"On that road to the east, if there are fifty more people to come, no matter what, I will block them. No more people will come from the Ministry of Punishment now." Xu Da raised his voice and issued an order to his subordinates.
There were too many people at the scene, and all kinds of voices were heard.
If you don't speak with maximum effort, it will be difficult to hear the sound.
Originally, Xu Da thought that by dispatching two to three hundred people, he could tightly control the area around the Penal Department Prison.
But looking at it now, my dear, this is simply impossible.
The outside of the Xingbu Yamen is relatively spacious.
But I can't stand it, there are too many people coming today.
As far as the eye can see, the black mass is filled with heads.
Xu Da estimated that at least tens of thousands of people were crowded in the surrounding area.
Moreover, there are still people gathering here non-stop, including people supporting the elderly and the young.
Many people's feet could not even touch the ground, and they were pushed forward by others.
The crowds are so dense, it’s really no joke.
Once something goes wrong, no one even needs to do anything.
Just the commotion caused by panicked crowds can cause an unprecedented disaster.
Under this situation, Xu Da did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
Immediately, we sent someone to pull over the entire 3,200-strong Black Cavalry Army.
One thousand of them stood around the Xingbu Yamen, always on guard against possible disturbances.
The remaining people were sent by Xu Da to various intersections to stop other people who wanted to enter.
Other black cavalry troops, all mounted on war horses, were constantly patrolling within a half-mile radius centered on the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, strictly investigating all kinds of suspicious persons.
Although the common people were very excited, they were obviously still a little afraid of the army.
Especially the power of the Black Cavalry Army when they entered the city. Many people had witnessed it with their own eyes and did not dare to provoke them.
The most important thing is that although the soldiers of the Black Cavalry did not wear long spears, each of them wore a helmet and a sword and held a steel knife, looking like they were armed to the teeth.
Just looking at it makes many people feel scared.
Therefore, after the entire Black Cavalry Army began to guard around the Xingbu Yamen, the chaotic situation finally calmed down a little.
However, the people of Yanjing still had some complaints.
"Why can't we go there? We also want to see those corrupt officials beheaded."
"Master Jun, please be kind and let us pass."
"Haven't everyone in front of me passed by? Just turn a blind eye and let me pass by."
"Huh, you're talking about a public trial. I think it's just a show. There's no intention of letting us go in to see it."
When there are more people, people have all kinds of strange ideas and say weird things.
At this critical moment, we can see how strong the Black Cavalry's military discipline is.
No matter what the common people said, the officers and soldiers of the Black Cavalry Army turned a deaf ear.
He was meticulous in executing Xu Da's military orders.
The original public trial meeting was planned to start in the morning.
However, the number of people who came this time was unexpected.
Even Zhu Han didn't expect so many people to come.
Apparently, an announcement was made just yesterday.
Judging from the fact that in this era, communication basically relies on shouting, it shouldn't be known to everyone in one night, right?
But Zhu Han now felt as if all the people in Yanjing had come.
In this case, even Zhu Han didn't dare to mess around.
If something happens, it's definitely not a joke.
So the entire morning, the Black Cavalry was maintaining order.
After finally controlling the situation, Xu Da dragged his tired body back to the Yamen of the Criminal Department.
At this time, all his clothes were soaked.
Now Xu Da feels very lucky. Fortunately, he is not wearing armor, otherwise Fei Re will die.
Seeing Xu Da coming back, Zhu Han quickly offered herbal tea eagerly: "Brother Xu, drink tea."
He was very lucky that he had found a way to recruit the Black Cavalry as a strong man.
if not.
Just those government officials in Jingzhao Mansion...
Don't expect them to control the situation, don't let them put themselves in it and burn it.
Xu Da took out the teacup, Gudong Gudong drank a large cup of tea, and handed the teacup to Zhu Han.
Zhu Han was very discerning and gave Xu Da another cup of tea.
Xu Da drank again, and then he felt that he had gained a lot: "Well, you Qiwu, you have been holding back your bad water for a long time and want to trick me, right?"
"I finally figured it out, but it's not easy for this brat to make money."
Zhu Han quickly laughed along with him: "Brother Xu, you really misunderstood. I didn't expect so many people to come."
