The three hundred and forty-first chapters shocked the world as soon as the words came out [1 more]
On the huge execution ground, the surrounding areas were tightly sealed by the soldiers of the Beijing camp, and on the high platform, several figures were sitting on the execution platform.
Chu Yi was sitting firmly in the middle in a python suit. On his left was Jiao Fang, the chief minister of the cabinet. The person on his right had an unusual identity. He was the contemporary Yan Shenggong, Kong Wenshao.
At this moment, Chu Yi was talking to Kong Wenshao in a low voice: "This time, I have bothered Shenggong Yan to come all the way to the capital..."
Kong Wenshao heard the words and said quickly: "What are you talking about, Lord Governor? Your Majesty is calling you. We, as ministers, should act according to your orders."
Chu Yi nodded slightly and looked at the people of the Zhu family who were slowly walking out of the prison car. Following Chu Yi's gaze, Kong Wenshao naturally saw the patriarch and elders of the Zhu family.
The Zhu family has prospered with Zhu Zi to this day, and even for a period of time, it faintly suppressed the Confucian family's limelight within Confucianism.
If we say that the relationship between Kong and Zhu's families is very good, I'm afraid no one will believe it.
Seeing the Zhu family meet such an end, Kong Wenshao was filled with emotion.
This is the unscrupulous General Manager Chu in front of him. Otherwise, if it were anyone else, he would never have the guts to be so cruel to the Zhu family.
Even when the emperor issued an edict to summon him to the capital as a supervisor and beheading officer, Kong Wenshao had no doubt that this suggestion most likely came from Chu Yi.
Regardless of whether the Zhu family is guilty of this or not, it is undeniable that the Zhu family has considerable influence among the literati in the world.
If this were not the case, it would not have been possible for so many officials to write letters begging the emperor to pardon the Zhu family.
You must know that a few cabinet ministers tried their best to suppress the officials in the court and downplay the influence of the Zhu family. However, the Confucian Neo-Confucian lineage was prevalent, so how could a few cabinet ministers be able to suppress it easily.
It happened that the Kong family was very knowledgeable, so Chu Yi suggested that the emperor summon Kong Wenshao, the contemporary Yanshenggong, to the capital, and that Kong Wenshao would personally oversee the execution of the Zhu family. This would at least reduce the excessive reaction of the world's literati to a certain extent.
Chu Yi withdrew his eyes from the Zhu family, looked at Kong Wenshao with a smile and said: "The Zhu family are really unworthy of being scholars. Even the emperor dared to assassinate them. I am afraid they don't have the loyalty and filial piety of Saint Kong at all.
Benevolence, righteousness, these scum among the literati, Yansheng recognized that they should be killed and should not be killed!"
Kong Wenshao looked at Chu Yi and bowed his hands and said: "What the chief manager said is true. In Kong's opinion, the Zhu family is not worthy of being our generation of scholars. I decided to write a personal statement afterwards, scolding the Zhu family for their incompetence."
Loyalty, unfilial piety, unkindness and unjust behavior will be reported to all the scholars in the world."
When Chu Yi heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle and nod: "Yan Shenggong is serious about it. If your Majesty knows about it, he will definitely be extremely happy."
While Chu Yi and Kong Wenshao were talking in a low voice, an official stepped forward and whispered: "General Manager, the time has come!"
Chu Yi raised his head, looked at the sky, nodded slightly, and stood up slowly, while Kong Wenshao, Jiao Fang and others also stood up.
Standing on the high platform, Chu Yi glanced at the criminals below, led by Jiang Mian, and many criminals were present. Many people saw Kong Wenshao, Chu Yi, and Jiao Fang and couldn't help but curse on the spot.
In particular, several elders of the Zhu clan cursed at Kong Wenshao.
Chu Yi sighed slightly, stretched out his hand to take the token, and threw it out. A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he shouted in a deep voice: "The time has come, execution!"
From noon to dusk on this day, thousands of criminals were beheaded. The executioners changed one after another, and the atmosphere of blood was soaring. Many people who came to join in the fun and watched from afar may have been very excited at first, but
At the end, everyone looked at the execution field stained red with blood in horror.
After this day, Ti Chu's expression changed in the capital.
Kong Wenshao, the Duke of Yansheng, fell ill, but he still dragged his illness and wrote a message in his own hand the next day, denounced the crimes of the Zhu family. This message was spread throughout the government offices along with the imperial newspaper.
Scholars all over the world were in an uproar.
In the quiet hall, Zhu Houzhao was sitting, with civil and military officials below him on both sides. Chu Yi, dressed in a python suit, stood at the lower left corner of Zhu Houzhao, below the emperor and above the officials.
All I could hear was Gu Da saying in a sharp voice: "If there is something to do, start the war, if there is nothing to do, leave the court!"
It has to be said that after some reorganization, the civil and military officials no longer dared to underestimate the emperor, especially Zhu Houzhao who appointed a large number of new officials.
These newly promoted officials can be said to have been appointed with great distinction, and they still have a certain respect for the emperor. In addition, not long ago, they witnessed Zhu Houzhao killing hundreds of court officials with a wave of his pen. Even the old officials who maintained their own status in the past were also
I don’t dare to underestimate the emperor anymore.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the civil and military officials below.
At this moment, an official stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Qianqing Palace was destroyed by fire, so that your Majesty's palace was destroyed. I sincerely request your Majesty to order the reconstruction of the Qianqing Palace..."
