Chapter 149: Reacquainting with the Imperial Grandson
Jin Yiwei's favorite and most professional thing is to raid the house.
They were also immersed in the joy of raiding their homes in Beijing before.
I thought that going out to patrol the border with the emperor's grandson would be boring all the way.
I didn't expect the imperial grandson to send benefits to the military and civilians in Shaanxi and send a corruption case!
This made the accompanying Jinyiwei very excited!
A team of Jinyi guards armed with Yanling knives began to appear in the streets and alleys of Xi'an Mansion, raiding dozens of civil and military officials who committed crimes!
This time, only family property was confiscated and corrupt officials were arrested, and the family members of the offenders were not arrested, thus eliminating many unnecessary links.
After all, it's just a crime of embezzlement, and it doesn't hurt the family.
But the corrupt officials who are the parties are going to be unlucky.
What they are about to face is the hottest and most ruthless criminal law of the Ming Dynasty - peeling the skin and grass!
Several criminals have been sent from various prefectures and counties to Xi'an Fucheng to be tortured en masse.
The people along the way were excited, clapping their hands one by one, and some even bought fireworks and firecrackers at a high cost to celebrate the event.
The common people are simple, and they all hate the corrupt officials who loot the people's fat and ointment!
The dozen or so corrupt officials in Xi'an Mansion alone embezzled more than 1 million taels of silver, and there were more than 60,000 stones of rice chestnuts, more than 38,000 stones of miscellaneous grains, more than 6,000 horses of silk cloth, and hundreds of collars of satin and fur clothes......
"Xi'an is the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, the culture is prosperous, the people are simple, but there are seventeen officials in Yaozhou and other places, up and down, greedy and can't, and patrol the imperial history for the sake of collusion, deceive the imperial court ......"
In the city, notices were posted in the streets and alleys.
The prefect's yamen specially sent educated soldiers to loudly count the charges of corrupt officials in front of the notice, and by the way, popularize the law to the people.
"His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun patrols the northern territory on behalf of the sky, and will not tolerate this shameless and corrupt officials, and specially orders the law department to arrest the guards and punish them for capital crimes!"
"Today, I specially inform the general public that the corrupt officials will be skinned at the Land Temple at noon today!"
The official finished reading the notice one by one, and said with a smile: "I hope that the majority of fathers and elders will tell each other and come to see the excitement together!" ”
He didn't forget to add: "By the way, don't bring children!" ”
"Oops, it's going to be lively again!"
"The emperor's grandson is so courageous! Kill corrupt officials as soon as you come! ”
"Good! I have the wind of martial arts! ”
In the crowd, there was a cheer.
Since Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu opened the punishment of skinning and intensified efforts to punish corrupt officials, the favorite thing for the common people is to go to the Land Temple to watch the excitement.
They teamed up with each other, met with relatives and friends, and talked and laughed.
In the Ming Dynasty, the punishment of beheading was placed in the west city of the city.
The punishment of skinning is all in the land temple outside the city, so the land temple is also called the leather field temple.
Near noon, the people were already surrounded in front of the Land Temple.
Someone even brought a bench to sit in front.
At this time, it is the height of summer, and there are still people with watermelons, eating and watching.
After a while, the sound of wheels rolling on the official road was heard.
A large group of officers and soldiers escorted the corrupt officials to the Land Temple.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
"They're coming!"
Looking at the corrupt officials in the prison car, the eyes of the people radiated a light of expectation.
Everyone knows that Emperor Hongwu was born in poverty, sympathized with the suffering of the common people, and hated corrupt officials and corrupt officials.
Therefore, a rule was formulated that officials who embezzled more than 60 taels would be stripped of their skins.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, more than a dozen corrupt officials were in place one after another, and they were lined up by the brocade guards and knelt in front of the temple.
Each of them had his hands tied upside down, and strips of cloth were tied around his mouths.
This will make it easier to be punished in the future.
"Fellow, what is the punishment of skinning?"
