The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 235 The national thief, beheaded!

"Hmph! When I go out, I must read Lu Zhenfei's book hard!" In the prison of the Tianxing government office, a man with a crooked coat and a slightly fat body roared loudly.

The white-faced middle-aged man sitting on the ground next to him shook his head and sighed, and continued to write what he had in his hand.

The chubby man glanced at the paper in front of the middle-aged man, raised his hand and held down the latter's pen, "I said, Zhao Huan, why did you arrange the funeral before you wrote this word?"

Zhao Huan said without raising his head, "It would be a blessing if anyone in the family can read this suicide note..."

"Why are you so frustrated?" The slightly fat man said disdainfully, "That Lu Zhenfei arrested the imperial court officials without any evidence! I heard from Mr. Wang in the opposite prison that nearly two hundred courtiers were arrested last night. "

He lowered his voice a little and said: "His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince has just taken over the imperial court, and he definitely does not want such turmoil to arise in the Tianxing Mansion. From my point of view, I will be released within a few days."

"Prince Chen?" Zhao Huan raised his eyes and said, "Master Dong, why have you thought about why the future is calm for King Chen, and he will be doomed as soon as he enters the city?"

Mr. Dong was taken aback, then turned his head to look at Zhao Huan, "You mean, it's the assistant king...but I don't know why he arrested the courtiers?"

"Why... haven't you counted in your heart yet? Hey, it's a mistake..."

"I..." Fear flashed across Mr. Dong's face, but he immediately raised his head and said, "Hmph, he has only been in power for two days, and I don't believe he dares to do anything to nearly two hundred courtiers."

"200 people?" Zhao Huan shook his head dejectedly, "During the Hongwu Dynasty, the Hu Weiyong case involved thousands of officials, isn't it..."

"He, how can he, King Chen, be compared to Emperor Taizu?" Master Dong still held his neck, "Besides, he has no evidence. I reckon that it should be demoted and punished." He looked at Zhao Huan's hand again. Feeling unlucky, he grabbed the suicide note and said irritably, "It's definitely not like this!"

After he finished speaking, he walked around a few times anxiously, and shouted outside the cell: "Come here! Come here!"

A jailer walked over with a frown, and said impatiently, "Why are you shouting?!"

"You, you bring me a letter to Zhang Shilang," Mr. Dong said anxiously, "I'll give you 300 taels."

But the jailer snorted disdainfully, "How dare you openly bribe me?" He kicked the wooden fence, "I also tell you that it is said that His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince read out your letter to the captives in public today. Take your Money, do you think it will last forever?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard that someone had entered the prison, and called out the names of more than 20 people, including Dong Daxing.Then dozens of jailers opened the cell door, dragged these people out, and put the shackles on their heads.

Dong Daxing was terrified immediately, "You, what are you guys doing?"

"What are you doing?" An official from the Ministry of Punishment with a long beard stood at the door, his voice was like ice, "I will send you on your way."

"How can this be so!" Dong Da struggled excitedly, "How dare you kill the imperial court official before you have passed the joint trial of the three courts?!"

"Three Justices?" The long-bearded official pointed at him with his nostrils, "His Royal Highness the Assistant Prince said, the evidence is solid, the crime is heinous, and the cumbersome scenes will be avoided, and the decision will be made."

Hearing this, Dong Daxing felt his legs go limp, and a puddle of warm liquid flowed down his trousers.

Afterwards, the more than 20 traitors were loaded into a prison van, and they were escorted directly to the busy city without even having their heads cut off.

Hundreds of dragon guards had already formed a large circle here, keeping the spectators out.Afterwards, a group of death row prisoners were pushed to the ground, and the executioner stood aside eagerly.

Waiting for the officials of the Ministry of Punishment to verify their authenticity, someone took the letters of the dozen or so people and read them out in public.

Although the hundreds of onlookers who watched these extremely flattering and disgusting contents half-understand, but they all understand that this is a name for collaborating with the enemy and treason. burn to death.

Without any delay, following the order of the supervisor and beheader, blood splashed on the spot, more than a dozen heads fell to the ground at the same time, and the surrounding immediately erupted with endless applause.

"Good kill!"

"You deserve it!"

"Cut all the national thieves!"

After the "main course", some officials simply cleaned up the execution ground, and dozens of people were brought up, but they were the family members of those national thieves just now.

According to He Kai and the Ministry of Criminal Justice's suggestion, among the nearly [-] traitors, anyone who has committed serious crimes such as tipping off Jianlu, transmitting Ming military and political information, and disclosing the deployment of the Ming army's defenses is all barbarians.Those who only offer books and surrender will only behead the offender and confiscate their property.

To be honest, Zhu Linmi himself did not quite agree with this system of joint sittings, but according to the Ming Dynasty's regulations, this was an extremely normal act, and considering that these people were really despised by the world, he did not object.

After the execution was over, the onlookers were about to leave, but a small official announced loudly that there were still a group of national thieves waiting to be executed the next day.The crowd immediately became noisy again, and everyone made an appointment to come back to watch the cut tomorrow.

After noon, excited yells were heard everywhere in the city, "There is a free play in the south and north of the city, go see it soon!"

Naturally, such a good event cannot be missed, and soon, the two stages in Tianxing Mansion, which hung the banner of "Xuanjiao Mansion Benefiting the People", were completely besieged.

Hong Si presided over it himself, and first announced loudly that the war in Fujing was over, the tens of thousands of Jiancap troops had been captured and killed, and the Tianxing Mansion was in order under the leadership of His Royal Highness Chen Wang Fuzheng, and those who left the city to avoid the war were free to do so. Go home with ease.

Then came the opening of the big play. The play was originally "Three Victories" written by Tian Zhuangfei and others along the way.

The plot of the whole drama is ups and downs, and the blood of the people in the city is boiling. Whenever there is a plot where the Dragon Guards defeat Jianlu, the audience burst into applause.

Daming has been defeated by Jianlu for too long, it has even made the people of Daming numb, and they have lost confidence in defeating Jianlu.There are even sayings such as "Jianlu is too invincible" to spread across the country.

Disappointment with the Ming army and fear of Jianlu were firmly pressed in everyone's heart.One day the Tartars invaded their home, and they were forced to shave their hair and change clothes, kneeling at the feet of the Tartars as slaves and servants. Everyone has experienced the nightmare.

And the hearty victories on the stage were like clearing away the haze and reappearing day by day, everyone felt refreshed with a sigh of relief.

"Good fight!"

"Kill a few more Jian slaves!"

"Kill the dog tartar and avenge my father!"

Soon, the shouts from the audience drowned out the libretto on the stage.

Hong Si watched the scene in the background, but did not come forward to maintain order.He knew that, compared with free dramas, what the common people need more is confidence and inspiration.What can give them all this is not the show on stage, but the hope brought to them by the country and the imperial court. This hope is melting into their thunderous cheers.

(End of this chapter)