Xu Lin and others who were pressed on the execution ground could clearly see the token raised in Li Huan's hand. When the token fell to the ground, it was the moment their heads fell to the ground.
For a moment, Xu Lin and others couldn't help but curse loudly. Even Xu Wei, who had been desperately wailing and begging for mercy, was now struggling crazily with red eyes and cursing Li Huan.
Even if he dies, he must curse Li Huan before he dies.
It's a pity that Li Huan didn't take the curses of these people to heart at all.
"cut!"
As the token flew out from Li Huan's hand, the sharp ghost-headed knives flashing with cold light in the hands of the soldiers who were originally standing behind these criminals to act as executioners were raised high.
With a snap, the token fell to the ground, and at the same time, the high-raised ghost-headed sword drew an arc in the air.
As streaks of blood rushed out, heads rolled directly to the ground.
Xu Lin and others, who were still cursing before, turned into headless corpses and fell to the ground one by one.
Although it is not uncommon to see scenes of beheading, but so many people were beheaded at once. Even many common people who claimed to be well-informed saw such a situation for the first time.
The bloody and cruel scene made many people dumbfounded.
Of course, some people couldn't help but burst into tears. Needless to say, these people must have hatred for officials or powerful people like Xu Lin.
Li Huan sat there with a calm expression. Although a faint smell of blood hit his face, compared to the mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield, the deaths of people like Xu Lin were not as moved as Li Huan.
"Keep leading people to commit crimes!"
Then there are the relatives of these criminals, because what Xu Lin and other officials committed can be said to be a serious crime of treason. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, although the nine tribes will not be exterminated, there is still no problem in annihilating the three tribes.
Groups of relatives of the prisoners who were tied up with ropes were brought up. When these people were brought into the execution ground and saw more than a hundred headless corpses lying on the ground, the bloody and cruel scene was immediate.
It was so frightening that many people fainted on the spot.
It seems that these people are used to being pampered and pampered, but they have never seen such a scene.
Especially since they were going to be stabbed here next, these people almost collapsed on the spot, at least one third of them were frightened to death, and most of the rest were incontinent, and they were everywhere for a while.
There was a fishy smell permeating the air.
The guards responsible for escorting these people pushed and pushed these people and pushed them one by one on the execution ground.
Following the inspection by the officials who were responsible for verifying his identity, there was another bloody storm.
Wave after wave of criminals were brought up, and soon hundreds of corpses fell on the execution ground. Blood flowed down the high platform like a stream, carrying a strong smell of blood.
At this time, it can be said that 99% of the people around who came here with the mentality of watching the excitement turned pale and looked at the corpses piled up on the execution ground in horror.
One corpse or two corpses may not have such a big impact, but when hundreds or thousands of corpses are piled together, the impact is definitely not something that ordinary people can withstand.
For these ordinary people, there is nothing more impactful than the scene before them. It can be said that today's scene will never be forgotten by them in their lifetime.
Many people couldn't help but vomited, and some people even fainted from fear. Fortunately, there were people from the local police station to maintain order in advance, otherwise there was no telling what kind of trouble would be caused.
After the people in the inner circle came to their senses, they turned around and squeezed out toward the outer circle one by one, as if they had seen a ghost, as if there was some terrible presence behind them.
At this moment, in their hearts, Li Huan, who was sitting there and ordering the execution of so many criminals, seemed to have become a murderous demon.
It's not that these people really regarded Li Huan as a devil, but that these people were frightened by the scene in front of them.
Let alone Li Huan, no matter who it is, sitting in Li Huan's seat,
They will all be regarded as murderous demons by these people.
After all, anyone who kills so many people at once will be regarded as a murderous maniac.
It can be said that once word of what Li Huan did today spreads, there will be no need for those who are secretly hostile to Li Huan to fuel the situation. Li Huan's evil reputation will spread throughout the world.
A group of trembling guards loaded the corpses on carriages and transported them away, and then the criminals were led to the execution ground.
