Chapter 424: Disdain for benevolent people and ridicule them
On Sanshan Street, several children were playing, and there were some vendors on both sides of the road. [ ] Due to the hot weather, some stalls were set up there, and the vendors took shelter in the shade. When they saw customers and goods, they hurried over to greet them warmly.
.The ones who stayed in front of the stall also wore straw hats, looking lazy and leisurely.
Suddenly, the sound of hoofbeats was as fast as rain, and dozens of horses galloped along the long street. The warriors on the horses were each wearing red battle robes, wide-brimmed sun hats on their heads, and swords on their waists, looking murderous.
The children hurried to the roadside. An old man heard the sound and ran out quickly, just in time to catch his grandson. The old man held his precious grandson in his arms and looked at the warriors in red uniforms in surprise.
He galloped on his horse and ran towards the city gate in a hurry.
The old man looked at their backs, blinked his eyes, and finally remembered the familiar attire, and his expression suddenly changed: "Tiqi? Your Majesty has rebuilt Tiqi!"
On Sanshan Street, Tiqi rode fiercely, flying suddenly like an eagle.
Jinyi Tiqi has returned to the world.
The first thing they did when they returned to the world was to go to Zhaizi Village, Mingxinzhuangli, Zhenning County, Qingyang Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, the hometown of Jingqing Qing (now Zhengning, Gansu Province). The commanding envoy, Mr. Ji, conveyed the orders given to them by the emperor.
It’s: “No chickens or dogs will be left in Lizhaizi Village!”
Ji Gang held the driving sticker issued by the Chief of Ceremonies and stamped with the seal, and rushed to the Criminal Department in a hurry, and went straight to the Office of the Criminal Department's official office. After seeing the emperor's order, the Criminal Branch official did not dare to neglect, and immediately put the driving sticker on
Stamped with "佥肖".
Every time Jin Yiwei handles an imperial mission, he needs to hold a driving sticker, and the driving sticker must be stamped with a "Qian" by the Ministry of Punishment to be legally valid. Before the Ming Dynasty, no matter how powerful the Jin Yiwei was, they would not dare to violate this rule.
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After the "Qian lot", the Jinyiwei had the power of life and death, and the cases they handled did not require review by the Criminal Department or Dali Temple. Ji Gang immediately rushed back to the office and issued orders, and teams of Jinyiwei who had just been formed rushed into the streets.
Jingqing's home was ransacked, and all the family, old and young, were taken away. Without having to go through the complicated procedures of first-instance review by the Ministry of Punishment and the Emperor Zhu's approval, they were immediately taken to Caishikou to be beheaded. Jingqing's nephew Liu Gu and Liu Guozheng, who were fighting in the autumn breeze at their uncle's house, also fell together.
mold.
Caishikou is just a common name, and the specific location is different in each dynasty. Generally, it is a convenient place to execute prisoners that is close to the Ministry of Punishment. It also has to be a bustling and bustling city, so that people will not dare to break the law by killing the police as a deterrent.
When a family of young and old were beheaded, Jing Qing had already been taken to the Jinyiwei Prison and tied to the bloody and rusty iron bed. An execution master who had been unemployed for nearly ten years was invited back by the Jinyiwei.
He put down the small box. Jing Qing, who was naked and tied to the bed, had no expression on her face. She tested the looseness of her skin like an animal. Then he opened the box unhurriedly, took out a sharp knife, and pointed at it.
Jing Qing said calmly: "Master Jing, I am sending you on your way today. My craftsmanship has been neglected for more than ten years. It's too late for me. Please bear with me!"
Then he turned to the few Jinyi guards nearby and asked: "Be skinned alive or dead?"
The emperor has not ordered this, and all the royal guards are all newbies. They were still babies wearing crotchless pants more than ten years ago. This is the first time they have seen the torture of skinning that they often heard about. They couldn't answer for a while, and Xiaoqi stared at him.
Said: "This bold traitor, assassinated the king and killed the driver, committed a heinous crime, so of course I skinned him alive!"
The execution master smiled and stepped forward. Jing Qing was tied to the iron bed lying on his stomach, with a ball of rag stuffed in his mouth. His eyes were wide open but he could not say a word. The execution master walked up behind him and held a sharp knife.
Lift it up...
Zhu Di's punishment for Jing Qing was to skin him, pull off the grass, and hang him on the Chang'an Gate for public display!
In ancient and modern times, skinning has been practiced in various countries, including Rome, Persia, Germany, Tibetans, and Indians... The punishment of skinning has been practiced in China since before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but peeling and then removing the grass was an exclusive invention of Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.
During the Hongwu Dynasty, many corrupt officials were punished by skinning. When a new official took office, if there was a predecessor who was executed for corruption in the Yamen, there would be a separate room to display the human skin of the former official. The successor official would have to
I went to pay my respects as a warning. Not to mention, the number of upright officials in the Hongwu Dynasty in the thirty years accounted for more than half of the number of upright officials in the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty.
It is not that the other dynasties had fewer corrupt officials than the Hongwu Dynasty, but they did not arrest them as harshly as the Hongwu Dynasty, which is why it seems that corrupt officials in the Hongwu Dynasty were endless. Of course, those who were skinned were not all because of corruption and bribery, and officials who were defeated in political disputes were also
There are a lot of people there.
Skinning can be done alive or dead. General Sapphire received the punishment of skinning. Thinking of his past military exploits, he was given the punishment of skinning alive. That means he was executed first and then skinned. It didn't matter if he was just a stinky skin. But skinning alive was...
