Two hundred and seventy-ninth public trial meeting
Liu Xiang didn't speak for a long time. When he heard the unprofessional term "curse puja", he roughly knew what Shen Ruiming was going to say. He spent so much energy on "not talking about witchcraft" and "not using witchcraft". "Gu theory is a crime", he himself was obviously involved in so much anti-feudal superstition work, why did he bring up such an idea now? Is this trying to dig a hole for me? Liu Xiang couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
It's not that he thinks there's anything wrong with Shen's suggestion, but that as an administrative official, he doesn't want to be regarded as a typical example of "not asking about the people but ghosts and gods". He doesn't want to use religious weapons at all if things can be solved by administrative means. of.
What's more, the New Taoism is at the forefront right now. If you do something like this, you will be drowned alive by the saliva of the senior senators in Lingao.
After a while, he finally said: "Xiao Shen, we can discuss whether torture should be carried out, but the government cannot organize such activities on its own!"
"Of course it's not the government that comes forward. You can let the New Taoism come forward - for example, Master Gaozu comes forward..."
Of course, this is also a method, but it still has the meaning of concealment. Who doesn't know that Gao Ji is the number one lackey of the Senate.
It lacks a bit of "public opinion", yes, it is "public opinion"!
When Shen Ruiming saw that Liu Xiang was silent, he turned his attention to Cui Hantang. He originally thought that the fat man would raise his hands in the air to enthusiastically support his suggestion, but unexpectedly he saw him leaning against the wall and trying to slip out, and he couldn't help shouting:
"Old Cui, where are you going?"
"I can't hold my urine in anymore, I'm going to drain it."
"Damn, you just went there ten minutes ago, and now you go again, you are suffering from kidney failure!"
"It's really a bit complicated. Frequent urination and unclean urine. I have to ask Liu San to check his pulse..." Cui Hantang responded casually and walked out.
"Don't run away, you're talking about serious business!"
Seeing that he couldn't get away, Cui Hantang had to come back to the meeting. Seeing that Liu Xiang wanted to "discuss his opinion", he had to cough with a frown and said:
"After the last public sacrifice, the incense in our Five Immortals Temple has become much more prosperous. Whether it is the wealthy gentry or ordinary people, they come to burn incense when they have nothing to do. Although our new Taoism does not approve of burning incense, we still want it to be auspicious. It is inconvenient to object, and the popularity of our religious activities shows that our religious activities have great potential! Everyone knows the deeds of Taoist Zhang in Shandong, which shows that the expansion of New Taoism has effectively suppressed crime and social stability has increased significantly."
"Okay, let's get down to business, what do you think about this matter?" Liu Xiang asked directly as he was impatient with his remarks.
"Well, our new Taoist sect is an upright sect. Although we can also practice the art of talisman, it is also about subduing demons - we cannot do this kind of curse spell..."
He rolled his eyes a few times and said: "There is still a way...but it can't be called that..."
Liu Xiang said: "Please tell me and listen."
Cui Hantang knew Liu Xiang's thoughts very well: he wanted to eat mutton for fear of causing trouble. Shen Ruiming firmly disagreed with torture, and Liu Xiang wanted to take this opportunity to "educate" the masses, so the ball was kicked to him.
But Cui Hantang himself was not willing to accept one thing. Why? First, his eighteen-day prayer ceremony was so thin that he lost a lot of weight.
I don't want to find another errand for myself. Secondly, the new Taoism has been criticized wildly since it came to Guangzhou. This is a bad thing and it is "promoting feudal superstition".
After much thought, Cui Hantang came up with an idea: after all the death row prisoners were executed, the corpses could be crushed and their ashes used as fertilizer. Then he spread rumors that there was something strange about the place where the prisoners were executed, that children were injured or missing, and that there were
Statements such as 'evil ghosts harm people'. Based on the current common understanding of the public, people must be in panic. Rumors are spread that New Taoism has a lineage of Dharma Assembly, which is dedicated to suppressing evil spirits, warding off evil spirits, and can restore those evil things.
It disperses into the original Qi of heaven and earth, but in this way, killing souls is like killing people, cutting off the way of these living souls to come and go, which is contrary to the great way of heaven and earth cherishing life, so the new Taoism only teaches its method and rarely practices it. This
After the words were heard by those suffering people, the public was bound to be furious, and they spontaneously went to Cui Hantang to take action and start a fight "based on the general requirements of the broad masses of the people." In the whole process, except for controlling the direction of public opinion, the government completely eliminated all other aspects, and all aspects were completely eliminated.
Everyone was very happy.
"...I really don't know how to do any spells or anything like that! Just fool around."
Liu Xiang's eyes lit up. That's right: there is a basis for public opinion! But he immediately thought of the second question: Since there are such legends of monsters, as the mayor of Guangzhou, he does not adhere to the principle of materialism and actively eliminates feudalism.
Superstitious, even if people leave their problems to religious organizations, it seems unreasonable...
"I don't think this matter can't be done, but first of all, the nature of private and civil affairs must be defined. Not only can the elders not come forward, but it is also inappropriate to show up to preside over such 'our people'. The best thing is to let the victims come forward."
