Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 254 If I live, there will be no chaos in Daming!
When it was Wuxin's turn to be interrogated, Wuxin was first taken to a dark small room, and then tied to a chair. There was a table opposite the chair, and five people sat behind the table, one of whom was wearing a flying fish suit. One was dressed as a police guard, the other two were dressed in seventh-rank official uniforms, and the last was dressed as a petty official, with pens, ink, papers and inkstones piled up on hand.

With such a big battle, Wuxin's heart sank directly to the bottom of the valley.

Two seventh-rank officials are almost equivalent to two county magistrates, but how many counties does Daming have in total?
To put it bluntly, although the seventh-rank Zhima official is teasing the small and powerful officials of the county magistrate, for outside the officialdom, the seventh-rank official is already a high position that most people can't reach in their lifetime.

Of course, it would have been better to have two seventh-rank officials judging the case, but the Jinyiwei sitting in the middle was not at all the military surplus that Wuxin thought at first, but a Jinyiwei captain wearing a flying fish suit!

First of all, not everyone can wear the flying fish suit. The soldiers of the Jinyiwei are not qualified to wear the flying fish suit. Only the official Jinyiwei school lieutenants are eligible to wear it.

Secondly, even the captain of Jinyiwei can't wear the flying fish suit at any time. He can only wear it when he is ordered by the emperor. This Ming Shoufu is no exception.

There was such a big battle...

Wuxin twisted his body uneasily, but his movements directly fell into the eyes of Jin Yiwei, Guard Yiwei and the two seventh-rank officials opposite him.

Jin Yiwei, who was the leader, coughed and asked, "Wuxin? A Japanese Buddhist disciple from Hongfo Temple?"

Wuxin immediately nodded and replied: "Yes, I came to Hongfo Temple when I was Qian Deaf for 40 years. At that time, I was only nine years old. Now counting, I have been in the Central Plains Shangguo for 20 years."

Captain Jin Yiwei smiled and nodded, and then asked: "Then you have been in the Central Plains for a long time, and now you can't even tell that you are from the Wa country just by listening to your accent."

This made Wuxin a little confused.

Having been in the Central Plains for more than 20 years, especially in the last ten years, Wuxin has heard a lot about the legend of Jinyiwei.

In Wuxin's impression, these Jinyiwei may torture themselves as soon as they come up, such as cane, shackles, hand shackles, shackles, clamps, fingers, knee presses, questioning boards, these messy tortures may all come again.

Wuxin was not afraid of these tortures, and was even mentally prepared.

But I never expected that the captain of Jinyiwei didn't use torture when he came up, but instead chatted like a chat.

However, Wuxin is also happy to chat with him like this, anyway, chatting is better than being tortured.

Just chatting, Captain Jin Yiwei suddenly said: "Have those children been dealt with?"

Wu Xin replied smoothly: "Of course, Master..."

After recovering, Wu Xin hurriedly changed his words and said, "What kid?"

It's just that the Jinyiwei captain who was very kind just now seemed to be a different person, picked up a hammer from the table with a grin on his face, went to Wuxin's front and back, grabbed Wuxin's left hand, pressed it on the table, and smashed it with the hammer Go on: "Tell me, how did you deal with it, where did it go, how did you abduct these children before, who is your accomplice?"

The captain of Jin Yiwei didn't care at all whether it was the unintentional hand or the finger - anyway, it has to be smashed slowly, it doesn't matter which one is smashed first, for such a big person, there is still plenty of room to smash.

After two consecutive hammer strikes, the captain of Jinyiwei saw that Wuxin was just howling miserably, but he didn't mean to confess at all, so he turned his head and said to the two seventh-rank officers and the guard uniform guard: "Next, it may be a little bloody. If you can't bear it, cover your ears first and turn around."

The guard in uniform looked normal, and said with a smile: "By the way, I also survived the battlefield. I haven't seen any tragic scenes. You continue."

One of the two seventh-rank officials also laughed and said: "Although we have never been on the battlefield, we have never seen such a scene in the book. Now that we can see it with our own eyes, it is an eye-opener. Don't miss it." .”

Captain Jin Yiwei saw that none of these four people had any intention of being afraid, so he chuckled and ordered outside the door: "Come on! Prepare all the torture instruments. Today we will let the guard Yiwei and colleagues from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment Long experience!"

After finishing speaking, Captain Jin Yiwei immediately put down the hammer in his hand.

Since you want to let your colleagues gain insight, you can no longer use things like hammers, because hammers can only be used to hit people, and they have no technical content!
After waiting for more than half an hour, a group of guards in Jinyi Yu came to the room with messy instruments of torture.

The school guard of Jin Yiwei first picked up the red-hot iron from the brazier, and stabbed it directly at Wu Xin's body. The smell of burnt flesh accompanied by Wu Xin's screams filled the whole room, while the school guard of Jin Yi Wei waited for Wu Xin to pass out Then he smiled and said: "This is called branding, and it can be regarded as a blow."

After finishing speaking, Captain Jin Yiwei signaled Jun Yu next to him to splash Wu Xin with cold water, and then began to demonstrate the use of other messy instruments of torture.

"This is called scrubbing, pour a layer of boiling water, sprinkle a layer of salt, and brush a layer of skin."

"This is called a clamping stick. If you are running for your life, you can clamp it slowly. It can hurt people to death. If you are running for a disability, you will use all your strength at once, and your feet will basically be useless."

"But it doesn't matter if his feet are useless, anyway, he can still feel the pain, so I will put red embroidered shoes on him at this time."

