When the incident of Yan Shifan's defense was exposed, the onlookers were delighted, kowtowed to thank the gods for responding to their prayers, and excitedly waited for a miracle to happen; some officials who were present in the audience also felt that the case might be about to take a turn.
Zhu Ping'an listened to the cheers of the crowd and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Zhu Ping'an knew that the ending would still disappoint them.
Since the Yan Party could get relevant government offices to confirm and frame Yang Jisheng, they could also use the same method to frame Zhou Mian.
Sure enough, things developed as Zhu Ping'an had expected.
Zhou Mian's revelation did catch Yan Song and his son off guard and caused a panic, but they quickly took countermeasures. Several officials hurried out of the government hall on the orders of Yan Song and his son and rushed to the Ministry of War, Ministry of Personnel and other government offices. Then the Ministry of War, Ministry of Personnel and other government offices submitted several memorials to the Western Garden, all of which stated that Zhou Mian fabricated facts, colluded with Yang Jisheng, and deliberately framed Lord Yan.
Not long after, an imperial decree came from Xiyuan:
Zhou Mian fabricated facts and colluded with Yang Jisheng to take revenge on Yan Song, who was arrested and imprisoned, and was beaten and demoted from his post in the court.
Soon, Zhou Mian was dragged to the Meridian Gate by the Embroidered Uniform Guards and beaten with a stick, and then demoted and imprisoned.
The news came like a torrential rain, instantly extinguishing the enthusiasm of the crowd watching outside the government office.
People were shocked and indignant, secretly cursing the Yan Party for its all-powerful actions.
Then, an imperial edict came from Xiyuan to punish Yang Jisheng: Yang Jisheng was guilty of falsely conveying the prince's order, and was beaten with a stick 100 times in the court, and would be executed at the Meridian Gate ten days later.
When the imperial edict came, the Yan party members in the government office celebrated with joy.
The onlookers were struck by thunder and fell into silence. Then, the world was filled with cries of grief and indignation. They were heartbroken that Yang Jisheng had suffered such injustice, and indignant that the Yan Party was so all-powerful that they secretly cursed the Yan Party.
The officials who were listening to the trial did not dare to express their feelings, but they felt sympathy for Yang Jisheng in their hearts.
Zhu Pingan...
Zhu Pingan simply couldn't believe his ears. He stared at the eunuch who was reading out the imperial edict. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning. How could this happen? How could this happen? Why did the imperial edict say that the person should be executed at the Meridian Gate in ten days? ! ! !
In history, didn't Emperor Jiajing want to kill Yang Jisheng, and sentenced him to beheading and imprisonment? ! ! ! In history, Yang Jisheng was sentenced to beheading and imprisonment, but he was never executed. He was imprisoned in prison for three years before he was used by Yan Song.
Why? ! ! Why!!! Now the imperial decree is to execute him at the Meridian Gate in ten days!!!
how so?!!
How could history be so far off? What went wrong
Zhu Ping'an's forehead was covered with sweat...
No, Senior Brother Yang is the utmost loyal to his king, the utmost sincere to his people, the utmost filial to his teachers, the utmost righteous to his friends, and the utmost affectionate to his parents. Senior Brother Yang cannot die!
Emperor Jiajing must have been instigated by Yan Song and others. He was angry at the time and acted impulsively, so he sentenced Senior Brother Yang to be executed ten days later.
If His Majesty can be calmed down, things may turn around, at least we can try to get him executed...
How can we calm His Majesty down? !
The only way is to submit a petition for mercy... Although submitting a petition for mercy now would be fraught with dangers and would offend Yan Song and might even lead to the emperor's wrath, it is the only way to save Yang Jisheng. Zhu Ping'an's eyes became determined.
After the imperial edict came down, Wang Xueyi could not wait to urge the Minister of Justice He Ao to execute the imperial edict and beat Yang Jisheng with a stick 100 times in court.
