Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 211 Sun Jiao survives, the government seeks glory (I ask for a guaranteed monthly ticket)

squeak...

The wheels rolled across the green brick street and continued to roll forward, and the prison car made a noisy sound.

The escort team walked through the green brick street and was heading towards the Sixi archway, but there were already many onlookers gathered on both sides of the street.

Ling Chi, this is the cruelest form of torture.

The number of Ling Chi in the Hongzhi Dynasty increased significantly. The first person to be Ling Chi in the first year of Hongzhi was Annan envoy Li Guangdu, and then eight Shanxi merchants who intended to buy [-] horses and camels in Mongolia last time.

Now, Sun Jiao and Sun Bao, who obstructed the Qing Dynasty, have also been subjected to the heaviest torture, and they are about to be sentenced to death by a thousand swords.

In the capital, the struggle on the surface has gradually disappeared, but the intrigue in the dark always exists.

Hongzhi is no longer the virtuous lord and Mingjun in the original history. Due to a lot of killings, he has even been silently labeled as a tyrant by the scholar-official class.

In fact, they were belittling Hongzhi's repeated execution by Ling Chi in private, but this kind of voice did not ferment at all.

Whether it was Li Guangdu, Annan's envoy, or the eight treasonous Shanxi merchants seeking wealth, even if it was Yangzhou who killed hundreds of officials in a day, those people were to blame.

As for Sun Jiao and Sun Bao, since they committed the evil deed of assassinating imperial envoys, especially since they are both imperial officials, it is impossible to make offerings to them without Ling Chi.

"Dare to assassinate the imperial envoy, this imperial food is really feeding the white-eyed wolf!"

"They actually want to stop Qingzhang. There must be hundreds of acres of hidden fields hidden in the family!"

"Hundreds of acres of land? Not to mention Huguang, even some people in our capital hide in thousands of acres!"

"Qingzhang is aimed at their officials, gentry and local big families, the court should kill all those who hinder Qingzhang!"

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The people in the capital watched Sun Jiao and Sun Bao who were locked in the prison car appear, but they didn't have the slightest sympathy and pity, and they condemned one after another.

The officials and gentry really wanted to do everything possible to prevent the court from clearing Zhang Tianmu, but ordinary people actually supported Qingzhang Tianmu.After all, let's not talk about hidden fields, and the local officials will not deliberately exaggerate the area of ​​​​the fields, which is already thankful.

As for whether Hongzhi's execution of Sun Jiao and Sun Bao was a tyrant, if it was such a tyrant, then he hoped to fight again.

When the prison car arrived at the Sixi archway, there was already a sea of ​​people here, and it also seemed very lively.

Although this time it is not like Li Min's beheading the No. [-] greedy man of Ming Dynasty, nor is it like Li Guangdu's first example of envoys being mutilated, but it is the nature of Chinese people to love to join in the fun.

Sun Jiao and Sun Bao were placed under the Nanpai Building, and several yamen guards opened the prison van and brought them down, and then forced them into the big basket.

Facing death, and it was the cruelest way of death, the two of them were already trembling with fear.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor issued an imperial edict: Wailang Sunjiao, a member of the Department of Wenxuan of the Ministry of Officials, because the Sun family in Anlu has a lot of hidden land, and they do not want to register and make books to pay taxes to the court, so they instigated the children of the family and unruly people to obstruct in every possible way, and collaborated with them. The Commander of the Zhongzhou Guard sent Sun Bao and other Sun's branches to murder the imperial envoys in order to stop Zhang Tian... Now the facts are clear, the Sun's family's behavior is indignant with both humans and gods, and they are the evil family in China. Secretary Wailang Sunjiao and Zhongzhouwei Commander Sun Bao are punished by Lingchi, according to the law, they should be cut to [-] knives, hereby!" The official of the Ministry of Punishment stood on the execution platform and read aloud to the surrounding people.

On the beheading stage, the ones who were beheaded this time were Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Du Ming, and Beizhen Fusi, Jin Yiwei, Wang Xiang, but there was not much joy on their faces.

They all knew very well in their hearts that although Sun Ming had reasons to hinder the court from clearing Zhang Tianmu, but he dared to do such an evil deed, and even almost succeeded, there must be someone bigger behind him manipulating this matter.

It's just that Sun Jiao's two sons are missing, and Sun Jiao seems to be threatened, but he still refuses to confess the person behind it.In addition, Zhu Youtang did not agree to make a deal with Sun Jiao, so there was no substantial breakthrough in this case.

When the matter developed to this point, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have lost all patience.He chose to massacre the Sun family, and identified Sun Jiao and Sun Bao as the masterminds of the assassination of the imperial envoy, bringing an end to this incident.

Du Ming and Wang Xiang knew that by beheading Sun Jiao now, this thread was completely broken.

