The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 582 Double destruction from spirit and buttocks

When Yuan Pengnian heard that he was really going to go to the court, he felt as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, knelt there and vomited, saying that he was more loyal than Yue Wumu, but the Huangzhuang incident seemed to bring disaster to the country and the people.

The officials around him are also very jealous, after receiving the imperial scepter, Mr. Yuan will definitely be famous in the court and the public in the future.Immediately, a tall and thin censor threw himself down in front of the hall, faintly surpassing Yuan Pengnian by half, and shouted in a louder voice: "Your Highness, the actions of Huangzhuang are against the will of heaven, and absolutely must not be done." ah!"

The hearts of the others were all moved—yes, how could this good opportunity be missed!Taking advantage of the Furious King's fury, he begged for a court stick. Although it was not as beautiful as Mr. Yuan's "first stick", it was still a great honor!
Then more than a dozen people went forward and fell on the ground one after another, weeping one by one, accusing Youzhi of Huangzhuang righteously, and accusing Youzhi of Zeng Jian and Feng Kang.What's more, afraid of being compared, they directly criticized Zhu Linmi for improper governance.

For a moment, the hall was full of smog, and the original "protagonist" Yuan Pengnian was blocked behind him. He yelled a few times in dissatisfaction, but found that his voice was completely inferior to these "junior people", so he closed his mouth angrily. .

They're all bastards.Zhu Linmi sneered in her heart, just to cure your problems at once!

"Stop yelling!" He waved his hand vigorously, "You want to show off, don't you? All right!"

As he spoke, he took out a note from his body, raised his eyes and swept across the hall, and said coldly: "Li Deshu, Yang Guan, Rong Liangzhe..." He read sixteen names in a row, turned his head to his side The eunuch said, "Ma Wensheng, these people also add court rods! There is no need to add another text, just add it after the court rod just now."

It is completely different from the emperor commanding the "court rod" in the film and television drama, and the next crackling starts. The approval process of the court rod in the Ming Dynasty is quite long-winded. Generally, it takes an hour of tossing at least before the board can really fall on the official's buttocks.Zhu Linming was too lazy to waste time with these people, so she simply skipped the process.

As soon as the next one heard their name was clicked, they were as excited as if they were celebrating the New Year, but there were two or three who tried their best to "get ahead" but didn't get the court stick, but they thought it was because they didn't work hard enough, so they shrank away dejectedly.

Soon, nearly a hundred Jinyi guards bound the hands and feet of a group of courtiers who were about to be beaten, and carried them outside the chief envoy's yamen.

The leader of a thousand households led people one by one to "verify his integrity" and ordered Yuan Pengnian to be pressed to the ground, stripped off his pants, and was about to order the beating to start when Ma Wensheng ran out in a hurry and whispered to him, "No rush!" , His Royal Highness the Coordinating King ordered to wait an hour before calling."

"Ah?" That Qianhu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "This subordinate obeys orders."

On the other side, Ma Wensheng sent out a large number of young eunuchs and asked them to spread the word everywhere in Nanjing, saying that there was a good show outside the chief envoy's yamen—beating the buttocks of the criminal officials!

It's lively now, beheadings are common at Caishikou, but it's rare to see this spanking, thousands of people from Nanjing immediately heard the news, and blocked the open space in front of the chief envoy's gate.The guards in charge of maintaining order were ordered by Zhu Linming to only keep the crowd at a distance of twenty paces, enough for the onlookers to clearly see the color of the officials' underwear that was beaten.

Yuan Pengnian was pinned to the ground with his bare buttocks and waited for more than an hour, until the crowd of onlookers had stood two streets away, and then Ma Wensheng sent an order from the assistant king, "Let's start."

Immediately, every five Jinyiwei was in charge of an official, four held hands and feet, and one carried out the execution with a staff.

The so-called court stick is a thick wooden stick with one end cut into a mallet shape, and the head of the stick is covered with a layer of barbed iron, even if the stick is lightly applied, the skin will inevitably be torn.If the executioner pulls the hand a little, a large piece of the flesh can be torn off. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, people were often beaten to death with a court stick.

As the stick whizzed down, ghosts and wolves were howling outside the chief envoy's office.In order to ensure the "quality" of the imperial rod, every five blows had to be executed by a different person.In a short while, the dozen or so white buttocks were all "blossoming peach blossoms" and "falling cherry blossoms", and the crowd stretched their necks to watch, all of which were addictive to the eyes.

Yuan Pengnian felt pain in his buttocks, but he was happy in his heart.This time, although he failed to stop the matter of Huangzhuang in court, he received a royal staff, so that he would not be considered a loser.

No, not only is it not a loss, it is simply a good situation!After the court rod is finished, his reputation will be greatly enhanced, and officials who have objections to Huangzhuang will definitely gather here, and they will go back and forth with the assistant king on this matter.How could the assistant king alone have the energy to deal with so many courtiers?In the end, he was exhausted and compromised, just like the Wanli Dynasty's "struggle for the country".

The moment Yuan Du Yushi fainted due to the severe pain, he also seemed to see himself leading the officials in high spirits and smiling proudly, competing with the assistant king!
Zhu Linmi was not interested in watching the excitement, so he gave Ma Wensheng some instructions, and then drove back to Yingtian Mansion.The latter went to Jinyiwei South Town Fusi to fetch some things from Zheng Guangying, and then left to rush to Hong Si's residence.

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It wasn't until dawn the next day that Yuan Pengnian finally woke up.As soon as he opened his eyes, he resisted the severe pain in the wound, gritted his teeth and greeted: "Xinghuai, how many invitations have I received since I came back? Which courtiers are coming to visit, is there anyone from the cabinet?"

His son Yuan Xinghuai stepped forward a few steps, supported him and said, "Father, no one came to the door yesterday..."

"What?!" Yuan Pengnian sat up straight in shock, bursting into tears from the pain, but he couldn't care less, "How is this possible? They didn't come to visit after being beaten by the court for my father? !"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in charge of the house came into the room in a panic, first bowed to him, "Master, are you awake?" Then he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously, "Master, young master, it is said that there are many places in the city. Set up a 'bulletin board', describe what happened to the imperial staff yesterday, and also list the details of your land acquisition in Yuanzhou..."

"Public bulletin board?" Yuan Pengnian was taken aback when he heard the words, and felt in his heart that this might be the reason why no one came to visit him, so he hurriedly told his son, "Xinghuai, go and see what's going on."

"Yes, Dad."

Yuan Xinghuai didn't go far when he saw a wooden plank measuring one foot square standing at the street corner, with the words "public notice board" written on the top of the plank.There are also a lot of people around, and some people are constantly pointing and discussing with each other.

He stepped forward quickly, pushed aside the crowd to watch, and immediately turned pale with shock—the bulletin board was full of pictures and texts, starting from the imperial court's promotion of Huangzhuang contracting, until Fenyi and other local officials did everything possible to prevent the people from farming Huangzhuang fields, And how Zeng Jian and others replaced them.Then there was the story of my father impeaching Zeng Jian in the court yesterday and requesting the removal of Huangzhuang.

The most terrible thing is that the words and deeds of everyone in the court yesterday were written down in detail.Judging from it, my father is completely sloppy and shameless, turning black and white for his own selfish desires!

(End of this chapter)