[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, the first day of the fourth month, the Mao time, the vegetable market entrance of Chang'an City]

Today's vegetable market entrance is not yet in time, and it is already crowded.

Just because at noon today, there was a criminal execution, and it had already spread throughout Chang'an City.

That is, all the "murderers" in the case of King Han's murder will be escorted to the vegetable market today, and they will be executed in the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the most worrying thing for the people of Chang'an is naturally Mingyue, the "main culprit" who killed King Han.

According to the will of the Son of Heaven, Mingyue will be sentenced to Ling Chi. Most of the people in Chang'an have never seen the execution method of Ling Chi with a thousand knives, not to mention that the person who was killed by Wan Ling Chi is still the Mingyue girl who moved Chang'an City. As a result, many Chang'an people got up before dawn, called friends, brought their wives and children, and rushed to the entrance of the vegetable market early.

Therefore, at this moment, the entrance of the vegetable market, as soon as the sky is brightened, it is already crowded with men, women and children. These people who watched the excitement came from all directions and filled the entire Dharma field. One by one, these people were waiting for the early arrival of the criminals......

Today's execution at Caishikou also paid special attention to the Daqian Imperial Court. There are three departments for those who are ordered to carry out punishment. Tsing Yi Wei is responsible for setting up the court, escorting prisoners, and maintaining order at the scene. The Criminal Department is responsible for summoning the executioners and executing them on the spot, among them, the executioners who are responsible for Ling Chi on Mingyue are a pair of masters and apprentices, and the master is fifty years old this year, and he is the oldest and fastest executioner in the entire Criminal Department. The forbidden army dispatched 200 soldiers and horses to guard the law field.

The emperor also attached great importance to today's execution, and specially appointed Li Ci, the king of Jin, as the person who was beheaded at the execution ground. Therefore, the Tsing Yi Wei Luan Yi Division specially dispatched 400 capable guards to protect the personal safety of the King of Jin.

So, at this moment, on the court field, on both sides of the high platform, there were already two rows of burly and fierce Tsing Yi guards, and two banners of the Bei'an Ping Division were ordered to supervise the order of the execution ground. At this time, the two flags were bowing their heads and discussing with the two people who came from the Criminal Department, only to see that as soon as the Criminal Department experienced a wave of their hands, dozens of officials of the Criminal Department, surrounded by five executioners, slowly walked into the center of the court.

The officials moved the tools of beheading and beheading to the front of the stage, put them away one by one, and put dozens of buckets of water on both sides, and after preparing for the execution, they cleaned them. The executioner dragged the ghost-headed machete in his hand and walked to a corner of the court, where several executioners were afraid that the edge of the knife was not sharp enough, so they scooped some water from the bucket and continued to sharpen the knife with the whetstone.

The 200 soldiers of the forbidden army, under the leadership of the two generals, each with bright swords and guns in their hands, lined up around the law field, blocking all the crowds watching the excitement from the law field.

Outside the forbidden army, the 400 guards of the Luan Yi Division, under the leadership of two captains, were deployed one by one along the entire vegetable market street.

Inside and outside the court, although the crowd was large, everyone was busy in an orderly manner, and everyone was tacitly completing the errand at hand. The guards of the Luan Yi Division monitored the crowd, the forbidden army blocked the onlookers, the guards of the Bei'an Ping Division maintained the order of the legal field, the officials of the Criminal Department arranged the torture instruments, and the executioners sharpened their knives...... These people were silent, and they were working silently, as if they were accustomed to the incomparably bloody scene that was about to happen.

In today's vegetable market street, the soldiers are so tightly defended, the atmosphere is so solemn, and the crowd of onlookers is so surging, which is rare in decades!

In the open space outside the Dharma field, people were crowded, back to back, and the crowd was like a tide, more and more, more and more crowded...... Everyone is chattering about King Han's case, everyone is relish expressing their regret for Mingyue, everyone's eyes are excited and expectant, and everyone is waiting to see a good show of Mingyue being slaughtered in public...... On the entire vegetable market street, the scene at this time is even more lively than the Shangyuan Lantern Festival!

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At the same time, in the Hanyuan Hall of Daming Palace, with the screaming voice of the attendants in the palace, they sang: "Go to the court!" Under the leadership of Che Huiling, the imperial historian, the civil and military officials were divided into two columns, and slowly walked into the main hall, according to their respective official ranks, standing under the main hall.

Emperor Li Chongsheng, under the guidance of Gao Liangshi, the chief administrator of the inner court, slowly walked into the dragon chair in the center of the main hall. In the midst of the ministers kneeling down one after another, and the mountains shouting long live, they sat upright. After resting for fifteen days, the emperor finally began another day of early pilgrimage.

"All the ministers are flat!"

Li Chongsheng was sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes were like water, and his face seemed expressionless, but there was a faint trace of fatigue in his expression.

