Chapter 338 Zhu Di: Ling Chi will be spared and the whole body will be given
The officials in the court realized a very critical issue: the prince retired to the East Palace, and the emperor regained power.
They originally thought that His Majesty the Emperor had retreated behind the scenes and left full power over the affairs of the court to the Crown Prince. They never thought that His Majesty was now back in power, which was not a good thing for the courtiers.
When Zhu Gaojie came to power before, although he treated the courtiers like dogs and had a strong desire to control, even worse than the former Emperor Taizu Gao, at least he still had to be a person with a bottom line.
He won't do things to perfection, as long as he follows his wishes, everyone will be promoted and made rich, and there will be no danger to their lives.
But the current Zhu Di is different. No matter how stupid the courtiers are, they can realize that the current Emperor's body is not as good as before. He was already an old man who was already old and faint and about to abdicate. At this moment, he suddenly asked the prince to retreat behind the scenes and stood up again.
come out……
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a big move before death!
Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor feels that it is too lonely to die alone, and wants to find a companion on the road to hell and drag a group of people together to die together!
The ministers discussed it privately and decided to go to the cabinet together to ask Mr. Yang Rongyangge for clarification. At the very least, they had to probe the air to see what was going on now.
However, Yang Rong talked to everyone for a long time, all he said was unclear official language, and he didn't say anything useful.
He himself didn't know what happened!
It was as if the Ming Dynasty suddenly changed overnight. As a confidant of the East Palace, he suddenly couldn't contact Zhu Gaojie. He only knew that the prince was recuperating in the East Palace and stayed behind closed doors.
"My lords, I, Yang, speak from the bottom of my heart. I am not hiding anything from you. As long as I know some information, I will tell you. But now I really don't know any inside information. No matter how you ask me, I
I can’t tell you anything.”
Yang Rong was surrounded by the crowd and said helplessly, "Let's speak according to our conscience. If I, Mr. Yang, say anything to deceive you, I will be struck by lightning and reborn in the animal realm after death!"
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Mr. Yang Ge even made such a vicious oath. Could it be that the other party really didn't know anything?
It makes no sense. Even Yang Rong, a confidant of the East Palace, doesn't know the inside story. What tricks are the prince and his majesty father and son playing?
This is not because the officials are too worried. The main reason is that the prince and the emperor are too shady, and they are full of harmful tricks. The emperor is very evil and cruel, and the prince not only inherited the emperor's evil heart, but also excelled in his skills.
Better than blue.
Don't you have to be careful when meeting these two men?
Just when Yang Rong thought he had overcome the difficulty and breathed a sigh of relief, the eunuch from the palace came over.
"Xuan, Yang Rong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, has entered the Wuying Hall to discuss matters."
The ministers all focused their attention on Yang Rong.
The Wuying Hall was the place where the emperor lived and summoned ministers, similar to the Wenhua Hall. However, after the capital was moved, the prince supervised the country in the Wenhua Hall and the emperor retired, so the Wuying Hall was rarely used.
But now that the emperor has regained power and announced that Yang Rong has entered the Wuying Palace to discuss affairs, it is obvious that he is about to make a big move.
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In the imperial city, it was time for the twelve imperial guards to change their defenses.
Perhaps they were accustomed to the ordinary defense change. After the handover was completed, the two teams should have separated. Suddenly, someone drew a knife and looked at his colleague next to him!
His colleagues didn't realize why the brothers who had been together for a long time would draw a knife on him without hesitation, and the next moment, hot blood would spray from his neck.
Almost at the same moment, the twelve Imperial Guards in these two groups suddenly mutinied and killed each other. After a while, half of the corpses had fallen to the ground.
The surviving Twelve Guards wiped the blood off the knife, calmly dragged the corpses away and cleaned the ground.
After the killing, the guard general Fan Zhong, who commanded the Forbidden Army, walked out slowly. He glanced coldly at the corpses that were dragged away.
"Eating everything inside and outside, eating this royal food, but thinking about other masters in my heart."
"It doesn't matter if we kill them all, the imperial city will be much cleaner in the future."
Faced with the spies hidden in the Twelve Guards, it is actually not difficult to find out who did it. You just need to look at the patrol list of the Twelve Guards on the night of Zhu Gaojie's assassination to see what went wrong.
It is not difficult for Zhu Di to find out the problem and solve it.
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Jing camp, the fifth military camp and the barracks.
Luo Jin, the guerrilla general guarding the fifth battalion of the city, was sitting in the camp, just sitting there calmly, not knowing what he was waiting for.
The fifth military camp is divided into ten battalions, of which the fifth and tenth battalions are city garrison camps. The commander is a guerrilla general, responsible for the defense of the capital city gates.
