Mu Jianbo, Chen and others huddled in the prison car. Looking at the expressions of the people on both sides who wanted to eat them alive, they finally felt fear.

They are afraid. What they fear is not the anger of the people, but what comes after the anger of the people. It is the power that is enough to make them irreversible.

The imperial guards escorted the prison car into Beijing, and Zhang Haogu had already reported to Zhu Youxiao.

After detailing the situation of the Battle of Yunnan and the Battle of Annan, Zhang Haogu bowed slightly to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the land of Annan is now my Ming Dynasty territory."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the household registration, account books, and maps submitted by Zhang Haogu with excitement. These are the symbols that represent the surrender of the entire Annan territory to the Ming Dynasty. With the population, food, and taxes, with these, Annan will not be able to escape the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Heartbroken!

Eunuch Wei laughed at the side and said: "Master Zhang, slaves and others really didn't expect that you could pacify Yunnan and capture Annan in such a short period of time. When the news reached the capital, all the officials were shocked. Those foreigners

The envoys didn’t believe it at all. They were a bunch of frogs in a well.

Zhu Youxiao also said proudly: "How could a group of small countries know the power of the imperial court? Now that they have seen it, don't they all kneel in front of me to show their respect?"

Eunuch Wei quickly said: "That's because they fear you."

Zhu Youxiao was very sober: "That's because they fear the Ming Dynasty and their master Wang."

With that said, Zhu Youxiao asked: "Master, how effective is this flying ball? If it is to be used in Liaodong, is it feasible?"

Zhang Haogu said slowly: "Your Majesty, although this flying ball can be used now, it still has many problems."

"First, the flight of a flying ball depends entirely on the wind. If there is no wind, it cannot move."

"Secondly, flying balls can only be regarded as simple goods now. No matter the quality or the safety of personnel, there is no guarantee. No one in the sky can guarantee that there will be no accidents."

"I think this fly ball still needs improvement."

"Before in Yunnan, I had to wait for a long time for the strong southeast wind, and the training of the flying team lasted for more than a month, and then the magic soldiers came from the sky."

"It can be said that the success of Sheng Long is just a coincidence. Originally, I only planned to let them burn Sheng Long. It is an unexpected surprise to be able to bring back the Annan royal family."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "It seems that this Liaodong issue cannot be rushed." Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please wait patiently for a while."

"Let the Academy of Engineering Sciences improve the flying ball, and at the same time let the Shenbing Camp train a group of soldiers who can control the flying ball."

"Above this high altitude, the airflow is unpredictable. If you are not familiar with high altitudes and flying balls, it will be difficult to control the flying balls to move forward as you wish. If you are not careful, the direction will be a thousand miles away."

"There are many flying birds in the sky, so it is difficult to guarantee that the flying ball will not be affected by the flying birds."

As he spoke, Zhang Haogu smiled: "In this Shenglong battle, five hundred flying balls went forward. It was safe and sound all the way to Annan, but when we came back, there were only about four hundred left. There was nothing to be done about it.

There are too many things to control”

"At present, the people in the Shenba camp are the only soldiers with actual combat experience in the Ming Dynasty. I feel that instead of letting them go to the battlefield, it is better to let them train more new recruits, so that the sky of the Ming Dynasty can be guaranteed."

Zhu Youxiao nodded slowly and muttered: "It makes sense, but I am impatient."

Zhang Haogu added: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Ming Dynasty is far stronger than that of Liaodong. Regardless of population, troops, money, food, or materials, the national power of the Ming Dynasty crushes Liaodong."

"So why should the emperor be anxious? Even if there is no flying ball, our Ming Dynasty will take time to attack from Monan and Liaonan, and Liaodong will not be able to sustain it."

"The left and right are nothing more than the past two years. The most important thing for me now is internal strength."

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "I am impatient. After all, Liaodong is a serious concern before the imperial court. I have been thinking day and night about how to pacify Liaodong."

