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Situ Lieyu gave an order, and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty fell silent.Behind the bead curtain, the Queen Mother was ashamed but dared not speak.She hadn't listened to the government affairs for many days, and this time the emperor specially invited her here because he wanted to slap her in the face.

Immediately, a sergeant brought a pair of scorpions and put them on the ten fingers of Zhang Juzheng's hands in the hall.The bamboo and wood tightened, pale face, torn flesh and blood, bare bones, sticky cold sweat, bright red blood, and sweeping elegance, all images were clearly displayed under the flickering candlelight.

The queen mother closed her eyes, blocking the snow-white and blood-red universe from the body.Zhang Juzheng, in dizzy pain, also noticed that the Empress Dowager had closed her eyes, and he cast a begging gaze upwards, but it was of no avail.

Sima Qian once said: The superior does not disgrace the first, the second does not disgrace the body, and the second does not disgrace the eloquence.So far, he has used his own body to verify and humiliate all kinds of things.

In nearly thirty years of his life, he has been pampered and powerful, and he has never experienced such pain, so that the fracture of the phalanx and the fracture of the tibia are dwarfed by each other, so that all the beliefs he insisted in the past are crumbling like leaves in the wind.He finally cried out unbearably.

The commander ordered the release of the instruments of torture, and the sergeant took half of the basin of melted water with ice, and directly immersed Zhang Juzheng's newly freed hands in the water. The blood melted instantly, and the horrific swelling also disappeared a lot.In this way, the sinner who has reached his limit just now seems to be able to endure a new round of training.What's more, pouring half a basin of ice water on the head, even the sinner's spirit has become much clearer.

So a new round followed, blood, broken limbs, and screams reappeared one by one, and the court officials on both sides suddenly felt that the corners of their mouths were also full of blood.Perhaps it was because the emperor was in front of him that no truly cruel punishment was presented, but ten humble bamboos and woods were enough to stage a bloody farce.

"Stop! Emperor, you are abusing capital punishment in the hall. Everything has not yet been found out. Do you still want to extract a confession? Although Zhang Juzheng is not as powerful as the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he is still a useful person in our dynasty. How can he endure such capital punishment?" Queen Mother Finally unable to bear the excuse, Jin Wushi slowly lowered the instrument of torture.

"Is the queen mother really punishing him if she doesn't know anything? Gu Nian is that he is a veteran and has already given him this opportunity, but he refuses to repent, and has no conscience. The queen mother should take a look at this!" Situ Lieyu said A ledger was thrown to the ground.

The father-in-law next to the queen mother carefully picked it up and presented it to the queen mother. The queen mother opened it tremblingly, but she turned pale after only a few pages, and closed the account book feebly without further words.

"Preaching the will of the orphan, Zhang Juzheng filled his private pockets and ate away at the treasury. His morals have been corrupted. He is a moth of the dynasty! He is now arrested and put in prison, and he will be beheaded at noon tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I still have something to say!"

"The evidence is solid, what else do you have to say?"

"This matter is not only caused by the minister alone, but also Zhao Shi'an and Sun Jin are responsible. Your Majesty can't just execute the minister alone, it's not fair."

"The dying man is still talking nonsense here! Your Majesty is clearly aware that Zhang Juzheng is just trying to drag people into the water." Master Zhao took a step forward, pointing at Zhang Juzheng and blaming him.

"If you continue to investigate, all those who go against your will will be ashamed of the people and the court, and you will never be forgiven lightly."

"Long live, long live, my emperor."