Chapter 142: Frustration

Huaien said: "Your Majesty, I have lost at least a dozen pounds in the past few days to report back to the Duke of Zhongguo, and he has already lost a little bit of shape. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly when he heard this, and said, "Oh, is it tortured?" ”

Although Zhu Qizhen's tone was indifferent, he hid a sense of anger.

The Ming Dynasty's expedition to the Western Regions has begun to be laid out at the strategic level, and Gendo's preparations have begun. The time for sending troops will be after the spring of next year.

It's still far away, but it's only half a year.

But with Zhu Qizhen's understanding of Jinyiwei.

Once the execution is moved, I am afraid that Shi Heng may not be able to recover by this time next year.

Wynne said: "Since Your Majesty said it, how dare the people below use torture?" It's just that there are too many pigtails on Zhongguogong's body. He was frightened. ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled faintly and said, "What are the sure?" ”

Wynne said: "The old slave couldn't say clearly for a while, but on the whole, he was involved in gold and gold mines, killed prisoners and made meritorious contributions, embezzled and misappropriated military salaries, harmed friendly soldiers, did not report it, encroached on the fields of the guard, invaded Mobei pastures, bullied and dominated the market, and more than a dozen murder cases related to Shifu, and so on. ”

Zhu Qizhen was also taken aback for a while.

He knew that Shi Heng was not clean, and he was even a little arrogant, but he never thought that he would not be able to withstand it at all.

However, this is also the norm in this era.

Even in later generations, many people are clean or not, it depends on how far you find out.

Moreover, the coverage of the Ming Dynasty law is nothing more than the capital division plus the prefectures and counties, and in many places outside the city, the law is not taken seriously. When the clan sank people into the pond, they didn't think about any Da Ming law.

If you really want to use the Da Ming Law to be strict with anyone, you can generally find the fault.

However, even so, Shi Heng went too far.

Let Zhu Qizhen decide to teach Shi Heng more lessons.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Bring him over." ”

Wynne immediately said, "Yes." ”

Wynne was right.

After only a few days in prison, Shi Heng lost a lot of weight.

Shi Heng's body shape looks on the chubby side, which is a reminder of the great generals in ancient Chinese paintings. With the general's belly, this is actually scientifically reasonable.

To fight in full armor on the battlefield, it is necessary to reserve a certain amount of fat in order to better exert combat effectiveness. Even boxing matches are graded by weight.

From this aspect, it can also be seen that in the battle between life and death, the fat man is cheap.

Shi Heng was not tortured.

But the torture of his soul in the past few days has kept him awake at night. It seemed that every moment, there was a long sword hanging above his head, and he didn't know when it would fall and take his life.

Jin Yiwei and these people seem to be trying the case, but it is more like sorting out Shi Heng's life.

Shi Heng is the kind of person who gets carried away when he gets willed, calmed down at the moment, and when he thought back to what he had done before, he only felt that he really had a way to die.

At this moment, I heard someone coming outside. But it's clouds and thunder.

Yun Lei asked people to open the cell and said, "Guogong, you have got your wish, Your Majesty will see you." ”

This news did not surprise Shi Heng, but he was stunned, and his eyes flashed with extremely complicated emotions. There is joy and worry, and there is expectation and fear.

He knew that the day had come to decide his life and death.

He was released from prison and entered the palace. I was uncertain along the way, and it seemed that when I raised my head again, I had already arrived outside the gate of Qianqing Palace.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, he only had time to say: "The criminal minister has seen Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Qizhen sat on the dragon chair and reviewed the recital, didn't seem to even raise his eyes, and said, "Since you are guilty, you don't need to say anything." ”

Immediately, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, and immediately several strong eunuchs dragged Shi Heng down.

Immediately, outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Shi Heng was pressed on a mahogany bench. Someone handed a roll of towels to Shi Heng's mouth and asked Shi Heng to bite it.

The two eunuchs said, "Guogong, I have offended. ”

Then he picked up the mahogany long stick and hit Shi Heng with a heavy stick.

Shi Heng suddenly felt pain, but the corners of his eyes opened, but there was a hint of a smile that was almost imperceptible.

Without him, he knew he could live.

