Chapter 458 The first day of the public trial ends
Yanjing City, which was already very lively, was completely excited this time.
Things like Uncle Qi and Xiao Lei don't happen too much.
Yanjing City, which was already very lively, was now completely boiling.
"What? Did you really kill several corrupt officials?"
"I thought this time, like before, it would just be a formality, so I didn't go. It's such a pity."
"It's not too late to go now, maybe we can catch up."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly!"
Outside the Xingbu Yamen, all the minions in the Sixth Department were beheaded by Zhu Han.
However, as the officials who were interrogated became more and more high-ranking, the number of questions gradually increased.
Moreover, many people still have a lot of old sins that have accumulated over the years. If those sins are to be examined, it will not be resolved in a short time.
Zhu Han didn't want to waste time on this kind of thing.
He rolled his eyes and soon had an idea.
He waved directly, asked his guards to come over, and gave his orders quietly.
Inside the Xingbu Yamen, Liu Song and Xu Da were still watching the excitement.
A guard of Zhu Han suddenly walked in quietly.
First, he bowed to the two of them, and finally said respectfully: "Master Liu, the prince has ordered you to interrogate those officials who have not yet been interrogated."
"After the interrogation is completed, the corresponding documents will be handed over to the prince, who will interrogate him personally."
After a pause, the guard added: "Your Majesty also said that time is tight and the task is heavy, so Mr. Liu must be sure to interrogate the situation as soon as possible."
"Moreover, all cases must have solid evidence. No bad guy can be spared, and no good guy can be wronged."
The expression on Xu Da's face is very exciting. This guy Qi Wu is still the same as before, he will trap someone to death if he catches him.
He was responsible for pronouncing the final verdict at the front and accepting the reverence and worship of the people.
Liu Song, however, could only work hard, working hard behind the scenes to review the case.
After the trial, the benefits were not as great as his.
If something goes wrong during the trial, he will be asked to take the blame.
"Master Liu..." Xu Da patted Liu Song's shoulder sympathetically: "You... wish yourself well."
Although I sympathize with Liu Song, for Xu Da, Zhu Han has a closer relationship with him.
Therefore, Xu Da would not embarrass Zhu Han just to help Liu Song.
Originally, Xu Da thought that Liu Song would be very angry after hearing the news, or maybe it was the atmosphere.
After all, Zhu Han dumped all the dirty work on him.
But what surprised Xu Da was that there was no look of displeasure on Liu Song's face at all.
Instead, he stood up with a blank look on his face and said, "Wei Chen takes the order!"
Not only was there no anger, Xu Da even felt that Liu Song seemed a little eager to try.
After Liu Song left, Xu Da couldn't help laughing and said: "This Mr. Liu Song is really a fool."
Despite what he said, Xu Da's eyes were filled with admiration for Liu Song.
Liu Song acted very quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he had already started interrogating.
To be chosen by Zhu Han, Liu Song is certainly not the kind of person who has no other merits besides being upright.
This guy was able to become the Minister of Civil Service because of his own ability.
These are not the so-called ministers of later generations who seek to please others, but truly capable people.
In many cases, Liu Song didn't even need much physical evidence, and he didn't use torture. He just relied on reasoning to make the guilty officials bow their heads and plead guilty.
Zhu Han had only interrogated a few people here, but Liu Song had already sent a dossier.
Zhu Han glanced at it boredly, but Zhu Han was so shocked that he almost screamed.
"Holy shit, is this okay?"
Although Zhu Han knew that Liu Song was very capable, he never expected that he could be so powerful.
The officials who were interrogated by Liu Song in this file felt like they wanted to tell Liu Song exactly what color their underwear was.
The crimes he committed over the years, even if it was embezzling a tael of money, are clearly shown in the files.
Zhu Han didn't find it strange that they could confess to these small crimes.
However, many crimes are punishable by death as long as they are confessed.
Under such circumstances, they would still confess?
For a moment, Zhu Han wanted to see how Liu Song interrogated prisoners.
