Bang bang bang, the sound of templates slapping flesh echoed in the square, which was very scary to hear.
Punishment like the imperial rod has not existed since ancient times. This was a punishment brought by the Hu people from the grasslands. In ancient times, there was a saying that the punishment was not as good as that of the scholar-officials. It stands to reason that officials were spanked by the king, and they were also executed by eunuchs. In their eyes,
It's something extremely shameful in my heart.
Scholar-officials can be killed, but not humiliated!
But today, it has gradually evolved into an honor that expresses one's character.
Especially the officials of the Ming Dynasty were very fond of using the imperial staff to show their character, unyieldingness and integrity.
This kind of performance makes people a bit dumbfounded. I don't know if I should say that these people who like to take a beating are really willing to use this humiliating method to awaken the righteousness of the world. Or they have been kneeling for a long time and take things that they have accepted as a matter of course.
Or are they just sensationalizing!
The wooden board made a strong crackling sound as it landed on the muscles and crackled.
Under the eyes, the faces of several noble officials of the Hanlin Academy who had been punished had turned pale, but each of them tried not to scream. Some even yelled instead of screaming.
Your Highness, Jiangnan is an important taxation area in the Ming Dynasty, and fiscal and taxation cannot be changed lightly!
The officials and gentry are the pillars of the country and have been treated favorably by all dynasties. Why does our dynasty impose taxes!
The world's literary style spreads out from Jiangnan. Is Your Highness going to hurt the hearts of the officials and gentry in Jiangnan?
They shouted at the top of their lungs and waved their arms under the weight of the wooden planks.
The reason why they could still scream was because the toes of the torturers were pointed inward and had no intention of killing them. Therefore, the eunuchs who executed the executions used hollow wooden boards.
If you use a solid one, not only will there be no such loud noise, but if you push two sticks down, you will probably have no air intake.
Bang bang, bang bang!
Hey, what's going on? The old man walked closer, stood on tiptoes and looked over there, as if watching the excitement, and said with a smile, it's so lively!
Pu Bucheng waved to the side, and a guard quickly came over and whispered something.
Later, Pu Bucheng whispered beside the old man again and told him the reason.
That's right! The old man looked at those who were beaten and said with a smile, "You really think our eldest grandson has a good temper! What a bunch of bad scholars!"
After hearing this word, Li Jinglong next to him laughed in his heart.
The term "scholar scholar" was used by Huaixi nobles to scold those civil servants in the past few years. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the older generation of Huaixi nobles loved to tell the old man's ears about the status of civil servants. Your Majesty, the whole country is like this.
Your Majesty and your ministers were killed with swords and guns. Your Majesty must not listen to the instigation of those bad scholars and so on.
At this moment, Li Shen, who was beaten, suddenly shouted again.
Spreading one's family into one's own land is tantamount to plundering and plundering. Why are you so harsh on officials and gentlemen? Isn't Your Highness afraid of leaving a bad reputation among the people?
If the officials and gentry work together to pay for food and work as errands, it will harm the country's foundation. It is tantamount to killing the goose to retrieve the eggs!
The old man's little face suddenly changed, and he snorted coldly, "Humph, you can talk a lot, but the beating should be gentle!"
After hearing this, Pu Bucheng walked over there to the prisoner Bashan.
Manager Park! The bastard dare not neglect, so he saluted quickly.
No, the emperor is watching over there. You are saluting the Za family. What a big deal! Pu Bucheng smiled and looked at the executioner and said, these bad scholars think they are the only ones in the world who speak the most truthful words!
The shameless bastard thought about it for a long time and didn't understand what this meant.
Pu Bucheng continued to smile. His fighting strength was still weak, but he still had the strength to shout! After saying that, he walked back without looking back.
The bastard looked over shamefully and saw the old man standing under the shade of the trees in the distance, and he suddenly understood.
With a snap, the toes spread outward.
The eunuchs who were executing the execution suddenly heard this, and then silently changed the boards.
Two whining sounds, only half of the screams were heard, ah!
Li Shen, who was lying on the bench, trembled on the spot and became silent again.
These two times are pretty much the same! The old man nodded solemnly.
Li Jinglong next to him was silent, cold sweat dripping down the back of his neck.
The emperor's temper is getting weirder and weirder! Li Jinglong thought to himself, there were many imperial staffs in the past, but he has never heard of beating anyone to death. But now, the emperor will not stop until he beats someone to death!
I was thinking in my heart, my eyes suddenly fell behind me, and I exclaimed again, it's broken!
Wu Wang Liujin was riding a pony, looking curiously towards the imperial staff.
