Lin Wanhao couldn't help but curse loudly: "Zhang Dakui, you dare to abuse lynching, I will never end it with you." At this time, Lin Wanhao roared like an angry lion, but his civil servants had big and round opponents. As soon as his clothes were stripped off, he was pushed to the ground by the two government officials.
Dakui shouted coldly: "First give him the taste of the braised pork." There was a promise outside the hall, and two soldiers had already brought an iron frame. On the frame was a large brazier, with black charcoal burning in the brazier. There was a crackling sound, and Lin Wanhao clearly saw that there were two long-handled soldering irons in the brazier, which must have been burning red at this time.
Dakui did not hesitate and immediately ordered: "Immediately use the torture. If I don't recruit you, please don't stop until he confesses." After Dakui gave the instructions, he stood up and walked out of the hall.
Lin Wanhao asked sternly: "What are you asking me to do? Where can I find someone like you who can ask questions?"
Dakui felt upset, walked to the brazier, grabbed a soldering iron, and pressed the soldering iron on Lin Wanhao's back without saying a word. Lin Wanhao let out a pitiful howl, and a smell of meat suddenly wafted over the lobby.
When Dakui picked up the soldering iron, a piece of cooked meat was already stuck on the soldering iron. Dakui put the soldering iron back into the brazier, picked up another handle, reached out and pressed the soldering iron onto Lin Wanhao's back again. This time Lin Wanhao His scream was hoarse and low, but Dakui was not merciful. He took away the soldering iron and threw it into the brazier. Then he squatted down, grabbed Lin Wanhao's hair, and forcibly lifted his head.
At this time, Lin Wanhao was half unconscious and dying. Da Kui whispered in his ear: "I admire your forbearance. I don't know if it's your tough words or my torture tools." Da Kui then let go, and Lin Wanhao His head drooped.
"Go to the punishment," Dakui ordered through gritted teeth.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Dakui finished speaking, he heard Lin Wanhao humming angrily: "I'll move...,"
Da Kui sneered in his heart. If he didn't get the confession before dawn, there would be big trouble. Now that Lin Wanhao was willing to confess, everything would be easy. Da Kui ordered people to summon Liu Zongju, the Minister of Punishment, and asked Liu Zongju to come here. After detailed questioning and records, he took people out of the Criminal Department Yamen again.
The first person on the list has just been captured, and there are still more than ten people who have not been brought to justice. Da Kui has to hurry up...
By daybreak, the gate of the Criminal Department Yamen was already bustling with people.
Da Kui stayed up all night and captured the criminals on the list one by one. He tortured and interrogated them all night, and obtained the confessions one by one. During the day, he planned to take people to search houses for stolen goods. Unexpectedly, several people were arrested outside the yamen. Hundreds of soldiers surrounded him.
Dakui had already anticipated this and had already deployed five hundred soldiers at the Yamen. He strictly ordered that no one could enter or leave the Yamen of the Criminal Department without his own orders and the decrees of King Wu. This was how the excitement outside the door began.
All the soldiers came to report, but the person who came was a young man from the Ministry of War. Da Kui knew that this man was just asking for directions, so he took the leftovers, stones, brooms, dustpans, and benches out of the Yamen and came to the door. .
When the five hundred soldiers on duty saw Da Kui coming out, they all stepped out of the way. Unexpectedly, the Yuan Wai Lang who came with the troops shouted arrogantly: "I was assigned by Lord Han of the Ministry of War to come here to ask for someone."
Da Kui couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart: Master Han from the Ministry of War was nothing more than a smokescreen. He immediately asked, "I wonder who Mr. Yuanwailang is asking for here."
The foreign man looked up at the sky and said calmly: "Commander of the Left Behind Department Hu Meng,"
The commander of the left-behind department, Hu Meng, was a third-rank court official, but his uncle was Hu Shen, the uncle of Jinyun County.
Hu Shen, whose courtesy name was Zhongyuan and whose name was Yunzhai, was from Tashi Nannong Village in the eastern suburbs of Longquan. He was a man of great wisdom and knowledge of hundreds of schools of classics and history. During the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he returned to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang in the winter of 1359 AD and was awarded the title of Zuo Si. Yuan Wai Lang, guarding Chuzhou, in the autumn of 1361 AD, he went on an expedition to Jiangxi and other places, and made many military exploits. He was awarded the title of Langzhong of the left and right ministers of Zhejiang East Province. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang was called the King of Wu, and Hu Shen joined the army for the prince's palace, and still guarded Chuzhou, in 1365 AD. In January, Hu Shen followed Zhu Liang's ancestors to attack Chen Youding in Fujian, and was surrounded by ambushes and was killed at the age of 52. The King of Wu recognized his outstanding achievements and posthumously named him the uncle of Jinyun County.
Hu Shen had no heirs, and his only nephew was Hu Meng. Hu Meng and his uncle went through wars and wars back then, and now they are the commander of the left-behind department. It is said that he should be a loyal and courageous man, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a loyal and courageous man. He committed corruption and perverted the law with his cronies, and ended up in the situation he is in today because of his own fault.
Da Kui knew the details of Hu Meng very well. Not only did he have outstanding military exploits, but he was also a prince. Hu Meng's biological sister was the current favorite concubine of the King of Wu. This time the Ministry of War came to ask for someone, which must have alarmed the Queen of Wu's harem.
Da Kui was no longer embarrassed at this time and said in a cold voice: "Hu Meng has been involved in a serious crime and has confessed and is in custody. Please reply to Mr. Han from the Ministry of War and say that Zhang is sorry and obey his orders." After Da Kui said this, he turned around and returned to the Yamen.
