After that, he ignored the expressions of the officials behind him after hearing his decision. Huang Qiong didn't even look back and walked directly out of Wanchun Palace. The officials behind him didn't care about the money they had to hand over, and hurriedly followed him out. But I saw the prince walking all the way after leaving Wanchun Palace, and did not stop even after leaving Taiji Palace.
Until this group of officials, who usually refused to take a step away from the sedan chair. Not daring to leave anyone behind, he followed Huang Qiong to the Dongshi, which was already crowded with people. The Jiedu Envoy Division responsible for maintaining order, and the officers and soldiers directly under the Biaoying Camp, are desperately trying to maintain order. When Huang Qiong came with a group of officials, he spent all his efforts to open a road.
When the people saw Huang Qiong coming, the people around him couldn't help but kneel to the ground and shouted long live. Some people even set up incense burners and kept kowtowing there, shouting that Master Qingtian finally made the decision for the people. Those in the back who couldn't squeeze in set off firecrackers outside. Suddenly, the outskirts of Dongshi were filled with cheers and deafening firecrackers.
Huang Qiong pretended not to hear the cheers and firecrackers that kept coming from around her. He just helped an elderly couple up and went directly into Dongshi, which was surrounded by a sea of people. But the officials who followed Huang Qiong, because they were so far away from Huang Qiong, were entertained by all kinds of rotten eggs and rotten cabbage gangsters from the common people. For a moment, those officials were in a very embarrassed state.
On weekdays, these officials always pay attention to official prestige. Even ordinary people would find these officials a bit of an eyesore when they walk in front of them. At this time, everyone was hit hard, but they didn't even dare to fart, or even block it. As for the embarrassment of these officials, Huang Qiong in front acted as if he didn't see it. Let those officials be treated warmly by the people with garbage-like things.
Those officials were in such a state of embarrassment as they followed Huang Qiong into Dongshi. When they saw the fifth master Chu, who was tightly tied and kneeling there, and several officials, they were dumbfounded. Before the officials could react, two officers and soldiers stood behind each one. These officials were piled up at that time. Some people even have some unknown water stains on their crotches.
What surprised them even more was that among the people tied up on the execution ground at the moment, in addition to the fifth master Chu and a dozen officials involved in the matter, there were also several senior masters from Chang'an Prefecture and Wannian County. Head arrest is actually included. There are also a dozen of Chu Fifth Master's personal followers who have followed him and done all kinds of evil in the past few years. The censors who were originally locked up were also taken to Dongshi at this time.
These censors, who had been stripped of their official uniforms, were all tightly tied and kneeling there. Two sergeants stood behind each person, raising their heads so that they could only look straight at the execution ground in front of them. These people were censors from the left and right of the Xijing censorship station. From these two second-rank officials to all the censors below who had received money from the Chu family, it could be said that no one was left behind.
Seeing these censors who used to be so arrogant and capable of turning everything upside down if they caught the slightest thing, almost all the officials present shuddered, but almost no one dared to come forward to persuade them. Only a member of the Xijing Ministry of Rites, a foreign minister, walked up to Huang Qiong cautiously, slightly cupped his hands and said, "Prince, these people are all from the second rank of Jinshi, and they are also from scholars."
"They have violated the national law, but you cannot humiliate them like this. According to the court's regulations, even if they want to behead their heads, they have to go through the Tribunal of Justice. Now that the court has not convicted them of their crimes, you show them to the public like this. , It is really an insult to politeness. And those officials, even if they violate the law, they have to go through the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai before they can be convicted."
"Isn't it a bit too much for you to interrogate and kill them without going through the review of the three judges? The imperial court has customs. Even if the prince is the crown prince, he cannot kill people at will without going through the three judges. Your Highness, although I am just a low-ranking official Even though you are an insignificant official, you cannot see that you, as the current prince, would break the laws of the court at every turn. In this case, who else will abide by the laws of the court?"
After the Yuan Wai Lang said these words, all the officials present, including the tightly tied censors, could not help but look at this bold Yuan Wai Lang with strange eyes. Although the other officials did not dare to say anything, in their hearts they desperately cursed this nosy guy: "You guy, are you just looking for trouble? If you want to die, don't get involved with us."
"Let's not talk about who this master is. He is the crown prince of the Qi Dynasty. Who does he want to kill? How can a little Yuanwailang like you be able to persuade him? You are interceding for them and asking for this The prince abides by the laws of the court, which can be considered a good intention. But what did these people do when they were arrested in Wanchun Palace? When is it not good to persuade, you must persuade them at this time.
"In front of so many people, no matter what you say makes sense, how can this prince come down to the stage and listen to your persuasion? Not only does your persuasion have no effect whatsoever, but . If the prince's anger that he finally suppressed is aroused again, other people who have already paid the fine may be sent in together. "
"Who is this man? He is a man who never rubs sand in his eyes. The year before last, he killed hundreds of officials in Zhengzhou, including an earl. Among the officials who were killed, Who else has been tried by the Tribunal of Justice? By saying these things at this time, aren't you in front of so many officials and people, just looking for trouble and slapping this man in the face?"
