Domineering Daming

Chapter 1072 Judgment Day

The cabinet's flying pigeons set off from the capital, transited at post stations, and quickly flew to Shaanxi and Jiangsu.

Luckily for Shaanxi, Fu Changzong, Li Banghua and others prepared to go to Beijing after tidying up, and there were no major obstacles.

But Fang Kongxuan and Yang Jingchen couldn't get away for a while.

Nanzhili's guillotine has been raised high, and the cabinet's edict has arrived. They need to deal with it well and deal with the aftermath before they can leave with peace of mind.

Ying Tianfu, the governor's yamen.

Yang Jingchen looked at the letter sent by Feige from the cabinet, and his expression never relaxed. He looked at Fang Kongxuan and said, "Is this your suggestion to the cabinet?"

Fang Kongxuan showed respect for this immediate superior, leaned slightly, and said: "The lower officials are concerned about the emperor, this time the emperor will definitely be furious, if the emperor is not satisfied, and then send imperial envoys, Nanzhili will not let us have the final say gone."

Although Yang Jingchen has been away from the capital for a long time, he also knows Zhu Xu's methods, with a serious face, he said: "Killing so many people, the impact is still too great, I am afraid that in the future, the way of talking will be blocked, the people will be silent, the world will be in panic, and it will not be good for the country... ..."

The position of Fang Kongxuan and others is naturally that of officials, and their thoughts and concerns are also the same.

Fang Kongzheng wasn't worried about these things, but they couldn't let them think about them, and said: "The cabinet ordered us to arrive in Beijing before August, and the affairs here must be dealt with as soon as possible."

Yang Jingchen looked at the cabinet's order, hesitated again and again, and said: "Okay, order the criminal prison secretary to sort out the files, and immediately go to Dali Temple for trial, and collectively deal with it tomorrow morning, so as to close this matter."

Cutting through the mess with a sharp knife and making a quick decision is the only way to deal with this kind of thing.

Fang Kongzheng's expression tightened, and he said, "Obey!"

Yang Jingchen sighed inwardly, and said without concealment: "My Ming Dynasty has suffered many disasters since I was born in Yingzong. Now I have finally turned around, but there are still many obstacles and difficulties."

Fang Kongxuan looked at Yang Jingchen's face, thought for a while, and said, "My lord, now that the 'New Deal' has matured day by day, as long as I wait for everyone to unite, success is in sight, don't be discouraged."

Yang Jingchen let out a laugh, and said: "I'm not discouraged, I just feel pity, whether it's Donglin or these people, their knowledge, ambition, and ability are all good, they are talents of my Ming Dynasty, but they just went the wrong way and ended up like this In the end, if the people of future generations read their articles, know their ambitions, and look at their deeds, I am afraid that they will be more moved than I am."

Fang Kongzheng's eyes moved slightly, he was a little understanding, so he didn't say much.

These things can only be left to future generations to comment on, and they still have to do what they are doing now.

While Fang Kongxuan was talking with Yang Jingchen, the rumors about Nanzhili were still raging and raging.

"Have you heard? The governor's office is going to kill everyone this time, and everyone caught will be executed!"

"It's more than that, according to my son's inquiring news, the big households with more than [-] mu of land will be exiled to overseas wild places..."

"It is said that all the land in Nanzhili must be handed over to the imperial court, and none will be kept. Anyone who resists will be ransacked and exterminated!"

"You don't know, do you? The Governor's Mansion has ordered all the troops to stand by at any time!"

"The imperial court is becoming more and more chaotic. Is there any safe place for the entire Ming Dynasty..."

"Since ascending the throne today, when there will be peace, this Nanzhili will also become Jiangsu, and Nanjing will no longer exist..."

At this moment, a young man rushed in and said anxiously: "The Dali Temple has posted a notice. The public trial will start today, and it will start soon..."

"What, start today?"

"Is the governor's yamen going to do something? Is it really going to kill so many people? Woohoo, the holy way will not exist, the kingly way will not prosper, this is a bad omen..."

"Stop talking, let's go and see..."

"Go, go, go!"

