Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me for corruption

Chapter 77 Everyone is sick!

The people's spirits were shaken, and their anger was immediately vented. The emperor's mighty voice rang out, shaking the heaven and the earth!

We are all born with empathy.

But this empathy was not given to Sima Hui, who was about to be cut to pieces, but to those suffering people who were crazy and weeping and gnashing their teeth.

Sima Hui's hundreds of crimes, if they were just crimes of corruption and bribery, would be nothing more.

However, the most common crimes were the crimes of violating the law and harming the people, and there were all kinds of tricks. In the two years he had been the county governor, he probably really regarded himself as a local emperor, and abused the people under his rule wantonly.

Just now, every time Li Si read the name of the victim, someone in the audience would respond and burst into tears. The people felt the same, so how could they waste their extra sympathy on Sima Hui?

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At this time, Sima Hui on the stage was already covered in feces and urine. When the military judge tied him to the pillar for execution, he actually tried to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

But biting the tongue will not kill you. At most, you will die slowly from blood loss.

The military judge found plant ash and stuffed it into his mouth to stop the bleeding. Then he tore off his clothes and covered his body with fishing nets. Several butchers swarmed up and cut the flesh through the mesh with knives.

Sima Hui stood next to the knife and sobbed and screamed at the county government office: "Your Majesty...I have made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty in the past...I just want to die in pain and quickly...die quickly!!!"

The wailing sound was like that of a dying beast, and blood gushed out from his mouth and nose with his severed tongue. The sight was so tragic that it was unbearable to read.

But the victims and the people were cheering loudly, and some even rushed to the audience and snatched the flesh and blood cut off from Sima Hui's body, looking like evil ghosts!

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In the yamen office, Ying Zhenghe and all the officials accompanying him looked at the turbulent public sentiment outside, and they all felt frightened. An inexplicable chill shot from the tailbone to the sky.

Including the Confucian officials who have always adhered to the theory of benevolent government and caring for the people, their faces turned pale.

The sage Confucius said that a boat cannot move without water; if water enters the boat, it will sink; if the ruler does not govern the people, it will not be governed; if the people invade, it will collapse.

Xunzi, the later sage who gathered hundreds of schools of thought, also said that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.

However, since King Wu conquered Zhou, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the stage has been a stage for princes and nobles. You sing and I appear on the stage, and the common people have always been inconspicuous supporting roles.

It wasn't until the Great Qin Dynasty initiated Shang Yang's reforms and granted military titles and titles to break the shackles of class that the common people began to rise.

However, the common people of the Qin Dynasty raised their heads. Under the efforts of the ancestors of the past dynasties, and under the unification of the six countries by Yingzheng, the overall situation showed a positive side.

As for the negative impact, or that civilian offenders are favored, no one among the officials has seen it, and may not have even thought about it!

Perhaps, Ying Zheng had thought about it.

Therefore, a few days ago, after learning about the official affairs in Nanyang, I felt depressed, and even confided my heart to Qin Mo, expressing my worries about the future of the empire.

But that was just a hidden worry. Ying Zheng did not have an in-depth discussion with Qin Mo and ended the topic on his own initiative.

But now, at this moment, under this situation...

All the officials saw the horror of the civilian criminal Shang Zeqing!

Ying Zheng’s hidden worries seem to have become a reality!

Finally, Ying Zheng and Baiguan, who looked strange, all looked at Qin Mo.

It was he who proposed the public trial, and he was the only one present who looked normal, as if he had expected it.

Qin Mo noticed the gazes of everyone and said: "People's resentment is like water, it can be channeled but not blocked, so that long-term peace and stability can be achieved."

Ying Zheng nodded silently, and this sentence, which coincided with Confucianism, sounded absolutely correct at this time: "I love you, you should think more about what we discussed a few days ago, so that future generations will need it."

Qin Mo was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that he was referring to the weakening of the power of later emperors, or the establishment of a constitutional monarch, so he clasped his hands and said, "I understand."

When all the officials saw the two playing riddles, they couldn't help but be confused.

