Chapter Ninety-Five: Embracing Public Opinion

Growing up so big, Peng Daxiang experienced for the first time what it was like to face more than 10,000 people at the same time, which felt very bad, especially since more than 10,000 people were still staring at you with a kind of hatred.

Why did Peng Daxiang get such a "novel" experience? It's going back two hours ago.

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"Do you really think that I can't kill you, I tell you, I have a way to kill you, and you will die convinced, not only that, no one will sympathize with your death, but countless people will spit on you." When he saw Peng Daxiang facing the fraud with an attitude that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, Zhao Weiji put down such a cruel sentence.

"Kill me for fraud? King Wu Yue, even if you are the emperor of the soil in this Xinhua City, don't talk so much, if you have to die if you fake, I see how you can govern this Xinhua City. Peng Daxiang didn't care at all, how could the fraud be repaid with his life.

Indeed, if Zhao Weiji executed a person just for falsifying this kind of thing, it would leave a tyrannical impression on the entire people of Xinhua City, and once this impression was generated, it would be difficult to govern it.

However, what Peng Daxiang didn't expect was that Zhao Weiji did not execute him like this, but took him to a large open space in the center of Xinhua City, and then ordered someone to start building a platform in the open space.

At the same time, the people of the city were informed that in two hours they were going to the open space in the center of the city, where a man who threatened all the property of the city was to be put on public trial.

This is very new to the people of Xinhua City, who have never heard of a person who can threaten everyone's belongings. And what is a public trial?

Out of curiosity about these two things, almost all the citizens gathered in the center of the city after two hours. When they arrived at the center of town, almost all eyes were focused on the platform that suddenly appeared, and there were seven or eight people standing on the platform.

"The prince is standing on it, and there are some guards, who is the man who is tied?"

"I don't know."

"Isn't that the old Peng of the paper mill?"

"Do you know him?"

"It's the one in the paper mill in the south of the city."

"Oh~~~, that person."

The people who didn't know what was going on started a discussion about the people above under the platform, and not long after they discussed, they saw Zhao Weiji walking to the front of the stage with something like a loudspeaker.

I saw Zhao Weiji pick up the horn and put it on his mouth, and then he heard a loud voice coming out of the horn: "Cough, cough, can everyone hear me." ”

From under the stage came a chorus of shouts: "I can hear you." ”

Zhao Weiji, who got a positive answer from under the stage, nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the loudspeaker: "Today, I came to you because there is a person who threatens all of our property because of his own actions, if this person is not stopped, everyone will become destitute." ”

As soon as Zhao Weiji's remarks came out, the pot immediately fried under the stage, and everyone began to turn their heads to each other, and from the words they vaguely transmitted to the stage, it can be heard that most people still don't believe that anyone is so capable.

"This person is the person who is now standing on the stage and being tied up, his name is Peng Daxiang. What he did was to create fake exchange bills in a vain attempt to exchange gold coins from the exchange. Then Zhao Weiji turned to Peng Daxiang and asked sharply: "Are you making fake bills in vain to exchange gold coins from the exchange?" ”

Although Peng Daxiang didn't understand what Zhao Weiji's previous set of statements was for, his fraud was indeed conclusive, so he decisively admitted: "Yes, I made fake bills, hoping to exchange gold coins from the exchange." It's just a fake, so what? ”

When Zhao Weiji was about to open his mouth to continue his speech, someone under the stage immediately interrupted Zhao Weiji's speech: "Lord Wang, this person is just a fake, why do you say that he will make all of us destitute?" ”

This person's question can be said to be in Zhao Weiji's arms, and what he is waiting for is someone to raise this question. So he immediately explained: "That's a very good question, and I'm going to tell you why this man would make all of us destitute."

That's because this man's actions are stealing gold coins from us, and every time he receives gold coins with fake bills, he steals them from all of us. ”

At this time, the discussion at the bottom was louder, and everyone didn't understand too well why using fake bills to exchange gold coins from the exchange was stealing gold coins from themselves, and they didn't lose anything.

At this time, Zhao Weiji then explained: "Who owns the gold coins stored in the exchange? It's yours, it's mine, it's all of us. If he keeps withdrawing gold coins from the exchange with fake bills, then once the gold coins are withdrawn, then there will be no gold coins for everyone when they come to withdraw them, so isn't it stealing money from all of us? ”

After listening to Zhao Weiji's words, the crowd, who were already very excited, was completely detonated at once, and everyone began to stare at Peng Daxiang with a kind of hatred, and their mouths began to abuse constantly.

