Chapter 61: The mercy is extraordinary

The Ministry of Justice Prison is the world's number one dark place. Even the heroes like Tang and Song Zu could not clarify the bad policies here. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch party's dictatorship became increasingly dark. When the Qing soldiers entered the pass, they remained the same. There were eight executioners in the prison department. Therefore, the old man's skill of starting a surgery has always been hereditary and refused to fall into the hands of outsiders.

This time today's big errand was the officials of the Three Laws Department who were personally supervising the sentence. Xia Youquan, the head of the prison department, had already greeted the officers: "You must not make any mistakes this time. In short, you must show your skills. When the errand is over, I will invite everyone to drink in the big wine jar!"

There was no executioner who was not good at drinking, and he had the responsibility to accept it, so he was naturally happy. However, as a Shangguan, he just invited everyone to drink in a big wine jar. It was a little shabby. He was so noisy that Xia Youquan was annoyed, so he changed to "Please everyone go to the casserole to eat white meat." This was what everyone's wishes were fulfilled.

Zhao Guang came with the book, and Xia Youquan hurriedly came up and greeted him on the spot: "Master Zhao, Xia Youquan has to pay you a favor!"

"Thank you Mr. Xia. Thank you for your hard work, brothers." Zhao Guang looked around and found that there was a small courtyard next to the prison hall of the Ministry of Justice. The gate was closed. This door was not open easily. Every time it was opened, a coffin would enter and exit. However, today, the door was slightly opened and you could see a pillar more than eight feet high standing in the courtyard behind the door, with iron rings on it. Behind the column, there was a winch.

"Where, where. These are the responsibilities of our rough people." Xia Youquan looked at him and smiled flatteringly: "Did you see? The brothers are all ready and are waiting to serve."

"What nonsense? You should just be foolish and ignorant. Do you need to "serve"? I think you are really the more you become an official, the more you go back." Ale Jing's loud voice suddenly came from behind him. His speech was very vulgar, but they were too far apart from each other's official positions. Xia Youquan was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

"Master Xia, all the adults have arrived, come here."

"Zhe!" Xia Youquan agreed, and turned back with his subordinates and officers. After a while, he heard footsteps coming from inside, mixed with the crying of the children.

After a while, the officers of the Tikuing Department brought out a few people, and everyone present knew them. They were Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing, Mengshangtian and others. The few people probably had not seen the sun for a long time in the Ministry of Justice's prison. They had been much whiter than before for many days, but they were handcuffed and shackled, and were very depressed. They were taken out of the courtyard and saw a group of people opposite them, with red-topped flower feathers, cranes and coats, and full of their husband-dressed clothes.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of several people were completely different: Hong Xiuquan and Wei Changhui were a little unsupported when they saw it, and the sweat on their foreheads was as big as soybeans; but Xiao Chaogui, his eyes were like fire, gritted his teeth, Feng Yunshan and Yang Xiuqing looked at each other and saw the horror and fear in the other's eyes - they thought this time they were going to punish them with the wise order!

Next, the family members of these people walked out of the corridor. Seeing that their elderly parents and young children were also taken out by a wolf-like servant, they met each other in such a place, Hong Xiuquan was the first to cry: "Dad, mother, the child is unfilial... the child is unfilial! Dad, mother!"

For a moment, the children in the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice Tiejuan Department cried, the adults whine, and the old man cried, and the noise of the old man crying, making people unbearable to hear it. Xia Youquan saw this scene in the Ministry of Justice Tiejuan Department for a long time, and he didn't care at all. He saw several old men with unpleasant expressions and hurriedly winked. The servant pulled an old man from the ground and dragged it into the gate next to him. Someone took Hong Xiuquan and others into the courtyard. Seeing that the old man was tied to the pillar, the winch was placed on a hemp rope, and bypassed the old man's neck, and tied one end back to the winch. The executioner held the winch with his hand, and waited for the official reading of the order, he immediately tightened it.

Xiao Chaogui wailed and rushed to the ground. Even if there were four or five servants, there were signs of breaking free from it: "Dad, dad! Dad! It was the child who harmed you, dad!"

At this time, Hong Xiuquan and others also understood that today they seemed to be dealing with their family. It seemed that they were hanging. Everyone burst into tears at the same time, and they rushed towards their family members who were close to each other, as if they wanted to use their own strength to save them in this last chance.

There was only one Feng Yunshan, with a blood-colored face and a neat white and neat teeth bit his lower lip. He shook his head suddenly and shouted loudly: "I don't agree! Even if I am guilty, I have no complaints. I have to do with my wife and children. What about elderly parents? I don't agree!"