Xu Jie commanded the prison department to quickly sort out the files, witnesses and physical evidence, and prepare to transfer them to Dali Temple.

The Dali Temple in Yingtianfu is at the provincial level, and has the right to judge officials below the third grade. This time, hundreds of officials, large and small, from the ruling and opposition parties, plus some gentry and famous families, are involved on such a large scale, even Dali in the capital The temple also needs Wang Qiaonian to be in charge and Zhu Xu to authorize it to be eligible for trial.

But in a hurry, with Zhu Xu's nod and the cabinet's edict, Dali Temple in Jiangsu Province can also make a special trial.

Yang Jingchen, Fang Kongxuan, Lu Qin, Xu Jie, Feng Jiangfeng and other high-ranking civil and military officials from Jiangsu were all in attendance, and the officials of Dali Temple were waiting in full force.

This case has a complete set of witnesses and material evidence, too many witnesses, their correspondence, the promised contract, and the money exchanged, etc. This case is a certainty, and there is no doubt that the first trial is an iron case.

The problem is an idiom called: the law does not blame the public.

Now there are thousands of people involved, and each of them is not simple, and involves a wide range of people. They are inextricably linked to the entire Ming Dynasty, including the high-level court officials.

Dali Temple received Wang Qiaonian's order, and cooperated with Yang Jingchen, Fang Kongxuan, etc., to combine the complicated cases and treat them as "one case", and directly pronounce the sentence on the more than 1000 people involved in the case.

The frivolous young man who participated in politics and others had already been hinted at, and they knew their guilt. Even the trial result, they all nodded and pleaded guilty without any accident, and they had no objection to the sentence of Dali Temple.

Everything went extremely smoothly without any twists and turns. Everyone's expressions were calm. Everything seemed to have been rehearsed countless times. Even the people watching outside the lobby were extremely quiet.

"Han Xiaocheng, Zhaoqi Garden, Shangguan Jiazhuo, Liu Deqin...a total of 320 nine, treason, treason, murder...sentenced to be executed immediately!"

"Qian Jiayou, Zhang Zusheng, Li Guizhou, Sun Qinmian...Accomplices, sentenced to border guards, exile, ransacked home..."

"Wu Zhiyuan, Zheng Chengming and other accomplices were exiled for three thousand miles..."

Until the final verdict was pronounced, there was still silence inside and outside the hall.

Yang Jingchen, Fang Kongxuan and others quietly looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy about the reaction from outside.They did all this for the outside world, hoping to dispel the rumors as much as possible and calm the hearts of the people in Nanzhili.

Nanzhili has been tortured again and again, and the rumors have never stopped. If such a large-scale trial cannot be calmed down this time, there may be more troubles in the future.

But looking at the reactions of these people outside...they seem to have done it?

Yang Jingchen, Fang Kongxuan and other high-ranking officials were apprehensive, and the judges in the trial were also a little confused, and their hearts were even more flustered. If it backfired, they would be the first to be beaten by the court.

Only a few people stood in the hall, they had been told for a long time, they accepted their fate honestly, they would not appeal any more, and waited for death with peace of mind, but watching the judge's one-man show from the beginning to the end, it was so quiet and terrifying, it made them Worry also arises.

The people outside didn't react for a while, it was entirely because the verdict was too far from their expectations, such a big case, according to past memory, would definitely not be so "light", and they were all waiting for the main event later.

As a result, inside and outside the hall, almost all eyes were wide-eyed.

"The verdict is over, retreat!"

The chief judge knocked on the gavel and said loudly.

At this moment, the people outside are a little awakened, but they still can't accept it. This is not their usual thinking, and it does not match the previous guess.

Those who were sentenced also accepted the sentence because it was "too light". Seeing the verdict landed, the stone in their hearts fell, and their faces showed calmness.

Yang Jingchen, Fang Kongxuan and others looked at the reaction outside, looked at each other, got up and left.

They are really a little uneasy now, if Nanzhili is not peaceful, they may not be able to leave.

Not long after the verdict, there was a lot of discussion outside, and there was a lot of noise.

"The imperial court is really tolerant this time, it actually fell so lightly..."