Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Then I felt that worrying about this was purely boring. People can go to other places if they don’t sell vegetables here. It’s just a street. In such a big place in the capital, it doesn’t matter much.Thinking of this, Chongzhen stopped thinking about it and just waited intently.

When it was more than half of the time, Caishikou was surrounded by people in the capital who stood up to watch the excitement.

At this time, there are clever hawkers walking around the crowd with baskets on their shoulders.Some sell eggs, and some sell fruits and vegetables, making a small fortune.

There are also petty thieves who want to take advantage of the crowds to open their businesses and make a fortune, but some of them are discovered, and they have to be beaten severely, and then they are handed over to the soldiers sent by Wucheng Bingmasi to maintain order.

Chongzhen sat on the second floor, looking at the peddler downstairs who was screaming for eggs, and also at the thief who was beaten up instead of sneaking, just felt that this was life, and this was what he wanted to see every day, not in the courtroom Calculating with those old fritters—it's too embarrassing, I'm just a programmer with an IQ of [-], okay?Since it's not enough to play with the mind, I have no choice but to raise the butcher's knife!

When the street is approaching Jishi, a group of prison carts came from a distance. The prison carts were filled with imprisoned men, women, old and young children. Zhou Yanru's nine clans were the first ones, followed by Hou Xun, the former servant of the Ministry of War, and Yuan Jinyiwei. The governor Luo Yangxing, the former minister of rites Qian Yiqian, the imperial doctor Chen Renzhong of the imperial hospital, etc., plus the nine clans of the late former cabinet minister Ye Xianggao, and the ten clans of Wang, the former supervisor of the Imperial College young and old.All the people together amounted to more than [-] people, and they were all shackled by big shackles. They stood in Fengfeng's prison car and were driven forward by the prison car.

In the prison car, each and every one of them didn't look as elegant as usual, and all of them were disheveled and embarrassed.Chongzhen looked at it, feeling quite relieved.

Just waiting for Chongzhen to see a young woman Huaxin holding a baby in several prison cars, and regardless of the public, he suppressed the sense of shame, opened his clothes, exposed his white breasts, and fed the baby. Children can eat enough before they die, and even if they die, they will not be starved to death.

Chongzhen, however, lamented the greatness of maternal love in his heart, and quickly ordered a few words to Wang Chengen, who was standing beside him, and only continued to look down after Wang Chengen took the order to leave.

In front of the prison cart, the Yamen servants from Shuntian Prefecture opened the way, and the soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi formed a human wall behind it to prevent anyone from colliding with the prison cart.

Followed closely by the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty Hall, but their faces were not very good-looking.Zhou Yanru and the others had already been delayed by Jin Yiwei, and now their relatives from the nine clans were all doomed to die, and it was inevitable that they felt a bit sad for a while.

When the common people saw the prison van coming, the eggs, fruits and vegetables they bought from the clever hawkers came in handy.

In the simple to naive logic of the common people, the emperor who exempts taxes and cuts taxes and removes side pay and apportionment is definitely a Mingjun, and those who oppose Mingjun must be damned bad officials and corrupt officials. His family members must also belong to the kind of guy who should go to hell after death.

So these prisoners were out of luck. It was better to throw eggs and vegetable leaves, but what happened to those who smashed people with carrots?When this thing hits the head, it's a big bag, and it can't stop before it dies.

Chongzhen saw that the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingmasi only formed a human wall, but they were still polite to the people, even if they were hit by eggs, fruits and vegetables that were thrown by the people, they couldn't help secretly happy. The remarks of my own disciples were not in vain, and they still had some effect.

When I saw the darkened faces of those courtiers, I felt even more refreshed - I'll let you guys die!Now you have included yourself and the whole family, right? !

It wasn't until the three o'clock passed that the prison cart creaked and the courtiers went up to the execution platform.The chief assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, the Minister of Dali Temple and the freshly-baked Jinyiwei Admiral Xu Xianchun sat in front, and the rest of the officials sat behind.

Seeing that noon was approaching, the minister of the Dali Temple shouted: "Verify that the criminal is upright!"

Immediately, someone went to check, and reported back after a while: "Report to your lord, all the criminals have been verified to be correct. There are 760 or [-] people in total."

When Dali Temple Minister heard the words, he shouted again: "Lead people to commit crimes!"

