Chapter 157: Scraping the family and destroying the family!
If you treat me with national soldiers, I will treat them with national soldiers.
Although Zhang Chaozhong was disabled, he was always a scholar who was deeply educated by Confucianism. He abandoned Confucianism's corruption like a worn-out shoe, and he remembered the loyalty and righteousness of Confucianism in his heart.
The Zhang family, who was once a self-cultivated farmer, was colluded with the government to annex the land by the Tang family. Zhang Chaozhong's parents all ended up tragically in death. The whereabouts of his sister were unknown and Zhang Chaozhong wandered around the world.
Therefore, Zhang Chaozhong knew the chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty very well, because he was a real victim of pain.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to survive, the emperor had to seize food from the meat-eating class in the world and share some of the benefits for the people, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would be over.
But the emperor himself is a member of the carnivorous class. If the emperor and the carnivorous class turn against each other and start a showdown, the Ming Dynasty is likely to fall down in a huge turmoil, the emperor and the carnivorous class die together, and the Middle-earth Dynasty ushers in a new round of reincarnation of chaos.
This is definitely not the situation that Zhang Chaozhong wanted to see, so there is a need for their eunuch party to exist. With eunuch party standing in front of the emperor and being taboo for the respected ones, most of the meat-eating class would put the finger on the eunuch party rather than directly targeting the emperor.
The last person to block the sword for the emperor was Wei Zhongxian from the Tianqi Dynasty. Unfortunately, Wei Zhongxian only focused on fighting with the Donglin Party, but forgot to protect his master, so the Donglin Party took advantage of the loopholes and directly destroyed the Tianqi body.
Now Zhang Chaozhong has also realized the awareness of blocking the sword for the emperor. Moreover, he not only wants to block the sword for the emperor, but also goes a step further and hold the sword for the emperor.
I will kill anyone that the emperor dares not kill!
I will clean up the class that the emperor dares not offend!
Even if the world is raging, I, Zhang Chaozhong, ended up being a treacherous minister and a powerful eunuch, I don’t care!
Zhang Chaozhong knew that those who held the sword for the emperor had never had a good ending, Shang Yang, Zhang Tang, Zhou Xing, came to the monarch and minister...
They did not hesitate to offend the conservative interest class for the great cause of the king, and were finally executed by the king to calm the world's endless mouths.
But Zhang Chaozhong was already a family and was alone. If the emperor had not been to him, he would have probably spent his whole life in a scattered corner, and the emperor would have recreated it.
For the sake of the emperor's great cause, even if he was asked to die, he would be willing to accept it.
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Under the rolling iron hooves of the Huaian Army, the people of Xuzhou all spent a sleepless night.
The next morning, Fang Rusong, who had completed the task of raiding the house with two thousand soldiers, came to report to Zhang Chaozhong: "You reported to your father-in-law, and you were looking for the horses. A total of 18 officials involved in the siege of the imperial envoy were raided. A total of 1,687 people with the same clan as the criminals and the relatives and those who were in contact with each other were not missed, and they were all put into prison for custody.
In addition, this time, the house was confiscated, and a total of 1.75 million taels of silver, 80,000 mu of land, more than 700 shops, and more than 1,000 kilograms of jewelry."
Xuzhou is a big city, and Xuzhou is located in the world and is a hub connecting the north and south. The wealth of officials in the city is naturally far better than other places.
Although Zhang Chaozhong had expected it, he still did not expect that the wealth of Xuzhou officials would reach this level!
Fang Rusong said again: "Dadfather, there are too many prisoners arrested this time. The Xuzhou Prefecture Prison is already overcrowded. How should we deal with these prisoners?"
When Zhang Chaozhong heard this, he showed a cold sneer and said in a deep voice: "Siege and attack the imperial envoy of the court is a sin of unforgivable crime. Do we still need to ask how our family should deal with it?"
Fang Rusong's heart was thrilled and asked quickly: "My father-in-law means..."
Zhang Chaozhong's right hand turned into a knife shape, slashed down fiercely, and said in a sinister way: "Of course, the whole family will be cut off, and no one will be left."
"hiss……"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall, including Zheng Zhihu and other killers, took a breath of air.
It must be known that Fang Rusong has just reported that there are as many as 1,687 families in the 18 large families!
Among these people, there are old people and young men who learn to speak, but Zhang Chaozhong wants to kill everyone in the family regardless of gender, age and age, and not keep one. What a cruel and decisive nature, why doesn’t it make people shudder?
Even Lin Yi, who was both eunuchs with Zhang Chaozhong, couldn't help but remind: "Dadfather, there are nearly 1,700 prisoners. If they are all killed, it would be too harmful to the sky..."
"No need to say more!" Zhang Chaozhong interrupted Lin Yi's persuasion without hesitation and said resolutely: "They committed a serious crime of attacking the imperial envoy. Before they did this, have they ever thought that attacking the imperial envoy was a crime of accomplice and a crime of killing the whole family?
In their eyes and hearts, there is still His Majesty's existence? But there is the dignity of the court? But there is the majesty of the imperial power?
No! No! They didn't take Your Majesty seriously at all. Even if our family was not an imperial envoy personally, and just a dog of Your Majesty, they could not attack and kill!
Since they have the courage to attack and kill the imperial envoy, they must bear the price they paid for it, otherwise how can His Majesty have the face?"
Lin Yidao: "But after all, there are nearly 1,700 lives. Should my father-in-law report to Your Majesty first and make a decision? It's not that our family insists on stopping me. If the world discusses this, my father-in-law may not be able to protect himself!"
Zhang Chaozhong waved his hand suddenly and said righteously: "Your Majesty personally gave our family Yu Shangfang sword to give our family the right to break the situation. Why do you need to make your Majesty embarrassed again?
Brother Lin, our family is grateful for the kindness. If the world is full of discussions, our family will bear it. Your Majesty will have the grace of recreation for our family. Even if our family dies for this, we will have no regrets!"
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Zhang Chaozhong made up his mind to slaughter the Xuzhou officialdom, so Zheng Zhihu naturally accepted the order happily.
As noon approached, Zhang Chaozhong lifted the martial law order. Huai'an soldiers beat gongs and drums to inform the people of the crimes of Xuzhou officials. "Yesterday, Tang Bin, the great scholar of the country, Qian Dejia, the governor of Xuzhou, Zhao Chongwen and other civil and military officials led a large army to attack and kill the imperial envoy with an intention to rebel. Now, the imperial envoy of the court, Zhang Chaozhong, was punished according to the Ming Dynasty's laws and sentenced to criminals to conspire to exterminate their families. At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the criminals were beheaded and displayed in public. It is advisable to declare the people from all directions to serve as a warning to others!"
As Huai'an soldiers spread the news throughout Xuzhou City, the whole of Xuzhou became booming. People who had been holding back their bodies at home rushed to Caishikou to see if they really wanted to kill the Xuzhou officials who were attacking the imperial envoy.
However, when noon arrived, everyone was stunned to see the continuous stream of prisoners on the court one by one.
"Oh my God! Look at this scene, there are at least a thousand people. Do you want to behead them all?"
"It's too cruel. There are more than a thousand people, including old people, young men who learn to speak, and beautiful little girls. What a pity..."
Officials who can be executed will not be as sympathetic as the common people.
At noon, because there were not enough executioners, the Huaian soldiers who were temporarily acting as executioners raised their steel knives and fell down bravely.
Chapter completed!