A few days later, a memorial was sent to the capital from Prince Wu's Mansion in Wuzhou overnight:

Nangong Ba, the Duke of Zhenguo, was killed in the battle in Lingzhou. Nangong Yu led the remaining Nangong troops to rebel and surrender to the enemy. Those who did not follow were all killed. The governor of Hefu and Donghai were killed, and the governor of Lingzhou fled to Wuzhou. All three counties were invaded. adversary.

In the summer of the first year of Jingtai, the southern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty was full of smoke, and there was no scene of peace and prosperity for the country and the people. It is a pity that the year name that the officials of the Ministry of Rites worked so hard to determine now seems to be a kind of irony.

The seven states stretching from Fuzhou in the south to Donghai in the east and Taizhou in the west have been occupied by the rebels. In some states and counties close to the battle line, many dignitaries, gentry and wealthy businessmen have moved their families north in an attempt to escape the war. .

The worst offenders are the ordinary people. The victors have to steal money and food to replenish the military supplies. The deserters on the losing side are even more unscrupulous. I almost lost my life. What if I rob you of something? Who knows what will happen the next day? Can he survive?

What's more, they committed rape, robbery, murder, and arson, and committed all kinds of evil. If the people resisted at all, they would just kill them with a knife, treating human life like a piece of grass.

The entire official road in the south of the Yangtze River was full of fleeing people, and many villages were razed to the ground, which was shocking.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Imperial City of Great Zhou, the dignitaries of the empire were really panicked. One of the pillars of the military actually rebelled. Three states were lost in the southern border. The war had spread to Wuzhou, which was the fiefdom of Wu King Zhou Jiaqing.

As the second brother of the late emperor, Zhou Jiaqing is regarded as the uncle of the current emperor. Now the war has reached his doorstep, and letters for help are being sent to the capital one after another.

As soon as he received the news, Yuwen Chenghua sent people to surround the Zhenguo Palace. Since it was a century-old family, it could not move without the emperor's order. So for the time being, it was just surrounded, and all the Nangong family members in the court were All people are confined to their homes and are not allowed to come or go at will.

The voices in the palace scolding Nangong Yu still lingered in the air, but the strange thing was that the people who scolded him most fiercely were the ones who were closest to the Nangong family on weekdays.

Everyone pushed the wall down, this is a crime of treason, if you are implicated, you will definitely die!

The young emperor looked at the noisy main hall. There was no royal majesty in it. He looked helplessly at the white-haired old man standing aside.

Yu Wen Hongru seemed to sense his gaze and coughed a few times. The hall gradually became quiet, and all the eyes with different expressions looked at the auxiliary minister of the dynasty.

"Colleagues!" Yu Wen Hongru cleared his throat and slowly swept his eyes across the hall. When his eyes fell on the Nangong group, those people felt nervous and quickly lowered their heads to hide among the crowd.

"The top priority now is two things. First: the military situation ahead must be dispatched as soon as possible. Secondly: Your Majesty still needs to decide how to deal with the Nangong family." Yu Wen Hongru's faint voice sounded in the hall.

Everyone looked at each other, who else could go on the expedition? There were two major families in the military, one was traitorous, and the other had stayed behind closed doors since receiving the news of Nangong Yu's rebellion, claiming that they were ashamed of the late emperor.

After Nangong Yu's defeat, it was the Chang family's old Duke An Guo who protected him from losing his military power. Now that Nangong Yu has surrendered to the enemy, even with the power of An Guo Gong, he is too embarrassed to go out again.

Yu Wenchenghua, Minister of the Ministry of War, took a step forward: "Since there is no suitable candidate yet, we can first dispatch soldiers from Jiangnan states to Wuzhou to support and stabilize the situation. We will send a large army after the candidates are agreed upon."

Yuwen Hongru nodded, and the ministers in the DPRK also agreed to stop the rebels' momentum first.

Seeing that the expedition could not be resolved at the moment, Fu Longzhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, shouted loudly: "Nangong Yu defected to the enemy and treason, causing the fall of our country and the displacement of the people. The Nangong family should be severely punished!"

Those who were close to the Nangong family in the court trembled, they couldn't hide after all!

Listening to Fu Longzhi's shouts, a smile appeared on Yu Wen Chenghua's lips.

Immediately, many ministers came out of class and denounced Nangong Yu's shameless behavior.

Yuwen Hongru raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said without any emotion: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. How should we deal with it according to the law?"

After hearing this, many courtiers frowned.

Xue Chengyi, the Minister of Punishment, took a step forward and shouted:

"Kill the nine tribes!"

There was silence in the main hall, and the sonorous and powerful four words struck everyone's hearts hard. Even a person like Yuwen Chenghua, who wanted to put the Nangong family to death, felt the same after hearing these four words with his own ears.

My heart trembled.

A century-old family, a large family that has been at the center for many years is about to collapse.

Zhao Zhonghai, the Minister of Civil Service, smacked his lips, but remained silent after all. He admired Xue Chengyi's courage, but he would definitely not be able to say it in front of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.

Yuwen Hongru did not speak, but turned around and looked at the young emperor quietly.

All the civil and military officials of the dynasty set their sights on the emperor Zhou Chengxuan, waiting for him to announce the fate of the Nangong family.

Although Zhou Chengxuan was still young, he remembered what the old master often said in his ears: To rebel is to take away everything your father left you, and it means taking your life!

The little emperor looked at Xue Chengyi, who was upright and neither humble nor arrogant, and had a good impression. A childish voice came out of his mouth:

allow!

The entire court was speechless!

In the summer of the first year of Jingtai, all nine members of Nangong's family were killed. Even Nangong Yu's son, more than 4,000 members of the entire family, old and young, were killed outside the Meridian Gate.

Outside the Meridian Gate, the screams of the Nangong tribe could be heard day and night. Group after group of Nangong tribe members were dragged out of their homes by arrogant soldiers, pulled outside the Meridian Gate and stabbed with a click.

Among these people were elderly people who could no longer walk, wealthy ladies who were graceful and graceful the day before, and even immature children who were still babbling.

Howling cries filled the capital, frightening the people in the capital to the point where they did not dare to go out. Those who had an old relationship with the Nangong family shivered at home and could not sleep all night.

That's not all. In addition to the Nangong clan members in the capital, there are also many Nangong descendants who are serving as officials outside.

Arrest warrants have been issued one after another in various places, and it is decreed that all the remaining criminals in Nangong will not be escorted to the capital, but will be punished on the spot.

The well-informed Nangong clan members fled with their families overnight and went straight to Fuzhou Army to join Nangong Yu. However, most people only knew what happened when they saw the butcher knife raised.

The Nangong family was uprooted, and a towering tree fell down. The Chang family, their former allies, did not even make a sound. Even Duke Lao An submitted a petition to resign, but was rejected by the emperor.

While the capital is stirring up bloodshed, a conspiracy within the Yuwen family is also brewing.
Chapter completed!