Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

And this will.

In Kaifeng City, hundreds of thousands of people were all excited.

We need to kill corrupt officials!
We also need to clarify the canonical punishment!

Everyone ran out and surrounded the open space outside the city with water!
In the open space, there is a platform.

Above, rows of corrupt officials were kneeling, as well as the gentry from the fish and meat village in the past.

Behind him stood executioners holding machetes.

Of course, there are not so many executioners in Kaifeng Mansion alone.

Among them, some executioners were found from the Imperial Guards or the Imperial Guards!

In front of these criminals, there are some executioners, sitting on some long wooden benches, sharpening their knives in front of these corrupt officials!

Seeing this, the corrupt officials and evil gentry kneeling on the stage couldn't hold on any longer, and they all wailed and begged for mercy with frightened faces.

"Please, generals, spare your life, I won't dare to do it again!"

"Please also ask this general to tell His Highness the Crown Prince that I want to report him!"

"Your Highness, I am an official of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to kill me, you need an order from your Majesty!"

"Your Highness, Wei Chen is wrong. Wei Chen wants to report him. Wei Chen knows the crimes of many officials!"

"Your Highness..."

Seeing how the officials or officials who used to be so aloof and dominated their lives wantonly were now so humble, the expressions in the eyes of the people around them gradually changed.

Finally, he gradually became excited.

Each one stared with red eyes and roared loudly.

"Cut them!"

"Kill these corrupt officials and evil gentry!"

"Kill these beasts..."

Seeing this, all the corrupt officials on the stage were stunned!
On the side, Wang Zhen snorted with disdain.

"Okay, stop howling! You were caught with so many thieves together, why were you the only one who was beheaded?"

Hearing this, an official's eyes widened instantly.

"They all confessed?"

Wang Zhen said: "Humph! Of course!"

All the officials were filled with anger, "These beasts, they are so shameless..."

"Can you be so shameless?"

Wang Zhen sneered and said, "If you dare to do it, don't take it seriously. A group of eggless people have read so many sages' books!"

"You eagle dog..."

"presumptuous!"

Before the official finished scolding him, he was slapped hard by the guard next to him.

Wang Zhen was not angry at all, and said quietly: "If you don't want to be beheaded in a dignified manner, then you can anger me. I can let you suffer some serious crimes when you are beheaded, or let you suffer some serious crimes. Now you can experience some torture!”

All the corrupt officials should shut up immediately!
So, it was quiet for a while.

Wang Zhen raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky, almost directly overhead.

Looks straight!
"The time has come for execution!"

"Yes, execution!"

A group of executioners came forward, each one took a sip of wine, sprayed it on the big knife in his hand, and then pressed the heads of the executioners onto the head pile!
"No! No!"

"If you wait any longer, it's not the time yet!"

"You cannot execute the execution in advance..."

A group of corrupt officials suddenly looked horrified, and some even had pools of water stains underneath them.

"Humph!"

Wang Zhen snorted coldly: "If you continue to struggle, the executioner will not be able to cut off your neck at once, and you will not die and will suffer severe pain!"

If that happens, don't blame me! "

"..."

All the corrupt officials froze.

Looking at Wang Zhen, he seemed to be looking at a devil, but he didn't dare to move.

Wang Zhen ignored him at all and shouted at the executioners, "Execution!"

"Yes, execution!"

The executioners raised their knives and dropped their heads, and their heads flew far away.

The people around him suddenly fell silent.

"it is good!"

"Good kill!"

Immediately, there was a burst of cheers!

The remaining corrupt officials were so frightened that they became paralyzed.

Wang Zhen continued to shout: "Continue!"

"Follow the order!"

A group of royal guards continued to pull the remaining corrupt officials forward and kneel neatly in front of the head pile.

The executioner continued to raise and lower the knife, and the heads flew far away again.

As for some people's frightened struggles, it was useless. The shackles weighing several kilograms were stuck around their necks, making it impossible to lift their heads.

Wait until the heads of these corrupt officials are chopped off.

