As Old Man Liu cried out, the people watching were stunned.
He wrote false accusations in person and was taken away without interrogation. His family property was also confiscated.
A grain chief who had finally survived the ravages of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and whose family had a meager harvest was forced into this state of desolation.
"What kind of dirty officials are these! They have some power in their hands, but they are causing harm to us people!"
"This is official-official collusion! Where is the official from the Ministry of Revenue? Bring him together!"
"Are you stupid? Those officials from the Ministry of Revenue sent all the people from the Taxation Department to prison a few days ago! They will all be beheaded after a while!"
"Then behead this Zhao Quande too! Why should such a dirty official be kept?"
After all, the suffering around them is more empathetic to the common people than the beautiful words spoken by scholars. The emotions of the people watching started to join in the fun, gradually became heavy and angry, and then erupted like a volcano!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The noise in the whole place gradually became concise and refined, converging into the same angry word. The people raised their arms and shouted, and the sound surged into the sky, seeming to shake the entire Yingtian Mansion. Zheng Shili panicked. He stood up and shouted: "Zhao Quande deserved his death, but his guilt was all due to his own greed. What does it have to do with empty-printed documents?"
However, his voice was too small and was instantly drowned out by the uniform words of "kill" from the people. Under the raging anger, Zheng Shili's voice was like a withered boat in the storm.
Zhao Quande felt chills all over. Just when Old Man Liu came on stage, he felt that something was wrong. Now I actually saw the Fourth Highness pulling out the Xiuchun knife from his waist and approaching step by step amid the cheers of the people. He panicked.
"Your Highness, I plead guilty. I know I was wrong. I... I can report it! I can help you bite the enemy! Your Majesty, I am willing to atone for my sins!" Zhao Quande said incoherently.
Zhu Di's eyes once again flashed with contempt, and he slashed down with his sword without saying a word. When his head soared into the sky, the people suddenly burst into cheers!
"Atoning for your sins with your merits?" Zhu Di wiped the Xiuchun knife and then said.
"I, the Imperial Guard, are the Emperor's own soldiers! We uphold not only the will of Heaven, but also the will of the people!"
"It was not my Jin Yiwei who killed you, but you brought harm to the country and the people. Therefore, God wants to kill you, and all the people also want to kill you!"
"Your sin is irredeemable! We hope that in this world, there will no longer be a place for corrupt officials to stand up!"
Hearing what Zhu Di said, the people cheered loudly. Many people looked at the Xiuchun knife in Zhu Di's hand that had just killed the corrupt official, and had different feelings.
It turns out that the legendary Jin Yiwei who can stop children crying at night is not a vicious person.
The knife in their hands is aimed at corrupt officials!
Zhu Di looked at the people below who worshiped him as a god, and a strange feeling came to his heart: So, is this what it feels like to be respected by all people?
The words Lao Wu prepared for himself... sounded really encouraging. After hearing this, the people's eyes seemed to be shining with light.
Enjoying the cheers and adoration of the people, at this moment, Zhu Di even had the illusion that he was omnipotent.
Strike while the iron is hot and move on to the next interrogation. The next prisoner was quickly dragged up. There was still blood on the stage, and even Zhao Quande's head was still abandoned aside. The second prisoner's face turned green with fright. The two were fighting, and he couldn't even speak. I can't speak.
Seeing that he couldn't speak, Zhu Di didn't bother to ask him any more questions. Anyway, Jin Yiwei has already investigated the crimes of these people, and even if they were all beheaded and abandoned in the market, no one would be innocent. He took out the file and said loudly:
"This person is Li Yu, the official envoy of Peking. A year ago, he used a leak in the blank seal document and used the excuse that the amount of grain taxes shipped to the capital was wrong. He levied additional taxes and taxes on the people of Peiping several times. The tax for one season was unexpectedly Three consecutive conquests! The people of Peiping were left with no food rations at home, unable to survive, and dozens of families starved to death."
"And his family, in less than a year, bought thousands of acres of farmland, an ancestral hall, and a six-bedroom mansion. He even built gardens, participated in salt affairs... and made a lot of money!"
"What crime should this person... be sentenced to?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The people were excited after hearing this. What? He actually levied taxes three times in one quarter?
Dozens of families starve to death?
He can still be an official, but he is simply a beast!
kill! What's the point of staying here if you don't kill him? Are you wasting my Ming Dynasty’s food?
Zhu Di didn't waste any time. When he came to Li Yu's side, before he could speak, he raised his knife and dropped his head.
The people also burst into cheers even more enthusiastic than before.
Next, a group of criminals appeared one after another. Zhu Di counted their crimes and left them to the people to decide. Most of these people are corrupt officials who harm the people by printing documents in vain. How can the people show mercy to them? The shouts of killing resounded throughout the sky and continued all day long. From morning to night, Zhu Di killed seventeen big corrupt people one after another, and all the Xiuchun swords he killed were curled.
On South Street, the smell of blood lingers for a long time.
Stepping on the heads of these seventeen corrupt officials, King Zhu Di of Yan rose to fame in just one day!
The officials who secretly came to visit had earth-colored faces and were terrified, but the people looked excited and felt unprecedented joy.
Zheng Shili was completely numb. At first, when Zhu Di was killing people, he wanted to incite some people to oppose the matter. To say that this is an abuse of punishment is an insult to politeness. Even if an official is guilty, it should be decided by the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment and then the official punishment. How can there be such a reason for the people to judge? But in the end, amidst the overwhelming public opinion of the people, he could only silence his drums and flags and watch blankly this trial that was destined to go down in history.
He didn't even dare to run away. Because the people have already focused on him, the "treacherous person who speaks to corrupt officials". If he leaves the sight of the royal guards, he may be beaten to death by the people.
He was a little frustrated. Just now, these common people had highly praised and praised these scholars who spoke out for justice. Why, not even a day had passed, did they hate him so much and even wanted to beat him to death?
Zheng Shili vaguely understood something in his heart. But it feels chaotic and tight, not very clear. But at this time, he still wanted to implement the justice in his heart.
It wasn't until all seventeen great corrupt officials were put to death that the cheers of the people calmed down slightly. Zheng Shili seized the opportunity and walked to the stage in a few steps. "Your Highness King Yan, the student admits that these people took advantage of the loopholes in the empty seal and violated the law to embezzle money. They deserve to die."
"However, under the Kongyin case, there are still many officials who are just following the old rules and are not corrupt."
"Are these officials going to be beheaded like Zhao Quande, Li Yu and others?"
"In this case, it is inevitable that law enforcement is unclear!"
Zheng Shili said loudly.
(End of chapter)
