Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 425

Watching the execution ground is generally a hobby of the Chinese people. It has been like this since ancient times. But when it is the turn of the Autumn Festival, the people in the capital are always happy as if celebrating the new year, and the vegetable market is crowded.Today is the first day of the Autumn Judgment. Not only Caishikou, but also the entire East Street are crowded with people, and half of the people in the capital probably wandered to the vicinity of the execution ground. Was the one who killed the first culprit of the treason case half a year ago, or was he cut in half?However, it is different from the past: all the people standing in the front row of the execution ground today are court officials. This is the holy will - all officials above the fifth rank in Beijing are not allowed to be absent for any reason, and all must go to the execution ground to observe.

"My lord, the time has come." An official of the Ministry of Punishment, all in red robes, approached Fan Shijie, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and supervised execution, and reminded him in a low voice.

"Hmm." Fan Shijie looked up at the sky, glanced at the twenty-odd felons kneeling on the execution platform, his eyes paused for a moment on Yunxu, who was the second most convicted felon, and then took a lot of money from the stick. He took out a lot, threw it on the ground, and announced loudly: "The auspicious time has come, execution!"

"Cha!" The executioner dressed in red who had already been ready to take the order suddenly rushed towards the criminals aggressively. The first one to be dragged onto the guillotine was He Randa, the former commander of Xizhimen.The executioners removed Herenda's shirt three times, five times and two times, and knocked him down under the guillotine. One of the executioners uttered a loud shout and closed the bright guillotine downwards, but after hearing a scream, blood spattered everywhere. Suddenly, Da was broken up to the waist, and the screams of pain resounded throughout the audience, and the splashed blood sprayed Yunxu who was kneeling not far away, all over his face.Poor Yunxu, a pampered son of the Tian family, has never seen such a scene, he was about to pass out with a loud cry, but unfortunately he couldn't get fainted, a well-prepared executioner suddenly poured a basin of cold water on his head In a daze, Yunhu was completely chilled.

The tragedy of beheading is that the main organs of a person are in the upper body, so after the prisoner is cut in two from the waist, he will still be conscious, and it will take a long time before he dies.More than twenty celebrities were cut in half by the guillotine one by one, rolling and crawling all over the ground, and the sound of screams became one. At this moment, let alone ordinary people, they were ordered to come to watch the execution The courtiers couldn't bear it anymore, even Fan Shijie, the supervisor and beheader, was pale and sick to his stomach, as for Yunyu, he was already shaking into a ball, muttering something in his mouth, and he knelt down like a fool Where.

How miserable it is to be cut in half. Although Yinzuo has never seen it with his own eyes, he has heard of it. It is enough to let those royal family members and courtiers receive re-education. He has no intention of suffering that crime himself. Just as the half-cutting was going on vigorously, Yin Zuo was sitting on the dragon chair in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, sipping tea and thinking about his heart.

"Your Majesty, the Fourteenth Lord is here." Gao Nianying, who had just been promoted to be the eunuch of ceremonies, walked in from outside the hall lightly and said with a bow.

"Show him in." Yinzuo said without raising his head.

"Your brother kowtows to the Holy Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yunyu hurried into the hall, bowing his head respectfully.

"Excuse me, old fourteen, can the Shanghai trip be rewarding?" Yinzuo raised his hand with a smile, signaling that old fourteen doesn't need to be polite.

Yunyu meticulously kowtowed again, and said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, this time I have learned from Dean Qiao Haosheng, and only then did I realize that my brother's victory in the last battle was purely a fluke, and I was so terrified. The emperor personally marched , Sweeping the old Maozi, smashing the Zhungeer tribe, even though I am far away in the south of the Yangtze River, I have heard of it a lot, I am very grateful, my sage is wise!"

"Come on, old fourteen, don't flatter me, boy." Yinzuo smiled and waved his hands and said, "Old fourteen, do you know why I called you back?"

"My younger brother doesn't know." Old Fourteen paused, then hurriedly said.

"Hey, you know." Yinzuo glanced at the old fourteen, and said calmly: "Don't pretend to be confused in front of me, I want you to come, just to prepare for the navy."

