The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 293 Lord Ye’s public trial mantra, because His Majesty was at fault first, Zhu Yuanzhang went crazy on the spot!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the tired faces of the three people on the stage, and immediately became angry.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, what they did when they went out to fool around the night before was that they did not take his old Zhu family into consideration, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang.

Not only that, he also charged Ye Qing with leading Xu Da and Wang Baobao into trouble.

You must know that before Xu Da and Wang Baobao met Ye Qing, they were both ambitious people who were not tempted by wealth or beauty.

Otherwise, he would not have rated Wang Baobao as "the most extraordinary man in the world", nor would he have rated Xu Da as "women have no love, no wealth can be taken, and there is no fault in the integrity"!

But looking at it now, his previous evaluation of these two people was just a fart!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was really unhappy!

As Zhu Yuanzhang closed the window, he snorted: "We had to handle such a big case this morning, but they spent the whole night fooling around together."

"Look at the haggard looks on those three guys' faces. I can't even imagine what they did last night."

Zhu Biao's understanding of Ye Qing all came from hearsay. He had never interacted with Ye Qing at all, so he naturally said nothing.

Although Mao Xiang wanted to speak for Ye Qing and Xu Da, he had no right to speak here and could only continue to look at Queen Ma.

The window in front of Queen Ma was still open, and she was still looking at everything on the stage.

Empress Ma looked much more carefully than Zhu Yuanzhang, because she didn't have the habit of getting angry when she saw Ye Qing.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang has a habit of igniting the fire in his heart whenever he sees Ye Qing, regardless of whether Ye Qing is wrong or not.

In Queen Ma's eyes, the three of them also looked tired, as if they had done something bad last night.

But she also saw that Wang Baobao and Xu Da kept looking at Ye Qing with extremely unhappy eyes, just like Ye Qing had beaten them both last night.

Of course, in her mind, this was absolutely impossible.

Whether it's Xu Da or Wang Baobao, beating a powerless civil servant like him is just bullying a little chicken.

Since the possibility of action has been ruled out in the first place, the only possibility left is to use words.

Empress Ma smiled lightly and said: "Chongba, is it possible that Xu Da and Wang Baobao persuaded Ye Qing all night?"

"Watch carefully for yourself and see the way Xu Da and Wang Baobao stare at Ye Qing."

The angry Zhu Yuanzhang, although a little impatient, got up again and opened the window in front of him.

At Empress Ma's reminder, Zhu Yuanzhang focused his attention on the eyes of Xu Da and Wang Baobao.

As expected, although they looked like they had stayed up late, they stared at Ye Qing with obviously unfriendly eyes.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately laughed.

"Let's just say, how could my brother who has been with me since childhood and the last famous general in the grassland that we like to be led astray by Ye Qing?"

"They must have been discussing it all night because of today's public trial!"

"They must think that Ye Qing is not doing this reliably, so they are staring at him closely!"

"We didn't see the wrong person, we didn't see the wrong person!"

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Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately nodded happily.

But when Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden change of expression, she shook her head helplessly. As soon as she saw Ye Qing, her anger burned half of her brain.

From Queen Ma's point of view, there was no way Ye Qing could lead the two of them into trouble.

Although Xu Da and Wang Baobao are not bad, they are also complete officialdom veterans. How could they be led bad by Ye Qing?
Besides, is Ye Qing really bad?

He is a person who controls Sai Guifei Club, but never goes to Sai Guifei Club!

But she doesn't want to argue with Zhu Yuanzhang about this now. After all, the most important thing right now is the upcoming public trial.

If Ye Qing's trial of Zhu Huan and his son does not go as well as Zhu Yuanzhang wants, it won't matter whether Ye Qing is good or bad.

Thinking of this, Queen Ma looked at Ye Qing who was still yawning with worried eyes.

"Zhu Huan died unjustly, but Zhu Liujiu was kind to His Majesty, so you still have to spare his life!"

"If you save his life, you will save your own life!"

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Just when Queen Ma was so hopeful, she heard the sound of rolling wheels.