As for this man's persuasion, not only the other officials present, but no one cheered for him. Even the censors who were tied up and kneeling on the ground, no one thanked him. After this person said this, the censors' hearts couldn't help but stare at Huang Qiong's face almost invariably, fearing that his words of persuasion would arouse the lord's anger.
The Lord thought that the officials at the execution ground were not enough of a deterrent, so there were still people talking nonsense and expressing their opinions. He then pulled up those who had already been sent to the capital to make up the numbers. By then, you will really be at a loss. He didn't die because of making money or taking bribes and bending the law, but he died because of the words of his colleagues.
But compared to the officials who were in panic all day long, Huang Qiong said in a very calm tone: "Today they are shown in public, it is not because I am humiliating them. It is themselves who humiliate them, not me. They hold the He received a salary from the imperial court, but for his own selfish gain, he sold himself and the rights granted by the imperial court to a businessman."
"With the laws of the imperial court, the responsibilities of being an official are nothing. This is not that the few are humiliating them, but that they are humiliating themselves. Since they are all born in the second rank of Jinshi, each of them can be regarded as a well-educated scholar. . But they sold themselves to money and sold themselves to the devil. After studying hard for many years, all their knowledge was fed to the dogs. It was they themselves who pushed themselves into the Abi Hell."
"The imperial court has set up the Three Law Divisions, which are prepared for those who have been wronged. They are not prepared for the corrupt officials who have read the books. Since the evidence of these people is conclusive, not killing them will not be enough for the people to be angry. I still have to What kind of three-law court? Listen to the deafening sound of firecrackers around Dongshi and the cheers of millions of people. Isn’t it better to convict them of their crimes than a three-law court trial? "
After talking about this somewhat nerdy Yuanwai Lang until he blushed. Huang Qiong turned his head and looked at the officials who were preparing for the execution. A fifth-grade military attache who was responsible for supervising executions and suppressing executions came to ask for instructions if it was not yet three quarters past noon and whether the execution could be carried out later. Huang Qiong said calmly: "How long does it take to send such a group of beasts to reincarnation?"
After receiving Huang Qiong's order, this executioner who was temporarily transferred from the Biao camp did not dare to neglect and shouted directly at the executioners. And with his shout, heads rolled to the ground in Dongshi. After the execution was completed, Huang Qiong raised his head and glanced at a group of officials who were frightened and turned pale: "I know that there are not many people in this world who can withstand the temptation."
"Especially when faced with money, few people can withstand it. But at least, you must have a bottom line as a human being and an official, and know what can and cannot be done. Don't you feel that it is hot? You accept it. Are those money? I tell you, they are all the blood and tears of the common people. A family of businessmen can be unscrupulous in Xijing, a city full of nobles and high-ranking officials. "
"Robbing men and dominating women, committing all kinds of crimes, but not receiving any punishment for several years. The people have been so wronged, but there is nowhere to cry out. Do you know what this means? I tell you, this means beating my father. I'm slapping the imperial court in the face, slapping you in the face of the two-ranked Jinshi and high-ranking officials. I'm slapping the face of the imperial law that you keep talking about."
"Tell me, where have you read all the books of saints and sages over the years? Have they all been read in the belly of dogs? If officials can't make decisions for the people, what use are you officials? This time I just give you a Warning, I hope you will see and listen. From now on, if someone is stubborn, even if I am sentimental, God's will and the law are ruthless."
After that, Huang Qiong ignored those officials. Abandoning the body coldly, these people were not allowed to collect the body. After showing their respect here for three days, they turned around and left in large strides. And behind him, those people who had been wronged had no way to redress their grievances. He broke through the officers and soldiers who were desperately trying to block him, and directly cut into pieces the bodies of Master Chu Wu and those of his scoundrels.
After dealing with the officials and the culprits, Huang Qiong felt dull and a little irritable. As soon as he returned to the palace, he received several sons of Prince Qingyang, requesting to see him again. After hearing the eunuch's report, Huang Qiong, who was furious and had no place to vent his anger, directly asked the eunuch to get out. Hearing the anger in Huang Qiong's words, the eunuch was so frightened that he rolled and crawled and ran to reply.
But before he wanted to be quiet, Huang Qiong picked up the book on the desk and couldn't read it, so he calmed down. The mother of Qingyang's eldest son came to Wanchun Hall again to ask for an audience. I received a report that this woman was kneeling outside Wanchun Hall and refused to get up. Huang Qiong was helpless and could only ask someone to bring her in. At the same time, he ordered people to call the sons of King Qingyang into the palace again.
Feeling a little tired, Huang Qiong pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed as he looked at the woman kneeling in front of him as soon as he came in. But for a moment I didn't know what to call this woman. Call her great-uncle, she has no identity yet. In the former Prince Qingyang County, she was not even considered a concubine. If you call her a woman, it would be somewhat disrespectful. After all, she is the biological mother of Qingyang's eldest son.
