Just as Jia Cong expected, Feng Tang, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town and Shenwu General, did not even hesitate after receiving Jia Cong's order. He directly mobilized 10,000 elite cavalry and rushed to Taiyuan with one person and two horses.
On the eighth day of February, Taiyuan Mansion, which had been secretly sealed off for half a month, finally felt the tremendous pressure of the dark clouds pressing down on the city.
Since the founding of Daxia, Taiyuan Prefecture, as the capital of Shanxi Province, has not experienced war for nearly a hundred years.
Just after dawn, the loose Taiyuan guards became completely panicked when they saw the black clouds gradually approaching from the sky.
The alarm bell was sounded, and the panicked guards on the city wall huddled behind the battlements holding their own weapons, looking in horror at the flow of people in black armor who were quickly pressing towards them from the north.
"Sir Qianhu, it seems to be the Golden Dragon Flag..."
The golden dragon and auspicious cloud flags on a red background represent the emperor's personal visit or the imperial envoy generals who patrol the sky on behalf of the emperor.
Jia Cong put on his purple robe and royal cat uniform, and his big red coat followed the wind. He stood astride his horse under the flag of the Chinese Army Commander, and looked coldly at the closed gates of Taiyuan City.
The wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier, and the strong cold wind made the people at the top of the city unable to see the figure under the handsome banner.
Taiyuan Guard Commander Cao Chujun licked his lips, licked his chapped lips, and anxiously said to the deputy general next to him: "Go and ask who is here..."
Just as he was talking, one of the black-armored cavalry came forward, held up a golden token, and shouted: "By decree, Uncle Yongfeng is inspecting Taiyuan Mansion. Why don't you open the city gate quickly and come to see me!"
"It's actually this man..."
It's a cold winter. If you're not enjoying your time in the capital, why are you here in Taiyuan?
Out of curiosity, Mr. Cao Chu did not have the courage to stop the imperial envoy outside the city, even if the imperial envoy came with more than ten thousand troops.
The imperial golden order was hoisted to the top of the city in a hanging basket. After inspection, Lord Cao Chu ordered the city gate to be opened, and he also walked down to the top of the city to prepare for the imperial envoy.
But he didn't expect that before he could walk out of the city gate after the city gate opened, the black-armored cavalry quickly entered the city and occupied important places at the north gate. He was shocked and thought that the enemy was deceiving the city.
Fortunately, Jia Cong's arrival made him feel a little relieved, and he stepped forward to pay homage in fear and confusion: "The last commander of the Taiyuan Guards, Cao Chujun, is paying homage to Uncle Yongfeng. Please explain clearly why Uncle Yongfeng did what he did."
Jia Cong stood on the tower with his hands behind his hands, overlooking the entire city of Taiyuan.
He did not respond to Cao Chujun's inquiry, but looked coldly at a group of officials coming from the city.
Cao Chujun never heard Jia Cong's response, and always kept his posture of bowing and clasping his fists. After a long time, his whole body was sore that his back was almost unbearable.
Finally, I had to grit my teeth and ask again: "I wonder what the important task is for my uncle to come here. Do you need the general's help?"
Jia Cong finally responded this time, but he only said two words that made Cao Chujun frightened.
"kill!"
Cao Chujun's heart trembled, and he asked tentatively in a low voice: "Who do you want to kill?"
At this time, almost all the officials and generals in the city who had received the news had gathered in Wengcheng.
Jia Cong raised his hand and pointed at the civil and military officials who were lining up under the city, and said murderously: "It's them!"
…
The defense of Taiyuan Fucheng has been taken over by the Datong frontier army. Cao Chujun did not have the courage to disobey Jia Cong's order holding a golden order. The 20,000 Taiyuan guards were temporarily divided and followed behind the frontier army.
Jia Cong kept the civil and military officials in the city indifferent, neither receiving them nor letting them go back, leaving them to be blown by the cold wind.
Zhu Jiangming had been ordered to arrange for Long Jinwei to go around the streets beating gongs and announcing Jia Cong's orders.
