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Chapter 1027 The Beginning Under the Butcher's Knife

The gentry inside and outside the county seat in Shanghai produced a plaque that read "Love the people like a son" the next day, and sent it to the Liao government with drums and gongs.

The purpose of sending the plaque was to reward Wang Tong for cleaning up the law and order, and secondly, it was to intercede for the two temples outside the city.

The Liao government didn't see these people at all, and didn't accept the plaques. They just arranged for someone to lead them to the monastery. They didn't dare to argue, and they all followed obediently.

I went to the temple. The people who were locked up here yesterday were all tied up and escorted out. They led the gentry into the temple, but they went to the Zen room in the backyard. Everyone usually pays homage in the front hall, and the temple also entertains guests. It is a special abode, and everyone has never been here before.

As a result, I saw the cellar under the meditation room, imitating the style of a prison, and dozens of young women who are currently recuperating in the meditation room, all accompanied by women invited from the city.

There is a difference between men and women, so naturally they won't let them take a closer look, but after reading it, it shows that these women are the missing people in the county recently, and they were all found in the cellar.

Everyone was shocked, and they also understood that even if Duke Liao wanted to frame him, he would not make such troublesome things. This must be solid evidence.

After careful questioning, I found out that the pirates have been more active in the county and outside the county, and they have become more courageous. They are short of women at sea, so they want to get some women on the boat from Songjiang Mansion, and they can use them themselves. to sell.

These two temples were originally nest masters, and they used their identities as monks as a cover to hide dirt and dirty things in the temples and do shady things. Hide in the temple, waiting for the pirates to come and pick up the goods.

Fortunately, the matter was done in a short time, and no unmanageable disasters have been caused. Wang Tong has already known the news, and took this opportunity to wipe them all out.

Seeing this, the gentry still had no intention of interceding. They all scolded and complained that they were blind, and they all went to kowtow in front of the Duke of Liao to express their gratitude.

They were all afraid, and they all begged the Duke of Liao to continue to purge, and this time so many people related to pirates were mobilized inside and outside the city, the pirates would inevitably come to take revenge, and they still wanted to ask the Duke of Liao to protect them.

Regarding this, Wang Tong sent someone to tell us, don’t worry, we will definitely see the outcome within a month. According to the usual knowledge of the gentry in the Songjiang Mansion, Duke Liao is going to shirk, but there is no other way. Can everyone still rush to get anxious, and they can only return to the city resentfully.

With Wang Tong's supervision, it is more likely that the purges were carried out that day, and the county government's inquiry and trial efficiency was extremely high, that is, in two days, most of the cases had already been concluded, but this verdict was really bloody. Those who were sued for human life were all beheaded and ransacked, those who abducted women were also beheaded and ransacked, those who had fought and injured were also beheaded and ransacked, and the rest were forced to do hard labor for several years.

Calculated, more than 150 people were sentenced to death in one day in the county, and more than 600 people were sentenced to hard labor. This is really a cruel punishment, and the confiscated property is also rich. He tried his best, but was caught by Wang Tong's personal guards who were supervising him, and they were also given hard labor.

If you count the people who were shot and killed in the street yesterday, the number of dead and dying people in the past two days is almost more than [-]. In these peaceful days, three heads will not be lost in a year. Said it was bloody.

The gentry and common people in the county clapped their hands and applauded, but they were also frightened by the killing. They were all cautious and did not dare to violate the king's law in the slightest.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, even if the county magistrate ordered beheading, the prisoner would not be beheaded immediately. As usual, he would have to report to each level, and then the Ministry of Punishment would gather it to the emperor for execution.

This went up step by step from the grassroots level until it reached the capital palace. It had to go through several procedures and was approved by officials layer by layer. Many judgments were rejected during the approval process and required a retrial.

But this time, there was not a single rejection. The county sent it up, and the mansion probably looked it over, and directly signed it with a seal, and then reported it. The same was true for Nanjing, and it was sent directly to the capital.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has too many death sentences, and the official’s performance appraisal will not have any good words. You kill too many people, which is called lack of love. And so many death penalty cases, doesn’t it mean that the place under your rule is not good? Jing?So county magistrates, prefecture magistrates, etc. rarely impose the death penalty. It’s not that they can’t kill people. If they want to kill people, they just let you stay in a cage. It doesn’t take two days for you to stand to death. It’s not considered a death penalty. It also acts as a deterrent.

When the document was sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, seeing so many criminals who were sentenced to death, some Lang Guan couldn't stand it any longer. He took the document to the Shangshu and said:
"The Songjiang Prefecture is really outrageous. Last year, there were only more than 150 pending criminals reported in the whole of Nanzhili. This year, he reported more than [-] criminals in one county in one month. This is really absurd."