For such an important and important position, Luo Jin knew that if he made a wrong move, he would lose everything.
"General Luo, Prince, your Majesty will treat you well. If you follow the steps, you may be granted a hereditary and non-replaceable title in the future."
Shen Qingyu walked out from the side with a wine bottle in hand, and said calmly, "But I, Shen, can't figure out why General Luo gave up this great future, betrayed his promise, betrayed the prince, and followed a young Gan
Prince Wang is fooling around?"
Luo Jin remained silent.
Shen Qingyu placed the wine glass in front of the other party, filled it with the wine bottle in his hand, smiled and extended his hand to signal: "General Luo, Mr. Shen has a toast for you."
Luo Jin lowered his head and glanced at the wine glass, but made no move.
He knew that this glass of wine was poisonous wine.
He had heard a little bit about Shen Qingyu's name. He was a Donggong Eagle Dog who specialized in dirty work. He never expected to find his head today.
Shen Qingyu was not in a hurry, he knew that Luo Jin would definitely drink, and the other party had no choice. He could find the barracks, but in fact the other party had no way out, and now he was just struggling to his death.
Luo Jin struggled for a long time, and finally picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
The next day, the soldiers guarding the fifth battalion of the city were horrified to find that their general died suddenly in the camp.
There are many people who have had the same experience as Luo Jin.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In one day, because of the assassination of Prince Zhu Gaojie, countless people in the capital lost their lives.
This is Zhu Di's reckoning.
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Zhu Zhanji looked up and walked into the imperial city at the urging of the imperial guards.
He calculated that he would return to the imperial city in his lifetime.
But what he didn't count was that he would come back as a prisoner in shackles.
After hearing the sad news of his father's death, Zhu Zhanji finally came to his senses.
Only then did he realize how many crimes he had committed, and it was he who killed his father.
Although Zhu Gaochi's body is not healthy to begin with, if he takes good care of himself, there will be no problem in living a few more years. But over the years, Zhu Gaochi has been either cleaning up the aftermath for him or on the road to cleaning up the aftermath. For this eldest son, Zhu Gaochi has been working almost day and night.
Continuously, exhausting one's mind and heart, eventually the blood dries up, and one dies young and violently.
Only then did Zhu Zhanji understand that his father was still planning for him until the moment before his death. His father wanted to use his own life to save his little life.
Although Zhu Zhanji was deeply regretful at this time, the dead could not be resurrected, so he could only live with regrets for the rest of his life.
"Dad, Zhanji, listen to your words. This time, I will live well."
Zhu Zhanji muttered to himself, but when he walked into Wuying Hall, he realized something was wrong.
His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the dragon throne. On the left and right sides were Yang Rong, Xia Yuanji, Su Wen, Su Wu, Zhang Fu, and Zhu Yong. Six important ministers, as well as Zhao Wan, the Minister of Rites, were also listening.
Zhu Zhanji secretly thought that something was wrong. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that this was a plan to eat him alive?
Logically speaking, if the emperor wants to hold him accountable, he should speak in private. But now that he has invited the ministers over, it is obvious that he does not want to be private, but wants to do business.
Zhu Di asked calmly: "Zhu Zhanji, do you know the crime?"
Zhu Zhanji could only pretend to be confused at this time: "I don't know what crime my grandson has committed. Please ask grandpa to clarify."
Zhu Di was too lazy to talk nonsense and turned to look at Zhang Fu and Zhao Wei: "According to the law, what is the crime for the emperor's grandson to assassinate the prince?"
Zhang Fu is the Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion. The Zongren Mansion was established in the Hongwu Dynasty and was responsible for managing royal family affairs, taking charge of the roster of vassals, compiling jade certificates, managing the vassal's crimes and faults, etc. The original officials of the Zongren Mansion were all concurrently held by the vassal kings.
However, in the Yongle Dynasty, most of the responsibilities were taken up by relatives, and all matters under their jurisdiction were handed over to the Ministry of Rites, so that the Zongren Mansion existed in name only.
But now that Zhang Fu appears again as Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, it is actually symbolic. He himself does not understand this aspect, so he can only glance at Zhao Wan, the Minister of Rites.
Zhao Fan thought for a moment and said: "Lingchi will execute you."
If it were in later generations, assassinating the prince would definitely be innocent. He must be a hero. The emperor is lower than the people and lower than the elite. Imperial power and royal power are equivalent to dog rights, far less than human rights. All monarchs should not have human rights and they deserve to die.
But now is the Ming Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, assassination of the crown prince, regardless of your status, would have to be done without delay.
Zhu Di pondered: "Who made this law?"
