Bang bang bang, the sound of templates slapping flesh echoed in the square, which was very scary to hear.
Punishment like the imperial rod has not existed since ancient times. This was a punishment brought by the Hu people from the grasslands. In ancient times, there was a saying that the punishment was not as good as that of the scholar-officials. It stands to reason that officials were spanked by the king, and they were also executed by eunuchs. In their eyes,
It's something extremely shameful in my heart.
Scholar-officials can be killed, but not humiliated!
But today, it has gradually evolved into an honor that expresses one's character.
Especially the officials of the Ming Dynasty were very fond of using the imperial staff to show their character, unyieldingness and integrity.
This kind of performance makes people a bit dumbfounded. I don't know if I should say that these people who like to take a beating are really willing to use this humiliating method to awaken the righteousness of the world. Or they have been kneeling for a long time and take things that they have accepted as a matter of course.
Or are they just sensationalizing!
The wooden board made a strong sound of breaking through the air, and crackled on the muscles.
Under the eyes, the faces of several noble officials of the Hanlin Academy who had been punished had turned pale, but each of them tried not to scream. Some even yelled instead of screaming.
"Your Highness, Jiangnan is an important taxation area in the Ming Dynasty, and fiscal and taxation cannot be changed lightly!"
"The officials and gentry are the pillars of the country and have been treated favorably by all dynasties. Why does our dynasty impose taxes?"
"The world's literary style spreads out from Jiangnan. Are you going to hurt the hearts of the officials and gentry in Jiangnan?"
They shouted at the top of their lungs and waved their arms under the weight of the wooden planks.
The reason why they could still scream was because the toes of the torturers were pointed inwards and had no intention of killing them. Therefore, the eunuchs who executed the executions used hollow wooden boards.
If you use a solid one, not only will there be no such loud noise, but if you push two sticks down, you will probably have no air intake.
Bang bang, bang bang!
"Hey, what's going on?" The old man walked closer, stood on tiptoes and looked over there, as if watching the excitement, and said with a smile, "It's so lively!"
Pu Bucheng waved to the side, and a guard quickly came over and whispered something.
Later, Pu Bucheng whispered beside the old man again and told him the reason.
"That's right!" the old man looked at those who were beaten and said with a smile, "I really think our eldest grandson has a good temper! These are a bunch of bad scholars!"
After hearing this word, Li Jinglong next to him laughed in his heart.
The word "scholar scholar" was used by Huaixi nobles to scold those civil servants in the past few years. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the older generation of Huaixi nobles loved to complain about the status of civil servants in the ears of the old man. Your Majesty, the whole country is like this.
Your Majesty and your ministers were killed with swords and guns. Your Majesty must not listen to the instigation of those bad scholars and so on.
At this moment, Li Shen, who was beaten, suddenly shouted again.
"Spreading a small family into a farm is tantamount to taking advantage of others by taking advantage of others. Why should you be so harsh on officials and gentlemen? Isn't your highness afraid of leaving a bad reputation among the people?"
“Officials and gentry all pay for themselves and serve as errands, which harms the country’s foundation and is tantamount to killing the goose that takes the egg!”
The old man's little face suddenly changed, and he snorted coldly, "Humph, you can talk a lot, but it's better to hit him lightly!"
After hearing this, Pu Bucheng walked over there to the prisoner Bashan.
"Manager Park!" The bastard didn't dare to neglect and saluted quickly.
"No, your Majesty is watching over there. You are saluting the Za family, what's the big deal?" Pu Bucheng smiled, looked at the executioner and said, "These wretched scholars think they are the only ones in the world who speak wise words.
!”
The shameless bastard thought about it for a long time and didn't understand what this meant.
Pu Bucheng continued to smile, "The fighting force was still too weak, but I still have the strength to shout!" After saying that, he walked back without looking back.
The bastard looked over shamefully and happened to see the old man standing under the shade of the trees in the distance, and he suddenly understood.
With a snap, the toes spread outward.
The eunuchs who were executing the execution suddenly heard this, and then silently changed the boards.
Two whining sounds, only half of the screams were heard, ah!
Li Shen, who was lying on the bench, trembled on the spot and became silent again.
"These two times are pretty much the same!" The old man nodded solemnly.
Li Jinglong next to him was silent, cold sweat dripping down the back of his neck.
"Your Majesty's temper is getting weirder and weirder!" Li Jinglong thought to himself, "In the past, there were many imperial staffs, but I have never heard of beating anyone to death. But now, Your Majesty will not stop until he beats someone to death!"
Thinking in his mind, his eyes suddenly fell behind him and he exclaimed, "It's broken!"
Wu Wang Liujin was riding a pony, looking curiously towards the imperial staff.