Wang Zhen stood up again and announced loudly: "Tomorrow, we will continue to chop off the heads of a group of corrupt officials and evil gentry here!"

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

"God finally opened his eyes!"

"Thank you..."

All the people suddenly cheered.

At the same time, a team of corpse collectors had already arrived with a wooden cart, started loading the corpses, pulling them away, and then sprinkled some plant ashes or shoveled away the blood and soil.

The execution ground immediately returned to its original state.

As a group of corrupt officials and evil gentry were beheaded, the entire atmosphere of Kaifeng Mansion changed again.

but.

All the people were still full of expectations.

The next day.

At noon, the execution ground outside Kaifeng Prefecture was once again surrounded by people.

And on the execution ground, there were rows of corrupt officials kneeling again, several times more than yesterday!
this time.

The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Gaochi, the King of Zhou Zhu Zhu of the Ming Dynasty, the Crown Prince of Zhou, the Prince of Shunde County Guo An, as well as a group of officials from the capital who came with the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, and the surviving officials and generals of Kaifeng Prefecture also stood on one side, quietly Watching.

"Your Majesty the Crown Prince, noon has arrived!"

Not long after Zhu Gaochi, Guo An and others arrived, Wang Zhen came over and reported to Zhu Gaochi.

"Execution!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Wang Zhen bowed his hands and came to the stage with a cold face.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered execution!"

"Follow the order!"

All the soldiers and executioners responded in unison.

immediately.

A group of corrupt officials were escorted forward.

Seeing this, all the corrupt officials turned pale and began to cry out and beg for mercy.

"Your Highness, the guilty subject has surrendered himself to report. The guilty subject has realized his mistake. Your Highness can't kill me!"

"Your Highness, the guilty minister is an official of the imperial court. Without an imperial edict, Your Highness cannot..."

"Your Highness, spare your life..."

As the voice came down, Zhu Gaochi had no expression on his face.

Around them, Guo An, Zhu Ru and others also had stern faces. Only the other officials were moved but did not dare to say anything.

They are also very aware of the crimes committed by these officials and cannot be forgiven at all.

"Shut up!"

"cut!"

Following several angry scoldings, the machete with gleaming cold light was raised high, and then quickly slashed down.

Heads flew out one after another.

Behind them, all the corrupt officials who had been watching this scene couldn't help but feel their legs weaken. They could no longer kneel down and sat down on the ground with fear on their faces. Even if there were pools of water stains under their bodies, they would still be stunned. Didn't seem to notice.

Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and other officials looked at each other with horror.

They went to plead guilty so quickly, but they didn't expect to escape the disaster.

If they had known this, they should not have collected the money in the first place.

Nowadays, not only is there no wealth, but the family is also affected.

Thinking about it, his face was filled with regret.

At this moment, the second batch of beheaded criminals were also pulled up.

No matter how those criminals begged for mercy or struggled, it was to no avail.

Then, the third batch, the fourth batch...

Seeing this, Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others became more and more frightened.

In fact, when beheading, the first person was not that scared.

The further back you go, the more you see, the more frightened you feel.

Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others noticed that as there were fewer and fewer people in front of them, there were actually people beside them who were so frightened that they fainted.

However, the imperial guards beside them seemed to be like devils, waking up those who had fainted in an instant!

"You want to be beheaded in your sleep, dreaming!"

The faces of all the criminal officials were full of anger.

"next batch!"

Following the sound of urging, all the criminal officials could not help but shudder.

There were not many people in front of them!
at last.

After an unknown amount of time, it was finally their turn!

Being held up by a group of Jinyi guards, Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others felt their heads buzzing and their hearts full of panic, but there was no strength in their bodies.

Seeing that the blood-stained head stake was getting closer and closer, they felt terrified to the extreme.

Especially when they saw the pile of human heads on the ground in front of them, some of which were staring at them with big eyes, it made Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others so frightened that they wanted to flee the place immediately.

However, the shackles weighing dozens of kilograms around their necks pressed them firmly against the head stakes. Even if they took a breath, their nostrils would be filled with the smell of blood.

"cut!"

