The capital city of the Ming Dynasty actually had four levels. The outer city in the south was the outer city, and the inner city in the north was the inner city. Inside the inner city was the imperial city, and the imperial city was where the ancestral temple, yamen, and various agencies of the inner court worked, which were also the dignitaries in the eyes of the people.
The area for nobles. The innermost part of the imperial city is the Forbidden City.
The southern gate of the Imperial City is called Daming Gate. It is a masonry structure with a single eaves on the top of the mountain. It is located south of the later Monument to the People's Heroes and in the area of Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. Daming Gate has "three towers with flying eaves and ridges."
The place is square, surrounded by stone railings, with lions on the left and right, and stone tablets on each side of the horse." On the gate tower is a couplet inscribed by Jie Jin, a great scholar of the Yongle Dynasty, "Sun and moon light heaven and virtue, mountains and rivers are the residence of the emperor", which is quite majestic.
Daming Gate has high standards and is known as the gate of the country. The main entrance of Daming Gate cannot be opened unless the empress dowager, emperor or empress passes by.
The inside of Daming Gate is the imperial court, and the outside is the streets. For the people in the capital, Daming Gate is the dividing line between the government and the private sector. On weekdays, the place is solemn and solemn, and people are not allowed to make loud noises and gather.
But today, the place was filled with people and the crowds were surging.
The emperor wanted to behead Gong Dingzi and Luo Yangxing here to "reverse the case" with 567 civil and military officials and eunuchs. Of course, it was not Gong Dingzi and Luo Yangxing who had the highest official positions. Among the death row prisoners, there were many Liubu Tang officials such as the Minister of Rites.
, even the emperor’s right and left, such as the ceremonial supervisor, the eunuch and the eunuch, were among them, a large wave of Donglin Party members and connections.
After the gangsters took control of the Forbidden City, the case of Concubine Yuan's sudden death was solved. It was finally confirmed that Concubine Yuan was poisoned and these people were all involved in the case. The emperor went on a killing spree this time.
However, everyone else was beheaded, but Gong Dingzi killed the whole family, Luo Yangxing even wiped out nine tribes, and their families occupied many places.
Of course, there are many imperial guards among the death row prisoners, more than a hundred of them.
To the emperor, these people were traitors who murdered his wives and concubines and threatened him.
There are also some rebels who blocked Sheng Jia on Donghua Street half a month ago.
It was really the first time for the common people to see the imperial court execute so many high-ranking officials at once, and it was also the first time to see the execution of the Jin Yiwei, let alone the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Luo Yangxing. Normally, the people only knew that the Jin Yiwei was the emperor's minions, and they only knew that the Jin Yiwei was the emperor's minions.
During the sacrificial ceremony, he was shouting and supporting the emperor to protect him. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Jinyiwei was also beheaded by the emperor.
The beheading of the commander of the Jinyi Guards showed that the enemy had penetrated into the Forbidden City and the situation around the emperor had become dangerous to a certain extent. This fact made the people think a lot. And the guards on the Daming Gate were all replaced by Dongchang fans.
This made the people think of a series of palace struggles.
The people in the capital are well-informed, and many people who know the situation in the court have already mentioned by name that this is a "fierce fight between the Donglin Party and the Emperor." At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the social atmosphere was open, and it was not uncommon for the people in the capital to talk like this.
People manage.
Tianjin Governor Li Xing, as the representative of Tianjin King Li Zhi, was also invited to observe the execution.
Li Xing sat on the Daming Gate and observed the people under the gate.
The people in the capital are different from the people in Tianjin. The people in Tianjin, especially the people in Fanjiazhuang, have a feeling of concentrating on their own careers. When such people gather together, it appears that the whole society is full of vitality. Although the people in the capital seem to be very smart
, I will not be deceived in any case, but my actions and gestures carry a strong sense of twilight of this era.
With a spiritual outlook like that of the people of Tianjin, the internal friction of the society will be minimal and the efficiency will be higher. However, the temperament of the people of Tianjin can only be cultivated by Tianjin's fair courts, clean government and perfect public morality construction. It was also the case in the Ming Dynasty.
This is the only one.
Li Xing looked at the condemned prisoners on the execution ground again.
