Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 300
At this time, the sound of horseshoes was close at hand.

The surrounding crowd also hurriedly stepped aside.

The scarlet-robed official was even more anxious, pointing at the executioner and yelling: "What are you still doing there? Execution!"

The executioner had no choice but to lift the Ghost Head Saber high, but at the moment when the steel knife was about to fall, there was a sudden "swoosh" sound on the execution ground.

Immediately a heavy four-edged arrow shot through the executioner's arm.

The executioner let out a muffled grunt, staggered back two steps, and the ghost knife in his hand fell to the ground weakly.

"Who is so bold?" the scarlet robe official said angrily, "How dare you disturb the court? Is this an attempt to rebel? Left and right won't take down this thief with this official!"

"Lord Zuo is such a powerful official!" A cold snort sounded.

Immediately afterwards, an official also wearing a scarlet robe had rode his horse to the audience.

Although he was a civil servant, he was holding a large Jiannu bow in his hand, and a heavy arrow was stuck on the bowstring. Seeing this, the servants of the Yingtian government office who were maintaining order around him would not dare to step forward.

"Who are you?" Zuo Guang didn't recognize him at first.

That's right, Zuo Guangxian is one of the execution supervisors, and he is also the highest rank.

But the civil servant in the scarlet robe strode up to the supervisory platform, and walked straight to the seat of Ying Tian Fu Cheng.

Ying Tianfu Cheng is also one of the three supervisors and beheading officials, the other is the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment.

Seeing the civil servant in the scarlet robe approaching with strides, Cheng Ying Tianfu was instantly caught by the aura of this man, subconsciously stood up and avoided to one side, the civil servant in the scarlet robe was not polite and sat down straight away.

"Who is this official? So it's Jin Langzhong."

Now Zuo Guangxian finally realized that it was Jin Xuan, the new Prime Minister of Yingtian Fu and Admiral Caojiang Military Affairs, who came, but he purposely didn't call him Futai or Junmen, but only called Jin Langzhong.

The implication is naturally self-evident, and the officials who are simple and straightforward are the first-class dwarves.

After all, it is not as honorable as officials like them who are promoted by the court or selected by the Ministry of Officials, and their name is justified.

However, Ying Tianfu Cheng, who was also one of the supervisors and execution officers, did not dare to make such a big deal, and still bowed respectfully to Jin Xuan, and also respectfully shouted Fu Tai.

The doctor of the Ministry of Justice on the other side ignored Jin Xuan.

Obviously, the beheading officer sent by the Ministry of Punishment was in the same camp as Zuo Guangxian.

Jin Xuan took his seat on the golden knife, and said with a snort, "Lord Zuo is wrong, I am now the governor of Ming Yingtian and the admiral of Cao Jiang's military affairs, and I am no longer the military selection officer of the Ministry of War."

Zuo Guangxian smiled and said: "Jinfutai came just in time, you are also one of the supervisors and beheaders, and together with me and Meng Langzhong supervised and beheaded the two key criminals in the case of gangsters."

After finishing speaking, Zuo Guang asked the sundial clerk again, "What time is it?"

The sundial clerk cupped his hands and responded, "Reporting to my lord, it happens to be three quarters in the afternoon."

"Okay." Zuo Guang first took out a beheading order from the lottery container again, as if he was about to throw it to the audience.

"Slow!" Jin Xuan grabbed Zuo Guangxian's wrist and said coldly, "My government would like to ask Mr. Zuo, where are the documents affirming the criminal's execution and the emperor's approval?"

"Here are the affirmative documents and Zhu's approval." The doctor of the Ministry of punishment on the side presented the documents.

Jin Xuan opened the document, glanced at it, then threw it aside, and said, "This document is full of loopholes and is not useful."

"Presumptuous!" Zuo Guang took the lead and said angrily, "Jin Xuan, don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have the favor of the Holy One. The dignity of Da Ming Law cannot be violated!"

"Well said! The dignity of the Great Ming Law cannot be violated." Jin Xuan applauded and laughed, and then said with a straight face, "According to the Great Ming Law, you need to have the first trial, second trial, and third trial before the case can be closed. After the case is closed, it will be reported to Dali. The temple has confirmed that those who are to be beheaded must be executed with the holy imperial pen, except for those who have committed the most heinous crimes, they will be beheaded immediately, and the rest of the criminals will be beheaded after autumn."

After this pause, Jin Xuan sternly said again: "I would like to ask you, what is the procedure of the trial? What is the evidence of the Dali Temple? What about the documents of the emperor's imperial pen?"

"This..." Zuo Guangxian was at a loss for words.

Jin Xuan sternly asked again: "Firstly, there is no trial procedure, secondly, there is no affidavit from the Dali Temple, and thirdly, there is no collusion with the Holy Majesty's imperial pen, so you dare to hastily execute the Holy Majesty's subordinates, who gave you the courage? Want to rebel? ?"

