faced Zhang Huangyan's dissuasion.

Wu Zheng sighed and said: "Since the Ming Dynasty, the ordinary people who died under torture in Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang are incalculable, and there are countless court officials who have received the court rod alone. So much so that it is rumored that if a Ming Dynasty official has not been in prison or received a court rod, he is embarrassed to admit that he has been an official in the Ming Dynasty.

Brother Xuan, I'm not a sage. I have always scoffed at people who are not saints and sages, and who can change their faults, and who are good and great, and when they really encounter all kinds of evildoers, they must be tortured and severely punished, even in the Buddhism with compassion, there are thunderbolt means to drink the first blow. Repay grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue? ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng picked up the paper plan and threw it at Jiang Quanyi, "Go and tell the people that this king is approved!" ”

……。

Chen Hongfan is dead.

After three days, he couldn't resist.

The people pierced the pinholes with steel needles on the first skin of his body, and then inserted the bristles into these needle holes, so that Chen Hongfan could watch his own blood slowly fall down the bristles drop by drop.

That kind of physical pain, the fear in my heart, the feeling of wanting to shout but not being able to shout, wanting to die but not being able to die, I am afraid that it is nothing more than the eighteenth layer of hell!

Three days later, when Chen Hongfan's blood was about to run dry, dying and not yet dead, the people took advantage of his death to cut him with thousands of knives and feed him to the dogs until he was dismembered and died.

In the subconscious of the Han people for thousands of years, "people are not saints and sages, who can do nothing, and if they have a fault, they can change, and they are good", but the most intolerable thing for the Han people is the traitor, which seems to be a contradiction, but it is precisely because of this that the Chinese nation can continue in the long river of history, and every time the nation is in danger, it can be reborn.

The fortress is always breached from the inside, and the harm caused by internal traitors is often greater than that of external enemies, which is the consensus of the Han people for thousands of years.

When Wu Zheng left Xiushui, the people of the whole city spontaneously came to see him off.

In the hearts of the people, Wu Zheng is his own person, not only his own family, he also has compassion and kindness, but also has the thunder of eradicating rape and hoeing evil, and more importantly, Wu Zheng can talk to them.

If you can talk to them, you are your own family!

Zhang Huangyan was a little melancholy, not because he opposed the execution of Chen Hongfan and those prisoners, but because of the education he had received since childhood, he felt that he should not use such tyrannical means to kill a person.

This is in strong conflict with his concept of life.

But in the face of the people who spontaneously came to see Wu Zheng off, he felt that Wu Zheng was right.

The mutual squeezing of these two diametrically opposed contradictions made Zhang Huangyan a little anxious.

……。

"Zhang Cangshui, are you still stubbornly persisting that I agree with the people to deal with Chen Hongfan?"

On the way back to Jiaxing Mansion, Wu Zheng looked at Zhang Huangyan, who was frowning, and asked.

Zhang Huangyan shook his head, then nodded.

Wu Zheng said suddenly: "Between you and me, what else can't be said clearly?" ”

Zhang Huangyan looked at Wu Zheng's eyes and said: "Revenge and revenge, revenge with resentment, this is a ranger act, and it cannot be equal to the law." If the torture and killing of Chen Hongfan becomes a precedent...... I'm afraid the world will be in chaos. ”

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "How is there a big mess?" ”

"Chen Hongfan really deserves death, I have no objection to this. However, the audience of the law is very wide, and this time the prince took Chen Hongfan's special exception as an example, and if it was imitated by the local government, it would not be far from the chaos in the world. ”

"How is that possible?" Wu Zheng frowned and said, "You mean that there are many people like Chen Hongfan in the world, enough to make us stand on the opposite side of most people?" ”

Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said, "The prince misunderstood. I mean, in troubled times, people's hearts are already impetuous, and it is not uncommon for people to descend from the south of the Yangtze River, let alone Jiangbei? In the coming day, the prince will lead the Northern Expedition, and it is impossible to do everything personally, just like dealing with Chen Hongfan, dealing with every traitor, and officials need to do it for him, but once today's matter is imitated by the local government, dare to ask the prince, who else dares to go to the prince anyway? ”

Wu Zheng said: "If there is someone like Chen Hongfan, what is the pity of killing one when he sees one?" ”

"But the problem is that the soldiers and civilians who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty may not have such a crime as Chen Hongfan!"

"I didn't say that I want to kill all the Han people?" Wu Zheng opened his eyes and glared at Zhang Huangyan.

Zhang Huangyan sighed, "If there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom." Yes, the prince allowed the people to torture and kill Chen Hongfan, it is indeed what Chen Hongfan should be, but in the future, in the face of so many soldiers and civilians in Jiangbei who have to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, how will the local governments deal with themselves? The local government will definitely follow the precedent of the prince today and go on a killing spree, and the impact brought about by this is enough to be used by the Qing court and people with good intentions to slander our dynasty for tyranny and cruelty. ”

Wu Zheng glared and said: "I didn't say it, but everyone who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty deserves to die, I only said that traitors deserve to die." ”

"Is it a traitor, should it be tortured and killed? What is the clear dividing line between the charges of traitor? If it is only judged by whether it has been lowered or not, then the number of people who have been killed in vain will be innumerable. ”

"I didn't say that as long as it is cleared, the sin will not be forgiven."

"But in order to cater to you, the local government will condemn most of those who do not commit crimes that do not lead to death as mortal crimes."

Wu Zheng understood what Zhang Huang meant, and his heart was stunned, and he thought silently.

Seeing this, Zhang Huangyan was very satisfied, he knew that Wu Zheng was thinking about it.

It doesn't matter if you can think of a rut or not, the important thing is that the person who holds the power of life and death needs to have a heart to coordinate the world.

So, Zhang Huangyan smiled and said, "Actually, this matter is not difficult to solve. ”

When Wu Zheng heard this, he came to his senses and asked anxiously: "How to solve it?" ”

"The General's Mansion will notify all prefectures and counties that they are allowed to surrender the people anyway, as long as they are sincerely obedient, the government can not settle for the past."

"No! In this way, there is no way to achieve good, and there is no punishment for evil, I will never agree! ”

Zhang Huangyan glanced at Wu Zheng, "What's the hurry?" I'm not done yet! ”

Wu Zheng said angrily: "Say, say yours, but I declare first, if you want to let go of the traitor, I will never agree!" ”

"Allowing the people to be cleared anyway is a civil law." Zhang Huang said with a straight face, "But for traitors who are extremely angry with the people, they will be classified as military law." Military law is a matter for the prince, and I don't say anything. ”

Wu Zheng was in a trance, "Then how to define the great anger of the people?" ”

Zhang Huang said: "If public opinion is circulating, there is conclusive evidence, and if someone reports it is verified, it can be a person who is extremely angry with the people." ”

Wu Zheng pondered.

Ma Shiying, who had been a spectator on the side, suddenly spoke: "The lower officials agree with what the inspector said, since the Qing army entered the customs, most of the country has been lost, and ninety and half of its people are under the rule of the Qing court. ”