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Chapter 176 Beheading the Evil from the waist
Although I regret that you, Fang La, are a good man, I can never let you live in this world.
Zhao Ji smiled and said:
"Thank you, Senior Officer Liang, for interrogating the leader of the thief, Fang La, all night long."
Liang Shicheng immediately said with a smile on his face:
"I am deeply honored to be able to handle official errands for the old slave."
Zhao Ji said to Liang Shicheng again:
"Those who have committed the most heinous crimes, including the leader of the bandits, Fang La, and the leader of the bandits, Fang Fei, will be executed in front of everyone in the bustling streets of Hangzhou City at noon tomorrow.
People in the city of Hangzhou who want to watch Fangla being tortured can go to the execution ground to watch.
In this way, all the people will spread the praises of my great achievements in conquering the southeast and pacifying Fangla.
In order to eliminate the bad influence of Fangla bandits in the southeast..."
"Old slave obeys the order." Liang Shicheng accepted the order.
In the Hangzhou government office, Tong Guan, the eunuch in charge of the Privy Council who was accompanying Zhao Guan's family, knelt down to make a petition and said:
"In the official family, Tong Guan, a humble minister, thinks:
Fang La, the leader of thieves, rebelled and conspired,
Attacking prefectures and counties, looting and setting fires,
Killing officials and raping women,
This evil thief should be punished very late!"
Tan Zhen, the eunuch who was newly appointed as the envoy of the Liangzhe Road System, immediately agreed with Tong Guan's advice and knelt down to plead:
"Your Majesty Tan Zhen agrees with Master Tong that Fang La, the leader of the thieves, should be punished with the punishment of Ling Chi."
Zhao Ji said, "I know that Aiqing hates Fang La, the leader of the thieves. However, I have made up my mind. To show my benevolence, Fang La Lingchi's punishment should be changed to beheading in half!"
The reason why Zhao Ji made this decision was that he couldn't stand the ancient Lingchi death penalty, which was too cruel. This kind of death penalty requires two to three hours of torture to kill a person.
Zhao Ji believed that the punishment of beheading in half for a leader like Fang La, which was included in the laws of the Song Dynasty, could not only punish him for his crimes but also serve as a warning to all the people not to cause trouble.
Zhao Ji also had his own deep meaning in deliberately not accepting the advice of Tong Guanjin, who held military power.
That is, Tong Guan, you were awarded the title of Lieutenant of the Imperial Academy nine years ago in the first year of Zhenghe. After you returned from your mission to the Liao Kingdom, your power became even greater, and you held great power in the military and political affairs inside and outside the imperial court.
Soon after, you were appointed as the Kaifu Yitong Third Division, and signed the Privy Council's Hexi and North Branches. Within three years, you took charge of the Privy Council. In addition, you also supervised the northwest army and commanded Wuxin, Wuning, Huguo, Hedong,
Nine towns including Dongdao in Shannan and Dongchuan in Jiannan were named Taifu and Duke of Jing. The world called Cai Jing the public minister and Tong Guan the female minister.
Now, due to the wise decision and thunderbolt tactics of me, a time-traveler, the prime minister Cai Jing has been brought to justice, leaving you, my concubine, Tong Guan.
I don't agree with the suggestion you Tong Guan made. It's also a test for you before I deal with you.
Tong Guan's face darkened visibly when he saw that Zhao Guan's family had not adopted his suggestion and Fang La was executed with the Lingchi death penalty.
However, he did not dare to contradict Zhao Guan's family face to face.
Liang Shicheng, the great eunuch who was known as the Hidden Prime Minister at the time, saw that Zhao Guanjia had refuted Tong Guan and Tan Zhen's advice. He knelt on the ground with a smile and took the lead in praising:
"The benevolent and sage virtue of an official could not bear to impose the death penalty even on Fang La, the leader of an indescribable thief. He is comparable to a wise king like Yao and Shun!"
With Liang Shicheng taking the lead in flattering him, all the ministers on the scene also knelt down and joined in praising Zhao Guan for his kindness and virtue...
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On the morning of the next day, Zhao Ji personally controlled Liu Yanqing's troops on the left side of the Western Army, and Yang Weizhong's troops on the right side to bid farewell before the expedition.
After all the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Army learned that the bandit leader Fang La and others would be cut in half at noon today, the morale of the entire army was high, and they divided their forces into two groups to clear out the remaining bandit troops that Fan La had left in Suokezhou County...
Wang Zhen, the commander of the imperial army, and his imperial army were temporarily stationed in Hangzhou City, and together with the imperial officials, they protected the Zhao family and the two princes, Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou.
Zhao Ji also issued a special edict to keep Han Shizhong and his cavalry in Hangzhou City.
Zhao Ji arranged this, and he had already guessed that because Han Shizhong performed so well in the battle with the enemy's bandit army and had so many military exploits, there must be some red-eyed monsters who are jealous of Han Shizhong.
If Han Shizhong is allowed to go to the southeast and pacify the remnants of Fang La's troops who are not strong in combat, this will be a waste of talent. If something unexpected happens, won't it be too late to regret it?
I want to use Han Shizhong, a prodigy who is brave enough to defeat the three armies, in the future war against the Kingdom of Jin...
Also, more importantly, in the battle to quell Fan La's troops invading Hangzhou, Han Shizhong charged into battle several times and killed the enemy heroically. After a fierce battle, he captured Fang La and other thieves alive. It is true that Han Shizhong should be given a rest.
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After Zhao Ji saw off the troops of Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong who were going out for the expedition, he watched the two armies leave the city in a mighty manner and gradually moved away, with horses flying on the sand and dust billowing from the expedition.
Zhao Ji returned to the city. It was Si hour here, and it was almost an hour before Fang La was cut in half at 3:00 noon. Zhao Ji was going to pay a private visit incognito to explore the public sentiment.
The hundreds of entourage selected by Zhao Ji all left the Hangzhou government office in casual clothes. He was protected in a sedan chair by the imperial city ministers in casual clothes and Han Shizhong who had taken off his armor. He was accompanied by his entourage as if he were a wealthy businessman traveling.
, and went straight to the temporary execution ground in the bustling street where the execution was to be carried out...
After Zhao Ji arrived at the execution ground, he saw that there were already thirty or forty thousand people here, waiting here early.
Zhao Ji dismounted and took King Yun Zhao Kai and King Kang Xiao Zhao Gou to the crowd, secretly protected by Han Shizhong and his subordinates.
Zhao Ji listened to the people's discussion...
"The leader of the thief, Fang La, will be rectifying the Dharma here today. It's really very satisfying!"
"Of course..."
"Alas!" Some people in the crowd sympathized with the poor people of Fangla and said, "In July this year, there was a severe drought in the southeast. It didn't rain for a whole month. The sun caused the ground to crack and the leaves to wither. The ground was scorched and yellow, and the rice grains could not be harvested.
We poor people could not fill their stomachs with bark, grass and roots, but the officials sent by the government came to our homes one after another to beg for taxes and confiscated the last kilogram or two of miscellaneous grains that our people had hidden.
Therefore, those who are willing to follow the leader of the thieves, Fang Lafu, to cause chaos, should be forced into desperation!"
Zhao Ji saw that the person who said this was a thin old man wearing patched cloth clothes.
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