Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 13 Execution!

Zhu Youtang watched coldly as officials came forward one after another to request retirement.

Among them were three cabinet elders, Wan'an, Liu Wei, and Liu Ji.

There were also several ministers from the six ministries, including Minister of Revenue Ye Qi, Minister of Rites Zhou Hongmo, Minister of Personnel Yin Min and Minister of Works Liu Zhao.

In addition to the Grand Secretary, there are also the Vice Minister and the Minister of the Court.

The censors of the Metropolitan Censorate, the six-department censors, the five-temple censors, the grand secretaries, the junior ...

There are many high-ranking officials, but even more low-ranking officials.

Groups of hundreds of people.

The cabinet chief Wan'an felt somewhat calmer when he saw so many officials following him in requesting to retire.

No matter how cruel Zhu Youtang was, he couldn't force all these ministers to retire, right?

Without them, who would govern the country for him?

If Zhu Youtang were to work alone, he would be unable to handle so much official business even if he worked himself to death!

Wan'an secretly looked around, and Liu Wei and Liu Ji both gave him a reassuring look, which made Wan'an calmer.

Forcing the palace!

They are forcing the emperor to abdicate!

We must not let Your Majesty reopen the Western Factory!

If that madman Wang Zhi were allowed to be the commander-in-chief of the Western Factory again, the supervision would become even more stringent and people would be miserable.

Zhu Youtang sat back on the dragon throne and looked at the officials indifferently.

Then, his thin lips opened slightly.

"I, it's approved!"

"Everyone, please hand in your retirement letter."

"Retreat!"

Zhu Youtang stood up and walked quickly back to Fengtian Gate.

After sitting on the dragon chariot, Zhu Youtang sent someone directly back to the imperial study.

Huai En followed Zhu Youtang quickly, looking a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, are you really going to release all those ministers?"

"Then who will handle the memorials for the emperor after this?"

Zhu Youtang glanced at Huai En and said, "Now that the cabinet is gone, won't I form a new one?"

"Go, send someone to Nanzhili to summon Wang Zhi back to the palace. I want to use him."

"Please invite Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian back to the Imperial Study to discuss matters."

Huai En quickly agreed: "Yes."

In Fengtianmen Square, Zhu Youtang had left for a long time, but civil and military officials remained in the square.

All the civil and military officials were terrified and took a long time to recover.

Is Zhu Youtang not going to live like this? !

Hundreds of high-ranking officials in the capital were released in one go, including three cabinet ministers and four chancellors!

Is he really not afraid that no one will handle government affairs?

Liu Wei, the second assistant of the cabinet, looked at Liu Ji with a bewildered look on his face: "This... is Your Majesty really sure?"

"How could this be?" Liu Ji was both confused and shocked.

"This...what should we do?" The Minister of Revenue Ye Qi was also panicked.

Not only the cabinet ministers and the chancellors were panicking, but other officials who requested to retire were also panicked.

"Prime Minister Wan, if His Majesty really approves this, then the Western Factory must be opened?"

"This, this is simply outrageous. Releasing so many officials at once is unprecedented in history!"

"If we really want to reopen the West Factory, will we still have a chance to survive?"

"..."

The officials were in chaos and all turned their attention to Prime Minister Wan'an, hoping that he could come up with a solution.

But what solution can Wan'an come up with?

He sighed and stood up: "Why are you all looking at me?"

"Go home and write your memorial."

Wan'an really wants to retire.

The Western Factory was too scary, and he had to flee the capital before it was restarted. Wan An left.

The remaining officials looked at each other.
Helplessly, he also left Fengtianmen Square.

After leaving the palace, wealthy officials rode horses or took sedan chairs, while poor officials could only walk home.

Wan'an, Liu Wei and Liu Ji lived not far from each other, so they traveled together.

When we walked near Caishijie, we suddenly saw a sea of ​​people on the street, all gathered near Caishikou.

Everyone had a happy expression on their face, and the whole street was as lively as during the Chinese New Year.

From time to time, there were people nearby calling their friends and running towards Caishikou.

Wan'an, Liu Wei and Liu Ji seemed to have remembered something, and all of them looked embarrassed.

Wan'an got out of the sedan chair and stopped a civilian who was rushing to Caishikou.

"I'm asking you, what are you going to do?"

The man saw Wan'an was wearing an official uniform and had some fear in his eyes, and answered respectfully.

"Sir, we...we are here to watch a beheading..."

really!

The three of them looked at each other and immediately got back into the sedan.

"Hurry! Go! Go around Caishikou!"

"Yes, my lord."

After Wan'an and the other two left, the person who had just been stopped quickly ran towards Caishikou.

At this moment, Caishikou was surrounded by people watching the fun.

He struggled hard to squeeze into the crowd that was formed in three layers inside and three layers outside.

I saw Zhou Shou, the Earl of Qingyun, Zhou Yu, the Earl of Changning, Zhang Yuan, the Left Censor of the Ministry of Personnel, and a group of officials, shackled and pinned down at the Caishikou.

Caishikou is a very prosperous street in the capital, named after the fruits and vegetables sold around it.

But after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a new regular program was added here every year.

That is, every year on the eve of the winter solstice after autumn, death row prisoners will be publicly executed here.

But today Zhu Youtang has issued an order to deal with special matters with special urgency, and to execute Zhou Shou, Zhou Yu, Zhang Yuan and others immediately without waiting until autumn.

Zhou Shou, Zhou Yu and others looked at the crowd around them with sadness and felt deep regret in their hearts.

They really didn't expect that Zhu Youtang would actually disregard their blood ties and order them to be executed by slow slicing.

The person in charge of the execution was Xie Xiaoyan, an old executioner from the Ministry of Justice. He stripped Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu naked and tied them to a pillar with a fine fishing net.

As long as the fishing net is pulled back hard, the flesh of Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu will flow out through the holes in the fishing net.

Xie Xiaoyan looked at Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, with real anger flashing in his eyes.

"My two lords, do you still recognize me?"

Without waiting for Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu to speak, Xie Xiaoyan began to introduce himself.

"In the 17th year of Chenghua, the two masters built a courtyard and seized the land of 21 farmers. They also beat to death the seven farmers who tried to stop them."

"One of them is my only son!"

"I never thought that the two of you would one day fall into the hands of a villain!"

"Today, I will not let you die until I cut you off 3,600 times!"

After saying that, Xie Xiaoyan's knife flew and he began the execution.

"Ahhhh!!! It hurts so much!!!"

“Kill me! Kill me now! I can’t stand it anymore! Aaaaah!!!”

Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu were originally from Changping. After they gained power, they acted tyrannically and brought disaster to the people in their hometown.

Many people here have been persecuted by Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, and they wish they could eat their flesh alive.

Seeing Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu being tortured to death at this moment, how could one not applaud?
Zhou Yu let out a shrill scream.

Xie Xiaoyan kept stabbing Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu with the knife in his hand.

For a moment, the Caishikou was filled with the screams of the two people.

“Ahhh! It hurts! It hurts so much!”

"Please! Please! Kill me quickly! It hurts! It hurts so much!!!"

"Kill me! Kill me!!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)