"Liaodong is now no longer plagued by scabies. It will be easy to pacify Liaodong, but after pacifying Liaodong, there will be no place for those scholars to settle down," Zhang Haogu said with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but laugh: "That's right. I heard that there are many scholars and scholars in the south who oppose the New Deal and the imperial court. I really want to send them all to Liaodong. Let them harm Huang Taiji to their heart's content."

"Without these people, Ming Dynasty will be clean and tidy." Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu both laughed.

After everyone chatted for a while, Zhu Youxiao said: "I am currently in trouble regarding the handling of the Mu family and the Annan royal family."

"Oh?" Zhang Haogu was a little surprised. Zhu Youxiao hasn't made up his mind yet?

"Killing must be killed. Not killing is not enough to shock the world, nor is it enough to comfort the soldiers who died in the battle." After saying that, Zhu Youxiao paused, a murderous intention flashed in his eyes but he calmed down, "But How to kill, I am still hesitating."

Zhang Haogu asked: "But because of the Mu family?"

Zhu Youxiao said: "After all, our Zhu family has guarded Yunnan for generations, guarded the border and ensured the stability of the southwest of Ming Dynasty. These princes have been passed down from generation to generation since the founding of the country. Most of them have become worms, but the lineage of the princes of Guizhou, It’s indeed a meritorious service.”

"It's okay to kill them all. I just don't want people in the world to think that I am bloodthirsty."

"Also, King Annan said that the captured king should be granted the title of duke and let him live in peace and contentment for the rest of his life, but I don't want to let him go!"

Zhang Haogu understood that time has changed and people have changed.

At the beginning, Zhu Youxiao's position as emperor was not stable. The Ming Dynasty was also in danger. In order to stabilize the north in the shortest possible time and at least give the court some strength to protect itself, Zhu Youxiao killed people without mercy. Then Call for a neat one

But times have changed, and now the Ming Dynasty is rich and powerful. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the army is extremely brave. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty is already in its prosperous age.

The emperor naturally changed accordingly and began to pay attention to his reputation.

The people's minds are very complicated. On the one hand, they expect the court to be tough and protect them, but on the other hand, they don't want the court to be particularly tough and accommodating.

They hope that the emperor will be kind and loving, but they also hope that the emperor will be tough and will not be merciful.

Zhu Youxiao is not an emperor who has been growing up in a deep palace and has never seen the real people. He naturally understands the complex thoughts of the people.

Take Emperor Xiaowen of the Western Han Dynasty as an example. Didn't he also have the idea of ​​​​not wanting to crown his brother a king? However, a folk nursery rhyme made Emperor Xiaowen change his mind.

Because that nursery rhyme showed the simplest emotions of the people, the people wanted to see the harmonious scene of brothers, friends and brothers, and hoped that their emperor would be a benevolent emperor who missed old friendships. So Emperor Xiaowen decisively gave his brother the title of king, in line with the people. The expected appearance of brothers and sisters, this is Emperor Taizong Wen who has been remembered by the people for four hundred years.

Nowadays, Zhu Youxiao, who pays attention to his reputation, cannot ignore the rumors among the people. These rumors are usually useless, but sometimes they can become a knife for those who are interested.

Zhang Haogu knew what Zhu Youxiao was thinking, so he said with a smile: "In this case, why does the emperor need to judge the Mu family personally? He might as well leave the Mu family and the leader of Annan to the common people for trial."

"Set up a public trial in the capital and let the people judge their crimes to see if they deserve to die in the hearts of the people. If everyone thinks they deserve to die, they will not be able to blame the emperor."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "What Master thinks is exactly the same as what I think."

Zhang Haogu was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "It turns out that the emperor is already confident."

Zhu Youxiao said: "I not only want them to die, but also want them to be infamy for thousands of years." Let the Mu family go? How is that possible!

The traitor must die!

Soon, the news that the imperial court decided to hold a public trial spread throughout the capital, and people came one after another to join in the fun.

On the day when the public trial started, the streets were empty. The public trial site was packed with people. This was a public trial of a country’s leader and a founding duke. Who could miss this scene?

