On the tenth day of May, the execution ground in the center of Fanjiazhuang was buzzing with heads.
A few flakes of fine snow were floating in the sky, falling on the houses around the execution ground. The heavy snow last time had melted, and today's new snow dotted the black tile roofs with patches of white, which was particularly beautiful.
The person who was going to be shot today was a big shot, and the people were talking a lot in the crowd.
Not to mention Li Zhenpin, he is the "big prince" in the mouth of the people and is a well-known overlord. It is said that one time when there was no place to have a drink in Zuixian Tower, Li Zhenpin went up directly, picked up a table of people and drove them outside. Such a person was punished
The people naturally applauded the execution.
However, the execution of Li Yousheng, the general manager of Fanjiazhuang, surprised the people. In recent years, Li Yousheng has been in charge of the city appearance of Fanjiazhuang and all the civilian supplies factories. Generally speaking, the management has been good, and there have been no mistakes. The newspaper said that he hired
He committed a murder and helped the criminal escape, thus committing a capital crime.
The common people all know that Li Yousheng did everything to save the life of his grandson Li Zhenpin. When a person gets old and has only one unworthy grandson, he will eventually be taken into the ditch by his grandson.
Of course, in the final analysis, Li Yousheng was too selfish. He knew that Li Zhenpin was not a good person. If he had not allowed Li Zhenpin to become an official in the first place, how could he have reached this point today?
The people were a little sad.
However, the people of Fanjiazhuang were moved by Duke Jin's attitude that everyone is equal before the law. After an overlord like Li Zhenpin was shot, no one in Fanjiazhuang would dare to break the law.
There were also some officials wearing official robes under the execution platform. Some were from the Li family, some from the Zheng family, and people from civilian backgrounds were also here. Li Yousheng was one of the most important people in the town and four provinces, and the old patriarch of the Li family. It was so difficult to shoot such a high-ranking official.
Naturally everyone wants to come and see it.
At noon, Li Zhi took Li Xing and Li Laosi to the execution platform, followed by his second uncle Li Dao with his hands in a cage. After Li Dao hesitated for a while, he finally sided with Li Yousheng on the case of Li Yousheng.
Zhi's side. This result naturally disappointed the grassroots Li family bureaucrats, because they originally thought that at least Li Dao would stand up to safeguard "family interests."
Li Dao also didn't speak out, so there was no senior official to speak for the Li family. The petty officials of the Li family felt like thousands of people were working together.
Behind Li Zhi were Zheng Kaicheng, Zheng Yuan and Zheng Hui, as well as senior officials of the Zheng family who also came to witness the execution. Behind him were civilian representatives Zhong Feng and Han Jinxin. Obviously, the shooting of Li Yousheng was not the Li family's own business, it was related to
The discipline and integrity of the entire system under Li Zhi.
Li Zhi and a group of high-level officials sat in the middle of the execution viewing platform and waited for a while. When the minute on the clock tower reached twelve o'clock, Li Zhi waved his hand and said: "Execution!"
"The time has come!"
On the execution platform, Li Zhenpin was still crying convulsively, as if he was full of grievances. A criminal policeman walked up behind Li Zhenpin with a rifle raised, and pointed the rifle at the back of Li Zhenpin's head.
Li Zhenpin burst into tears.
With a crisp "pop" sound, Li Zhenpin fell forward and fell into a pool of blood, dying instantly.
The people in the audience suddenly cheered: "Well done!"
"The overlord of Fanjiazhuang is dead!"
“There are no more corrupt officials in Fanjiazhuang!”
Seeing his only grandson being beaten to death, Li Yousheng could no longer kneel upright and lay weakly on the execution platform.
A senior criminal policeman walked up to Li Yousheng and said loudly:
"The Duke of Jin has a saying: All power and interests belong to the people. All officials in one town and four provinces exist to safeguard the interests of the people! The high-ranking officials and generous salaries are just to enable them to better maintain social order.
