Chapter 904: Die a hundred times without atonement
The whole journey was silent.
Half a month later, Zhu Liang's grandfather and son were escorted to Beijing by Jin Yiwei.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not summon them immediately, but issued an order to order all noble generals to return to Beijing unless they had urgent missions.
So, another half month later, in addition to Wei Guogong Xu Da who was guarding Beiping, there were six other Dukes, Han Guogong Li Shanchang, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Xin Guogong Tang He, Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, Shen Guogong Deng Zhen, and
Most of the marquises rushed back to the capital.
On the first day of August, six princes and more than twenty marquises, all dressed in court uniforms, appeared outside You'an Gate, waiting for the court together with the civil and military officials.
Many of them just rushed back to Beijing yesterday and haven't had time to meet each other yet. They haven't seen each other for a year or two, or even three or four years, so it's natural to exchange greetings when they meet again.
But no one dared to be too presumptuous, because when the emperor suddenly called them back to the capital, something big must have happened, and no one was willing to take the risk at this juncture.
"Do you know why the emperor suddenly called us back?" Ji'an Hou looked worried. Since the Hu Weiyong case was discovered, he had not had a good night's sleep, for fear that someday Tiqi would suddenly come to the door and capture him.
Jingcheng investigates the crime.
"Isn't it about Zhu Liangzu?" The princes asked strangely: "He has been captured for so long, and you don't even know?"
"I heard from hearsay, but I haven't seen the Di newspaper." Ji'an Hou said sarcastically: "There is very little information now."
"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you." Song Guogong patted his shoulder and said with a meaningful smile: "Maybe he will send you to take over as his general to conquer the south."
The princes burst into low laughter.
"Brother Song, you will make fun of me." The Marquis of Ji'an was not worried. Firstly, because of Feng Sheng's status, and secondly, because he was sure that nothing happened to him, it was too late for him to be happy.
"What did Marquis Yongjia commit?" Zhou Dexing, Marquis of Jiangxia, asked in a low voice.
"I only heard that something happened to him. The emperor sent King Chu, Lan Yu and Wang Bi to work together in Guangdong and Guangxi to bring peace." Gongchang Hou Guo Xing replied: "So something big must have happened."
"Isn't this nonsense? Doesn't a small matter require a king and two princes to take action together?" Everyone laughed.
"Gong Cao Guo, you must know it. If you reveal it to your brothers, we will have a better understanding." The princes looked at Li Wenzhong, who looked sick.
"Ahem, I'm recuperating at home these days. I don't ask much about the court affairs..." Li Wenzhong coughed twice, but he still knew more than them.
"I heard that he indulged his subordinates and did many illegal things. A magistrate named Daotong collected evidence and wanted to impeach him. He rushed 800 miles to get ahead of him and filed a lawsuit against Daotong.
As a result, the emperor became angry and ordered Daotong to be executed. Fortunately, the King of Chu arrived in time and saved Daotong."
As he spoke, he coughed twice and said, "Right, Grand Master?"
"Absolutely." Li Shanchang nodded. He was extremely low-key during his comeback. On weekdays, except for work, he never left the door or even saw anyone posting.
"After knowing the truth, the emperor was very angry, and the consequences were serious."
"Yes, this Zhu Liangzu is really bold. He was playing the game of borrowing a knife to kill people, and actually borrowed the knife to the emperor's head." Everyone nodded: "It's really a suicide attempt."
"But he shouldn't die, right?" Although Fei Ju usually disliked Zhu Liangzu, he didn't want him to die now.
"Although the crime of deceiving the emperor deserves to be punished, it is not considered treason." The princes and princes had the same idea. They all looked at Mr. Han, hoping that Big Brother would give him an authoritative explanation.
"Even if it's a capital crime, it can be avoided with an iron coupon, right?"
"..." Li Shanchang pondered for a long time and said vaguely: "Probably."
"What do you mean roughly?" The princes were dissatisfied, and Jiangyin Marquis Wu Liang didn't believe it: "You were the one who designed the iron coupon at the beginning, how could you not know how to use it?"
"Yes, it is true that I made up the rules, but..." Li Shanchang paused and explained:
"The final explanation depends on the emperor."
"The emperor must admit it. He carved it on the iron piece and gave it to us. Can he still deny it?" all the princes said one after another.
"That's right." Li Shanchang nodded. Now he is keeping a low profile, how could he openly sing the opposite and question the emperor's authority?
At this time, the Meridian Gate bell rang and opened slowly. He smiled at the princes and said: "Let's stop guessing here and go to court quickly. We will find out for ourselves."
"Hey, okay." The princes also quickly stopped, stood according to their orders, and followed the team into the Forbidden City.
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In front of Fengtian Gate, all the ceremonial guards were in place, and the golden stage and curtains were set up.
Amidst the tsunami of greetings from Baiguan Mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang steadily walked up to the golden platform and sat down on the dragon throne.
Today he did not let Eunuch Wu preside over the court meeting, but went into battle himself.
"You should have heard that we withdrew our southern generals before the war started." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "Guangxi's army will not be able to move in a few months."
Although the civil and military officials had heard about it a long time ago, they still couldn't help but look shocked.
"You must be curious about what kind of rule Zhu Liangzu broke that caused us to change the commander at this juncture." Then the emperor slowly continued: "It just so happened that we had already asked the Jin Yiwei to escort him to Beijing, and let him speak for himself.
Let’s hear it for you.”
After speaking, Boss Zhu said in a deep voice: "Bring those two men up."
"Yes!" The man with the sword responded and brought up Zhu Liang's grandfather and son who were waiting in the side hall.
The two of them did not suffer much on the road, and Zhu Xian recovered from his injuries and looked much healthier than when he left Guangzhou.
As soon as the father and son came to the temple, they quickly knelt down and kowtowed, apologizing profusely.
Zhu Yuanzhang held the jade belt with both hands and said expressionlessly: "Tell yourselves what crime you have committed."
"Yes." Zhu Liangzu kowtowed heavily, then burst into tears and told what he had done in Guangzhou.
Lao Liu has already verified and reported these matters. It is useless for him to hide them anymore. He will anger the emperor again, and he will not even have the chance to win leniency.
Therefore, Zhu Liangzu's explanation was so honest that all the officials were dumbfounded. They all knew that the sky was high in Guangdong and the emperor was far away. Zhu Liang's grandfather must have been very arrogant there. But he was not so arrogant as to kill people, set fires in the provincial capital, and rob civilian girls in the street.
, also colluded with pirates, sold arms, smashed the county government office, peed in the lobby, hung up the county magistrate and beat him, right?
He was simply arrogant to the sky.
"Is there any more?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked calmly.
"Yes, there is more." Zhu Liangzu was speechless and did not dare to speak.
"If you dare to do something but don't live up to it, how can you be considered a hero?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Don't you dare say it, I'll let someone say it for you."
After saying that, Boss Zhu ordered Dr. Zeng Tai, the imperial censor, to tell Zhu Liangzu that Dao Tong had evidence that he was selling arms, so he sent people to burn down the county government office in an attempt to destroy the evidence. He was afraid of being reported by Dao Tong, so he fabricated charges. The evil man
First of all, he complained and wanted to use the emperor's hands to kill Dao Tong. The whole story was told to all the officials one by one.
Although he had learned about the case repeatedly, Boss Zhu was still furious after hearing this. He slapped the armrest of the dragon chair hard and gritted his teeth and said: "You have rebelled against heaven. I will never atone for my sin!"