The two saw that it was a done deal, and that this incident really needed to be explained to the world, and at the same time, it was necessary to kill the Sun family to clear away the obstacles of Zhang Tianmu, so there was nothing to complain about.

It can only be said that the enemy is too cunning, obviously they have already found out the key person Sun Jiao, but in the end they were unable to find him also.

Since Ling Chi didn't need to check the time, when he saw Sun Jiao and Sun Bao being taken to the execution platform, he prepared to order the two people to be executed by death.

The two executioners were already in place, and they put all the knives they needed into a bamboo basket, and they were silently sharpening their knives on the gravel.

The knife is not big, but it looks very sharp, making the surrounding people secretly feel scared.

When Sun Jiao was about to be stuffed with nut cores, he saw the sharp knives on the bamboo basket, and the desire to survive surged in his heart. The tragic scene of Li Guangdu being killed by Ling Chi appeared in his mind, but he changed his mind temporarily and said: "I'll do it, I'll do it all, as long as His Majesty can let me go!"

When Wang Xiang heard this seemingly acceptable condition, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, and cast a questioning look at Du Ming, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

Du Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, was not moved, so he said flatly: "Your Majesty cannot negotiate conditions with a treacherous and wicked person! Come here, stuff him into a net pocket, and prepare for execution!"

"Du Shangshu... my... my subordinate said that all the subordinates will be recruited, but please suspend the sentence immediately and take the subordinate back to the prison first!" Sun Jiao's heart had already collapsed, but he compromised again.

At this moment, he no longer expects to escape unscathed, as long as he can survive.Even if he only lived one more day, that would be better than being executed by Ling Chi now.

Seeing that Sun Jiao needs to be willing to confess, Wang Xiang also knew the importance of finding out the mastermind behind the scenes, so he turned his head to look at Du Ming and said, "Du Shangshu, it seems that he is really willing to confess!"

"Sun Jiao, do you really want to recruit all of them?" Du Ming was not in a hurry to make a decision, and asked Sun Jiao who was full of desire to survive.

Sun Jiao looked at the incomparably sharp knife in Chi Zi's hand, and wept and nodded in haste, appearing to say sincerely: "I'm going to do everything, and I'm willing to be a witness. Please stop the execution!"

Du Ming, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, showed a serious thoughtful expression on his face, carefully looking at the begging Sun Jiao.

In fact, there is a certain risk in this matter. As the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, he can certainly stop the execution, but if Sun Jiao repents again in the end and refuses to do so, then it is easy to blame the emperor for disturbing the emperor.

Du Ming thought for a moment, then Dang Lian made a decision and said, "I will trust you for now... for a while!"

puff!
Just at this time, the situation on the platform changed suddenly, and a stream of blood spattered.

Tens of thousands of onlookers stared in disbelief. No one expected that the executioner in charge of the execution would suddenly slit Sun Jiao's throat.

Sun Jiao's eyes were staring straight, looking at the perpetrator in disbelief. At this time, his hands and feet were tied, and he only hoped that the wound on his neck would not be too deep.

"What's the matter?"

"How did the executioner kill Sun?"

"Is it possible that this executioner has a blood feud with Sun Jiao?"

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Seeing Zi Zishou unexpectedly cut Sun Jiao's throat with the sharp weapon in his hand, the people present never expected such a trouble, and they couldn't help but speculate.

thump!
After Sun Jiao was dazed for a second or two, his throat moved but he couldn't make a sound, and his whole body fell heavily on the execution platform, but his opened eyes were full of unwillingness.

Wang Xiang was the first to react, pointing at the soldiers below and angrily ordered: "Quick, take him down!"

After the murder, the executioner seemed to have thought of the passage, so he rushed towards the south archway, intending to escape from the narrow alley in front.

A soldier holding a spear saw the executioner running towards him, so he stabbed the executioner unexpectedly.

puff!
The executioner's body was pierced through, and a smear of blood overflowed from his mouth.

"Dead!" Wang Xiang came to Sun Jiao's body, originally holding on to the last glimmer of hope, but after detecting the breath with his fingers, he shook his head bitterly and said.

Du Ming glanced at Sun Jiao's corpse, and then his eyes fell on that of Executioner Chi.The executioner's vitality was obviously more tenacious, but after a few more seconds, he also fell into a pool of blood.

Du Ming and Wang Xiang looked at each other silently, realizing that the mastermind behind the scenes was even more difficult than expected, and they had already been on guard against Sun Jiao's sudden change of mind at the execution platform.

In fact, in view of the earlier poisoning incident, they waited on the sidelines in the big prison in Fusi, Beizhen. As a result, they seemed to have known about it, and they never sent poisonous food.

It's just that no one thought that on this execution platform, the mastermind behind the scenes had anticipated this situation in advance and prepared a backhand here.

But it was too late, although Sun Jiao changed his mind temporarily, and they were once very close to uncovering the mastermind behind the scenes, but now Sun Jiao has been successfully silenced.

