Chapter 569: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
After experiencing the psychological warfare of boiling eagles, Zhu Ping'an appreciated another place to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zhu Ping'an also failed to see He Shangshu, because He Shangshu was not in the office room, but was in a lobby of the Criminal Department to hear a case.
The case was tried jointly by the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei, and was presided over by another Qing official of the Criminal Department, Shi Langzhong, and He Shangshu of the Criminal Department was heard in the lobby, and at the same time, Wei Boyang, the four-grade Jinyi Guard, was also heard in the hall.
Don't look at the Jinyi Guard Captain with the word Captain, they are just ordinary Jinyi Guards, "School Captain" is equivalent to the "soldiers" of other guards, Jinyi Guard Captains are selected from the people to play as strong men, that is, folk martial arts masters, they are full-time to carry out the honor guard, and call officials before driving, and leave the office. Jinyiwei has an edict and prison, similar to today's trial and judgment of the case or something, Captain Jinyiwei is also very familiar.
Because He Shangshu was hearing the trial, Zhai Langzhong led Zhu Ping'an to a room near the lobby to wait, and when the case was finished, he would go to see He Shangshu.
Zhu Ping'an sat just in time to see the scene of cane execution outside the lobby.
"Lord Qu, please."
A prisoner dressed in white prison clothes with a panicked expression was "invited" out of the lobby by two brocade-clothed guards with a sneer, calling Master Qu in his mouth, but there was no respect at all, just like pinching a little chicken, and the prisoner called Lord Qu was set up.
"I can't be courteous, I can't be punished by a doctor....... I'm Qipinzhi County, you can't ...... me like this" Lord Qu, who was dressed in prison clothes, shouted with a panicked expression and struggled.
The location is not far away, Zhu Ping'an can see it very clearly, even the folds on Lord Qu's prison clothes can be seen clearly, and the conversation between Qu Zhixian and Jinyiwei can also be heard clearly.
If you can't be courteous to a concubine, you can't punish a doctor...... Don't think about it, how many officials have been made into lanterns and hung as flags, not to mention ordinary punishments.
"Hey, my Lord Qu, don't talk about your seven-rank county, you are the big member of the third grade, and the small one has also been beaten. We are all rough people, but we don't know what etiquette is not inferior to a common man, we can't punish a doctor or anything, we only know how to act according to orders. One of the brocade guards glanced at Qu Zhixian, glanced at his mouth disdainfully, and replied with a smile.
As he spoke, the movements of the two brocade guards did not affect in the slightest, and Qu Zhixian, who was dressed in prison clothes, walked to a bench in the courtyard.
"Does Lord Qu lie down on his own, or let the little ones help you?" When he arrived at the bench, Jin Yiwei let go of Qu Zhixian and looked at Qu Zhixian with a smile.
"I ...... I'll do it myself! Sven sweeps, Sven sweeps!! Qu Zhixian also knew that he couldn't hide, so he had a little backbone, gritted his teeth hatefully, patted the dust on his body hard, and lay on the bench.
"Wanping Zhixian disobeyed the officials, talked about state affairs in vain, and was sentenced to sixty canes. Remembering that it is not easy to be an official, cut the cane by half. ā
As soon as Qu Zhixian was lying on the bench, a junior official of the Criminal Department came out of the lobby, showed a decree in his hand in front of Qu Zhixian, and read out the official's punishment to Qu Zhixian with an expressionless face.
In the Ming Dynasty, the number of canes was as low as 10, and the minimum number of canes was 60 and the highest was 100 canes. According to the decree just read, Qu Zhixian will be sentenced to 60 canes, and because the officials have preferential treatment, the execution will be reduced by half, that is, 30 canes.
"If you want to add sin, there is no excuse."
Qu Zhixian snorted, and then fell silent.
After the reading was finished, the two brocade guards each took a thick and long thorn strip, about three feet long, and the end of the beating was thicker, as thick as a human fist, and there were dried blood stains on it.