With a cold shout behind them, they could feel a large knife covered in human blood being raised high, and then slashed towards their necks.

boom!
They could clearly hear the sound of the broadsword hitting the wooden pile, and they could even see the appearance of the broadsword.

"It turns out, this is what it feels like to be beheaded!"

With inexplicable thoughts in his mind, Kuang Ben's vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

Among this wave of corrupt officials, many people just passed out like Kuang Ben.

However, some officials and gentry still stared and twitched, wanting to look back at their corpses.

However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not turn their heads back, and even in the end, they actually felt the shackles around their necks.

"I can still feel my neck? Huh? My neck is still there, my hands are still there, my legs..."

"I wasn't beheaded?"

"It doesn't hurt at all. I wasn't beheaded?"

Soon, these officials felt it, and all of them looked ecstatic.

Immediately, when he saw that none of his colleagues had been beheaded, he realized something and quickly looked towards Zhu Gaochi in the distance.

far away.

When the uninformed officials and the common people around Zhu Gaochi saw this situation, their eyes widened with surprise.

"How come you weren't beheaded?"

"Yeah, nothing at all..."

"Dare you ask Your Highness about this..."

An official also looked at Zhu Gaochi with confusion.

“Although these officials who were not beheaded had committed crimes, they were not serious and they did not prey on the common people.

Moreover, each of them still has a conscience, and they take the initiative to confess to Gu and report other corrupt officials and evil gentry!
In view of this, Gu decided to give them another chance.

However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable, so Gu Ye let them experience the feeling of being beheaded.

Believe.

After this, they no longer dare to commit corruption or protect those corrupt officials! "

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

"After they experience it, they will never dare to break the law and violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing this, all the officials immediately praised him one after another.

Indeed, they could all see that the officials on the stage were scared to death, made all kinds of ugly appearances, and even pissed themselves from fear.

When they return to office, they will definitely remember this incident!

And, most importantly, he will be loyal to Prince Zhu Gaochi!
Below, a group of common people, after listening to Zhu Gaochi's explanation, saw that the officials were praising him, and they all hurriedly followed suit.

On the stage, Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and other officials and gentry were not like those in the fish and meat village, and the people did not have much hatred towards Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others.

and.

Even some people still think that Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others are still good officials.

Since Prince Zhu Gaochi wanted to let these officials go, they were happy to do so.

They are also afraid that after killing all these good officials, the next batch of officials will be a group of wolves, tigers and leopards, which will cause even greater harm to them.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind, and I will definitely repay my kindness and will never do anything illegal again..."

On the stage, a group of officials who were originally waiting to die kowtowed in excitement after hearing Zhu Gaochi's words, and then burst into tears with excitement.

……

Zhu Di sent Zhu Gaochi to Kaifeng Mansion. The main purpose was to let Zhu Gaochi understand the management of the river.

Then, check the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture.

just now.

In a few days, Zhu Gaochi had almost solved the problem.

then.

After Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and others thanked Zhu Gaochi and made repeated promises.

Zhu Gaochi explained to Wang Zhen and Xia Yuanji, the minister of household affairs, and other officials, and then bid farewell to Zhou Wang Zhu Ju.

Afterwards, he took Guo An and a group of guards back to the capital.

……

A few days later.

The capital, the imperial palace, and the literary building.

After listening to Zhu Gaochi's narration, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction.

"This is a wonderful move!"

"After this, whenever Kuang Ben, Yan Liangjie, Fang Ziming and other officials and gentry are faced with corruption or bullying the people, they will think of the fear of beheading and will not dare to do anything corrupt. thing!"

"Moreover, retaining these conscientious officials and gentry is also a great good deed for the people of Kaifeng Prefecture!"

"Neither your grandpa nor we have thought of this method. We didn't expect that the prince actually thought of it and dared to do it. You, the prince, are finally qualified!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Father!"

Zhu Gaochi suddenly beamed with joy and did not explain that this method was suggested to him by Prince Shunde.

With Wang Zhen's imperial guards by his side, nothing happened in Kaifeng Mansion could be hidden from his father!
And Guo An also slightly bowed his hands.

...(End of chapter)