At the entrance of Xishi Street, there was a crowd of people and shouts.

"One hundred and ten dollars!"

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"Well cut!"

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"One Hundred and Twenty Dollars ......"

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Niu hit the head with a big stick and mallet, and several guards escorted Liu Hong to the execution table of the execution ground, and the officials of the criminal department saw that Grandpa Guo was coming, and hurriedly got up and gave up their seats.

The execution place was only more than 30 steps away from the execution platform, and on the three pillars, Zhu Chunchen, Qi Zanyuan, and Li Yunkui were tied up in turn.

The upper body of the three was naked, and the lower body was only a pair of obscene pants with their lower limbs exposed, and their bodies were draped with a layer of fishing nets, which were tightened, and the flesh protruded from the mesh.

It seems that the most common fish scales are used.

The three old craftsmen looked slow, but the shiny spatula in their hands touched the meat protruding from the fishing net, and they slammed without hesitation.

The three old men all put the strips of meat on the case for the people and the prison officers to investigate.

After every ten cuts, the people shouted out in unison, and from time to time the people clapped their hands and applauded.

"Zhu Chunchen, you son of a bitch, Lao Tzu gave you a good way...... Yes...... You actually betrayed Lao Tzu...... Ah......" Qi Zanyuan, who was in the middle, scolded.

Fortunately, the binding was strong enough, and the executioner was obviously experienced, and he turned a deaf ear to Qi Zanyuan's invectives and even the shouts of the people.

At this moment, all his energy is on the body in front of him, he must be careful and careful, if he cuts the prisoner's blood vessels and causes the prisoner to die early, he will most likely have to eat prison food.

"Chengguo Gong, the old slave has never been able to stand you! Ahh......h

The two stared at Zhu Chunchen on the far left, as if they wanted to eat him alive, but Zhu Chunchen ignored the abuse of the two at all, and just laughed.

Two months of dark closure is enough to make a normal person collapse, not to mention Zhu Chunchen, who has enjoyed most of his life in brocade clothes and jade food, if he wants to go to hell, let's go together!

"The sky has no eyes, the ancestors have bloodied down this Ming Dynasty, and look at Chongzhen Lao'er, slaughtering loyalty, ingratitude, hahaha...... The number of great bright qi has been exhausted......"

Zhu Chunchen cursed Chongzhen incoherently, twisting his neck and shouting.

"Why, go and stop this dog's mouth, don't see this old guy making noise!" Liu Hong gradually frowned, Nima really didn't have a fuel-efficient lamp.

The three officials of the Ministry of Punishment trotted to the execution table with a rag in their hands, and after a few moments, the three of them could only stare at each other in protest.

"One hundred and sixty dollars!" The people shouted.

After cutting a hundred knives on each arm, blood was already flowing all over the ground, and the master grabbed a handful of specially made powder mixed with herbs and sprinkled it on his bloodied arms to stop the bleeding.

Then I washed my hands and picked up the spatula, and the upper limbs came to an end for the time being, and then I had to cut the eyebrows, nose, face, and then the lower limbs and abdomen.

The process proceeded in an orderly manner, and the three old men were like clever artists carving a work of art.

At first, Liu Hongchuan was very interested, but after watching it for a while, he felt panicked, and looking at this posture, it would not be possible to cut 3,000 knives for two or three days.

Liu Hong was gradually worried that he would lose his appetite for food if he watched it again, so he ran away decisively, but the people in the execution ground were gathering more and more, and there was never a shortage of people in the land of China who liked to watch the excitement.

Two days flew by.

On this day, Liu Hongjian had lunch at home, and was about to go to the ordnance station for a walk, but was summoned into the palace by Chongzhen's commandment.

As usual, in the small conference room of the East Warm Pavilion, several cabinet masters discussed things with Chongzhen, and Liu Hong gradually got the opportunity to quietly enter the main hall.

"An Guogong came just in time, Ni Aiqing, you talk about the income and expenditure of the household again." Chongzhen sat on the throne and said.

"Your Majesty, in the first four months of this year, the household department received a total of 483,400 taels of silver, and spent 38,786,500 taels."

After Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, he lifted his sleeves and wiped his forehead, he has been a household secretary for more than three years, but the previous three years were not as much as the silver spent in the last two months.

"The overspending is serious, I have discussed with the cabinet to prepare to increase the business tax, and I called you here to hear your opinion." The increase in commercial tax is an opinion that Liu Hongjian has put forward since last year.

Chongzhen has been thinking about this matter these days, although the lack of silver is due to the lack of rice, but even if this batch of taxes is raised, it is thousands of miles away from the massive expenditure!

If the treasury money is spent in the current way, within two years, the treasury will be able to run rats again.

He was so scared of those days.

"The minister only asks you, do you agree with the imperial court to increase the commercial tax?" After Liu Hong finished speaking, he stared at the cabinet masters in front of him with a calm face.

Wei Chen naturally agreed, but ...... Most of the officials may oppose ......," Zheng Sanjun, the first assistant to the cabinet, hurriedly said.

"The minister also agrees with the emperor's ......"

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Although the answers of several uncles were yes, most of them were a little uncomfortable, and Liu Honggradually saw everything in his eyes.

To be sure, the cabinet members do not want to raise the commercial tax, because although they have no property of their own, who does not have a relative?

And if these relatives want to be prosperous, how can they not honor them?

If the cabinet is the first to propose an increase in business taxes, not to mention how much loss their family will suffer, just the mouths of hundreds of officials in the world can scold them as traitors in the city.

Collecting business taxes is competing with the people for profit! The courtiers must have been so high-sounding against it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." Liu Hong gradually looked at the reluctant expressions of several cabinet masters.

Daming's finances are rotten, if you want to engage in silver, you have to shed blood, the hundred officials and the extremely family are not the most tricky, the imperial relatives are!

Liu Hong has been tossing blindly for more than a year, and he has killed a lot of corrupt officials, and the biggest reason why he has not suffered a fierce counterattack is that Liu Hongjian has not touched the fundamental interests of some people.

It can be imagined how much effort it would take for the imperial court to cut the biggest cake.

And now Liu Hongjian is going all out to engage in armaments, hoping to help Chongzhen pacify Beikou, and he has no energy to fight on both sides for the time being.

These vampires must be steady!

Of course, these words were all said by Liu Hongjian to Chongzhen in private, and for these uncles in the cabinet, this matter is still unreliable.

Land, taxes, the lifeblood of the country, nobles, landlords and profiteers, the moths of the Ming Dynasty.

If the things that are going to be moved sooner or later are really passed out in advance, Liu Hong is gradually afraid that he will have to test the poison before eating a cucumber in the future.

persuaded Chongzhen to suspend the cake, and Liu Hong gradually went out of the palace directly and went to the West Market again.

It was already the third day, and there were no more people at the execution ground.

There are not many people who are perverted enough to watch Ling Chi for three whole days, but there are always people who pass by from time to time to stop here.

Three days have passed, and the three traitors have long since lost their human form......

PS: The monthly pass is 700, and I owe three more, and it seems that I can't go out this afternoon.