"The Imperial Envoy and Uncle Yongfeng will conduct a public trial of important cases at the end of Sishi. People in the city can go to Wengcheng to watch the public trial process."
"The criminals involved in this case are Liu Kan, the eldest son of the Prince's Palace, Fang Hui, the son of Fang Bin, Shanxi's right governor, Su Benzhai, the son of Su Yu, the Shanxi Provincial Commissioner for Punishment, and Wang Siling, the son of Wang Qi, the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture..."
"Uncle Yongfeng has an order that all officials, generals and those with honors and titles in Taiyuan City must go to Wengcheng on time..."
The palace guards who used to patrol the city have been replaced by murderous black-armored cavalry. Groups of border troops appeared all over the city. Taiyuan Mansion, which has not yet completely dissipated the feeling of the New Year, is filled with killings almost everywhere.
When people who should come and those who shouldn't come gathered in Wengcheng, tens of thousands of people were crowded together, occupying almost half of Wengcheng.
Facing the elite border troops in armor and with serious expressions on their faces, even those who most like to watch the excitement did not dare to speak loudly and discuss. They could only discuss each other in whispers, and occasionally glance at the civil and military officials in front of them who were almost drowned in snowflakes.
After standing in the wind and snow for an hour, the hands and feet of these two dozen civil and military officials were almost frozen.
But they didn't dare to leave without permission, and they didn't have the guts to complain.
Everyone, including the leftist envoy Zhang Siwei, noticed something was wrong.
It is true that Ning Rongjia's family often has people who are not stingy, but no matter how generous they are, they will not be so negligent to a provincial official.
There is only one possibility: someone among them has committed a crime, and it is something serious...
Dong dong dong dong...
The war drums at the top of the city were beaten, and Zhang Siwei, who was still thinking about today's events, suddenly saw an incredible scene from the doorway of the city gate.
what is that?
One after another, coffins were pulled by horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts, and were lined up heading this way. Along the way, people scattered paper money, flying everywhere.
Not only Zhang Siwei saw it, but other officials also saw it. As the first carriage entered Wengcheng, the people who gathered here to watch the excitement also saw it.
More than 800 coffins gathered in one place, which was no longer shocking, but horrifying.
The Wengcheng was completely silent. Some timid people had already shrunk their necks and planned to leave...
"You must be curious about who the people in these coffins are."
A purple figure appeared on the city tower, and the royal cat embroidered with gold silk showed the owner of this figure.
Jia Cong had a simple trumpet in his hand. With the help of the echo from the Wengcheng, the sound could be heard clearly by the officials and people below.
"The people in these coffins are as young as ten and as old as eighteen. They are all poor women who were kidnapped..."
"The people who tortured them were superior. These poor women were treated as playthings, imprisoned in a secret room, trapped in a foreign land, and lived a hellish life every day."
"Do you know who the person who harmed them is?"
Jia Cong waved his hand, and a row of disheveled people appeared on the tower.
At Jia Cong's signal, Zhu Jiangming took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, opened it and read loudly.
"After investigation, Liu Kan, the crown prince of the Dai Dynasty, Fang Hui, the son of Fang Bin, Shanxi's Youbu political envoy, Su Benzhai, the son of Su Yu, the Shanxi punishment inspector, Wang Siling, the son of Wang Qi, the Tongzhi of Taiyuan Prefecture, Li Jia, the emperor of Taiyuan Prefecture, Li Li, Pingyang A total of twenty-six people from the Yan family and Yan Zhiyuan robbed women, raped, kidnapped, and mutilated people..."
"Fang Bin, Shanxi's right-hand political envoy, Su Yu, Shanxi's criminal prosecutor, Wang Qi, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Liao Fanchen, the magistrate of Pingyang County... colluded with corruption, bent the law for personal gain, protected crimes, laxly taught children, and bent the law for personal gain..."
"The Acting King Liu Min, the Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department, the Punishment and Prosecution Envoy Department, the Supervisory Censor, the Patrol Inspector, and other officials in the Taiyuan Prefecture were negligent and neglected their duties. They were guilty of negligence."
