During this process, the cadres of the Renaissance Alliance began to publicize the organization's ideas from door to door, and also spread the news that a public trial would be held later.
Holding a public trial was a common practice of the Renaissance Alliance in various places in Xumi.
In order to carry out work better and to break with the old forces of the past, whenever the Renaissance Alliance liberated a place, they would arrest the local masters and organize a unified trial.
During this process, the alliance’s cadres will fully listen to the opinions of the people, collect evidence of their crimes, and ultimately give them the sanctions they deserve under the witness of the people.
Facts have proved that although this method does not have much technical content, with the help of the masters' heads, the Renaissance Alliance can often quickly gain the trust of the people.
Coupled with the alliance's policies that provide benefits to the people, it won't take long for the alliance to gain the support of the people in a region.
Therefore, the public trial will be held as usual in Xumi City, but due to the unique status of Xumi City, the scale of this trial will be unprecedented.
It will also go down in history.
Chapter 96: The Great Trial (6,000 words)
Several days have passed since the Renaissance Alliance conquered Xumi City.
Although some chaos was caused at first, with the unremitting efforts of the cadres of the Renaissance Alliance, the situation in Xumi City was quickly stabilized and returned to its former bustle.
In the past few days, in addition to maintaining public order, the most important task of the Renaissance Alliance is to prepare for the upcoming grand trial.
Since Nashida envisioned that this trial would be of an unprecedented scale, she had to prepare well for it.
Among the major preparatory work, the arrest of criminals had been carried out from the beginning, and propaganda to the people had never stopped.
So the only thing worth mentioning is the location of this trial.
In response to this, many cadres of the Renaissance Alliance expressed their opinions.
Some people believe that the trial should be held in the downtown area because it is closest to the masses.
Some people believe that the trial should be held in a new venue outside Xumi City because this will allow the most people to participate.
Some people even think that the void terminal should be restarted and the trial should be conducted online, saving supplies while broadcasting the trial live for everyone to watch.
All these remarks have their own merits, but Nashida finally decided to hold the trial in the square in front of the main entrance of the House of the Decrees.
The reason is simple, because this place once represented the majesty of the old world, and its political significance is completely incomparable to other places.
As the saying goes, get up from where you fell.
The old Sumeru began to decay and degenerate from here, and the new Sumeru will also be reborn from here.
...
"Down with the reactionaries in the Council of Ordinances!"
"Defeat the Great Sage Azar!"
"Down with all exploiters!"
Finally, after everything was ready, the great trial that shocked the entire Xumi began.
At this moment, the streets of Xumi City were deserted. Under the propaganda of the alliance cadres, everyone participated in this trial of the century.
People came out of their homes and gathered on both sides of the street, watching the prison vans passing by and shouting slogans to punish the evildoers.
They have put the void terminals on their ears again. Although they did not directly adopt the plan of full live broadcast, Nashida still restarted the void terminal and announced this trial to the world.
At the same time, in order to help people better participate in the trial, the crimes committed by the relevant criminals are listed one by one in front of everyone wearing a void terminal.
Among these crimes, in addition to crimes such as betraying the country, most of them are actually crimes such as oppressing the people, being tyrannical, monopolizing privileges, and corruption.
Because major national and family affairs are still too far away for ordinary people, but these "little things" that can be seen and touched directly are more likely to resonate with people.
As expected, after seeing these crimes and thinking about the injustices they had suffered in the past, the people at the scene all felt even more angry and their shouts became even louder.
As for the people who were far away, with the help of the void terminal, although the atmosphere was not as enthusiastic as on the scene, they were also mobilized and their emotions began to become excited.
After all, being able to see these former dignitaries in such a miserable state is undoubtedly an extremely refreshing thing for other working people at the bottom of society, even if they cannot directly participate.
Even out of consideration for the experience of people in other regions, Nashida specially arranged a barrage function for the void so that people far away can vent their anger.
So at this moment, in the empty picture, countless words are flying across the picture, expressing the views of the Xumi people on these criminals.
