"What nonsense! If the power of life and death of the common people is directly controlled by you, it will be an act of undermining the authority of the emperor and stealing Tai'a's power! I see that Wang Tai not only has no regard for me, but also tries to deceive me with fallacies and crooked words. It is really disrespectful to me to use nonsense words that hide evil intentions and pretend to be offensive advice!"
Zhu Youxiao angrily scolded Wang Tailai, a high official and gentry.
Zhu Youxiao is the emperor, and he has the supreme imperial power to dominate the world.
What is the supreme imperial power?
Specifically, he is the sole holder of the power of life and death, the framer of laws and regulations, and the highest decision-making power on all military and political affairs.
Among them, the sole holder of the power of life and death is very important.
Because the most important right of a person is life.
If the emperor wants to become the true ruler of the world, the first thing he must be able to do is to be able to decide the life and death of everyone.
If the life and death of everyone cannot be decided, it will be difficult to make everyone obey the emperor's rule.
And if the emperor wants to be the only emperor, he must be the only person who can decide the life and death of others.
In other words, other people, regardless of their superiority or inferiority, cannot decide the life or death of others, otherwise they are overstepping the imperial power!
Therefore, any emperor who is not stupid, no matter how lazy he is, will personally decide the life and death of the prisoner, and will not let others represent his power.
After all, if anyone other than the emperor can decide a person's life or death, then that person can control that person to do anything for him, which is an act of overstepping the imperial power.
The reason why the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty did not go to the countryside was that the life and death of the common people were often dominated by the gentry in the clan without the permission of the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao was not a fool, so he naturally knew that Wang Tai was being sophistical.
Wang Tai saw that his words could not fool the emperor, so he stopped talking for a while, and naturally did not beg for mercy.
"Except for me, no one can decide the life or death of others. No matter whether this person is more noble or humble than you, you have no right to decide his life or death. Otherwise, it is arrogance!"
Zhu Youxiao continued to draw a conclusion, and then said: "Obviously, many people in Wuqing County no longer know this, and they do not know that only I can control life and death! Therefore, according to my decree, Wuqing County will be transferred to Wuqing County immediately. All the people gathered together, and then the troublemaking gentry, Wang clan, villagers and domestic slaves were executed in front of all the people of Wuqing! The main culprit Wang Tai also Lingchi in front of these people, to let these people know that this Wuqing Qingcheng is not his Wang family’s Wuqing City, it is my Wuqing City, and Dongchang will execute it.”
"According to the order!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
"Wang Tai, I will destroy your nine tribes in front of all the people of Wuqing, so that all the people of Wuqing County will know from now on that you, a seemingly untouchable local gentry, are still just like ants in front of my imperial power. Normally, if I say that I will destroy your nine tribes, I will destroy your nine tribes! I have to thank you for giving me an opportunity to declare my imperial power and strengthen my authority."
Zhu Youxiao therefore spoke to Wang Tai.
Wang Tai glanced at Zhu Youxiao helplessly. He knew that the emperor thought that if he were to be arrested and punished in the capital, and the world would be informed, the gentry would not let the villagers and slaves in their clan know that the emperor was better than them. These gentry were more authoritative, so the emperor simply wanted to behead a wave of people in front of all the people in Wuqing County. In front of all the people in Wuqing, he killed the gentry and wealthy people who were very awe-inspiring among the local people. The people of Wuqing County knew that the gentry were nothing in front of the imperial power.
"Your Majesty! Can you tell me who taught these imperial methods, Fang Daxing or Xu Shanghai?!"
Wang Tai asked loudly.
Wang Tai had to admit that the emperor was really cruel in doing this!
Because in order to make the common people obedient and obedient, they, the gentry, used many methods to fool these common people.
For example, social dramas are used to spread the integrity and justice of civil servants, such as Di Gong's case and Bao Gong's case.
It is true that the protagonists of these stories, Di Renjie, Bao Zheng and other praised scholar-bureaucrats, all have their own noble merits.
But this does not prevent the gentry from using this to brainwash the common people, so that the common people know that only the civil servants and gentry are the ones who are good to them and love them.
As for the emperor, they also used various methods to let the people know that all good emperors who loved the people listened to the civil servants and gentry, and bad emperors were disobedient.
In any case, the criterion for an emperor being good or bad is that he can't help but listen to advice.
Then, the gentry began to let the common people automatically obey their control, and even the right to life was willing to be controlled by the gentry.
But now, the emperor wanted to declare the gentry in charge of them guilty in front of the common people, and he wanted to execute them with harsh means.
It is undoubtedly telling these common people that the gentry can also commit crimes, and they are nothing in front of the imperial power. They are just paper, which will break with one poke!
Moreover, if you have no brains and follow the gentry to help others and pretend to be powerful, you will also be executed.
Because only imperial power is supreme.
"I have the wisdom of the past, and everything I learn is taught by God. Moreover, Taizu, Chengzu and other ancestors taught me in their dreams, so why do I need enlightenment from others?"
Zhu Youxiao replied with a sneer.
Wang Tai said nothing.
Next, Wang Tai was taken away.
"I was ordered by the emperor to guard Wu Qing. The squire Wang Tai seduced the villagers of his clan, slandered me as possessed by a demon, and intended to burn me to death. This is really a treasonous and unethical act. Now I have been authorized by the emperor to be found guilty of conspiracy. For this crime, the nine tribes should be punished! And in front of the people of the whole county, they should be executed immediately! As a warning to others! And I will personally serve as the supervisor and executioner!"
After Tao Yunzhi of Wuqing County received Zhu Youxiao's order to summon all the people of Wuqing County and execute the people of the nine Wang and Tai tribes in front of all the people of Wuqing County, he loudly shouted in front of all the people of Wuqing County. He conveyed the reason why he summoned all the people of Wuqing County to come here today.
Then, Tao Yunzhi slapped the gavel and shouted: "Detain the prisoner!"
Then, Wang Tai and other prisoners were taken over, as well as the county government officials, subordinate officials and other gentry who had colluded with Wang Tai.
In front of the imperial power, these local forces are nothing.
Even because of the support of the imperial power, the county magistrate Tao Yunzhi, who had been bullied by these local forces until he was about to be burned to death, now seems to have become the incarnation of the emperor. He is so majestic that the people below him began to realize what a county magistrate who confiscates their homes is. The prefect who destroyed his family.
The gentry below naturally did not want to see such a situation, that is, because the government relied on the imperial power, they could confiscate their homes and exterminate their families, even though they were not ordinary people.
But now they can only accept it and have to suppress their displeasure.
"Execution!"
When the time came, Tao Yunzhi threw the token with all his strength, shouted with all his strength, and threw the official sleeve up with all his strength.
At this moment, Tao Yunzhi felt that he was the real parent official here.
"ah!"
The accompanying medical soldiers temporarily acted as executioners and stabbed Wang Tai below with a knife.
Wang Tai screamed in pain.
Along with Wang Tai's screams, other Wang Tai tribe members, villagers and domestic slaves were also beheaded one after another.
Human heads rolled to the ground like hailstones.
The soldiers and people below were shocked when they saw this scene.
"It turns out that Mr. Wang also committed crimes and was killed!"
"Master Wang's family has been wiped out like this. Doesn't it mean that he is the King of Heaven here?"
"Bah! What kind of king I am? Now it seems that I am nothing in front of the emperor! Why not be executed like melons and vegetables?!"
…
As a result, the people began to murmur privately.
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