Chapter 370: The Imperial Staff
"That's enough, stop!" Seeing that the situation seemed to be out of his control, Wen Tiren immediately separated the guards beside him and stood up to stop him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Maybe it was Wen Tiren's previous words that played a role, or maybe it was because Wen Tiren's position as the head of the cabinet had a great deterrent effect, and the scholars gradually quieted down when they heard Wen Tiren's words, but everyone's eyes looked at Wen Tiren fixedly, as if they were waiting for his statement or explanation.
Seeing everyone's gaze, Wen Tiren understood in his heart that now was not the time to punish Wu Weiye, and after a moment of silence, Wen Tiren opened his mouth and said to everyone, "The mood of all the scholars is clear, but the state has national laws and family rules, Wu Weiye openly despised His Majesty, contradicted the officials, and committed a great disrespectful sin, which must be punished. Remembering his sincere heart for the country and the people, this time I will spare him once, but the death penalty can be avoided, and it is impossible to escape the crime. Come on, drag me down, and the rod will be twenty to set an example! ”
Wen Tiren gave an order, and the guards around him immediately stepped forward to press Wu Weiye to the ground, seeing that he was about to be punished, Wu Weiye was unwilling to be restrained, and immediately struggled hard, and at the same time shouted, "Wen Shoufu, what is the crime of my Wu Jungong?" Why are you being penalized? I'm not convinced! ”
Wu Weiye struggled for a long time, and was pressed to the ground by the guard's strong force, and then found that the guard's big hand was tugging on his waist, and he suddenly lifted his shirt and took off his pants, revealing his butt and thighs. Wu Weiye, who has always been tall and arrogant, only felt that the sky was dark for a while, and his snow-white ass and slender thighs were suddenly exposed to the cold air, and his dignity was completely shattered at this moment.
"Shelving sticks!" The two sides lined up in unison, and at this time, a person walked out of the queue with a big bamboo cane and rested the cane on the buttocks of Wu Weiye. The sound of the stick was terrifying, and it looked terrifying, and the guards shouted in unison: "Fight!" So the executioner raised his rod in the air, shouted loudly, and whipped it down.
"Whew... Syllable... Call... Syllable! The bamboo cane hit Wu Weiye's body with a sharp whistling sound, Wu Weiye felt a numb hip for a moment, and then there was a hot feeling, the big stick fell again, and the pain in his heart came from behind him, Wu Weiye couldn't help but let out a violent howl.
Seeing Wu Weiye's handsome face that was a little distorted because of the severe pain, the onlookers were all concerned. Seeing this, Wen Tiren couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, took a few steps forward and slowly leaned down in front of Wu Weiye, and said softly, "Wu Bianxiu, punishment is not the goal, this is to let you beat you this time is to let you understand the truth of dignity and orderliness, and you can't talk nonsense." Monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, these are the three outlines, don't you understand after reading the book for so many years? Come on, give me a real blow, and let him remember this lesson well! ”
"Smack!" The bamboo cane fell again, Wu Weiye obviously felt the piercing pain more intense, and endured the pain of drilling his heart, Wu Weiye raised his cold sweaty face, gritted his teeth and looked at Wen Tiren and said, "Respect and humility are important, but the people of the world are even more important!" Wen Tiren, if you do the opposite, you will be punished sooner or later! ”
"Humph!" Wen Tiren snorted coldly and said, "How to do it, you don't need to teach it, take care of what you're talking about first!" Hit me hard! Wen Tiren said, turned around and walked backwards, ignoring Wu Weiye's scolding.
Wen Tiren's two different instructions before and after were spoken. The playing method of the court staff is still invented by the eunuch Liu Jin, and when Liu Jin was in power, he used the method of the court staff to rectify the ministers who were sent to him. In order to control the strength of the staff at will, the guards who carried out the executions were specially trained. The training method is to first wrap two dummies with leather, one with bricks inside, and the other with a layer of paper. The dummy with the rod to load the bricks seems to be very light, but when the leather is opened and inspected, all the bricks inside are to be shattered; When packing the paper dummy, it looks like a heavy hand, but even the paper is not broken, and it is to this extent that he can be selected as the thug who executes the court staff.
In this way, when the actual execution is carried out, it can be carried out as you please. If you want to beat someone to death, use the method of packing brick dummies, and if you want to take care of someone, use the means of packing paper dummies. The incomprehensible bystanders could not see the true intentions of the prisoners simply from the use of force by the guards. If the prisoner's toes are open, then it is "beating with heart" and may lead to cripplement, while if the prisoner's toes are closed, then it is "striking with heart", and the minister who is being punished will surely die.
Although Liu Jin is dead, the "craft" he invented has been well preserved by the palace guards. As the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren naturally knows the trickiness of it. Wen Tiren changed the password twice in a row, and its purpose was obviously to punish Wu Weiye severely, in Wen Tiren's opinion, although he could not put Wu Weiye to death on the spot, but let Wu Weiye suffer a little, and it was still possible to export his evil anger.
Sure enough, after the thirty canes, Wu Weiye's originally white and tender buttocks and legs were already blurred with blood, and the ground was already full of bloodstains. Seeing Wu Weiye's tragic situation, the onlookers couldn't help but be full of pity and fear, and their eyes looking at Wen Tiren were also full of fear.
Glancing at Wu Weiye, who was wailing in a low voice on the ground, Wen Tiren stood up and said to everyone, "You should have all heard what Benxiang said just now, the purpose of this Benxiang's punishment of Wu Bianxiu is to make him remember it for a long time." Understand the principle of dignity and order, originally, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, each of you should be punished with eighty rods, but this Xiangnian will not be held accountable if you are a first-time offender. Someone came to send Wu Bianxiu back to the mansion and take good care of him, don't let him fall into any disease! On this cold day, if it freezes, it will be troublesome. Wen Tiren turned around and left, walking in the direction of the palace.
Wu Weiye originally wanted to insist on staying and accompanying everyone to continue the petition, but when he heard Wen Tiren's words, he couldn't help but fall silent. Wen Tiren's last words are still very reasonable, in such a cold weather, if he does not receive treatment, I am afraid he will spend the rest of his life in bed. The purpose of his Wu Weiye petition was just to gain some fame, and by the way, he took revenge for Liu Fan's humiliation last time. If you match your future and net worth for this, it will be too much to lose. So Wu Weiye simply pretended to be dizzy and let the guards carry him away from the noon gate.
With the departure of Zhang Fengyi and Wu Weiye one after another, the scholars who were stranded outside the noon gate suddenly lost their backbone. Looking at the many guards around them, the soldiers couldn't help but beat drums in their hearts. Gradually, there are a few timid people who quietly withdraw and leave while others are not paying attention.
One, two... The crowd outside the noon gate became smaller and smaller, and in the end, only a few dozen Donglin scholars were still struggling to support... (To be continued.) )