Jinyiwei, Zhaozhu.

In the dim room, only the twinkling torches illuminated some light.

Wu Shang was tied to an iron rack, with blood stains on the iron rack, and the hygiene was worrying.

I don’t know which senior official was sentenced here before.

Zhu Qi was not the Virgin, nor was he an idealist. His attitude towards officials such as the Ming Dynasty was similar to Zhu Yuanzhang.

If you are caught if you commit a crime, as long as you can't be beaten to death, then you will be beaten to death.

What? Do you talk about human rights? Do you talk about humanitarianism?

When they embezzle and accept bribes and harm the people, why no one comes out to talk about human rights or humanitarianism?

There is an old saying that, how can you repay kindness with kindness with kindness? Repay grudges with straightness and repay kindness with kindness!

Because of this, Gao Jin and his group of Jinyiwei would not refuse to resist the officials who were arrested.

Even under Zhu Qi's guidance, interrogation is no longer limited to old traditions such as whipping and soldering iron.

There are also some other strange interrogation methods that have been used, such as the interrogation method that has been very popular among Jinyiwei recently, which is not allowed to sleep by prisoners.

Zhu Qi had tried it on martial arts masters before, and the effect was still very good.

As long as you encounter a hard bone, nine out of ten of them can’t withstand this method. After all, this is a physiological reason.

No matter how strong a person is, he can still keep his mouth open when he is confused.

However, for Wu Shang, these methods are no longer used, it is not that he is particularly hard-working.

Twenty ordinary whipping irons are enough, and Gao Jin has not even been sentenced to death.

Wu Shangguang saw the flames floating beside him, the cold iron pillars on his back, the bloody smell on his nose, and the prisoners who were wailing and groaning in the dark cage.

Wu Shang was so brave that he couldn't help but tremble.

The Jinyiwei had just held the whip in his hands, and Wu Shang was already shouting loudly:

"I said! I said! I said everything!"

The Jinyiwei were also a little confused. This was the first time I saw such a timid official.

Although the officials in the past were not beaten, most of them could fight for a while before begging for mercy.

At least it is better to die than surrender on the surface.

As a result, Lord Wu was too lazy to do superficial work.

But the Jinyiwei held the whip in his hands. Do you think it would be better not to whip this?

The Jinyiwei looked at Gao Jin next to him with a little embarrassedness. Gao Jin nodded to the Jinyiwei without saying a word.

The Jinyiwei immediately reacted and said to Wu Shang:

"Okay, you guys, when I was the first day of my career as a Jinyiwei, are you going to recruit me so soon?

Mostly I won’t tell the truth, so I will give you a beat before saying it.”

This is what the Jinyiwei explained, so it would be better not to say it. Wu Shang was stunned when he heard this.

I was almost crying at that time, but before I could cry, the whip had already blew on my body.

Later, Wu Shang still cried, but it was not scared, it hurt. This whip could not be withstood by humans.

Wu Shang was crying sadly, and he was still howling in his mouth, saying, "I'll do anything right, stop hitting me."

The Jinyiwei didn't fight for too long, so he stopped after just a few whips.

Gao Jin walked up with his hands behind his back. Before he could say anything, Wu Shang immediately begged:

"Sir, stop beating, I've said everything."

Gao Jin smiled and said:

"Oh? You've been helping everything, so tell me what do you want to help?"

"I...I..."

Then Wu Shang hesitated and didn't get anything for a while.

Seeing this, the Jinyiwei next to him was about to raise his whip and start hitting him again. Wu Shang was startled and shouted:

"Don't fight! Don't fight! A few years ago, I accepted a small official from the Ministry of Revenue to invite him to drink.

The official gave me fifty taels of silver, and I confiscated it, and later I gave me some cloth. I thought it was not expensive, so I took it..."

After Wu Shang said this weakly, Gao Jin took out a small notebook from the side, turned to a page casually, and then asked:

"That person is Li Zhong?"

"Ah yes yes! It's him!"

Hearing Wu Shang say this, Gao Jin sneered, threw the notebook on the table next to him, and then said:

"Good guy, you don't know that this person had lost his head because of the empty seal case some time ago.

Now you take him out and talk, you are going to have a death without evidence. How do I know that you have confiscated the fifty taels of silver?"

After Gao Jin said this, Wu Shang was stunned. How could he know that this guy lost his life because of the empty seal case?

Half of the people in the entire officialdom have suffered from this, and Wu Shang really doesn't know this.

Seeing that the Jinyiwei next to him were about to fight again, Wu Shang immediately began to confess again.

Of course, what I said at the beginning is irrelevant, such as giving some food, some vegetables, etc.

And seeing those who gave their own things had already been found by the Jinyiwei.

As for these people, they either arrested them in advance for interrogation, or the officials were cleaned up in the empty seal case, or other reasons were cleaned up.

How many of these gift-giving people can survive in the Hongwu officialdom?

Zhu Yuanzhang killed these corrupt officials one after another, just like leeks, and cut a lot of them every year.

It is really difficult for these corrupt officials to survive for a long time.

Even now, many officials have submitted their resignation and have to go back to the countryside to farm. Think about how difficult it is to survive in this officialdom.

And the reason why Wu Shang is fine until now is naturally because the amount of food he eats with him is not very large, and there are certain reasons.

But the sum of these seven or eight is not small.

Wu Shang confessed part of this, and naturally the rest was investigated by the Jinyiwei.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Gao Jin took out a notebook and counted his crimes one by one.

Finally, I calculated that Wu Shang had been an official for more than ten years, and the messy things together collected as much as thousands of taels of silver.

Although it is not too much to spread every year, if you count the total, it is enough to be beheaded.

Wu Shang didn't know that he had accumulated so many years and had embezzled so much money, so he hurriedly begged for mercy:

Gu Yu

"This Jinyiwei, there must be some misunderstandings in this. How could I embezzle so much money?

Besides, I just took some clothes or vegetables and meat from others, but I never took too much money from others.

This is called a gift from gentlemen who interact with each other."

Wu Shang wanted to explain it to himself, but when a few people heard him explaining this, they raised their whip and whipped it again.

Good guy, the total amount of the collection is already over a thousand taels, and he still says such things?

This gift is too expensive!

Gao Jin waved his hand slowly, and then a unkempt person was pulled out from it.

That person looked like he was beaten a lot, and at least he was shaking when he walked out.

Wu Shang had not recognized the person's identity at the first time, but the criminal recognized Wu Shang as soon as possible, and immediately rushed over and shouted:

"Wu, Mr. Wu! Save me!"

After Wu Shang heard the criminal's shouting, he suddenly realized his reaction and his face turned pale.

He stammered for a long time and couldn't speak. Gao Jin sneered twice, and then asked the person who robbed him to pull him down, then said with a smile:

"Mr. Wu, what's wrong? Are you asking for confessions now?"

Wu Shang's lips trembled twice, and then said softly like a deflated ball:

"I said, I said everything..."

The prisoner caught was nothing but someone else, but the representatives of the businessmen who had come into contact with Wu Shang some time ago.

These merchants are like flies. When they see rotten meat, they will fly over immediately.

Wu Shang is naturally not a clean official. He usually likes some small favors. Now that businessmen come to contact him, he will naturally not refuse them.

Of course, some of the words on the surface need to be said, showing your noble character.

But these businessmen are cunning and have no means of anything. As long as they are not directly swept out of the house or shout loudly, they have a chance.
To be continued...