Qin Hu

Chapter 126 Zihu, my son, can the emperor do this?

For more than two thousand years since the Qin Dynasty, the official standard replaced the feudal aristocracy, and then became popular.

Accompanied by the official position are corrupt officials who use power for personal gain.

Especially in the last days of the 300-year cycle of the dynasty, if ten officials are randomly arrested and stand in a row, there is no need for interrogation, and the heads are chopped off one by one. The chance of being wronged is probably zero...

Zhao Zihu has been a human being for two lifetimes, if he doesn't even have this kind of knowledge and cognition, then it would be really pitiful.

Even if the sea is clear and the river is clean, the river crabs are leisurely and carefree, you can always know that corrupt officials are real, right?
This is true in ancient and modern China and abroad!

Of course, this does not mean that the feudal aristocracy is better than the official standard.

On the contrary, in the eyes of the feudal aristocrats, there is no such thing as using power for personal gain, because everyone or things in the territory are their private property. When you are in a good mood, you are treated like a cow, but when you are in a bad mood, you are not as good as a cow.

And the official position, after all, is a kind of progress!
Even if this progress is very limited!
"I don't know about the father, I will hand it over to the censor for reexamination, and the final cases approved by you all have conclusive evidence..."

"Actually, there are several times as many other cases. Tieying Ruishi failed to find out conclusive evidence, so he can only temporarily seal the files and keep them on file for later collection and verification."

Of course Zhao Zihu couldn't say that because he was a human being in two lifetimes, that's why he saw a lot. He only said that Tie Yingruishi had investigated a lot.

Yingzheng's face showed surprise, but the evil spirit in Danfeng's eyes was even stronger: "Now that there is evidence, why don't you get it and punish it? If you keep it for a day, it will be a disaster, and it really makes me sleepless!"

Zhao Zihu smacked his lips: "Daqin's law of false accusation and rebellion does not ignore iron eagles and sharp men. If a clean and honest gentleman is wronged, wouldn't that be a bad thing?"

Ying Zheng was speechless for a moment. False accusations against sitting in court are the cornerstone of the Qin law, and it is true that the rules cannot be broken.

Otherwise, the seriousness of Qin law will disappear, and it will become a weapon for rogue litigants to steal personal interests.

Blackmailing people with porcelain in Daqin is a high-risk job...

"Welcome to His Majesty the First Emperor ~!"

While the father and son were chatting, Yu Jia had already arrived outside Dongwu County.

Wu Yangyang stretched his neck to look at the people in Yujia, and when he heard the voices of the nobles in the county, he hurriedly followed suit and bowed down: "Welcome to His Majesty the First Emperor, Yujia~!!!"

The sound converged, like rolling thunder, shaking for miles.

Zhao Zihu shuddered, and the Chituma under his crotch was also frightened, a little restless.

While driving, the ferocity in Ying Zheng's eyes was quickly suppressed by unconcealable excitement amidst the mighty thunderous sound.

Everything has two sides...

Tie Ying Ruishi uncovered countless corrupt officials, although he saw the corruption of the Great Qin's officialdom, which made him distressed and even worried.

But on the other hand, it is undoubtedly something to be happy to get rid of those corrupt officials early so that they will not continue to harm one side and continue to dig the foundation of Daqin.

What is even more gratifying is that the common people seem to attribute all the credit for punishing rape and eliminating evil to him.

He is used to being scolded as a tyrant by the survivors of the six kingdoms, and suddenly he became a wise king in Qi, which is strange to say.

Da Qin's rule in Qi is probably considered stable!

No matter how those Confucian scholars and the old aristocrats of the Qi State scolded him behind his back, at least the tens of thousands of people in Qi are now on his side, Yingzheng, and Great Qin!
"Zihu my son, can the emperor do this?"

Ying Zheng pointed at the Wu Ya Ya people who were bowing down, and said to the grinning Zhao Zihu.

Zhao Zihu nodded, while comforting the restless Chituma, he said hesitantly: "Such an emperor can do it!"

Ying Zheng laughed out loud and stopped talking.

At this time, most of the forbidden army came forward, separating the common people far away, including the officials, old and famous people, all of them were separated far away, so as to make a wide road for the imperial driving team to enter the city.

The imperial driving team meandered and slowly entered the city.

After Yingzheng drove into the city gate, he said to Meng Yi who was driving on the other side of the car, "Officials and common people are free~!"

Meng Yi bowed his hands, turned his horse's head around and returned, and shouted loudly after exiting the city gate: "The first emperor's order, officials and people are exempt from courtesy~!!!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an explosion outside the still relatively quiet city gate, and the people whispered to each other, praising the majesty of the first emperor.

But in fact, no one looked at what Ying Zheng looked like...

