Qi Yun looked at her husband with a gloomy expression on her face, and when she heard her husband's words, her delicate body inevitably trembled.
The punishment of skinning and pulling grass originated from Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, who punished criminals who abducted and trafficked children. Although Qi Yun had never heard of this punishment, Qi Yun was also a woman who read poetry and books, so she could understand this term!
Peel off the human skin and fill it with grass clippings!
Such a punishment can not be said to be cruel, and it is not far behind the Lingchi execution, one of the major tortures deposed by Li Zheng.
Qi Yun breathed out slowly and held Liu Mingzhi's wrist.
"Husband, although our dynasty does not explicitly stipulate that scholar-officials should not be punished, the punishment for officials has been particularly lenient since my dynasty."
"Especially after the late emperor ascended the throne, he abolished most of the torture methods and mostly used beheading to deal with the most heinous criminals, just to give them a good time!"
"When the new emperor ascends the throne, you suggest such a cruel punishment. I'm afraid it will be difficult for His Majesty to give an explanation to the civil and military officials of the court, and it will be difficult for you to give an explanation to your colleagues!"
Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath and sat straight on the chair.
"Yun'er, the Golden Eagle Biography was written by you in your own hand. The crimes and responsibilities of these officials are too numerous to describe."
"I thought that His Majesty had just ascended the throne and had not yet secured his position in the country, so he had no time to take care of the provincial capital!"
"It is a heinous crime to lie about grain production and deceive superiors and deceive subordinates. Not killing them will not make the people angry!"
"You also said in your letter that in order to cope with His Majesty's decree to pay taxes, these officials who could not come up with sufficient taxes actually forcibly collected the people's surplus grain as taxes before the collection officials arrived!"
"I want to hide the truth and cover up the truth that I lied about."
"Surplus grain! Food is the most important thing for the people. To forcefully seize the people's surplus grain is to force them to die, force them to rebel, and force them to rise up."
Liu Mingzhi's eyes showed the color of memories: "Yun'er, the locust plague in Qingzhou was a disaster that my husband personally went to relieve. You don't know what food means to the people!"
"It's okay for the docile people. If the government forcibly requisitions food, they will choose a highly respected person to go to Beijing to complain and express the evil deeds of local officials!"
"But if you encounter a place with a bad temper and no respectable people, then the officials are forcing the people to rebel!"
"Especially for the sake of their own official positions, some officials may do something that would make people and gods angry when they learn that someone has come to Beijing to complain."
"By then it will be too late!"
"The treasury is empty and the people are rebelling. These are things that cannot be ignored."
"If you don't severely punish these officials, how can you serve the people and serve the country and the people? Your Majesty must give an explanation to the local people!"
"Thirty-one mansions, at least, there are millions of people, or even more!"
"If pushed hard, they can do anything!"
"The fundamental reason for going to the Western Ocean, opening up mutual markets, and trading with the countries in the Western Regions is to find high-yielding food to benefit the people!"
"I have worked hard for my husband and father for more than ten years!"
"It's not easy because sweet potatoes have enriched the people's food surplus, but these officials actually lied about the truth for their own selfish interests, which almost caused a catastrophic disaster!"
“In various prefectures, there is the Department of Civil Service Examination, and officials from the Yushitai perform supervisory duties. There are also officials stationed at the Department of Household Affairs and Agriculture.”
"But the memorial of false reports was still submitted to the imperial brother's Long case, which is enough to show the seriousness of the matter!"
"This thirty-one mansion is completely rotten from top to bottom!"
"That is to say, my husband did not serve as an imperial envoy to investigate the matter thoroughly, otherwise the officials, big and small, could almost be uprooted in my hands!"
"It's even scarier than that sweet potato. It's like a big bunch when you pull it!"
"The things of the past are the guide of the future!"
"Such a thing happened once when my father came to the throne. These officials didn't take it as a lesson. After the change of dynasties, it happened again."
"It's a pity that the emperor doesn't have the background of the military disaster when the father ascended the throne, otherwise I would have to request an order to investigate the thirty-one mansions!"
"It's not too late to fix the problem, but fortunately the clues were discovered in time!"
"What if during the Northern Expedition, the supply of food and grass in the rear is replenished, the Northern Expedition army will have to blow up the camp!"
"That's when half the sky is about to fall!"
Qi Yun nodded silently and sighed faintly: "People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places! How many people have been harmed by officials because of fame and fortune!"
Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea and drank it all in one gulp: "Yun'er, I have no objection to the fact that when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. The bustle in the world is for benefit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit!"
"The same goes for being a husband, being a husband can't change anything!"
"But when you go to higher places, you can't step on the bones of common people and climb up!"
"My husband is greedy for money, lustful, and lazy, but my husband has said more than once that we must not resort to any means just because we want to climb higher."
"The fate of Qingzhou officials and Jiangnan officials is to be their husbands."
"Whoever dares to eat steamed buns with human blood is better off if he doesn't fall into my husband's hands. If he falls into my husband's hands, no one can escape death!"
Qi Yun walked slowly behind Liu Mingzhi, put her jade fingers on Young Master Liu's forehead and kneaded it gently: "My husband was a merchant's son. He grew up in fine clothes and fine food. His hands have never been used for farming and mulberry planting, but he can
You always put the people first, I really admire you!"
"How many people have forgotten the great aspirations they had for the country and the people after becoming officials."
"It's hard to stick to your heart!"
Liu Mingzhi closed his eyes silently: "Maybe it's because my husband was a poor commoner in his previous life, and he suffered too many injustices!"
"God has given Weihu an opportunity in this life. Weihu wants to give the poor people justice without violating his conscience."
"Perhaps my husband is a good person from beginning to end."
Qi Yun pursed her lips and smiled: "Shen Shen Nao, you know what happened in the previous life!"
"It's not okay to dream about your husband!"
"Okay, whatever your husband says will be whatever, and I will obey you!"
"Husband, just peel off the skin and pick up the grass and tell it yourself. Don't write to His Majesty, otherwise you, the auxiliary minister, will be a bloody executioner in the eyes of your colleagues!"
"If they avoid you, it will not be a good thing for your future!"
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly and nodded helplessly: "Just go with the flow, I understand!"
"I just couldn't help but feel angry for a moment. I have been preparing for my husband for so long, but I don't want this big event to be ruined in the hands of these officials!"
"What have you prepared?"
"Secret, I'll tell you after I kiss my husband!"
Qi Yun smiled faintly, turned around, transferred her delicate body to Young Master Liu's arms, and sat down. She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Young Master Liu charmingly: "Kiss! It's not just a moment!"
"If you say that and threaten me, I will make the bed."
"Gudu..."
"Just a joke for my husband, just a joke, you must..."
"Little Miss Yaoyao, wait a moment, old man, slow down!"
Before Mr. Liu finished his words of begging for mercy, the voice of the miracle doctor Sai Huatuo and the crisp laughter of Liu Yaoyao came into the room.
Qi Yun's pretty face was startled, and she quickly stood up and tidied her clothes.
As expected, Liu Yaoyao jumped into the door holding a piece of rice paper: "Mother, Yaoyao has learned again... Daddy, you are back!"
Young Master Liu looked happily at Liu Yaoyao who ran in: "Good girl, let daddy hug you!"