“He’s a talented person.”
Zhu Ping'an came out of Deputy Envoy Qu's duty room, looked back at the chaotic duty room, was extremely speechless, shook his head and complained in his heart.
"Master Zhu, what happened?"
Gao Rui, a doctor from the Ministry of Works' Office, arrived a little later. When he arrived, he happened to meet Zhu Ping'an who was walking out of the duty room. He looked at the messy duty room with a puzzled look on his face.
"Mr. Gao, good morning. It's like this. Mr. Qu worked overtime until late last night. He was so tired that he had a stroke." Zhu Ping'an bowed and explained to Gao Rui.
Ah, a stroke
Gao Rui was stunned for a second when he heard the news that Deputy Envoy Qu had suffered a stroke. He didn't believe his ears. Could working overtime lead to a stroke? Don't be kidding.
But seeing that there were doctors and medicines in the duty room, and it was a mess, Gao Rui's face changed drastically.
"Then I have to go see Lord Qu." Gao Rui bowed to Zhu Ping'an and hurried to the duty room of Deputy Envoy Qu.
Zhu Ping'an watched Gao Rui walk into the duty room from outside. About two minutes later, Gao Rui walked out of the duty room with a gloomy face, obviously in a bad mood.
"It seems that Lord Qu is seriously ill." Gao Rui sneered, with a strong sense of sarcasm, and was very disgusted with Deputy Envoy Qu's behavior, "He has urinary incontinence."
Uh... Deputy Envoy Qu is really cruel to himself. Just to avoid the inspection of Taicang Silver Vault, he even did something like urinary incontinence. He is truly an actor-level figure and he is very good at liberating himself.
It seems that the water in the Taicang Silver Vault is much deeper than I expected...
However, the deeper the water, the better it is for training one's swimming ability, right? Calm waters do not train a skilled sailor.
The corners of Zhu Ping'an's mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes looked in the direction of Taicang Silver Vault, shining with confidence and determination.
"Hey, why hasn't Censor Si come yet?" After standing outside for a while, Gao Rui suddenly realized that Censor Si Nan, who was never late in the past, had not come yet. An ominous premonition came to his mind and he couldn't help but frowned.
Well
Nothing's going to happen again, is it
I'm looking forward to it...
Zhu Ping'an curled the corners of his lips slightly. After experiencing the escape of the chief envoy Ding You and the escape of the deputy envoy due to a stroke, he suddenly developed a strong curiosity about Sinan's escape method.
really
Not long after, Zhu Ping'an and Gao Rui received the news from the Censor Si Nan. The registration officer at the gate of the Dali Temple hurried over to tell them.
"Mr. Gao, Mr. Zhu, please go to the Meridian Gate quickly. When the Censor Si just arrived at the Dali Temple, he was taken away by several Jinyiwei outside our Ya Gate. They said that they were ordered to tie up the Censor Si and take him to the Meridian Gate to be beaten with a stick." The registration official rushed to Zhu Ping'an and Gao Rui and hurriedly told them the news.
"What?"
Compared to Zhu Ping'an's calmness, Gao Rui was caught off guard when he heard the news. His eyebrows raised and his voice rose three points.
So Zhu Ping'an and Gao Rui hurried from the Dali Temple to the Meridian Gate.
The Dali Temple was not far from the Meridian Gate. It took Zhu Ping'an and Gao Rui about ten minutes to reach the Meridian Gate. As they walked in a hurry, Zhu Ping'an was out of breath after reaching the Meridian Gate. Gao Rui's physique was much stronger than Zhu Ping'an's. He felt like a martial artist. He didn't blush or breathe when he arrived at the Meridian Gate.
This was the first time Zhu Ping'an saw an execution by caning.
There were at least a hundred people outside the Meridian Gate. Several white-faced, beardless eunuchs were sitting outside the Meridian Gate. Leading the group was a middle-aged eunuch, who was introduced by an official from the Dali Temple as Eunuch Du Taidu from the palace, who came from the Imperial Household Department.