When the emperor was in the prime of life, he had to go to court almost every day. According to the official system of big cadres, after ten days of duty, he had to take a day off, and the emperor could only be spared a day off on ten days. However, as the emperor grew older, he became more and more lazy in political affairs, and the period of the dynasty was changed from a daily court to a court every three to five days, and later, it was extended to a court meeting every ten days, until after January this year, the emperor simply changed the rules, and set the first day of the new month and the fifteenth day of the month to go to the court twice, and the rest of the time, the emperor stayed in the deep palace, Gu Zi and the concubine played. Most of the trivial matters of the court were entrusted to the eldest prime minister, Sun Shunde, and the princes.

At this moment, after the ministers shouted long live, they got up one after another.

The emperor glanced at His Highness's ministers, his eyes deep and distant, as if slightly disappointed, but also full of expectations. The ministers stood silently, not knowing what the Son of Heaven was thinking at the moment, and before long, they only heard Li Chongsheng's subdued voice coming from above His Majesty Dan:

"During this period of time, the capital was a little unpeaceful, and more than a dozen men died for no reason, and the one who killed these men turned out to be a monster for the world! Fortunately, King Zhao was in charge, with a cadre of Tsing Yi Wei, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Jingzhao Mansion, and even the forbidden army, and he was busy for a month, and finally drove the monster away, and also restored peace to Chang'an City......

After a pause, Li Chongsheng said:

"This case of monster haunting, King Zhao has a lot of credit!"

After that, the emperor glanced at the palace, according to the rules, at this time, Li Yi, the king of Zhao, should go out of class, bow to the emperor, and thank you earnestly!

Gao Liangshi, who was standing beside His Majesty Dan, hurriedly leaned down to the emperor and whispered:

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhao is not here today!"

"Oh......" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and then his eyes looked at the queue of Tsing Yi Wei officials, and the first one standing was Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi Wei.

Li Chongsheng then faced Shen Huan and asked, "Shen Qing, how is this case of monsters going now?"

Shen Huan hurriedly walked out of the train, bowed down to the emperor and said:

"Your Majesty, in the past month, the ministers have followed His Royal Highness King Zhao to investigate the case and catch demons. His Royal Highness King Zhao was concerned about the safety of the people of Chang'an, and in order to catch that monster as soon as possible, he could be described as forgetting to sleep and eating, and working hard! Under the leadership of His Royal Highness, the ministers and others had thoroughly investigated the inside and outside of Chang'an City, but they still did not find the slightest trace of the monster! However, in Chang'an City, for half a month, they did not find that the monster harmed people. Yes, Weichen speculated that the monster saw that His Royal Highness King Zhao was in a hurry to track down, and he was afraid of His Royal Highness's miraculous achievements, so he might have fled far away!"

"Well......" The emperor was very relieved when he heard this, he stroked a long beard under his chin, and seemed to say to himself: "Yi'er's trip to investigate the case and catch demons is not easy to ......" online ebook

The emperor waved his hand, and Shen Huan retreated to his own column, standing solemnly.

Li Chongsheng asked again: "Jingzhao Yin Zhong Xingming?"

That Jingzhao Yin Zhong Xingming panicked in his heart, hurriedly walked out of the train, leaned over and said:

"Wechen is here!"

Li Chongsheng asked: "What is the current situation in Chang'an City? In the hearts of the common people, are they still panicking?"

Zhong Xingming played: "Back to Your Majesty, in Chang'an City, there is calm at the moment, and the people go out as usual every day...... On the streets, there are crowds of people everywhere, and the streets are also bustling, and the business of all the restaurants and inns is booming! Except for the curfew at night, during the day, there is no difference between normal days in the capital! According to Wei Chen's subordinates, the common people in Chang'an City are not only not panicked at all, but everyone is honest that Zhao Wang Ye is so terrible that he will flee from the monster thousands of miles!

"Oh...... Really?" Li Chongsheng stroked his long beard in his hand, and couldn't help but show a knowing smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, and some people, in order to thank His Highness for his work in exorcising demons, actually enshrined the immortal tablet of Lord Zhao at home, and prayed day and night!"

"Hehehe!" The smile on Li Chongsheng's face was like a spring breeze, and the ministers couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts.

Next, the emperor asked Dai Zhou, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, Cheng Kezhong, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the Qianhu Nangong of the Bei'an Ping Division, and they all asked about the case of the cat demon that caused a sensation in Chang'an City. Naturally, while these adults truthfully replied to the emperor's questions, they did not forget to praise the world-famous Zhao Wangye.

With the praise of several ministers for King Zhao, the atmosphere in the hall was also slightly more lively. A few courtiers couldn't help whispering, secretly giving a thumbs up and admiring the prince Zhao, who had never been in the court very much, mysterious and secretive and well-known all over the world.

After the emperor inquired about the case of monsters, he then talked about the recent deficit in the treasury of Daqian, and at the same time, he also mentioned the great drought that had spread to the four provinces and 16 prefectures before.

These inquiries from the Emperor were all matters within the household. Naturally, the head of the household, Qiu Mingli, hurriedly walked out of the train and answered his opinions to the emperor one by one.

