Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 93 The Two Extremes
"Your Majesty! You cannot allow the factory guards to kill me, Ming Zhongliang, indiscriminately!"

"Your Majesty! What's Hui Shiyang's crime? What's Zhang Wenda's crime?"

"His Majesty……"

Outside the Meridian Gate, a large number of court officials were kneeling. They were wearing official robes of various colors, and they were all shouting excitedly, hoping that the emperor would take back his life.

The personal guards who were on duty at the Meridian Gate were all prepared and did not dare to be careless at all. They strictly guarded their respective posts for fear of any accidents.

"Brother Imperial, why are they kneeling outside the Meridian Gate?"

On the Meridian Gate Tower, Zhu Youjian looked down at the court officials gathered below the city through the female wall. He frowned and said: "The prisoners who were escorted to the West City by the Jinyi Guards have all confessed, and their charges have been made clear one by one. , Hui Shiyang dared to break into the palace without permission, which is a serious crime, so why do they say Hui Shiyang is not guilty?"

"This is a civil servant."

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the agitated officials, and said indifferently: "They hope that the emperor can obey their words, so that the power to interpret the law is firmly in their hands. They kneel before Outside the Meridian Gate, it’s not so much that they want Hui Shiyang and others to be exempted from the death penalty, but more that they want to create a momentum.”

"Potential?"

Zhu Youjian looked confused. He didn't understand what this situation meant.

"In this capital, there are not only court officials, but also people of high rank, and many scholars."

The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth turned up slightly and he said: "These people stay in the capital, and they may have one thing or another, but they have a mouth and a pen. If there is some kind of disturbance in the capital, they will be involved, even in the capital." Things will be conveyed to various parts of the Ming Dynasty through the pens of these people and in the form of letters.”

"But what good will this do to them?"

Zhu Youjian was even more confused, "The culpability of each of the people who were executed was clearly clear. It was not like those court officials said that they were framed and arrested by the Jin Yiwei. Is it because they were once officials? Even if they were Shouldn't we be able to execute whatever we find with the power of the law?"

"Is it good? Either for fame or profit, I have been thinking about this."

Zhu Youxiao reached out and patted Zhu Youjian's shoulder, "Perhaps in their eyes, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty should govern the world with benevolence and virtue. He should not rely too much on factory guards, should not block the way of speech, and should not be arbitrary. Kill indiscriminately, after all, this world belongs to the Zhu family, but if you want to govern this world well, you cannot do without them."

Zhu Youjian seemed to understand and said: "Is this what the emperor said before, that among the civil servants, there are a group of people who only think about ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats?"

"That's only part of the picture."

Zhu Youxiao smiled lightly and said: "Ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats is a proposition that involves many levels, but the only thing that can be affirmed is that ruling the world with the common people is right and wrong. If you want to truly understand this sentence, you need to have independent thinking. You can understand the sufferings of the people and see through the nature of power, otherwise, you will always be talked about by scholars and officials."

The breeze blows slowly, and the flags on the Meridian Gate Tower are fluttering.

Zhu Youjian stood stunned. He wanted to understand what the emperor's brother meant, but there were too many things he couldn't figure out.

"My lord~"

Liu Chao hurried to the imperial court, bowed to the emperor and said: "Hui Shiyang and Zhang Wenda, these prisoners, were escorted to the West Market by the Jinyi Guards in Liujing, but dozens of scholars attacked the execution place."

Wang Tiqian and Wei Shitai, who were standing nearby, suddenly heard this and were all horrified. They dared to do such a thing under such circumstances. This was clearly...

"Have they all been arrested?"

Zhu Youxiao said in an indifferent tone.

"Tian Ergeng led the team to arrest."

Liu Chao said hurriedly: "Right now, over at the Xisi Archway, Xu Xianchun is in charge of prison sentences."

"Seize your citizenship."

Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "Let the Jin Yiwei find out who was behind them and arrest them all and send them to prison. If they dare to plan an attack on the execution ground today, will they dare to attack the imperial city tomorrow?" "I obey the order."

Liu Chao hurriedly bowed in response.

Ming Dynasty treats some people so well that they almost forget who Ming Dynasty is. Ming Dynasty thinks that if it can control public opinion, it can do whatever it wants.

Zhu Youxiao wants to cure this stinky problem!

If the privileges are given too much and the restrictions and supervision are lost, these privileged people will be able to do such things that flout the authority of the country.

"Has the first issue of Huangming Times been printed by the Imperial College?"

Not long after Liu Chao left, Zhu Youxiao said with cold eyes.

"Your Majesty, we are still rushing to print." Wang Tigan hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "The main reason is that the ink preparation has delayed a lot of time. According to the report from Xu Guangqi, the imperial wine sacrificial wine, the printing can be completed tomorrow at the latest."

"too slow."

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said: "First distribute the printed journals and let the eunuchs in the inner library put on the clothes of scholars and read newspapers to me in various places inside and outside the capital. I want everyone in the capital to know about me." Why kill these evil officials!!"

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Ti hurriedly bowed his head in response.

Since you want to fight, then I will fight with you.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the group of courtiers outside the Meridian Gate and sneered in his heart. I will take back the dominance of public opinion in the hands of the literati and officials step by step. From now on, I will let the world know about those corrupt officials who were killed. , what evil things have these sanctimonious people done? It’s time to take off this fig leaf.

……

"what!!!"

"it is good!!!"

In the Xisi Archway area, deafening screams were mixed with bursts of cheers, which made people's scalp numb. Xu Xianchun sat quietly on the official hat chair, frowning, looking at the crazy crowd in front of him, for some reason, There was a bit of fear in my heart.

"I'm willing to pay ten taels and give me that piece of meat!!"

I don't know who it was, but howled in the crowd, which actually aroused a lot of echoes. This made the people from the Military and Horse Division and the Jinyiwei Banner School prepare for the attack, fearing that the execution ground would be attacked.

"How is it?"

Tian Ergeng, who hurried back, his Feiyu suit spattered with blood and slightly out of breath, said to the frowning Xu Xianchun. As he spoke, he looked at the execution ground. Hui Shiyang and Zhang Wenda were tied up. They were already dead at this moment. After they passed out, the Jinyiweiqi school, who was imprisoned nearby, took a bucket and poured water on them.

Xu Xianchun did not reply.

"Control at the execution ground in the next few days must be strengthened."

Tian Ergeng pondered for a moment, saw the crazy crowd, frowned slightly and said: "Many of the people who will be executed later are profiteers. I'm afraid they have a lot of power in the capital. If someone has evil thoughts, take them. If money is used to deceive the ignorant people, the consequences will be disastrous."

"We really need to strengthen control."

Xu Xianchun said quietly: "Hui Shiyang and the others were sentenced to death. I'm afraid it's time to cause a disturbance in the court."

(End of this chapter)