While Zhu Han was thinking, Li Yunxi's crisp voice sounded: "Your Majesty, this person has embezzled sixty taels of silver."
Zhu Han nodded slightly: "Okay, let's just chop it off."
That's right, in the Ming Dynasty, as long as an official embezzled sixty taels of silver, he was directly punished by death.
Although in the later Ming Dynasty, this Ming law had long been in vain and seemed too strict.
But Zhu Han feels that the existence of this law is very necessary.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was not persuaded to change this law.
These officials enjoy the most benefits of the Ming Dynasty and bear the same risks, which is natural, right?
We can't be like the Ming Dynasty in later generations and let them engage in unscrupulous corruption, right?
Of course, governing the country cannot always be strict.
While formulating this strict law, Zhu Han also asked his eldest brother to adjust the salaries of officials upwards.
And it will review the tax situation of the court and make corresponding adjustments.
It will never happen that in the early Ming Dynasty, the salary was barely passable, but in the middle and late period, if an official did not commit corruption, he could not even survive.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me this time. I will never dare to do so again." After hearing Zhu Han's verdict, the official begged for mercy with tears in his eyes.
However, his pleading only received ridicule.
"They embezzled so much money and still had the nerve to beg for mercy. These officials are simply shameless."
"When you commit corruption, you should have thought that this day would come."
"Long live the prince! Go to hell, you corrupt officials."
Amidst the abuses of the people, the officers of the Black Cavalry Army strode away in the direction of the execution ground, carrying the official who was desperately begging for mercy.
After dealing with so many corrupt officials in a row, the morale of the Black Cavalry Army officers was also at an all-time high, and their backs seemed to be straighter than usual.
After a few more interrogations, a commander of the Black Cavalry Army suddenly came to Xu Da: "General... I'm afraid the brothers can't hold on any longer. Please ask the general to send more manpower as soon as possible."
Compared with other titles, Xu Da still hopes that his soldiers can call him general.
Seeing the serious look on the commander's face, which didn't seem like he was joking, Xu Da suddenly became a little puzzled: "When I asked you to fight before, I never saw you shouting in pain or tiredness."
"Now I just ask you to maintain law and order and don't let those people get into chaos, but you can't hold on anymore?"
Hearing this, the commander of the Black Cavalry Army said with a wry smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I really don't blame the brothers. There are really too many people at the scene."
"General, this is what the prince ordered. No one dares to neglect it at all. But no one expected that there would be so many people."
The leader of the black cavalry mentioned the large number of people twice in a row.
Xu Da also had to pay attention. He stood up and walked directly outside the prison of the Ministry of Punishment: "I want to see how many people there can make you so embarrassed."
"Bring me all the black cavalry troops. If it's not enough, don't we still have the imperial guards? Those gentlemen have nothing to do. Let them maintain law and order."
Xu Da, who was originally very confident, couldn't help but widen his eyes after seeing the huge crowd of people on the street outside: "How could there be so many people?"
At first glance, the street was full of black heads. The originally spacious street was now completely filled with people.
This isn't the end yet.
Xu Da could also clearly see that there were many people gathering towards the Xingbu Yamen in a steady stream.
"Is this... Could it be that all the people in Yanjing City are coming to the Ministry of Punishment, right?" Xu Da murmured to himself.
Facing these people, the huge feeling is even more terrifying than facing enemies that are ten times or even a hundred times more numerous.
After all, no matter how cruel the enemy is, they can only kill and be killed.
The worst case scenario is death.
After fighting in the world for so many years, Xu Da and the others have already become accustomed to life and death, so it is no big deal.
But the situation before him still made his scalp numb.
There were already enough people there before, but now at a glance, there are probably several times more people than before.
"You, you, you, you!" Xu Da quickly called someone over: "Go immediately to the Imperial Forest Army and ask them to come over immediately to help us maintain law and order."
"In addition, we will also transfer the new barracks of our Black Cavalry Army and let them work together."
