimes of those traitorous officials and evil gentry who are unrepentant, and then take people to check them.

After the evidence was confirmed, he was taken directly outside Kaifeng City and the whole family was executed to give an explanation to the people who suffered in Kaifeng Mansion! "

"Follow the order!"

Wang Zhen responded solemnly and walked out quickly.

In the hall, all the officials couldn't help but express their feelings.

Zhu Gaochi said again: "Everyone, I wonder how the disaster relief situation in Kaifeng Mansion is?"

Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, said: "Reporting to Your Highness, the food and various materials needed by the more than 10,000 disaster-stricken households in Kaifeng Prefecture have been distributed.

Now, you need to help them repair their houses! "

"Ok!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, then looked at Zhang Sigong, the Minister of Punishment, as well as the Censor of Ducha, the Punishment Ministry, Dali Temple and other officials.

"With so many crimes, you should pick them up and take a look at them. This is a good official of my Ming Dynasty!
There are also those gentry who presume that they have read the books of sages, presume that they know etiquette, justice, integrity, and the great righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period!

As a result, all of them were male thieves and female prostitutes, committing all kinds of evil!
I don’t know how you officials supervise all the officials from all over the Ming Dynasty! "

"My lord is guilty!"

All the officials trembled in their hearts and quickly apologized with shame on their faces.

"Take a good look!"

Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice, "After reading this, let's all talk about how to deal with these thieving officials and evil gentry!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhang Sigong came out first, walked to a basket, picked up a pile of charges, and started reading!
The more he looked, the darker the look in his eyes became.

Upon seeing this, the officials on the side such as the Censor, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple also looked at it.

They were also a little curious about what crimes these Kaifeng officials had written.

after all.

When it comes to collecting money, let alone others, they have done it themselves.

After reading a few pages, everyone fell silent.

They were wrong!
Zhang Sigong said coldly: "Reporting to Your Highness, these corrupt officials and evil gentry should be killed one by one!"

"Your Highness, especially this censor who patrols the river, is worthy of death, and his clan members should also be exiled!"

"Your Highness, these river officials and gate officials should also be killed and their people exiled!"

"Your Highness, this inspection..."

"It's rare that you all feel that these corrupt officials and evil gentry deserve death!"

Zhu Gaochi said sarcastically.

All the officials couldn't help but have expressions of ridicule on their faces.

"The officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will stay, while the rest will handle the government affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture. Although so many corrupt officials have been arrested, the government affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture must not be disrupted!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Everyone responded and slowly retreated.

In the hall, only officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were left.

Zhu Gaochi continued: "You will sort out the crimes of the criminal officials and gentry on these charges, and count those who have committed the most serious crimes. Those who have committed less serious crimes will be counted separately!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Although he was a little surprised, Zhang Sigong didn't ask any more questions.

There is nothing to ask about a group of mortal officials.

However, by looking at the charges, he seemed to see that some officials and gentry were forced to do so, but they actually had some moral conscience.

These officials should be classified as having minor crimes.

As for the remaining thief officials and evil gentry...

A few people chatted for a while and then began to compile statistics.

As for Guo An, he followed Zhu Gaochi out of the house and began to inspect the entire Kaifeng Mansion.

Perhaps it was because a group of corrupt officials and evil gentry were arrested, and the entire family was confiscated.

The entire Kaifeng Mansion, from top to bottom, became more active.

Even walking on the street, you can hear many people talking in low voices, full of praise for the Ming Dynasty Prince Zhu Gaochi.

"His Royal Highness is so wise that he finally caught those corrupt officials and evil gentry!"

"Especially those river officials, each one is more greedy and has a darker heart!"

"Yes, it would be very satisfying if His Highness the Crown Prince could kill the minions of those corrupt officials!"

"I heard that some corrupt officials will be killed soon!"

"Let's go and have a look!"

"However, after these corrupt officials are beheaded, those minions will have no protection and will be finished!"

"It's best to kill all those evil scoundrels!"

"Most definitely……"

After listening for a while, Zhu Gaochi looked at Wang Zhen behind him. Wang Zhen said hurriedly: "Your Highness, the minions these people are talking about are probably a group of thugs raised by corrupt officials. Anything that is inconvenient for them to do can be left to these people.

And when it comes to oppressing people, these scoundrels are the most ruthless! "

A cold light flashed in Zhu Gaochi's eyes, and he said coldly: "Go and investigate carefully, and kill those scoundrels who have committed serious crimes.

The remaining scoundrels were directly forced into labor, and the construction of city walls and embankments was left to them! "

"Wei Chen obeys the order!"

Wang Zhen responded and quickly arranged for his Jin Yiwei to search.

These scoundrels are much easier to catch than corrupt officials.

In less than half a day, a group of Jinyi guards captured hundreds of people.

In this regard.

All the people in Kaifeng Mansion were full of joy.

Xia Yuanji and other officials also had happy faces.

They are worried about how to recruit laborers!

……

"Prince!"

