Chapter 371 Making decisions for the people
A few elderly people shed tears immediately, sliding down their dark and wrinkled faces, and the rest of them also looked desperate.
Zhu Yuanzhang strode forward, looked at the kneeling people who hurriedly greeted him and said: "We know that you have suffered, and someone in your family has been killed by corrupt officials. Don't worry, we, the emperor, will definitely make decisions for you." !"
A middle-aged man suddenly raised his head and said: "Then I beg the emperor to make the decision for me, kill the magistrate Liu Chun, my family of four, and let him force me to be the only one left. Doesn't he deserve to die?"
"We have all heard that the magistrate of that county is your relative from the same village. You must be trying to fool the people below. We refuse to accept it. Then Liu Chun snatched my two daughters and forced them to hang themselves the next day. Dead, my man went to the mansion to sue the officials, but he was caught and beaten to death in the street on the way..."
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Crying and howling made Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion ashen, his fists under the embroidered robe creaked, and Zhu Biao's complexion was ugly and his brows were furrowed. Liu Chun's guilt was already clear, but on paper it seemed that it was a story after all. Just pen and ink.
The officials on the side immediately scolded: "The Holy Majesty has already said that he will make decisions for you, why are you still talking nonsense!"
Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled and said in a deep voice: "We mean what we say. Liu Chun has a close relationship with the royal family, but he can't escape the majesty of the court's laws. Tomorrow, he will be beheaded in front of the county government. You can all come and watch!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he directly ordered Han Zheng: "Those servants who accompanied Liu Chun in the government office and the family member of Liu's family who took office with Liu Chun will be executed at the same time tomorrow!"
Han Zheng promised, those people looked at each other and shouted thanks, but their tone was not very sincere, let alone grateful, but Zhu Yuanzhang could also understand that Liu Chun was doing evil by relying on his power. Liu Chun also had his part in the crimes, so why should the people be grateful.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing to say, and walked back to the county government with a dark face. It is normal for Liu Chunzhi to be sentenced to death, but in the end, he still has to take care of Xianyi Huihou, and beheading is the limit.
Zhu Biao looked at the bewildered people and told Zhao Huai'an who was behind him: "After the execution is over tomorrow, the family will give fifty taels of silver in the name of the Holy One. If there are occupied fields in your home, you can record them and send them to me."
Zhao Huaian promised in a low voice, Zhu Biao did his best and there was nothing to say. There are so many sufferings in the world, even the supreme being is powerless, the weak prey on the strong, what to do?
After the group returned to the county government office, Zhu Yuanzhang went into the house to deal with the memorials sent by the court, Zhu Biao entered the house to accompany them, and the rest of the people dispersed separately, not wanting to hang out in front of the Holy One at this time.
Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously not in the right mood, so he held the pen but did not review it for a long time. Zhu Biao didn't persuade him much, and he started to review it happily. It was originally a memorial that the local government needed to deal with as soon as possible. If you don’t dare to specialize, it will take several days to send it to the imperial driver. Now if you delay it, the day lily will be cold when the memorial for review is sent back.
Zhu Biao reviewed while drinking herbal tea. In fact, it was not too difficult to deal with, but the officials involved were more important. If Hu Weiyong dealt with it, it would be suspected of forming a party for personal gain.
But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly came back to his senses and said: "Liu Ying is still our pro-army after all, and has not suffered too much crime, but after Liu Chun escaped from Fengyang, he was just a peddler on the street. He became an official but didn't know how to relieve the people's worries, and instead intensified the persecution..."
Zhu Biao covered his stomach and said: "Perhaps when he was bullied, he thought that he would enjoy power one day, and he must let others have a taste of this."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time and said: "A county magistrate can commit such a big evil in our name. What about the rest of the place? We want to go to Shaanxi and Gansu, where the drought is severe..."
Before Lao Zhu finished speaking, Zhu Biao said with a bitter face: "Father, if you say so, there will be no place you will not go that day. The drought in Shaanxi and Gansu, the invasion of foreign tribes in the north, the flooding of Jingzhou, and the coastal areas The pirates have started again recently, and the envoys from Jurchen also arrived in the capital a few days ago, and there are so many things that you can't see."
"Let's go back to Beijing as soon as possible. Taking care of the overall situation in Beijing is the fundamental solution to the problem. If you are really worried, you will go to Huaiqing Mansion on both sides. Erchen will just go to Shaanxi and Gansu."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, it was just a moment of anger, how can the emperor act rashly, not to mention handing over the power of the central government to others, Lao Zhu himself is not at ease, it will be fine in a month or two, if it takes longer, I am afraid that Hu Weiyong will become the emperor .
Zhu Biao said a few more words in a hurry, and hurried out to solve it. He made up his mind that he could no longer think about going to the toilet after approving this one, and then approving the last one...
When he came back, Lao Zhu had already ordered a table of meals, and Zhu Biao was also hungry. Liu An brought a hand basin with a dragon pattern, and Zhu Biao washed his hands and dried them before serving the meal.
Zhu Biao tasted it twice, and it was a bit cold. It seems that the eunuchs tried the poison first, and they had no way to go out, so they had to be more careful, but it was actually quite difficult to poison the emperor's meal.
Cooks can’t have any interaction in private. They supervise each other when cooking, and there are eunuchs and people from the pro-military captain’s mansion to coordinate supervision, and there will be sudden inspections by others at any time.
When the dishes are ready, the eunuchs will take a few mouthfuls out of them and put them on other plates to eat. After a while, they will serve them without any discomfort. On the way the dishes were served, they were poisoned.
Various small methods basically eliminate the possibility of being poisoned, not to mention that there are so many colorless, odorless and delayed onset of ancient poisons.
While eating, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Forget it, you should follow back to Beijing, and send more imperial envoys to places where the disaster is serious."
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "I really don't have time to go to other places, but it is still possible to go to Pingliang and Yan'an. My minister had this plan before leaving Beijing. The relief food transported by the court is too fast."
"Although the inspectors who went down repeatedly reported corrupt officials, their grades were quite low, and they looked like abandoned children deliberately thrown out."
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(end of this chapter)