Now, heavy rain has fallen in the disaster area, and the people in the disaster area are naturally busy with spring ploughing. The emperor talked about the drought, and then asked about the situation of spring plowing and sowing in the four provinces and 16 mansions after the drought.

At this time, the people standing in the palace were all Beijing officials, and naturally there was no way to know about the "small things" that happened in these places. Speaking of which, the Tsing Yi Wei Nan Anping Division has secret agents in various provincial prefectures and counties, and the one who has the most say in this matter is Yang Wenyuan, a thousand households of the Nan An Ping Division.

Shen Huan turned his head and glanced at Yang Wenyuan, but this Yang Qianhu was full of shame and lowered his head. In the past month, he has been busy patrolling the city to investigate cases and handling various matters explained by Shen Huan, but he is not very concerned about the affairs under his jurisdiction. So much so that the Son of Heaven had no way of knowing about the resumption of spring plowing and production in the disaster area.

Seeing that there was no one in the entire hall to answer, the emperor was dissatisfied, so he pointed to the ministers in the hall and asked:

"I have four provinces of Shandong, Shannan, Huainan, and Huaiyang, how is the progress of the spring plowing of the disaster victims?

At this time, Li Chengfeng, the new member of the ministry, walked out of the train, bowed over, and said to the emperor:

On the way from Suzhou Mansion to the capital, Weichen passed through Huainan and Huaiyang, and Weichen saw with his own eyes that the victims there were busy irrigating and diverting water, communicating canals and rivers, plowing farmland, planting seedlings and sowing seeds......

"Oh, that's so good! What is the rain there? Is the water flowing enough?, how is the water stored in the ponds and lakes?" asked Li Chongsheng again.

Li Chengfeng replied: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen was in a hurry, but he did not carefully inspect the amount of water stored in the lakes and ponds there. However, Wei Chen saw that the paddy fields were full of water, green seedlings were planted everywhere, and the water in the ditches was also continuous, so there must have been a lot of rain there!"

"Well, that's good!" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but nod, with a look of approval on his face. He just asked casually about the amount of water stored in the local lake and pond, and did not expect an answer from the other party. He listened to what Li Chengfeng said at this time, and felt that this person spoke honestly, had a serious attitude, and was really a usable person!

"You're talking about the two provinces in Huainan, but I don't know the two roads in Shandong, how is the progress of spring plowing now?" asked Li Chongsheng again.

Li Chengfeng was not in a hurry, and said:

"Your Majesty, Jinan Mansion in Shandong Province and Tai'an Mansion in Shannan Province, the prefects of these two places, and Weichen are old friends. In their correspondence with Wechen, they mentioned many times that the local wheat fields have been fully sown, and that the rain is abundant and the seedlings are growing well, and if this continues, the wheat will be harvested in less than half a year!"

"Yes! This is very good! There is plenty of rain in the disaster area, and there is hope for the autumn harvest of the victims! This is the best news I have heard today!"

The emperor waved his hand, and Li Chengfeng returned to his train. When he returned to the queue of his ministers, Pan Wenjuan, the new secretary of the ministry standing in front of him, couldn't help but cast a complicated look at him.

When the emperor heard the good news, he could not help but be very interested, so he made a great discussion on how to restore spring plowing and production in the disaster area and urge the people in various places to return to their homes as soon as possible. Immediately afterwards, the emperor issued an order to His Royal Highness to the eldest prime minister, Sun Shunde, and ordered him to work with Yousi to carefully inspect the spring ploughing matters in the four disaster areas, and to ensure that these four provinces and 16 prefectures would have a good harvest this year!

Speaking of the resumption of production in the disaster area, Li Chongsheng then talked about Li Jin, the king of Wei, and praised Li Zhen for going to the south of the Yangtze River a few months ago to raise more than 2 million yuan of disaster relief silver for the disaster area. By the way, the emperor asked about the use of these disaster relief silver taels, and this time, there was no need for the autumn Ming ceremony, and the eldest prime minister, Sun Shunde, personally made a report to the Son of Heaven.

Naturally, Li Jin, the king of Wei, immediately walked out of the train, bowed down to the emperor and thanked him, and said that he "has worked a little hard, how dare he be a father and praise him!"

The emperor is in the Hanyuan Hall today, this Q&A between the monarchs and ministers has lasted for an hour and a half, and all the ministers and workers have stood solemnly in His Royal Highness, and some old people have stood with a sore back and a sore neck. Everyone muttered secretly in their hearts: "What's wrong with this old emperor? Either you don't go to court for half a month, once you go to court, it's endless, and you can't stop talking!"

The emperor glanced around at all the ministers, and then looked up at the sunlight outside the hall, and before he knew it, it was already a moment, and in another hour, the street entrance of the vegetable market was already the time of execution.

In order not to delay the Jin King Li Ci and the relevant ministers to go to the court to supervise the beheading, the emperor wanted to end the early dynasty in a hurry.

"Rank minister, is there anything else?" asked Li Chongsheng.

At this time, a person walked out of the minister's train.