How could a child look at such a bloody thing? Li Jinglong said in his heart and subconsciously blocked Liu Jin's sight.
Don't block it, let him see! The old man suddenly spoke, but Li Jinglong remained motionless.
Then, the old man slowly turned around and said with a smile, "Liu Jin, tell me, are you afraid?"
Liujin shook his head and pointed his chubby fingers towards the imperial staff. Ancestor, what are you doing over there?
They have angered your father and are being beaten! The old man said with a smile.
Why do you want to beat them? Liu Jin continued to ask in confusion.
The old man was stunned for a moment, and thought seriously, if you don't obey, you will be beaten! As he said that, he continued to laugh and said, in the future, if anyone messes with you, you will beat him!
Mother said it was not good to hit someone! Liujin lowered his head and ate his own fingers.
The old man stretched out his hand and pulled out his great-grandson's little hand, wiped away the saliva and said, "That's wrong. You can't hit people randomly, but whoever makes you unhappy or who doesn't listen to you, you have to beat them, otherwise they won't be afraid!"
Liujin seemed to understand, but nodded in confusion.
After the imperial staff was finished, the few unlucky ones who had been beaten were dragged out of the palace by the eunuchs. Then someone came over with buckets, mops and other items to wash away the blood on the ground.
The old man held six pounds in his arms and sat under the shade of the big tree. The grandfather and grandson were talking and laughing, as if nothing had happened here.
Suddenly, there was a flutter in the distance and someone came running.
Liu Jin squirmed in the old man's arms, shouting vaguely to the person running over there, "Mei Liang!"
Mei Liangliang, who was running quickly, mixed garlic at his feet, almost eating the shit of a dog, and then crawled over on his hands and feet.
Why are you panicking? The dog is chasing you? The old man said angrily.
Your Majesty! Mei Liang is sweating profusely. Concubine Xian...
What's wrong with the fat girl? The old man stood up suddenly with a horrifying look on his face.
The empress has given birth prematurely, and the Crown Princess asked her servant to inform His Highness!
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In Lezhizhai, the emperor and his ministers were still talking.
Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, took the documents and files in his hand and said happily, "I can finally have a prosperous year this year!"
According to the customs tables of various places, Ningbo Customs’ annual cash balance is 1.8 million!
Quanzhou Customs, 4.76 million!
Guangzhou Customs, 4.82 million!
After hearing this number, Zhu Yunxi just nodded, even a little dissatisfied, that's all?
Your Highness, that’s a lot! Fu Youwen quickly said, this is all cash silver. If it were cast into silver coins, it would be 30% more!
After saying that, he paused and continued, among the several customs, Guangzhou has the best momentum. Chen et al estimated that by this time next year, Guan Yin will be able to earn at least 40% more!
Guangzhou has been a major trading port since ancient times, and it also has something that cannot be compared with other seaports, and that is Made in Guangzhou.
It is said that the porcelain in Jingdezhen is good, but most of the porcelain in Jingdezhen is from official kilns and is not exported. However, the Guangzhou porcelain in Guangzhou is colorful and is known as the Guangzhou Three Colors.
Tracing, coloring, gold weaving, green filling, fighting color, gold engraving, burning flowers. It can also draw various flower and bird patterns, and even make corresponding styles and styles of porcelain for export based on the descriptions of merchants thousands of miles away.
Supply exceeds demand.
In addition to porcelain, merchants in Guangzhou transported pure white cloth from Suzhou and Hangzhou and other places to make wall coverings, colored cloths, etc. and sold them to overseas merchants.
There are still a few customs opening ports! Zhu Yunxi said, if a few more seaports are opened, all the money in the world will flow into our Ming Dynasty!
This is natural! Among the ministers, Liu Sanwu said, My Ming Dynasty is the center of the world!
These words caused all the ministers to nod their heads in agreement.
Zhu Yunxi did not comment on this statement. These people's deep-rooted views of the Celestial Kingdom cannot be corrected in a short time.
But having said that, considering this era, what they said is correct.
In my opinion, there should not be too many seaports, but they should be expanded! Fu Youwen continued, in the spring of this year, outside the Huangpu Port of Guangzhou, a fire broke out because of the crowding of ships and improper operation of the sailors. More than 40 ships were burned, and the value of the goods was lost.
Hundreds of thousands!
There is also Ningbo. Ningbo is a seaport specially designated by the emperor to trade with the Japanese. The Japanese envoys have signed letters of credence three times at Honglu Temple this year, saying that they admire the style of the Ming Dynasty and imploring the Ming Dynasty to allow their cargo ships to travel more. They also said
, begging Daming to allow their merchants to come ashore!