Then the prisoners were taken out of the prison van. First, ten men were selected from Zhou Yanru's relatives of nine clans, and the guards pulled them over and forced them to kneel down on the execution platform.

Seeing that the prisoner was in place, the minister of Dali Temple shouted again: "The executioner is in place!"

It was near the end of October at this time, and the weather turned cold. If it was morning, the breath would turn into white mist, and even at noon, it would feel cool.It's just that those big and round executioners didn't seem to realize it. They were all bare-chested and held a ghost-headed knife in their hand. The knife was covered with a red cloth so that the edge of the knife could not be seen.A total of ten executioners came and lined up behind the ten people.

Seeing that it was noon, the Minister of Dali Temple shouted again: "Fire the cannon! Beat the drum!"

Dang, bang, bang, three cannons sounded, accompanied by the sound of the cannons, and the three-way drum sounded again.

After the sound of cannons and drums stopped, Dali Temple Minister then shouted: "It's noon, execution!"

Chapter 56 Amnesty

After hearing the order, all the executioners took off the red cloth covering the Ghost Head Knife, and then took the strong wine handed over by the guard next to them, took a sip and sprayed it on the knife, and drank the rest in one gulp. , and immediately dropped the wine bowl to the ground.

When the command arrow in Dali Siqing's hand fell to the ground, the executioner pulled out the wooden sign with the word "Prisoner" written on the back of the prisoner's neck, and with a sound of "Hey", he raised the knife and dropped it.

When all the people in the audience saw it, they applauded in unison, thinking that the beheading of the family members of such corrupt officials was also a good thing that pleased people's hearts.

It's just that the faces of many courtiers on the stage became more and more ugly.Except for Xu Xianchun, everyone else was worried that they would have such a day.It's just that I'm worried, this official still has to serve, otherwise, judging from the murderous nature of the Chongzhen Emperor, if he dares to resign from the official position, it is estimated that someone from the Jinyiwei will come to the door first.

After the execution of the ten people was completed, someone cleaned up the corpses on the platform, and then in the order of the older man first, then the younger man, then the older woman, and then the younger woman, ten more people were dragged over to continue the execution.

At this time, the stage was full of tears.

As the execution ground was far away, there was a rush of hoofbeats, obviously the knight on the horse was urging the horse to run fast.

The sound of hoofbeats got closer, and the figure of the knight on horseback gradually appeared.However, he saw that the person coming was dressed as an inner eunuch in the palace, and when he looked closely, he was Wang Cheng'en who never left Chongzhen every step of the way.

How fast the horse was running at full speed, it came to the outside of the execution ground in a blink of an eye, Wang Chengen beat the horse and galloped, and kept shouting loudly: "Your Majesty has an order to suspend the execution!"

The soldiers of the five cities and horses guarding the periphery did not dare to be negligent, and hastily separated the crowd into a passage so that Wang Chengen could ride across.

Seeing that the passage was isolated, Wang Chengen didn't rein in his horse, and ran all the way, until he was under the execution platform, then he reined in the horse's rope and let out a long cry, "Woo!"

Seeing many courtiers on the stage looking at him, the executioners also stopped the ghost-headed knives in their hands, Chongzhen dismounted, and after quickly getting on the stage, he said loudly, "Your Majesty has an order, everyone kneels to listen!" But it was Chongzhen who ordered Wang Chengen to return to the palace quickly Draw up the imperial decree and come back.

Seeing courtiers, executioners and other people on the stage and people near the execution platform kneel down, people who don't know why in the distance all kneel down.

Only then did Wang Chengen say to the executioners: "Later, our family will read out the emperor's decree. After listening to a sentence, then shout out loudly. The people who have no place in the audience must hear it. Do you understand?"

Seeing that all the executioners responded in unison, Wang Chengen unfolded the imperial decree in his hand and began to read: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: Offenders Zhou, Qian, Hou, Luo, Chen and other family members shall be executed as a whole according to the law. What is wrong with the baby? I sympathize with it, so I pardon it. According to the decree, all men and women under the age of ten will be pardoned for their crimes, and their mothers will be pardoned if they are young. Anyone who is pregnant will also be pardoned. Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. Jin Yiwei will put them in custody and wait for disposal. The original sentence of the rest remains unchanged, and it is appropriate to kill them all. This is my opinion."