"Listen to me. You must be at your best. If anything goes wrong, I will ask questions for you."
Xu Da hurriedly arranged the guard work, and did not forget to inform Zhu Han of the situation.
Zhu Han was a little embarrassed: "What's going on?"
Although he started this public trial, the purpose was to let the people of Yanjing City watch.
The previous turmoil caused some damage to the court's credibility.
One of the purposes of Zhu Han's public trial was to restore the court's credibility.
At the same time, it also has the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.
In order to tell the officials at Yingtian.
You all should be honest with me. If you are still like these people when you come to Yanjing, then you should be careful with your heads.
People of all ages like to join in the fun.
But Zhu Han never expected that he could attract so many people.
He wanted to ask those people, are you really so free?
But now, Zhu Han doesn't have any good solution. He can only hope that Xu Da can hold on.
If this really caused any trouble, everything he had done before would be in vain.
This public trial lasted from the rising sun to the scorching sun.
Finally, the Golden Crow sets in the west and the Jade Rabbit rises in the east.
Zhu Han actually didn't do much.
The officers and men of the Black Cavalry Army were responsible for maintaining law and order at the scene.
The person who checked the accounts was Li Yunxi, and the one who really reviewed the accounts was Liu Song.
His true function of prayer is actually that of a mascot.
But after sitting here all day and drinking tea, Zhu Han felt that his pee was almost turning into tea.
The hard chair made his butt hurt.
All the bones in his body seemed to be falling apart.
Several times, Zhu Han couldn't help but want to declare the end of the public trial directly.
But looking at the expectant eyes of the people around him, Zhu Han couldn't say anything when the public trial was over.
Why were the people so excited if he could have it?
The people in this land are really bullied by these bureaucrats.
It is undeniable that among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed people like Liu Song who served the country and the people.
However, such people are only a minority after all.
Otherwise, Hai Rui would not be so famous in later generations.
Having been suppressed for so long, the people don't know how much resentment they have accumulated against these personnel.
We didn't dare to say anything about them before.
Today, when they saw that those corrupt officials who were dominating others were really punished, their old resentments completely burst out.
As long as they can see these people and receive the punishment they deserve, they are willing to do whatever they are told.
All this is like a dream to these people, and they do not want to wake up from this dream.
If it was anything else, Zhu Han didn't care at all.
However, facing the eager eyes of these people, Zhu Han had no power to resist at all.
"Okay, since you want to see it, I will accompany you to see it to the end."
Zhu Han suddenly shouted loudly: "Come here, hold the lamp!"
At the same time, someone was sent to tell Xu Da to let the Black Cavalry soldiers rest and eat in batches and prepare to fight all night long.
In response, Xu Da just curled his lips in disdain: "I don't need this boy's orders. I am the commander of the Black Cavalry Army. Of course I will not let my soldiers do things on an empty stomach."
In this way, the trial lasted until the third watch, and the number of people outside the Criminal Department finally decreased visibly to the naked eye.
After all, there were no lights in this era, so many people were used to going to bed early.
They can endure other things, but this sleepiness is not so easy to endure.
What's more, they also realized that the court was really serious this time.
Whether they see it or not, those corrupt officials will definitely not escape justice.
Therefore, my eagerness to see those corrupt officials punished gradually faded away.
It was only at this moment that the soldiers of the Black Cavalry Army finally had a chance to rest.
Many of the Black Cavalry officers with strict military discipline even lay directly on the ground.
In this regard, the officers did not just whip them and drive them away like they did in the past.
After all, not only the ordinary soldiers, but also the officers like Shanfang were so tired that they wanted to fall asleep.
Seeing that there really weren't many people outside the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Han raised the gavel and said, "Retreat!"
After that, he sat there without moving for a long time.
Zhu Han's bodyguard and several black cavalry soldiers looked at each other in confusion.
I don’t know what my prince is going to do.
"What are you doing standing there stupidly? Why don't you help me get up quickly!"
It turned out that I had been sitting for too long and my body was so stiff that it was difficult to move.