However, the emperor and the prime minister did not say anything, and the officials did not dare to ask more questions. They turned their attention to the public trial outside.

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At this time, due to the unprofessional techniques of the butchers, Sima Hui died after receiving less than a thousand cuts.

The military judge gave an order to behead his head and chop his body into mincemeat, which was distributed among the suffering people.

Then other county officials were brought to the stage one by one for trial. Li Si read out the charges, and Ying Zheng issued an order to be executed, either beheaded or beheaded.

In the afternoon, the public trial of hundreds of county officials was finally completed, and the resentment in the hearts of Wancheng's torturers and the people were completely relieved.

Finally, Ying Zheng finally showed up and personally handed down an edict to cut off the skin and flesh from the heads of hundreds of county officials and pile them up in front of the county government office. They would never be removed to serve as a warning to his successors, who should be loyal to the king and be honest.

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At the same time, the results of the handling of the officials in Nanyang County were spread quickly to all counties and even villages in Daqin, shocking all officials in the world.

After that, the imperial chariot will have to go to counties and townships to publicly interrogate those county and township officials whose crimes have been found, and the same will be done...

As soon as Ying Zheng's edict came out, the people who had already consumed too much adrenaline suddenly entered a state of excitement again.

The calls for the emperor's might came one after another, and finally the calls gradually turned into the emperor being wise.

This is the transformation from fear to reverence and love!

Those victims who had redressed their injustice even knelt on the ground to show their respect and love.

But Ying Zheng was like a dragon that moved the clouds and spread rain. After issuing the edict, he retreated into the government office, and it took a long time for the people to disperse one after another.

The victims were brought into the government office by officials from the Tingwei Mansion, and the money from the land and houses confiscated by the county magistrates was returned or compensated to them.

Most of the sufferers accepted it and left with many thanks.

But there are also those who don't want it, such as Gongsun Ye, who brought his reunited grandchildren, but when faced with the return of the land and house as compensation and a huge amount of money by the Tingwei Mansion, he just shook his head.

An official from Tingwei's palace sighed: "But it's too young?"

"If it's too little, I can report it to Li Tingwei and give you some more compensation for the unjust death of your relatives."

Gongsun Ye was the one who suffered the most misfortune by the county officials and generals.

Because Sima Hui charged him with treason, not only was his property and property taken away, more than a hundred members of his family were unjustly executed and beheaded, and he also ended up being sentenced to "five punishments."

The so-called five punishments, in layman's terms, are to first tattoo the face, then cut off the nose, then cut off the feet, then castrate or whip, and finally behead or cut in half, with the bones and flesh exposed in the market, which is more cruel than quartering a body with five horses.

There is also a strict process during the execution. A kind of criminal law is imposed in public every day, and the prisoner cannot die in the process, so as to achieve the effect of demonstrating to the public and intimidating the people!

Fortunately, Jin Yi appeared in time and took him away from the prison when he had already been tattooed, nose cut off, feet amputated, and castrated.

Although he was a human being and a ghost, he still managed to save his life.

The two grandchildren in the family were also left to be educated by Sima Hui because they were not yet enlightened, and planned to offer them to the palace as servants. At this time, they were reunited, which was a blessing in misfortune.

But in the eyes of others, this good fortune is really too miserable. Even a hard-hearted person can't help but be moved by it.

Therefore, the officials of Tingwei Mansion are also willing to help him apply for more compensation!

"Thank you very much, Mr. Tingweicheng, for your kindness."

Gongsunye clasped his hands and first thanked the officials of the Tingwei Mansion for their kindness, and then said: "I am not too old to be old. The land, house and property returned and compensated by the imperial court are enough for three or four generations of my family."

"But, I want to see Prime Minister Qin again!"

The officials in Tingwei's mansion pondered deeply, seeming to be embarrassed.

He was also present when the Jinyi Guards brought Gongsun Ye to see the emperor.

When Ying Zheng and other ministers saw Gongsun Ye's tragic situation, they all blamed themselves, but only Qin Mo stepped forward to show concern.

