Your servant, Minister of War Li Tao, respectfully submits: The corvée laborers from Chenliu have fled. Yin Xu…
Your servant, Minister of War Li Tao, respectfully submits: The corvée laborers from Chenliu have fled. Yin Xun actually resorted to extreme torture, cruel and oppressive to the people. Hearing this shocks and angers me.
Although I am ill at home, having long served in the Ministry of War, I know that if a military officer kills an innocent person, how can it be overlooked! The laborers were weary from their service and escaped occasionally. This is not a major crime of treason. Yin Xun arrogantly used heavy punishment, violating the Emperor's benevolent rule and wounding the hearts of the people! Moreover, the Emperor has decreed that after a prefecture decides on a death penalty, the case must be recorded and reported to the Ministry of Justice for review. Yin Xun truly acted against orders!
I beg the Emperor to order Yin Xun beheaded in the market to uphold justice, console the people, and bring peace to the officials and commoners! I bow my head and await the Emperor's decision.