On the execution platform, Sun Bao suddenly looked at the executioner next to him in fear.

The executioner who was in charge of executing Sun Bao suddenly noticed that everyone was looking at him, and couldn't help swallowing with difficulty, looking innocently at Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Du Ming, and Minister of Jin Yiwei, Wang Xiang.

"What are you doing there in a daze, hurry up and execute!" Du Ming didn't understand why the executioner didn't do anything for so long, so he ordered in a deep voice.

In fact, Sun Bao was about to face Ling Chi now, and he was afraid that the knife in Chizi's hand was actually wrong, so he should hope that Chizi's hand would give him a good time with that knife.

Three thousand six hundred dollars, under the witness of everyone, Sun Bao's body was dismembered one by one, and he suffered the most cruel torture in the world.

"Even if it has been silenced, let's stop with the matter of Sun Jiao!" Zhu Youtang said calmly after learning about the execution ground.

While it's important to cleanse internal cancers, it's time to focus on dealing with external events.

The Mongolian mission has come to the capital. In addition to paying tribute to Dayan Khan and Manduhai, they also want Naikxi to be a concubine, so as to ensure the peace of the north for several years.

As for the southwest, he now needs to find out the specific situation of the granaries in various places as soon as possible to prepare for the conquest of the Li Dynasty.

In fact, what concerned him the most was the opening of the market between Daming and North Korea on Canzhi Island. This was the first step for Huaxia to become a textile center, so it was not acceptable.

In Dingguo Mansion, there was a sorrow of parting in the mansion.

Xu Shiying has accepted the imperial court's appointment to become the first governor of the East China Sea in Ming Dynasty.

Today is the day of departure, he handed a crystal clear jade pendant to his wife and said, "Keep this jade pendant safe! If the deal with the cotton cloth to go to Canzhi Island is not smooth, then you will give this jade pendant Sell ​​it and use it to maintain the expenses of our government!"

Dingguo's mansion is actually superficial, not to mention that the current Dingguo, Xu Yongning, was almost convicted of insanity, and the previous Dingguo, Xu Xianzhong, also did not get a real job.

Wu Xun's status is actually related to his favor. Because they have not served in the military for decades, and this situation will last for more than ten years, Dingguo's mansion is now more like a symbol .

Although Dingguo's mansion has [-] shi a year of Lumi, which is not a small amount, but Dingguo's mansion also needs to eat and drink, and Dingguo's Xu Yongning ran to the street to smash things to compensate, so it is already beyond the means. .

Since the Dingguo government used most of the fields to grow cotton this year, this batch of cotton has become the raw material for the joint weaving factory, and the establishment of the joint weaving factory has been hollowed out by Xu Guogong's last family.

Who would have thought that the majestic Daming Duke's Mansion now only has more than half a month's expenses left.

It would be fine if they exchanged United cotton cloth for a large amount of valuable goods from North Korea and sold them in the capital, but if things don’t go well, not only will their joint weaving factory lose their money, but their Dingguo government will have nothing to cook up.

Just like this, for the consideration of the financial resources and livelihood of the entire Dingguo government, this time when they came to Sanzhi Island to trade with North Korea, they only allowed success and not failure.

"Well, I know it!" The beautiful woman nodded gently after taking the ancestral jade pendant.

The convoy at the gate of Duke Ding's Mansion was ready. After all, it was the Duke's Mansion. Among the entourage were several guards with high martial arts skills, and a very shrewd old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper will go to Canzhi Island with him this time, and he comforted the sad Xu Shiying: "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry too much! As long as the trade with North Korea goes smoothly this time, we can exchange our cotton cloth for their ginseng, Chinese medicine and fur goods, we will definitely make a fortune when we bring the goods back to the capital!"

Xu Shiying took a look at the old butler, then forced a smile and said, "With Butler Sun here this time, everything will go well!"

Ever since his father got mad, the huge Dingguo mansion has become chaotic, and the Dingguo mansion once fell to the point where there was nothing to cook.Fortunately, the Butler Sun stepped forward.

It was under the stewardship of this steward Sun that Dingguo's mansion not only did not fall to the point of selling off its ancestral property, but now the store under its name is operating in a good and colorful manner.

This time, the emperor called on the Dingguo Mansion and the Ministry of Industry to form a joint weaving factory, and this old butler was the first to stand up to express his support, so it also increased the confidence of everyone in the Dingguo Mansion.

When Xu Shiying passed West Chang'an Avenue, he also looked in the direction of Xiyuan, and was very grateful to Emperor Hongzhi for giving him such an opportunity.

Whether it is for the reputation of his ancestors or to repay the trust of Emperor Hongzhi, his trip to Shenzhi Island this time will break a new world for Ming Dynasty no matter what.

(End of this chapter)