Chapter 88 Heads are rolling
No one paid any attention to Hong Rui. The officers and soldiers standing outside the execution place just stood indifferently like sculptures in the biting cold wind.
In their view, it is undoubtedly a very exciting thing to be executed now that these officials who used to be so proud in front of them that they never looked at themselves are being executed.
The executioners were all silent, only holding the handle of their swords, and at most they would bend their necks occasionally. Some executioners just thought to themselves: "I have cut down gangsters and murderous demons in my life, but even if I have never cut down a Jinshi master, I don't know how to do this." Are the necks of these golden nobles also made of gold? Will they break if cut with a knife? Otherwise, these Jinshi masters would not be so aloof, as if they were really Wenqu stars in the sky."
Gu Dayong only stood on the execution platform and looked at everything in front of him indifferently. As a minister, he was usually fed up with the contempt of these high-ranking civil servants.
Now, he can despise these people without any scruples. Yes, he now despises these elite civil servants from his heart and spirit: "What disciples of Confucius and Mencius, what disciples of saints, they are just rebel students!"
Hong Rui looked at everything in panic. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he could only continue to shout loudly: "I want to see your Majesty! I want to see your Majesty!"
Like Hong Rui, Liu Yu also shouted to see Zhu Houzhao.
However, Gu Dayong was not in the mood to let these civil servants play nonsense. He glared at them with a stern look, and the officers and soldiers below became even more stern, forcing Hong Rui and Liu Yu to the ten cavalrymen like dragging dogs to death. Drag it in the middle.
At the same time, other Qingliu civil servants were also forced to kneel on the execution ground, and they knelt in front of each executioner. A white board was inserted into their backs, and their hands were tied behind their backs.
These Qingliu civil servants could also guess what their next fate would be, and some even burst into tears: "Wow! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
Some Qingliu civil servants shouted: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me! Ma Gefu, have mercy on me! Eunuch Liu, have mercy on me! I was really wrong! I shouldn't plead for Li Dongyang, I shouldn't!"
What’s more, some even started peeing unconsciously!
Hong Rui was now pinned to the ground by five sergeants. Because it had just rained, the ground was cold, cold, and wet. When Hong Rui was pinned to the ground, he immediately felt like thousands of arrows piercing his heart. His back was so cold that he couldn't help but shiver.
But Hong Rui couldn't struggle to get up, and five sergeants held him down firmly.
At the same time, five iron chains were also wrapped around his limbs and neck, and they were tied very tightly. The cold iron chains hugged Hong Rui tightly.
Hong Rui could now guess what kind of punishment he was going to face. He couldn't help crying: "Oh my God! I am also a Hanlin Ci minister and future prime minister! Why do you treat me like this! Wow! How can such torture be done? It can be used on me!”
Liu Yu, the supervisory censor, struggled directly, like a woman about to be forcibly humiliated, and cried: "No! You can't do this! I am an official, you can't do this to me! Ge Fu, Father-in-law, I’m wrong! Your Majesty, please spare me!”
The entire execution ground could be described as wailing, but in fact, at this time, the officers and soldiers executing the execution had not done anything yet.
Gu Dayong was also speechless about this, thinking that these so-called hopes for the future of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called most excellent moral character and intelligence, the pillars of the empire who are either cabinet ministers or ministers in the future will not be any better than ordinary people when facing death!
At this point, the execution has not actually begun.
And before that.
When Zhu Houzhao sentenced these Qingliu civil servants to death, he also issued an edict, which ordered the civil and military officials and ministers in Beijing to go to the execution ground at noon every day from now on to observe the execution, and they must write down their feelings after the observation in the form of a memorial Submit it to the Secretary of General Affairs, and those who feel deeply will be reviewed by the cabinet and rewarded. Those who do not feel the same will be dismissed or even executed on the grounds of sympathy for the rebels!
Zhu Houzhao naturally did this to let all officials see for themselves the consequences of betraying the king and killing the king!
As noon approached, all civil and military officials, both internal and external, arrived at the execution site one after another, preparing to watch the execution.
The decision to kill Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Yue and other ten clans who rebelled against the party was their request, so they couldn't say anything else at this time.
For Zhuoliu civil servants, it was naturally good to dampen Qingliu's spirit, but the cost was a little higher, but who asked their teacher to plot regicide.
