Chapter 136: Killing the traitor Zhu Meng and his son and looting their home made a huge fortune
Chapter 136: Killing the traitor Zhu Meng and his son and plundering their home made a huge fortune
Zhao Ji said bitterly to the officers and soldiers of the Imperial City Division who were guarding him: "Here come! Let Zhu Chong, Zhu Chong's father, be kidnapped and sent to this garden. I want to personally interrogate Zhu Chong and Zhu Chong.
Traitor father and son!
"According to the decree."
More than ten personal officials from the Imperial City Division quickly abducted Zhu Chong from the Zhu Mansion and escorted him to the back garden.
Zhao Ji saw that Zhu Chong was about sixty years old this year, with a medium build, fat body, gray beard and hair, but his small eyes were wandering around, looking around.
When Zhu Chong saw Zhao Guan's family appearing in the back garden of the Zhu Mansion, and saw his beloved son Zhu Meng being tied up and kneeling in front of Zhao Guan's family, he was completely frightened...
Zhu Chong thought to himself: "Is it because of the Fang La uprising in the southeast that Zhao Guan's family came to Zhu Mansion in person? Damn Fang La, why did you lead the rebels to revolt under the banner of 'killing Zhu Meng'? Fang La
, you have caused great harm to my Zhu family!"
When Zhu Chong saw Zhao Guan's house, his legs immediately went weak, he made a "plop" cry and begged:
"My minister Zhu Chong paid homage to the official family.
O sage official, I wonder what wrong I did and what crime I committed, Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng, and now my father and son are both kidnapped?"
"Haha." Zhao Ji sneered: "Zhu Chong, don't pretend to be confused."
Zhao Ji pointed to the huge and beautiful back garden of Zhu Meng's house and said: "Look at your back garden, the regulations are no worse than my Genyue.
As far as I know, in the name of collecting flowers and stones as tribute to me, you, Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng, your son, have done too many things that are harmful to nature, corrupt and pervert the law, and have harmed the people.
Su Di Ming Yuan and half of Wu County have become the private property of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son!"
Zhu Chong just wanted to defend, but Zhao Ji interrupted him directly and said:
"According to what I have found out, you, Zhu Chong, Zhu Meng and your son, in addition to asking your men to mine the exquisite, clear, light and graceful Taihu stones in Taihu Lake, whenever you and your son discover strange stones and treasures in people's homes, I will requisition them.
For the sake of the name, I forcibly plundered and took possession of your Zhu family's property.
I'm far away in the capital, how could I issue an edict specific to whose rare stones or treasures I want?
You are using my name to do things that prey on the common people, but your Zhu family has made huge profits. This is the crime of deceiving the emperor.
Also, the Hua Shi Gang fleet was transporting all the way to Kaifeng, the capital city, demolishing bridges and destroying roads. The people were miserable and complained.
The leader of the thieves, Fang La, led the rebels to rebel, and the slogan was "Kill Zhu Meng." This shows how far Zhu Chong, Zhu Meng and his son have become to the common people of the Southeast.
I have found out that Zhu Meng plundered the people and created a paradise in Suzhou City.
The dining utensils used by your Zhu family are the same as those used in the palace, and are of a higher standard than many princes of the Song Dynasty. This is a crime of trespass on the part of your Zhu family."
The kidnapped Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son never imagined that Zhao Guan's family had just arrived in Suzhou? How could they know about my house raid in such detail?
Zhao Ji added: "Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about the huge back garden of your Zhu Mansion - Tongyuan.
The Tongzhu Garden built by your Zhu family is the largest in the south of the Yangtze River for its large gardens and strange lakes and rocks.
However, the people in the southeast were given fish and meat by you Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son, and they were plundered and suffered terribly.
Your Zhu family's paradise is not inferior to Gen Yue, and even many of the strange flowers, fine trees, and strange rocks in this garden surpass my Gen Yue.
Most of the governors and governors in the southeast area are from your Zhu family. Your Zhu family also maintains thousands of private guards. It is called the "small southeast court" by the people. Do you, the Zhu family, want to rebel and create an emperor?!
"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was shocked.
Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng were frightened out of their wits, but they cried and tried to defend themselves...
Other crimes can be confessed,
This crime of "Did the Zhu family want to rebel and create an emperor?" must not be admitted. This crime is the most serious crime against the nine clans.
"The official family, I, Zhu Chong, and his whole family are loyal to the official family and to the Song Dynasty, how dare they have the slightest thought..."
"The official family, I, Zhu Meng, are also an official family. I purchased the flower and stone outline. I did my best without any ambiguity. I beg the officials, considering that Zhu Meng has no merit and still has to work hard, forgive the whole family of Zhu Meng.
A capital crime, right?
The minister Zhu Meng is willing to donate three-quarters of his family wealth in order to seek forgiveness from the officials..."
"Humph!" Zhao Ji shouted angrily, but sneered in his heart, Zhu Meng is not the one who can solve the problem by donating his family's wealth.
I just want to kill your father and son vigorously and violently, and use the anger of the people to disintegrate the military morale of those in Fangla's rebel army who hate you Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng...
