Outside the main gate of the former Chu Wangfu, a place where few people usually stop, more than a dozen wooden cages were lined up at this time.

These wooden cages were filled with prisoners in scattered clothes, their faces were ugly, and they cried from time to time, and there were signs with their identities hanging on the side of the cages: Wang Jukui, the governor of Huguang, Wang Yanji, the governor of Chengtian, in addition to these two governors, there were more than a dozen officials......

Eighteen cages are lined up like this, and the lowest status is also a magistrate, and these people are all officials who have abandoned their posts and fled. And now, they are all hanging in this wooden cage, and many of them have already breathed out more and less air, and they are about to die when they see it.

"Deshizi, you ...... Ill-intentioned, I am a dignified court, an official of the court, you, you actually killed without an edict, heavens, open your eyes, look at this rebel thief......"

Wang Yankee, who was hanging in the standing cage, scolded from time to time, although he scolded happily, but his feet were constantly looking for a foothold in the cage, but even if he tried to straighten his feet, the tip of his thumb could not reach the bottom of the wooden cage.

When they were tortured, many people in the vicinity were watching, and the two governors were locked in the station cage, which was a big scene that had never been seen before! In the future, I will tell my children and grandchildren, it is also a novelty with a long face!

"Look, the two governors are in the station cage!"

A scholar who looks like a showman, afraid that others don't know what a standing cage is, took the initiative to explain.

"The punishment of standing cage begins with shackles, also known as "flail", don't look at it as a flail, but "flail" is a fatal thing. This "shackles" are to wear a flail on the prisoner's shoulders, while the "standing cage" is to stand upright in a wooden cage in addition to wearing a flail, with his head exposed outside the cage, and several bricks under his feet, and the number of bricks to be drawn according to the severity of the prisoner's crime. After the bricks were removed, the prisoner's feet hung in the air, and all his weight was borne by his neck. ”

Xiucai said as he explained.

"You see, they've got two bricks, at least seven feet in size, and their toes can't reach the ground! Ouch, you don't know, this punishment costs human life, it's more powerful than hitting the board, this beheading has to be reported to the Criminal Department, but you don't need to stand in the cage, it's dead, that's your own bad luck, yes, it's bad luck, the general's trick is really high......"

Xiucai sighed, but also couldn't help touching his neck, this sin is really worse than death!

But in fact, they don't live for a few days at all, and even the people standing outside the cage can feel the pain of the former old men in the cage, maybe the onlookers just feel scared, but for the tortured people are extremely desperate.

Just like Wang Jukui, who only has half a breath left, he just wants to die now, so he can only let the weight of his body below the neck pull his neck down, and his consciousness is changing little by little.

As for Wang Yankee, who could still scold a few words at the beginning, but he just could, and he couldn't hold on, and slowly his neck became tired, he couldn't bear the weight of his whole body, and he finally died slowly after extremely poor breathing.

It's hard for someone in the cage to survive three days. The deceased could not even see the wounds, but his face was extremely twisted and painful. In comparison, cutting off the head is the least painful.

When the lives of these officials in the cage passed little by little, the ordinary people surrounded by three layers outside the cage were all afraid, but they were mixed with curiosity, ridicule, and banter, looking at these people......

"General, I have captured another magistrate who abandoned India and fled."

"Locked in the cage, standing for five days, if they can survive, let them live!"

Zhu Guoqiang said coldly.

"General, this ...... Wouldn't it be too ruthless, it's better to be happy. ”

Looking at Wan Shouqi with a smile, Zhu Guoqiang did not answer him immediately, but asked rhetorically.

"A knife is painful, can it relieve hatred? Can it deter others? ”

As the saying goes, filial piety comes out under the stick, and the same is true for governing the family, and the same is true for governing the country.

Monarch father, monarch father, that's what I'm talking about.