Just like that, under the angry gazes of all the people of Xumi, the prison van loaded with criminals slowly passed through the streets of Xumi City and headed towards the final trial place.
These once prominent figures can now only be locked in open-air cages, shivering in the face of criticism from the people, under the gaze of countless people.
And whenever they arrived at a place, the people waiting there would take out various items prepared in advance and express their "cordial" greetings to them.
Stones, branches, rotten vegetable leaves, all kinds of things were taken out by the crowd and thrown at these once high and mighty people.
With everyone's warm hospitality, the criminals were already covered with all kinds of objects before they even walked halfway along the parade route, and everyone was covered in bruises.
If the Restoration Army had not been maintaining order on the roadside, perhaps some sharper objects would have been thrown at their heads.
But even so, the soldiers responsible for escorting them had to speed up their pace, otherwise it would be bad if they were really crushed to death in advance.
It’s not that they are worried about the so-called “human rights” issue, but that they have not yet been tried, and have not had time to pay for the crimes they have committed. It would be too easy for them to die like this.
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Sitting on the railing of the platform in front of Jingshan Palace, looking at the bustling scene in Xumi City today, Nashida couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
"I didn't expect that there would be so many prisoner carts passing through the streets of Xumi City before the floats did."
Recalling the memories of the past five hundred years, she had dreamed of such a scene more than once: the same empty streets, the same bustling scene, the same happy people, but what was happening was completely different.
But for her at this moment, she prefers this ruthless trial to the beautiful birthday festival of the flower goddess.
Because the Flower God’s Birthday Festival only symbolizes the birth of the god, while this trial symbolizes the new future of Xumi.
"But it's time. As a god, I can't be late."
After waiting for a while and noticing that the parade was coming to an end, Nashida jumped off the railing and began to walk towards the trial venue.
As the god of Sumeru, she would naturally not miss this grand trial. After the parade of criminals was over, she would go to the trial site.
But she will not personally participate in the parade before the trial.
After all, given her status, no matter how approachable she appears, ordinary people will definitely still feel a little restrained when facing her.
After suffering so much hardship, the people of Xumi have finally ushered in a new era. It is understandable that they appropriately vent the dissatisfaction accumulated from the past.
This is also the original intention of her holding this trial with the participation of all the people. It is not only a thorough criticism of the past, but also the starting point for letting go of all burdens and moving towards the future.
So let the people vent their emotions, it would be better for her not to get involved.
It didn't take long for Nashida to walk down the spiral staircase and reach the trial venue.
At this moment, a platform specifically for trial has been built here, and a row of neatly arranged gallows have also been erected.
As for why they didn’t just behead him like before?
All I can say is that Xumi is a country of wisdom after all, and this trial will surely go down in history. Under the cameras, it is better to be a little more careful.
Otherwise, if at the time of execution, the dirty blood of the criminals splattered everywhere, it would be a bit inappropriate.
"Lord Grass God, all the criminals have been brought here. Can we start the trial?" Noticing Nashida's arrival, Elhaisen stepped forward and asked her.
At this historic moment, Nashida will not personally sentence the criminals, but will give this honor to the chairman of the Renaissance Alliance, El Haisen.
On the one hand, it highlights the contribution of mankind in the Sumeru Revolution, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as Nashida's reward to Elhaisen.
After all, it was she who pulled Elhaisen onto the boat in the first place, and now she had made it so that this slacker could no longer catch any fish. She still felt a little guilty.
Well, just a little bit.
"Then let's get started. This trial is left to you."
Nodding to Elhaisen, Nashida showed her signature smile again, then slightly adjusted the badminton uniform and walked towards the podium.
"Lord Grass God is here!"
As soon as Nashida appeared on the stage, the audience immediately noticed her and cheered enthusiastically.
In response, she smiled and waved to everyone, raising the atmosphere to a higher level, before walking to her seat and sitting down.
She was not the protagonist of this trial, she only needed to be a VIP audience member.
"Silence! Silence!"
