At the time of the July Fire, Jia Cunren, Zhang Zongxi and other gentry and brave people who had been escorted to Beijing for treason had already been escorted to Beijing.
And on this day, together with Jia Dexin, they were officially escorted to the place where the owl's head was, that is, the Xishi archway.
During the criminal investigation, Dai Guangqi also conducted the first review of these death row prisoners before Zhu Yijun's execution.
The Ming Dynasty's system of executing death row prisoners was Sanduzou.
That is, the Criminal Division will play it once before the case is decided, once again during the case, and again after the case is decided to show caution.
Zhu Yijun did not change his will again during the first review of the Criminal Division.
Jia Cunren, Zhang Zongxi, Jia Dexin and others who were escorted to the archway of the West Market were also escorted from the prison car to the execution ground by sergeants from the Ministry of Punishment shortly after that.
"It seems that Mr. Jia and others are really going to be killed because they work as errands for the officials and the gentry."
The censor Li Zhi, who had come here in advance to watch the execution, spoke angrily to the censor Liu Zhangwen and the reformer Qiu Li who went to Beijing with Zhang Sijiao to inquire about the news.
Yu Shiliu Zhangwen said: "Let's wait and see. Maybe the emperor will think that Jun should be lenient and not kill them. After all, this time both father and son will be killed, and the noble family will be completely cut off! Does the emperor also want to sit back and watch Jiangling? To do such a cruel thing to the nobles?"
Qianqing Palace at this time.
The golden wind was rising, blowing the sleeves of Zhu Yijun's robe high, and the list of Goujue and the ink pen were presented to him by Zhang Hong, the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Zhu Yijun did not look at the list of finalists, but looked at the clouds outside the hall, and suddenly asked: "There should be many people waiting in the West Market now, right?"
"Back to your lord, yes."
Zhang Hong replied.
Zhu Yijun pondered, and then asked: "Has the second recital of the Criminal Division arrived?"
Zhang Hong replied: "Not yet."
Zhu Yijun replied: "We'll talk about it later."
But after half an hour, Zhu Yijun didn't wait for the second reprise from the criminal department.
"Is it necessary to give me such a long time to think about it?"
Zhu Yijun therefore asked this question.
Immediately, Zhu Yijun picked up the ink pen and checked everything on the list.
"Your Majesty, the second reprise of the Criminal Division is here!"
Zhang Jing ran over panting heavily and knelt down in front of Zhu Yijun with sweat all over his head.
Zhu Yijun waved his sleeves and said, "It's too late! I wanted to spare a few people."
After saying that, Zhu Yijun said: "The replay is still not allowed!"
Not long after, Yushi Jiang Dongzhi ran to Li Zhi and said in a deep voice: "The news I just got from the Criminal Division is that the hook has been resolved! The second replay of the Criminal Division has also been sent back!"
"What?!"
Li Zhi and Yu Shiliu Zhangwen were greatly disappointed after hearing this.
After hearing this, Qiu Li sighed directly: "The emperor is still afraid that Jiangling is too heavy!"
"However, this is also a good thing. After all, Jiangling is also a civil servant!"
Liu Zhangwen suddenly smiled and said something.
Li Zhi and Jiangdong both nodded.
Then, Li Zhi asked Jiang Dongzhi: "Will the Criminal Division delay the third recital until noon?"
Jiangdong's Way: "Brothers Xiuwu and Shushi have asked Xing Kesun to instigate Dai Dou's remonstrance. Try to delay it until after noon, so that it can last until the end of autumn, and then it will give us more opportunities to turn around. room."
"My lords, we cannot allow the court to kill our scholar-bureaucrats again!"
"You can't go to the doctor for punishment!"
Liu Zhangwen and others spoke solemnly at this time.
Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, Qiu Li and other bureaucrats here all nodded in agreement.
Six Section Gallery.
During the incident, Sun Zhi, the right officer of the Criminal Division, took back the second recital and said to Dai Guangqi: "We have all settled, and the second recital has also been rejected."
Dai Guangqi's expression darkened after hearing this: "This is because the higher-ups are dissatisfied, so we can't delay it any longer! Immediately submit the third ensemble! There was also the driving sticker that Jin Yiwei just asked for, and he immediately signed it and gave it away
past! "
As Dai Guangqi spoke, he took out the recital he had prepared and signed the driving sticker.
Sun Zhi immediately suppressed the third refrain with his hand and whispered: "Du Jian! Fifty thousand taels, delay until nearly noon."
Dai Guangqi glanced at Sun Zhi.
Sun Zhi bowed his hands to Dai Guangqi.
Dai Guangqi knocked Sun Zhi away, but still signed his name on the third recital, and whispered to Sun Zhi, who was stunned in place: "Don't insult me like this! No one's official career, no one's heart to serve the country, can It’s measured in money. The second recital lasted for half an hour, which already cost me the chance to enter the public service, worthy of the four words “Scholarship Friendship”! "
"Step aside!"