"Eleven gentry merchants including the Imperial Shang Li family are all guilty of master and slave crimes. Their crimes are too numerous to describe..."
Zhu Jiangming read in one breath for almost half an hour before he finished reading the crimes and responsibilities of the people involved in the case.
He finally put away the files, raised his hands to the sky, and shouted: "According to the decree, the principal criminals Liu Kan, Fang Hui and other 26 people are sentenced to Lingchi..."
boom!
Wengcheng was completely boiling.
A lady in the crowd fainted, and the maid next to her quickly picked her up and carried her to a carriage nearby.
Someone recognized the clan emblem on the carriage. It was the carriage of Prince Dai.
The queue of officials also exploded. Fortunately, there were no people involved in the case. For example, right-hand chief envoy Fang Bin and others could no longer care about anything else. They cursed angrily and waved their sleeves one by one. I want to go to the city to argue with Jia Cong.
However, before they took a few steps, they saw a group of black-armored forbidden troops pressing down from the city wall.
Swish, swish, swish~
The Imperial Guards drew their swords and detained them all.
"Twelve people including Fang Bin, Shanxi's right-hand political envoy, Su Yu, Shanxi's criminal prosecutor, and Wang Qi, the co-president of Taiyuan Prefecture, are guilty of unpardonable crimes and are sentenced to execution!"
"Child Jia Cong, who do you think you are? I am the second-rank chief envoy of the imperial court. What right do you have to dare to kill me?"
Fang Bin looked stern but felt guilty, but when faced with the horror of life and death, he still mustered up the courage to raise his head and argue.
Su Yu and others, who were being held by the Forbidden Army, also responded, trying to force Jia Cong to let them go.
Others begged Zhang Siwei, the political envoy to the left, and other officials who were not involved in the case. Unfortunately, Zhang Siwei had already thought of something and bowed his head in silence.
plead? Resist?
Liu Kan, the eldest son of the Dai Wangfu, is about to be punished. Have you seen Dai Wang Liu Min come?
The prince has been hiding in the palace and has not come out. I, a second-grade envoy, am stupid enough to offend Jia Cong?
Jia Cong rolled his sleeves and snorted coldly: "Today, I killed the second grade! Don't tell me that you don't know the crimes your son committed. For nearly ten years, he died tragically at the hands of those beasts. There are thousands of innocent women, how could you not know?"
How could you not know?
In addition to Liu Min, who was almost isolated, many senior officials in Taiyuan Prefecture, including Zhang Siwei, the governor of the left, knew more or less about it, but they were just protecting each other and hiding each other.
Especially Fang Bin, Su Yu and others, they often wiped their sons' butts. Which of the gentry, officials and businessmen in Shanxi has not given benefits to this group of people?
"And you!"
Jia Cong suddenly pointed at the remaining officials such as Zhang Siwei and scolded angrily: "Don't say you haven't heard of these things. Knowing but not reporting, knowing but not investigating, and indulging in crimes are all crimes of negligence."
"I am ashamed of myself. Please ask the imperial envoy to convict you!"
Zhang Siwei reacted the fastest. He knelt down and accepted the punishment without thinking about excuses.
The other officials followed suit, fearing that if they were too late, they would be dragged away by the imperial army and thrown together with Su Yu and others.
Jia Cong just gave this group of people a cold look and scolded: "Your crimes will be investigated by officials from the Third Division. Now you all kneel down to me and see with your own eyes the consequences of killing people and ignoring the law!"
"Come here, set up the execution platform! I will use the blood of these beasts today to save those poor dead souls!"
…
No one makes bloody buns because the blood of these people is dirty!
Ling Chi's 3,600 blows, a skilled executioner could hang on to the lives of these beasts until the last blow.
From the beginning to the end, Liu Min, the acting king, never came to intercede with Jia Cong.
However, Princess Lu once sent a letter, asking Jia Cong to spare Liu Kan's death. Even after Jia Cong did not agree, he hysterically shouted that Liu Kan was a member of the royal family and that Jia Cong's private handling was against the law.