Zhao Wan bowed and said: "It was decided by Emperor Taizu Gao."
"I don't agree with it, please change it."
"Here."
Zhu Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought that the old man was going to kill his grandson, mainly because the opponent's momentum was so scary.
However, the next moment Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "Ling Chi is too violent. After all, he is my son and grandson. Let's reward him with his whole body."
"Whoever comes, drag him down, throw him into Zhao Prison, and choose a day to execute him."
Everyone in Zhu Zhanji was dumbfounded.
He never expected that the old man could be so good at what he did.
He didn't say anything when he came up, he just sentenced him and that was it.
He immediately knelt down and said, "Grandpa, I am your grandson!"
"Shut up! Even if the emperor breaks the law, he is as guilty as the people. The national law is majestic, how can an individual shake it?"
Zhu Di scolded, "As a royal family, you should uphold the laws of the country and set an example. However, you know the law and break the law. As a royal family and vassal, you do treacherous and unethical things. The law of heaven is clear and cannot be tolerated. The crime is unpardonable. I will not protect a disobedient person."
A criminal who violates the laws of the country."
"The current prince is your father's biological brother and your biological uncle, but you have evil intentions and want to do unkind and unjust things. Although you failed, your sin is unavoidable and your heart can be punished. I will give you the whole body
, I want to leave you with dignity, if you don’t have dignity, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
He glanced coldly at Zhu Zhanji on the ground, stood up and left.
"Thank you."
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In Zhao Prison, Zhu Zhanji staggered and fell to the ground. His eyes were wandering, and it seemed that he could not explain the gap from the emperor's grandson to the prisoner, and it was even harder to accept the fact that his end was approaching.
"How could...how could..."
Zhu Zhanji murmured to himself that he never thought that the old man would actually kill him.
"Your Highness Taisun?"
Zhu Zhanji looked up and found that it was Xie Jin who lived in the house opposite him.
"Executioner?"
Zhu Zhanji was a little shocked, "You haven't let him out yet?"
"It's fate, Your Majesty the Grand Sun!"
Xie Jin was overjoyed, "I used to be imprisoned in the Zhao Prison in Nanjing, but later the capital was moved. I moved to Beijing and settled in the Zhao Prison in Beijing. It is such an honor to meet His Highness Taisun here."
Zhu Zhanji was a little confused: "Hon...lucky?"
Jie Jin nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty Taisun, let me tell you, Zhao prison is very good. There are many talented people here who talk well. I had a fellow prisoner named Lu Chaoyang before, and this brother came out
After being imprisoned, he has become a high-ranking official of the second rank!"
"Have you ever been a cellmate with Lu Chaoyang, a murderer?!"
"Of course, I have many inmates, such as Ji Gang, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others. We are all buddies, and our relationship in Zhao Prison is very strong. After Lu Chaoyang was released from prison, he was in charge of Jin Yiwei.
But he took care of me. He had three meals a day, wine and meat, and even gave me books during holidays. Not to mention how happy it was."
"Then you have a very comfortable life..."
"No, Your Highness Taisun, don't worry. I'll tell Mr. Lu next time I see him. Dude, I will definitely take care of you comfortably. I have been in Zhao Prison for a long time now, and I have found that
Everything is fine here, except for the chance to get away with nothing. The outside world is too dangerous, Zhao Prison is the safest place, oh, it’s so good.”
Zhu Zhanji held his forehead and turned his head away from talking to Xie Jin.
This idiot...
How did my father fall in love with this idiot before and become his guest? He spent time in prison and developed feelings for her.
Xie Jin asked enthusiastically: "Your Highness Taisun, how did you get in?"
Zhu Zhanji: "..."
Xie Jin waved his hand and said: "Your Highness Taisun, don't worry, there will be no problem in Zhao Prison. Look, the buddy who brought us food is here, and there is wine!"
The jailer walked into the prison, placed the wine bottle in front of Zhu Zhanji, and raised his hand to signal: "Your Majesty has given you wine, please use it."
Jie Jin looked through the door and licked the corner of his mouth: "As expected of the royal family, I am in Zhao prison and I have the wine given by the emperor. I haven't drunk the imperial wine yet. Grandson, can you let me have a taste?"
Zhu Zhanji smiled miserably, and under the gaze of the jailer, he picked up the wine pot and drank it all in one gulp.
But Xie Jin was still nagging at the side: "Great grandson, it's impossible to keep one bite, just keep one bite!"
"Hey, you drank it all, and you really didn't even leave a mouthful? Well, you can tell me about the taste. How does this imperial sake taste?"
"Huh? Why are you starting to foam at the mouth?"
"Grandson, is this wine that good? Why are you rolling your eyes and starting to twitch?"