Chapter 851: A Thousand Cuts

On June 18, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, a group of "Dashun" troops walked on the inner street of Dongzhimen with their heads down.

From time to time, horse dung, eggs, rotten leaves, and stinky mud were smashed at them, and the thieves who were attacked by these garbage were so embarrassed that they shrank their heads one by one, wishing that there was a hole in the ground to get into.

Many of the common people of Beijing were blocked by the Ming army formed into a wall on the side of the road, and the excited people raised their arms and shouted: "It's too cheap to kill these thieves and let them go like this." ”

"Master Jun, my daughter died so miserably! Can't let go of these things! ”

"My family was killed by these thieves, and their money was looted by them, and I want to take revenge!"

"Master Jun, Master Jun, you are doing well, the little one has already seen the beast that caused my lady to hang herself, and the little one will go to kill that guy even if he breaks the law."

The loudspeaker of the propaganda team was shouting, and the Ming army was also sparing no effort to explain to the people: "Villagers, don't be impatient, let's not release these prisoners, but escort them to the prisoner camp outside Dongzhimen to be disposed of." ”

"Fellow villagers, the emperor will not let go of any bad guy, as long as there is a bloody thief, he will be tried, but there is no lynching, we must maintain the dignity of the law!"

"Folks, you identify the thief who is full of blood debts, and then ask the "God of War" soldiers to help write the facts of the thief's crime, and we will hold a public trial meeting soon. ”

Hearing the explanation of the propaganda team, the people of Jingshi knew that they could avenge their dead relatives, and their restless hearts immediately settled down, followed by "My Emperor Shengming, long live, long live!" The cry of the mountain resounded in the sky.

In just three days, with the efforts of nearly one million soldiers and civilians, the Beijing division has taken on a new look, although there are still some broken walls, but there is no longer the dirty appearance of garbage everywhere and feces and urine.

The soldiers and civilians are still working, and the progress of repairing houses and roads is very fast, and it is believed that in less than a month, the traces left by the bandits will be gone.

In the days that followed, there were daily rallies of the thieves, and many victims took the stage to complain about the crimes of the thieves, and at each end of the meeting, a dozen low-ranking thieves were publicly sentenced to death on the spot.

The capital punishment of the Ming Dynasty is not as simple as beheading, these thief bones have committed more than a dozen lives in the bloody case with conclusive evidence, and this is only the crime of these thief bones in Beijing, which shows that these thief bones can no longer be counted as people, how many innocent Han people should be mutilated by them and become unjust souls.

After the public trial meeting, it was the time for the military and civilians and officials of the Beijing division to rejoice, and I don't know why the cowardly Han people were so happy to see such a bloody scene as the beheading and Ling Chi, and even the women dared to watch such a scene.

The inhumane execution scene erupted from time to time with the roaring cheers of onlookers, and dozens of thieves below Li Zicheng, who were pressed to kneel on the ground and tied up, turned pale and gray, such as Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing.

More than 40 people were arrested on the wanted card warrant, and the rest were lucky enough to be killed on the spot, and they didn't have to endure the endless human destruction.

I don't know which master invented the whole person mode of criticism, no matter how iron-clad you are, you will lose yourself if you are abused by thousands of ordinary people every day, and finally become a walking corpse.

Liu Zongmin has been criticized for fighting for a hundred days, and he has long been numb, and all his movements have become mechanical, so that he kneels in every corner to fight, he immediately kneels obediently, and just begs to be thankful not to be beaten by the complainants who are excited by the crowd.

Li Zicheng has just been fighting for a few days and is still a hero, but unfortunately his heroism will soon wear out, and the "God of War" propaganda team will make the most use of the power of the masses.

Whoever is slapped by a trembling old woman with a dry hand like a chicken's paw, spit out thick phlegm all over his face by the old woman, and scolded by the old woman so that he is not as good as a beast, he will definitely lose his heroic spirit and even begin to doubt life.

The prisoners who are taken down from the scene of the criticism every day are already debilitating, and they are absolutely physically and mentally exhausted.

Most of the so-called ruthless people are just strong outsiders and middle-class cadres, and every day they see their former companions being stabbed and stabbed on the ground in two pieces, wailing, being cut to blood, and still immortal, begging the executioner to hurry up and die quickly, their ideological defense line has long collapsed.

The officers of the propaganda team are now all masters of punishing their hearts, and they will not give the leaders of the thieves who have just been executed a chance to rest.

If you want to rest, if you want to not be affected by the pond fish when you are fighting, beheading, and punishment, you just need to show your performance.

Soon a group of thieves began to dissect themselves, not only pouring dirty water on each other, but also writing repentance, and writing a big picture of the sins they had committed.

Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, and other kobold military division types of thieves are the most active, and they will do everything to get a moment of peace.

They also know that they have confessed so many sins that have lost their conscience, and they can't escape from being cut by a thousand knives, but what can they do if they don't confess? It's hard to suffer the sin in front of you!

The Ming army is not only collecting the crimes of the big boss of the thieves, but also collecting evidence to screen every ordinary thief, and the results are shocking.

Nearly 300,000 thieves were captured, and if the verdict was to be judged according to the minimum requirement of killing to pay for life, I am afraid that more than 150,000 would be killed.

God has the virtue of a good life, of course, he can't kill so many Han people, but in addition to killing people on the battlefield, as long as he kills more than five women and children, he will be sentenced to death.

How to make the crimes of thieves come to light? As long as the person who has the courage to report and expose the crimes of others will be reduced by one degree, even if he has killed five women and children, the sentence will be changed to beheading.

With a chance to live, everyone fought for it, the bite of the same kind began, many thieves were found out, and the bones of the thieves who killed the most people were simply devils, and they actually reached three digits, and of course these people could not escape a thousand cuts.

Every day, there are people from outside the city to see the execution, some of them grit their teeth, some clap their hands, and some of them drink and sing.

The thieves have plagued Gyeonggi, and there have been too many tragic incidents of family destruction and death, and now when it is time to settle accounts after the autumn, the common people are scrambling to find their enemies.

If you dare to deceive the organization to conceal the heinous crimes committed when you were a thief, once you are found out by the people who come to seek revenge, of course, the crime will be increased by three degrees, and there is a chance that you will die a dead end, and you may not be able to die well.