Who is Shi Heng?

An invincible general on the battlefield, he is extremely experienced in killing and being killed, beating and being beaten.

He knew that he had just been pressed here, so he was worried that the emperor's order was to be killed with a rod.

But he only took a stick and knew that this was not the rhythm of the cane.

The reason is simple.

The cane in the palace is also exquisite, it can beat people to death with a stick, and it can also hit dozens of sticks, and it can still be alive and kicking in two days. It can also beat people into internal injuries.

Shi Heng is so experienced, after being hit with two sticks, he knows that this blow will not kill him, and he will not even hurt his muscles and bones.

Although it hurts terribly. No one will be killed.

Did Shi Heng deal with these people, and although the Shi family was powerful, it was impossible for him to reach out to the palace. Then there is only one reason.

That was the emperor's order.

In this way, isn't it that the emperor has no intention of killing him.

Almost instantly, the arrogance in Shi Heng's heart came up again. He secretly said in his heart: "I knew that the emperor was going to use me to go west." It's just that he also knows that he can't do this at this moment, otherwise even if the emperor has no intention of killing him, he will do it.

However, at the moment, his heart was relieved.

Shi Heng suffered dozens of rods, and every time he went down, it hurt and hurt, although he didn't hurt his muscles and bones, but his flesh and skin

But injuries are inevitable.

Below Shi Heng's buttocks, all swollen like turnips, he couldn't touch them at all. He couldn't even walk, but was dragged into the main hall by someone, leaving a distinct bloodstain on the gold bricks.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Shi Heng and said, "Are you convinced?" ”

Shi Heng endured the pain and got up and kowtowed, and said, "The crime of the minister deserves death, and Your Majesty is just a small punishment and a big precept." ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed in his heart and said secretly: "It would be nice if Shi Heng had been so honest all the time." ”

He saw clearly that Shi Heng was a person, and he couldn't take it by a lesson, the so-called country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change, and Shi Heng's nature is like this.

It's a wolf at all.

This kind of extreme self, what loyalty, what benevolence, is good to the family, and the rest doesn't care. If you only remember your own merits, you will never think about the merits of others.

Therefore, if Shi Heng is in the Jingshi, Zhu Qizhen has the ability to watch him, but if he is in another town, something will happen sooner or later.

It's just that with Shi Heng's title and ability, he has not been able to arrange his position among the Jingshi.

It's not that Shi Heng is incompetent, but his position in the capital, even if he is the chief general of the three armies who is simply commanding soldiers, he also needs a certain degree of political awareness.

Shi Heng's high-flying and domineering energy, if he was in Beijing, would be more likely to be on the road to death in the border areas.

Shi Heng's talent is really commendable. After all, not everyone has the ability to lead 100,000 cavalry across the desert. Shi Heng's ability, if not unique on the side of Daming, is unique.

But Shi Heng's virtue is really speechless.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qizhen wanted to kill Shi Heng before. It's like chicken ribs, it's a pity to throw it away, and it's tasteless to eat. And woe to you.

Don't look at Shi Heng and now look convinced and heartbroken, as long as he is placed outside for a few years, Shi Heng will definitely relapse.

For this reason, Zhu Qizhen came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, this duty is to give Shi Heng's sweet dates after beating Shi Heng.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Your appearance, I won't let you sit." ”

"Where is the seat of a minister in front of Your Majesty?" Shi Heng said with a cold breath in his mouth.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Don't think that you have suffered this beating, you can take a look." Zhu Qizhen waved his hand, and a stack of folds knocked over from the table, and said, "It's to impeach you." He flipped over the stack again and said, "It was you who were impeached." Then I overturned I don't know how many stacks in a row. The ground was covered with a full layer, and there was almost nowhere to put your feet.

"It's all about impeaching you." Zhu Qizhen said: "The last person who provoked such an impeachment of hundreds of officials was Wang Zhen. ”

When Shi Heng heard this, he suddenly had a stronger cold breath in his mouth, and he didn't know if it was because his butt hurt, or if the news was too shocking, what kind of fate Wang Zhen would be, no one in the world knew.

Shi Heng hurriedly pleaded guilty and said, "The minister deserves to die." ”