Chapter 573: Killing a chicken to scare the monkey
After experiencing the psychological battle of the eagle, Zhu Pingan admired another scene of killing a chicken to scare the monkey.
After leaving the Zhaomo Institute, he followed Dr. Zhai to the office of He Ao, the Minister of Punishment. Zhu Pingan also failed to see He Ao, because He Shangshu was not in the office room, but was hearing a trial in a lobby of the Ministry of Punishment. case.
The case was jointly tried by the Ministry of Punishment and Jinyiwei. The trial was presided over by another Qing official from the Ministry of Punishment. He Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was hearing the trial in the lobby. Also hearing the trial was Wei Boyang, the fourth-rank Jinyiwei minister. In the lobby, in addition to the Ministry of Punishment, There are also several military officers in royal robes.
Although the Jinyiwei Xiaowei is referred to as "school captain", they are just ordinary Jinyiwei. "Xiaowei" is equivalent to the "soldiers" of other guards. The Jinyiwei Xiaowei selects strong men from the people to serve as , that is, folk martial arts masters, they are dedicated to holding the guard of honor, summoning officials before driving, and carrying out official duties. Jinyiwei has a prison, and the Jinyiwei captain is very familiar with trials and cases like today's.
Because He Shangshu was hearing the trial, Dr. Zhai led Zhu Ping'an to a room near the lobby to wait until the case was over before going to see He Shangshu.
From where Zhu Pingan was sitting, he could just see the cane torture scene outside the lobby.
"Please, Mr. Qu."
A frightened prisoner wearing a white prison uniform was "invited" from the lobby by two guards in uniforms with a ferocious smile, calling him Mr. Qu. , but without any respect, just like squeezing a chicken, he took out the prisoner known as Mr. Qu.
"The courtesy is not as good as that of a common man, and the punishment is not as good as that of a doctor... I am the county magistrate of the seventh grade, you can't do this to me..." Mr. Qu, who was wearing prison clothes, shouted in fear and struggled.
The location was not far away, and Zhu Ping'an could see clearly. He could even see the pleats on Master Qu's prison clothes. He could also hear the conversation between Qu Zhixian and Jin Yiwei clearly.
The courtesy cannot be extended to common people, and the punishment cannot be extended to officials... Forget it, how many officials have been made into lanterns and hung as flags, let alone ordinary punishments.
"Oh, my Lord Qu, let alone your seventh-grade county magistrate, even the third-grade officials and juniors have been beaten. We are all rough people, and we don't understand why we should not be polite to common people. We can't punish the doctor or anything, we just follow orders." One of the Jinyi guards glanced at Qu Zhixian, glanced disdainfully, and replied with a smile.
While talking, the movements of the hands of the two Jin Yiwei did not affect him at all. They led Qu Zhixian, who was wearing prison clothes, to a bench in the courtyard.
"Master Qu, do you want to get up there by yourself, or do you want the kids to help you?" When they arrived at the bench, Jin Yiwei let go of Qu Zhixian and looked at Qu Zhixian with a half-smile.
"I...I'll do it myself! Sweep the floor politely, sweep the floor politely!!!" Qu Zhixian also knew that he couldn't escape, and he had some integrity in his life. He gritted his teeth bitterly, patted the dust on his body vigorously, and lay down on the bench. superior.
“The magistrate of Wanping disobeyed the superior officials and talked nonsense about state affairs, and was sentenced to sixty years of cane punishment. Considering that it is not easy to be an official, the cane was reduced to half.”
Just lying on the bench in Quzhi County, A small official from the Ministry of Punishment came out of the lobby, showed a writ in his hand in front of Qu Zhixian, and read out the punishment of Qu Zhixian by the official with an expressionless face.
The difference between stick punishments in the Ming Dynasty was ten. The minimum number of stick punishments was sixty and the maximum was one hundred sticks. The decree just read out stated that Qu Zhixian was to be sentenced to sixty strokes with a cane. Because the officials had preferential treatment, the punishment was reduced to half, which was thirty strokes.
