Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 259 Kill!Hanging to expose the body

Autumn Judgment is the Ming Dynasty's execution system. Generally, death row prisoners are executed in autumn and winter. Anyone involved in important cases will be identified by the Three Law Departments. They will go through a cumbersome process to determine the nature of the case and prevent unjust and wrongly decided cases.

The reason why the death penalty chooses autumn and winter to execute the condemned death row prisoners is to follow the way of heaven and follow the four seasons. People who are in slack farming can be asked to watch their sentences to serve as a warning and deterrent.

"My lord, the loyal and brave army led by Admiral Sun has already released all the prisoners from the Shuntian Mansion prison and rushed to the West Market!" Wang Chengen looked serious, bowed slightly, and reported to Emperor Chongzhen what he had just learned.

"Oh, I see."

Emperor Chongzhen put down his vermilion pen and said calmly, "This execution is of great significance. There must be no accidents. Send someone to tell Luo Yangxing that if anyone dares to attack the execution ground, then he, the commander of Jinyiwei, should not do it."

"Here!"

Wang Chengen hastily clapped his hands in response.

Daming has always given great preferential treatment to the group of officials, unless they commit serious crimes such as treason, or offend the holy authority, they will generally not be executed lightly.

Dismissal from office, demotion to return to hometown, exile in vain, and punishment with sticks, this is the routine operation, unlike Emperor Taizu Gao, who killed corrupt officials and killed them all!

As far as Emperor Chongzhen was concerned, if there were not so many courtiers in the court who used coercion to threaten him, he would not have decided on the autumn decision.

But in the face of the rotten Chongzhen Dynasty, if he really wants to restore blood, realize ZTE, and get rid of the original tragic track, then he must inherit the majesty of Emperor Taizu Gao and kill all corrupt officials in the world!
"This is serious. My dear, some officials and masters in the court have been taken to the execution ground. What kind of crime did they commit?"

"Who knows, there are more than 80 people who were escorted to the execution ground, but why didn't they see the executioner? Don't they all want to be sentenced to death?"

"No way, it's all too late? Is this Shuntian government office really that tough? Will those high-ranking officials in the court just sit back and watch all this?"

In the area around the Xisi Pailou in the West Market, countless people gathered, each with their hands in their sleeves, braving the cold wind, watching the scene in front of them emotionally.

For Daming, which lacks entertainment, watching punishments is often the most talkative thing. People with courage will watch it from the beginning to the end, and even give birth to some industries.

The criminals carried by the brave soldiers, a large number of guards wearing pro-military uniforms and yanling knives, many emotional scholars, and even court officials in civilian clothes.

"Sunfu Yin...you have done me a disservice this time!"

Zhu Chunchen, who was sitting on the stand, looked at the scene in front of him, frowned and said in a low voice: "Even if these criminals are to be executed, there is no need to involve all those officials, just kill those lowly merchants! ? You met the emperor earlier, didn't you persuade..."

"Cheng Guogong, do you think the emperor will listen to what I say when I am admonishing His Majesty in a fit of anger?"

Sun Chuanting interrupted: "You have seen and heard the crimes committed by these criminal officials with your own eyes. When the country was in turmoil, they secretly organized this matter and resisted taxation. This is contempt for me. The law of the Ming Dynasty, secondly, ignores the authority of the emperor, and thirdly, takes advantage of the position to corrupt the law, any one of them is enough to kill them!"

"You and I……"

When Sun Chuanting said this, Zhu Chunchen was at a loss for words. He really didn't know what to say. If he wasn't involved, you, Sun Chuanting, could kill as many as you wanted!
Seeing the Jinyi guards led by Luo Yangxing guarding with knives, Zhu Chunchen felt a headache.

"The treacherous officials are in power, slandering and bewitching the emperor, my Ming Dynasty still has the king's law!? You guys who help the tyrant will not end well!"

"Sun Chuanting, you are not worthy of being an official, you traitorous minister..."

The group of scholars stopped by Jin Yiwei kept making all sorts of nasty words, which made the entire execution ground look messy, and the dozen or so criminals who were guarded by the Zhongyong Army were struggling with each other.

Under the threat of death, no one can calmly die.

Especially these unclean officials have been convicted of various crimes. Their deaths will not be praised, but will only be nailed to the pillar of shame.

Sun Zushou, who was standing with a knife in his hand, stared at the surroundings of the execution ground with fierce eyes. If there was an attack on the execution ground, he would lead the sharp soldiers of the loyal and brave army to suppress it!

"It's [-]:[-] noon, execution!"