"Bah!" Zhao Guang took a step forward and shouted: "Feng Yunshan, you are committing a crime of great rebellion, the leader of the ten evils, and even if you tie your family to the court, it will not be in vain to die in a ruthless way. Today, the emperor has a destiny, so it is a great blessing to change it to the slaughter. If you have a little conscience, you should be lying to the ground to apologize for gratitude. You dare to speak ruthlessly and disrespect the emperor and the court, which will be of no use, and will not help you."

After a few words, Feng Yunshan was speechless and he knelt down to the ground. Large tears fell and he cried in a low voice.

On this side, Zhao Guang launched a post and read it in public: "Investigate! Hong Xiuquan, a resigned student in Jintian County, Guangxi, was secretly soft and treacherous, and gathered his followers to establish a cult called the "God Worship Society" in Guizhou Province, and personally wrote the words of the great rebellion. The meaning is very unquestionable... Captured together, Hong Xiuquan confessed all the circumstances that he committed, which is really shocking. After the three judicial departments tried this case together, it was actually the first major rebellion case since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. It was planned..."

Zhao Guang paused for a moment, raised his tone, and read out the final disposal: "...Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Mengshangtian and others were punished for committing a great rebellion and sentenced to Lingchi! His family should have handled the matter according to the rules. I think he was either an old and a weak person or an old child, so he gave him a grace to a prison sentence. I think the above crime should be observed on the spot to repent of his past crime. I admire this!"

"No!" Wei Changhui screamed and lay on the ground and shouted loudly: "Please, sir, please, Changhui will also repay your great kindness in his next life. I just want you to report to the emperor, spare my father and family, please..."

He spoke in a deep voice. The few people present only saw him crying on the ground, but they couldn't understand what he was saying at all, but they probably guessed something. Zhao Guang waved his hand coldly: "Execute the execution!"

Amid the shouts of everyone, the winch in the executioner's hand slowly turned, and the old man tied to the pillar instantly turned blue and purple. His feet were pedaling desperately on the sand in the courtyard, his eyes rolled, and his tongue spit out, but the winch was still tightening with force!

Seeing his father about to be hanged in front of him, Xiao Chaogui roared angrily, and a mouthful of blood gushed out, and the man immediately fell to the ground and fainted.

Seeing that Mr. Xiao was killed in an instant, he ran into someone from the gate of the courtyard. Seeing that the eunuch in the palace was dressed, he shouted: "Go and do it slowly, there is a will!"

The sudden order at this time made the crimes panic at the same time, but a glimmer of hope appeared in their hearts: Could it be that the ethics of the decree have been given? Not only were they, the thirteen officials were also surprised and did not dare to continue to execute the punishment. They let go of the winch and kneeled down to receive the order: "I have investigated that Hong Xiuquan, a rebel member of Jintian County, Guangxi, was a clear matter and the evidence was conclusive. The Ministry of Justice formulated a system of punishment for the punishment of the nine clans. However, after thinking carefully, Hong Xiuquan and others committed unforgivable crimes. Their parents were originally ignorant and fools, and their sons were young and added with cool laws. I felt compassionate. When the order came, they would be exempted from their relatives, and the clans were slandered and sentenced to Ningguta, and were slaves with the armored people. I was forgiven. I was so impressed!"

"I will receive the order!" After reading the eunuch, everyone got up randomly and looked at each other, not knowing what it felt. However, the order was clearly explained, so they had to temporarily stop the torture, temporarily take a group of prisoners back to the prison, and instruct the servants to take care of them carefully.

Everyone was alive and naturally became excited again. But he was unlucky and suffered a lot of trouble. He was still the servants who carried him back to prison before he woke up.

Everyone returned to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. The messenger took a hand towel to wipe the sweat of the masters. When they sat down in their seats, Zhao Guang stood up loudly: "No, this has to be fought!"

"Master Zhao, what do you want to fight for?"

"If the emperor changes his orders every day, shouldn't we be a minister?" Zhao Guang was really angry: "The court sets up laws to punish evil and eliminate evil and promote good. If he repeatedly takes the emperor's preferences as a matter of being aware of, what's the use of criminals? I want to go into the garden and ask for help!"

"Rong Fang..." Zhou Zupei called his words and shook his head and smiled: "The emperor's will is the purpose of a wise and kind king. If you ask for it, what will happen? Can you still ask the emperor to issue a new order? Then, Rong Fang, you are so angry that you are full of your heart. If you say something conflicts when you say it, what will happen?"