Jin Xuan's scolding question was like the roar of a lion, which made Zuo Guang subconsciously take half a step back.

But Zuo Guangxian quickly reacted, stepped forward and shouted: "If you are in a hurry, you should follow the authority. In troubled times, you should use heavy codes. Traitors like Ma Mingjue and Zhan Yangzhi who have ruined the country should be dealt with quickly and severely."

"The facts in this case are all there, and all the stolen goods have been obtained. They are all irrefutable facts."

"Therefore, there is no need for the process of first trial, retrial, and third trial. The affirmative documents of Dali Temple can also be supplemented afterwards. As for the decision of the emperor's imperial pen, it is the same if there is a cabinet vote and Yongwang's approval."

After a pause, Zuo Guangxian sternly said again: "It's Mr. Jin who obstructed the execution of the two criminals in every possible way. Could it be related to this case? I advise you to think about the consequences first."

"Master Zuo, are you threatening me?" Jin Xuan stared at Zuo Guangxian coldly, two bright and sharp eyes pierced into Zuo Guangxian's eyes like two sharp swords.

Zuo Guang was so stared at first that he didn't dare to look directly at him, so he subconsciously avoided his gaze.

However, he still said forcefully in his mouth: "Jinfutai, I advise you to respect yourself!"

"Although I don't dare to compare myself to Hai Gangfeng, I may not lose to him in terms of strength." Jin Xuan's eyes revealed a look of sarcasm, and he said, "Master Zuo, you threatened the wrong person."

After finishing speaking, Jin Xuan turned back and shouted: "Zheng Sen, take Deputy Director Ma and Officer Zhan back to the Governor's Office!"

"Slow down, let me see who dares!" Zuo Guangxian was furious, and hurriedly shouted at the yamen servants who were maintaining order around the execution ground, "Are you all dead? Hurry up and drive away the idlers!"

None of the surrounding yamen servants dared to step forward.

Are you kidding me, Mr. Zuo, you want us to fight against the newly appointed Mr. Futai?

Seeing the yamen servant standing still and not daring to move, Zuo Guangxian was furious and said, "What's the point? Where is the capital camp?!"

There were two groups of people maintaining order at the scene, the inner circle was the policemen of Yingtianfu Yamen, and the outer circle was the Beijing camp soldiers.

Someone from the Beijing camp had obviously greeted them, and Jin Xuan was not in charge of them, so they had no scruples.

Zuo Guang gave an order first, and hundreds of soldiers from the Beijing camp rushed in, wanting to take down Jin Xuan and the dozen or so soldiers accompanying him. These soldiers from the Beijing camp were also courageous.

A look of sarcasm flashed across Jin Xuan's eyes, and he shouted sharply: "The governor's office handles the case, and the idlers avoid it, and those who dare to gather crowds to cause trouble will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!" Zheng Sen promised suddenly, then turned around and waved vigorously.

More Qinwang scholars immediately swarmed in from the outside. In an instant, hundreds of bird guns were aimed at the soldiers of the Beijing camp.

God, these are all scholars in thong shirts, and they are all Wenqu stars descending from the sky, so how can they, the soldiers of the Beijing camp, be able to compete?Killing them is like crushing an ant.

"Lord Zuo, don't say you are soldiers from the Beijing camp today, even if you invite some elders from the cabinet, it's useless." Jin Xuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with Zuo Guang, "This officer said that this case needs to be retried, so it must be retried .”

After saying this, Jin Xuan yelled again: "Take Deputy Chief Ma and Officer Zhan out to respond to Tianfu."

"Take it away." Zheng Sen followed with a wave of his hand, and immediately four scholars stepped forward to help Ma Mingpao and Zhan Yangzhi.

One of the scholars said cautiously: "Master Ma, you have been wronged, but it's all right now."

Ma Mingpao nodded, he had a lot to say to others, but it got stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it for a while, but he felt warm in his heart.

However, at this moment, an unexpected scene suddenly appeared.

Just as the scholar helped Ma Mingpao and Zhan Yangzhi off the stage, the people around suddenly exploded.

Immediately, countless rotten vegetables, rotten eggs, chicken feces, and even pebbles rained down on Ma Mingpao, Zhan Yangzhi, and the four Qin Wang Shizi who supported them.

At the same time, there was also a lot of abuse.

"Officer Dog, he must have collected black money from the Zhan family."

"You scholars, have your consciences been eaten by dogs?"

"Do you know how many people in the south of the Yangtze River have been harmed by the big bandit Gu Sanmazi?"

"You are not good people for helping the horse dog officer, you will die!"

Accompanied by the swearing all over the sky, the people gathered around became more and more emotional, and in the end they even started to attack the human wall formed by the scholars, and even beat people.