Once officials violate this starting point, they will be severely punished by law!"
"The emperor is guilty of breaking the law and the common people are guilty! Li Yousheng is the general manager of Fanjiazhuang. He knows the law and breaks the law and cannot be forgiven. He will be shot here today to set the record straight."
When the people of Fanjiazhuang heard the detective's powerful words, they became excited and shouted slogans:
"The Duke of Jin is wise!"
"Dong Jin!"
"wise!"
A criminal policeman walked up behind Li Yousheng and pressed the trigger with a snap.
Li Yousheng trembled and fell in front of thousands of people who were shouting for the Duke of Jin. He never got up again.
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In the main hall of the Duke's Mansion on May 11, almost all the bureaucrats from one town and four provinces were present, each wearing bright official robes, standing on the left and right of the main hall according to the civil and military classes.
It is not the Lantern Festival yet, the New Year is not over yet, and government affairs in various places are not busy. Taking this opportunity, Li Zhi summoned his subordinate bureaucrats to hold a meeting to explain some basic policies.
At this time, Li Zhi had not arrived yet, and the officials in the main hall gathered together in twos and threes and whispered. Most people were talking about the shooting of Li Yousheng in Fanjiazhuang yesterday.
Everyone was a little sad that Li Yousheng, the dignified general manager of Fanjiazhuang, the former patriarch of the Li family, and a person with such great influence, was killed when he violated the law.
Last month, Li Yousheng was still a powerful bureaucrat who was supported by many and his influence was astonishing. Even the governor and the commander-in-chief had to avoid him when they saw him. Today, he has become a ghost on the road to hell.
This bloody case made everyone feel that the law of the Duke of Jin was beyond their reach. Even Li Yousheng was shot for breaking the law. Who else would dare to take risks and break the law without knowing it?
Moreover, the Duke of Jin is very capable. He invented the fingerprint detection method in order to solve Li Yousheng's case. Who knows what other methods will be invented in the future? I am afraid that as long as any bureaucrat is targeted by the Duke of Jin, he will be in trouble sooner or later.
Of course, there are some bureaucrats who believe that Li Yousheng's death is not a violation of the law. More importantly, Li Yousheng regards himself as the head of the Li family and dares to mobilize the resources of the Li family to fight against the Duke. You must know that the head of the Li family is undoubtedly the head of the Jin family.
Duke Li Zhi himself and the Duke of Jin needed the Li family to unite around him to support him, but Li Yousheng set up a separate mountain.
Li Yousheng made a big mistake.
Without the "patriarch" Li Yousheng, the Li family has truly become the Li family of Jin Guogong, like a finger and an arm.
However, I only dare to think about this idea in my mind, but no one dares to say it out.
Ten minutes later, the commander of the personal guard company stood up and shouted loudly: "The Duke is here!"
All the officials quickly stood in line and waited for Li Zhi to come out.
Li Zhi walked out wearing the unicorn official robe of the Duke, looked at the officials under his command in the hall, and sat on the main seat.
All the officials raised their hands in unison and shouted: "I have seen the Duke of Jin!"
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Today I summoned everyone to the main hall to discuss the issue of strengthening public moral education."
"Now our grassroots cadres have been educated in middle schools and have a strong sense of public morality. However, the senior leaders of our town and four provinces, who are our meritorious elders, have not received public morality education and are very selfish.
Weak moral character."
"At a critical moment, officials' selfish motives overwhelm their public concerns and do things that are harmful to nature and justice. The most obvious manifestation is Li Yousheng and Li Zhenpin yesterday!"
"Officials surnamed Li have been following me since the seventh year of Chongzhen. Now most of them are in high positions. They urgently need to strengthen their public moral education. I decided to organize all officials of the Li family to make up for their public moral lessons. They should focus on making profits for the society instead of serving the public. The idea of personal profit-making is learned in the heart, imprinted in the brain, and engraved in the bones.”
