Fifty-nine heads are not Tartars?
There was an uproar in the public hall, this news was too shocking for them. Just now when Zhu Pingan confirmed that the six heads were not Tartars, they were already surprised enough, but now Zhu Pingan even said that all fifty-nine heads were not Tartars?
Of course, the ones who were most surprised were Zhao Da Ying and the others.
Originally, when Zhu Ping’an confirmed that six of the heads were not Tartars, Zhao Dajing’s heart was already in shock, but only after the Right Minister of the Ministry of War saved the day and thought of a perfect reason to get over it, did he let Zhao Dajing calm down a little bit.
However, at this moment, when he suddenly heard Zhu Pingan say that the fifty-nine heads were not Tartars, it was like a thunderbolt, Zhao Dajing couldn’t believe his own ears, and his heart, which had just been calmed down, seemed to have been tied with a big stone, and sank all of a sudden.
Uncle?
Zhao Dajing subconsciously looked towards Zhao Qiu.
Zhao Qiu was much calmer than Zhao Dajing, and shook his head slightly towards Zhao Dajing, signalling that Zhao Dajing was calm and fine.
Seeing that his uncle was so calm, Zhao Dajing slowly calmed down, yes, there was no one who knew the inside story better than them.
Inside these chiefs, they did mix in a few non-Tartar people, and was found out by the sharp eyes of Zhu Pingan; however, the rest of the chiefs are real Tartars, and these chiefs are all from the other generals of last year’s border army who led their troops to fight with the Tartars, and all of them are untouched in their original seals. Precisely because the border army last year to offer less than fifty-nine heads, they have been mixed in a few non-Tartar heads to make up the number.
However, Zhu Ping’an even said that these heads are not Tartar, which is really absurd!
After calming down, the worries in Zhao Dajing’s heart were swept away, he clasped his hands in front of his chest and stared at Zhu Pingan coldly, seeing how Zhu Pingan would end up after making such a wild statement, staring at Zhu Pingan like a cobra.
“Zhu Pingan, you said that these fifty-nine heads are not Tartars, do you have any evidence?”Zhang Gu asked in a deep voice from the main judge’s seat.
Zhang Gu is also a knowledgeable person, he is the right minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is naturally impossible to hide such a big matter as swapping the heads from him, of course, Zhao Qiu did not hide it from him either, and the smooth swapping of the heads could not have been achieved without Zhang Gu’s co-operation.
Therefore, Zhang Gu did not believe what Zhu Pingan said.
“Naturally.”
Zhu Pingan nodded affirmatively.
“I am willing to hear about it.”The corner of Zhang Gu’s mouth clustered into a smile, next, if you, Zhu Pingan, can’t confirm your big words, then you will have to bear the unfavourable consequences.
Ten thousand people were watching.
Zhu Pingan calmly walked to the remaining heads, reached out and pointed to eight more heads, causing two coroners to display these eight heads to the crowd as they had just done.
“Lords, please look at these eight heads, these eight heads are around twenty-five to thirty-five years old. Of course, pallbearers, you also look at them and tell your honours how old these eight heads are?”Zhu Pingan said as the coroner displayed the heads.
“It is indeed as your lordship said.”The two coroners looked at it and returned breathlessly.
“As I said before, the Tartars are very particular about growing beards; they don’t grow them under their lower lip until after their 37th natal year. The beard of the lower lip is called among the Tartars ‘the beard of the elders,’ which means that at the age of thirty-seven the Tartar has attained manhood, his strength is complete, he has accomplished a great deal, and has stepped into the ranks of the elders, and his children are ready to marry and get married. The beard on the lower lip, together with the two tiger whiskers left before, is called ‘three locks of beard’ among the Tatars. The Yongle Grand Dictionary, “The Barbarians, Volume III.Tartar Chapter’, there is a detailed record of this as well.”
With his hands behind his back, Zhu Pingan slowly narrated, his voice as loud and magnetic as ever, drawing everyone’s attention over.
“However, Your Excellency, please take a look at these eight heads, they are all around twenty-five to thirty-five years of age, and none of them have yet reached the point where they have left their lips with a beard, but they all have a beard on their lower lips. By the same reasoning as above, these eight chiefs are not Tartars either.”
Zhu Pingan swept a glance at the crowd and slowly shook his head, pulling the corners of his mouth into a smile.
The crowd of military officials were now staring out of their eyes, their jaws dropping to the ground in shock.
Zhao Da Ying was even more so.
He was completely stunned, with his mouth open as if he had lost his voice, unable to utter a single word in half a day, like a rotten log, staring at Zhu Pingan with glazed eyes ……
“There are also these five heads, please display them together with all of the lords.”After saying that, Zhu Pingan pointed out five more heads from the heads, causing the two coroners to show them to all the officials once again.
The two coroners were now ice-cold.
They had never been so afraid of the heads before.
Every time Zhu Pingan confirmed that one of the heads was not Tartar, their hearts felt as if they were being clutched by the Grim Reaper an inch tighter.
It was important to know that these chiefs were all Tartars that they had surveyed and patted themselves on the back for being Tartars. Now Zhu Pingan confirmed one by one that these heads were not Tartars. This is a mistake in their inspection.
One or two was fine.
Now it has been confirmed that fourteen heads are not Tartars, oh, plus the five that Zhu Pingan pointed out …….Even if it is only the nineteen heads, this is also a very serious investigation error.
They are not easy to fight to the coroner’s post, certainly is lost.
Not only that, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, they may also face imprisonment. Pallbearers have a low status, and the law regulates them even more harshly. According to the law, if they survey omitted important injuries, they will face thirty to one hundred canes punishment; if intentionally conceal, mislead in order to make money, it will be in accordance with the criminal law public law aggravated first-class disposal, light is in prison, prison disaster, heavy is not guaranteed head.
Firstly, they survey error, very serious error; Secondly, they are not clean under the arse.
That was why the two coroners were so trembling at this moment.
“Lords, please look at these five heads, they are about forty years old, but they all have beard, but according to the Tatar’s beard growing habits, Tatars can only grow a beard when they are forty-nine years old in their natal year, when they are over a hundred years old, when they have been through trials and tribulations, and when they have learnt about world affairs. Again, there is a detailed record of this in the Yongle Grand Dictionary.”
“Therefore, according to the rules of Tartar beard-growing, it can be concluded that these five heads are not Tartars either.”
Zhu Pingan quoted the scriptures and ruled out these five chiefs as well.
This left forty heads.
However, these forty chiefs could not be judged on the basis of their beards, because either these forty chiefs did not have beards, or they had beards that were perfectly in line with Tartar habits. According to Zhu Pingan’s judgement method, there was no way to confirm that these forty heads were not Tartars.
“Lord Zhu, where are the rest of the heads?”
Zhao Dajing would have calmed down again, glaring at Zhu Ping An with a blood red colour in his eyes, “Go on, I’ll see how you can confirm these forty heads!
Fifty-nine heads, nineteen non-Tartar, according to Zhang Gu’s previous statement, although reluctant, but also can be explained.
Forty Tartars holding nineteen frontiersmen hostage is entirely feasible ……