The killing lasted from morning to dusk, and the entire execution ground was filled with a strong smell of blood. The blood alone had gathered into a bloody river.
At the same time, 80% to 90% of the tens of thousands of people who had gathered to watch the execution had already run away in fear, leaving only a handful of people left.
These people are all people who have a deep blood feud with these criminals. They rely on the hatred in their hearts to persist until the end, and want to see their enemies being killed with their own eyes.
When the last criminal was beheaded, the red sun on the horizon also set, and the sky gradually became dark.
Bang, bang, bang
Accompanied by the sound of gold and iron clashing, the soldiers who had previously been responsible for the execution finally couldn't hold on any longer. The Ghost Head Sword that had been in their hands for several rounds finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground.
Even these elite soldiers who had narrowly escaped death on the battlefield were now pale from the shock of today's killing.
Not only these people, it can be said that among the people who witnessed all this, there were really only a few who could remain calm.
Xu Ying, Chen Ang, Ma Ming and others also looked at the blood-stained ground above the execution ground with solemn expressions. Even they were shocked by it.
A breeze blew by, carrying an extremely rich smell of blood.
With a "wow" sound, Pang Hui seemed to be unable to bear the bloody smell and started to vomit.
Many of the soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order around him were lying there and vomiting like Pang Hui.
Li Huan stood up slowly, glanced at Pang Hui and others, and then gave instructions to the officials in the government offices around him before leaving the execution ground.
Following Li Huan, Xu Ying, Chen Ang, Chen Ke and others seemed to have not yet recovered from the previous killing.
It was not until everyone returned to the bamboo garden, holding warm teacups in their hands, and a warm current entered their stomachs that everyone gradually came back to their senses.
Xu Ying looked at Li Huan with a complex expression, although he had already known that all the criminals deserved death, and no one could escape the sword on the execution ground.
But I know, but when I saw that scene with my own eyes, Xu Ying was still shocked.
At this time, Xu Ying respected and feared Li Huan. What she admired was that Li Huan had the courage and courage to order the execution of nearly 10,000 criminals at once.
What Xu Ying was also afraid of was Li Huan's ruthless methods.
After a while, Xu Ying sighed softly and said to Li Huan: "Your Majesty will definitely know about the good intentions of the Marquis."
Anyone who is not a fool knows that Li Huan has brought infamy for the emperor.
Didn't you see that the direct consequences of those major cases during Emperor Taizu's time were to leave stains on Emperor Taizu's achievements that were criticized by future generations.
In this era, the right to speak has always been in the mouths of the literati. To these literati, no matter what great achievements an emperor has, once he kills too much, he is a tyrant in the eyes of these people.
When Li Huan heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle and said: "As a minister, you should share the worries of the king. Besides, I am an imperial envoy, so it is natural for me to kill these people."
While speaking, Li Huan glanced at several people and saw that each of them had solemn expressions. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Everyone is so serious, as if the matter is very serious. Aren't they just a group of damned people? Kill them."
Just kill him. Do you think His Majesty will blame me for not waiting?"
Chen Ang looked at Li Huan and said with a worried look on his face: "Of course Your Majesty will not blame the Marquis, but above the court, all the civil and military officials, all the Dukes, and all the Dukes, I am afraid that they will go crazy by then.
Impeach
Lord Hou."
Li Huan raised his brows and snorted coldly: "Then let them impeach me. I haven't been impeached many times yet!"
With a slight cough, Li Huan's eyes fell on Chen Ke and said: "Don't worry, everyone. Now that the criminals have been killed, let's talk about how much we gained from this house raid."
The property that has not been confiscated has been monitored and counted by the Jin Yiwei and the cavalry soldiers. Because there is so much property, no specific number has been available for so long.
But now that even those people have been executed, the property that Li Huan consciously confiscated should be almost counted.
After listening to Li Huan's question, the rest of the people were refreshed and all looked at Chen Ke, who was named by Li Huan.
Chen Ke took a deep breath, stepped forward, bowed to Li Huan and said, "Sir, after more than half a month of statistics by our Jinyi Guards, we have finally made a rough summary of the confiscated property not long ago.
result."