What's more, I want all the money of your Zhu Meng family, so why don't I need your donation?
I directly ordered your Zhu Meng's house to be raided and that's it.
Zhao Ji ordered: "Yang Zhi, take your officers and soldiers and raid Zhu Meng's house to pay for my military expenses and military supplies for the southern expedition to Fangla."
"Your Majesty, Yang Zhi, obeys the order." Yang Zhi accepted the order happily. He felt that this time, the Zhao Guan family finally gave him a chance to show his ability.
In fact, Zhao Ji arranged for Yang Zhi to raid Zhu Meng's house, so that he could match your background as a horse bandit. Anyway, he is very capable of grabbing money.
After Zhao Ji arranged for Yang Zhi to ransack his home, he also said to Liang Shicheng:
"Liang Daguan, who has the power to inspect Zhu Meng's family property, leads his eunuchs to keep records.
The officers and soldiers who supervise the search of Zhu Meng's house are absolutely not allowed to hide money or objects privately, and those who disobey the order will be executed."
Liang Shicheng, who looked honest and honest on the surface, immediately thanked him and said:
"Old slave, I thank you for your favor..." Liang Shicheng, who had the sharp eyesight, knelt down and received the order to express his gratitude.
Zhao Ji waved his hand, and Liang Shicheng hurriedly stood up, led several young eunuchs, and trotted to join Yang Zhi in raiding Zhu Meng's house...
Zhao Ji said to a group of officials in red robes in Suzhou City: "Officials, let the officials and government servants in your respective yamen quickly inform the people in the city that in half an hour, they will arrive at the avenue in front of Zhu Ming's mansion.
Near the front clearing, watch the execution of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A group of officials in Suzhou City immediately received the order and trotted off to carry out the orders of Zhao Guan's family...
The reason why Zhao Ji simplified the judicial process was not like when he killed the demon Daolin Lingsu, the treacherous minister Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu when he was in the capital. Even if he killed these people in a short period of time, he still violated the judicial system of the Song Dynasty.
process.
Because there is an uprising in Fangla in the southeast at this time, I can now be regarded as the imperial commander. In other words, everything must be done quickly during the Ka war, so I have simplified the judicial process and am directly preparing to kill Zhu Chonghe, who has solid evidence of the crime, in half an hour.
Zhu Meng and his son.
And Zhao Ji asked the officials in Suzhou City to send their men to inform the people in the city to come to the gate of Zhu's Mansion to watch the execution of Er Zhu.
First, it can quell the anger of the people in Suzhou who have suffered so much during the fifteen years of chaos caused by Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son...
Secondly, the people who come here to watch the killing of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son can play a role in public opinion propaganda...
Zhao Ji announced these in public in front of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng, who were tied up.
This will frighten Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng, father and son, to the point of peeing...
"The officials have mercy on me..."
Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng were crying and struggling for mercy.
"The officials have mercy on me! I, Zhu Chong, am willing to donate all my family wealth, and I am also willing to be demoted to the rank of a commoner. I beg the officials to be merciful and forgive my death penalty?!"
Zhao Ji said coldly: "If you don't kill your father and son, how can we uphold the law of the country? Why should the people be angry?!"
Seeing that his father Zhu Chong's begging for mercy had no effect at all, Zhu Meng gritted his teeth and bit his tongue again, feeling a pain coming from his tongue.
Zhu Meng said fiercely:
"Please listen to my last words:
The reason why I took bribes and violated the law was because my father Zhu Chong instigated me to do what I did behind my back. I beg the officials to let me go. The person who deserves to be killed should be my father!"
At the critical moment of his own life and death, Zhu Meng was able to be ruthless and willing to be unkind, unjust and unfilial just to save his own life, and was willing to frame his father's behavior. It really opened the eyes of everyone present, and at the same time it also
Quite a surprise...
Zhao Ji smiled slightly. He saw human nature through this incident. He also saw that Zhu Meng was really a traitor.
As for Zhu Chong, although he couldn't believe what his beloved son Zhu Men was doing, he actually put the death penalty on his father's head.
Zhu Chong felt extremely unjust.
After all, twenty years ago, the imperial official Cai Jing was demoted to Hangzhou and passed by Suzhou. He wanted to build a pavilion for a Buddhist temple in Suzhou. The money required was still a huge sum for the Zhu family, who was not rich at that time.
It was his beloved son Zhu Meng who urged him to be in favor with Cai Jing, who was temporarily demoted from the capital and was formerly a Jinshi scholar and a nobleman...
Later, it was my beloved son Zhu Meng who proposed the idea of making money from the battle of Xinghua Shigang!
At this time, Zhu Chong shouted loudly: "Officials, don't listen to my rebellious son who talks nonsense here.
It is not what the officials heard, so Zhu Chong, the minister, testified that Zhu Meng was the one who fought in the battle of Huashi Gang!
If the officials want to kill Hua Shigang's chief culprit, they should kill my rebellious son Zhu Meng!"
Of course, Zhu Meng was not willing to be outdone and immediately refuted again.
He insisted that his father, Zhu Chongcai, was the originator of Huashi.com.