There were three officials lying face down on the ground, with their shirts lifted up and their pants taken off. The one on the right was none other than our Censor Si Nan.
On the left and right, there were two rows of brightly dressed Jinyiwei, holding court sticks wrapped in iron sheets with blood-stained hooks on them.
"Master Ma, I just don't understand. I have been the governor of the Guanglu Temple in the name of the emperor, and I have done my job conscientiously and loyally. As the Shaoqing of the Guanglu Temple, you, Master Ma, did not try to assist me well, but actually falsely accused me of embezzling gold and silver from the inner treasury without any evidence. Haha, fortunately, Your Majesty is wise and did not listen to your slander. Haha, oh, by the way, it would be fine if you, Master Ma, falsely accused me, but Your Majesty fasted and prayed for the people of the world, but you, a traitor, had the audacity to accuse Your Majesty of wasting manpower, material resources and financial resources to sacrifice to those unfounded things, and said that Your Majesty had gone astray... Haha, if you, Master Ma, can't stand this beating, don't blame me... Put down the stick..."
Du Tai stood in front of Ma Congqian and others, looking down at Ma Congqian, pointing at him with his orchid fingers, sneering in a shrill voice, and finally left a sinister remark, stood on tiptoe, waved his hand and ordered people to start the execution.
"Put down the stick!"
The hundred captains standing behind followed suit and shouted in agreement.
Very prestigious.
The Jinyi Captain took a look at Du Tai's position and began to execute the cane. He raised the cane high and brought it down with force. In an instant, blood appeared on the buttocks of the three men.
"ah... "
Three cries of pain from gritting teeth were enough to make people feel the pain at first sight.
During the interval between the executions of the imperial caning, Zhu Ping'an learned the whole story from a eunuch. The one among the three people being beaten with the cane was Ma Congqian, a Jinshi in the 14th year of Jiajing. Because of his contributions to river management, he was promoted to Guanglu Shaoqing.
Yesterday, Ma Shaoqing wrote a letter to impeach the eunuch Du Tai, the director of the Guanglu Temple, for embezzling the money from the imperial treasury. In the second half of the memorial, he also accused Emperor Jiajing of wasting money on fasting and offering sacrifices and going astray... ...
His colleague Zhang Shantai from the Ministry of Industry jointly wrote a letter with him.
The Censor Si Nan was a good friend of Zhang Shantai. After hearing about this last night, he and Si Nan were filled with indignation and attached their names to the upper half of the memorial that night.
This memorial was immediately accepted by the emperor.
Emperor Jiajing was famous for his obsession with spiritual practice and alchemy. He even attempted to attain immortality through this, hold power in the Ming Dynasty forever, and enjoy the highest blessings in the world forever.
As a result, Ma Congqian impeached Du Tai for embezzling the imperial treasury, and in the second half of the memorial he also said that Emperor Jiajing wasted money on fasting and praying, and had gone astray in practicing Taoism and alchemy... ...
No matter how good-tempered Emperor Jiajing was, he could not tolerate it, not to mention that he had a bad temper. In fact, Ma Congqian and others were beaten with a stick in the court but not beheaded directly, which showed that Emperor Jiajing was a wise ruler.
Ma Congqian was the main culprit and was ordered to be caned 80 times, Zhang Shantai was the secondary culprit and was ordered to be caned 60 times, and the Censor Si Nan was only named in the upper half, so his crime was the lightest and he was only ordered to be caned 30 times.
Tragic.
Ma Congqian was beaten to death by the imperial cane. Zhang Shantai fainted and was barely alive when his family and doctors brought him back to life.
The Censor Si Nan's injuries were less severe, but his skin was also covered with wounds. The doctor said he would not be able to get out of bed for three months.
March
Haha, I completely missed the inspection of Taicang Silver Vault.
Zhu Pingan watched the family of Si Yushi carrying Si Yushi away, and couldn't help but curl his lips. This Si Yushi is also a talent. He escaped from the imperial court with a stick, and Emperor Jiajing cooperated with the performance... ...