Chapter 101 Execution of Three Cabinet Ministers and Liu Wentai
The punishment of these officials from foreign dynasties was actually no different from that of Wang Yue. Zhu Houzhao still ordered execution according to law on the grounds that the late emperor had not asked for a dream. Naturally, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Wentai, etc. would also be sentenced to death.
Needless to say, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were sentenced to death just like Wang Yue!
But Xie Qian was different.
The main reason was that what Xie Qian did was too immoral. At this time, Zhu Houzhao also learned from Deng Bing's report what happened when Xie Qian was escorted, and also knew Xie Qian's crimes.
But although Zhu Houzhao was surprised and shameless about Xie Qian's behavior, it was not surprising. After all, he also knew that from ancient times to the present, none of these so-called aristocratic families were clean. As Liu Xianglian said well, these aristocratic families were probably only The stone lion in front of the door is considered clean, but there are countless other heinous things such as climbing ashes, committing adultery, murdering, child abuse, making wax figures, and so on.
"Xie Qian's behavior must be severely punished. In recent years, the social atmosphere has become increasingly extravagant. Scholars and officials maintain their own status and adhere to moral principles. There are more and more people who are arrogant, extravagant and even bully men and women. If these are not curbed, it will not only be harmful to The scholarly atmosphere further harmed the Ming Dynasty’s officialdom and easily destroyed human relations. It may be understandable to pursue the beauty of clothes and houses, but this kind of harmful behavior will only breed resentment among the people!”
Zhu Houzhao, who was in the cabinet and supervisory room at the moment, expressed his views.
Today's cabinet ministers Ma Wensheng and Supervisor of Ceremonies Liu Jin now follow Zhu Houzhao's lead. When Zhu Houzhao said this, Ma Wensheng and others did not object.
Ma Wensheng even asked directly: "May I ask Your Majesty, how to deal with Xie Qian?"
Now that Zhu Houzhao has placed the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies near his Qianqing Palace, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty has become more authoritarian. In this small duty room north of Longzongmen, Zhu Houzhao can control all military and political affairs of the empire at any time. It also includes the execution of any individual.
Zhu Houzhao finally decided to sentence Xie Qian to the sandalwood punishment, and the punishment was a bit harsher than that of Mou Bindang. It was considered a luxurious version of the sandalwood punishment. Not only would the valley road be opened, but a few days before the execution, he would also be given a powerful drink that could make people excited and full of yang energy. Medicine to punish Xie Qian for abusing young girls and boys!
At the same time, because Liu Wentai was the direct murderer of the late emperor, and had also killed two generations of late emperors, even poisoning him with drugs, Zhu Houzhao simply asked Liu Wentai to take lead and mercury medicine when he was sentenced to death, which damaged his liver and spleen. ! Make him suffer severe pain and die!
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"...sentence Liu Jian to death...his meat will be given to the people whose fields were occupied by him! To resolve the people's grievances!"
"...sentence Li Dongyang to death...his meat was thrown into the village where he was massacred in Sanyuan County and eaten by wild dogs in order to exonerate the souls of the people who were murdered because of his conspiracy!"
"...Give Xie Qian three hundred pills of magic medicine to keep for three days. Take it first, and then pronounce the punishment later!"
"...Give Liu Wentai five hundred red pill elixirs, and eat them with three large bowls of moldy bean cakes! Then pronounce the punishment behind!"
At this time, when the officials from the Ministry of Punishment had just finished reading out the decree, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were both present and became mute.
Neither Liu Jian nor Li Dongyang expected that they would still be sentenced to death. Liu Jian even murmured to himself: "Why should I be sentenced to death? Why is this? It's more than Wang Yue!"
"Zhu Houzhao, I shouldn't have made you emperor in the first place. I should have killed you as well!"
Liu Jian roared angrily.
Li Dongyang had already fainted by this time.
Only Xie Qian and Liu Wentai became complacent. Xie Qian chuckled and said: "Fortunately, I just took poison. But what kind of poison is it if it doesn't fall off in these three days? It will take three days to die from the poison, that's it! Live for three more days." Live three more days!”
Liu Wentai also said: "I am willing to die in the same way as the late emperor!" What these two people don't know is that they will be even worse than Liu Jian and Li Dongyang!
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At this time, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were taken to the execution ground first, and they cried and cried like Wang Yue for several days and nights!
A few days later, after taking the medicine, Xie Qian discovered that what he had taken was not poison, but a drug to enhance happiness, and he had taken 300 pills of this medicine. He was so excited that night that he could not sleep, everything was like this. It was like burning, but his hands and feet were tied now, so he could only use a spear to stick him until the day of his execution. The feeling was even worse than being tortured.
And Liu Wentai was not much better. Lead, mercury and aflatoxin in moldy food directly led to Liu Wentai's acute cirrhosis and then liver failure. Liu Wentai suddenly suffered from abdominal pain, which was worse than a woman giving birth. She fell all over the floor. Rolling on the ground, he shouted, "I know the crime, I know the crime!"
"I'm going to punish Xie Qian with sandalwood and behead him... to punish him for his crimes of regicide and child abuse! The people of the capital will appreciate this!"
After the official of the Ministry of Punishment read out the decree, Xie Qian was taken to the execution ground. Then that day, he was stabbed through the valley. The pain was so painful that Xie Qian looked up to the sky and screamed. Then when the knife cut his skin, he was immediately injured due to the effect of the drug. Xie Qian's body was filled with blood and blood spurted out like a fountain, and his ascending nervous system was ten times more sensitive to pain than before.
Liu Wentai suffered from two types of severe physical pain and physiological pain.
But in any case, after the first month of the year, these treacherous officials involved in regicide and rebellion were finally executed.
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But the massacre of several villages in Sanyuan County is not over yet.
Lu Zhonghe, the censor of the patrol, never thought that it was such a big deal to lure the Tatars into the pass to massacre a few villages. After all, with Mr. Ge covering them, nothing would happen at all.
Just as the officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River still colluded with the Japanese pirates to promote maritime trade and looted coastal villages even when the imperial court banned the sea, it was natural for them to collude with the Tatars in border towns to loot several villages and annex some land.
Otherwise, there would not have been the Shanxi merchants who later grew stronger and the huge political businessman group raised by the Shanxi merchants. By the time of Wanli, they had people from the cabinet to local governors, and they had directly raised the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty. .
Of course, these officials and gentry don’t care whether the Tatars they raise will become the gravediggers of the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of most people in this era, they did not build the Ming Dynasty. They have never regarded the Ming Dynasty as their own. Property, they only think about how to gain more benefits for themselves in the society of Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty dies, they will just change to another dynasty. Anyway, as gentry, they can still be officials and enjoy privileges. At worst, they will overthrow another dynasty.
But just when Lu Zhonghe arrived for inspection in Shangzhou, Shaanxi Province, Wang Yangming led his officers and soldiers to find him.
At this time, Lu Zhonghe, the censor of the patrol, also learned in advance that some imperial officers and soldiers suddenly appeared in Shaanxi. He could also guess that it must be because of the massacre in Sanyuan County, but what he didn't understand was why. The imperial court sent officers and soldiers instead of Jinyiwei. Could it be that Jinyiwei was very busy and couldn't allocate troops?
In fact, Lu Zhonghe's guess was correct. The Jin Yiwei was indeed very busy, so Zhu Houzhao sent the officers and soldiers here.
But what Lu Zhonghe didn't expect was that the officers and soldiers would come directly to him and arrest him.
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