The rise of the poor

Chapter 573 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

After experiencing the psychological warfare of hawking, Zhu Pingan admired another place to kill chickens to scare monkeys.

After leaving Zhaomo Office, he followed Zhai Langzhong to the office of He Ao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Zhu Pingan also failed to see Shangshu He, because Shangshu He was not in the office room, but was hearing a case in a lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The case was jointly tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Jin Yiwei, and was presided over by Lang Zhong, another official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was in the lobby to hear the trial. At the same time, Wei Boyang, a fourth-rank Jinyi guard, was also in the hall. In addition to the guards of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there were several Jinyi guards in the hall. Captain.

Don’t look at the captain of Jinyiwei with the word captain, they are just ordinary Jinyiwei. “Lieutenant” is equivalent to the “soldiers” of other guards. Captains of Jinyiwei are all selected from the people to act, that is, the folk martial arts Masters, they hold the guard of honor full-time, and summon officials before driving, and leave the public office.Jinyiwei has a prison, similar to today's trials and judgments, the captain of Jinyiwei is very familiar with it.

Because He Shangshu was hearing the trial, Zhai Langzhong led Zhu Pingan to a room near the lobby to wait for a while, and then went to see He Shangshu after the trial of the case was over.

Zhu Ping'an sat in a position where he could see the scene of the cane punishment outside the lobby.

"Master Qu, please."

A prisoner in white prison clothes with a frightened expression was "invited" out of the lobby by two guards in brocade with grim smiles, and they called Mr. Qu, but there was no sign of respect at all, just like pinching a chick. The prisoner known as Mr. Qu stepped forward.

"You can't be courteous to ordinary people, and you can't punish a doctor...I am the seventh-rank magistrate, you can't treat me like this..." Lord Qu, who was dressed in prison clothes, shouted in fear and struggled.

The location is not far away, Zhu Ping'an can see clearly, even the creases on Master Qu's prison clothes can be seen clearly, and the conversation between Qu Zhixian and Jin Yiwei can be heard clearly.

Courtesy is not inferior to ordinary people, and punishment is not superior to doctors... Don't think about it, how many officials have been made into lanterns and hung as flags, let alone ordinary punishments.

"Oh, my Lord Qu, don't say you are a magistrate of the seventh rank, even the senior officials of the third rank, even the younger ones have been beaten. We are all rough people, but we don't understand why we can't be polite to ordinary people, and can't be punished by doctors. , we only know to follow orders." One of the Jinyi guards glanced at Qu Zhixian, glanced at his mouth with disdain, and replied with a half-smile.

While talking, the movements of the two Jinyi guards didn't affect the slightest, and they carried Qu Zhixian in prison clothes to a bench in the courtyard.

"Master Qu, do you want to lie on the bed by yourself, or let the younger ones help you?" When they reached the bench, Jin Yiwei let go of Qu Zhixian, and looked at Qu Zhixian with a half-smile.

"I... I'll do it myself! Sweep the floor, Sweep the floor!!!" Qu Zhixian also knew that he couldn't hide, he had a bit of backbone in his life, gritted his teeth resentfully, patted the dust on his body vigorously, and lay down on the bench superior.

"The county magistrate of Wanping disobeyed the superior and talked about state affairs indiscriminately. He was sentenced to sixty sticks. Thinking that it is not easy to be an official, the stick was halved."

Just lying on the bench in Quzhi County, a small official of the Ministry of Punishment came out of the lobby, showed a warrant in his hand in front of Quzhixian, and read out the punishment of Quzhixian by the court official with a blank face.

In the Ming Dynasty, the rod punishment was based on a difference of ten. The minimum number of rod punishments was sixty and the highest was one hundred rods.According to the decree read out just now, Quzhi County will be sentenced to sixty rods, and because the officials have given preferential treatment, the execution is halved, that is, thirty rods.

"If you want to add a crime, you can't worry about it."

Qu Zhixian snorted, then fell silent.