"This is called Jiaguan'er. Layers of paper are applied to the face like this, and water is poured on each layer. It is guaranteed that people will not be able to survive or die."

"Those who bite their tongues and kill themselves are fools, because they can't die. Look at him, isn't he still alive?"

"This is called a manicure. First, insert a steel pick into the nail, and then lift the nail off little by little."

"Using a whip is the lowest level of play, and we basically never use it in Jinyiwei."

"There are also other messy ways to play such as pouring iron juice, double wind pouring ears, etc. The conditions here are not very good, so I won't show you one by one."

"Of course, you can rest assured that there are not many people in these torture groups, and they are not allowed to be used on the people of Ming Dynasty, even those who have committed capital crimes. Most of them are used on spies of barbarians."

"It's like... this Wuxin."

The captain of Jin Yiwei showed it and said that Wuxin was also tossed to death, but he couldn't die. The guard Yiwei and the two seventh-rank officials who had looked normal just now also turned pale.

However, Captain Jin Yiwei didn't take it seriously at all: "Don't feel cruel, in fact, once our people fall into the hands of barbarians, the punishment they will receive will not be much lighter than this."

The guard in uniform said, "Then what should we do? Can you carry it?"

Captain Jin Yiwei shook his head and said: "Some people can carry it, some people can't carry it, most of them will die in the hands of barbarians, and those who can't carry it will be cleaned up by us. There is a last resort to ensure that we will not fall into the hands of barbarians alive."

After continuing to chat with the guards for a few more words, Captain Jin Yiwei stopped what he was doing, and asked Wuxin with a smile, "Recruit? Or not?"

At this time, Wuxin didn't even have the strength to scream, and it was even more impossible to speak. Hearing this, she just let out a cold snort from her nose to show that she would never confess.

Captain Jin Yiwei didn't take it seriously, he just smiled and asked someone to bring some drug cream to Wu Xin, then poured some chicken soup on Wu Xin, and then continued to torture.

Facts have proved that unwise worry is not unreasonable, and unintentional self-confidence is indeed a bit redundant.

In the palm of Jin Yiwei, who claimed to be able to make the dead confess, Wuxin quickly confessed everything that should be confessed and what should not be confessed.

"I read this method from the book. It is said that a specific method is used to cut off seven or seventy-nine boys every year for seven or seven consecutive years, so that people can live forever."

"In the past two years, the entire Hongfo Temple has been dragged into the water by me, so the monks in Hongfo Temple are not greedy for sex, money or wine. All they want is to find ways to live forever."

"In this way, the incense in Hongfo Temple will be more prosperous, and it will be more convenient for us to travel outside for alms."

"Only this time, we didn't expect to fall into your hands."

The final result of the interrogation did not meet Zhu Jinsong's expectation.

These children who were taken away by them did not leave Fengyang Mansion, but these children were indeed cut off by them.

And those involved in this matter are not only Wuxin, Wuzhi and their masters, but also a lot of messy monks, Taoists, nuns, and Confucians.

In the end, the list was pulled out, and even spread all over the 24 chief ministers, more than 100 prefectures, and more than 700 counties in the Ming Dynasty. If you follow this line, the final number is more than 2000 people!
And the crux of the problem lies in the more than 2000 people. Among the more than 2000 people, more than 500 are from the chief ministers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the remaining 500 are from the chief ministers in the north. of.

If it is dealt with according to the provisions in "Daming Law·Criminal Law·Caisheng Folding", at least tens of thousands of people will be involved in the end.

This is almost the same as the big case involving tens of thousands of people because of the crackdown on evil gentry at the beginning of the founding of Ming Dynasty.

Zeng Cheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, also rushed from the capital to Fengyang, hoping that Zhu Jinsong would show mercy outside the law: "Your Majesty, the main criminal in this case is only about two thousand people. If we really want to be dealt with strictly according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", at least the main criminal and the accomplices must be punished." There must be tens of thousands, this case is really too big!"

"What's more, His Majesty's trip to Jiangnan this time was originally intended to appease the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, but with such a big case, I'm afraid..."

The meaning behind Zeng Cheng's words is also obvious, that is, if such a big case is to be brought up, it's fine if there is no disturbance in the south of the Yangtze River, and you, Emperor Zhu, still want to win the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River?

But Zhu Jinsong just didn't believe in this evil.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties and before the Qing Dynasty, the tentacles of the imperial court generally only reached the county level, and the countryside was the blind spot of the imperial court's governance. This kind of major case involving tens of thousands of people is indeed easy to be spread astray. The rhythm of the belt can indeed make the common people and the court feel dissatisfied.

But why should Zhu Jinsong worry about this?

The political structure of the Ming Dynasty is from the imperial court to the chief minister to the state capital to the county to the township and even the village. If necessary, the imperial court can skip any level in the middle at any time and directly issue instructions to the peasant association of a certain village.

With such a tight structure, who can lead the rhythm?
Even if someone can bring the rhythm, what about "Daming Newspaper"?

Zhu Jinsong has been promoting literacy since he took the throne, but it is not for nothing!
Therefore, Zhu Jinsong directly rejected Zeng Cheng's proposal: "How to deal with the law of the Ming Dynasty."

"If I give them extrajudicial favors because of their large numbers, then you tell me, how many people must there be in those families who lost their children because of them? Who will give them extrajudicial favors?"

"Jiangnan, I will definitely go."

"As long as I'm still alive, this Daming won't be in chaos!"

(End of this chapter)