People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 435 Zhu Yuanzhang: If those princes dare to cause trouble, we will let them know that there is no relative in the royal family!

Zhou Ruhai was pardoned.

Although he knew that he would never be able to hold this position.

No matter what the reason, he did not report the collusion between the Prince of Lu and the court truthfully, so he was guilty of failure to supervise properly.

But if I can save my life, that would be pretty good.

At least he didn't have to be stripped naked and tortured like what happened afterwards.

This feeling is definitely not something he can accept right now.

Fortunately, the people here spoke up for him and did not betray him, so he was lucky enough to survive.

Seeing these people beaten and covered with wounds, Zhou Ruhai knew that the Prince of Lu must be trying to show off his power here again.

In fact, King Lu did this kind of thing many times.

But he was also curious because he had heard from the yamen runners who reported to him on his way here.

Originally, these people came to watch the fun.

They all heard that the imperial commissioner was coming from the capital to try the Prince of Lu.

Everyone wanted to see the capture of Prince Lu with gloating, but the yamen runners clearly reported that it was Prince Lu who had some kind heart and actually took out gold and silver to give to the victims.

Zhou Ruhai was not as easily fooled as ordinary people. He could tell at once that the Prince of Lu must have done something wrong and was thinking of using money to appease the people.

So when he heard the yamen runner report that these people were so angry that they wanted to get money from Prince Lu that they drove the adults away, he knew that something big was going to happen.

But no one expected such a terrible thing to happen. The people had their legs broken by King Lu again.

He then hurried over to prevent something worse from happening.

But I didn't expect that after I arrived, I found that Chen Han had actually turned back.

He immediately realized that the imperial envoy must have been angry, so he pretended to leave and observed in secret.

When the common people were tortured beyond recognition, he came out again to act as the savior, and to teach the people a lesson so that they would know how to do things in the future.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Ruhai thought that Chen Han's approach was very good.

Because he had long discovered that these ordinary people sometimes really deserved to be punished.

They are so stubborn and short-sighted that they will do anything for a little money.

Finally, someone dared to stand up and punish these troublemakers.

One of the obligations of these local officials is to teach the people. How should they teach? Are they really going to teach like a private school teacher, holding a board and teaching in a strict manner?

If you read a word wrong, I will slap your palm.

This method of education is totally inadequate to educate these common people.

That is why the government spends a lot of effort every year to teach people how to learn astronomy and calendar. This is to meet production needs.

Why do we spend so much effort on writing books on law? This is to let people know that breaking the law will be punished.

But how to broaden the horizons of the people is something that no one can do well.

This is because the system has already firmly turned these people into short-sighted people.

Due to the many restrictions of the household registration system, they may never even leave the small village where they live in their entire life. How can they receive information from the outside world?

How could he know how exciting the outside world is? Therefore, all they see are those benefits.

As for the so-called righteousness and patriotism, they are all from people who have read books, can read and have received a good education.

I have also felt the benefits that this country has brought to me.

Strictly speaking, this kind of perception is necessary to generate emotion.

Otherwise, the common people will only have one thought.

The emperor must be doing it with a golden hoe.

They have no cognition and therefore no so-called sense of home and country.

They have no idea of ​​so-called national justice and just want to survive. That’s why, with so many changes of dynasties, why do ordinary people still have no sense of belonging?
Because of the family rule.

Chen Han was very moved when he saw this, but there was no way he could change it.

It took hundreds of years of his hard work alone, and the prefect also saw this, and was helpless with these ordinary people. He could only use Chen Han's method to force them to learn a lesson.

The pain of broken limbs is what a person can truly remember.

After getting Chen Han's promise, Zhou Ruhai finally felt relieved.

He stood by and watched Prince Lu being tortured, and was shocked.

Although Prince Lu is not a good person, everyone knows that the people living around Yanzhou Prefecture know that Prince Lu is an absolute devil.

The couple lived a life of luxury and didn't care about anything, so they just kept pursuing happiness.

