Noon.
The scorching sun is like fire, and the vicious sun is scattered on the ground.
In this hot heat, the northern suburbs of Zhangjiakou are crowded with people, but it is as cold as the deep winter.
The soldiers stood horizontally, and rows of soldiers and generals were standing in armor and holding sharp edges. Among the fences, rows of ragged and blood-stained figures were like pigs, and were roughly pushed and pulled to the execution ground by the generals.
The executioner's blade was raised high, and accompanied by a row of headless bodies slumped to the ground.
And this scene has been staged in this execution ground for more than half an hour. Under the execution stage, the blood that had gathered into a blood pool, and the bodies of corpses that were piled into hills, ferociously telling the tragic slaughter of this execution ground.
Each of these headless bodies is a big shot that ordinary people need to look up to. At this time, they are like chickens, with their hands on their hands. The glory, wealth and power are all turned into passing clouds and mists, and even the corpses cannot escape the biting of wild beasts.
The eight major Shanxi merchant families, coupled with the unknown number of implicated merchants and gentry, were involved in the case, and the number of people involved was as high as nearly 10,000!
If we only look at the number of people, these cases are far more than the bloody storm in the capital, and are comparable to the major cases initiated by Taizu, the founding country!
Of course, Li Xiu was extremely happy to the onlookers. When he colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country, Li Xiu naturally didn't mind the Shanxi gentry to have a good experience.
People always have fear.
In the past, laws were useless and supervision did not exist, so it was naturally difficult for people to be respected.
But now, cruel facts that are almost unbelievable are placed before us.
Anyone who wants to do something about the enemy and treason will have to consider the consequences.
After all, in this era, legal concepts are not just about doing things and being the one person!
These two words implicate clearly explain everything.
Li Xiu did not expect to shock everyone, nor did he expect that he could achieve long-term stability by just one lesson. This is not realistic.
I just hope that this major case is enough to suppress the situation of smuggling and enemy forces in the completely disordered frontier, and to suppress it for a period of time. When the reform from the center begins and the order and laws are restored, everything will naturally be suppressed in the smallest range.
As for what kind of image he would be in the hearts of these gentry after this case, Li Xiu obviously didn't care.
In fact, now, he, the Marquis of Zhenbei, can be said to be infamous!
The right to speak public opinion in this era is already in the hands of the gentry class.
The noble men hold the right to determine the black and white, and the ordinary people who don’t know each other’s words are all looking up at the authority of the men.
The imperial power does not go to the countryside. These five words can be said to have run through the entire history and prove the prestige of the gentry in the whole place.
However, as an advanced version of the gentry group, the literati, that is, the literati of the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, were fame-loving scholars, and they completely represented the authority of the Ming Dynasty.
All policies, all things, and even people are within their definition.
It is conceivable that as a group like Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo, Li Xiu's reputation would be spread to what it looks like.
Li Xiu also became angry at the beginning, but later he became calm.
Everything he does is worthy of his original intention. As for right and wrong, merit and demerit, it will be left to future generations to comment on, and time will eventually prove everything.
Just like this public opinion, no matter how slandered it, no one could deny his achievements.
"Dog thief, you must die so hard. Destroy my entire clan. One day, someone will destroy your entire clan! Dog thief, God... wuwu..."
In the bloody state, a shrill cry suddenly sounded.
I saw a prisoner on the execution ground who broke free from the rotten cloth in his mouth and cursed at Li Xiu who was sitting upright on the high platform.
Halfway through the voice, he was immediately pressed to the ground by the frightened soldier beside him and covered his mouth tightly.
Such a sudden change also made the already depressed execution ground suddenly like a dark cloud pressing down on it. A series of fearful eyes also gathered on Li Xiu, who was sitting upright on the high platform.
"Fan's family?"
Li Xiu looked indifferent and asked casually.
Li Dingguo, who was standing beside him, immediately bowed and answered:
"Report to the general, this person is the contemporary head of the Fan family..."
"Behead this person, all the people involved in the Fan family, in front of him!"
As soon as Li Dingguo said this, before Li Xiu's voice could be heard lightly again: "You go to the prison sentence!"
"Abide by the order!"
Li Dingguo also felt a stern and subconsciously clasped his fists to respond.
The episode is just an episode after all. Under the oppression of the army without following the rules, no episode can change the destiny of the result.
The killing lasted for nearly an hour from noon and ended only after nearly an hour.
This land suddenly watered the blood that had not been endured for thousands of years.
Of course, the case is far from over. Many punishments such as exiles, exiles and other soldiers are still waiting for the surviving people involved.
However, at this time, Li Xiu's attention had already moved out of the killing and was frozen in the harvest after the killing.
After all, the political attributes of the killing in the capital were largely just for money!
Wealth is as good as a country. In this era, it is really not an adjective, but the reality of facts, and there are many more!
Each of the eight great masters of Shanxi merchants can be said to be rich enough to rival a country!
Not to mention that there is also this time that the deliberate increase in the scope of involvement was cleaned up. Although the Shanxi merchant group that had almost completely destroyed and left a strong reputation in history, it also caused turbulent trauma to the Ming economy, but... the harvest was also terrifying!
This major case was just silver, and more than 19 million taels were copied.
And this is just cash bank, not to mention the various assets that cover the entire Ming Dynasty, the vast land, and countless people who are hidden by it...
And these are far from being completely counted overnight. The people from the inner palace who followed the army never stopped when they were raided. They rotated three times, and under the heavy guard, they calculated and counted the property that was enough to support the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
Obviously, compared with the negative impact of the family raid and extermination of the family, this time, the terrifying gain is enough to ignore the impact of the family raid and extermination of the family.
Although this impact is extremely bad, it will even greatly damage the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Even the entire northern economy will suffer heavy damage and be difficult to recover in the next decade or even for a long time.
But... the Ming Dynasty is full of holes, and there is no worries about debts, and there is no need to worry about lice.
Nowadays, how can we still worry about so many things!
Chapter completed!