The commander of Jin Yiwei detained more than two hundred people from the nine tribes on the execution ground, occupying a quarter of the execution ground. At this time, Luo Yangxing was already weak and fell sideways on the execution ground, no matter how hard the Dongchang fanzi behind him kicked and beat him.
Can't even get up.
However, Li Xing was more concerned about Gong Dingzi, who was involved in the military affairs incident. Li Xing heard Han Jinxin mention this man many times and knew that this man was the vanguard of the attack on his elder brother Li Zhi in the court and a general of the Donglin Party. When Li Zhi launched his troops
When he attacked Nanzhili, Gong Dingzai obstructed him in every possible way in the court. Later, when Li Zhi was transporting grain to northern Henan, Gong Dingzai said that Li Zhi was deceiving the world and stealing his reputation.
This person has basically been on Li Zhi's blacklist, and he is someone everyone in Tianjin wants to get rid of.
At this time, the emperor destroyed Gong Ding's breeding population, and Li Xing naturally clapped his hands and cheered.
On the execution platform, Gong Dingzi's face was as white as paper. He knelt in front of his son and grandson who were also about to be beheaded, shaking from time to time.
In front of Gong Dingzi and under the execution platform, there were many Donglin Party officials wearing common people's clothes. They came to say goodbye to Gong Dingzi and other Donglin Party members. But now that the emperor has completely controlled the court, he has been carrying out mass killings.
The members of the Donglin Party who took action on their own, and the Donglin Party were all in full force. These civil servants felt that wearing official robes to watch the execution felt like a demonstration, and were afraid of arousing the emperor's wrath. At this time, they all wore ordinary jackets worn by common people.
These civil servants looked at the Donglin generals kneeling on the stage, especially Gong Dingzi. Their faces were filled with the sorrow of a rabbit dying and a fox. There were also some who had close contact with Gong Dingzi on weekdays, and even had tears in their eyes.
Li Xing looked at these remnants of the Donglin Party and sneered.
Suddenly, the golden drums were played, and more than a hundred Dongchang fans walked up to the Daming Gate holding the Emperor's guard of honor. All the civil and military officials around Li Xing knelt down. Then a Dongchang stall owner shouted loudly: "The Emperor
Come on!"
When the people watching the execution heard this, they all knelt on the ground.
Emperor Zhu Youjian wore a dragon robe and slowly walked up to the Daming Gate.
All the civil and military officials and the people under the sect shouted long live together, and there was a sound of roaring mountains and tsunami.
Zhu Youjian stood in the middle of the Daming Gate gate, looked at the crowd around him, and felt very satisfied. If in the past, he would not be able to move forward when he walked to Chengtian Gate, the civil servants would hold him tightly.
He only wanted to stay in the Forbidden City. But now, he casually walked outside the imperial city to see the people in the capital, and no one dared to comment.
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, and all the civil and military officials and people gradually stood up.
Zhu Youjian sat on the dragon chair placed on the Daming Gate, waved his hand and said: "Let's carry out the execution!"
The executioners first walked to Luo Yangxing, and one of them pulled him up from the ground. Luo Yangxing suddenly screamed as he fell to the ground, struggling as if to resist. The executioners did not give him a chance, and raised the knife.
Then he cut off his head.
His head fell, and the blood on Luo Yangxing's neck spurted as high as a person, straight to the edge of the execution platform.
The executioner walked up behind Luo Yangxing and began to kill him. There were more than 200 people in Luo Yangxing's family, and they were all beheaded.
Then there are the members of the Donglin Party who participated in the case of Concubine Yuan, as well as the eunuchs and eunuchs who colluded with the Donglin Party. At this time, the executioners killed each other, and the blood flowed on the execution platform. The original high-ranking nobles were rich and well-paid.
, at this time one by one lost their heads.
Finally, it was Gong Dingzi’s turn to stop the driver.
Gong Dingzi's body twitched, his mouth kept trembling, and he didn't know what he was thinking. When the executioner came to Gong Dingzi's side, Gong Dingzi suddenly glanced at Li Xing on the Daming Gate, then looked at the emperor again, and shouted loudly
Said: "If Li Zhi hadn't threatened the imperial court, how could we have allowed the emperor to build a new army? How could the emperor take power and kill..."
Hearing this, the Donglin Party members in the audience all turned pale and closed their eyes helplessly.
Before Gong Dingzi could finish his sentence, the executioner swung his knife and found that his head was missing. chaptererror;