I don't know how many people have told them that throughout the dynasties, there have been countless people pursuing immortality, but who has succeeded? Not a single one.

That means there is no such thing as immortality, but the King of Lu turned a blind eye to these things and took advantage of the people. He spent countless people's money to make elixirs and cultivate immortality. When he ran out of money, he asked the surrounding people for money.

They can ask the government for help. If the government is unwilling, they also have other ways.

These princes were not just life prisoners in their local areas, they had the right to submit petitions to the imperial court.

Therefore, these princes are supervised by local officials in their local areas, but in turn, they can also supervise the local government.

Their words may even have more effect than those of ordinary officials, as officials are afraid of local lords.

Even because these princes received so much salary every year, even a little bit of it from their hands was enough for an ordinary official to live for several years, and live a comfortable life.

There were countless officials who accepted these bribes. How could they just watch the local god of wealth being eliminated by the imperial court?

But now, as a minister, Chen Han could actually torture a vassal king to death here, strip him naked, and humiliate him in public.

In this respect, it is not something that ordinary officials can do.

Zhou Ruhai also wanted to strip the Prince of Lu naked, parade him through the streets, and tell everyone in the world that this is the result of doing nothing.

But does he dare?
Doesn't he want his head anymore?
Doesn’t he want the lives of everyone in his family anymore?
In order to save his life, he could only endure it.

There is no way, just pretend you can’t see it.

The torture lasted for more than three hours.

Originally, the Jinyiwei's skills were not very good, but it was obvious that Prince Lu did have some basic skills and he ate and lived well.

Their physical condition is much better than that of ordinary people.

So they tortured him for six hours, and he finally died of excessive bleeding.

In this regard, Prince Lu was a tough guy. During the whole process, he begged for mercy, cried and shouted.

The Jinyiwei Tiqi who were carrying out the execution were confused, but in the end they completed the task and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The common people had already left as they couldn't bear to watch any more.

Only the officials were forced to stay here by Chen Han, and watched the torture with him.

For a modern person, seeing this scene, Chen Han's stomach had actually been churning, but Chen Han told himself that he must not retreat.

If he feels scared and terrified, then there is no point in this education.

Officials will not be afraid.

Only by letting the officials know what kind of person Chen Han is, who would not even blink when seeing such torture, can they be afraid and fearful, and only then can they know that it is not so easy to send an imperial envoy.

As for Tang, she had already collapsed on the ground in fear, vomiting continuously.

But Chen Han did not take her away. In the end, Tang could not bear the torture and fainted from fright.

After he sobered up, he realized that he had gone crazy due to excessive shock and stimulation.

After waking up, he started talking nonsense and even tore off his clothes in front of everyone.

Chen Han did not let her suffer humiliation. He simply gave her a white silk cloth and hanged her on a tree nearby. This was considered as giving her face and leaving her body intact.

What followed was the confiscation of the palace.

Although the concubines in the palace are also noble ladies, no one would show them any mercy at this time.

Anyone found to have committed a crime will suffer the same fate as Mr. Tang.

He was given a white silk cloth and hanged to death.

The remaining evil servants were interrogated one by one until the third day.

Finally, all the people in the palace were interrogated.

That's why they say it's a den of thieves. After the interrogation, none of these people turned out to be good.

Even the old maid in the kitchen dared to forcibly snatch a decent woman from another family for her son while she was looking for a wife for him among the people.

Even when he had a son who died early and had never married, she dared to go to the countryside, find a decent woman, beat her to death, and arrange a ghost marriage for her son.

In the end, the old woman was beaten with more than a hundred boards, leaving her skin torn and flesh exposed, and then she was smeared with salt water, and died of pain.

Chen Han found it hard to imagine why there was not a single good person in this palace.

It can only be said that birds of a feather flock together and people flock together.

It's dirty from top to bottom, how can there be room for innocent people?

In other words, if an innocent family were to go to such a place, they would definitely not be able to bear the psychological torture and would leave.