“If you want to inflict a crime, there is no reason to hesitate.”
Qu Zhixian snorted and remained silent.
After the reading, the two Jin Yiwei each took out a large and thick wattle tree, about three feet long. The end that hit the person was thicker, as thick as a human fist, and there were Dried blood stains.
"The weight is a bit lighter, so the iron-wrapped and barbed imperial staff is more comfortable to hold in the hand..." Jin Yiwei deliberately weighed the wattle in his hand twice in front of Qu Zhixian, not without intimidation. said.
"Master Qu, do you have anything to explain?" Another Jin Yiwei looked at Qu Zhixian and winked, rubbed his fingers, and asked with a hint.
Is this asking for a bribe?
Haha... Zhu Ping'an curled his lips slightly when he saw this scene. Sure enough, as the history books said, there are a lot of tricks in the stick punishment and the court stick, and also gave birth to the 360 in addition to the 360 lines. In one line of work, because cane punishment is definitely a craft, the servants and guards in this line of work all rely on their craftsmanship, such as this guard.
The Jin Yiwei who are capable of performing cane punishment have all been trained, and they need to be apprenticed and given gifts to learn this craft. According to miscellaneous historical records, it took several years for Jin Yiwei to master this craft. They mainly practice two methods, one is to be light on the outside and heavy on the inside, and the other is heavy on the outside and light on the inside. During practice, they made two dummies, one with tofu inside and the other with blue bricks inside, both wearing clothes. Putting tofu is a practice of emphasizing the outside and the inside. Jin Yiwei can only be considered good if he beats the outer clothes to pieces and makes a clanging sound without damaging the tofu inside. Putting the head back is to practice being light on the outside and emphasizing the inside. Jin Yiwei can only do it by doing Only when the clothes on the outside are intact and the clothes on the inside are beaten to pieces can you be considered home.
In this way, if someone bribes or gives them a gift before the execution, or if the superior hints at a light beating, they will use the method of focusing on the outside and light on the inside, beating the person until it looks like the skin is torn, but in fact it is just the skin. Trauma, go home to recover They can be alive and kicking in a few days; on the contrary, if there are no bribes or gifts before the execution, or if the superiors hint at heavy beatings, they will use the method of lightening the outside and hitting them hard inside. It may only look like the skin is red and swollen, but the injuries inside are very serious, including the bones. Can be interrupted.
The punishment stick is in my hand, and the severity is determined by my thoughts.
People who are beaten often spend money to buy light beatings, so the 361st line was derived.
Of course, if you don't have money, don't know what's going on, or are upright, you'll have to take a beating.
“Hmph!”
Qu Zhixian snorted coldly, said nothing, and showed everything with his actions.
"Haha, if that's the case, please bear with me, the young ones. Please forgive me for being offended." Upon seeing this, Jin Yiwei sneered and said politely, But the movements on his hands were definitely ruthless.
Pa
The torture stick landed hard on Qu Zhixian's buttocks with a fishy wind.
In an instant, Qu Zhixian stretched his neck like a goose, and screamed in pain with the veins on his forehead exposed.
One, two, three, four...
As the cane fell again and again, Qu Zhixian’s screams of pain became worse and worse each time. In the end, only the mouth shape could be seen, The pain was so painful that I could no longer make a sound, I could only open and close my lips reflexively.
In an instant, the white prison clothes on Qu Zhixian’s hips were soaked with blood.
"This is the magistrate of Wanping County. It is said that some time ago, during the inspection in Beijing, he criticized Shangguan in public and slandered the inspection in Beijing several times..." Dr. Zhai told Zhu Pingan about the past of Quzhi County in a timely manner, and then quietly looked at Zhu Pingan. look.
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey
There is no doubt about it.
Disobeying Shangguan, criticizing government affairs, haha... This scene is definitely a warning to the monkey. Zhai Juntao deliberately brought himself to see this scene. Zhu Ping'an sat at the table, looking at the execution scene outside calmly, as if watching a movie, with a faint smile on his face.
This made Dr. Zhai very disappointed. (End of chapter)