"How can a child see such a bloody thing?" Li Jinglong said in his heart, subconsciously trying to block Liu Jin's sight.
"Don't block it, let him see!" The old man suddenly said, but Li Jinglong remained motionless.
Then, the old man slowly turned around and said with a smile, "Liu Jin, tell me, are you afraid?"
Liujin shook his head and pointed his chubby fingers towards the imperial staff, "Ancestor, what are you doing over there?"
"They made me angry and are getting beaten!" the old man said with a smile.
"Why do you want to beat them?" Liu Jin continued to ask in confusion.
The old man was stunned for a moment and thought seriously, "If you don't obey, you will be beaten!" Then he continued with a smile, "In the future, if anyone offends you, you will beat him!"
"Mother said it's not good to hit people!" Liu Jin lowered his head and ate his fingers.
The old man stretched out his hand to pull out his great-grandson's little hand, wiped away the saliva and said, "That's wrong. You can't hit people randomly, but whoever makes you unhappy or who doesn't listen to you, you have to beat them, otherwise they won't be afraid!"
Liujin seemed to understand, but nodded in confusion.
After the imperial staff was finished, the few unlucky ones who had been beaten were dragged out of the palace by the eunuchs, and then someone came over with buckets, mops and other items to wash away the blood on the ground.
The old man held six pounds in his arms and sat under the shade of the big tree. The grandfather and grandson were talking and laughing, as if nothing had happened here.
Suddenly, there was a flutter in the distance and someone came running.
Liujin squirmed in the old man's arms and shouted vaguely to the person running over, "Mei Liangliang!"
Mei Liangliang, who was running quickly, mixed garlic at his feet, almost eating the shit of a dog, and then crawled over on his hands and feet.
"Why are you panicking? Is the dog chasing you?" the old man said angrily.
"Your Majesty!" Mei Liang was sweating profusely, "Xian Fei"
"What's wrong, fat girl?" The old man stood up suddenly, with a horrifying look on his face.
"Your Majesty has given birth prematurely, and the Crown Princess asked my slave to inform His Highness!"
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In Lezhizhai, the emperor and his ministers were still talking.
Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, took the documents and files in his hand and said happily, "I can finally have a prosperous year this year!"
"The customs offices in various places have reported that the annual cash balance of Ningbo Customs is 1.8 million!"
"Quanzhou Customs, 4.76 million!"
"Guangzhou Customs, 4.82 million!"
After hearing this number, Zhu Yunxi just nodded, even a little dissatisfied, "That's it?"
"Your Highness, that's a lot!" Fu Youwen said quickly, "This is all cash silver. If it were cast into silver coins, it would be 30% more!"
After saying that, he paused and continued, "Among the several customs, Guangzhou has the best momentum. I have estimated that by this time next year, Guan Yin will be able to earn at least 40% more!"
Guangzhou has been a major trading port since ancient times, and it also has something that cannot be compared with other seaports, and that is Made in Guangzhou.
It is said that the porcelain in Jingdezhen is good, but most of the porcelain in Jingdezhen is from official kilns and is not exported. However, the Guangzhou porcelain in Guangzhou is colorful and is known as Guangzhou Sancai.
Tracing, color filling, gold weaving, green filling, fighting color, gold engraving, burning flowers. It can also draw various flower and bird patterns, and even make corresponding styles and styles of porcelain for export based on the descriptions of merchants thousands of miles away.
Supply exceeds demand.
In addition to porcelain, merchants in Guangzhou transported pure white cloth from Suzhou and Hangzhou and other places to make wall coverings, colored cloths, etc. and sell them to overseas merchants.
"There are still a few customs opening ports!" Zhu Yunxi said, "If we open a few more seaports, all the money in the world will flow into our Ming Dynasty!"
"This is natural!" Among the ministers, Liu Sanwu said, "My Ming Dynasty is the center of the world!"
These words caused all the ministers to nod their heads in agreement.
Zhu Yunxi did not comment on this statement. These people's deep-rooted views of the Celestial Kingdom cannot be corrected in a short time.
But having said that, considering this era, what they said is correct.
"In my opinion, there should not be too many seaports, but they should be expanded!" Fu Youwen continued, "In the beginning of this spring, outside Huangpu Port in Guangzhou, a fire broke out because of the crowding of ships and improper operation of the sailors. More than 40 ships were burned.
The lost goods are worth hundreds of thousands!”
"There is also Ningbo. Ningbo is a seaport specially designated by the emperor to trade with the Japanese. The Japanese envoys have signed letters of credence three times at Honglu Temple this year, saying that they admire the style of the Ming Dynasty and imploring the Ming Dynasty to allow their cargo ships to travel more often, and also
Say, beg the Ming Dynasty to allow their merchants to come ashore!"
This chapter has been completed!