Chapter Ninety-Five: The Turmoil in Pingyang
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Pingyang Mansion is located in the south of Shanxi Province (now Linfen City, Shanxi), with the Yuzhi of Taiyue in the east, the Luliang Mountains in the west, and the vast river valley plain in the middle. According to Yaodian's records, Emperor Yao once built the capital of Pingyang. During the two Jin Dynasty periods, Liu Yuan also built the capital of Pingyang, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Pingyang is the capital of the ancient emperors. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were two famous generals of the Republic of China. One is Wei Qing, and the other is Huo Quzhi.
Da Kui has never done anything bad in his life, but today he did make an exception. First, the bank of the Fen River was selected, and then the execution ground was arranged. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, a person who gathers a crowd to fight will be punished with 50 rods, and if he injures his life, he will be beheaded by the offender.
Six evil slaves of the Feng Mansion, together with seven people from Master Feng, were tied up and sent to the execution ground.
At this moment, the sky had just brightened, and two teams of soldiers came from outside the execution ground, escorting three eight-carrying soft sedan chairs into the execution ground.
Da Kui came out of the first sedan chair, and the second soft sedan car curtain hung down, but he didn't see the people inside getting off the sedan chair. Yin Sun Donghai of Pingyang Mansion was the last soft sedan car, and when Sun Donghai got off the sedan chair and looked at it again, he couldn't help but feel a palpitation. There was a scene of slaughter on the execution ground, and the seven executioners were already waiting by the river, all with ghost-headed knives in their arms, all with fierce faces. In addition, the soldiers around the guards were full of energy, and their swords and guns were bright, but they were all fresh faces.
Seeing this scene, Sun Donghai not only took three steps and made two steps to a place three steps behind Da Kui, but said cautiously: "My lord, even if the Feng family is wrong, the crime will not lead to death!"
Da Kui walked in his head, but said on his lips: "Killing people to pay off debts and pay off debts, heaven and earth are fair." What's wrong?" he had already walked to the side of the prison platform, and then he turned to the guards beside him and asked, "Have you brought all the people?"
The guard bowed his hand and said, "Back to my lord's words, a total of seven members of the Feng family have been brought to the case. ”
Da Kui only snorted lightly, and then walked leisurely to the prison beheading platform. A chair was set up on the stage, and after Da Kui sat down, he ordered: "Take down the criminal officer Sun Donghai." ”
Under this order, two soldiers rushed up and took off Sun Donghai's black gauze official uniform, and Sun Donghai was pressed to his knees on the ground wearing only a middle coat. In a hurry, Sun Donghai couldn't help but shout: "My lord, why is this?"
Da Kui laughed on the stage and said: "Yesterday, I bothered Lord Sun to run around, in order to avoid accidents, so I will stabilize you first, and you will know what your crimes are later." After saying that, he ordered again: "Take the criminal Sun Donghai down and take the Feng family criminal." ”
At this time, Master Feng was wearing a satin robe, but he was draped on his body indiscriminately, and his hair was like a chicken nest, and it seemed that he had been pulled out of the quilt and tied up directly.
It turned out that yesterday Da Kui ordered Sun Donghai to handle the case anew, but Sun Donghai only took six Feng family slaves and pressed them in prison. Da Kui pretended to be very satisfied, and accompanied Cao to the Yao Emperor Temple in the south of the city to make incense that day, so as to have a good time, and he didn't care about this murder at all.
Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Da Kui's subordinates suddenly rushed into the Feng family's mansion and tied up Master Feng, and Da Kui ordered people to arrange the execution ground overnight, and escorted them to the execution ground together with the six house slaves. Not only that, but the Feng family's housekeeper and the bookkeeper were also detained and tortured elsewhere to extract confessions.
Now it is the dawn of spring, the wind is beautiful during the day, but the wind is biting cold at night. Especially on the banks of the Fen River, the wind is even stronger. Master Feng and his six house slaves knelt on the river bank and were miserable. The captain who escorted them only said one sentence: "There are many things that Master Zhang wants to know, such as how you make money and what shady things you have done. Think about it here. Tomorrow when you confront the bookkeeper and others in your home, if there is a lie, it will inevitably be a disaster. ”
In the middle of the night, Master Feng dug out his mind to think of countermeasures.
Da Kui knew in his heart that in such a year of war, these landlords and gentry were still well-dressed and fed all day long, relying on bullying the good people to squeeze money and the master of national medicine had no pop-up window. Pick out one or two rich people at random, and none of them are clean. Today, Da Kui will take back all the people's fat and ointment looted by these landlords and gentry, and take it from the people for the people.
Master Feng has a nickname in this Pingyang City called 'Dishonest', because his name is Feng Bushi. Feng Bushi was taken to the prison and knelt in a row with six domestic slaves.
Da Kui was high up and asked slowly, "Feng Bushi, have you thought about what to say?"
Feng Bushi knelt down and froze half to death in the middle of the night, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his head when he heard the question. When the soldiers behind him saw that he didn't answer, they didn't say a word. The barrel of the gun slammed on Feng Bushi's back with a muffled sound, and Feng Bushi fell to the ground with a miserable howl. The soldier picked it up and whispered in his ear: "My lord, answer quickly." ”
Feng Bushi hurriedly wailed and forgive: "I said I said." ”
Da Kui was not impatient on stage, and slowly sorted out the official uniform on his body. I only heard Feng Bushi say: "The grass people are in the medicinal herb business, and there are three pharmacies in Pingyang Prefecture. In addition, there are still 350 acres of fertile land outside the city, all of which are leased to local tenants for cultivation. ”
Da Kui sneered: "This official wants to know what you have done wrong. What do you say your industry does?"
