Chapter 103: Judgment
Chongzhen watched the crowd get more and more excited, and knew that it was time for a trial, so he asked the actors of the art troupe on the stage to get off the stage, and ordered Wang Dahu to lead Tianziwei to escort the security chief, Gu Xiong and other village tyrants to the stage.
Bao Chang and Gu Xiong and other village tyrants did not dare to beg for mercy anymore in the face of the anger of the people.
They had just watched the play with the people, and when they watched the play, they realized how hateful they usually were, and how frightened they were when they heard the people scolding and cursing them! So they didn't dare to beg for mercy, they had no face to beg for mercy, and they were afraid that begging for mercy would cause even greater anger among the people!
And when the people in the audience saw that Bao Chang and Gu Xiong, who were usually domineering in Zhuangzi, were escorted to the stage, and they all knelt on the stage, they all slowly quieted down.
They are too eager to see what happens to these bullies!
Chongzhen changed into a dragon robe and stepped onto the stage. After Chongzhen stepped onto the stage, everyone knelt down one after another.
Looking at the kneeling people in the audience, Chongzhen said: "I inherit the mandate of heaven, drive the royal conquest, settle the injustices in the world, divide the land to the people, and make the people live and work in peace and contentment." Today is the first day of my expedition, and I have captured more than 100 bandits in Gujiaying. All I have to do now is two things, divide the land and judge the bandits! ”
Chen Yuanyuan took the lead and said: "My Emperor Shengming! Huang Eun Ho soup! Long live the emperor, long live! Others also followed Chen Yuanyuan to say the same slogan together.
Chongzhen was not in a hurry to judge, because Gu Er said that many of the people who were judged were bewitched, and if these people were killed, the people would be afraid, so he wanted to give the people some favors first, so he decided to talk about the division of the land first, and said: "The first thing I want to say is to divide the fields, and every Gu Jiaying people present, regardless of the size of the family, will be able to contract ten acres of land, and the land tax of ten acres of land is one stone!" Specific division of the field, in the past two days, the court will have officials come to divide the field for you, after the field is distributed, I hope that the villagers will cultivate well and live a good life! ”
The people of Gujiaying heard that the emperor himself said that the land had been divided, and there would be officials who would come over to divide the fields for them in the next two days, and they were all happy and excited to kowtow to Chongzhen.
"Thank you, thank you, your emperor, your emperor, you are a good person, you are a good emperor!" Voices of thanks like this are everywhere.
Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh with emotion, in the 21st century, all kinds of occupation of farmland to build houses and factories can still draw the red line of 1.8 billion acres of farmland, and there are only 100 million people in the Ming Dynasty, and 20 acres of land per capita is more than enough, so what can't survive!
Corrupt officials, landlords and gentry, how much land have they occupied, and what are they used for the land they occupy!
"Everyone, be quiet!" Chongzhen motioned for the people to be quiet, and continued: "The second thing I want to do is to judge, the people of Gujiaying, do you have any grievances to complain about?" ”
"Your Majesty, I want to accuse the chief and Gu Xiong, and the chief and Gu Xiong have planned my son alive! My son died so badly! ”
"Your Majesty, I also want to sue the chief of the security guard, the chief of the security department took a fancy to my wife, seduced me and failed to rob it, and broke my leg!"
"Your Majesty, I also have grievances, I originally only borrowed five buckets of grain from the chief of the body, and I have to pay back five stones after a year, and I can't afford to pay it back, so the chief of the security department took my daughter away, and now I don't know whether to live or die!"
"Your Majesty, I also have grievances!"
Even several people on the stage shouted to accuse the chief security officer, Gu Xiong and others, and the scene was a little out of control for a while!
Chongzhen asked the people to tell their grievances one by one, and the people of Gujiaying talked about the various evil deeds of the chief and his village tyrants, which was simply inexhaustible. This chief has done too many evils, and how many people in this Ming Dynasty have been wronged by these, so it is no wonder that so many people will follow Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion. The village tyrants such as the chief and Gu Xiong were also listening, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak out at all at this time!
Chongzhen immediately said: "The security chief, Gu Xiong and others are guilty of rape and robbery, and it is difficult to write a book, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, I have decided to sentence these people to death!" ”
After the people heard that Gu Xiong, the chief of the security guard, deserved the punishment, they all knelt down and kowtowed to Chongzhen to thank him!
While the people were still grateful to him as the emperor, Chongzhen said: "The people's grievances have been tried, and now I will talk about other crimes!" My art troupe set up a stage in Gujiaying, but there were more than 100 bandits, and in broad daylight, they actually wanted to rob the women of good families and rob property, I asked twice, but not only did they not repent, but they also gathered more people to commit murder, and their behavior was extremely bad. The "Da Ming Law" clearly stipulates that the rapist shall be hanged; If you commit the crime of robbery, you will be beheaded! The two crimes will be punished together, and I have decided to sentence these bandits to a decisive death, and to correct the canon! ”
"Your Majesty, spare your life, the pillar is an honest man!"
"Your Majesty, Gu Ba was only blinded by lard for a while, so he made a big mistake, please spare him!"
As soon as it was said that the other people on the stage were also going to be sentenced to be executed, many people in Gujiaying came out to intercede, Chongzhen saw that if the people were forcibly sentenced, they would think that he, the emperor, was a tyrant and could not play the role of edification, so he decided to reason with these people, so he pointed out to a few people on the stage: "You, you, you, and you, come here, take these people out!" ”
Tianziwei escorted out the people Chongzhen pointed at.
Chongzhen said to them: "You also said just now that you have grievances, I also listened to your grievances, I know that you are honest people, and you know better how miserable it is to be oppressed, but why are you also bewitched by Xiaosi today, aiding and abusing them, and doing such things as robbing people's daughters, killing people and robbing money, and so on?"
Those people were scolded by Chongzhen, and they didn't dare to defend themselves, and the people in the audience stopped talking.
Chongzhen said to the people under the stage: "I am going to settle the injustices in the world, distribute the land to the people, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. You intercede for them, if I am usually honest and pitiful people, because someone pleads for mercy, you are grateful to me, but in the future, the honest poor people break the law, how will the court and the government judge, and who will redress the grievances of the victims! ”
When the people in the audience heard Chongzhen say this, they stopped pleading, and the few people on the stage bowed their heads in shame and said, "Your Majesty, we are guilty!" ”
"Okay, I thank you for every one of the people of the Ming Dynasty, your blood is a profound lesson, I hope that every one of the people present can take your judgment as a warning and abide by the law!"
Chen Yuanyuan stood up again and took the lead when it was very suitable: "The emperor is shengming! ”
(End of chapter)