For the military attachés, executing these Qingliu civil servants would undoubtedly weaken the power of the civil service group, and most of the remaining Zhuoliu civil servants were friendly with the military attaches. Naturally, the military attachés were happy to see Qingliu civil servants executed, at least not because of Zhu Houzhao's wanton executions. These civilian officials rebelled.
For the internal ministers, they were the emperor's retainers, and they were natural enemies with the civil servants of the foreign dynasties. Naturally, they were more willing to see these clean civil servants executed.
At this moment, these Qingliu civil servants realized how isolated and helpless they were.
Hanlin Minister Hong Rui, who was already being pulled by five arm-thick chains and lying on the ground like a literary young man, receiving the cold wind, only then realized that he, a Qingliu civil servant, was nothing more than a vassal of the imperial power. Once abandoned by the imperial power, the so-called The so-called noble civil servants and the so-called two-ranking Jinshi in the past were worthless at this time.
Hong Rui cried helplessly and laughed at other times, with extremely rich expressions on his face.
The officials watching the execution on the execution ground saw his expression clearly. Seeing Hong Rui in such pain, they all felt the terrible consequences of regicide, but they were really just implicated accomplices! Not even an accessory.
Liu Yu was still wailing. When he saw so many officials appearing near the execution ground above him, he even shouted: "Adults, please help me! Please help me! I don't want to die!" No official paid any attention to him. Because they were sent to the execution ground by these officials in order to protect themselves and draw a clear line with those who rebelled against the party.
Zhu Houzhao also appeared at the execution ground at this time, but he was incognito and did not accompany the civil servants. Instead, he secretly hid in the pavilion opposite the execution ground, observing every move of the officials watching the execution.
"By decree!"
At this time, Gu Dayong read out the decree to execute the Qingliu civil servants. Only then did Hong Rui, Liu Yu and other Qingliu civil servants understand why they were executed, and they realized that they were involved in the regicide case!
"What an injustice! I didn't commit regicide! I didn't know that the government ministers and the others were regicides!"
"What an injustice! My lords, why are you forcing His Majesty to implicate the ten clans? You are just avenging your personal revenge and taking the opportunity to eradicate us!"
"Ma Wensheng, you traitor, it must have been your idea!"
"Liu Jin, you eunuch, you must have instigated His Majesty to implicate ten clans and intend to execute us too!"
A group of Qingliu civil servants started to curse, and they cursed randomly, but it still could not change the fact that they were about to be executed.
Everyone present was silent.
Gu Dayong looked at the sundial and ordered again: "It's noon, execution!"
Immediately, the ten cavalrymen directly rode their horses and whipped their whips, and each team of five cavalrymen went in five directions. They were accompanied by the sound of the chain being dragged rapidly on the ground. Sparks immediately flew out.
Hong Rui and Liu Yu also knew that they were about to be cut into pieces by five horses, so they shouted and struggled hard: "Spare my life! I don't want to die! Spare my life!"
A sting!
In an instant, Hong Rui and Liu Yu, whose bodies were intact at first, were quickly torn into six parts. Their heads and limbs were still dragged by horses, and only their entire abdomen was left.
The officials who were watching the execution all had tense expressions on their faces, and could not help but break out in cold sweat on their backs. Some even vomited or even fainted on the ground.
Those Qingliu civil servants who were about to be beheaded were also stunned, but while they were still stunned, a group of Qingliu civil servants had already been pulled out of the blank slate.
Click!
Suddenly, twenty heads of Qingliu civil servants fell to the ground!
Blood splattered everywhere!
Then another group of Qingliu civil servants dragged over!
Click!
There are twenty people in a group, so this time there are still twenty heads of Qingliu civil servants rolling to the ground!
The executioners were chopping melons and vegetables, one batch at a time.
The entire execution ground was full of heads and blood!
The smell of feces and urine even filled the air, and became stronger and stronger. It could be seen that both the spectators and the torturers were very frightened. Fortunately, it was raining continuously at this time, and everyone's clothes were wet, otherwise they would have been wet. How embarrassing!
At this time, the people present, including the executioners, also discovered that the bones of the Jinshi masters were soft and could be cut off.
And these Qingliu civil servants were all scared to death, some were whimpering, fainting, or kowtowing to beg for mercy, but none of them resisted!
They who were so proud in the past are now lambs to be slaughtered!
At this time, the execution ground has become a slaughterhouse and Shura hell!
Click!
Another group of clean civil servants were killed!
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