After the reading, the two Jinyi guards each brought a thick and long wattle, about three feet long. The end that hit the person was thicker, as thick as a human fist, and there were spots of dried blood on it.

"It's lighter, and it's more comfortable to hold the barbed stick wrapped in an iron belt..." Jin Yiwei deliberately weighed the thorn in his hand twice in front of Qu Zhixian, and said threateningly.

"Master Qu, what do you want to explain?" Another Jin Yiwei looked at Qu Zhixian, winked his eyes, rubbed his fingers, and asked meaningfully.

Is this extortion?

Hehe... Seeing this scene, Zhu Pingan slightly hooked the corners of his lips. Sure enough, as the history books said, there are a lot of tricks in the stick punishment and the court stick, and a line of 360 other than 360 lines was born, because the stick punishment is absolutely It can be regarded as a craft, and the servants and Jinyiwei who work in this line of work all rely on craftsmanship to "eat", such as this Jinyiwei.

Jinyiwei who can be sent out to perform the cane punishment has been practiced, and he has to learn this craft by offering gifts from his teacher.According to miscellaneous historical records, Jin Yiwei needs several years of practice to master this craft.They mainly practice two methods, one is light on the outside and heavy on the inside, and the other is heavy on the outside and light on the inside.When practicing, they make two dummies, one of which is filled with tofu, and the other is filled with blue bricks, and both of them are dressed in clothes.Putting tofu to practice heavy outside and light inside, Jin Yiwei can only be considered home if he can beat the clothes outside until the clothes on the outside are smashed, and the sound is loud, but the tofu inside does not hurt a bit; turning his head is to practice light on the outside and heavy on the inside. It is not home until the clothes on the outside are not damaged at all, but the clothes on the inside are smashed to pieces.

In this way, if someone gives them bribes and gifts before the execution, or if the chief hints at a light beating, they will use the method of heavy outside and light inside. On the contrary, if there were no bribes or gifts before the execution, or if the officer gave hints to beat them hard, they would use the method of lightening the outside and giving the inside a heavy blow. It looks like the skin is red and swollen, but the inside is seriously injured, and the bones are all broken. can interrupt.

The punishment stick is in my hand, and the severity is in my mind.

People who are beaten often spend money to buy light beatings, so line 360 ​​is derived.

Of course, if you don't have money or don't know who is tricky or honest, then you will have to deal with it hard.

"Humph!"

Qu Zhixian snorted coldly, said nothing, and showed everything with actions.

"Hehe, since that's the case, Master Qu should bear with it. The young ones are also obeying orders. Please forgive the offending young ones." Seeing this, Jin Yiwei sneered, and said politely, but the movements of his hands were absolute. It was a ruthless hand.

Snapped

The punishment rod fell fiercely on Qu Zhixian's buttocks with a gust of wind.

In an instant, Qu Zhixian stretched his neck like a goose, the veins on his forehead were exposed, and he wailed in pain.

one two three four……

With the falling of the torture rod again and again, Qu Zhixian's screams became worse and worse each time. In the end, only the shape of the mouth could be seen, and the pain was so painful that he could no longer make a sound. He could only open and close his lips reflexively.

In an instant, the white prison clothes on Qu Zhixian's buttocks were soaked with blood.

"This is the magistrate of Wanping County. It is said that some time ago during the Jingcha, he publicly criticized the superior and slandered the Jingcha several times..." Zhai Langzhong told Zhu Pingan about the past of Quzhi County in a timely manner, and then quietly looked at Zhu Pingan look.

Killing chickens and monkeys

Needless to say.

Disobeying the superior, criticizing the government, ha ha... This scene is definitely to scare the chickens and monkeys, and Zhai Juntao deliberately brought himself to watch this scene.Zhu Pingan sat at the table, watching the execution scene outside calmly, as if watching a movie, with a faint smile on his face.

This disappointed Zhai Langzhong.

(End of this chapter)