He wanted to use his status as a clan member to suppress Jia Cong, but Jia Cong directly sent his own soldiers to deliver a piece of white silk, a glass of poisonous wine, and a dagger.
And someone sent a message to Lu: "If you were not involved in important cases, I would have killed you long ago to pay tribute to those innocent women. What about the clan? It's not like I, Jia Cong, have never killed!"
Eight hundred coffins were placed in the urn city of Taiyuan Prefecture, forming a crescent shape around the execution platform.
Fang Bin, Su Yu and other twelve officials were the first batch to be sent to the execution platform. The Forbidden Army served as the executioners. When the sword was slashed, the twelve heads rolled to the ground. Scarlet blood spattered out and stained the surrounding hangings. On the white flag.
Many of the people watching were so frightened that they closed their eyes, and most of the officials who were forced by Jia Cong to watch the execution wet their pants.
Zhang Siwei's legs were also shaking, not from cold, but from fear.
The fear of Jia Cong and the fear of "Da Xia Lu".
He couldn't believe that someone would actually use the "Da Xia Law" to punish high-ranking officials like them.
Although the rule of not punishing a doctor has changed in this dynasty, as long as it does not involve rebellion or encounter the limelight, he will not lose his life, and the most likely is just exile.
In fact, the crimes of Su Yu and others were far-fetched and even their exile was a bit far-fetched. According to the usual practice, they were dismissed from office and dismissed from their posts.
But he happened to meet Jia Cong, who had already thoroughly studied the "Daxia Code", a law full of loopholes and extremely imperfect.
If the crime isn't enough to bring him to justice, then he'll find a way to get it together.
Worse still, there is the hidden charge of forming a party for personal gain. If you form a party, you can be charged with the charge of disloyalty and rebellion...
…
Jia Cong used the imperial gold order to forcibly kill twelve court officials, completely frightening all the officials in Taiyuan.
The next journey in Lingchi was much smoother. With the guarantee of the powerful elites of the border army, all conspiracies and calculations were just paper tigers that could be broken with just one poke.
Zhang Siwei was finally summoned to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen. Jia Cong sat high in the hall, with a plaque hanging high above his head.
"Fang Bin, Su Yu and others were killed by this uncle, but this is not enough!"
Jia Cong threw out a file: "Zhang Siwei, are your Shanxi officials so protective of the herd? See for yourself, how rotten is Shanxi?"
Zhang Siwei's hands were still trembling at this moment. He had not yet recovered from the bloodshed in Wengcheng.
However, the file Jia Cong threw to him still made him sober up, because this file recorded the crimes of more than 60 gentry and wealthy merchants in Shanxi, including almost half of the big families in Shanxi.
"This this……"
"What is this? Conquer all the houses and leave no one behind! Exile them if they should, and behead them if they should! Zhang Siwei, this is the opportunity for redemption given to you by my uncle..."
Thump~
Zhang Siwei knelt down directly, but did not immediately respond to Jia Cong's words.
"Uncle, uncle...Xiaguan, Xiaguan..."
Jia Cong narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at Zhang Siwei, who was kneeling on the ground and shaking all over.
"What? Are you afraid or unwilling? In other words, do you also want to go to the guillotine?"
He knew why Zhang Siwei did not dare to agree to this matter, because behind these people stood the entire Jin Party. Even though the Jin Party today did not have the power it had during the Zhaowu period, it still had a great say in the government and the opposition.
But Jia Cong wanted to force Zhang Siwei to kill people. Only in this way could he take the opportunity to completely disrupt the entire Shanxi and eradicate the Jin Party faction that had been entrenched in Shanxi for nearly a hundred years.
The Jin Party has become an emerging family that hinders the Daxia Reform and New Deal, and has become a cancer that harms the people and sucks their blood.
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
This is to make up for last night. I felt groggy and depressed last night, but I feel better today.
Rest and continue in the evening.
(End of chapter)