"The weight is lighter, and it is more comfortable to hold the iron cane with barbs in your hand......" Jin Yiwei deliberately slapped the thorn strip in his hand twice in front of Qu Zhixian, and said without intimidation.
"Lord Qu, what do you have to explain?" The other brocade guard looked at Qu Zhixian and squeezed his eyes, rubbed his fingers, and asked meaningfully.
Is this a solicitation of bribes?
Hehe...... Zhu Ping'an saw this scene, hooked the corners of his lips slightly, and sure enough, as the history books said, there are a lot of cats in the cane and the court cane, and three hundred and sixty-one lines in addition to the three hundred and sixty lines were also born, because the cane punishment is definitely a craft, and the errand and brocade guards who do this line of work rely on their skills to "eat", such as this brocade guard.
The brocade guards who can go out of the teacher and perform cane punishment have all been practiced, and they must learn this craft from their teachers and gifts. According to miscellaneous historical records, it takes several years for Jinyiwei to master this craft. They mainly practice two methods, one is light on the outside and heavy on the inside, and the other is heavy on the outside and light on the inside. When practicing, they have to make two dummies, one of which has tofu inside, and the other has green bricks inside, and they all wear clothes on the outside. Put tofu practice on the outside and light on the inside, Jin Yiwei can only be considered home if the clothes on the outside are sparse, the sound is loud, and the tofu inside does not hurt a bit; Putting the head is a practice of light on the outside and heavy on the inside, and only when the clothes on the outside are not hurt, and the inside is sparse, can it be considered home.
In this way, if someone bribes them or give them gifts before the execution, or if the commander hints at beating them lightly, they will use the method of heavy on the outside and light on the inside, and beat the person to see the skin open and flesh open, but in fact it is only a skin injury, and they can be alive and round after a few days of raising them at home; On the contrary, if there were no bribes or gifts before the execution, or if the commander had hinted at a heavy beating, they would use the technique of being light on the outside and heavy on the inside, and the skin would only be red and swollen, but the injuries on the inside would be very serious, and the bones would be broken.
The rod is in my hand, and the weight is in my thoughts.
People who are beaten often spend money on light beatings, so the 361st line is derived.
Of course, if you don't have money or don't know what to do with it, you can only take a hard beating.
"Humph!"
Qu Zhixian snorted coldly, didn't speak again, and showed everything with his actions.
"Hehe, in that case, then Lord Qu will bear with it, and the little ones are also acting on orders, please forgive the little ones for offending." Seeing this, Jin Yiwei sneered, and said politely in his mouth, but the movements in his hands were definitely ruthless.
The torture rod fell fiercely on Qu Zhixian's buttocks with a fishy wind.
In an instant, Qu Zhixian stretched his neck like a goose, and the green tendons on his forehead were exposed.
One, two, three, four......
With the fall of the torture rod again and again, Qu Zhixian's screams became worse and worse every time, and in the end, he could only see the shape of his mouth, and he was so painful that he couldn't make a sound, only reflexively opened and closed his lips.
In an instant, the white prison clothes on Qu Zhixian's buttocks were already soaked with blood.
"This is Wanping Zhi County, it is said that some time ago when he was in Jingcha, he arbitrarily criticized Shangguan in public, and slandered Jingcha several times......" Zhai Langzhong told Zhu Ping'an about the past of Qu Zhi County in a timely manner, and then quietly looked at Zhu Ping'an's expression.
Punish someone as a warning to others
Undoubtedly.
Disobey the officials and criticize the government, hehe...... This scene is definitely an example of killing chickens and monkeys, and Zhai Juntao deliberately brought himself to see this scene. Zhu Ping'an sat at the table, calmly watching the execution scene outside, as if he was watching a movie, with a faint smile on his face.
This disappointed Zhai Langzhong. (To be continued.) )