When Zhu Gaochi returned, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji walked in with a happy face.

Zhu Gaochi quickly greeted him and said, "I've met Uncle Wang!"

Zhu Xi asked directly: "I heard that you arrested all the officials in Kaifeng Mansion?"

"Exactly!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, and then told everything about last night.

After listening, Zhu Rui's face was full of contempt.

"These officials are all sanctimonious. I didn't expect that they would be so shameless and do such dirty things behind their backs without mercy at all!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Gaochi looked angrily, "I never thought that my Ming officials would have rotted like this!"

"If the Imperial Examination is still here, Lingchi will definitely execute them all one by one!"

Zhu Xi said with hatred.

Zhu Gaochi: "..."

Is this because he is dissatisfied with his father?

Seeing this, Zhu Xi seemed to realize that something was wrong. He smiled and said hurriedly: "I will report to Your Majesty in a moment and request that all these thieves be put to death one by one!"

"Uncle Wang can just present it!"

Zhu Gaochi didn't stop him either.

Anyway, he has been fully responsible for the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion.

It would also be great if I could use Ling Chi to scare the officials in the court!
Then, he spoke again for a while.

Zhu Ru then left.

That night.

A quick ride rushed out of Kaifeng Fucheng.

At this time, the construction of the city wall of Kaifeng Mansion has not started yet, so there is no city gate.

Free access for all!
The next day.

Zhang Sigong and others finally counted up the seriousness of the crimes of all the corrupt officials in Kaifeng Mansion, as well as those evil gentry.

"Kuang Ben, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, can you pardon me?"

After looking at the first official, Zhu Gaochi's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Sigong said quickly, "Your Highness, Kuang Ben moved to Kaifeng Mansion last year.

This year, some officials only paid him some filial piety, adding up to a total of two thousand five hundred taels of silver!

These silver coins are not corruption!

In addition, Kuang Ben was the first one to take the initiative to surrender to His Highness, so Wei Chen thought he could be pardoned!

However, it is up to His Highness to decide how to convict this person in the end! "

"For now, just follow what Zhang Qing said!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, be merciful!"

Zhang Sigong hurriedly flattered him respectfully, and then said again: "I also have Yan Liangjie and Fang Ziming... These officials are greedy.

At the same time, there is also behavior of snatching and occupying.

However, after careful investigation, these officials were either deceived or encountered some rogue people..."

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly again, "Yes!"

Seeing this, Zhang Sigong continued to report.

"Your Highness, these sixteen officials, forty clerks, and thirteen gentry are left. Since they are a group of evil-doers, they deserve to be punished with death and have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated!"

"bring here!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly and said again.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhang Sigong was stunned for a moment, and quickly sent the crime list he had compiled in front of Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi looked at it for a long time, and it was not much different from what he thought yesterday.

So, he nodded slowly.

"The crime levels calculated by Mr. Zhang are quite fair!"

Zhang Sigong was overjoyed.

Zhu Gaochi said again: "In this case, we will drag these corrupt officials, evil gentry, and those in their families who have committed serious crimes, to the outside of Kaifeng City, and behead them in public at noon tomorrow!"

Zhang Sigong was startled and asked quickly: "Your Highness, there are so many officials, do you want to ask for your Majesty's instructions?"

"No need!"

Zhu Gaochi slowly shook his head, "Before Gu came to Kaifeng Mansion, my father had already told Gu that matters in Kaifeng Mansion would be handled by Gu Quanquan!
As for the officials of the Third Division of Henan, just leave them to my father! "

"Wei Chen obeys the order!"

Zhang Sigong asked again: "Your Majesty, I wonder how Kuang Ben, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and other minor offenders should be dealt with?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly, "Officials such as Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, and Fang Ziming all knew the law and violated the law, and even concealed it and refused to report it. They should be guilty of the same crime.

But I want him to voluntarily surrender and report.

Spare his life for the time being, but the death penalty can be forgiven, but the living crime cannot be escaped.

Tomorrow, when the beheading happens at noon, they will go together and experience it! "

"Experience it?"

Zhang Sigong looked surprised.

"Ok!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, "Wear shackles on them, and prepare them for the executioner, but when beheading, don't really chop off their heads. Let them experience how happy it is to be alive!"

"This……"

Hearing this, Zhang Sigong's expression condensed, and then he raised his hands to praise Zhu Gaochi with admiration on his face.

"Your Highness is wise, this will surely make officials like Kuang Ben and Yan Liangjie remember it for the rest of their lives, and they will never dare to commit adultery again!"

"They must not be allowed to know about this matter!"

"Wei Chen understands!"

Zhang Sigong nodded repeatedly, and then went down to prepare!

In the hall.

Wang Zhen also reported: "Reporting to Your Highness, those traitorous officials and evil gentry who have not repented will soon be beheaded outside the city in public. I wonder if Your Highness would like to go and check it out?"

"Not going yet!"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head slowly.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Wang Zhen responded and walked away.

……

(End of this chapter)