Ji Qingwen saw that the dozens of civilian soldiers who were kneeling now were about to be in a different place in a blink of an eye, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "You guys stop me!" ”

When the executioners heard this, they all turned their eyes to look in the direction from which the voice came, and saw that the person who spoke was the guy who had confronted the governor in front of him yesterday, and they couldn't help but stop their movements, and stood still and watched the changes.

In fact, the executioners of these executions were either the tuntian soldiers of the guard or the newly recruited peasants, and their identities were no different from those of the militia who were about to be killed by the neck—they did not want to do such a massacre of unarmed people.

Ji Qingwen saw that the massacre had been temporarily stopped by himself, and he relaxed slightly, so he led his regimental training soldiers to the middle of the imperial court officers and soldiers and the disarmed civilian army, and separated the two, and then asked aloud: "What are you doing here?" They are all good citizens, how can they all be killed like this? Whoever is the presiding officer here, come out and speak! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw an official wearing a four-grade civil official uniform slowly walking out of the staff, and bowed his hand to Ji Qingwen and said: "Lord Ji, the lower official is ordered by Governor Liu to preside over affairs here, if you have anything to say, please show me." ”

Ji Qingwen saw that this person was in his thirties, spoke decently, looked very handsome, and looked like a scholar who was neither humble nor arrogant, so he didn't dare to despise him, so he asked, "This honorable name?" Why do you do such an unsympathetic thing? ”

The man arched his hand again and said: "Xiaguan Hong Chengchou, who was born as a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, is now an official living in Shaanxi to supervise the Senate. The subordinate officials acted on orders, and they also felt that these thieves should be killed, and there was nothing unsympathetic. ”

Hong Chengchou! This is another famous figure in history!

When Ji Qingwen heard this name, he couldn't help but look at Hong Chengchou carefully several times up and down, left and right, and saw that he had bright eyes, a clear look, a long figure, and a handsome face, even if he was put in the future generations, he was also a standard handsome guy.

On the other hand, Ji Qingwen was a poor dick before the crossing, although he made some money after the crossing, but in his bones and appearance, he still couldn't get rid of the temperament of the poor dick, standing in front of Hong Chengchou, he immediately became a head shorter.

This made Ji Qingwen feel a little inferior, and subconsciously mobilized a psychological defense mechanism, and refuted Hong Chengchou-for-tat: "These people were originally poor peasants, and natural and man-made disasters forced them to be cornered. If they don't sin unto death, they can't be killed like this. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "There is a great drought in the northwest, and more than one million people have been affected. The imperial court has long since put down the silver and rice for disaster relief, and naturally there are a few corrupt officials during this period...... As the saying goes, 'When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds', and that's the truth. However, most of the people in Shaanxi were able to understand the hardships of the imperial court, tighten their belts and tide over the difficulties with the imperial court. But these people, after listening to the words of the anti-thief, they raised the banner to rebel and fight against the officials and soldiers, they were born with evil thoughts in their hearts and backbones in the back of their heads, and now they do not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, will they wait to oppose the court again in the future? ”

When Hong Chengchou said a few words, his tone was extremely flat, as if he was describing a trivial matter that was taken for granted and extremely ordinary, which made Ji Qingwen's spine chill for a while when he heard it.

After a long time, Ji Qingwen said again: "But now they have laid down their arms and sincerely surrendered, as long as the local officials in their hometown are more educated, they must not be rebellious and evil......"

"That's why the lower officials advocate killing them." Hong Chengchou said, "Adults might as well think about it. After these man-made rebellions, as long as they lay down their weapons, they can be good citizens again. Isn't the price of their rebellion too light? Isn't it just announcing to other victims that if they have nothing to eat, they can go to be robbers, thieves to rob the government and the food of the rich; When he has eaten and drunk enough, he has laid down his weapons, and he will be his good citizen? In this way, who in the world is willing to honestly plow the fields and grow grain? ”

Although the three views may not be correct, the logic is extremely strict, so that Ji Qingwen can't think of half a sentence to refute it.

But Hong Chengchou hasn't finished speaking.