The old and famous officials from the township took a deep breath, resisted two trembling urges, followed the end of the royal team, and slowly entered the city.

They appear to be less calm than the common people.

But this is justifiable, because after Yu Jia entered the city, he had to deal with many corrupt officials, evil gentry and bullies, all of whom were unlucky ones who were found out by Tie Yingrui.

Speaking of which, they are considered survivors and should be happy.

It's just that everyone has empathy, and I have to watch it with my own eyes for a while. My colleagues and fellow villagers in the past were tortured in broad daylight, and it is inevitable that I will feel sad!
However, they were sad for the death of the rabbit, but the common people were elated, and followed the royal team into the city one after another, preparing to see how ugly those nobles who used to be high above would be when they were tortured.

The common people and nobles in the head of Guizhou are not the difference between the poor and the rich in later generations, they can be said to be two species.

Don't expect the common people in Guizhou to have empathy for the nobles!

Especially when these noble people are the notorious people who abused them in the past, don't expect the slightest bit of empathy, some will just applaud!
……

A quarter of an hour later, in front of the county office in the city.

The execution platform made of loess had been prepared as early as the day before Yu Jia's arrival.

Dozens of criminals wearing wooden shackles have also been exposed to the wind and sun for several days on the loess platform, and all of them are dying.

Fortunately, Ying Zheng came to watch the execution in person, and the guards who took care of them were afraid that they would die first if they couldn't bear it, and there was no shortage of food and water for them.

Under the loess platform, there were more than a hundred accomplices, men and women, old and young, who were also wearing wooden shackles and exposed to the wind and sun.

There are even babies waiting to be fed!
After Yingzheng's royal driver entered the government office, the people who followed him also gathered in front of the county office, and were separated by a large number of heavily armed guards a few steps away from the execution platform.

Leaning slightly, Meng Yi put on his helmet and armor, leading a team of imperial guards, passed through the curtain hanging in front of the Yamen's gate, strode out from the inside, and boarded the execution platform.

Seeing this, the noisy people shut up and quieted themselves.

Meng Yi took a bunch of bamboo slips from the imperial guards, without any nonsense, unfolded them and began to read: "There is a criminal today, surnamed Zhao, named Li, native of Lantian County, Neishi County, doctor, official Dongwu County Censor..."

"Wow~!!!"

As soon as the people heard the beginning, they were startled and screamed.

The children of the Daqin clan were tortured, and the king bombed the cards as soon as they came up, so the people couldn't help but be surprised.

There are as many Zhao surnames as dogs, both in Qin and Zhao countries, including Langya County in Qidi. For example, the old god stick Xu Fu, himself has the surname Ying.

But the prisoner Ying Zhao read by Meng Yi was originally from Lantian County, Neishi County, which explains a lot of problems.

Neishi County is the name given to Guanzhong when Yingzheng divided the prefectures and counties after the Great Qin unified the world, which probably means the capital.

The Ying Zhao official whose ancestral home is in the capital is almost [-]% certain that he is the Great Qin Clan.

Put it in the Qidi in the past, that is a small nobleman, or the emperor of the same place!
But now, he is going to be regarded as the main culprit, and he will be the first to read out the crime and execute him!

……

At the same time, behind the curtain of the government office.

A group of civil and military attendants, like the common people, burst into an uproar and looked at Ying Zheng, who was kneeling in the first place, in astonishment.

Including Hu Hai and several elder brothers, they also couldn't believe it, and suddenly felt a chill down their backs, and their eyes flicked back and forth on the faces of Ying Zheng and Zhao Zihu.

Everyone here doesn't know the prisoner outside.

There may be people who know them, but definitely not many.

After all, he is just a small county censor with a pitifully low title, and everyone present here is a big boss, so how could he possibly have anything to do with such a small shrimp.

The person who has an intersection with him may be his immediate boss, Feng Jie, the imperial historian.

but……

One thing is certain, the prisoner outside is definitely a son of the clan, maybe a distant clan, but he is definitely rooted in Miaohong.

Because, Lantian County is now classified as Shanglin Garden!
And Shanglin Garden was the private hunting ground of the Qin Kings of all dynasties. Ordinary Qin people, even the nobles of the Great Qin Dynasty, were not qualified to live in Shanglin Garden.

Even entering the area of ​​Shanglin Garden is a violation of Qin law!
Therefore, the Ying surnamed Zhao, whose ancestral home is in Lantian, still doubts his identity?[-]% are registered clan children!
But now, the sons of the clan who are rooted in Zheng Miaohong are going to be punished...

Although the Qin law emphasizes that a prince who breaks the law is the same as the common people, but that is just a saying after all.

Except for Shang Yang Tou Tie, in order to implement the Qin law smoothly, he really dared to punish the prince to establish his prestige. In the next hundred years, in fact, few members of the clan were punished.

