Apart from the merchants who were captured, the people standing on the city wall at this moment can be considered big businessmen in Yangzhou City. They all have some connections, and their hands and feet are not so clean.
Although Zhu Youxiao investigated them and punished those who should be punished, it was not enough.
At this time, he wanted to let these people know that times have changed. If they continue to live like before, their fate will be no different from that of the people before them. He wanted them to realize that under his rule as emperor, they should change their way of life.
The faces of the businessmen present were all very grim.
Some people began to shiver and their bodies became limp.
Some people were pale, almost kneeling on the ground, shaking like a sieve, and could only stand with the help of the people next to them. From the looks of it, if someone let go, they would fall directly to the ground.
Zhu Youxiao looked at these people and slowly turned his head.
He looked at Qi Yuanfu who was standing guard with a spear in his hand, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
Should I take this spear next and recite a poem for these merchants?
As for which poem to use, it is of course Cao Cao’s “Duke Zhou spits out food to feed his guests, and the world is at peace.”
After reciting this sentence, stabbing a person to death to intimidate these businessmen, I believe the effect will be very good.
But after thinking about it, I decided to give up. It doesn’t fit my image.
Just as Zhu Youxiao was pondering, the following happened.
Beheading in this era was not done with a single slash of a long knife, as depicted in later films and television series. It would have been difficult to sever the neck in that manner, and a single blow would have been quite difficult.
In fact, there are actually two types of beheading: one relies on equipment, and the other relies on technology.
Relying on equipment, to put it bluntly, means using a guillotine. Only a guillotine can cut a head off with one strike. It's impossible to chop a head off with one strike. The knives of this era weren't that hard or sharp. Only a guillotine can cut a head in two with one strike.
The other method relies on technique, using a very thin and fast knife to feel for the gap between the cervical vertebrae on the neck, and then cut it with one stroke; sometimes the cut is not done well and may not be cut continuously, causing great pain to the prisoner on death row.
As a benevolent emperor, Zhu Youxiao would certainly not choose such a method and naturally chose to be beheaded by the guillotine.
At this time, a row of guillotines had already been placed below, and the blades gleamed coldly under the sunlight, forming a sharp contrast.
Someone took a booklet and started calling out names. This was called identity verification, to see if the person being beheaded was the real person, to avoid any mistake.
After the identity is verified, the person will be taken to the guillotine. The head of an honest person will be put directly into it; the dishonest person who still wants to make a last-ditch struggle will be kicked in the knee from behind and fall to his knees.
As for the scene of eating on the execution ground, that is even more impossible. There is no such rule at all. Don't even think about it.
The last meal before execution had already been eaten in the cell. It was eaten in the morning, so naturally it was not available at this time.
After the person was stuffed into the guillotine, the executioner simply lifted the guillotine and waited for the order.
Everyone watched this scene with bated breath, and the scene was completely silent.
After this period of propaganda, these people have become hated by the people. But even when they were about to kill people, no one shouted.
On the top of the city wall, the merchants were even more frightened, fearing that they would be the next one, or that they would be dragged out and chopped to pieces.
This is simply fatal.
As the people below started shouting, "It's three quarters past noon!"
"cut!"
A resounding "behead" was shouted, the guillotine fell, blood splattered, heads rolled, and in an instant a bloody smell spread, drifting around with the wind.
Although Zhu Youxiao was standing on the top of the city wall, he could still smell the smell of blood.
He turned to look at the businessmen next to him. Some of them had fainted, and some had started vomiting.
Obviously, this scene had frightened them. The beheading was really too scary.
Zhu Youxiao looked at them, turned around and walked downstairs.
There is no need to stay here any longer. My purpose has been achieved. I am not here to watch people being killed, but to scare these people and let them know what murder is.
The city of Yangzhou suddenly became quiet. Although many people were agitating and promoting, the atmosphere just couldn't be livened up.
The reason is very simple. The blood outside Yangzhou City has not dried yet, and the headless corpses that no one has collected are really chilling.
Such a large-scale killing is really scary.
After a long period of peace, how long has it been since officials, common people, and businessmen have seen such a scene?
This is simply terrifying!
No one was in the mood to make a fuss anymore, and everything became quiet in an instant.
In the Lichun Courtyard, there is Room No. 1.
Cao Bang walked in from outside with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
He glanced at Huang Changzong who was sitting in the room drinking tea, and felt very uncomfortable.
Cao Bang didn't know what to say. Why did Huang Changzong choose to meet here?
The emperor was eavesdropping next door that day, and when he found out, he was nearly frightened to death. He decided then and there that he would never come to this Lichun Courtyard again, let alone the Tianzi No. 1 Room.
No matter how beautiful the women in this Lichunyuan are, I will not come here to take a look!
But who would have thought that after just a few days, his oath was broken, and Huang Changzong arranged to meet in Room No. 1.
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