The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 281 Capital punishment
For corrupt officials, there is only one word to kill.

Unlike factionalism, and also different from threatening people, this is hatred from the heart.

In the first year of Yuan Wenzong's Tianli, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor peasant family.

In the third year of Zhizheng, there was a drought in Haozhou.

In the spring of the following year, severe locust plagues and plagues occurred again.

In less than half a month, Zhu Yuanzhang's father, eldest brother and mother passed away one after another, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother.

However, because Zhu Yuanzhang's family was poor and had no money to buy a coffin, he didn't even have a piece of land to bury his relatives. In the end, his neighbor Liu Jizu gave them a cemetery.

It can be said that when Zhu Yuanzhang saw these corrupt officials, he thought of his parents and brothers who were starved to death because of the corruption of officials and did not open warehouses in time to release food and help the people, and he thought of his powerless embarrassment at that time.

Now, I am already the emperor, and as the Ninth Five-Year Lord, I can let go of other things, but this matter must not be delayed.

What's more, I am the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty. It can be said that this country is in desperate need of recuperation due to years of wars and people's lives are dying. I don't have much money in my hands. These officials don't know how to restrain themselves at all and only care about their own enjoyment. Are they still worthy of being officials of Ming Dynasty?
Apart from this point, it can be said that Lao Zhu is the only emperor who can truly empathize and understand the hardships of the people's livelihood.

Among the other founding emperors, who didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and even if they were not in a good position, they would not be unable to eat.

Only Lao Zhu is the most miserable, so he hates corrupt officials and officials who do nothing the most.

Now these two people are not only corrupt, harming the public and private, not only harming the interests of Daming, seriously, the loss of a war may cause more serious turmoil.

It was intolerable before, and it is even more intolerable now.

In the arena, all the officials are serious.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang became furious when he saw the expenses handed over by the Ministry of Finance, and pointed to the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting who was kneeling on the ground and shouted.

"When I was an ordinary citizen, I saw corrupt officials ignoring the suffering of the people. I hated them in my heart. From now on, I will legislate to strictly prohibit them. I will never forgive corrupt officials who dare to endanger the people!".

When the ministers saw Zhu Yuanzhang lose his temper, they knelt down immediately, and then Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the most "tricky" decree in history. Anyone who embezzles more than 60 taels of silver will be killed without pardon.

Now, for the two people in the arena, the consequences can already be predicted.

Baiguan also knew in his heart that the two of them were hopeless, and if there were no accidents, they would definitely die.

When things got to this point, Lao Zhu didn't rush to deal with it, but said to Mao Xiang beside him.

"Go and call all the officials in Beijing, whoever has entered the rank, to come here."

"Yes."

After explaining this sentence, Lao Zhu didn't continue to speak, and all the officials didn't dare to move.

As time passed by, the officials who were notified gradually appeared on the square until it filled the square.

Mao Xiang came late and reported the notification to Lao Zhu.

"Your Majesty, except for a few who were not found, everyone else has arrived."

"Record a few people in the register, and check their whereabouts when the time comes."

"promise."

"Also, as long as the officials of the Ministry of War who accept gift money exceed the usual gift money from Liu Qian, we will pick them out and put them in front of Liu Qian and the two of them."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two asked and answered, and after Mao Xiang listened, he came out again, meticulously completing Lao Zhu's order.

After the preparations were completed, Lao Zhu sat on the dragon chair and spoke slowly.

"Since the beginning of the second year, we have said that anyone who embezzles 60 taels will be executed."

"However, corruption is not uncommon and happens from time to time."

"Today, our Minister of the Ministry of War, the head of the Department of the Driving Department, has made nearly ten thousand yuan of profit from the Ministry of War."

"Exchange a good horse for a bad one, hehe, he dared to do it for us."

"Maybe some people think our knife is blunt or rusty, so they don't take our words seriously."

"Today, I will let you see that my sword is good or bad."

"And it's not only profitable, but also very fast."

"According to my decree, Liu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, harms the public and enriches private interests, corrupts the law for corruption, and the crime will not be forgiven."

"Peel its skin first, then cut its flesh, and then execute it."

"The head of the driving department belongs to Liu Qian's accomplice, and he will not be pardoned."

"Sentenced to Ling Chi, cut into pieces by thousands of knives, as a warning to others, the execution can be executed."

The two different punishments are the most painful.

As soon as Lao Zhu's punishment was issued, everyone, including the crumbling courtiers, suddenly regained their spirits.

Some were calm, some were horrified, and some couldn't bear it, and went limp directly, whether it was physical or psychological weakness.

All the officials of the military department who were placed in front of them to watch the ceremony under the special order of Old Zhu showed terrified expressions on their faces.

Knowing the final result, Liu Qian and the head of the driving department collapsed.

One knife is fine, but I can't bear many crimes. Now that I am being cut alive, I won't be able to die for a while. I can only watch the life force go away little by little, and I have to endure inhuman pain.

Can't take it, can't take it at all.

"Your Majesty, the crime is serious, I don't want to live, but I want to be happy, please forgive me!"

Shouting at the top of his voice, Lao Zhu was unmoved at all. With the executioner coming to the stage, time seemed to freeze and passed extremely slowly.

Baiguan's eyes jumped violently as the first knife fell.

Blood trickled down, staining the ground red.

Liu Qian was cut from the back, and the skin was divided into two halves along the spine, and then slowly tore apart like a butterfly spreading its wings.

This scene alone made some people unbearable and retched on the ground.

And Ling Chi couldn't bear it anymore, he was cut off with a knife, and his face was gradually changed beyond recognition.

Both are capital punishments, one is unbearable, let alone two.

As time passed by, more and more people retched on the ground, which was a great torment for both the stage and the audience.

Lao Zhu was unmoved, he didn't even blink his eyelids, the only ones who could be compared with Lao Zhu were the generals, after all they all came out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Zheng Xiong was in the side hall, bored, it was past noon, but he still couldn't make it.

Quietly thinking about moving, she moved her legs and walked outside step by step.

When the guard saw Zheng Xiong walking out, he didn't care much, but sent someone to follow him.

There was no one in the hall, so he walked out of the hall step by step, just in time to see a group of people looking at the distance.

The retching crowd, Zheng Xiong, didn't look carefully, and didn't think too much. Driven by curiosity, he first looked at the two people who were being executed on the high platform.

Although the distance was far, the two bloody figures were still clearly visible.

That inhuman appearance immediately made Zheng Xiong utter a wow, spewing out the little residue left in the morning.

After that, there was nothing to vomit, even the acid water did not escape.

(End of this chapter)