"Your Majesty, is there going to be a big battle?" As soon as the old fourteen heard what Yinzuo said, he suddenly regained his energy, looking eager to try.

"It's not time to start the fight, um, but it's coming soon. I have already received an urgent message from the governor of Guangdong, saying that the envoys from Britain and the Netherlands have arrived in Guangdong and plan to come to the capital to submit their credentials." Yin Zuo sneered and said: "The war is going to be fought, but not now. I never fight unprepared battles. If I fight against the outside world, I must first settle down inside. If I don't straighten out the inside, how will I fight this battle?"

"Despite the emperor's order, and my younger brother is willing to be the forerunner, but there is no one who dares not to obey the order." Yunyu knelt down on the ground and said loudly.

Uh-huh, this old fourteen went to Shanghai for a trip, and he has obviously matured, and his speech has become more appropriate, which is a bit interesting.Yinzuo's heart moved, and he didn't point it out. He smiled and said: "Okay, I know what the old fourteen is thinking, get up, I plan to change the military system, well, the navy will be handed over to you old fourteen, I plan to adjust the various divisions of the Ministry of War and reorganize the three divisions of the Navy, the Army, and the Logistics Division. The Navy Division will be renamed the Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty. General, school officer, lieutenant, sergeant major, soldier and other ranks. Well, I have a draft here, you can take a look at it first, and I want to hear your suggestions on how to operate it. Picking up a document from the table, she handed it to Gao Nianying, and Gao Nianying hurriedly trotted all the way to hand the document to Yunyu.

This draft is based on Yinzuo's extraordinary memory, and he silently wrote out the naval regulations of some countries in his previous life, and made some adjustments according to the current situation of the Great Qingshui Division. The various command mechanisms are generally set up according to the characteristics of the modern navy, but it is still not easy to completely realize the reform of the military system. Not very sure, this is exactly the purpose of Yin Zuo's transfer of the old fourteen - the old fourteen has been in charge of the military department for many years, and he knows the navy very well. The host is selected. Moreover, the navy is a sea force after all. A navy without the sea has no power at all. Yinzuo is not afraid that the old fourteen can rely on the navy to seek rebellion. Of course, the arrangements that should be made have already been arranged by Yinzuo It's okay, don't worry too much.

"My lord, this plan is feasible, but..." the old fourteen looked at the document carefully, and hesitated for a while.

"Well, old fourteen, you might as well just tell me what worries you have, I will make the decisions for you." Yin Zuo said lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The old fourteen said respectfully: "The first one is the issue of military ranks. If it is changed to the military rank system, it will be in conflict with the Qing Dynasty system... Well, I am afraid that there will be conflicts with the Qing Dynasty system. I am worried. The gang of Eight Banners are dissatisfied, the navy is fine, if it is the army, I am afraid it will not be easy to pass; moreover, according to the wishes of the Holy One, all naval officers must be graduates of military schools, this..."

This head, isn't it just infringing on the rights of the Eight Banners to select officials and soldiers?Yin Zuo naturally understood what the old fourteen hadn't finished saying, so he waved his hand with a smile and said, "I will handle these matters, old fourteen, you just need to arrange the affairs of the Navy Department. As for the naval academy, if It may be possible to build one or two more schools, the required instructors have been selected from the Shandong Navy, and the required silver will be allocated from our internal treasury."

"Yes, my brother accepts the order." The old fourteen respectfully kowtowed to accept the order.

"That's good." Yin Zuo nodded and said: "This is just a draft, and the specific implementation may not necessarily be followed. If there is something wrong, the old fourteen can make changes according to actual needs. Look at the result, not the process, okay, you kneel down, well, go to the Queen Mother to ask for peace before leaving the palace, hehe, the Queen Mother has already whispered in my ears many times, if you don’t go, I will You're going to be scolded, go."

"Yes, I'm leaving." The old fourteen knelt down respectfully and kowtowed, got up and exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and went straight to the Palace of Compassion and Ning without mentioning it.

