Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 220 Chapter 220, Zhu Cihong beheaded to show the public, the heads of Nanjing City rolled
It's common sense that it doesn't snow all the time in winter.

But even on days when it doesn't snow, the sun still doesn't give people any warm feeling.

The sun in winter is too far away from the human world, as far as the distance between His Majesty the emperor and the people at the bottom of Ming Dynasty.

"It's so fucking cold." Zhu Cihong let out a sigh of relief, and he also missed the heating before time travel.

Even if there is no heating, an electric heater, no, an electric hot water bottle will do!

Beside Zhu Cihong, Fang Gong said with a dry smile, "Your Highness, Nanjing is actually much warmer than Beijing."

Zhu Cihong shrugged his shoulders, and said to Fang Gong, "You don't understand this, right? By the way, what about Zhang Shangshu and Lu Shangshu?"

Fang Gongqian said: "Counting the time, they should be here too."

As soon as Fang Gongqian finished speaking, two carriages arrived one after another, and then Zhang Shenyan and Lu Daqi appeared.

"Your Highness, I am late."

Zhu Cixi laughed and said: "It won't be too late. Come on, you two can sit down. Today is a big day."

So the question is, what kind of big day will it be?
The answer is actually very simple. Zhu Cixiang will execute all criminals related to Wei Guogong today.

To put it simply, it is such a plot of beheading for public display that is loved by the masses.

As for why this date is chosen today, the answer is also very simple, because today is a rare sunny day.

Winter is already very cold. If it is placed on a snowy day, no one will come to see it. This goes against Zhu Cixiang's original intention.

Since the notice had been issued two days in advance, a large number of people also heard the news and came to the vicinity of the execution ground, which was crowded with people and tightly blocked.

The crowd was turbulent, and there were also a lot of discussions inside.

"Do you know why so many people were suddenly executed today?"

"I heard that Wei Guogong secretly wanted to betray us during the war, but His Highness the Crown Prince discovered it."

"This duke is too disgraceful. He is obviously a guard of Ming Dynasty, but he actually did such a thing."

"Not only that, but I also heard that this Duke likes to eat human flesh. Every day, he would kill an 18-year-old young woman, and use her flesh to make meat buns before he can eat it."

"This is too scary. No wonder he became a traitor. I heard that Zhang Xianzhong is also a guy who likes to eat human flesh. In this regard, the two of them are a good match."

"Fortunately, we have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so that Nanjing City would not be captured by these shameless people. Otherwise, our life now is really very sad, maybe we are all dead."

All kinds of comments were fermented among the crowd, but basically, the people were very happy to see this beheading in public.

There is actually a relatively simple psychology here, that is, the people of the Ming Dynasty were in great awe of the officials.But on the other hand, they actually don't believe these officials at all.

In the eyes of ordinary people in Ming Dynasty, it is simply a normal operation for an official to accept bribes.

So when Zhu Cihong announced that Wei Guogong was corrupt and accepting bribes, and the amount was huge, all the people immediately accepted this statement.

It can even be said that many ordinary people think that Zhu Cixiang reported a little less number because of the fact that Wei Guogong and his family had served the Ming Dynasty for so many years.

Because they feel that these lofty dukes, as well as those marquises, earls, etc., are outrageous if they don't embezzle hundreds of millions of taels of silver. How could it be only tens of millions of taels?
Zhu Cihong didn't know what people were talking about, but this did not prevent him from issuing new orders.

"The time is almost up, let's bring all the prisoners."

Zhu Cixiang gave the order, and soon a group of soldiers came over escorting hundreds of prisoners.

Although it is said that Zhu Cihong arrested thousands of people this time, it must be pointed out that not everyone's crimes are punishable by death.

The hundreds of prisoners in front of them were determined after more than half a month of intensive interrogation, and they had indeed committed capital crimes under the Ming law.

As the Crown Prince of Daming, Zhu Cihong is of course very clear that no matter what he does, he should do it within the scope of Daming's laws.

Someone is about to ask Zhu Cihong, but His Royal Highness is still the future Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the entire law is stipulated by Zhu Cihong, why does he still obey it?

This is because the law of Ming Dynasty itself is the most favorable situation for Zhu Cihong. This law was originally created to maintain Zhu Cihong's rule.

Why did Zhu Cihong violate this law?Isn't this making Zhu Cihong feel uncomfortable?
No matter what Zhu Cihong does, doing things within the framework of the law is actually the greatest convenience for Zhu Cihong.

Looking at the people on the execution ground, I saw that the people kneeling at the front were none other than Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue and Xu Dezhi and his son.

Xu Wenjue shouted angrily.

"Zhu Cihong, you just killed our lineage of Wei Guogong. Are you crazy? We have worked hard for so many generations for you, Daming. You are killing yourself on the Great Wall. One day, Daming will die because of your atrocities." And suffer backlash!"

After hearing Xu Wenjue's shout, Zhu Cihong couldn't help laughing.

"It's such a stupid thing. You don't even know the primary and secondary relationship. You have to know that it is none other than our Daming royal family who have really kept your Wei Guogong lineage for more than 200 years. You don't know how to repay your kindness Forget it, you still want to betray Da Ming. Tell me, aren’t you seeking your own death? Let me tell you that, there are many people who want to work for Da Ming. Da Min never lacks talents, but There's a shortage of truly loyal people. So, it's time to say goodbye, too."

After saying this, Zhu Cixiang directly took out a lottery order from the lottery tube in front of him and threw it to the ground.

"Execution."

After hearing Zhu Cihong's order, the executioners who had already prepared raised their swords one after another. Amidst the cheers of many onlookers, the swords fell down instantly.

Countless heads fell to the ground, blood splattered on the ground, dyeing the snowflakes red.

Due to the large number of people, this round of beheadings lasted for almost half an hour before it finally ended.

Zhu Cihong sat there quietly watching this scene, until the whole beheading was over, he turned his head and stared behind him.

Behind Zhu Cihong, thousands of officials from Nanjing City formed a square formation and watched the execution.

Zhu Cixiang said something to these old and new officials very seriously and sincerely.

"Ability is of course very important, but for Daming, loyalty is also an extremely valuable quality, understand?"

No one answered, but there is no doubt that what happened today will be forever remembered by these Nanjing officials!

(End of this chapter)