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 manager 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 harm us people like this!"
"This is collusion between officials! Where is the official from the Ministry of Revenue? Bring him together!"
"Are you stupid? Those officials in 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 Zhao Quande too! What is the use of keeping such a dirty official?"
After all, the suffering around them makes the common people feel more deeply than the beautiful words spoken by the literati. 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!"
Did dozens of families starve to death?
Zheng Shili vaguely wanted to understand something in his heart. But he felt that it was too chaotic and unclear. But at this time, he still wanted to implement the justice in his heart.
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 on the ground.
The officials who secretly came to visit had pale faces and were horrified, but the people looked excited and felt unprecedentedly happy.
However, his voice was too small and was instantly drowned out by the uniform words of "kill" from the people. Under the soaring anger, Zheng Shili's voice was like a withered leaf in a storm.
"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 sin!" Zhao Quande said incoherently.
Stepping on the heads of these seventeen corrupt officials, King Zhu Di of Yan rose to fame in just one day!
Seeing that he couldn't speak, Zhu Di didn't bother to ask him any more questions. Anyway, the Jin Yiwei had already investigated all these people's crimes. Even if they all beheaded and abandoned the market, no one would be innocent. He took out the file and said loudly:
Zhao Quande was shivering all over. When Old Man Liu came on stage, he felt that something was wrong. Now he saw the Fourth Highness pull out the embroidered spring knife from his waist and step forward amidst the cheers of the people. Taking a step closer, he panicked.
It wasn't until all seventeen corrupt men were killed that the cheers of the people subsided slightly. Zheng Shili seized the opportunity and walked to the stage in a few steps. "Your Highness, King Yan, the student admitted that these people used the empty seal to If you use loopholes, bend the law, and take bribes, you will deserve to die."
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?
Kill! If you don’t kill, what are you doing with it? Are you wasting my Ming Dynasty’s food?
The words that Lao Wu had prepared for himself... sounded really encouraging. After hearing this, the people's eyes seemed to be shining with light.
He can still be an official, but he is simply a beast!
Strike while the iron is hot, and then interrogate the next one. 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 fear, and the two sides fought. Zhan, he couldn't even speak.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The people were excited. What? He actually levied taxes three times in one quarter?
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.
Next, a group of criminal officials appeared one after another. Zhu Di counted their crimes and left it to the people to decide. Most of these people were corrupt officials who harmed the people by printing documents in vain. How could the people show mercy to them? Shouting
The sound 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 the Xiuchun knife he killed was curled.
The people also burst into cheers even more enthusiastic than before.
He was a little frustrated. Just now, these common people had highly praised and praised these scholars who spoke uprightly. Why, not even a day had passed, did they hate him so much and even wanted to beat him to death?
"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!"
"This person is Li Yu, the official envoy of Peiping. A year ago, he used the leakage of blank documents and the excuse that the amount of grain taxes shipped to the capital was wrong, and 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, and it was difficult to survive. Dozens of families starved to death."
"Your sin is irredeemable! We hope that in this world, there will no longer be a place for corrupt officials to stand up!"
"It was not my Jin Yiwei who killed you, but you who caused harm to the country and the people. Therefore, God wants to kill you, and all the people also want to kill you!"
The knife in their hands is aimed at corrupt officials!
"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!"
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
He stood up and shouted: "Zhao Quande died unjustly, but his guilt was all due to his own greed. What does it have to do with empty-printed documents?"
Zhu Di's eyes once again flashed with contempt, and he slashed down with his sword without saying a word. When his head shot up to the sky, the people suddenly burst into cheers!
"Atoning for your sins with your merits?" Zhu Di wiped the embroidered spring knife and then said.
He didn't even dare to run away because the people had already focused on him, the "traitor who spoke to corrupt officials." If he left the sight of the guards, he might be beaten to death by the people.
"What crime should this person... be sentenced to?"
It turns out that the legendary Jin Yiwei who can stop children crying at night is not a vicious person.
On South Street, the smell of blood lingers for a long time.
Enjoying the cheers and adoration of the people, at this moment, Zhu Di even had the illusion that he was omnipotent.
Zheng Shili was completely numb. At the beginning, when Zhu Di committed the murder, he wanted to incite some people to oppose the matter. He said that this was an abuse of punishment and an insult to civility. Even if the officials were guilty, they should be examined by the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment and others.
Next, when it comes to the canonical 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 stop the drums and flags, and watched blankly as this scene was destined to be recorded in the annals of history.
of trial.
"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!"