In the twenty-second year of Qianlong, the tenth day of August.

After Zhang Rui and a group of court ministers worshiped the Ming Tomb of filial piety, they executed the descendants of those who were included in the "Biography of the Second Minister" (1) by Qianlong to sacrifice to the heavens. Among them, such as Li Shiyao, the grandson of Li Yongfang IV, and other high-ranking officials in the Manchu court were the most miserable.

Everyone else was stabbed, but they had to suffer the most severe and cruel punishment.

Ling Chi is also known as a thousand cuts, in the Ming Dynasty and before the Ming Dynasty, non-heinous serious crimes are not used, such as rebellion, rebellion, etc. However, by the time of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, in order to force the people not to have the slightest idea of resistance, it became a crime of beating and scolding parents or in-laws, sons killing their fathers, wives killing their husbands, and other crimes that violated ethics and morality, and they were also punished by Ling Chi.

Later, in order to suppress the peasant rebellion, those who did not pay taxes on time were punished by Ling Chi, which was especially prominent in the middle and early Qing Dynasty.

Ling Chi's punishment, which can occupy a place among the ten major tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is naturally extremely cruel. And Zhang Rui, who often received humanitarian education in later generations, was naturally not happy that such a punishment existed in the country.

Therefore, Zhang Rui intended to promulgate a law after the imperial court was stabilized, abolishing the cruel criminal laws such as the ten tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that all the condemned prisoners of the Yi Dynasty from now on for serious crimes would only be executed.

It was also because of this that Zhang Rui was not prepared to use such cruel and torturous methods to treat Li Shiyao and them. But he thought about it: if he was caught by them, they would certainly not be as merciful as he was.

In that case, there is no reason for me to suffer so much. Why should I be tortured to death by them when I am caught, and I can't let them feel their punishment when I have captured them?

If Zhang Rui had already promulgated the law of abolition, then Li Shuyao and the others might not need to die such a painful death, after all, Zhang Rui was really not good at changing his orders. But Zhang Rui has not promulgated it yet, so they can only die with deep regret.

Some people may think that the punishment of Ling Chi by Li Shiyao and others is too cruel, but what his ancestor Li Yongfang did was not cruel?

During the Battle of the Hunhe River in the Ming Dynasty, the white pole soldiers who came to aid Liao and the Qi family army were at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and they were still on par with Nurhachi, and even faintly defeated those so-called "invincible" Eight Banner soldiers.

But at this time, Li Yongfang, the ancestor of Li Shuyao, in order to make meritorious contributions in front of Nurhachi, bribed several captured Ming army gunners in Shenyang City with a lot of money, and let them shell the Sichuan troops who came to rescue them from Shenyang City.

After Nurhachi received Li Fang's news, he once again forced the Eight Banners Army to attack their helpless white pole positions.

After a fierce battle, the original strong formation of the white pole soldiers was really difficult to resist the artillery bombardment in Shenyang City, and the white pole soldiers were finally annihilated under the double blow of hunger, fatigue and artillery. In turn, the invincible Qi family army disappeared into the long river of history.

Li Yongfang's shameless traitorous behaviors such as betraying the Ming court and killing the people made him rise step by step in the Manchu Dynasty.

As his grandchildren, Li Shiyao enjoyed the blessings brought by Li Yongfang in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and naturally had to bear his sins.

After the criminal prisoners were killed, Longhu Mountain, Wudang Mountain, and Confucius Mansion also burned documents to pray to heaven for the establishment of the new imperial court, and prayed that God would bless the new imperial court from now on.

Finally, Zhang Rui officially ascended the altar to read the establishment of the "Yi" dynasty to the people of the world, and at the same time announced the name of the year as the choice of heaven, indicating the meaning of heaven's choice.

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The first year of Heavenly Selection (the twenty-second year of Qianlong), September

Emperor Yihuang Zhang Rui officially married and married Zhu Wanying, the daughter of the Zhu family in Hunan, as the queen.

October

Yi Dynasty added Kao Enke, recruited a large number of talents, and announced that the triennial Enke of all dynasties was changed to an annual one. However, except for the top 10 of the champion list and the top 10 of the Jinshi list, all the enkeshi can directly serve in the positions above the county level, and the others need to start from the township, village, town and other positions according to the actual vacancy.

According to Zhang Rui, if even a township, village, or town cannot be managed well, how can a county, state, or even the entire country be managed?

In order to appease the current township, village, and town mayors of the Yi Dynasty, Zhang Rui also specially ordered them and their heirs to have the right of first choice. That is, if the current person who is already the head of a township, village, or town is not at fault, he can be re-elected until his death according to the laws left over from the Qing Dynasty. The court will give them priority.

The existence of this article made the village mayors all support Zhang Rui's rule.

Although the gold content of Yi Chao Enke has declined relatively, most of the scholars in the world still flock to Yi Chao without care. The lack of reality in the Manchu Dynasty was too rare, while the official position of the Yi Dynasty was more real, and the wealth was even more lucrative.

And what the Emperor of the Heavenly Choice of Yi Dynasty said is also reasonable.

"The golden scales are not the things in the pool, and the dragon changes when it encounters the wind and clouds."

The court has given you a chance, how can a talented person be trapped by the scene in front of him? If it is not a talented person, it cannot be blamed for the court not being reused. After all, the imperial court is assessed every three years, and it is easy to be promoted.

The first year of the Chosen One, November

The Yi Dynasty formally reformed, promulgated its own laws, and clearly divided the responsibilities of county officials, that is, public security was under the control of the newly established police department; The adjudication of cases is under the jurisdiction of the courts; Taxes go to the tax office...... Wait a minute.

At the same time, under the strong promotion of Emperor Yihuang Zhang Rui, the imperial court set up a supervision office, requiring all stations to be implemented in all towns and villages to ensure the supervision of local officials under the imperial decree. It also abolished the law that officials were not allowed to bring their families to office.

At the same time, in order to better manage the officials of the imperial court, Zhang Rui also officially spread the "shadow guards" in the county seats. The role of the "shadow guard" was widespread, the most important of which was the emperor's supervision of court officials and the failure of the inspectorate. Therefore, the "Shadow Guard" does not need to go through the approval of the imperial court, and can directly reach the heavens.

Although the "Shadow Guard" set up by Emperor Yihuang Zhang Rui has the meaning of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyi Guard, compared with the Ming Dynasty's people's fear of the Jinyi Guard, the people of the Yi Dynasty will not feel afraid of the "Shadow Guard", but respect it very much.

Because the "shadow guard" is the existence of the emperor as the master of the people.

If the people are unjust, it is useless to appeal to the officials, and then report to the supervision to no avail, they can go to the "shadow guard" to seek justice.

The first year of the Chosen One, December

The imperial court issued an edict, "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads." The imperial court will pay for the grain, and the highway bureaus of counties and towns will organize the people to build roads on their own. As a result, the peasants who had nothing to do during the slack time received a salary.

In the same month, the imperial court established a "postal" department.

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