Chapter 570 Changes in Pattern
Three days later, on the morning of March 16, people all over the city rushed to the streets to see the treacherous minister Liu Jin being killed late. From early in the morning, there was a sound of firecrackers in the square, which was as lively as the Spring Festival. People rushed to both sides of the street, waiting for Liu Jin's prison car to pass by. When the prison car on the street passed several main streets, the people on both sides of the street smashed the mud, stones, rotten vegetables, rotten vegetables and eggs into Liu Jin's prison car. The scene was once out of control. Finally, officers and soldiers had to raise long whips to beat the people on both sides of the street to ensure that the prison van would arrive at the execution ground in the west of the city before noon.
The so-called punishment of Ling Chi is to cut off the flesh one by one with a knife. This time, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has hired the best executioner. It is said that it can slice pieces of meat that can be transparent, and thousands of knives can kill people.
At the beginning of the execution, Liu Jin's mouth tied to the wooden pillar was stuffed with cloth strips, her hands and feet tied in a large shape, and she wore only a pair of shorts all over her body. The executioner soaked a thin-edged sharp knife in salt water and cut off Liu Jin's fat thighs, skillfully cut off a bloody thigh meat and floated it in salt water. After stretching it out, it really lives up to its reputation and is almost translucent. The onlookers applauded and praised his superb skills. No one cared about the painful death of Liu Jin tied to the pillar.
On the first day, 1,23 knives, two thighs and the meat on the chest were almost cut. I don't know whether it was Liu Jin's tenacious vitality or the executioner's superb means. After being taken back to the cell, Liu Jin actually drank half a bowl of porridge.
The second day, 1089 knives, and the flesh of his arms and back were cut. Liu Jin couldn't stand it any longer. After being imprisoned, he was cut off that night.
On the third day, Liu Jin, who had died, was still taken to the execution ground. The executioner used 1,45 knives to carefully cut off the remaining intact part of his body.
In three days, it took 3,357 knives to complete the sentence of Ling Chi. The cut flesh and skin were put on the pine crossbar on the side of the execution ground. The family members of the officials who had been persecuted by Liu Jin asked the executioner for Liu Jin's meat one after another. The executioner was rich and skillful, but the price was too low, and each piece of meat With only one penny, Liu Jin's whole body of meat was sold out, but it was only worth three taels of silver.
Liu Jin was executed, and the end of many officials of Liu Jin's party can also be imagined. Jiao Fang and Gu Zuo naturally can't run away. Although they did not participate in the conspiracy, they naturally could not escape the punishment because they were dependent on Liu Jin and did a lot of things. Liu Jin's party members in the inner court were killed by Yang Ting and was beheaded and sent to the family. In Long Service, dozens of officials landed their heads, including Liu Jin's hardcore Gao Feng Wei Bin and others; hundreds of officials inside and outside Beijing were implicated, and many people took the initiative to turn themselves in and bite others in order to reduce their crimes.
For a while, the capital was arrested quickly, and the officials rushed away. A long list of officials and their families were arrested, and a long list of people were escorted out of Beijing to fill the border town. At the beginning, the people were still excited to talk about it. Soon after, everyone looked sideways and felt scared.
It took half a month to settle down. With the office of the two cabinet elders, Li Dongyang and Wang Kui, the courtiers suddenly focused their attention on one thing, which was the vacancy in many positions in the foreign court after the Great Purge, and it was time to seek to rise to the throne.
The front door of Yang Tinghe's mansion is like a city. Anyone with a little brain knows that the foreign court is now headed by Yang Tinghe. After Jiao Fang was imprisoned, Yang Tinghe also held the position of secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the appointment and removal of all officials must be approved by Yang Tinghe. Yang Tin and his actions quickly, and under his recommendation, the six departments of the cabinet made a big change.
Upon his recommendation, several unknown people such as Liang Chu, Liu Zhong, Fei Hong and Jin Gui suddenly took office and were awarded the position of university scholar to serve in the cabinet. These seemed to have nothing to do with Yang Tinhe, but after careful investigation, they found that they had a common experience: they had worked with Yang Ting and Hanlin Academy, and now They are also scattered in various departments and departments as deputy or departmental positions, and they are also experienced and powerful officials. In addition to retaining Lu Wan's position in the military department, the other five books have also been replaced. Liu Ji, the minister of the Ministry of Affairs, He Jian, the Ministry of Household, Fei Hong, the Ministry of Ceremonies, Liu Jing, Li Sui, Li Sui, the Ministry of the Ministry of Industry, are all newcomers nominated by Yang Yiqing.