Feng Bushi was also happy, and said bluntly: "The grass people are full of sins, and it is not a pity to die." If the adults are willing to spare the lives of the grass people, all the properties under Feng's name will be given to the adults. ”
Da Kui not only laughed when he heard this, but only said after a while: "Your property is given to this official, isn't this official guilty of embezzlement?" After thinking about it, Da Kui continued: "It shouldn't be given to me, but it should be confiscated." As he spoke, the guards behind him handed over a stack of confessions. Da Kui took it in his hand and took a cursory look, good guy! This Feng Bushi can really be regarded as a rake for accumulating money. These confessions were the confessions of the housekeeper and the bookkeeper of the Feng Mansion.
On the confession, he talked in detail about the bad things Feng Bushi had done over the years, and even how to marry a little wife.
There was once a troupe to settle in Pingyang, because one of the actors was as beautiful as a flower, and it shook the Quartet before half a moon when he arrived in Pingyang. After Feng Bushi learned about it, he designed to occupy the play, and forced the class owner to almost hang himself, and finally escaped from Pingyang City with the troupe, and so on.
Da Kui put these confessions back on the case before saying: "Feng Bushi has been a disaster in the township for many years, if you don't kill you, it will be difficult for the people to be angry, come here!"
The soldiers in the audience roared: "Here." ”
Da Kui waved his hand and said, "Drag it down, cut it!"
"My lord, spare your life. Feng Bushi cried and begged for mercy, and his condition was very miserable.
Da Kui saw Feng Bushi looking so miserable, as if he was a little unbearable in his heart. Waving his hand and holding back the soldier who was about to step forward, he leaned out and asked, "How do you tell this official to spare you?" ”
Wake up like this, where would Feng Bushi not understand. At that moment, the bamboo tube poured beans and said six or seven names, and their accusations were vividly stated.
These people Feng Bushi said are all the gentry of Pingyang Mansion. Da Kui nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, there is a basis for it, and it doesn't seem to be a fake working prince." Come on, arrest the people mentioned one by one. ”
The guards behind him received the order and led a group of men and horses into the city quickly.
At this time, Pingyang Mansion became lively, and several wealthy gentry in the township who relied on money on weekdays suffered a catastrophe. The family property was confiscated, and even the head of the family was arrested in shackles in official uniforms. Before noon, none of the seven gentry Feng Bushi confessed were taken to the execution ground on the bank of the Fen River.
Da Kui's old tricks were repeated, and then he sent someone to seize the housekeeper tents of these gentry, and the truth was revealed under severe punishment, and the confession was a foot thick. Death or money? Of course. A rough calculation shows that the government confiscated a total of 17 real estates, 32 shops, more than 1,700 acres of fertile land, and a total of 2.35 million taels of gold and silver.
As for the servants of the household, the prisoners of these who were taken, they were sent away for three taels of silver each. The rest of the people are as described in the confession. All those who have murder cases have been beheaded, and those who have no homicide cases have been sent to the Liaodong Chong Army. Da Kui kept his promise and did not kill Feng untruthfully. But he ordered people to walk among the people who sent them a walk to get the news that Feng had betrayed them.
Poor Feng is not real, and his worth is huge, in case it will come to naught overnight. That's not all, I heard that he was strangled to death by other criminals on the way to Liaodong.
'Ascension' .......
The Pingyang Mansion opened a court to inquire about the case.
Da Kui thought that Sun Donghai must have a grudge in his heart, so he opened a court to ask the case in Pingyang Mansion.
Sun Donghai was brought to the hall and asked, "Master Zhang, what crime did the lower officials commit?"
Da Kui sat in the hall and sneered: "It is a sin for officials not to redress grievances for the people." Saying that the person who ordered him to bring the confession of the wealthy gentry in Pingyang, Da Kui pointed to the confession and said: "There are so many unjust murders in Pingyang Mansion, and you, as the Yin of Pingyang Mansion, are you deaf to it, what is this not a cover-up?"
Sun Donghai asked, thought for a moment, and then raised his voice: "This official is authorized by the imperial court, how can Lord Zhang not report that the imperial court will arbitrarily dismiss him?"
When Da Kui heard this, he shouted angrily: "This official is the imperial history of the left capital of Zhongshu Province, and the officials below the third grade are all controlled, how can I not control you?" ”
Hearing Da Kui say this, Sun Donghai couldn't help but roar: "Zhang Dakui, do you dare to privately behead the imperial court officials? I want to sue the imperial court, I don't accept it!"
Da Kui smiled coldly, waved his hand, and said, "Take the prisoner down, and don't pay attention to his words." ”
The left and right officials glanced at each other, but they still obeyed the order and took Sun Donghai down.
Next, another big event happened in Binh Duong Province. Although it was the year of war, the population of Binh Duong was more than 300,000. The government checked one by one according to the list of records, and the poor people gave land to cultivate cattle and a little gold and silver, and for a time the people of Pingyang Mansion were happy, and it was more lively than the New Year.
Most of the farming families were tenants, and now they have their own land, which is a pie-in-the-sky thing. The streets are reciting the exploits of Zhang Dakui, the imperial history of the left capital, and the death of the landlord and gentry who died in Pingyang Mansion for many years, the common people no longer have to swallow their anger and send people to the fence.