In the steady winter rain, a rooster crowed, which made Liu Yishen, who had closed his eyes to rest, involuntarily open his eyes.
Liu Yishen was in the prison car at this time and was being taken to the West Market.
When he was taken to the West Market, he was naturally going to be tortured, and he received the most cruel punishment in the Ming Dynasty - Ling Chi!
When Liu Yishen thought that he would become the first cabinet minister to be executed by Lingchi in the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help but want to cry.
He really just wanted to use the economic strength of Shanxi merchants and the political strength of the Donglin Party to achieve the goal of becoming the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet after Ye Xianggao and having higher status and power.
But Liu Yishuo did not expect that although the current Ming emperor had just ascended the throne, he was very unruly in his behavior. From the beginning, he slapped and killed Yan Guan. Dongchang had the intention of breaking up with the civil official group, but he suddenly attacked the civil official group. Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant in the army, followed his advice and suddenly made the bad things he had done come to light.
The more Liu Yishen thought about it, the more unlucky he felt. How could he meet such an emperor who was so cruel at a young age and wanted to kill all nine of his own clans.
Therefore, Liu Yishen is really despairing and crying in the wind.
Liu Yishen looked back at this time.
Fortunately for him, there were many civil servants accompanying him to the execution ground, such as Wang Wenyan, Miao Changqi, Zhou Yanru, etc. This meant that he would not go to the underworld alone.
"Miao Hanlin! I heard that you will also be punished by the nine tribes?!"
Liu Yishen shouted to Miao Hanlin behind him.
The disheveled Miao Changqi only glanced at Liu Yishui but said nothing.
But Liu Yishen himself burst out laughing: "Hahaha! I have long advised you Donglin Party members to learn to hide their power and not be too domineering. This world is not yours yet! But you don't believe it. In Hanlin It’s okay to make a fuss in the hospital, in the Sixth Section Gallery, and in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If you dare to make a fuss in the palace, even the emperor doesn’t look down on it. He just said that Yang Lian, the most respected person of your Donglin Party, is a The idiot, he is the only one who takes himself seriously, and so are you, you are all a bunch of idiots, and you are the only ones who take yourselves seriously!"
Miao Changqi glared at Liu Yishui and couldn't help shouting: "Liu Yishuo! What are you talking about? Mr. Dahong is the late emperor's minister, how can you slander him! I think you are crazy!"
Liu Yishen laughed bitterly: "Yes, I am crazy! But I really said some crazy things before I died today!"
After saying that, Liu Yishen looked at Miao Changqi and said: "He Yang Lian is indeed an idiot. You Donglin Party are all idiots. You all have little wisdom but no great wisdom, but you still refuse to obey the rules. My dignitary ministers also often say Driven by your questioning, you may be many, but you are just scattered sand. Once the king does not trust you, you will be nothing!"
Liu Yishen then said: "Look, as long as his emperor uses a little cleverness, he can use Fang Congzhe and Xu Guangqi to deal with you, so that you will die without a place to die!"
As Liu Yishuo spoke, he looked up at the sky and sighed: "I'm not as good as Fang Daxing (Fang Congzhe)!"
Then, Liu Yishen looked at Miao Changqi again and shouted loudly to Miao Changqi behind him: "Han Xu is not his opponent in Daxing, because he is not even as good as me. No, even if Ye Xianggao can really enter the cabinet, it will not work. As long as there are still Shilin scoundrels like Fang Congzhe and Xu Guangqi only obey the emperor and the safety of the Zhu family and the country, so we, the civil service group, can't even think of twisting into a rope and forcing the emperor to give in!"
Miao Changqi and others remained silent.
When they arrived at the execution ground, Liu Yishui and other civil servants were led to the execution ground, either tied to the wooden frame used by Ling Chi, or forced to kneel on the platform to be executed.
Liu Yishui, Miao Changqi, and Zhou Yanru, the three who were about to be Lingchi, happened to be next to each other.
At this time, Zhou Yanru suddenly cursed loudly: "Fang Congzhe! Xu Guangqi! You traitors! You will not die well in the future!"
Then, Zhou Yanru looked at Miao Changqi and said, "Mr. Liu was right just now. If it weren't for scholar-officials like Fang Congzhe and Xu Guangqi, and if our scholar-officials were united, his emperor would not dare to slaughter our scholar-officials like this unless he was extremely stupid! "
Miao Changqi nodded and also cursed: "Fang Congzhe! Xu Guangqi! You traitors and traitors! You scum! You flatter the tyrant and help the tyrants to do evil. You are not worthy to be a member of the scholar-bureaucrats!"
Liu Yishuo smiled coldly because of this and advised: "No need to scold, there is no solution to this! Without Fang Congzhe and Xu Guangqi, there will be other people who want to flatter the emperor. We, the literati, are so worthless that we are not even pitiable by God." We all think we deserve to die, so today it’s only cold rain and not snow!”
Liu Yishen said and looked up at the sky.
"The time has come! Execute the punishment!"
At three quarters past noon, after the executioner gave the order, the executioner began to execute Liu Yisui and others.
When the first knife struck Liu Yishen, Liu Yishen screamed: "Ah! Your Majesty, please spare your life!"
At this moment.
Miao Changqi and Zhou Yanru also began to be stabbed one after another.
In addition, Wang Wenyan and others naturally started to get stabbed.
At the same time, other civil servants who committed crimes also began to be killed.
Click!
Click!
Click!
Heads are rolling!
After the first group of civil servants were beheaded, the second group was brought up and began to behead them.
Zhou Jiamo had the highest official position here. Before he died, he only shouted: "Your Majesty! I don't dare! I don't dare to be greedy! Don't kill me!"
Click!
Zhou Jiamo was still beheaded in the city.
Wang Huazhen got close to the Donglin Party because of her conflict with Xiong Tingbi, intending to work with the Donglin Party to overthrow Xiong Tingbi.
So now, after being led to the guillotine, he couldn't help shouting: "God! Why are you so unfair? It was me who was beheaded, not him, Xiong Tingbi!"
Among these criminals, the most embarrassing one was Sun Shenxing, because his evil deeds were the most appalling and he was the most hated by the people. After all, what Sun Shenxing committed was something that broke the bottom line of human conscience. Therefore, the people all over the world threw at him. Rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves are the most common, and there are even feces and dirt.
Ling Chi and his executioners had to cover their mouths and noses with cloths because Sun Shenxing smelled so bad.
There were constant screams and slashing sounds.
The blood also kept flowing.
The blood of these criminal officials was spread all over the West Market.
No one would have thought that Emperor Qi of the Ming Dynasty would come up with such a big case not even a year after he ascended the throne, peeling off the skins of so many Donglin gentlemen and subjecting them to severe punishment!
Of course, this scene made the civil servants watching the execution find it difficult to calm down.
Jie Xuelong gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, you must have heard this. If Fang Congzhe, Xu Guangqi and other scum of the scholarly community were not helping the tyrants, I, the civil servants of Donglin, would not have suffered this misfortune! His emperor would not dare to be so unscrupulous!"
"We haven't asked about Fang Thief's crime of regicide yet! Have you forgotten the death of the late emperor?"
At this time, Hanlin Qian Qianyi reminded him.
Xie Xuelong also echoed: "That's right! The death of the late emperor was committed by Fang thief. Such acts of regicide cannot be ignored! Today, we cannot ignore the death of the late emperor, otherwise we will be worthy of being the son of man!"