"What, do you think I am the kind of foolish monarch who cannot listen to the opinions of the ministers?" After saying that, the young emperor stepped into the lobby of the Ministry of Justice.

He came in casual clothes, wearing a small hat with three tiles on his head, a purple silk robe, and a cloak outside. The only ones who followed were the eunuch Liufu and the commander of the imperial guards, Xi Yu. After a while, a large area of ​​kneeling in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice fell, and shouted: "I, please respectfully ask the Holy One!"

The emperor had a smile on his face, and he could tell that he was in a good mood: "Well, let me get up."

"Yes!" A piece of clothes fluttered in the wind, and everyone stood up one after another, asking the emperor to sit on a chair in the middle. Everyone lined up with wings: "Huashasen, I know what you want to say. In fact, this time it was not my coming in vain. Xiqing's guards had already ordered the Qianqing Sect guards to follow him."

"I dare not keep in front of you, but the emperor is the most important person in the world, so I should pay attention to your respect."

"I'm not here this time to listen to your advice." The emperor ignored Huashasou's words and looked back at Zhao Guang: "Zhao Guang?"

"I'm here!"

"You just said, you want to invite me and have something to say to me? Now I am here, what do you have to say, right?"

"Reply to the emperor's words, remember the laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty clearly. Conspiring for great rebellion is the leader of the ten evils. If the master and subordinates are not distinguished, they should be executed by the stern. The offender and his family should also follow the rules. Today, the emperor's conviction that the Hong criminal and his party members and their families belong to the punishment of being punished in the Ministry of Justice, and to exempt them from the humiliation of the clear and righteous punishment. It is a mercy outside the law, and we must not have any more mercy. Otherwise, what will the people in the world think? If even the crime of conspiring for great rebellion will not be punished with their wives and children, then what are the fears in the hearts of the bad people?"

"According to your words, if it is sin and wife and children, will the bad people be afraid?"

"I dare not say this. It is just that the law is designed to make the common people feel respectful. If this section is lost, it will be like the emperor's admonition in the Old Summer Palace the day before yesterday: 'This brilliant law and laws will not be left to the world'!"

"Big, bold!" The emperor spoke very slowly and said two words. The people led by Zhou Zupei hurriedly knelt down behind Zhao Guang: "Prince, please calm down! Mr. Zhao was reckless. As the head of the department, Tuanpei was guilty of neglecting discipline. Please punish the emperor. However, in order to protect the court's laws, please forgive him for being foolish, right?"

The emperor did not even glance at the corner of his eyes at the other people, but stared at Zhao Guang who was kneeling in front: "Zhao Guang, if you say that if I want people to fear the laws of the court, I should tie the seventy-year-old man and sixth-year-old child to the execution ground with Naizi's father to the execution ground, and add up the punishment of Lingchi. Then they will be afraid? So have you ever thought about how people in the world will look at me? Even Jie and Zhou have never heard of this? Do you want people in the world to think that I am a more vicious and violent monarch than these two most brutal kings in Chinese history, so that they can fulfill your loyal minister's character to "maintain the laws of the court"?"

Zhao Guang only felt sweating on his back, soaking the edge of his cold hat. Listening to the emperor's heart-killing words, he even kowtowed like pounding garlic: "How dare I think this way? How can I think this way?"

"You are all important officials of the court, and they are responsible for the title of punishment. Although you are all those who violate the law when you come and see, you should not forget that what you learn in your heart is the teachings of saints and the way of benevolence and forgiveness. Let's talk about Hong Xiuquan. If you violate the law by yourself, you will be punished by everyone in the streets of the downtown city. If you do not distinguish between good and bad, and execute your family together, even if the law is said, I..."

The emperor paused and waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up. He said, "I read all the historical books and know that the four words "morning orders are changed every day" are actually a taboo in the court. Mr. Zhao blamed him for his righteousness. Even if I do, how dare I argue?"

"The emperor is so serious, I must not take it!"

"You can afford it." He smiled bitterly, his tone slowly, and continued the topic that he had not finished just now: "But, I really feel unbearable. Think about it, a six-year-old child was just laughing around his knees in front of his parents. He was only for the crimes committed by his father, so he was strangled and killed in this prison of the Ministry of Justice?"

"What the emperor said is very true. I should be careful to keep the way of benevolence and forgiveness, to be in the heart of heaven, and to be at peace with the people. I think even Hong Xiuquan and others should be grateful to the ground."

"I won't talk about him. Since I have issued a charity, I will never be able to issue a new order to execute him. Let's stop here, and there is no need to discuss it in the future."

"yes!"
Chapter completed!