Thinking of how busy he had been during this period, Chen Ke couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that one day he would be so busy counting the confiscated property.
It can even be said that if he had not mobilized a group of people from Jinyiwei, I am afraid that the results may not be able to be calculated by now.
Xu Ying looked at Chen Ke with some expectation and said, "Tell me, how much gold and silver were confiscated this time?"
Chen Ke looked at the crowd and slowly said: "So that Lord Marquis will know that this time we confiscated Xu Lin and other officials as well as a number of powerful families in Yangzhou Prefecture, involving hundreds of families, including a hundred and fifty gold coins.
More than 100,000 taels, more than 23 million taels of silver, and countless other jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc."
As he spoke, Chen Ke ignored the dull looks on everyone's faces and said: "In addition, there are more than two million acres of farmland, hundreds of manors, thousands of restaurants, shops, etc...."
"Gulu..."
Xu Ying opened her eyes wide and swallowed subconsciously, her face full of shock and disbelief.
Not only Xu Ying, but also Chen Ang, Ma Ming, Lin Pingzhi and others were stunned. Obviously, the amount of data revealed by Chen Ke greatly shocked them.
That is to say, Li Huan looked very calm, as if he was not surprised at all.
"This...how is this possible, how can there be so much gold and silver..."
Xu Ying, Chen Ang and the others were not too bad, and their families were not bad, but in their eyes, hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver were already an extremely huge number.
They had thought in advance that the confiscation of more than ten thousand taels of gold and silver would be the limit, but what Chen Ke said now was simply beyond their imagination, several times more than they expected.
Lin Pingzhi has been well-dressed and well-fed since he was a child, and he can be considered a rich man. But at this moment, he couldn't help but said to Chen Kek: "My lord, the statistics are wrong, how can these people have so much property?"
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But Li Huan spoke at this moment: "What's surprising about this? You don't even think about the identities of these people. There are no richest people in the world than salt merchants, and seven out of ten salt merchants in the world are in Lianghuai Salt Merchant.
This Yangzhou Prefecture is the gathering place of Lianghuai salt merchants. Almost most of the wealthy locals we confiscated this time are the homes of salt merchants. There are dozens of salt merchants who have been home for nearly a hundred years. If there is no salt merchant who has accumulated tens or hundreds of
With a wealth of ten thousand, they are not worthy of being called salt merchants."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Chen Ang, Xu Ying and others were stunned for a moment, then reacted.
Yes, they were momentarily shocked by the numbers reported by Chen Ke, but they subconsciously forgot that what they confiscated this time was Yangzhou City, one of the most prosperous cities in Jiangnan.
Yangzhou Prefecture is one of the eleven most prosperous cities in the south of the Yangtze River. Almost half of the wealth of the huge Yangzhou Prefecture is concentrated in Yangzhou City, and most of the wealth of Yangzhou City is in the hands of the local powerful families who have been confiscated by them.
In addition, these people are the richest salt merchants in the world. If you think about it this way, it is a matter of course that tens of millions of taels of gold and silver were stolen from these people.
But even though I have accepted it psychologically
With so much wealth, my mood still cannot calm down for a long time.
Ma Ming even grinned and said: "I have long heard that Yangzhou salt merchants are the richest in the world, but I never thought that these people are so rich. Damn, tens of millions of taels of gold and silver, just think about it.
It’s unbelievable. If word of this spreads, I don’t know how many people will be jealous of it. I’m afraid even those who risk their lives will come to snatch it..."
Ma Ming's muttering made Xu Ying and Chen Ang's expressions change slightly. Chen Ang looked at Chen Ke with a serious look on his face and said, "Master Chen, the exact number of the property we confiscated this time has not been leaked to some extent."
I didn't know how much property was confiscated before, so I wasn't too worried about it, but now that I know it, it's no wonder Xu Ying, Chen Ang and others reacted like this.
Chen Ke looked solemn and said: "No one knows the specific number except me."
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