Even if they are guilty, they should be dealt with lightly, and they will be punished with titles, or demoted to common people... Of course, except for those who lose in the power struggle or stand on the wrong team...Otherwise, there is rarely a death penalty!

At least, since Yingzheng has been in power for decades, this is probably the first son of the clan to be executed outside of the power struggle.

It's kind of scary!
Wen Wu, who was accompanying him, was frightened and felt panicked.

In their view, Yingzheng's move seems to be intentionally sending out a signal that I will kill blood relatives like pigs and dogs. You ministers, you'd better think carefully before acting.

Don't think that you can be proud of your achievements, and don't think that I can't do without you, dare to break the rules of being a courtier, and kill you without discussing it!

Hu Hai and the others were also frightened, and suddenly felt very insecure.

In the past, they can be sure that even if they made a mistake and violated the law, they would be punished by Ying Zheng, but they would also be given extrajudicial mercy and deal with it lightly.

Who made them Ying Zheng's own sons!

It is human nature to hide from relatives and relatives.

No matter how much you yell, the prince and the common people are the same, and when they are serious, they will definitely be greatly discounted!
But now, they are not so sure. If they really violated the law, Ying Zheng might not give them a capital punishment... But under capital punishment, anything is possible.

Endless possibilities!

Hu Hai and his brothers, the more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, and finally their eyes fell on Zhao Zihu's face, with a questioning look in their eyes: 【Brother, what's going on? 】

Zhao Zihu shrugged his shoulders indiscriminately: 【Ask me?Who am I to ask?I was also scared out of a cold sweat! 】

In fact, Ying Zheng's thoughts were not difficult to understand.

He was obviously stimulated by the corruption of the government, so no matter what kind of clan child you are, if you dare to poach the corner of the Great Qin Dynasty and ruin the foundation of your ancestors, you will die to me...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, I know I was wrong... I am Your Majesty's uncle, how can I add a sharp blade to my body..."

At this moment, outside the Yamen Office, there was a sudden cry from the prisoner of the clan begging for mercy.

Zhao Zihu turned his eyes and looked out through the mat curtain, and found that after Meng Yi read his crimes, the military judge in the forbidden army began to execute the sentence.

This clan prisoner was killed, he actually didn't feel the sorrow of the rabbit dead and the fox, after all, he never knew each other, and in the words of later generations, he was out of five clothes, so he was still a relative.

Moreover, the crime committed by this clan prisoner was too vicious and could no longer be classified as a human being, so five punishments would be considered cheap for him.

When he saw the related files for the first time, he really wanted to go straight to Dongwu County, and use Fang Tian's painting halberd to perform a difficult Lingchi.

Or, give him a peeled real grass!
Then, let the subordinates bring the fur man to parade the public in the East China Sea, warning those god sticks who are keen on seeking immortality and medicine, that the heart and lungs of babies cannot be used for medicine and alchemy...

"Ah... Please Your Majesty... Your Majesty~!!!"

The military judge of the Imperial Army was very agile. Within a quarter of an hour, the fourth punishment was completed. Finally, Zhao Zihu's grandfather was placed under the iron guillotine, and he was cut in two with a puff.

But the man was not dead, and his upper body was still crawling, as if he wanted to climb into the government office and beg Ying Zheng to spare his life, and his stomach dragged all over the floor behind him.

The military judge who executed the sentence dragged him back several times, put him on a door again, blocked the wound to prevent the intestines from leaking out, and tried to keep him alive for a while.

But he crawled towards the government office a few times, very stubborn!

Yingzheng watched indifferently, and Danfeng's eyes occasionally flashed fierceness, but there was no trace of pity.

The officials looked on indifferently, all of them were expressionless, but their eyes were empty, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

In recent days, Yu Jia has been walking and killing all the way. Ying Zheng and the officials are probably used to this kind of scene, so they are very calm and composed.

At least, on the surface it is very calm!
Although the people outside the government office looked disgusting, they were still okay and could hold on.

After all, born in the last days of the Warring States period, almost everyone has experienced wars, and most of them are numb to seeing their bones exposed in the wild.

Moreover, seeing the wicked being tortured, one's heart is filled with the joy of venting one's hatred, and the nausea is probably ignored.

but……

Zhao Zihu and Hu Hai are completely dead.

This is the first time they have seen this scene.

Even if Zhao Zihu has been a human being for two lifetimes, this is the first time he has seen such a scene.

Especially when the grandpa Zong dragged his intestines and crawled towards the government office, weeping blood and begging for mercy while crawling, the scene should not be too exciting.

"Yue~!"

Zhao Zihu was the first to get nervous, and Hu Hai and the others followed closely behind: "Ugh~!!!"

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