Wei Zaode panicked.
"Friends?"
This time, Li Hao smiled casually.
"Chang Wenxing, from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. After being recommended by others, he learned that Lord Wei would be the examiner of Jiaxing in the 14th year of Chongzhen.”
"So, he spent a lot of money to find the painting of the Five Horses by the Song Dynasty painter Li Boshi and presented it to Lord Wei.”
Lord Wei left a few words for this scholar called Chang Wenxing: "Easy, easy." After hearing this, Lord Wei took it out to appreciate it every day as if he had obtained a treasure.”
"How is it? Lord Wei, do you have anything else to say? Lord Wei, I'm afraid your head will be abandoned in Xi City this time!”
The terrifying Embroidered Uniform Guards were truly all-pervasive.
They had already investigated everything clearly, and Wei Zaode collapsed to the ground.
Emperor Chongzhen hated corruption the most. This time, he was dragged to the execution ground in Xi City.
Xidashi Street was called " Xi City " in the Ming Dynasty. It was the execution ground for murder during the Ming Dynasty. Later, the Qing Dynasty moved the execution ground from the Xisi archway to Caishikou outside Xuanwumen.
Why did the Ming Dynasty set the execution ground here and not elsewhere?
This was because the ancient feudal dynasties of our country executed criminals in the bustling city to achieve the purpose of killing one to warn the others.
Therefore, there were the words "imprisoned in the city" and "abandoned in the city".
Thus, it showed that the West Fourth Archway was a prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty. There were many shops, and there were many carriages and pedestrians.
On the eve of the winter solstice, the prisoners who were sentenced to be beheaded after autumn were executed.
The condemned prisoners were pushed into the prison cart before dawn. The prisoners were lined up from east to west. The executioners were also lined up in order with their ghost head knives. After their heads were cut off, they were hung or stabbed on wooden stakes in the street for public display.
Since Chang Wenxing, the scholar who bribed Wei Zaode, had been thoroughly investigated by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, there was no need for Wei Zaode to defend himself.
What he was most worried about now was how he would die.
With Chongzhen's personality, even Yuan Chonghuan, a high official who came to guard Liaodong in anger, would be executed by a thousand cuts.
He had high hopes for her! Thinking of this, Wei Zaode was scared out of his wits.
It wasn't that Wei Zaode was important, he was just a editor.
However, Wei Zaode knew Emperor Chongzhen's character very well. When Emperor Chongzhen started to think highly of you, he would let you die a horrible death in the end.
The big-mouthed Governor Yuan from back then would pout and shout in front of Chongzhen," Five years to pacify Liao!
Chongzhen believed it and supported Yuan Chonghuan with the strength of the whole country. Even when Yuan Chonghuan killed General Mao Wenlong, Chongzhen did not punish him. Instead, he continued to trust him as usual.
Until Huang Taiji bypassed Shanhaiguan and entered Beijing through Mongolia.
At that time, Chongzhen still trusted Yuan Chonghuan. Just as the court was scolding Yuan Chonghuan for being a traitor, Chongzhen personally met Yuan Chonghuan and took off his coat to put it on Yuan Chonghuan to encourage him."I believe you. You can do it."
Yuan Chonghuan was floating. He actually wanted the Liaodong cavalry to enter the capital to rest.
Chongzhen was stunned. What do you want to do?
Yuan Chonghuan said: The soldiers are tired and go into the city to rest.
Chongzhen: No.
Yuan Chonghuan was a scholar. Sometimes, scholars were not familiar with affairs, and their brains were easily stuck in a dead end.
He felt that this was nothing. The soldiers were tired, so they entered the city to rest and fight again.
But you forgot, this is the capital!
You brought troops into the capital to rest? What if you suddenly rebel? Which emperor in history would plant a mine beside him?
Later on, Chongzhen became more and more disappointed with Yuan Chonghuan. Until the day he completely gave up, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned.
Chongzhen only issued a decree of four words: According to the law, he was cut to death.
The more he admired her in the past, the more disappointed he was now. Disappointment turned into anger, and he was cut into pieces.
Wei Zaode was the top scholar in the 13th year of Chongzhen, and Chongzhen valued him even more.
He could directly enter the Imperial Academy to be a scholar. This was a place to nurture talents and become the emperor's close minister.
The imperial examinations were all presided over by the Hanlin officials, forming a teacher system. The context and connections intertwined, allowing the influence of the Hanlin to extend to various fields.
Hanlin enjoyed a high reputation in the intellectual world and had a great influence on all aspects of society.
After a few years, he would enter the cabinet and then become a general and prime minister.
Chongzhen had high hopes for Wei Zaode, and a few years later, he was promoted to the position of Chief of the Cabinet.
What was a cabinet chief? He was below one person and above ten thousand people!
Although Wei Zaode wasn't a good person, Emperor Chongzhen had high hopes for him.
If Emperor Chongzhen found out that he had accepted bribes and that the examination hall was corrupt, the consequences could be imagined.
Wei Zaode was so scared that he peed his pants. If Chen Yan was carried away, Wei Zaode was practically carrying him.
It was because his limbs seemed to have degenerated and turned into a mollusk.
The mollusk, Wei Zaode, was escorted by the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Thousand Households, Li Hao, into the Northern Town's Imperial Prison.
It was said that Zhao Prison's tea had a unique taste.
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