The one who presided over the public trial was naturally the cabinet minister. The first person Qiao Yunsheng, the Minister of Punishment, interrogated was the Mu family! Qiao Yunsheng was shocked: "Bring someone to commit the crime!"

Soon, everyone in the Mu family was brought up one by one. At the front were Mrs. Song, Mrs. Chen and Mu Jianbo.

Qiao Yunsheng asked: "Are you aware of your guilt?"

Seeing no one responded, Qiao Yunsheng asked again: "You colluded with Annan, sent troops to cause disaster, intending to support the troops and respect themselves, and establish themselves as kings! You disrespected the imperial court, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, and caused the innocent and tragic deaths of countless Yunnan people. Do you know this?

crime?"

Chen suddenly said: "What are we guilty of? It's the injustice of the court!"

"My Mu family has guarded Yunnan and the southwest for the imperial court for generations, but now we have ended up like this. It is because of the injustice of the imperial court and the ruthlessness of the emperor!"

Qiao Yunsheng sneered: "Oh?"

"So you, the Mu family, are not at fault? In that case, let's go to court with the people!" Ms. Chen was stunned for a moment. Will she go to court with the people?

I saw people being brought up one after another. Ms. Chen was very confused when she looked at these people. Why had she never seen these people before?

Are these gentry from Yunnan? They can’t be those mud-legged people from Yunnan, right?

These common people were really the common people of Yunnan whom Chen didn't care about at all. They were all brought to the court to testify.

When the people came to the stage, they began to cry out for injustice and counted the sins of the Mu family over the years.

Including the self-respect of the bandits, deliberately letting Yunnan bandits and robbers plunder the people to show the importance of the Mu family, and the so-called barbarian detentions, many of which were directed and performed by the Mu family and the southwestern chieftains, just to ask for money, food and guarantees from the court

one's own status

Moreover, it does not count as directing and acting. He also killed people wantonly, killed good people and took credit for their merits, robbed people of their property, forced people into slavery, etc.

Even when the new policies of the imperial court were implemented in Yunnan, the Mu family still did not restrain themselves much. Even with the caravan, they were unwilling to let go of the wealth in the hands of the people. In order to squeeze the people's money, they could say that they did their best.

In the end, they even directly colluded with Annan to send troops to enter the pass. Not only did the Mu family stick to Kunming, but they also colluded with businessmen to raise the price of grain, forcing the people to go bankrupt to buy grain, and even sold their sons and daughters, making the people slaves to the Mu family again.

Every piece of evidence was exposed by the people of Yunnan, and the people of the capital knew what the Zhongliang Mu family, who had been guarding the southwest for the imperial court for generations, looked like.

On the surface, he is a loyal and loyal court official, but in fact, he harms the people, ignores the court laws, acts wantonly, deceives the superiors and deceives the inferiors, and intends to cede territory and make the king!

What is wolf ambition? This is wolf ambition! After learning the truth about the Mu family, the people were angry

They can tolerate being oppressed and bullied, but they cannot be ignored and treated as expendable items.

And even if you hid these things cleanly, you still let people expose them

Originally, some people felt that the Mu family might also be pitiful people who were forced to do this by the imperial court.

This is not surprising. After all, some people are too kind and have such a good life. They will not sympathize with the common people, but will only sympathize with the high-ranking big shots about how hard it is and how difficult it is. As for whether he himself can be looked down upon by the big shots. Yes, I don't care at all

Now, the true face of the Mu family has been revealed. Those who sympathize with the Mu family are speechless at this moment. Whether the court forces it or it has no choice, the Mu family is always like this!

All of a sudden, the people were angry. Originally, they were driven by popular rumors and felt that the Mu family was a little pitiful. But now, at a glance, the Mu family is not worthy of pity at all!

The Mu family deserves to die!

After all, compared to the superior Mu family, most people still sympathize more with the innocent Yunnan Li Shu.

We are all common people, and we all managed to live a good life. Now, because of the ambitions of the Mu family, many Yunnan people have lost their families, and many wives have been separated. A military disaster caused countless bloodshed in most of Yunnan within three months. people died in the turmoil
To be continued...