Dai Guangqi scolded Sun Zhi as he spoke.
Sun Zhi had no choice but to get out of the way.
Therefore, the third riff after the collusion came very quickly.
Zhu Yijun picked up the third riff with great satisfaction and said with a smile: "He is still a sensible person. Tell him, don't worry about not having the chance to be a minister!"
"According to the order!"
Not long after, Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi, Liu Zhangwen and others saw Jin Yiwei coming with driving stickers and the third copy.
"That arrives so fast?"
Li Zhi and other bureaucrats were shocked when they saw this.
Jiang Dongzhi couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and said, "How shameful! What's going on with the criminal department, I don't even know how to delay it!"
Qiu Li also said bitterly: "It seems that not only the emperor is afraid of Jiangling, but also many of our scholar-bureaucrats are afraid of Jiangling. If Jiangling is not punished, the world will be uneasy!"
At this moment, Liu Zhangwen pointed at the Jin Yiwei holding the driving sticker: "Who are you trying to arrest?"
"Zha Yushiliu Zhangwen was suspected of being bribed by the magistrate Cai clan to excuse him for allowing thieves to run rampant in the countryside. He was immediately thrown into prison!"
The commander-in-chief of Yijinyiwei walked up to Liu Zhangwen, took out his driving sticker, and waved his hand: "Take down Liu Zhangwen! Take his crown and belt!"
Seeing this, Li Zhi and others hurriedly stood aside and kept a distance from Liu Zhangwen.
Immediately, two Jinyi guards came over and dragged Liu Zhangwen out.
Liu Zhangwen was confused at first, but he soon understood and struggled to shout: "I was wrong! Yuan Fu, I was really wrong! I shouldn't impeach Hai Rui, I know I was wrong! Don't do this !」
Not long after, Liu Zhangwen was dragged down.
And here, a Jin Yiwei also sent the third copy to the supervisor.
"Prepare for execution!"
The supervisor shouted because of this.
Jia Cunren, Jia Dexin, Zhang Zongxi and other gentry knew that there was no hope, so they collapsed completely and began to sob and cry.
Zhang Zongxi even shouted loudly: "I serve the country and my hometown and prevent female ministers from causing harm to Yangzhou. What's wrong with me?!"
"If a powerful official in the court is punished, there will be an unjust soul, and God will punish him!"
"Heaven will punish you!"
Jia Cunren also shouted.
But no matter how Jia Cunren and Zhang Zongxi shouted, Zhu Yijun was determined to kill officials, gentlemen, and officials, and naturally he could not change it.
So, when noon came, these people were all beheaded, and their heads rolled to the ground.
Blood spread along the severed head.
"The power of Jiangling is as fierce as Fenyi!"
"The example of punishing the minister and the gentry is repeated again."
Li Zhi spoke in a deep voice at this time.
"I just lament that Ling Chi is dead, otherwise I would have cut this powerful woman into pieces!"
Jiang Dongzhi said with hatred in his eyes.
Qiu Li sneered and said, "It's not that he can't be chopped, it's just that he needs to be punished for colluding with foreign barbarians!"
"That's true."
Li Zhi and Jiang Dong both laughed.
Then, Li Zhi added: "But why did Lingchi only abolish it for his own people and not for foreigners? This is not in line with benevolent government and is not good-neighborly and friendly. It is not a truly benevolent act!"
Zhu Yijun only abolished the punishment of Lingchi for his own people, but made the decision to punish traitors as Lingchi
, not only Li Zhi was dissatisfied, Xu Jie was also dissatisfied after learning about this decree, and said to his son Xu Ying:
"Send a letter to Jiangling. Since the emperor wants to be benevolent, he should advise the emperor to abolish all the punishments of Dapi and treat foreign barbarians equally. It is best to be more benevolent to foreign barbarians!"...
After hearing this, Xu Ying said: "Why did my father want to abolish all the punishments of Dapi? How will Jiangling be punished in the future?"
"What do you know!"
"Otherwise, how can we make Jiangling willing to let the emperor abolish the law that foreign barbarians can be punished, or even those who collude with foreign barbarians can be punished?"
"We must let foreigners help the scholar-bureaucrats and let the Han people work hard and bear no complaints from generation to generation!"
"You have to know that the most valuable thing in this land is not the fertile farmland, nor the gold and silver mines, but the Han people who have been tamed for thousands of years. They are hardworking and more productive and tolerant than the Panyi and Hu people."
"So, we can't let them have the consciousness that the emperor should love them more just because they are his subjects!"
"It would be better not to kill Jiangling in the future than to allow such a will to only benefit the Han people of our country to appear!"
Xu stood on the high floor of his villa, staring deeply at the green leeks in the distance and said.