After Wang Chengen finished reading aloud, the ten executioners also shouted one sentence at a time, and the voice spread far away, so that all the criminals and the people under the execution platform could hear clearly.

Under the stage, there was an old boy who had gone through three dynasties, stroking his gray beard and laughing: "Renjun, Renjun. My Ming Dynasty is hopeful."

Someone with good intentions deliberately joked: "Hey, old man, these guys are corrupt and broke the law, wouldn't it be better to die?"

Old Tongsheng didn't know how to make jokes. When he stared at him, even his beard was so angry that he said angrily, "What do you know? The ancient sage kings hunted, and even surrounded them three times, so as not to hurt pregnant female animals. It is also the way of benevolence and forgiveness. Your Majesty is acting in the manner of a sage king, and the rule of the three generations can be expected. Even if you are tortured on the stage, and you have the heart to see the child and pregnant woman go to death? If there are any relatives of yours, So what?"

Hearing the words, the amusing person next to him shuddered suddenly, and said with a sneer, "What you always said is true, what you said is true."

Only then did Old Tongsheng stroke his beard and smiled, "It's just the saying, don't do to others what you don't want done to you, that's the reason. The people on the stage are looking for their own death, even if they really killed the nine clans, there is nothing wrong with the law. Now that his child is waiting for His Majesty's amnesty, he is a beast, and he should also be grateful to the emperor Long En."

At this time, the female relatives on the stage heard the words, as if they had gone from hell to heaven in an instant, and they couldn't believe their ears. The mothers of those young children were all cuddling up to their children and crying bitterly. As for those who were still able to hold their babies The young woman Huaxin hugged her own child and kept kissing her, thinking in her heart that God would bless her, Your Majesty Long En.Some kissed the child so annoyingly, the child even stretched out his little hand, trying to push the mother away.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Wang Chengen also admired Chongzhen's benevolence, so he said to the Dali Temple Minister and other courtiers on the supervisory stage: "Your Majesty's decree has been read out, all my lords, accept the decree, so that our family can go back and return to order."

All the ministers knelt down and shouted long live. After receiving the order, the minister of Dali Temple ordered the servants to open the shackles on the children and their mothers, and together with the young women holding the babies and those who were pregnant, He was taken out of the execution ground and handed over to Jin Yiwei to take him away.

After the pardoned people left, the execution continued on the execution platform, and a group of ten people were chopped down like this.

Chongzhen was on the second floor of the restaurant, after watching the scene in front of him, and seeing the execution continued on the platform, he was very moved and waned.

Chongzhen didn't know whether he was right or wrong.Legally speaking, these people deserve to die.From a selfish point of view, these released children and female prisoners are hidden dangers in the future.If someone like Nie Siniang appeared in it, would he still be able to sleep well?

It's just that no matter what, I can't pass the test in my heart.That's all, let him go, let's take one step at a time.Thinking of this, I want to go back to the palace.

Chapter 57 Disposal

Jiannu was destroyed, the world was raised to peace, guests from all directions were served, and all nations came to court.Emperor Chongzhen felt very satisfied. In just over ten years since he ascended the throne, he had achieved Yue Wumu's dream of "cleaning up the old mountains and rivers". Now the various frontier armies are pushing outward, striving to expand the territory of Ming Dynasty.Even the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty has already set off to America, looking for the legendary survivors of the Yin Shang who wandered overseas, and preparing to let them return to China.

As for the country, several high-yield crops have been planted, and the common people no longer have to worry about not being able to eat. Even the good grain has been used to feed pigs because of too much production.Today's Ming Dynasty has completely reproduced the grand scene of "both public and private warehouses are abundant" in the heyday of Tang Dynasty.

When the emperor did what Chongzhen did, basically he didn't have to pursue anything else, and his essays and martial arts can all be said to be far ahead of the Han and Tang Dynasties.Therefore, Emperor Shang Chongzhen also decided to have fun on the Beihai Lake in the capital, and called several well-known juggling troupes in the capital to perform for himself, the queen and others.

I saw the juggling troupe in front of them doing all they could, such as breathing fire from their mouths, swallowing swords with their mouths, and performing various performances, each of which was good at winning.In the distant night sky, fireworks are blooming, congratulating yourself as the emperor, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?