"The brothers of the Black Cavalry Army have worked hard. I make the decision to give each brother one tael of silver as compensation."
Xu Da was full of complaints and disappeared without a trace. If he could earn more money, everything would be easy.
Although maintaining law and order was much harder than they expected.
But no matter which angle you look at it, it’s better than going to the battlefield and dying in poverty, right?
"What kind of public trial will it start?" Xu Da asked.
Zhu Han raised his head and looked at the sky. In half an hour, it would be noon.
Although the sun is getting more and more vicious now, it has not affected the nature of the people watching the public trial at all.
"Without further ado, since the scene has stabilized, let's start now."
As he spoke, Zhu Han gave a slight fist to an official in his fifties next to him: "This public trial will cause trouble for Mr. Liu."
The official whom Zhu Han called Mr. Liu indeed nodded his head in a neither humble nor overbearing manner: "This is the duty of a lower official. I don't dare to slack off in the slightest."
Even when facing Zhu Han, there were not many emotions clearly visible on this official's face.
Standing up unhurriedly, Shi Shiran saluted Zhu Han and turned around to leave.
Seeing his appearance, Xu Da snorted dissatisfiedly: "This Liu Song is so crazy that he doesn't even take us seriously."
"Why did you write to His Majesty to transfer Liu Song here specifically?"
Zhu Han smiled and shook his head without explaining too much: "Brother Xu, after all, some things still need specialized people to do. Liu Song is the most suitable person for Yanjing's affairs."
Speaking of the most famous official of the Ming Dynasty, it is probably none other than Hai Rui and Hai Qingtian.
Because Hai Rui's character is so strong, not even his political opponents can discredit him.
So we simply did the opposite. It was said that after Hai Rui's daughter was found out after accepting a piece of cake from someone else, Hai Rui starved his daughter to death on the grounds that starving to death was a small matter but being unruly was a big deal.
As long as the person who fabricated this rumor has some brains, or the person who listened to the rumor has some brains, they will know that this kind of thing is absolutely impossible to happen.
Hai Rui was not one of those noble Hanlin scholars who spent all day immersed in learning and ignored what was going on outside the window.
He once served as the magistrate of Chun'an County and Xingguo County.
Not to mention the various moral policies that Hai Rui implemented, just from the fact that Hai Rui vindicated many wrongs and false accusations, we know that Hai Rui is definitely not a stubborn and rigid person who does not know how to adapt.
Such a person would starve his daughter to death for a piece of cake or something else?
And in the Ming Dynasty, there were actually not many people as strong-willed as Hai Rui.
It's just that most of them are not as famous as Hai Rui.
And Liu Song is such an outstanding person comparable to Hai Rui.
Like many honest officials, Liu Song also came from a poor background.
After becoming an official, he never took advantage of his position to seek any benefits for himself.
Liu Song was once a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a heavenly official among heavenly officials.
Just look at the Book of Officials in Yanjing and you will know that all the other ministers have to bow their heads in front of the Book of Officials.
In this position, even if you don't take the initiative to do anything, just the annual favors can fill your pocket.
But after Liu Song's death, the combined property of his three brothers only amounted to fifty acres of fertile land and one house.
If it is simply clean and honest, then it is nothing.
Liu Song was also famous for his upright temper.
To what extent?
In the original world, the Jinshen Palace was struck by lightning in the thirteenth year of Hongwu.
Due to the reasons of this era, the Ming Dynasty also respected the Confucian theory of induction between heaven and man.
When something like this happened, to the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, it was not a natural phenomenon, but a warning from God.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to neglect and immediately summoned his trusted ministers to discuss the matter.
As a result, Liu Song said: "Cultivation of virtue and benevolence."
Originally, this sentence didn't mean anything. After all, according to Confucianism, if something like this happened, there was something wrong with the emperor.
This sentence would not be problematic in other dynasties, or even in the later Ming Dynasty.
Don't forget, the emperor in front of Liu Song is Zhu Yuanzhang.
He is not one of those soft-hearted emperors.
When Liu Song said this, it happened to be after Hu Weiyong's death, and the blood stains in Fengtian Palace had not yet dried.
Other ministers had to think twice before saying a word, for fear of saying a wrong word and irritating Zhu Yuanzhang.