There was a businessman from other places who encountered this kind of thing for the first time and stretched out his head to look.
An old squire stroked his beard and said: "It is to peel off all the skins of corrupt officials alive, which is more cruel than the execution of Ling Chi with a thousand knives!" ”
It sounded scary, but no one was afraid, and they were all watching with all their might.
When the prisoners heard this, they were horrified and struggled frantically.
Among them, Wang Gang, the avant-garde commander of Xi'an, was the most noisy, and he slammed into the officers and soldiers beside him, breaking free from the strip of cloth on his mouth.
"I am the commander of the three products, even if I commit a crime, I should be escorted to Beijing and handed over to the Fifth Army Judge Division for trial, why should you kill me according to the judge!"
Murder is a major matter, even if it is an ordinary prisoner, it must be reported to the Criminal Department, and then reviewed by Dali Temple, and finally reported to the emperor for execution.
To dispose of soldiers, if they are petty soldiers and petty officers, they can be handed over to the pacification department of the respective guard.
Those of higher rank, as the commander said, need to be escorted to the Beijing Division and handed over to the Fifth Army Judge Division for trial.
In this kind of situation of being sentenced quickly and executed as soon as they come up, Shaanxi is not qualified to do it, and he does not dare to do it.
The Shaanxi Sentencing Envoy himself was at the scene.
He glanced at the commanding envoy Wang Gang, then turned around and respectfully took Shang Fang's sword.
"Commander Wang, it's not the official who killed you, it's you who violated the law of the country, and the emperor's grandson wants to kill you!"
Shang Fang's sword, has the right to cut first and then play, and the second rank of the general soldier can be killed!
"The Imperial Grandson ......"
Wang Gang was stunned, and then shouted: "I have made meritorious contributions to Yunnan, my father is the founder of the country, and I want to see the emperor's grandson!" I want to see the emperor's grandson......"
Jin Yiwei closed his mouth, and suddenly fell silent.
Holding the sword of Shang Fang, Shaanxi is full of confidence.
Seeing that the hour had come, he shouted: "Three o'clock in the afternoon has arrived, and the punishment of skinning will be carried out!" ”
After saying that, he threw out a fire lot.
In the middle of the field, Jin Yiwei began to work.
The delicate work of peeling is difficult for ordinary officials to grasp.
It's either broken, or it's hard to peel off when you meet an obese official.
Professionally trained Jinyiwei are different, they are professionals and they love their job.
The onlookers saw a group of brocade guards slowly draw their swords, cut down the prisoner's spine, and cut the skin on his back in half.
Then slowly use a knife to separate the skin and muscles, and tear them apart like a butterfly's wings.
Their methods are very delicate, let the corrupt officials howl, and they are not moved, all of them have a natural demeanor, and give full play to the spirit of craftsmen.
This kind of criminal law of "skinning and showing the public" cannot be faked.
There is no stand-in.
Because corrupt officials are not only skinned in public, but after peeling, they have to stuff grass into the human skin, and finally sew it up and make a scarecrow to hang inside and outside the official office for public display.
The next official, and even all the officials in the yamen, can be seen when they go to and from work.
The so-called lessons from the past.
When an official sees the fate of his predecessor, he will be frightened, and he must think carefully before perverting the law for bribes.
After a toss, more than a dozen complete human skins were ready.
The executioners of the brocade guards, as if they were works of art, carefully stuffed hay into them and carefully sewed them up.
One by one, the "scarecrows" that look like real people have left the factory.
The people were amazed and incredible.
This is the end of the corruption case.
Zhu Yunxi's methods of cutting corruption in Shaanxi were very fast, which shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.
In the impression of ordinary people, the imperial grandson is a fifteen-year-old boy who lives in a gentle village of glory and wealth.
Jiangnan's glamour made him born with a gentle temperament, even a little timid......
But now, they have reacquainted themselves with the imperial grandson!
Which one is this gentle young man with a gentle temperament?
It is clearly an iron man who is resolute and heavy-handed!