The main reason is that in Daqian, the Jinyi Wei's reputation is poor and it's too dangerous. Even the Commander at the top of the pyramid could have his head borrowed for use any day.
Although the New Emperor is benevolent and rarely kills, the courtiers on the court believe that the recent continuous rain is an ominous sign, hence they decide to sacrifice a Jinyi Wei to Heaven.
Tomorrow will be noisy, full of contradictions, and they'll find a Commander to take the blame and kill to ease the tensions.
Look at the Riddler of Dadui, who can laugh and joke with the commoners, with ordinary people even daring to mock the Riddler as pretentious.
Although the Riddler is disgusting, the ordinary people's goodwill towards him is higher than towards the county government office.
Even some jokes in the Jade Tablet tell the deeds of the Riddler disgusting the officials in the county government office...