Later, Qin Mo led troops to arrest the officials of Nanyang County, and rescued Gongsun Ye's two grandchildren, allowing them to reunite.

In this way, it is common sense for Gongsun Ye to be grateful.

"I am willing to donate half of my property and property to the imperial court to conquer Baiyue, just to see the Prime Minister of Qin again!"

Gongsunye threw away his crutches and fell to the ground to plead, but his will was firm.

When the official of the Tingwei Mansion saw him, he had no choice but to stop him and said, "Fine, follow me into the Houya, and I will take you to see the Prime Minister of Qin."

After that, he took his grandfather and grandson into the back office to look for Qin Mo.

Houya is the place where Ying Zheng lives. It can be said that there are three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, which are heavily guarded. Because Qin Mo needs to take care of his body, Yingzheng specially ordered him to stay in Houya and receive diagnosis and treatment from the accompanying doctors.

When a group of four people found Qin Mo through numerous sentry checks, Qin Mo was quarreling with Xia Wuji.

"Lao Xia, the taste of this soup is wrong. Did you put lead and mercury in it again? You want to kill me!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Qin, if you drink it, your body will be fine..."

"The bad old man is very bad, Ni Zuokai, I want to live for two more years!"

"How could Doctor Xia harm a gentleman? Drink it quickly."

Yu Ji held the bowl of soup and medicine and helped Xia Wuji to speak, like a golden lotus feeding Dalang medicine, straight to Qin Mo's mouth.

Qin Mo was furious: "Girl, why do you want to murder your husband?!"

Tingwei's official's mouth twitched when he saw it. He suppressed a smile and stepped forward to pay homage: "Prime Minister Qin, I have come to thank you, Gongsun Ye, the lord of suffering."

When Yu Ji saw an outsider, she quickly stopped messing around and stood aside politely with a bowl of soup and medicine.

Qin Mo also stood up from the reclining chair, looked at the three ancestors and grandsons behind the official of Tingwei Mansion, and said with shame: "I am the right prime minister, and I cannot investigate and eliminate the evil, which has caused the Gongsun family to be wronged."

"If the elder wants to thank me, he would be embarrassing me!"

Gongsunye looked at Qin Mo's still sunken eye sockets, suddenly threw away his crutches, threw himself on the ground and said, "My Gongsun family's grievances have been resolved, but it has made the king's body and mind haggard from exhaustion, which is a sin."

A few days ago, Qin Mo led 500 knights of the Imperial Guard to raid the county army camp and take over the military power. He and a group of slave masters were in the team and watched Qin Mo whip the former Paoze with his own eyes.

I also saw with my own eyes that when a group of robes committed suicide in front of Qin Mo, Qin Mo was so angry that he couldn't even stand firmly under the shock and collapsed in a pool of blood.

But at that time, he and the other sufferers only cared about feeling happy and did not pay much attention to Qin Mo.

It had only been a few days since we met again, and Qin Mo was already so thin and haggard. In addition to being grateful, he couldn't help but feel ashamed and regretful!

"The ruler has great kindness and virtue, and all the people in the world still need to rely on him. If my Gongsun family damages the longevity of the ruler, I, the Gongsun family, will be the sinner of all people."

"Junhou, you'd better take the decoction!"

Gongsun Ye's rainbow fart sound sounded good, and Qin Mo also enjoyed it. He was about to step forward to help him up, but he didn't expect that there was a wonderful twist behind it.

Qin Mo smacked his mouth speechlessly, stepped forward to help him up, picked up the crutch and put it into his hand, saying at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "That soup can poison people, the elders don't know the reason, so don't make it more troublesome."

Gongsun Ye suddenly understood, limped up to Yu Ji, took the bowl of soup and medicine and said: "I am testing the medicine for you."

As he spoke, he raised his head without hesitation and drank half the bowl in one gulp.

When the officials of the Tingwei Mansion met Xia Wuqi, they couldn't help but praise: "He is a truly loyal and righteous man!"