When all the dust was settled, everyone suddenly found that after Liu Jin's fall, the biggest beneficiary was actually the foreign court, to be precise, Yang Tinghe; almost all the important positions were arranged by Yang Tinghe, and the new cabinet chief assistant firmly seized the foreign court and clenched it into a group.
Song Nan, the greatest meritorious man who brought down Liu Jin, disappeared from people's sight at this time. Some people suddenly found that soon after Liu Jin's death, the great meritorious man who brought down Liu Jin suddenly took a month off and disappeared from the court. After so many days in the capital, Song Nan did not appear, and the Jinyi guard government was also abnormal. Low-key, all this seems extremely strange.
Zhang Lun, the young master, has been to Song Mansion two or three times. Every time he saw Song Nan lying in the backyard sunbathing with his legs crossed, looking indifferent. Zhang Lun blamed Song Nan for not coming out to preside over the situation at this time. At this time, it was when Song Nan's reputation reached its peak. How could Yang Ting and take the fruits of this victory? Song Nan said carelessly every time, "Little father-in-law, why do you have to care about it when you have fun? Yang Ting and Ai toss him away. Isn't there a saying that they will brush their clothes and hide their merits and fame? I am the one who hides his merits and fame.
Zhang Lun was fury and bitterly accused Song Nan of not doing business at such an important time, wasting great opportunities and leaving; several times, Zhang Lun simply did not persuade him again.
In fact, Song Nan knew all the actions of Yang Tinghe, but Song Nan had her own little nine in her heart. Li Dongyang's words in the hall that day reminded Song Nan that Li Dongyang's words actually represented the thoughts of most officials. After that day, Song Nan suddenly realized that as soon as Liu Jin fell, she immediately became The foreign court's eyes are dim.
Song Nan doesn't want to be Liu Jin's second. Besides, even if she comes out to speak, what right does she have to stop the cabinet reorganization and prevent the foreign court from changing blood? The only sure thing he can do is to bite the crimes committed by his men, pull Lu Wan down, and hold Yang Yiqing to the throne of the Ministry of War.
Not to mention that Yang Yiqing wants to go back to the northwest to carry out the preparations for the three-sided chief officer to the end. Even if Yang Yiqing agrees to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, as soon as he exerts his efforts, it is equivalent to immediately turning against Yang Tinhe after Liu Jin. For the position of minister of the Ministry of War, it is not worth doing so for the time being. In fact, before he could completely go against the foreign court, he was just a commander of the Jinyiwei and an admiral of the Shenshu camp.
And in fact, there is another important reason why Song Nan's determination to keep a low profile for a period of time. A few days after Liu Jin was delayed, Song Nan wanted to go to the palace twice to see Zhengde, but Zhengde refused, which was a unique thing.
Zhang Yong said that Zhengde had nightmares for several nights in a row. When he woke up, he cried and said that Liu Jin might have been wronged. These words frightened Song Nan. At this time, Zhengde was still thinking about Liu Jin and suspected that Liu Jin was wronged, that is to say, he was skeptical of all the evidence he released. What a terrible thing. At this time, he also called himself a meritorious official who killed Liu Jin, jumping around and pointing fingers. With a decent nature, he was afraid that he would be really annoyed by him.
In view of the above situation, Song Nan decisively chose to take a month's leave and let Yang Tingyu go to toss around. Anyway, he couldn't get involved in the outer court. The more joy of Yang Tingyu tossed around was the hatred of Zhengde. Song Nan couldn't wait for him to tossing hard. Song Nan is also not worried about Yang Tinghe's meeting to deal with himself. In any case, they and Zhengde will never pee in the same pot. If Yang Tinghe is smart, he will not be as nosy as his predecessors, otherwise his fate will never be much better.
Song Nan believes that Zhengde is only angry with himself for a moment. In the final analysis, Zhengde has nothing to really rely on except the inner court and himself, and even the relatives refuse to settle some things for him.
So Song Nan leisurely lived a small life in the house and ignored things outside the window. At the same time, she made some planning and design for one thing she had always wanted to do, which was much more important and more practical for the future.
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