In fact, Zhao Weiji secretly changed the concept here, if it is placed in a modern bank, the bank is obliged to ensure that every depositor can withdraw cash from his account with a valid passbook (bank card) and password.

If someone uses illegal cheques to get cash from the bank, the bank should bear the loss, not share it among the depositors.

However, there is no such concept here, because the business implemented by Zhao Weiji Exchange is a completely new thing, which is somewhat similar to that of a bank. None of the people here will realize that no matter how much gold is lost in the exchange, it should not be passed on to them.

At this time, the concept in their minds is that the money in the exchange is my money, and you Peng Daxiang used fake bills to defraud gold coins to steal money from me.

So all of a sudden, Zhao Weiji "helped" Peng Daxiang to attract the hatred of all people.

Just when everyone was cursing Peng Daxiang in vicious language, suddenly a voice came from the crowd: "Great Song Dynasty Criminal System, anyone who steals more than three pieces of cloth should be sentenced to death." His actions have stolen us all, and he should be killed. ”

"Kill him."

"Kill him."

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For a moment, all the cursed language turned into one sentence, and that was to kill him.

At this time, Zhao Weiji turned his head sideways and glanced at Peng Daxiang with slanted eyes and contempt.

The message contained in that contemptuous look was: "See, fight with me, now all the people of Xinhua City are shouting to kill you, do you think there will be anyone who sympathizes with you now." ”

In fact, Peng Daxiang really did not commit a crime to death, although stealing three pieces of cloth should be executed, but after all, he only planned to use Hook's hand to get a gold coin for the first time, and a gold coin is not enough for three horses if he buys silk for the time being, and he has not succeeded.

But sometimes it's hard to get angry, and when one person threatens the interests of the majority, even the smallest thing can put you under the threat of death.

And Zhao Weiji took advantage of this psychology of the people, which is called coercing public opinion.

Peng Daxiang really underestimated Zhao Weiji, although this prince basically didn't mix much in the court, but he didn't know what the era of highly developed consulting in this prince's previous life was like.

In his previous life, Zhao Weiji had read the political reports of the United States, the political reports of Wanwan, the political reports of the foot basin, the political reports of the Celestial Empire, and the political reports of the corrupt country, etc. He knows too well how to coerce public opinion.

At this time, it was the time of hatred and hatred, and Zhao Weiji decided to take advantage of this time when public opinion was highly concentrated to have his plan to make a law for everyone to pass.

"Everyone be quiet, everyone listen to me, the reason why this kind of thing happened is because we don't have a suitable law in Xinhua City, so this kind of shameless villain will have the evil intention of coveting everyone's property. If we can have a sound law that explicitly prohibits it and punishes those who violate the law, we will be able to make these shameless villains fearful and dare not take risks. In this way, we can protect everyone's interests.

Therefore, I propose here that a legislative council be established to formulate a new law applicable to Xinhua City on the basis of the Great Song Dynasty Criminal System.

Raise your hand to those who agree. ”

Because public opinion is basically in a highly concentrated state at this moment, and Zhao Weiji has played the banner of safeguarding everyone's interests, basically no one objected and successfully passed the vote on this proposal.

And then another proposal was also passed, that is, the execution of Peng Daxiang, because he was just stealing and falsifying, so in the end Zhao Weiji decided to only hang him and leave him a whole body.

After the trial meeting ended, after everyone dispersed, Zhao Weiji came to Peng Daxiang.

"Now do you have anything else to say?"

"No, King Wu Yue is really powerful, but he just wants to cheat one or two gold coins from the exchange, and he can actually be angry and resentful by the prince you said, and I Peng Daxiang is willing to bow down." Although he said this, it could be seen from his eyes that he was still a little unconvinced.

After seeing his unconvinced eyes, Zhao Weiji didn't bother to explain more, but just said lightly: "There are some things you don't want to understand in your life, especially people's hearts." ”

After saying this, Zhao Weiji motioned to the guards to escort Peng Daxiang away.

Three days later, this place was still the same, and the previous public trial table was not there, and instead there was a gallows.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Peng Daxiang was wrapped around his neck with a noose in full view of everyone, and then the executioner kicked off the stool that had cushioned Peng Daxiang's feet.

It didn't take long for Peng Daxiang to be hanged on the gallows, and in this way, Zhao Weiji's comprehensive reform began by stepping on this person's corpse.