Sun Chuanting, who was sitting on the official hat chair, was reminded by the people around him, picked up a token, threw it coldly, and shouted in a deep voice.

"It's [-]:[-] noon, execution!! Push the gallows..."

The loyal and brave soldiers in charge of guarding the prisoners roared angrily.

"Woooo..."

The group of criminals who were carried, though their mouths were stuffed with sackcloth, roared in panic, struggling, trying to get rid of the shackles and escape from the execution ground.

The onlookers who had gathered at the execution ground before were still quite puzzled in their hearts, what kind of method to execute these criminals, it turned out to be hanging.

This caused some courageous masters to feel disappointed in their hearts.

Compared with the bloody beheading, beheading, and Lingchi, this hanging is relatively softer, but under the amazed gaze of the onlookers.

"Take off their prison uniforms!"

With a roar, more than [-] criminals who were escorted were stripped naked by a group of muscular sharp men except for their underpants.

In this cold season, the gang of criminals who were almost naked were shivering, and many criminals even urinated in fear when faced with the threat of death.

"List!!"

Under the gaze of a crowd of onlookers pointing and pointing, the group of prisoners who were fixed by the ropes could not move, but they also ushered in the punishment from the other side.

This is the punishment for crushing their pride!
"clang……"

Under the sound of gongs and drums, more than a dozen Jinyi guards faced various places in the court, and shouted loudly: "After the Shuntian government government supervised the handling of important cases, the above-mentioned 87 criminals traded power for money, colluded with each other, trampled on the Ming law, and took advantage of it. When the country is in crisis, make a lot of money..."

Zhu Chunchen, who was sitting on the stand, saw the scene in front of him, opened his eyes slightly, looked at Sun Chuanting in disbelief, pointed to the execution ground in front of him, wanted to say something, but stopped at the edge of his mouth.

How is this hanging different from the previous ones?

"Slander, this is all slander!!"

"Sun Chuanting, in vain you are also a scholar, but you actually made..."

The group of scholars who were stopped by Jin Yiwei, seeing the criminals who were about to be executed and being treated so inhumanly, all became emotional and wanted to attack the execution ground.

'Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are trying to kill them, they are all cast aside. Sun Chuanting, who sat firmly in the official hat chair, looked at the messy execution ground in front of him, said without saying anything, but secretly sighed in his heart.

Whether it is a civil servant or a scholar in Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is face, that is, the reputation after death, but after this move makes a fuss, it will only attract infamy.

"You gang of corrupt officials are all insane. You are in vain. Fuck you, I really want to kill you alive."

"Fuck you, it turned out that you sons of bitches raised the price of food and salt while the country was in crisis. My own mother was starved to death..."

The ordinary people who were just watching the excitement, when they heard what Jin Yiwei yelled, all of them became emotional, and wanted to rush forward to kill the gang of corrupt officials, but they were stopped by Jin Yiwei.

At this time, two extremes have formed on the execution ground.

"pour cold water on!!"

In this noisy and chaotic situation, the general in charge of the prison roared, and the loyal soldier carrying buckets of cold water quickly ran to the gallows, facing the group of trembling, frightened people. The prisoner threw it fiercely.

"Woooo..."

"twist!!"

Being in a cold environment, being suddenly splashed with cold water, the stress response made the bodies of all the criminals tense up, while the brave soldier carrying the wooden bucket took advantage of the situation to pull out the stuffed sackcloth .

"what……"

"Uh!!"

The prisoners who were hanged in the air had their eyeballs protruding, they were struggling hard, the veins on their foreheads were bulging, and they made various noises. This is called the crowd in the execution ground. After seeing this scene, everyone was quiet.

The gang of criminals who were supposed to die after more than ten breaths failed to die immediately because of their tense muscles. The longing for life deep in their hearts made them struggle hard.

Regarding the corrupt officials of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen had a tough attitude. Even if they died, they would not let them die too happily!

After seeing the last prisoner hanged, Sun Chuanting stood up with a cold expression, glanced around the execution ground, and shouted in a deep voice.

"The prisoner who was executed should be executed. The corpse was exposed for ten days. The loyal and brave army was in charge of monitoring. Anyone who dared to rush to snatch the corpse would be punished as treason, and he would not be pardoned immediately!"

At this moment, all the excited scholars and even the court officials who were serving their sentence were all dumbfounded. Even if it was death, they would be completely nailed to the pillar of shame.

Faced with such a situation, when Jin Yiwei gathered his team and was about to leave, none of them dared to step forward to restrain the criminals who were hanged.

(End of this chapter)