Zhu Chong, on the other hand, insisted that his son Zhu Meng's battle at Huashi Gang was the reason why Fang La and other rebels rebelled...
Zhao Ji looked at the dog-eat-dog father and son duo Zhu Chong and Zhu Men for a while...
At first, Zhao Ji thought it was quite interesting that the father and son were biting each other.
However, after the father and son Zhu Chong and Zhu Men scolded each other like dogs biting each other, Zhao Ji felt unhappy.
He turned around and saw that following him on this trip were the third prince Zhao Kai, Prince Yun, and Prince Kang Xiao Zhao Gou.
Zhao Ji loudly educated Zhao Kai and Xiao Zhao Gou:
"Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son are not only greedy and perverting the law, but also unkind and unjust villains. The father and son speak ill of each other and accuse each other. This is unfilial. Unfilial people are also unkind and unjust in the extreme."
King Yun Zhao Kai took the lead in replying: "My sons, please remember your father's teachings..."
Prince Kang Xiao Zhao Gou, for some reason, his cheeks turned red...
It seemed that Zhao Gou had a lot of insights...
Zhao Gou also said hastily: "My son, I must remember my father's teachings. I must be a most benevolent and filial person."
Zhao Ji nodded symbolically to express his affirmation of King Kang's speech.
In fact, Zhao Ji knew very well: Historically, Zhao Gou was very worried that Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, who were hunting in the north, would suddenly be released by the Jin army and threaten his throne.
Zhao Ji just beat Kang Wang Zhao Gou every day.
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Half an hour later, in Suzhou City, thousands of people rushed to the gate of Zhu's Mansion, eagerly waiting to watch Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng, the father and son who had caused harm to Southeast Asia for fifteen years, be executed by Zhao Guan's family...
Originally, the gate of Zhu's Mansion was very wide, but now tens of thousands of people watching were crowded...
Zhao Ji made a temporary decision and asked Yang Zhi, who had already raided Zhu's mansion, to execute Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son.
Yang Zhi, carrying a ghost-headed sword, stepped onto the makeshift execution platform in front of the crowd. After the eunuch Liang Shicheng simply announced that Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng and his son had violated the holy will, harmed the southeast, took bribes and perverted the law, and preyed on the common people.
, he declared:
"On this day when the emperor is sage, he will personally interrogate the traitors Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng, and sentence them to death. Their property and land will be confiscated, and their descendants will be sent to the army and sent to Qiongzhou, and they will never be hired as officials."
The people present immediately cheered:
"The official sage..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Liang Shicheng's mood was also very complicated. When he saw the people praising the sage of the Guan family, he thought of Chen Dong and other imperial students who petitioned the Zhao Guan family and asked him to be killed. Fortunately, the Zhao Guan family protected our family, otherwise it would have been a terrible death.
It’s so uncomfortable!
He glanced at Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son, who were now frightened out of their wits and trembling non-stop, and felt in his heart the inexplicable sadness of similar people about to die.
However, Liang Shicheng knew that he had to loyally run errands for the officials and change his previous mistakes. Maybe the officials could save themselves from death...
Liang Shicheng announced loudly: "Execution. The traitors Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng will be executed immediately!"
Yang Zhi, who was temporarily appointed as the executioner by Zhao Guan's family, felt extremely glorious. Just now, he was ordered by Zhao Guan's family to lead his troops to raid Zhu Meng's home. He obtained a huge amount of money and silk from Zhu's mansion.
After ransacking Zhu Meng's house, they obtained more than 30,000 taels of gold, more than 100,000 taels of silver, and more than 2 million guan of money. The property deeds to Zhu Meng's 10 large farms in the southeast were confiscated, as well as the title deeds of more than 300,000 acres of fertile farmland, and ten grains of grain.
Wan Duo Shi...
Now, Yang Zhi was entrusted with an important task by Zhao Guan's family, asking him to personally kill Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son, the most corrupt officials. He felt that Zhao Guan's family was using him in an important way.
Zhao Zhi, who was once a horse bandit, was later recruited by the imperial court to work under the old minister, Mr. Zhong, and killed many enemies in the northwest war against Xixia. Zhao Zhi really had no intention of letting him kill people.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yang Zhi followed the rules of the executioners of the Song Dynasty when killing people. He picked up a large bowl of water and wine, took a swig, and swallowed it.
He took another sip of wine, held it in his mouth, and faced the bright and cold sharp blade of the ghost-headed sword,
There was a "pop" sound,
The spray of wine sprayed on the sharp blade, making it even more cold and terrifying.
With a "pop" sound, Yang Zhi broke the wine bowl. He pulled out the death card stuck behind Zhu Chong's back and threw it aside.
Yang Zhi raised his knife and dropped it...
There was a "click" sound.
Zhu Chong's head fell to the ground...
Yang Zhi held the ghost-headed sword that was still dripping with blood. He looked at Zhu Meng who was frightened to the point of peeing again and kept shouting, "The official has mercy on me." He gave a flirtatious look, smiled slightly, and said: "It's your turn."
Zhu Meng is mad at you!"
Zhu Meng's spirit completely collapsed, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "The officials have mercy on me, I have been wronged..."