Chapter 328: Hanging
During the public trial of the great painter, Wang Yue did not go in to watch.
After all, this still has to be avoided, no matter what his current situation is, he is Zhao Huan's minister, and the trial of running to visit the great painter does not conform to the previous explanation of this matter.
Anyway, the great painter will definitely plead guilty.
His treason can be said to be conclusive, not only is the human and material evidence complete, but also there are key witnesses such as Qin Hui, who will be used as evidence in exchange for the preferential treatment of being exempted from Ling Chi's execution......
To die is still to die.
It's just that the death can be more painful.
In fact, some people who know about the contact between the great painter and the Jurchen are that it is impossible to really keep this level of secret, at least the great painter does not have the ability to keep it secret, and he does not need to keep it secret from his internal ministers. Wang Yue caught a bunch of local officials in Hangzhou who knew all this, and it was impossible for the great painter to keep it a secret from Zhu Mian, who knew the whole plan, and Zhu Mian's cronies also knew about it. Not only did he contact the Jurchens, but even the content of his contact with the Wa Kingdom, Zhu Mian's cronies in Hangzhou also knew that the envoy to the Wa State was still selected by Zhu Mian.
As for the content of the communication, it is very simple, that is, to invite the Japanese to send sailors to attack Dengzhou.
In fact, it was united with Goryeo.
The Jurchens would command the Goryeo sailors, and then the Wa sailors would take Goryeo as a base, plus the Goryeo sailors commanded by the Jurchens, and together they would cross the sea to attack Dengzhou to contain Wang Yue's sailors and avoid the latter's cross-sea expedition, they were still very prescient, and the great painter promised that as long as the Wa sailors attacked Dengzhou, then he could reward the Wa with two million copper coins.
It's not an old coin.
It's a one-off.
Of course, it depends.
In case the Wa Kingdom wants more, it is not excluded that it will be given hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in the future, anyway, in the end, the Wa Kingdom will also use it to buy goods in the Great Song Dynasty, and the money will still be returned to the Great Song Dynasty.
Rich, capricious!
My Great Song likes to use New Year's coins to solve problems.
If it weren't too unrealistic, the great painters would have thought about contacting Jiaozhi and Dali, but these two couldn't get by, and borrowed troops from their own land, which was obviously brainless, so they just coaxed the toasts to send troops.
As for using the restoration to give the Western Xia New Year's coins to coax the Western Xia to send troops, this goes without saying.
In short, Wang Yue has mastered all the plans of the great painter here, and there is even enough evidence, and the trial of the Four People's Congress is, in a sense, to complete the final procedure, and the great painter himself will readily admit his guilt. Because Wang Yue had already clearly told him what he would do next, it was now the Four People's Assembly to convict him......
The Great Hall of the Four Peoples.
"The evidence of Zhao Ji's treason is conclusive, and he has pleaded guilty, and this court officially pronounces the verdict......"
The inquisitor said majestically.
This judge is still that veteran, anyway, he is a host, the election is too troublesome, just use the oldest, although he was illiterate before, but these days, through his own desperate study, at this time he can barely know most of the commonly used words, of course it is not enough to write articles, but at least he can understand some of the documents inside the Four People's Congress.
After all, this is not the sour show.
The internal written documents of the Four People's Congress are all in the vernacular, and who can understand them with a bunch of quotations and classics?
It's like Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree in the vernacular.
Not only within the Four People's Congress, but also in the militia system in the area controlled by Wang Yue at this time, which was also used as a joke by those literati, but if they love to laugh, they will laugh at it, anyway, these vernacular documents are just as effective, and besides, do they dare to disobey the vernacular documents? Zhu Yuanzhang's vernacular edict they still have to memorize, not only memorize, but also take the exam! Do they dare to disobey Zhu Yuanzhang's edict just because it is vernacular?
Then they will taste a Hongwu blow!
In the same way, they have to listen to the vernacular documents within the militia system in various places, and if they don't listen to them, they will be attacked by Wang Yue.
The veteran looked around.
The representatives of the four people around waited quietly, and at this exciting moment, the great painter's expression was very relaxed......
After all, Wang Yue had already told him.
He knew very well that he would be exiled, and Wang Yue promised to exile him to the Ming Kingdom to ensure that he would not be killed by his son, which had to be guarded against, in fact, the great painter knew very well that Wang Yue did not need to kill himself. He has no threat to Wang Yue, on the contrary, keeping him can not only get a good reputation, let people see the generosity of King Zhongshan, but also use it to control his son, but his son will really kill him, even if his son is Wang Yue's puppet, but the puppet is also the emperor, and the puppet is also a golden puppet.
You also need to beware of being snatched away by him.
What's more, the father and son have long been dead and alive.