Liu Xiang said.
"Of course the victims are happy! Just give them a hint!" Shen Ruiming was very enthusiastic about his idea.
"Well, let's not engage in legends about monsters and monsters. The key is to stabilize people's hearts right now. People's hearts are at the beginning of their stability now, so there is no need to do anything to make the people uneasy."
Shen Ruiming and Cui Hantang looked at Liu Xiang, wondering what new tricks Mayor Liu had?
Liu Xiang's plan is relatively simple. Basically, the master of suffering will submit documents to the major religions in the city: requesting all religions to jointly curse the condemned prisoners to never be reincarnated, to fall into hell forever, etc...
As a result, not only does it have nothing to do with the city government, but the new Taoism is no longer so conspicuous. After all, there are old-school Taoism, Buddhist sects, and Catholicism in the city. And not all of them may be willing to take on this matter.
"Most of the sufferers are ordinary people and don't have a lot of money. Those big temples and temples all have eyes that reach the top of their heads. How can they agree to these things? What's more, this curse technique is not available in ordinary religious sects.
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"This has nothing to do with us." Liu Xiang said, "Regardless of whether there is a sect to take over, as long as this public opinion is stirred up, the social response will be very powerful - anyway, there is no such thing as a curse."
The next day was the day of the public trial. Zeng Juan got up early as usual, took some dry food and went to occupy a place outside Zhenhai Gate. When he went, the city gate had just opened, and there was already a sea of people on the sea.
Even the wall of Zhenhaimen, which was quite far away from the public trial stage, was filled with people.
The place where the stage was set up was right in front of the original Maojia Inn. After the shanty town outside Zhenhai Gate was demolished, only the thatched cottage courtyard was left untouched. It is said that it will be burned to comfort the dead until the public trial is over. At this moment, the surrounding area
A large circle has been blocked by the National Army and the prosecutors. Outside the circle are people three feet inside and three feet outside.
Along the river embankment, there are five or six long door frame-shaped shelves newly erected, with more than ten rope loops hanging on each shelf - Guangzhou citizens are already familiar with this thing: this is the Australian
A "gallows" where a person who has committed a capital crime climbs onto the platform and has a noose around his neck. As soon as the trap door below is opened, the person is immediately hanged upright.
The common people competed to guess the number of prisoners who would be executed today based on the number of gallows. There were also some common people, dressed in mourning, holding ropes and pots - these were those who had a blood feud with the prisoners and were ready to tear them apart after they were sentenced.
Meat, take a basin of blood to pay homage to your loved ones...
Zeng Juan arrived early and finally got a good position on a mound, barely able to see the situation inside the circle.
There were more than 200 people awaiting trial in the circle. Zeng Juan took a look, some he knew, some with familiar faces, and some he didn't recognize... He could probably tell that most of these people were from the Guandi Temple.
All the "big-boned" first-level people with "big heads and faces" are "land tigers". There are also many well-known bachelors and rogues and "broken boots gangs" on the ground among them. It is really a nest of snakes and rats. These cities
Hu Sheshu had been killed during the public security crackdown after entering the city, and a group of them had been arrested. The rest had some property at home, enough to be called "Master
Following the golden rule of power, he restrained his minions in time and hibernated in his cave, and was not blown away by the first wave of strong wind. But now he was copied by "Guaman" in this Maojia Inn case. No.
When a few people were arrested, they even shouted "unjustly accused" - many of them really had nothing to do with the Maojia Inn case.
However, Zeng Juan knew that there were no good people here. They were all "gods of plague" that were avoided by the citizens walking on the streets. During this period, they ruined so many families, harmed so many people, and robbed so much money...
That's really countless.
The most famous among them is Gao Lingquan, the only one of the three Gao brothers who was arrested. He has a long and thin face with a pointed lower body. His skin is very white, and he has eyes that are swollen and swollen from alcohol. He looks like a young man from a rich family - no matter what.
It cannot be connected with the word "beggars gang".
These Gaolings were all well-known dandy boys in Guangzhou - of course they were not "unpopular", because they were rich and had Gao Tianshi as their father. He was always known in the city for his mischief and ridiculous behavior. He was known as "Gao Taisui".
Zeng Juan's brother-in-law's tea house was also harmed by this high Tai Sui. He didn't know where he got a Mongolian horse. The weather in Guangzhou is actually not suitable for raising horses. When the weather is hot, the horse will become sick and sick.
He couldn't feel energetic. One day, Gao Taisui rode past Wan Shenglu. He took the horse to the shop and asked Zeng Juan's brother-in-law to serve herbal tea for the horse to drink.
Naturally, Gao Taisui didn't dare to offend anyone. He drank more than a hundred bowls and made a mess in the shop. In the end, he walked away, leaving horse manure all over the floor. He also kicked down many tea bowls, tables and chairs.
Didn't do any business all morning.
Gao Lingquan bullied men and women in the city of Guangzhou and did many bad things. Although Gao Lingquan had no blood on his hands, he had always been a promiscuous man and had raped and humiliated countless women, causing great indignation among the people.
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