A fire razed the Qianqing Palace to the ground. The situation between the DPRK and China had not stabilized previously. Now that the overall situation in the capital has been decided, the reconstruction of the Qianqing Palace has naturally been moved up the agenda.
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, his eyes fell on the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and said: "Shang Shu Wang, for the matter of rebuilding the Qianqing Palace, I will allocate one hundred thousand taels of silver from the internal funds. The Ministry of Industry will come up with a plan and strive to rebuild the Qianqing Palace as soon as possible!"
The minister of the Ministry of Industry came out to receive the order respectfully: "I will live up to your Majesty's expectations!"
Suddenly, outside the Fengtian Palace, a chamberlain screamed: "Report, urgent report from eight hundred miles south of the Yangtze River!"
Zhu Houzhao's expression changed and he said in a deep voice: "Xuan!"
All the civil and military officials in the court looked towards the entrance of the main hall. Generally speaking, matters that could be reported urgently from 800 miles away were major matters related to the security of the country.
For the Ming Dynasty, even if something happened, it would usually be an emergency report from the border towns in the north. Jiangnan has always been stable, but now an emergency report from eight hundred miles away has been reported. Many people are naturally very surprised.
Confuse.
Soon, I saw a messenger being supported by two Jinwu guards into the main hall. He prostrated himself on the ground and saw the messenger taking out a letter from his arms with trembling hands.
Gu Dayong personally came forward to take the letter, inspected it, and then presented it to the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao opened the letter, his expression changed as soon as he glanced at it, he slapped his hand on the table and said angrily: "Okay, what a Prince Ning, he actually killed the court officials and started a rebellion!"
The officials in the DPRK couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard this. One official couldn't help but said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, this time involves the vassal king's rebellion, and we must not take it lightly. I don't know who sent this urgent report of 800 miles!"
Zhu Houzhao handed the letter to Chu Yi and said: "Jiangxi Inspector Wang Yangming and Jiangxi Governor Chen Tai jointly submitted the letter."
Soon the letter was circulated among several cabinet veterans.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Jiao Fang took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Tai and Wang Yangming are reporting urgently. I am afraid that nearly three days have passed from Jiangxi to the capital. If it is true that the letter between the two of them is
If the situation mentioned in it is urgent, I'm afraid Prince Ning might have already..."
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly. In fact, even if Jiao Fang didn't say anything, Zhu Houzhao could guess that King Ning must have left Nanchang City by this time.
After all, according to what Wang Yangming and Chen Tai reported, Prince Ning actually held a banquet in the palace three days ago, trapping and killing more than a dozen Jiangxi officials including the Nanchang magistrate, Nanchang garrison, and Jiangxi general soldier. At the same time, he issued a proclamation to the Qing emperor and officially launched an army to rebel.
Many officials were shocked when they learned the contents of the letter.
After all, what Prince Ning did was truly treasonous, and as for the so-called banner of the Qing Emperor, everyone was well aware of it.
Suddenly all the officials' eyes were turned to Zhu Houzhao.
Although Zhu Houzhao seemed very angry, his reaction was not as fierce as the officials thought. He only heard Zhu Houzhao say in a deep voice: "Several cabinet elders will stay with me to discuss matters, and all officials will withdraw from the court!"
In the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Houzhao had now changed into regular clothes. He was sitting there, looking calmly at the several pavilion elders and several governors from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion who had been summoned by the emperor's decree.
These dozen people can be said to be the civil and military leaders of the Ming Dynasty. Now they are gathered here. Everyone looked at Zhu Houzhao and then at Chu Yi who was sitting there.
They thought that Chu Yi, who had always been Zhu Houzhao's arm, would react very violently when faced with King Ning's rebellion. However, contrary to their expectations, Chu Yi actually sat there leisurely drinking tea, as if he had not learned about King Ning at all.
News of the rebellion was general.
Chen Ding was old-fashioned and upright. Seeing the reaction of the Emperor and Chu Yi, he couldn't help but cough slightly and said with a bit of urgency: "Your Majesty, Chief Manager, Prince Ning's rebellion cannot be underestimated. The court must respond as soon as possible."
Strategy is what matters."
Li Wenchang, the former military governor's left governor, stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, the chief steward, I thought that King Ning was nothing to worry about and that a mere vassal king dared to rebel. Why didn't I see that Zhu Chixiu raised an army and could not even leave Ningxia?"
After being pacified, I believe that King Dingning is just like Zhu Zhixiu, with loud thunder and light rain, unable to stir up any trouble!"
Wang Hua coughed lightly, glanced at Li Wenchang and said: "Captain Li, how can the border town of Ningxia be compared with Jiangnan? You must know that King Ning has always had a reputation as a virtuous man in Jiangnan. This time he raised his troops, he must have a perfect plan."
The most important thing about this plan is that it is only a few hundred miles away from Nanjing City along the river from Nanchang. If King Ning takes over Nanjing City, it will become a prairie fire. This disaster will be great. Your Majesty, the Governor must not take it lightly.
Yes!"
Chu Yi glanced at the governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. The Chinese Army Governor's Mansion has always been in charge of the British Duke Zhang Mao. It can be said that among the five military governors, except Zhang Mao, they are somewhat capable.
It's not that Chu Yi doesn't look down on people, they are all just people who eat nothing but corpses.
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