Regardless of whether the decoction can poison people, the fact that Gongsun Ye was able to test the medicine for Qin Mo in this way was the most respected principle in the pre-Qin era of valuing justice over death.

Even Concubine Yu was in awe and took the initiative to help Gongsun Ye, who was on crutches, to show her respect.

However, Qin Mo frowned secretly and turned to look at the two children with runny noses.

It is indeed a cruel virtue to value righteousness over death, but if one values ​​righteousness and despises death even when one is young, then it is more than cruel.

Even, it is not a virtue, but stupidity!

"Okay, stop pretending. If you really die of poison, who will take care of these two babies?"

Qin Mo glared at Gongsunye angrily, took the candied fruit from the coffee table next to the lounge chair, and stuffed it into the two ignorant children.

The two children were very well-behaved. They imitated adults and thanked them before eating. No wonder they were favored by Sima Hui and taught them not to kill...

Qin Mo rubbed the heads of the two children and said: "Take your grandfather back and drink more cow's and goat's milk, which can detoxify the poison of lead and mercury."

"Uh (hey)."

The two cute guys, with their mouths full of stuffing, mumbled a vague agreement, not sure whether they understood it or not.

Qin Mo turned around and found that Xia Wuji, Yu Ji and the officials of the Tingwei Mansion were all looking at him with disdain.

Including Gongsun Ye, there seemed to be resentment in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Qin Mo was confused.

Xia Wuqi's beard curled up and he said cheerfully: "What Prime Minister Qin is thinking is still so unreasonable."

Qin Mo was even more confused: "Why don't I follow common sense?"

The official of the Tingwei Mansion could not help but pick up the conversation and said: "Gongsun Ye left his family behind to test medicine for the Prime Minister of Qin. This is a righteous act. How can he be denounced?"

Qin Mo subconsciously said: "Of course I want to...well, I understand."

Halfway through his words, he finally came to a realization and pointed at Gongsun Ye, who had a resentful look in his eyes: "If he dies due to poison, I will take care of these two children and fulfill his righteous deeds, right?"

"Of course~!!!"

Xia Wuji, the officials of the Tingwei Mansion, and Yu Ji nodded together.

The resentment in Gongsun Ye's eyes turned into contentment.

Qin Mo was speechless for a long time, and finally squeezed out three words from between his teeth: "They are all sick!"

"Loyal and righteous people are rare, and those who love you should not be insulted lightly."

Suddenly a familiar strong male voice sounded outside the small courtyard, and then Ying Zheng stepped in, followed by Fu Su and Yuan Man.

Qin Mo and others clasped hands and greeted the family of three.

Ying Zheng waved his hand and looked at Gongsun Yedao: "Qin Qing has been granted the title of Hexi Kingdom and is the monarch. You can serve Qin Qing as an eunuch and serve Qin with complete loyalty!"

The so-called eunuch order, as the name suggests, is the official position of the eunuch in charge of the inner palace, which means a bit like the general manager of the inner palace.

But in fact, he was not a lowly official, but just like Yu Ji's middle palace visitors, he was an internal minister and subordinate to the Shaofu.

Gongsun Ye is now serving a life sentence, so it is appropriate for him to hold this official position.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gongsun Ye bowed to the ground, bowed to thank Ying Zheng, and then bowed to Qin Mo: "My lord, Gongsun Ye, pays homage to the Lord."

"I am old and disabled, so I may not be able to serve you well. I would like to allow my grandson to enter the Hexi Inner Palace..."

"Stop~!"

Qin Mo quickly stopped him, looked at Ying Zheng helplessly, and then said: "It's better to keep your little grandson to carry on the family line. I don't lack people to serve me."

"If there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, you can rest assured!"

Thanks to the emperor Jiang Jinwang for the 100-point reward!

Thanks to the emperor who calls me Li Yesheng for the 500-point reward!

Thanks to the emperor Meng Ranran for the 100-point reward!

The feeling of being rewarded is so cool!

(End of chapter)