The maple leaves are falling, the dust has settled, the new owner of the Forbidden City in Nanjing has taken his seat, and the great liquidation is about to begin.

After Zhu Di came to the throne, he first changed the reign name, abolishing the Jianwen reign and changing it to the Hongwu reign (Hongwu was the reign name when Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne.) This meant that Emperor Jianwen was not recognized. The Hongwu reign was renamed.

A year later, Zhu Di inherited the Yongle reign title and was called Yongle Emperor from then on.

This year, Zhu Di did a lot of things. The first one was to restore all the measures that Emperor Jianwen had taken to revise the Hongwu period, which meant restoring the ancestral system. He started his career under the banner of Jingnan. If Emperor Jianwen did the right thing, then Zhu Di

What's the reason for Qing Junzhi? Yao Guangxiao arranged these measures like a chess game, step by step to stabilize Zhu Di's throne and become more and more important.

After the battle of Jingnan, the vassal kings from all over the country basically surrendered. Originally, King Ning had the Duoyan Three Guards, which was the most powerful among the kings. However, the three Duoyan Guards had died at the hands of Luohua of Heaven and Earth. From then on, King Ning had nothing to rely on.

Nothing to ask for.

Zhu Di still has one person to deal with, and that is Fang Xiaoru, who is known as the seed of reading in the world.

Zhu Di made a special trip to see Fang Xiaoru. Fang Xiaoru missed Emperor Jianwen and became seriously ill. He was surrounded by a group of guards in royal robes. When Fang Xiaoru saw Emperor Yongle coming in, he neither knelt down nor saluted. He got angry and glared at Emperor Yongle.

Zhu Di was embarrassed when he was stared at, and said sarcastically: "Sir, why can't you figure it out? Why bother to find fault for yourself? I am imitating Zhou Gong to assist the king. I act as the emperor's authority, focus on government affairs, eliminate internal worries, and fight against foreign aggression.

Consolidate dynastic rule."

Fang Xiaoru said angrily: "What about King Cheng now?" This means that King Cheng is at least still alive, but what about Emperor Jianwen?

Emperor Yongle sighed and said: "He couldn't think about it and burned himself to death."

Fang Xiaoru became even more angry and asked aggressively: "Why don't you make King Cheng's son the emperor?"

Emperor Yongle replied with all his strength: "The country needs an adult king."

"What about the younger brother who became the king?" Fang Xiaoru was right, he should be succeeded by his direct lineage.

Emperor Yongle was speechless this time and said vaguely: "This is our Zhu family's business."

Fang Xiaoru was angry and lifted up her quilt, revealing the white linen mourning clothes underneath. She was about to turn around and go out, but was stopped by the Jin Yiwei.

In the past, turning one's back to the emperor was a crime of beheading. Emperor Yongle's heart was burning with anger. He stared at Fang Xiaoru's back. Yao Guangxiao knew that Zhu Di could no longer bear it, but he still wanted to save Fang Xiaoru. Therefore, he looked solemn.

It suggested that Emperor Yongle suppressed his anger.

Zhu Di stood up and walked around a few times to get rid of the hatred in his heart.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao stood up and said, "Sir, as a leader in the literary world, can you draft an edict for Emperor Yongle's accession to the throne?" Zhu Di looked at Fang Xiaoru, hoping that he would agree, so that both parties would have a chance.

Fang Xiaoru turned his head and looked, laughed three times, and agreed happily. When Zhu Di and everyone thought that Fang Xiaoru had finally changed his mind, Fang, a stubborn man, actually wrote four big characters on the edict: "Yan Thief usurps the throne". Dragons and phoenixes were flying.

The cursive script seems to be mocking Zhu Di's mental illness.

Emperor Yongle was furious and cursed: "Believe it or not, I will punish all nine of your tribes!" He threw the edict on Fang Xiaoru's head. The ink was not dry yet, and splashed Fang Xiaoru's white linen mourning clothes with flying stars. Fang Xiaoru was calm and composed.

He just bowed his head and said: "If you die, you will die. I am not afraid of killing ten of my clans. There is only one emperor in this country, Emperor Jianwen."

All kinds of words made Emperor Yongle's heart ache with anger, and he went on a killing spree, saying on the spot: "I will save you and kill all ten of your clans." He ordered the guards in brocade uniforms on both sides to take Fang Xiaoru to the Ministry of Punishment, where he was executed at a very late hour.

Before attacking the city of Nanjing, Yao Guangxiao once advised Emperor Yongle not to kill Fang Xiaoru, because Fang Xiaoru was a leader in the literary world and a scholar. Once Fang Xiaoru was killed, the literary style of the Ming Dynasty would retreat for decades, and Emperor Yongle would be saddled with eternal infamy. But under Yao Guangxiao's rule, Deep down in his heart, he admired Fang Xiaoru's integrity and writing style. This time, Yao Guangxiao still wanted to save Fang Xiaoru.

But Emperor Yongle waved his hand and rejected Yao Guangxiao's proposal. He could no longer listen to it. If he could bear it, he would not have rebelled and pursued Emperor Jianwen in the first place. Emperor Yongle was determined and hated Yao Guangxiao deeply, and asked the Ministry of Punishments to propose an execution plan. The punishment of the ten tribes.

It is said in ancient times that the execution of the nine tribes came from the law of the three Yi tribes of the Qin Dynasty, starting from the great-great-grandmother and descending from the maternal and wife tribes. Emperor Yongle was so angry that he proposed to punish the ten tribes. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was frightened and jumped to the memorial to ask, " Where do the ten tribes come from?”

Emperor Yongle replied angrily, "Then kill his students as well."

The Minister of Punishment and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, but no one dared to disobey the emperor's decree.
Chapter completed!