Amidst the ringing of the bells, Emperor Jiajing's chariot arrived at the Meridian Gate under the escort of the imperial guards, and the ringing of the bells stopped.
The officials of Honglu Temple knelt in front of the imperial chariot and respectfully invited Emperor Jiajing to ride on the chariot.
In the distance, Li Zheng, the squire and the old man saw Emperor Jiajing's chariot and the figure of Emperor Jiajing from a distance, and their faces suddenly flushed with excitement. Just one glance, this life is worth it, and there is no regret.
Emperor Jiajing sat on the shoulder chariot, and the Jiaofang Secretary played the ritual music. When Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair above the morning gate tower, the ritual music stopped.
Under the Meridian Gate, the Imperial Guards were in silence, sounding their whips, and the whole place was solemn.
For the captured Japanese pirates, the scene was extremely majestic. It was like going to the Palace of Hell after death and waiting for the final verdict. Their souls were almost frightened.
"Enter!"
The salute officers shouted in unison.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites holding the good news walked to the Meridian Gate, bowed four times to Emperor Jiajing on the Meridian Gate Tower, and then presented the good news.
"Read the victory report." Emperor Jiajing nodded, and the generals behind him loudly repeated Emperor Jiajing's decree.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites read out the good news.
The process of the prisoner presentation ceremony was carried out one by one, and the most exciting part of the prisoner presentation ceremony has also arrived.
The Japanese pirates were taken to the prisoner offering position, facing north, kneeling on the ground, with their heads on the ground, waiting to be surrendered.
The Japanese pirates seemed to have lost their souls one by one, kneeling on the ground numbly. Faced with such power, they had already been frightened to death.
Even the Japanese chieftain Chen Dong was not much better at the moment, he was just as distracted.
What is the biggest official they have ever seen?
The county captain and magistrate they captured the county seat? Or the magistrate who defended the city on top of the city they saw from afar?!
Now, if any official is picked out at the scene, they are all beings who are not even qualified to see from a distance, not to mention that the person sitting on the Meridian Gate Tower at this moment is the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty - Emperor Jiajing!
The majesty and oppression were so strong that Chen Dong and others were almost suffocated, and their hearts felt as if they had been squeezed.
"Xu Hai, Chen Dong and other Japanese pirates lost their conscience and committed all kinds of crimes, including burning, killing and looting. This group of Japanese pirates were extremely rebellious and immoral. They occupied Tuolin and other places as Japanese nests and looted everywhere. Nearly a hundred villages were burned, killed and looted by them.
All the young, old, women and children could not escape death. What's more, babies were stabbed through their bodies by Japanese swords like gourds or drowned in cesspools. An eighty-year-old woman was killed by the inhumane incarceration. Such cruel crimes are so cruel that it is difficult to write a book about them.
He Ao, please order all the captured Japanese pirates to be executed in Ling Chi, and then go to Caishikou together for execution, please order!"
He Ao, the Minister of Punishment, stepped forward and sternly accused the Japanese pirates of various crimes committed by them. His sonorous and powerful words resounded through the sky.
After the stern accusation, He Ao, the Minister of Punishment, bowed to Emperor Jiajing on the Meridian Gate Tower and bowed to the ground.
After hearing this, everyone present clenched their fists and glared at the Japanese pirates, wishing they could bite them to death one by one with their teeth.
"Zhunzou, take it!" Emperor Jiajing wrote the word "zhunzou" in a flying and flying way, and threw the pen boldly.
"Quickly read, take it!" Huang Jin respectfully picked up the imperial edict with both hands and repeated Emperor Jiajing's words.
"Quickly played, take it!" The chamberlains and ministers in the Meridian Tower immediately echoed and repeated it again.
"Quick tune, take it!"
The ministers and soldiers a little further away shouted repeatedly.
From near to far.
From the top of the city gate to the imperial road under the Meridian Gate.
From one person to eight, eight to twenty-four, twenty-four to hundreds, and then to thousands of soldiers, the factory guards shouted in unison.
For a moment, "It's accurate, take it!" The sound was like thunder, like divine punishment from heaven.
"All executed in Lingchi"
The Japanese pirates who were kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground when they heard the final punishment, and Chen Dong was no exception.
This is Lingchi execution! The most cruel punishment in the world, bar none! He has to be chopped into pieces 3,357 times before he can be executed with the last stab, which is the 3,357th time.
Compared with the Japanese pirates, the common people were excited when they heard that all Japanese captives were to be executed in Lingchi.
"Your Majesty is wise, long live your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty is wise, long live your Majesty!"
"Down with the Japanese pirates!"
"Down with the Japanese pirates!"
For a time, the common people shouted long live the emperor, like ripples, rippling from the Meridian Gate and affecting the whole city.
Infected by this atmosphere, the people in the city couldn't help but join in and shouted in unison.
Finally, the cry of "Long Live the Emperor" was like a wave, the sound shook the whole city, as if it was about to break the sky.
Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting on the Meridian Gate Tower, heard the shouts of "Long Live the Emperor" and "defeat the Japanese pirates" echoing throughout the city. He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. The purpose of holding the Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony was to boost morale and boost people's hearts.
The people's support is available. If the people are like this, why worry about the Japanese pirates not being exterminated!
Emperor Jiajing was very satisfied with today's prisoner presentation ceremony.
Japanese pirates
The Japanese pirates, who looked like puddles of mud, were picked up by the imperial guards and escorted towards Xihua Gate. From Xihua Gate they were taken to Caishikou for execution.
"The Meridian Gate is launched to ask for execution" is just a saying in TV dramas and books. The Meridian Gate is the main entrance of the Forbidden City and is a sacred and majestic occasion. How can it be a place of execution? The real execution place is often Caishikou.
Because there are many people in Caishikou, execution in public here can serve as a warning to others with evil intentions, making them afraid and making them afraid to commit crimes, otherwise you will be executed next in Caishikou.
When the Japanese pirates were escorted out of Xihua Gate, the angry people threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs on the Japanese pirates.
For a moment, it was like a rain of rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, and the Japanese pirates were almost drowned by the rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.
After a while, these Japanese pirates no longer looked human.
Finally, amidst the curses and hurling of filth by the common people, the Japanese pirates were driven to the market entrance and tied to the execution pole one by one.
When the executioners in red clothes and red headscarves appeared in front of the Japanese pirates, the timid Japanese pirates were so frightened that they fainted, feces and urine flowed out, and the brave ones couldn't help but tremble like chaff.
The executioners first poured a bucket of cold water on the Japanese pirates to wash away the filth on their bodies to facilitate the execution.
In addition to the local executioners in the capital, many of these executioners were brought in from surrounding towns for emergency support.
Lingchi execution is a technical job. Not all executioners master this skill, only some senior executioners do. There are less than thirty executioners in the entire capital who are proficient in Lingchi skills, and there are even fewer executioners in surrounding towns who master this skill.
There are less than ten people in total.
This is normal. In the Ming Dynasty, only those who committed the most heinous crimes could be punished by Ling Chi. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, Ling Chi has executed less than a thousand prisoners, and at most less than ten people every year. There are few opportunities to practice, and those who practice are
Naturally there are fewer executioners.
However, now is an emergency period. There are more than 400 Japanese pirates who need to be punished, so we can only rush the ducks and mobilize all senior executioners to execute them.
As mentioned above, they are not required to cut off 3,357 knives, as long as it exceeds 50 knives.