But sometimes when a father dotes on his children, Daming treats officials too leniently and too dotingly. However, Zhu Guoqiang is a traditional person, he believes that "filial piety comes out under the stick", and of course he believes that "if you don't fight, you won't be successful", so he believes that loyal ministers come out under the stick!

After a series of rhetorical questions, Zhu Guoqiang said again.

"They said, I don't ask for an order to kill them, they are not convinced, okay, I don't kill, just stand in a wooden cage, now, I am in Wuchang, and I only prepare dozens of standing cages for dozens of officials who have abandoned their posts and fled, but if it is ...... in the future"

After a pause, Zhu Guoqiang sighed.

"When I arrive in Nanjing, I'm afraid I have to prepare thousands of station cages......

Although Shi Ziye's words were not loud, Wan Shouqi was still stunned, he looked at Shi Ziye in astonishment, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold.

Thousands of standing cages!

General, what are you going to do?

Is it difficult to kill all the officials in the world?

"I'm not a person who loves to kill, but when I need to kill, I will never be soft, and putting them in the station cage today is actually to save more people...... To be honest, I don't want to get so many standing cages! I don't want to kill so many people! ”

Shaking his head, Zhu Guoqiang said again.

"The so-called politics is actually very simple, that is, to make more friends and fewer enemies, so that you will naturally win!"

Quoting the words of the great man, Zhu Guoqiang sneered again.

"Kill the chicken and show the monkey, what I do now is to tell those people that in the future, what awaits them will not be a cane, not a whip, but a cage, and they will stand for three days! It's fate to survive, and it's fate to not survive, as for the pros and cons, let them weigh it! I can't weigh it, I'm sorry, go to the cage and stand, reflect! ”

Shi Ziye's cold words fell on Wan Shouqi's ears, making him feel a chill in his heart, Shi Ziye, this is also ruthless!

Looking at Wan Shouqi, whose face was uncertain, Zhu Guoqiang secretly thought to himself, only a few people died, put aside "I Taqing" but if you are an official, you don't need to stand in a cage to die hundreds of people, then you are embarrassed to say hello to others, Li Hongzhang ruled Guangdong when tens of thousands of people died, a person named Yu Zuochen went to Caozhou, Shandong to be the prefect, within a year, more than 2,000 people died because of the cage, ten cages in front of the yamen, every day is full.

Manchu officials like to stand in cages!

This punishment is to die a person, that is also a vain death, not as troublesome as cutting off the head, what to report to the court, what to ask for beheading, how simple it is to put me in Taqing to kill a person, directly locked in a cage, there is no need for a reason, the hanging flail, the person is gone. Why don't you have people, you yourself are weak, and the official government is!

I still have to learn from the advanced experience of Taqing!

I said that I am not without merits, in fact, there are a lot of desirable places, such as this station cage.

It's a murderous weapon, and it doesn't need the approval of the imperial court. As long as he shoves a person into this cage, and then whether he is dead or alive, then the money is his life.

There is no need for such good things, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are really pedantic enough. It's all about punishing those officials.

Is it still possible for the Ming Dynasty to perish?

At the very least, we can guarantee that those officials will never arbitrarily add obstruction to the government. They don't need to be held accountable for what they've said, anyway. If you make a mistake in the interview, it's just a cane at best.

But if only I could stuff them into this cage. Regardless of whether they are wrong, stand for three or five days first, and it is estimated that the court will be clean.

Ay!

That's a good thing.

Of course, this thing must not be used by those who are officials, otherwise, I don't know how many ordinary people will have to be killed.

It is still their prerogative to leave this cage to those who are in charge. They are all scholars, they can't cut off their heads with a knife, this will be worthless, at least they have to leave a whole corpse.

For example, for a few days in this cage.

Three days is not a little shorter, or five days. Anyway, as long as you stand in that cage, you have to make a guarantee.

He must be killed!

Of course, Wan Shouqi didn't know what the general was sighing in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, someone came in to report.

"Lord Shizi, our military rations have been robbed!"

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