In everyone's eyes, dozens of prison cars were approaching from the direction of the prison.

Because there are not enough prison vans and there are too many corrupt officials committing crimes, there are cases where two or even three people are squeezed into one prison van.

Following this, many people came to watch.

After a while, Caishikou Square was closed, and the government officials blocked all roads into the square.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others were condescending and only saw thousands of people standing under the trial platform to watch.

Such a grand public trial was not only the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China, but also the first time Zhu Yuanzhang had ever seen it in his life.

It was obvious that Ye Qing had put himself in a very embarrassing situation.

If the sentence is too light and the people are dissatisfied, Ye Qing will lose the support of the people in his three-acre land in Ningbo!
But if the sentence is too harsh and the emperor is dissatisfied, Ye Qing will not even be qualified to continue living in the world!
Queen Ma looked at Ye Qing who was sitting on the high platform and felt that he was walking on an iron rope, and below the iron rope, there was either a mountain of knives or a sea of ​​fire!
Zhu Biao looked at this scene and felt that Ye Qing was walking on a tightrope.

But Zhu Biao had different ideas from his parents. He still hoped that Ye Qing could be sentenced according to law!

First of all, he has no real feelings for Zhu Liujiu and his son. Secondly, he hopes to have a minister who is not afraid of his father at all!
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang and his family were thinking, several more laborers came to Ye Qing carrying several baskets of evidence.

After Wu Yong and the government officials sorted out the evidence, he signaled to Ye Qing to start.

But Ye Qing was not in a hurry at all and yawned loudly again.

"What are you panicking about?"

"Come here, make three cups of tea that will refresh your mind, protect your liver, and improve your eyesight!"

"Cassia seeds are ten coins, chrysanthemums are three coins, wolfberry seeds are three coins, licorice, dandelion, orange peel, burdock root and gardenia are two coins each!"

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After listening to Ye Qing's order, the people also had their own complaints. Zhu Yuanzhang was even more serious and took a deep and heavy breath.

But Queen Ma became interested in the prescriptions from Ye Qing. Although she didn't know the medical skills, she could be regarded as a health expert.

She didn't find it strange that Ye Qing knew about health preservation, but she was very curious as to how Ye Qing could have the prescription from Taiyuan Hospital.

You must know that many of the prescriptions in Taiyuan Hospital are not available in the private sector!
But just when Queen Ma was thinking like this, the sound of Sheng Tang came from outside.

"mighty!"

You must know that these government officials armed with killing sticks are not real government officials. They are elite soldiers from Yanmen Pass.

They are very familiar with the matter of beating military sticks!

With just a look from the admiral, they can watch a powerful and heavy stick fall down and make a person's little butt blossom, but they can also watch a not-so-heavy stick fall down and break a person's back!
Naturally, they all roared "Mighty", which also brought with them a certain amount of murderous intent!
Just with such a roar at the beginning, so many corrupt officials who were still in the prison car immediately began to tremble.

The common people are naturally not afraid. If they don't do anything bad, they won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. That's the truth.

"Snapped!"

Ye Qing just gave a slap in the face and turned over the crimes in front of him one by one.

"In this public trial, the ranking of officials starts from a young age, but please rest assured that as long as there are cases involved, no matter how big or small, I will definitely catch them all and will never tolerate them!"

"I will definitely do it. I will be worthy of the mountains and rivers, the sun and the moon. I will be worthy of the common people. I will be worthy of His Majesty the Emperor, who trusts me so much that he specially approved the establishment of the 'Ningbo Special Executive Government' and gave me the power to kill first and report later!"

Ye Qing's voice alone would definitely not be heard by thousands of people.

But on both sides of the high platform, there were fifty elite soldiers standing on each side. Their purpose here was to amplify Ye Qing's voice.

Since there is no sound, we can only use this 'artificial sound'.

In the eyes of everyone, Ye Qing looked at the many papers in front of him and said: "Ask Zhao Qiu, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, Sun Youcheng, the magistrate of Ninghai County, and Chen Ren, the magistrate of Fenghua County!"