Seeing that Nashida had already taken her seat, Seno, who was responsible for maintaining order at the scene, immediately waved the Red Sand Staff in his hand, signaling the soldiers below the stage to begin maintaining order.
After the scene gradually quieted down, Elhaisen walked up to the judge's seat and announced the start of the trial.
"I declare the Xumi People's Special Tribunal open for session."
"Bring the first prisoner to court!"
Elhaisen's voice was solemn and majestic. As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers immediately escorted an old man in shackles onto the platform.
After seeing the old man's appearance, everyone present cheered again, because the first prisoner turned out to be the former great sage of the House of the Decrees - Azar.
According to the pre-arranged list of war criminals, the former great sage Azar was undoubtedly ranked first.
After all, as the great sage of the Court of Decrees and the de facto supreme leader of Xumi, he cannot escape the blame for the deterioration of the situation in Xumi to its current state.
"War criminal Azar, let me start reading out your crimes."
Seeing that Azar was in place, Elhaisen picked up the case file and began to read out the charges against Azar to all the people of Xumi.
"The first charge is blasphemy!"
Under everyone's gaze, Elhaisen slowly stated Azar's first charge.
Previously, there had been a debate within the Renaissance Alliance regarding the charges against the Great Sage and others.
The most important issue in this debate is how to choose a primary crime for these criminals.
The reason is actually very simple. It's not that there is no evidence of their guilt, but that this group of people have committed so many crimes that we have to find the most representative ones.
As for why blasphemy was finally chosen as the great sage’s first sin?
Because in the special international structure of the continent of Teyvat, the "Seven Rulers of the World" themselves are the greatest guarantee of the legitimacy of each country. No matter in which country, blasphemy is undoubtedly the most serious crime.
So for practical reasons, Hazard's first crime was ultimately determined to be blasphemy.
"As a great sage of the Order, Azar lacks faith. Not only does he fail to assist the Lord, but he also colluded with foreign forces for his own selfish interests and tried to create a new god to replace him."
As expected, after Elhaisen announced the charge and the corresponding crimes, all the people present were shocked and started talking about it.
Before today, they only knew that Lord Grass God announced that he would overthrow the Council of Ecclesiastes, but they really never imagined that the truth behind it would be so explosive.
"The second charge is betraying the country!"
Faced with the discussions of the crowd, Hazard wanted to speak up to defend himself, but before he could think of his words of defense, Elhaisen brought up a second charge against him.
"As a great sage of the Order, Azar not only did not fight for the interests of the country, but instead sold out the country for his own power and betrayed the sovereignty of the country to Winter Solstice."
This is also an extremely serious crime.
Because no matter which country it is, traitors are always the most despised.
What's more, Azar actually betrayed his country in such a capacity, which would inevitably bring immeasurable losses to Xumi.
"Since the signing of the 'Xumi-Zhidong Friendship Treaty', due to the complete abandonment of national tariff sovereignty, our Xumi's industry and commerce have suffered a devastating blow under the impact of Zhidong's goods!"
After stating the charges, Elhaisen began to explain to all the people of Xumi the consequences of Azar signing this treaty.
Although some people in Xumi are highly educated, it is naturally very difficult for the vast majority of workers to see the deeper meaning behind the treaty.
After all, when this treaty was signed, many word games were deliberately played. Even if you just look at it literally, this treaty is still a treaty of equality and mutual benefit.
However, with the current level of development of Xumi's productivity, opening up its market to a highly developed industrial country like Zhidong would actually mean putting its entire country in the position of an economic colony of the other party.
And judging from the various changes that occurred in Xumi after the signing of the contract, this indeed caused great harm.
In the cities, due to the impact of foreign goods, a large number of local enterprises went bankrupt, many workers lost their jobs, and the vast majority of handicraftsmen also lost all their competitiveness under industrialized production.
In the vast rural areas, the value of industrial products is much higher than that of agricultural products. In addition, the prices of textiles such as cotton cloth have also plummeted under the impact of industrial products, which has directly led to a significant reduction in farmers' income.
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