After the ministers dispersed, Ye Yongjia also walked down the hall. He was about to go back to the Yamen for business. As soon as he left the palace gate, he saw Lu Tingci rushing from the other side, holding him by the hand and asking: "Ye Shangshu, do you really want to kill Zhu Yangrui's entire family? There are nearly a hundred people in his family." Ouman!"
Ye Yongjia glanced at him and said coldly: "This is an imperial edict from the emperor. I don't know much about it, so I can only act according to the order."
"This crime was originally created by us. If we punish the three other tribes again, wouldn't it..."
"Speak softer," Ye Yongjia looked around hurriedly, his eyes extremely stern, "Do you hear me?"
"Yes, yes. But I would like to say that if you only use tyranny to control people and abuse the art of killing, I am afraid that in the future, it will be ineffective and indiscriminate killing will become a habit. Yan Wen and Niu Yuan had bad intentions back then. All because of their cruel behavior, the people were separated and the district was in turmoil. Your Excellency must not ignore it."
After Ye Yongjia heard this, he was quite touched, but he didn't want others to see his weakness. He just said: "I knew you would use these two people as an excuse. However, it is useless to try to persuade me with all your words. If you have the ability, go and persuade Cui Yi and the others. If you can persuade them, I will accept the advice immediately."
How could Lu Tingci give up halfway? Hearing this, he relaxed and followed him back to the Criminal Department happily.
Since the meeting at court was over, Cui Yi and others took advantage of this moment to gather in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment, waiting for Ye Yongjia to come to discuss the matter. While they were talking, they saw Ye Yongjia and Lu Tingci arriving together. They quickly invited them to take a seat and exchanged greetings.
"Censor Lu has a lot to say to you," Ye Yongjia patted Lu Tingci on the shoulder, "This is really going to take a long time, let's leave the rest in advance."
Everyone looked at Tingci, who cleared his throat and said: "My opinion is very simple. Zhu Yangrui's family members are all innocent and should not be affected. In the new policy, benevolence must be the first priority. I hope you can avoid it." The crimes of the three clans should be careful to start killing."
Ming Huiguang had a hint of approval, but when he saw Cui Yi's fierce aura, he stood up and said, "Lu Yushi, why don't we even kill Zhu Yangrui? He was also framed by us, so he doesn't deserve the death penalty at all!"
Lu Tingci's face darkened: "Master Cui, please don't misunderstand me! I don't pity Zhu Yangrui at all. I don't think it's the same frame-up! I just feel pity for his relatives!"
"Pity?" Cui Yi sneered a few times, with a few bloodshot eyes, "I dare to ask Lu Yushi, is it pity for their tribe who are well-dressed and well-fed, or is it pity for the thousands of poor people who have been displaced by their annexation of land? !”
"What are you doing..."
Cui Yi waved his hand vigorously: "I know what you are going to say. But it is this group of innocent people who rely on knocking bones and sucking marrow to feed themselves and destroy other people's wealth to live, but they turn a blind eye to the leftover bones; they are accommodating The government, enjoying the power, is actually proud of it; they take and take away from the villagers just for their own desires! In order to support these innocent people, countless people have died and collapsed. Isn't that too little for you, sir? !"
As soon as he finished speaking, the veins on Ming Huiguang's face almost popped out. In order to prevent further conflicts, Ye Yongjia quickly smoothed things over: "Master Cui, your words are too extreme. Although they have all kinds of evil, they have not mastered it after all. If you are ignorant of foreign affairs and are actually doing harm to others, you may not necessarily have the intention to harm others.”
"Let's do this. I'll make a compromise: instead of killing his family members, he will be exiled. What do you think?"
Everyone was speechless immediately, they all retracted their prejudices and followed his method. Ye Yongjia was actually not very satisfied with the result, but out of the desire to maintain unity, he had no choice but to act in this way, and then submitted a memorial to remonstrate. Naturally, the emperor would not embarrass him. When he returned to Zhu Pi, he ordered Zhu Yangrui to be beheaded on the spot, his family members all beaten with ten sticks, and exiled to the army. From then on, the Zhu family was no longer strong.
The imperial envoy arrived in Runing, took Zhu Yangrui out of the prison, tied him to a field, and without waiting for him to leave his last words, cut off his head with a sharp knife. The head rolled straight into the ditch before someone took it back. Put it in the box. All the villagers hid in their homes and watched from a distance, secretly expressing their pleasure, but no one dared to make a sound.
"This was... just killed this morning."
Magistrate Runing opened the box and looked at the bloody head in a daze; the confidants around him warned him in a low voice, fearing that he was possessed by evil spirits.
The prefect closed the box and turned to ask: "Can you give this head to those squires? It will be easier to incite people when there is trouble."
A clerk pondered for a moment and then replied, "This is a wonderful idea. But you openly asked for this box. If you give it to the squires, they will be suspicious of you."
The prefect shook his head decisively: "I'm not afraid. As long as the civil unrest becomes violent, someone will blame the Ye Party. Wan Yuzhi was under all kinds of pressure at that time, how dare he create another disturbance?"
"That's what you said. But we must keep it secret, right?"
The magistrate nodded: "This is easy, just hide it from Wan Yuzhi. Didn't you take over with the squires? According to the previous method. Now secretly take the box out of the Yamen and put it somewhere else; as for me, Report a theft later and no one will care.”
The clerk took the order, wrapped the box in a piece of green cloth, took it in his hand, and walked out of the room carefully.
It was getting dark at this time, and the clerk did not dare to open fire, so he just held on to the wall and walked. Seeing that he was still a few steps away from the Yamen, his hand was pushing against a person. He was so frightened that he took two steps back and blinked. Go and take a look, it turns out that it is the clerk who is following Wan Yuzhi.
When the clerk saw that it was the clerk of the mansion, he also became arrogant: "What are you doing sneakily?"
"I still want to ask you." The clerk wiped his nose and broke into a cold sweat.
"I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and wanted to walk around. You too?"
The clerk wanted to answer 'yes', but when he saw such a big box in his hand, he thought of another excuse: "No, of course not. Didn't you see that I was carrying something? It was packed with money. Give it to someone."
"There is a curfew now, you won't..." When the clerk said this, he suddenly smiled, poked his shoulder blade with his finger, and said with a smile, "I know, we people are busy in the yamen all day long. You must not hold back your official duties."
"Yes, yes, yes..." The clerk had no choice but to admit it repeatedly and use the trick, "So, can you help me hide it from those adults? Just pretend that nothing happened. Otherwise, if people find out, I will really I can’t work as a bookkeeper here anymore…”
"I have been working in the imperial court all my life and have no grudges against you. Why should I expose this matter? Don't worry..."
The clerk stopped questioning him and allowed him to walk over; but he glanced at him worriedly and followed slowly behind him.
