The Beihai Guards took over the city defense and guarded all city gates, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering or exiting.
Three thousand battalions entered the city to suppress the rebellion, just like tigers entering a flock of sheep. Wherever they passed, the rebels gave up resistance and surrendered.
It was night, the whole capital was brightly lit, and the shouts of killing continued until dawn.
Yang Dan has not yet gotten over the pain of losing his wife and son, but he has already discovered that he will soon be reunited with his wife and children.
He tremblingly raised the prepared dagger and placed it at his throat.
Because he knew very well that as the main figure in this coup, if he was captured alive, he would suffer a lot!
It is better to die than live, it is better to commit suicide...
boom!
The door was ruthlessly opened. Yang Dan knew that his time had come. His hands could not help but tremble, but he could not cut down no matter what.
Yuan Bin stepped forward, looking at the fear on his face, he lifted the scabbard, pulled it gently, and the dagger fell to the ground.
Yang Dan's face was distorted, and he mustered up the last bit of courage and said: "There is a traitor around the emperor, I will wait..."
Snapped!
Yuan Bin slapped Yang Dan with a big ear scraper, causing blood to flow from the corner of Yang Dan's mouth.
"You damn scholars call others traitors, can you think of some shame?"
Yang Dan wanted to refute, but his jaw kept trembling and he couldn't say a word.
"take away!"
"yes!"
Two captains came forward and lifted Yang Dan up, one on the left and the other on the right.
"By the way, take good care of this man and don't let him die easily, you know?"
"yes!"
All the Jin Yiwei were dispatched, sweeping the city thoroughly like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
The Fusi Imperial Prison in Beizhen was already overcrowded, so the main prisoners had to be kept while the rest were sent to the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Soon, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was also full, and they were transferred to the Shuntianfu Prison.
Since the coup involved so many officials, including many senior officials of the Sanfa Department, Zhu Qizhen decided to mobilize capable personnel to form a task force headed by Cao Nai, Zhang Yi, and Kuang Ye to take charge of the Sanyang rebellion case.
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Yang Hong and Yang Dan have been imprisoned. They are tortured every day and beaten to death. They want to confess that they secretly watched the aunt next door take a bath when they were children.
Three days later, Zhu Qizhen received a telegram. King Tan led the Nanhai Guard and the five military camps encountered on the road. The Shenji Battalion went straight to Jianning and arrested one of the main culprits, the commander of the Jianning Guard Yang Tai, and was escorting him to the capital.
on the way.
"According to my decree, King Xi is ordered to stay in Nanjing and continue to investigate the Sanyang rebellion case. No matter who is investigated or how many people are investigated, they will be severely punished!"
Zhu Qizhen has completely lost patience with these people. Ever since he became emperor, he has been worrying about big and small things all day long. He thinks about how to make changes and how to benefit the people of the world every day. However, he did not expect that some people have already received the maximum share.
of cake, but still not satisfied, insisting on taking the plate away!
Well, if you don’t want to eat it, then don’t eat it at all!
The plate belongs to me. How much you share depends on my mood.
In the past, if you asked for it, I couldn't save your face, so I'll give you more.
Don’t even think about this kind of thing in the future!
Whatever I give you is a favor to you. If I don't give it to you, it's still a favor. It's best for you to accept it. If you can't accept it, you have to endure it.
If you don't accept it, come and fuck me. As long as you can't fuck me to death, I will fuck you to death!
Yuan Bin was very efficient and had already obtained the confessions of the culprits Yang Hong and Yang Dan. They were the main planners of this coup, so of course they needed special care.
"According to the accounts of these two people, a large number of southern officials and gentry were involved in this coup. The matter is so serious that I believe further investigation is needed."
"Check, of course we have to check!"
Zhu Qizhen glanced at the confession and threw it aside.
"Hand the criminals over to the task force and tell them that I will see the results tomorrow."
The next day, Cao Nai, Zhang Yi, and Kuang Ye came to see the saint with the results of the interrogation.
"Execute the Nine Clan..."
Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and asked: "Is this all there is?"
Cao Nai and others looked at each other. Killing the Nine Tribes was already the top crime. Why was it said to be the only one?
"The emperor means..."
Zhu Qizhen suddenly said: "After the Jingnan was successful, what crime was given to Fang Xiaoru?"
Cao Nai obviously felt a heat on his forehead. Why did the emperor pick up this stubble? This is not a good thing!
Although Yang Dan and others deserve to die, we have also condemned the crime of punishing the nine tribes. It is just like this if we break the sky. Do we have to add another layer and punish the ten tribes?
The laws of the Ming Dynasty did not include the provision of punishing the ten clans. When Emperor Taizong punished the ten clans of Fang Xiaoru, he was more angry.
If the emperor wants to imitate Emperor Taizong and punish the ten clans, then everyone in the court will be in danger...
"I believe that the execution of the nine tribes will be enough to deter those with evil intentions. The emperor should be lenient and benevolent to benefit the world."
Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said: "You call yourself scholars, I ask you, Sage Confucius once said, repay evil with kindness, why should you repay kindness, and what is your explanation?"
"this……"
Cao Nai suddenly became silent, and Zhang Yi and Kuang Ye also lowered their heads and said nothing.
In fact, the meaning of this sentence is very simple. A student asked Confucius, if someone beats me, I should use my morality and education to enlighten him, is it okay?
Confucius was unhappy on the spot and said: He hit you, but you still feel sorry for him. If he treats you well, what will you do?
He also said: Repay kindness with kindness, and repay evil with kindness.
When others are nice to you, you should be nice to them; if someone offends you, you should kill them!
Zhu Qizhen has made up his mind to never treat others kindly again, and today is the beginning.
Cao Nai frowned and secretly wondered how to make the emperor change his mind.
He was not worried about Yang Dan and Yang Hong, but because the emperor dared to kill Yang Dan's ten clans today, he would be able to kill his own ten clans tomorrow.
If you can't open this kind of head, try not to open it!
Once it is opened, it will be out of control and the consequences will be disastrous.
"What the emperor said is absolutely true, but...the execution of the ten clans is not in the Ming Dynasty law, and there is no explicit provision on how to define the tenth clan. If this matter is handled improperly, or someone takes personal revenge from it, everyone will be in danger.
On the contrary, it feels like overcorrecting.”
There is some truth in what he said. The Ming Dynasty Law clearly states that the nine clans are the three clans of the father, the three clans of the mother, and the three clans of the wife. It does not mention who the tenth clan is.
According to Fang Xiaoru's Zhu Shi Clan, they are classmates, friends, disciples, etc. However, the boundaries between these people are very blurred.
Yang Dan had countless classmates from the private school to the Imperial College. Why not find them all and bleed them one by one?
This is obviously unreasonable and unrealistic.
And his friends, how can they be considered friends?
Is someone who drinks together often and pretends to have a stomach ache when he borrows money considered a friend?
If this boundary cannot be determined, if the investigators don’t like someone and say he is Yang Dan’s friend, wouldn’t it lead to many unjust, false and wrong cases?