It was tragic. Since the last years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang had reduced the punishment, but today, because of Jingqing's assassination in the Golden Palace, the execution master once again used the skinning knife.
He picked up the knife and swiped the tip of the knife across his spine. The skin on Jing Qing's back was cut in half, and blood quickly poured out. The body tightened suddenly. Although the body was tied tightly and could not move, it could not move.
He was still trembling violently, and his throat made an inhuman neighing sound.
The skinning master was familiar with this. He moved his knife quickly, and a piece of bloody human skin slowly separated from the human body like a butterfly spreading its wings, and blood dripped on the ground...
When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses, bleeding and floating in the oars!
Zhu Di has never been afraid of killing people. As the saying goes, a son with a lot of money cannot sit down in court. As a vassal king, Zhu Di likes to risk his own life and fight decisively on the battlefield. He is warlike at heart and is not afraid of any provocation. Killing is
In order to conquer, he would not kill for the sake of conquering. His subordinates paid equal attention to kindness and power. When he needed to kill someone, he would not even blink an eyelid.
In Jinshen Hall, Chen Ying was like a cowering mouse, kneeling in front of Zhu Di, bowing to the ground, enduring Zhu Di's thunderous wrath: "How do you all do things in the procuratorate? Since you took office, you haven't arrested anyone yet.
When there is a rebellion, there is no impeachment of a guilty official! Go back and investigate for me, and I will arrest anyone who has secret connections with the party, slanders the court, or has any collusion with the rebellion!"
Chen Ying said unconsciously: "Yes, yes, I obey the order, I will do it right away!"
"Get out!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Chen Ying crawled backwards to the entrance of the palace, kowtowed again, got up and ran out quickly.
As soon as she left Jinshen Hall, the panic and fear on Chen Ying's face disappeared. A flash of pride and ecstasy quickly flashed through her angular eyes, and she hurriedly ran out...
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Jing Qing's torn human skin was floating in the wind on Chang'an Gate. For the first time since Zhu Di entered the city, there was a bloody storm in the capital.
Before the blood of the Jing family was dry at Caishikou, Chen Ying, the imperial envoy, went all out to impeach Jian Jiuchen as quickly as possible.
Chen Ying was impeached and Ji Gang arrested people. The two people worked closely together. For a time, the military officials were in turmoil and everyone was in danger. Before Zhu Di entered the city, he announced 29 "treacherous party members", some of whom had committed suicide, and some of whom were in danger.
They confessed and were released, and now only fourteen people are still in prison.
After Chen Ying's rigorous investigation day and night, he concocted a larger list of traitors. This list included fifty-three traitors. Although they would not all be killed, one of them could not escape.
A prisoner of sin.
For a time, Chen Ying and Ji Gang became famous in the capital, and all the officials looked at them with suspicion. They had a bad reputation for stopping children from crying.
A sedan stopped between a courtyard in the alley on the left side of Sanshan Gate. The curtain was lifted, and a beautiful girl walked out.
Ming'er has moved to the residence of her nephew Xu Jingchang, Duke of Ding. Today she brought gifts to visit Prince Consort Wang and his wife. I accidentally heard that Prince Consort Wang lent one of his homes to Duke Fu yesterday, and Yang Xu now has a place to live.
, it turned out that it was fine if I didn’t know, but once I knew where he was, Ming’er became a little restless.
On the way back, she boredly visited a few high-end jewelry shops and rouge shops that often welcomed the daughters of envoys and famous ladies. After wandering around for a long time, she finally plucked up the courage to give him the address she knew by heart.
Coachman. She originally made a temporary idea, but once she arrived in front of Xia Xun's door, she suddenly became timid: "What should I say when I see him?"
Unexpectedly, when Ming'er lifted the sedan curtain and came out, she saw many people kneeling in front of the courtyard door. Ming'er was startled and asked suspiciously: "Who are these people?"
The family generals who followed him hurriedly went forward to make inquiries and came back to report: "Princess, these people are the family members of the supervisory envoy Duan Mi. Because they were labeled as traitors by Chen Ying, the Jin Yiwei put their master in prison. I don't know what they are doing."
Where did I hear that Duke Fu was highly regarded by the emperor and had a close relationship with Ji Gang, the commander of the Imperial Guards, so I asked to come to him."
"oh?"
The little girl vaguely felt that something was wrong. She frowned her delicate eyebrows and thought about it seriously. Then she raised her head and said to the general: "Knock on the door and tell the princess that I want to see Duke Fu."
The general said: "Princess, the Duke of Fu is not at home. These people are kneeling here, waiting for the Duke of Fu to come back. I just called him through the door. There are only two disciples sent by the king's consort to serve the Duke."
, two girls."
A shrewd look flashed through Ming'er's big, sagacious eyes, and she immediately ordered: "Kick these people away!"
The leader of the family was stunned and said in astonishment: "Princess, they... are waiting for the auxiliary Duke. We are here to make a fool of ourselves. It seems..."
Ming'er's pretty eyes glared, and the leader of the family hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, I will obey my orders!"
"etc!"
Ming'er thought again and said slowly: "Xu Sheng, take a few people to stay. After driving them away, you will stay with Duke Fu for the time being. To the outside world, you will only say that you are a general of Duke Fu's mansion. Remember,
, no matter who comes to ask for help, they will be kicked away without mercy!"
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