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice didn't even lift his eyelids, he just said:
"Since he reported it, you read it too, but what's not in compliance with the rules?"

".This one is missing, the confession is complete."

"Then you can report to the palace and let the king be the emperor. What are you worrying about?"

"My lord, when Wang Tong went to Songjiang, he just disregarded human life like this. If our center continues to indulge like this, wouldn't the people of Songjiang be tortured by him?"

"Full of nonsense, Wang Tong likes to kill people, but he never kills indiscriminately. This word of mouth is still there. Besides, he has killed 10,000+ people all over the world. Why go to Songjiang to kill such a few gangsters to show his prestige. Besides, he is now Going to Songjiang, no matter what you do, the court will indulge you, so why bother our Ministry of Punishment to touch this bad luck, do you understand?"

Wang Tong originally had great achievements, could be extremely rich, and his title, status, and power would all inflate, but he gave up all these and ran to Songjiang by himself.

As soon as this attitude was adopted, the public opinion of the government and the public immediately changed. Originally, they were worried that Wang Tonggong was a high-ranking and ambitious man, but now he has become a cautious person who retreats bravely and knows how to measure. On the contrary, there are public opinions that are not conducive to the court, saying that It was Wang Tong who made such great achievements, but he couldn't live in the court, he could only retreat to the countryside. Could it be that Daming can't tolerate a hero, are you so stingy?

Before Wang Tong came back from Liao Town, everyone in the court was worried, but when Wang Tong went to Songjiang, everyone in the court was embarrassed.

Under such a situation, if Wang Tong did something in Songjiang Mansion, or even did something wrong, and was blocked by the court center, the public opinion would point at the princes in the court. Anyone who dares to contribute to the court in the future will be said.

Then again, although Wang Tong went to Songjiang Mansion, he is the Duke of Liao after all, and he has the official title of Commander of Jinyiwei on his body. The trust of Jinyiwei Division, Tianjin Forbidden Army, and Shuntian Mansion, not to mention Zou Yi and Zhao Jinliang in the palace, etc. Those who defend Wang Tong are defending themselves. If you make things difficult for Wang Tong, it is tantamount to offending these people. Even offended Emperor Wanli.

Everyone understands this point, not to mention that Wang Tong has the title of the general manager of Songjiang, but he doesn't. He behaves mischievously in Songjiang, murders, steals goods, bullies men and women, the court will pretend not to see it, and will give special care.

What's more, although there are many people who have been sentenced to death this time, Wang Tong has done everything well, and the procedures are complete. If you want to find fault with it, you can't find it. It's humiliating.

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More than 150 people were sentenced in the Ming Dynasty, and there were more than a dozen people who committed serious crimes that were not reported. They were directly used in standing cages in places with a lot of traffic inside and outside the city. People died in the cage within two days, and then their heads were chopped off and hung in the cage. Demonstrating to the public at the city gate, Thunder's method was to intimidate the crowd immediately.

Although the other counties in Songjiang Prefecture are not as harsh as here, they do the same things. The county magistrates there are now in order to save their own lives, and they don’t care about anything. They still want to be officials, so the death penalty is not so much. There are many, but there are a lot of hard labor and house raids.

Don’t think about copying the house and trying to get something cheap from it. There are people sent by Liao Guogong to watch everywhere. They can’t take advantage of any loopholes. All those who were sentenced to hard labor were taken to Shanghai County, which is the most dumbfounding. What's more, the rations of these convicts have to be provided in their original places.

Fortunately, the rich and powerful of the Songjiang Mansion don't care about this bit of food, grass and silver. Not offending the Liao King's generalist is the top priority, and they all allocate it neatly.

Now there are almost [-] hard labor prisoners in Shanghai County. After they are gathered, they will start hard labor immediately. Under the supervision of soldiers, they will build ports and pave roads.

The Duke of Liao started posting notices again, enlisting young and strong men to participate in labor labor, but this was paid for wages, which came from the confiscated property.

Regardless of whether you are a commoner or a gentleman, no matter whether your family has fame or not, you can be exempted from taxation and labor, as long as you are transferred, you must send someone there. The blood is still there, who dares to make a mistake, do you think your own head is too strong?
With enough money invested and enough labor for construction, some officials of the imperial court in Nanzhili had to write in the memorial that after the arrival of the Duke of Liao, the port opening of Songjiang, which had been procrastinating and stagnant, was finally completed. At the beginning, there was a big improvement, and various projects were started.

The opening of Songjiang Port officially embarked on the track, although it was under the threat of a butcher's knife
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