Soon, three middle-aged men who had already been stripped of their official uniforms and were only wearing prison uniforms were brought up.

Ye Qing said seriously: "Why don't you kneel down?"

They subconsciously wanted to use Zhu Huan's identity to speak out, but when they thought that Zhu Huan and his son were worse off than them in prison, they had no choice but to kneel down honestly.

While they were kneeling on the ground, Wu Yong picked up his notebook and began to read: "The three of you used the method of collecting taxes with a big bucket and paying taxes with a small bucket, plundering farmers' money and grain, concealing the tax revenue from the court, and hiding the money and grain privately. "

"In order to smoothen the relationship, you bribed Zhu Huan, the former governor of Ningbo Prefecture!"

"I ask you, yes or no?"

"But I would like to remind you that all evidence of guilt is conclusive, and making false claims will only increase the level of guilt!"

The three of them saw so many incriminating evidences in front of them and so many witnesses waiting to be summoned, and naturally they knew that sophistry was useless.Zhao Qiu, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, replied: "I was greedy for [-] guan in three years, of which [-] guan was given to Zhu Huan, and the people below took [-] guan."

Sun Youcheng, the magistrate of Ninghai County, replied: "I was greedy for [-] guan in three years, of which [-] guan was given to Zhu Huan, and the people below took [-] guan."

Chen Ren, the magistrate of Fenghua County, replied: "I was greedy for [-] guan in three years, of which [-] guan was given to Zhu Huan, and the people below took [-] guan."

After the words of the three magistrates were amplified by the 'artificial sound', the people all roared angrily, saying things like killing them.

In the private room on the third floor of the restaurant, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with hatred and teeth gnashing.

"These people who eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard dare to eat the agricultural tax. Ye Qing is pretending to eat it, but these guys really eat it!"

"Kill, you should kill!"

At the same time, Queen Ma reminded: "But most of them were given to His Majesty's nephew!"

Then, Zhu Biao added firmly: "Mom is right, it can be said that they are helping Brother Huan pay the agricultural tax."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately fell silent when he heard this.

At this moment, Ye Qing's voice was amplified to their ears again.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and others, Ye Qing solemnly pronounced the sentence: "Since you have pleaded guilty, we will refer to the laws of the Ming Dynasty and sentence you according to our rules!"

"The three of you will be beheaded in public and executed immediately!"

"But because Your Majesty made a mistake first, he was spared the whole family from being executed. However, everyone in your family who shares the same blessings will be executed!"

Before they could react, they were forcibly dragged to the beheading area by government servants disguised as Yanmen Baizhan elite soldiers.

In everyone's eyes, they only saw the executioner quickly raising the knife and dropping it, and the head rolled to the ground, while blood was flying everywhere.

Many timid people covered their eyes with their hands on the spot, but out of strong curiosity, they still opened a crack to peek.

There are not many places like this for those who are timid and want to see it.

But Zhu Yuanzhang and others watched this scene through the window without blinking.

Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, even Zhu Biao and Queen Ma did not blink an eye.

"What a big dog!"

"How dare he sentence these dog officials so lightly, and dare to say it's because we were at fault in the first place?"

"Where did we go wrong?"

"No, we have to go find him and explain it clearly. If we can't explain it clearly, we'll sentence him together!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he wanted to go downstairs angrily.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao invited Mao Xiang to come with him, so Zhu Yuanzhang was not allowed to leave the door.

Queen Ma looked at this scene and really didn't know how to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang.

The emperor wants to save face. Even if the emperor is wrong, he should communicate in private. How can he say it in front of so many people?

Not only did Zhu Yuanzhang not know where he was wrong, but even the thousands of people who were watching the trial did not know where the emperor was wrong.

Of course, they never expected that the legendary Lord Ye would dare to say that His Majesty the Emperor was at fault in front of so many people.

Ye Qing, who was sitting on the high platform, was very satisfied when he saw the scene in front of him.

Ye Qing looked at the thousands of people in front of him. He didn't know who Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and ears were, but he was sure that there must be Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and ears among them.