The foreigner was upset, and immediately stood outside the Yamen and shouted: "Even if you don't give Mr. Han face, you still need to know who is behind Mr. Hu. You won't be afraid of what you will do in the future." retribution,"
Dakui stood still and said in a cold voice: "I can't live up to my expectations, but I just want to make my heart clear." After saying that, he ignored the Yuanwailang outside the door and went straight into the lobby of the Yamen.
Dakui's words, "How can I satisfy everyone's wishes, but I want to live up to my heart," was actually mentioned by Tang He when he was chatting with Tang He about Liu Ji and Liu Bowen. It was said that Liu Bowen was honest and self-reliant and never took credit for himself. He often used this sentence to encourage himself. Dakui loved the magnificence of this sentence, so he kept it in his heart and never forgot it.
The Jia soldiers affiliated to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, led by the captains, rushed to various places in Yingtian. After another day of thorough house searches, they seized a total of 680,000 taels of dirty silver and countless valuables.
Dakui submitted the memorial according to the facts, but King Wu only approved the four words "handle it as appropriate".
Da Kui knew very well that King Wu would not approve it openly, but Da Kui took this opportunity to attack various places in the south of the Yangtze River. If the killings were launched in Yingtian first, then hundreds of officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River would probably get wind of the news and flee. At that time, it was a mess, and it would be extremely difficult to clean it up.
Liu Zongju, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, asked for permission to go to various provinces, and Da Kui gave the order without hesitation.
In early June of 1367 AD, the Yingtian Punishment Department was ordered by the King of Wu to dispatch more than a thousand yamen and soldiers to various places in the south of the Yangtze River. Dakui ordered him to contact spies from various places. In just a few months, more than 8,400 criminals were arrested, and there were still more. A few people escaped, but died in military accidents during the pursuit.
The yamen and school lieutenants sent below were all promoted to the third level and performed arrest duties as the imperial envoys of the King of Wu. By October, excluding the escaped and killed criminals, all the others were captured, including the political king of Huguang Province. Fortunately, Dakui thought that King Wu was just saying something out of anger. Unexpectedly, King Wu then sent a royal order to all provinces: "Strictly investigate the remaining parties and never tolerate them." As soon as this king's order came out, the states, prefectures and counties were in an uproar. twists and turns.
By the end of the year, a total of more than 30,000 Yuan Tan and his accomplices had been seized in various places in Jiangnan. The King of Wu issued another royal order: "In accordance with the destiny of heaven and to cherish the lives of the people, any official who has committed corruption over sixty or two will be executed. "We will never lend leniently." Although King Wu issued the royal order, it was not sent to all places in the south of the Yangtze River, but to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment. The general eunuch who came to convey the king's order had given instructions to Da Kui face to face and had to issue it in the name of the Ministry of Punishment. Password secret order.
Dakui knew that this was the intention of the King of Wu. After the chief secretary of the Ministry of Punishment drafted the secret order, he came to Dakui to stamp the official seal. Dakui knew that if the seal was sealed, more than 30,000 people would be killed, but the secret decree of the King of Wu had to be followed. , Dakui gritted his teeth and stamped his official seal on Tongwen.
(Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty and suffered extortion from corrupt officials of the Yuan Dynasty since he was a child. His parents and eldest brother died of brutal exploitation and plague. He was forced to become a monk from an early age. Therefore, after he joined the uprising team, he swore: Once When he became emperor, he first killed all the corrupt officials in the world. Later, he kept his promise when he ascended the throne. As expected, he launched a vigorous "anti-corruption" movement across the country, targeting corrupt officials at all levels from the central to the local governments. His method was very special: first of all , Zhu Yuanzhang killed officials who embezzled more than sixty taels of silver. When he discovered that Yu Wengui, the imperial censor, had more than ten flattering letters asking for advancement, he immediately sent people to investigate the central ministries and local governments. The results showed that from Corruption from top to bottom was extremely serious. He Longyan was furious and immediately issued an order to the world: "In order to protect the lives of the people, any official who has committed corruption over 60 years or more will be put to death without any leniency." He also said: From now on, From local counties and governments to the Six Ministries of the Central Committee and the Zhongshu Province, as long as it is corruption, no matter who is involved, they will never be merciful and investigate to the end. Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang dared to attack the "high-ranking cadres" around him. In the early Ming Dynasty, the subordinates of the Zhongshu Province , the six departments of Hu, Li, Bing, Xing, and Gong, due to the retention of a large number of old officials of the Yuan Dynasty, as well as some heroes who started the rebellion, they were emboldened to take bribes and bend the law. Zhu Yuanzhang boldly punished these officials. This is a historical record and is definitely not a fabrication by Feng Lang. , no matter how corrupt you are as an official, never meet an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang)
Although Yingtian Mansion was the capital, it was not immune to a catastrophe. Dakui, under the orders of King Wu, interrogated the prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment one by one. They again 'bitten out' more than 300 of his comrades. As a result, most of the officials of the Six Ministries All of them have been dismantled, and a large amount of the seized dirty money has been confiscated. Only because there are more than 1,000 prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
After this incident, not only Yingtian, but also the entire Jiangnan area had a serious shortage of official positions. In some prefectures and counties, there was even only one chief clerk left in the government office. It was also said that who would bribe the chief clerk who was responsible for copying in the lobby.
But many state capitals really don’t even have the chief clerk left. Whenever someone files a lawsuit, they must be managed from top to bottom. Naturally, the chief clerk is indispensable here. Now the official position is vacant, but there is no one to fill it for a while. The usual wealthy family members Even if you have a sharp head, you still need to get an official position. Why? Because getting promoted means getting rich. But now, not only can’t you get rich, but it is life-threatening~,