I only heard him say: "These rebels follow the thieves to do evil, as long as they gather a crowd to commit murder and rob the rich households, then they can get money, food and treasures that they will not earn in their lifetime." How could they put down the steel knives in their hands and pick up the sickles and hoes and honestly cultivate the fields? ”

In the end, Hong Chengchou raised his voice slightly and concluded: "Your Excellency beheaded Jiang Yao in public yesterday. Hum! He is corrupt and perverts the law, forcing the good to rebel, and he should be killed! Good killing, adults! But the kindness of a woman like an adult now is actually 'tempting the good and creating rebellion', and the adult's sin may not be much smaller than Jiang Yao's. Please be careful. ”

After saying this, Hong Chengchou looked at Ji Qingwen deeply with a calm face, as if he was persuading rather than contradicting him.

In fact, Ji Qingwen is not the kind of person whose heart is overflowing, and when he asks himself, he also feels that Hong Chengchou's words are very reasonable, but he looked at the peasants who knelt on the ground, all of them with gray heads and dirty faces, yellow faces and thin muscles, like fish that have been brushed clean and scals are waiting to be disemboweled, and compassion suddenly rose in his heart......

So Ji Qingwen said to Hong Chengchou in a somewhat pleading tone: "Lord Hong, what you said does have some truth. But it's too ...... to go on a killing spree like this In this way, we will waste some thoughts and screen them - for those who repeatedly make trouble, it will naturally be a stab in the head; If it is the first time to rebel, beat them up and let them remember it for a long time. ”

Hong Chengchou lowered his head and thought about it, although he didn't immediately agree, he was relieved, and said: "Lord Ji is kind-hearted, I'm afraid that these chaotic people won't be able to understand the hardships of adults." Alas! It's just that I can't do this thing, so the lower officials will temporarily stop the execution, and after the lord has discussed it with the governor Liu, the lower officials will be ordered to act again......"

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.

Before Hong Chengchou's words fell, he saw Liu Guangsheng, the governor of Shaanxi, hurrying over, and shouted loudly: "Hong Chengchou, what are you doing?" How many of the 2,000-strong rebels have you dealt with? ”

If Ji Qingwen was a little discouraged by Hong Chengchou's words just now, then now that he saw Liu Guangsheng's fangs and claws, he raised his heart again and replied loudly: "Governor Liu, I told Senator Hong to stop for the time being......"

Liu Guangsheng was a little jealous of Ji Qingwen, and seeing that he had gathered all the two hundred regiments, he knew that now was not the time to put on his official authority, so he slowed down and said: "Lord Ji, these people are all people from Shaanxi, and they should be dealt with by this official - Lord Ji and Lord Qin had no opinion on this point yesterday. ”

Ji Qingwen said: "I didn't mean that. Although these people rebelled, they were just confused for a while, and they couldn't kill them all, right? ”

Liu Guangsheng said: "They are all guilty of disobedience, according to the "Da Ming Law", it is a heinous crime, and the punishment of sentencing the head is not without reason. Lord Ji, you are the emperor sent a disaster relief errand, Jiang Yao embezzled relief money and food, you can naturally kill him, but these rioters are robberies in Shaanxi, I'm afraid Lord Ji may not be able to intervene, right? ”

There is also some truth in these words, which made Ji Qingwen think hard and racked his brains, but he couldn't think of anything to refute.

Seeing this, Liu Guangsheng suddenly had a smug expression on his face.

At this moment, the sun had jumped from the eastern horizon into the sky, and the light emitted shone on Liu Guangsheng's face, making his expression even more frivolous.

When Ji Qingwen saw it, he suddenly became angry, gritted his teeth and said: "If I can't intervene, I will also insert it!" I've saved all these people's troops! Lord Liu, let's take the people from the headquarters back to rest! ”

Liu Guangsheng thought that Ji Qingwen would retreat in the face of difficulties, but he didn't expect him to say such a thing, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Ji Qingwen, you are too arrogant!" He thinks he is a minister, and he dares to be powerful in front of me. Tell you, when the official high school jinshi and the gold list were titled, you were still peeing your pants! ”

"Humph!" Ji Qingwen sneered, "What's the use of you relying on the old and selling the old here?" Today's emperor is about the same age as me, and you have the ability to talk to the emperor in these words! ”