"Gao Nianying, pass on my will. All principals and deputies of Xuanman and Eight Banners of Han Dynasty will have an audience at the Hall of Mental Cultivation." After the old fourteen retreated, Yin Zuo gave a faint order, and Gao Nianying hurriedly bowed to the promise, and drew up an imperial edict to let Yinzuo looked over, used up Yuxi, and hurried to Caishikou execution ground.

"Your servants will kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as the sons and eight banners entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, all of them knelt down on the ground with pale faces, and greeted them loudly—the big torture just now But this group of Dutongs were scared enough. Although they were not rebellious, they still colluded with Yunxu secretly. No one knew whether this matter fell into Yinzuo's eyes. At this time, they were called from the execution ground. When they came back, everyone had ghosts in their hearts, and everyone was terrified.

"Forget it, let's all get up." Yin Zuo waved his hands expressionlessly, signaling to all the officials to flatten their bodies, and swept their eyes as sharp as knives over the heads of the starters. They didn't say a word for a long time, which disturbed the crowd The gangsters were flustered, and everyone kept silent.

"My dear friends, what do you think of what you saw today? I'm very curious, so let's talk about it." After a long silence, Yin Zuo said lightly.

How do you feel?This question was asked strangely, all the way the sons and the Eight Banners all looked at each other in blank dismay, no one dared to speak up, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely strange.

Hmm, don't want to say?Alright, let's call the roll.Yinzuo secretly smiled in his heart, but his face was very cold, and he said in a calm voice: "Eshan, you are the leader of the Eight Banners, so I'll let you talk about it first."

"Returning to the emperor, the servant thought that those who are rebellious officials and thieves should be killed! Well done! Hehe, well done!" E Shan had a ghost in his heart, and when he saw the first one, he pointed to himself, hurried out of the line, and fell on his knees. Land, Mei said with a smile.

"Oh, is that so?" Yinzuo smiled contemptuously and said, "Lord E also thinks that those people should be killed, right, eh?"

"Yes, yes, yes, your majesty is holy, your majesty is holy." Seeing Yin Zuo's poor voice, E Shan was sweating from his forehead, and kowtowed.

"Shengming? Hehe, why don't I feel that I am a sage? If I were really a sage, how could there be so many villains who want to play tricks behind my back? Well, there are some slaves who say that I have forgotten my ancestors. Fighting into nature, I plan to change to a Mingjun, um, I even want to divide my shares in the Eight Banners Company, how can I be a wise one? Hey, it seems that I am a foolish monarch." Yinzuo said slowly with a smile on his face .

Although Yinzuo's words were said with a smile, the voice was not too loud, but in Eshan's ears, it sounded like thunder. Those so-called forgotten ancestors and belligerence were all what Eshan said. The share of Yinzuo's shares in the Eight Banners firm was also proposed by Eshan and others in exchange with the old man. At this time, when Yinzuo said this, how could Eshan hold his strength, his body shook like a sieve, But Eshan is an old fox after all, although he was terrified in his heart, he would not admit it, pretended to be angry, and said loudly: "My lord, who is this dog slave? , the slave will definitely kill this person alive."

Yo ho, it's quite capable of pretending, grandma, isn't it just because she didn't leave any physical evidence when she exchanged terms with Lao Ba, hey, she's playing a rogue trick with us.Yinzuo looked at the virtue of Eshan, and his heart suddenly became angry, but he didn't break out, and said with a sneer: "Master E has a heart, I can have a loyal slave like you, I feel very sad in my heart." Happy."

"Serving the emperor is the duty of a slave. If the emperor has an order, the slave should serve himself." E Shan was sweating more and more, but there was still a smile on his face.

"Oh? Hahaha..." Yin Zuo burst out into a burst of laughter, which made E Shan flustered, but he really didn't know how the deal between himself and Lao Ba was leaked out, so guilty that he was sweating for a while Didn't even dare to wipe it off.

"Hey, what a loyal slave, I ask you, where are you at [-]:[-] on April [-]th this year? What did you do? Tell me!" Yinzuo slammed the table and shouted loudly.

"Slave, I don't know, I really don't know." Although E Shan was flustered, his mouth was still firm.

(End of this chapter)