Lord Moyu was forced to open

Three days later...

The huge crowds at Dongshi Caishikou are not enough to describe today’s scene.

The endless crowd was packed tightly beside the newly built execution platform in Caishikou, waiting for the arrival of noon.

Looking at the escorts blocking the road in the audience, they had no choice but to call over the soldiers of the Black Tiger Army, and then separated a passage from the dense crowd to let them in.

Because there were too many people asking for Lingchi, it could not be processed at one time, so it was divided into multiple times.

Process fifty in a day, take your time, otherwise you won't be able to find more executioners who understand Ling Chi.

In order to find these craftsmen, the secret guards searched the entire Bianjing area for the past three days before they found fifty executioners who had inherited this craft.

Noon time has arrived, and the most important of the fifty people to be executed today is Liu Dadao, also known as Monk Dezhi.

He was asked to be the first to Lingchi.

When the executioner on the stage threw the execution sign, the fifty prisoners were immediately tied tightly with fishing nets.

The skilled executioner first used strong alcohol to disinfect the knife in his hand, and then through the mesh, he made the first cut on the arms of these criminals!

The thin Lingchi knife moved like flying under the executioner's nimble hands!

Pieces of bloody flesh were cut off and placed on a tray aside.

Screams and wails continued to sound, and it was a horrifying scene to watch people slice flesh from their bodies, just like killing pigs and cows. Even a villain like Liu Dadao who had done all kinds of evil could not accept this horror. human scene.

What's more, those swords and knives were all cutting flesh from his body!

The kind of pain that made his face distorted didn't look like a human being!

He couldn't help but struggle, but the more he struggled, the tighter the net became. The flesh on his body was highlighted in the mesh, making it easier for the executioner to operate. The smell of blood filled the stage, and the people below who came to watch the excitement swallowed involuntarily, and someone slipped away quietly.

It's fun to watch, but not many people can accept such an exciting scene. Most people just like Mr. Ye and they can't accept it when they actually see the scene.

In this way, for a full half day, from noon to dusk, the tray next to each executioner was changed several times.

A total of 3357 knives, not a knife more, not a knife less.

These master craftsmen with superb skills brought out all their special skills, so that the prisoners who were almost reduced to skeletons were still alive.

The masters were already covered in sweat. They stood up and put the knives on the tray. They spat on their hands and then took out the decapitating knife from their waists and came behind the prisoner.

After more than three thousand cuts, these criminals have long been numb. Although they are still breathing, they are no different from wooden men.

Even the breath is just staying alive.

Now that the three thousand six hundred swords are over, it's time to end them.

At this time, there were very few people left in the audience.

The remaining ones are the family members of the people they harmed, and they are the only ones who have persisted until now with their rage of revenge!

puff!

The skull, which had only a few pieces of flesh on its face, was cut off with one slash.

As for the blood, it didn't splash out because there wasn't much left.

The day's execution ended, and in the evening, Zhao Jun received the news that the execution was over.

Nodding slightly, he began to think about his plans to go to court tomorrow morning.

Zhao Jun had not gone to court for three days since the news of the massacre of the criminal officials' families was given that day.

Now that all the prisoners have been dealt with, and the first batch of thieves have arrived, the next step is to deal with the mess in the court.

It was cool to kill those officials, but as Zhang He said, it was a huge blow to the various ministries of the imperial court. Today, various ministries of the imperial court are missing many key officials.

This caused a lot of things to come to a standstill.

Zhao Jun was already prepared for this.

There is a shortage of everything in the world, except for people who want to be officials.

Especially now those who are lacking are senior officials. Even though Zhao Jun seemed to have done nothing after he ascended the throne except killing officials, in fact he was just secretly accumulating his own power.

Now is a good opportunity to fill in your own people.

"Wang Banban!"

"Your Majesty, my servant is here!"

"Inform them to be prepared. It's time for them to take over tomorrow. Also remind them that if they dare to have second thoughts, the fate of their predecessor will be their fate!"

"promise!"

That night, many people received the secret order, and they were all so excited that they couldn't sleep.

……

The next day.

Court.

"All officials have their own roots! Retreat from the court without their roots!"

"Your Majesty! I would like to ask your Majesty to hold an imperial examination to recruit scholars. In addition, officials should be promoted immediately to fill the vacancies of senior officials, so that the vacancies in the imperial court can be filled and normal operations can be resumed!"

As soon as he went to court, Zhang He immediately took the lead to stand up and play loudly.

Other officials also echoed.

Zhao Jun had already expected this, nodded slightly and then said:

"Yes, the Ministry of Personnel is ordered to immediately promote the next-ranking official to fill the vacancy. In addition, the vacancies at the lower level can be selected from among the scholars who have not filled the vacancies over the years. Jiang He is responsible for the specific selection and is fully responsible for the selection. The matter of selecting scholars to replace officials."

As soon as Zhao Jun said these words, everyone immediately understood that His Majesty was taking the opportunity to let Jiang He train his own people.

Although filling is only for low-level officials, it is for those scholars who have obtained good rankings and are qualified to be officials, but they can only wait because there are no vacancies in the court, and their families have no background and no way to arrange for them to be sent abroad. He said that even if he was just a minor official, it would be enough to make them grateful and become their lackeys.

Although these officials have small positions, it is precisely these small officials who really do things in the court. If they are all controlled by His Majesty, wouldn't they be ignored in the future?

Even if someone stands up to oppose it.

"Your Majesty! Absolutely not! It's OK to fill the vacant official positions with the remaining scholars from previous years, but it cannot be dominated by Jiang Shilang!

Minister Jiang only entered the court last year, and he should not be familiar with the various procedures of the Ministry of Personnel. How can such a big matter be casual? I recommend that the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel be personally responsible for this matter, which is the best policy! "

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Many officials immediately stood up and agreed with his words and proposals.

Even Zhang He nodded slightly.

Zhao Jun did not insist on this, but instead said: "Since you all have differences with me on this matter, I will put this matter on hold for the time being and wait for the vacant official positions to be filled by the officials in order before we can discuss it again. "

Many people frowned when they saw the emperor using the procrastination trick, but then they thought indifferently that as long as they and the majority of officials did not agree, it would be very difficult for His Majesty to implement it. Since I couldn't change the ending, I didn't dwell on this moment anymore.

Immediately, the officials began to discuss the matter of filling the vacancies, and finally decided on the process.

Yu announced the matter in court, and the official positions of many people in the court were immediately promoted. Among them, Jiang He was naturally changed from the right minister to the left minister.

Seeing that things had settled down, Zhao Jun smiled slightly and said to everyone: "My dear friends, let's discuss the matter of letting Jiang He preside over the selection of scholars to fill the vacant low-level official positions."

As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, the official who objected just now was about to object again. However, before he could speak, he suddenly heard people around him:

"I second the proposal!"

People were immediately dumbfounded!

It’s not like you who seconded the proposal and just followed me in opposing it!

Why do you suddenly agree now!

At a glance, the seconding officials who accounted for most of the people in the court were actually officials who had just been promoted to official positions.

Zhang He, who had always been with the old god, suddenly opened his eyes at this time, looked at these officials with changed faces, and then looked at His Majesty with a smile on his face on the dragon throne. He seemed to understand something, and the surprise in his eyes flashed away.

……

(End of this chapter)