Only those who are truly evil can stay in such an environment.

So after Chen Han pronounced a verdict on everyone in Prince Lu's mansion, no one was innocent.

Eighty percent of the people were executed immediately, and 20 percent were exiled thousands of miles away or had their homes confiscated.

The whole process took eight days, from searching homes and sorting out evidence of the crimes of the relevant people to counting their property.

There were more than 400 people in the Prince of Lu's mansion, and they seized a total of more than 3.4 million taels of silver, countless gold and silver jewelry, countless pieces of land, and countless houses.

After the Prince of Lu's mansion was destroyed, the sky above the entire Yanzhou Prefecture seemed to have been cleansed.

Everyone feels like the air they breathe is fresher.

Even though it is not a festival now, every household actually lights firecrackers to celebrate. The ancestral halls are opened and Chen Han's tablet is placed together with the tablets of their own ancestors for worship.

Everyone was discussing this incident on the streets, and storytellers, who were quick-witted, compiled Chen Han's deeds into a commentary.

Storytelling began in teahouses of all sizes.

That's why this place is close to the hometown of the saint, and many people there are literate and able to read and write. Not only did they write storytelling about Chen Han's deeds, they also made Chen Han's world into opera.

The song had already begun to spread when Chen Han and his companions had just left.

For a while, the entire Yanzhou Prefecture was completely liberated.

Eight days are enough time for Chen Han and his team to report the current situation to the capital.

When Zhu Yuanzhang learned about his son's crimes, he not only killed innocent children for his own elixir making, but also occupied the land of local people, and killed and injured hundreds of innocent people.

Furthermore, when Chen Han and his companions went to investigate, they actually set fire to the inn and tried to burn Chen Han and his companions to death.

After all these things were reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, he became so angry that his blood pressure rose.

The old man's eyes turned red and his head seemed to explode with a pop.

The old man, who had been recuperating for two years and had a particularly good temper, exploded at this moment.

He slammed his fist on the table next to him.

It's no wonder that the old man comes from a military background. Even though he is almost seventy years old, he is still very strong. With one punch, a small crack was left on the fine rosewood table.

This shows how angry the old man was at that time.

"Beast, beast, what a beast, well killed, well killed!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was famous for protecting his son.

But this time he did not protect his son.

Because he really felt that the death of King Lu was not a pity.

Even if Chen Han used the most cruel punishment, he was executed by slow slicing.

Moreover, the execution was carried out in front of officials and civilians, which was actually quite taboo.

After all, Prince Lu is a member of the royal family and is naturally nobler than ordinary people.

Even officials could not compare to him, but Chen Han took it upon himself to execute Prince Lu by slow slicing without going through a joint trial by the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple. The process was definitely not in accordance with procedures.

However, after Chen Han's deeds spread to the capital, every household in the capital gave a thumbs up to Chen Han's actions.

Even after those officials heard about Chen Han's deeds, few dared to stand up and say that Chen Han was wrong.

First of all, Chen Han is the imperial envoy representing the emperor, so when he goes down, he is representing the emperor.

However, in the inn, the Prince of Lu actually set fire to the inn in order to burn the imperial envoy. This was truly a bold thing to do.

What’s the difference between this and burning the emperor to death?
That would be a crime as great as rebellion.

It was already a very good thing to execute him by slow slicing and only deal with him.

The other villains were left with their bodies intact, which was already very considerate.

So the officials had nothing to say, and even those vested interests who were Chen Han’s sworn enemies did not say anything.

But some people are not happy about it.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao said with a serious face: "Dad, this was done by Chen Han. It is indeed very satisfying. Although we should protect these brothers, the King of Lu was really too much and his death is not a pity. However, after hearing about this, several princes were furious and even prepared to impeach Chen Han, saying that he killed royal relatives without authorization."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he heard this. "Then let them come. For the long-term stability of our Ming Dynasty, even if it is our sons who dare to say anything about this matter, we will let them know what it means that the royal family is ruthless."

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(End of this chapter)