Several scholars were beaten to the point of bleeding.

However, the scholars were still very overwhelmed and did not fight back.

Seeing this, Jin Xuan's face has already collapsed.

Ma Mingpao shook his head again and again: "These poor people, these poor people."

Zuo Guangxian was complacent, and said with a sneer: "Jin Xuan, this is what makes people feel fair and comfortable. Your perverse actions are doomed to fail. I advise you not to go all the way to the dark."

After a pause, he sternly said, "Otherwise a civil uprising will be stirred up, and you will die hard to atone for your crime!"

However, Jin Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to Zuo Guangxian's noise. He just strode down the prison platform, snatched a Lumi blunderbuss and matchlock from a scholar, then lit the matchlock and fired a blunderbuss over his head.

Accompanied by the dazzling red light, there was a loud bang.

The sudden sound of firing the gun instantly silenced the surrounding noises.

The people who were attacking the wall of scholars couldn't help being stunned for a moment, didn't they, the officers and soldiers really dared to fire their guns?
Zuo Guangxian was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and shouted sharply: "Jin Xuan, do you know what you are doing? Do you really want to stir up a mutiny?"

Jin Xuan threw the bird gun back to the scholar.

He turned his head and glanced contemptuously at Zuo Guangxian.

Provoke a civil uprising?Just relying on these troublemakers?Not even close!
After a while, the surrounding people became excited again, and became more excited than before, and the impact on the human wall formed by the scholars became more violent.

Looking at this posture, if they really broke through the walls of scholars, Ma Mingpao and Zhan Yangzhi would probably be beaten to death by these irrational people.

Once public opinion is instigated, there is really no reason to speak.

Rationality and independent thinking ability have always been scarce qualities.

Looking at the angry people, the smile on Zuo Guangxian's face became more and more complacent.

This is Nanjing, this is Jiangnan. If you want to be an official in Nanzhili, you have to lie down like a tiger, or like a dragon, and even the Holy One has to rule with our Donglin Party.

If not, the decree will not be able to leave Nanjing City.

Jin Xuan looked back at Zuo Guangxian coldly, and said, "Lord Zuo, do you think that you can control the public opinion and act recklessly by threatening public opinion? Hmm?"

Zuo Guang first said: "What do you want to control the discussion of scholars and threaten public opinion? I don't know what you are talking about."

Zuo Guangxian naturally wouldn't admit it, but he kept sneering in his heart. You are right, our Donglin Party controls the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River and controls the public opinion.

Even the Holy One, didn't we have to follow the wishes of our Donglin Party when we first arrived in Nanjing?
Aren't the four elders promoted by the court for the first time all members of our Donglin party?None of the Jiuqings who went to the disaster could enter the cabinet.

For example, now, you, Jin Xuan, are already riding a tiger. If you can’t control the current situation, not only Ma Mingpao and Zhan Yangzhi will be beaten to death, but you, Jin Xuan, will also be imprisoned by the censor. If you want to control In such a situation, it would be impossible not to kill a few common people with an iron fist. I don't believe that Jin Xuan really dared to kill people.

This is Nanjing, and no one can afford the consequences of killing innocent people indiscriminately.

Jin Xuan also sneered in his heart, others may have scruples, but Jin is fearless, Jin was born without knowing what it is to be afraid of words?snort!
Both of them held hands in silence.

The surrounding people continued to attack the wall of scholars.

A moment later, a faint thunder sounded suddenly in the distance.

Soon, the thunder became louder and louder, and everyone felt that even the ground under their feet began to tremble.

Finally, a commoner discovered the black cavalry that came from the direction of Yanziji Wharf.

"Cavalry, there are cavalry, the imperial cavalry is coming!" A commoner roared and turned around and ran away.

As if to verify the cry of the common people, the cavalry rushing over from a distance also raised their sabers in unison, and the sharp blade reflected a dazzling cold light under the scorching sun.

Whenever the people who gathered to make trouble saw such a battle, they immediately dispersed.

When Jin Xuan looked back at Zuo Guangxian again, he saw that he was trembling, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened.

"Jin Xuan!" Zuo Guang pointed at Jin Xuan first, and said in a trembling voice, "You dare to mobilize cavalry to charge and kill the people, do you know what it means?"

"Don't bother to remind Master Zuo, this officer is very clear."

Jin Xuan said coldly: "I mobilized the cavalry just to expel the unruly people and maintain the order of the court."

"Where is the troublemaker, where is the troublemaker? I only see a troublesome official who has no rules and acts recklessly! Jin Xuan, you just wait for this constitution to come to you." Zuo Guangxian pointed out immediately leave.

It was also helpless to meet a stunned young man like Jin Xuan.

It is impossible to change the result if you stay any longer, so it is better to leave early.

It's better to go to a few elders and Shangshu to discuss countermeasures.

(End of this chapter)