He just wanted to use these eyes and ears to let Zhu Yuanzhang know that Ye Qing, the prefect of Ningbo whom he appointed, said in front of thousands of people that Zhu Yuanzhang was at fault!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing just raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Quietly, after the public trial is over, I will tell everyone why Your Majesty was wrong in the first place."

When the people heard this, they suddenly became curious.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already furious, also became curious.

For this answer, no matter how angry he was, he still stood here and waited with his toes tight.

After a while, the trial continued.

Ye Qing followed the principle of "the laws of the Ming Dynasty are supplementary and his own opinions are the main priority" and sentenced all the officials in the counties under his jurisdiction in turn.

Anyone who embezzles tax revenue (regardless of the type of tax), anyone who embezzles money and food for disaster relief, and anyone who embezzles money for sewage and river construction projects will have the same fate as those three magistrates.

In short, in one sentence, all corrupt officials who directly suck the blood of the common people should be given harsher sentences!
That is to say, because Zhu Yuanzhang made a mistake first, he was spared from having his entire family executed, and only killed family members who shared the same prestige!
People also felt that Ye Qing's punishment was reasonable.

Family members who share the same power must be killed, but there is really no need to involve those relatives who are out of reach and have no influence at all!

But Zhu Yuanzhang, who was looking at all this from a high position, felt that it was completely unreasonable.

First of all, he felt that Ye Qing's penalty was too light. The second reason was that the penalty was so light because he was at fault in the first place.

Ye Qing repeated these eight words, 'Your Majesty was at fault first' at least ten times. Every time he was sentenced, he had to say these eight words at the beginning.

After Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, he nodded heavily.

"Okay, let's just listen patiently and see why we were wrong in the first place."

"If you don't agree with us, I'll kill you on the spot!"

"I will never sentence you lightly!"

While Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking this way, Ye Qing rewarded a large number of officials.

This time, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, even Empress Ma and Zhu Biao felt that Ye Qing's judgment was wrong.

It can be said that except for the award-winning officials and Ye Qing's three hundred elite soldiers, no one at the scene agreed with Ye Qing.

Seeing this scene, Xu Da and Wang Baobao instantly forgot about 'last night's revenge', and their eyes were full of disbelief.

Corrupt officials win awards?

It is truly unprecedented and absolutely unprecedented!

"Brother Ye, you were drunk yesterday and went crazy, right?"

"How can you judge like this?"

Ye Qing looked at the two of them and said seriously and responsibly: "I have my own reasons for judging this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked at the people watching and said loudly: "The reason why I reward this group of people is to convince you."

"Of course, the main reason why I reward them is because His Majesty made a mistake first!"

"Everyone, please be patient. After the public trial is over, I will come with you one by one!"

When the people heard this, they became even more curious.

Although they did not believe that Ye Qing could convince them, driven by strong curiosity, they were still willing to follow Ye Qing's words and stay calm for the time being.

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes almost popped out.

"Damn it,"

"I can't take it anymore!"

"You reward corrupt officials because I made a mistake first?"

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Queen Ma just looked over, and Zhu Biao and Mao Xiang came up together.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's martial arts was far inferior to Mao Xiang's, but no matter how powerful General Mao's martial arts was, he couldn't hold a crazy bull.

That is to say, Zhu Biao is still in good health now, otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to hold Zhu Yuanzhang.

After they reluctantly hugged Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma talked for a long time before Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to continue watching.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang angrily finished watching Ye Qing's public trial of the government officials.

It is still the case that every time a verdict is announced, the sentence "because your majesty was wrong first" must be said!
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang endured the highlight of this public trial.

"With the criminals, Your Majesty will give the emperor's nephew Zhu Huan, the former magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture!"

"Bring a criminal, Your Majesty will give you the imperial brother, Zhu Liujiu!"

As the sound spread, everyone's eyes were focused on the prisoner's special passage.

Finally, the two royal relatives who were about to be put on trial, and who were also about to help Ye Qing find his own death, appeared in everyone's sight!
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