Then, Wang Xueyi ran to the Jinyiwei and secretly instructed them that Yang Jisheng had offended Lord Yan, and that they must not show mercy when beating Yang Jisheng with a stick in the court, but must "beat him with all their heart" and beat him to death, hinting to the Jinyiwei to beat Yang Jisheng to death on the spot.
Jinyiwei was very flexible in executing the caning in the court, and generally divided it into two execution methods: "beating with heart" and "beating with force". If the toes of the supervising officer were spread outward, it meant "beating with force", and this method of beating left a line. Although the beating was also very heavy and might cause disability, there was generally a high chance of saving life; if the toes of the supervising officer were closed inward, it meant "beating with heart", and beating with heart actually meant beating to death, and basically death was inevitable. The maximum number of canings in one court was one hundred. In this method of beating, in fact, one hundred was not needed at all. After sixty or seventy beatings, the minister being punished was basically dead.
Wang Xueyi ordered the Jinyiwei to "beat with all their might", which actually meant to beat Yang Jisheng to death on the spot.
Although the imperial decree ordered the execution in ten days, it would be a great achievement if Yang Jisheng could be killed on the spot; besides, ten days was not a short time, and who knew if any unexpected things would happen in the meantime.
With Wang Xueyi jumping up and down, Yang Jisheng was soon brought out to be beaten with a stick in the court.
“Fight with all your heart.”
Wang Xueyi once again hinted this to the captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who was supervising the execution.
"Don't worry, sir. I understand and will fight with all my heart. But I would like to trouble you to prepare a straw mat. No one who has fought with all his heart has ever died alive." The captain of the Jinyiwei nodded vigorously and replied softly.
"There are plenty of straw mats."
Wang Xueyi nodded in satisfaction, then straightened his back, glanced at Yang Jisheng grimly, and shouted loudly: "Execute!"
The captain of the Jinyiwei waved his hand, and ten Jinyiwei flag bearers came out holding chestnut wooden court sticks. They divided into two teams, walked straight behind Yang Jisheng, and without saying a word, pulled Yang Jisheng to within three meters in front of the captain of the Jinyiwei, and then pressed Yang Jisheng face down on the ground.
The captain of the Imperial Guard took a step forward, pointed his toes inward, and stood firmly.
Seeing the Jinyiwei centurion standing with his toes closed inward, Wang Xueyi's face was as bright as a flower. The officials watching saw the Jinyiwei standing with his toes closed and couldn't help but sigh, hey, Yang Jisheng might not be able to survive this court caning this time.
Zhu Pingan understood the mystery and his heart was in knots. Even the imperial edict of Emperor Jiajing had gone astray. Would there be another accident during the imperial caning? !
The captain of the Jinyiwei turned his toes inward and glanced at the ten Jinyiwei flag officers. He paused for a moment on one of the teams of five flag officers. He opened his lips slightly, then shifted his gaze away and shouted with his toes pointed inward, "Take off your clothes."
Zhu Ping'an, who was standing by with fear in his heart, couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the shape of the Jinyiwei captain's lips.
“Indeed.”
Zhu Ping'an read it from the lips of the captain of the Jinyiwei.
Although the captain of the Imperial Guards had his toes closed inward, meaning "fight with all your heart", he secretly ordered the small flag of one of the teams to "fight hard".
Half of the small flags are "hit with heart", and the other half are "hit with force", combining the real and the fake, and thus Brother Yang's vitality appears.
Yes, Master Xu Jie visited Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing and asked Lu Bing to take care of Yang Jisheng. Although Lu Bing did not agree, he still showed mercy. The Jinyiwei captain must have done so under the secret arrangement of Lu Bing.
Well, the master Xu Jie asked Lu Bing to take care of Yang Jisheng, and Yan Song and his son must have ordered Lu Bing to beat Yang Jisheng to death. Lu Bing is really an old fox. With this arrangement, half of the court caning is "real beating" and the other half is "hearted beating", so as not to offend both sides... ...