Liu Song dared to point at Zhu Yuanzhang's nose and say he was wicked.
Although in the end Liu Song was so angry that Zhu Yuanzhang was dismissed from his post and went home to farm.
However, Lao Zhu did not kill Liu Song after all.
It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang was quite polite to Liu Song.
Everything that happened in Yanjing seemed to be only Yanjing's problem.
But in fact, Zhu Han's heart was like a mirror, and there were definitely many forces involved.
Therefore, he must find someone who is capable and responsible.
Liu Song, a person who even Lao Zhu dared to scold, naturally came into Zhu Han's sight.
As for Liu Song's attitude towards him, Zhu Han didn't care either.
How can a capable person lose his temper?
What's more, he has tormented the descendants of the Kong family quite a lot...
If a traditional literati like Liu Song was too attentive to him, then there would be a problem, right?
Zhu Han believes that people like Liu Song know clearly what should be done and what should not be done. They will not lose their control in the face of such big matters of right and wrong.
In front of the Xingbu Yamen, a high platform has been erected here, and the Xingbu Yamen officials have surrounded the place.
Isolate all the surrounding people from the high platform.
Liu Song took a square step and walked to the table on the high platform and sat down in a calm manner.
Zhu Han couldn't help but clicked his tongue and said: "Brother Xu, look at the steps Master Liu has taken. He is full of official power. Compared with others, we are really inferior."
Xu Da said angrily: "What's the use of walking well? If you have the ability, let him go to the battlefield and see if he can still do this three times at a time?"
"Before he even reached the battlefield, the enemy had already dug seventeen or eight holes in his body."
Hearing Xu Dana's sour tone, Zhu Han also snickered in his heart: "You can't say that, don't you see that these few steps of Mr. Liu are very effective now?"
As Zhu Han said, after Liu Song appeared, the voices of the people around him gradually calmed down.
With so many people surrounding the Xingbu, one could only hear the faint sound of breathing.
Liu Song didn't say much nonsense and just slapped him in shock: "Bring someone to commit the crime!"
The officers on both sides quickly dragged up a prisoner wearing a white uniform.
This person is the head of the Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Finance.
The head of the Cleaning Department suddenly became so nervous that he had difficulty breathing when he suddenly saw so many people.
Just as the officer let go of his arm, the head of the Cleaning Department lost his support and knelt on the floor of the high platform as his legs went weak.
Seeing the other party's appearance, Liu Song suddenly frowned in dissatisfaction and said coldly: "Get up!"
"We, the scholars, should be proud. I am just your superior. I am neither your emperor nor your parents or elders. Why are you kneeling down?"
When the head of the Ministry of Finance and Cleaning Department heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and a glimmer of hope immediately arose.
In official circles, they can't just take the superficial meaning of what they say without saying a word.
This seemingly ordinary sentence may very well be a hint.
Although I don't know the gentleman in front of me, Liang Ji, the head of the Cleaning Department of the Yanjing Ministry of Finance.
But on such an important occasion, I didn't say anything about the integrity of a scholar and allowed myself to stand up.
Doesn't this clearly imply that he is on the side of people like himself?
Originally Liang Ji thought they were dead this time.
Officials in this era absolutely cannot afford to investigate.
As long as you start checking, you will definitely be able to find out many problems.
As for the investigation, whether he is innocent or deserves death.
What they look at is never the evidence, but the game played by the elders behind them.
But now it seems that you should not be surprised that something has happened in Tianfu. Not everyone is on the side of the King of England?
At that moment, the head of the Cleaning Department no longer felt sore in his waist, his legs no longer hurt, and he had the strength to stand.
The back of the spine, which had been bent by pressure, was as straight as a mountain.
The presiding judge is one of our own, so what else is there to be afraid of?
However, this change on the high platform immediately aroused the disgust of many Ming people.
Many people began to whisper.
"What's going on? Something doesn't feel right."
"Isn't the person being interrogated now the official who committed a crime? Why do you think he looks so confident?"
"Hey, I originally thought that His Royal Highness the King of England was here to bring justice to us, but I didn't expect that the world is as dark as crows."
In the Criminal Department, Xu Da, who saw this scene, was also anxious: "Qiwu, what is going on with Liu Song? Is it possible that he has colluded with those people?"
