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Chapter 235: Holy Mountain (2)

Just after the New Year, the streets of the capital have moved from the hustle and bustle of the New Year to another kind of noise, busy for life.

This is a unique characteristic of Chinese people. We are always looking forward to unscrupulous comfort and enjoyment. But we can immediately break free from the happiness we long for and plunge into the difficult life.

We probably understand that only through hardships and bitterness can we have happiness and comfort.

In the early morning, the streets of the capital were crowded. Liba, who returned to the city in the countryside, a young businessman wearing new clothes, looked around to find a livelihood craftsmen, vendors who set up stalls and hawkers, and rich people sitting in teahouses. Countless species formed a vivid picture of the market.

Suddenly, the sound of the gong caught everyone's attention.

A dozen officers in blue soap clothes on the long street beat the gong and shouted.

"It's a big deal!"

"There were orders outside the Pi Temple to go on a red mission, and there were 72 criminal officials. After the agreement between the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the three departments of the Censorate, the crime should be punished!"

"Ah?" The crowd was silent first, and then suddenly became a rush.

Then countless people flocked toward the outside of the city.

Work is about working, but watching the fun is not enough.

~~

Pichang Temple is where the old man peeled off the skin of the tan official.

In the past thirty years, too much skin has been pulled out, and the scarecrow has still surplus of skin, so it is all hung in an abandoned temple here and guarded by a dedicated person.

So it is called Pichang Temple.

Not only are there in the capital, but there are actually all the governors in the world, but they are also facing the governors' yamen, in order to shock the young people. Until the old man abdicated, there were more than 40,000 killed officials alone. There were no place to set up peach temples in various provinces.

"Is this just the Chinese New Year, the emperor killed someone?"

"Yes, the plan for the year lies in spring. It's so unlucky to hurry up in spring!"

"Who said no? Seeing that Pichang Temple has not killed anyone in the past few years, I still wonder if my family is afraid that the empty house can be rented out? This time it seems that there is no chance again!"

The Pichang Temple is crowded around it. This place is desolate compared to the inner city, but it is crowded with people at this moment.

Ordinary people stood there and stretched their necks and waited in groups of people, while the natives of the capital who had some spare money looked for a teahouse, brewed a pot of hot tea, and waited while talking.

These natives in the capital are brave enough, so there is nothing they dare not say. They know more about the rumor in the court and the scandals of officials and families than anyone else.

"Our little emperor is also a difficult person to get along with, hehe!"

"It will be difficult to become an official in the future!"

"Hey, what's this? Isn't it worthy of being a tan official? The little emperor even circled his fifth uncle. These people are nothing!"

"Tsk tsk, my fifth uncle can do it too!"

"Hey, watch it, the show is still behind! The old emperor abdicates, and if those vassal kings don't act like a person with their tails, they will be dealt with sooner or later!"

The teasing of idle men spread from the first floor to the second floor.

A group of people on the second floor suddenly turned pale and looked at the young man surrounded by them with inquisitive eyes.

~~

Zhu Yunxiu was drinking tea. When he heard the words downstairs, his eyebrows were moved and he didn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, go and teach me a lesson..."

He Guangyi, who was sitting next to Zhu Yunyu on the round stool, couldn't sit still, but he was interrupted by Zhu Yunyu as soon as he opened his mouth.

"They said nothing wrong?" Zhu Yunxiu smiled faintly, "There is no rule in the Ming Dynasty that does not allow people to speak, let them go!"

"You are kind-hearted!" Li Jinglong on the other side quickly smiled with a slight smile.

"It's not my Renhe!" Zhu Yunxi smiled again, "You can't control the people's mouths by keeping the heavens and earth. Just because they don't speak nicely, they don't let people speak? If they don't let people speak, it will make me, the emperor, our Ming Dynasty noble?"

"If there is, change it and if there is no, encourage it is a good strategy for governing the country, because if it is not nice, people will not be allowed to say it. Doesn't that mean it is a hidden bell?"

"You are wise!" Li Jinglong quickly agreed in a low voice.

Zhu Yunxiu slowly drank a sip of tea, "It's not that I am wise, but that's the case. If I only like to listen to what I like, then there will be no truth in the Ming Dynasty in the long run. If the upward and downward effect, then you will make everyone who speaks shut up, and the rest will be self-deception!"

"You are far-sighted, I am really impressed!" Li Jinglong gave Zhu Yun a cup of hot tea.

Suddenly, a huge noise suddenly came from downstairs.

"People are in trouble!"

With a buzzing sound, countless people on the long street moved and rushed in one direction.

Many people suddenly rushed up from the second floor of the teahouse and stretched their necks to look outside.

"People invaded Kaifeng Prefect..."

"Warehouse Department Doctor..."

"Salt Transporter..."

“Tax Division…”

"Oh, these are all high-ranking officials, at least they are fifth-rank!"

At the window next to it, a casual man wearing a royal blue cotton suit and looking at a rich man shouted loudly, "Be good, these are all fat!"

"The one who makes mistakes is fat and famine!" Someone next to him sighed, "Man is dead for money and birds die for food. He has studied hard for more than ten years. He originally thought that he would shine his ancestors, but today he is going to be a ghost under a knife!"

"Brother, I have no idea. It's not just a ghost under the knife? According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, these criminals are not counted as killing officials, but they have to confiscate their property. Their wives and daughters are incorporated into the Jiaofangsi as official prostitutes."

"Hey, this official lady is tender and tender, hehe!"

"What do you want to eat? Tell you, this time, the criminals killed in the case of King Zhou, all their wives and daughters were exiled to the army." Someone said loudly, "The emperor is kind and has issued an edict. In the future, such relatives who are within five robberies of officials will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination for ten years. The immediate relatives, nephews and nephews will never be allowed to be imperial examinations, they will not be allowed to be officials, and they can only farm or do business. The wife and daughter are exiled for three thousand miles and will be exiled to Qiongzhou."

"Our little emperor is still kind. If the old emperor is here, he will definitely have a rush of people. If he doesn't kill him, he will be bloody and will not relieve himself!"

"You are wrong again! The old emperor is like a fire, but who did this cause? The King of Zhou is his elder son? No matter how hate he hates him, he has to take into account his own son's face, right? If it were the old emperor, maybe this matter would be raised high and put down gently!"

"If you say that, why do I feel that our Emperor Yongchang is even more cruel than the old emperor? I didn't cover up my uncle's affairs, and just circled them and even piled up a bunch of charges. Is he never able to turn over?"

"That's it. Didn't you read the notice at the gate of the city? What did the dignified vassal kings do? A whole piggy bank! Selling official grains as inferiors as good ones, forcing the land to destroy the people's families, private salt and tea..... Tsk tsk, and even giving blood-filled money to the people? It's so despicable!"

"Actually, it doesn't matter who we kill. Even if the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty lost their heads, it would not delay our two meals a day, nor would it delay ordinary people saving money. But, it sounds different."

“What’s different?”

"At least the world is clear and bright? At least the state has national laws? At least the severe punishments give us some room to speak!"

"My last sentence is right. We ordinary people dare not break the law. But if you are angry and have no place to reason, then that would be too fucking wronged."

Zhu Yunxiu and these people watching the fun are close to Chi Chi.

Their words came into Zhu Yunxi's ears without any loss. He Guangyi, Li Jinglong and others' faces kept changing, while Zhu Yunxi's face remained unchanged.

Bang, a cannon sounded.

On the long street court, several criminals in white clothes had been escorted to the high platform.
Chapter completed!
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