As for the exile of the Ming Kingdom, there is nothing wrong with the Ming Kingdom, the Ming Kingdom is also a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is theoretically possible, and then he can go to Liaodong to find a palace of the original Liao Kingdom under the protection of Wang Yue, and honestly draw there when he should paint, write when he should write, and if he has nothing to do, he will get some beautiful girls......
It's still okay.
Even Wang Yue promised to continue to make wood for him.
It's also a concubine, and he also gave two daughters, although one of them is too young, but it was also given to Wang Yue, as for Genyue's beauty, needless to say, who knows how much fell into his hands, the relationship is so close, can it be good to him?
So at the moment, he is not worried about anything!
However......
"Hanging!"
The veteran said.
The great painter was stunned for a moment, as if he had misheard.
"What did you say?"
He asked blankly.
"Hanging, treason should be Ling Chi, you are the father of the official family, for the sake of the official family's face, you don't need to cut it with a thousand knives, just skein!"
The veteran said.
"You hang me?"
The great painter suddenly exclaimed.
"Yes, hanging!"
"Hang him!"
……
The other four representatives roared excitedly.
"Hanging!"
"Hang the Emperor!"
……
Watch the lively roar with the same excitement.
At this time, the Great Hall of the Four Peoples did not restrict outsiders from coming in to watch, that is, the delegates had seats but others did not, so at this moment, the aisles were full of people watching the public trial, and even the beams on the roof were riding nimblely. The result of this verdict undoubtedly made them all very excited, the hanging of prisoners was originally a rare entertainment, and it was the Emperor Taishang who was once the ruler of this city and this country, and the emperor who had ruled them for twenty years.
It's not just entertainment, it's crazy.
In the blink of an eye, the roar of the strangled painter resounded throughout the Great Hall of the Four Peoples, and at this moment, whether they hated him or not, they all shouted the same voice, even if there were different voices, they were drowned out by this overwhelming roar.
The voices of several riding on the beams were particularly loud.
"You dare to hang me, you people dare to hang me, I am your emperor, you dare to hang me......"
The great painter roared like madness.
This result was a bolt from the blue for him, after all, Wang Yue said that he would exile him, and it was precisely because of this that he readily confessed, and now it has become a hanging, whether he was deceived by Wang Yue or these people did not listen to Wang Yue, it made him angry. If it was the latter, he would be even more angry, and Wang Yue would lie to him, he would be sad and angry at most, but if these Diao people really wanted to hang him, then he would not be sad and angry, but completely angry......
These Diao people!
These mud-legged people, thieves with armies, and businessmen, actually dare to hang him, hang him, the emperor?
What right do they have to hang him?
What qualifications do they, lowly people, have to hang him, a noble emperor? Once they were nothing more than a flock of pigs and sheep in his eyes, a group of pigs and sheep at his mercy, and now they want to hang him? He never took these Diao people seriously, in his opinion, this was just Wang Yue and his son to avoid judging his father with his son.
In his eyes, these people are still just a bunch of people.
And he also tried to pounce on the veteran, because he had been very calm before, so the two imprisoned representatives of the four people did not react at once, he rushed to the veteran so violently, and stretched out his hand to try to grab the verdict. However, even if the old soldier was a little older, it was also killed in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain of Pingxia City back then, and he held on to the table and raised his crutches without hesitation, and it hit the chest of the great painter at once.
The latter screamed.
The end of the crutch must have been poked right into the bone, and then the great painter bent down in pain.
"Bring back the dock!"
The veteran said.
The two representatives of the four people immediately set up the big painter who had not recovered and carried him directly back to the defendant's seat, and then the big painter covered his chest and lay there with a painful face, obviously even if he was just poked, it was a bit beyond his ability to bear for his physique.
The veteran gave him a disdainful look, then looked down at the book of judgment again.
"Treason suspect Zhao Ji, the evidence is conclusive, I have pleaded guilty and sentenced to death by hanging......"
He repeated.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside......
"The official family, the official family is here!"
"The official family and the King of Zhongshan are here!"
……
Shouts of confusion rang out.
Some of the representatives of the Four Peoples who were on the periphery immediately stood up, including those who were watching the trial, and the veteran motioned to hold down the great painter first, and then he also got up, and walked out with Yue Fei and other representatives, and soon arrived outside the Great Hall of the Four Peoples. Immediately after that, a group of people came over, the middle was the Great Song Emperor, and Wang Yue followed behind, in addition to them, there were the remaining children of the great painter. Among them, His Majesty the Emperor did not wear his imperial robe, but was shirtless, with thorns on his back, and barefoot, just in the crowd, like a filial son, he walked to this side, until he walked in front of these representatives of the four peoples.
And then......
Get on your knees!