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Chapter 649 0646 [Nine Yi Clans]

Su He looked at Han Zhen who was sitting behind the imperial desk, then he knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried out with grievance: "Your Majesty, it's unfair, I am innocent!"

"Injustice?"

Han Zhen sneered and shook the fake bill: "Didn't you make this fake bill?"

"This……"

Su He's expression froze for a moment, and he immediately explained, "I did make the counterfeit money, but I just did it when I was free, and I didn't intend to make a profit from it. I only printed more than 10,000 strings of cash, and kept them all in my study. My younger brother happened to be short of money a while ago, and he accidentally discovered it, but he didn't know it was counterfeit money, so he let it circulate in the market."

Han Zhen said coldly: "Since you printed the counterfeit money, how can you be wronged?"

"..."

At this moment, Su He wanted to slap himself twice. Why were his hands so cheap?

Han Zhen did not give him a chance to argue. He turned to look at Xiao Chong and asked, "According to the Great Qi Law, what is the crime for privately forging counterfeit money?"

Xiao Chong said loudly: "Your Majesty, counterfeiting banknotes is the same crime as treason, and the entire clan must be exterminated!"

The nine tribes of Yi!
Su He looked as if struck by lightning and his face turned pale.

When people in later generations hear about the execution of nine generations of a clan, they may not be able to understand the horror of it.

Let’s put it this way, collective punishment has existed since ancient times, but there is only one example of the nine tribes of the Yi people recorded in historical documents from the Qin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Xuangan was exterminated along with his entire clan for treason. No one else was exterminated along with his entire clan for any crime.

The so-called nine clans are four from the father, three from the mother, and two from the wife, which include all the relatives of a family.

As we all know, those who are outside the five degrees of mourning are not considered relatives, and the Yi Jiu clan means that all relatives within the five degrees of mourning of a family will be killed.

The number of people involved is not just a few hundred or thousands, but tens of thousands!

Tens of thousands of people. You have to know that a county in a remote prefecture has only about 30 to 50 thousand people.

The Yi Jiu clan completely wiped out an entire family from the world, leaving not a single trace of their bloodline alive.

Throughout the dynasties, the three Yi tribes were already extremely rare, let alone the nine Yi tribes.

Su He was, after all, a science and engineering man, not very cunning. Under the intimidation of Han Zhen and Xiao Chong, the king and his minister, he collapsed to the ground, his clothes soaked with cold sweat. He wanted to beg for mercy, his lips moved several times, but he could not utter a word.

Seeing this, Han Zhen felt that the time was almost right, and ordered: "Drag him out and give him twenty strokes of the cane first!"

Liu Chang immediately understood and said, "I obey your order."

After saying that, he ordered two imperial guards to carry Su He, who was like a puddle of mud, out of the Chuigong Palace.

Outside the hall, Yu Bozhuang still stood quietly. Seeing Su He being carried out again with a look of extreme fear, he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

He knew Su He. As the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Works of the previous dynasty, he not only knew Su He, but was also very close to the Su family.

When Su Song was prime minister, he gave him a lot of support, and this favor was indeed great.

These are the connections and political resources that Su Song left behind when he was an official.

However, perhaps because Su Song was too talented, he exhausted the Su family's luck for a hundred years. All his children were mediocre in talent and could not even pass the imperial examination to become a Jinshi. They could only rely on their father's influence to become an official with a low salary, such as Chaofenglang.

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Bozhuang finally couldn't help but whispered, "Manager Liu, please stay."

Liu Chang paused and asked, "What's the matter, Yu Jiancheng?"

Yu Bozhuang gritted his teeth and asked, "May I ask what your majesty's verdict is?"

Hearing this, Liu Chang said with a half-smile: "I am just an errand boy, I don't know much, Yu Jiancheng can ask Your Majesty in person later."

"Thank you!"

Yu Bozhuang's eyes lit up and he bowed to express his gratitude.

All the way to the Huangyi Hall next door, Liu Chang ordered: "Your Majesty has ordered that twenty strokes of the cane be given."

The eunuch on duty heard what was happening and immediately brought a long bench and pressed Su He onto it.

After doing all this, the eunuch who was carrying out the execution, holding the water and fire stick in his hand, asked with a smile: "Boss, is it a mute or a firecracker?"

The so-called "silent man" and "firecrackers" are private slang.

As the name suggests, firecrackers sound loud and make a lot of noise, but they don't hurt bones. But it's different with the mute person, who makes almost no sound, but is basically useless after being beaten.

For subordinates, the most important thing is to understand the intentions of their superiors. The same twenty fights can sometimes take away half the life of a person, or even force him to lie in bed for the rest of his life, while other times he can be full of energy again after a few days of rest after the fight.

These two completely different consequences depend entirely on the skills of the eunuch carrying out the execution.

These eunuchs have been practicing since childhood, and they have become very skilled at playing with a water and fire stick.

Liu Chang did not answer, but snorted: "You are also old people in the palace, why don't you have any vision?"

"That's what the steward taught me."

The eunuch who was executing the execution smiled along and saw that Liu Chang was standing with his feet turned inward with his right hand resting on his left hand. He immediately understood.

This is firecrackers!

He winked at the eunuch opposite, and the two men immediately raised their water and fire sticks and swung them down heavily.

Woo!
The water and fire sticks made a terrifying sound of breaking wind and smashed down fiercely.

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"what!!!"

Accompanied by a loud scream, Su He's lowered head suddenly raised up, his expression was ferocious, and veins on his forehead bulged.

Before he could react, another stick fell.

clap clap clap!
The two eunuchs carrying out the execution cooperated well with each other, striking with one stick after another with a great sense of rhythm.

The screams lasted for a long time before they stopped when the caning ended.

Listening to Su He's powerful scream, Liu Chang smiled and called out, "Let's go!"

"Order!"

Two imperial guards, one on the left and one on the right, held Su He's arms and dragged him from the bench to the Chuigong Hall.

After returning to the Chuigong Hall, the imperial guards loosened their grip and Su He fell to the ground like a puddle of mud. His whole body looked as if he had been fished out of their hands, and his face was frighteningly pale.

Even though the eunuchs who carried out the execution did not use any harsh force, the water and fire sticks really hit the buttocks, so the beating was inevitable.

Han Zhen looked at Su He lying on the ground and asked loudly, "Do you admit your guilt?"

"I...I know my crime!"

Su He tried hard to raise his head and answered in a hoarse voice.

Han Zhen asked again: "What crime have you committed?"

Su He replied bitterly: "I...I shouldn't break the law and print counterfeit money."

"wrong!"

Han Zhen stood up suddenly and said sternly: "These twenty strokes of the cane are because you have such talent but do not think about serving the country and have no regard for the emperor and father. Isn't this disloyal and unfilial?"

"This……"

Su He was stunned.

Then, Han Zhen waved his hand and said, "Go back to Dutingyi and reflect on your mistakes. When you have recovered from your injuries, report to the Military Supervision Office immediately!"

Du...Tingyi?
Shouldn't it be the Dali Temple? Besides, why would he go to the Ministry of Works...

Su He just felt dizzy and had countless doubts in his mind. However, before he had time to think about it, he was picked up again by the imperial guards and carried out of the hall.

After dealing with Su He, Han Zhen seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, where is Su He's brother?"

Xiao Chong replied: "He was also imprisoned in the Dali Temple."

As an accomplice, his younger brother was naturally arrested as well.

Gu Song asked, "Should his brother be released?"

Han Zhen said, "Lock him up for two or three months, and let him learn a lesson!"

(End of this chapter)