Chapter 391 No tears without seeing the coffin [1 more]
While speaking, Chu Yi nodded slightly towards Fang Li and said, "Bring them to see the governor!"
Fang Li responded and left the main hall, and soon saw a dozen figures being brought into the main hall. It was Liu Zhu and Xiang Ping who were the former officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing who had surrendered to King Ning.
As soon as these dozen people entered the hall, they immediately fell to the ground, bowed to Chu Yi and shouted: "We pay our respects to the chief steward, the chief steward is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand thousand years old!"
The eyes of other people in the hall naturally fell on these people, and many people looked at these people with strange expressions.
In the eyes of Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu and others, Liu Zhu and others were duplicitous and capricious villains. They first surrendered to King Ning, and then after King Ning failed, they even led people to deal with King Ning. In the eyes of these generals, they were the most
What we look down upon is such capricious people.
Chu Yi glanced at Liu Zhu and others lightly and said, "You want to see me, what do you have to say?"
Listening to Chu Yi's indifferent tone, Liu Zhu and others couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in their hearts. However, they were mentally prepared, as life and death depended on this.
Only Liu Zhu could be heard saying to Chu Yi: "General manager, we have been waiting for you for a long time. King Ning is so ignorant that he dares to call himself emperor without permission. He is really a treasonous and unruly person. We wish we could drink his blood and eat his flesh."
, Fortunately, the general manager came in time to save the people in the south of the Yangtze River from the fire and water!"
Chu Yi looked at Liu Zhu and others calmly, his expression unchanged.
Liu Zhu continued: "I have endured the humiliation for a long time, just to wait for the day when King Ning's rebels were put down by Wang Shi. Today, we finally met the chief manager. These are the officials and gentry we collected from Nanjing City and various places in the south of the Yangtze River who had taken refuge with King Ning.
data of."
As he spoke, Liu Zhu took out a book from his arms.
A slight smile appeared on Chu Yi's lips, and a young eunuch stepped forward to take the book and presented it to Chu Yi.
Chu Yi looked through it, looked at Liu Zhu and others and said: "You are really interested."
When Liu Zhu and others saw this, they only thought that Chu Yi recognized them. Their worried hearts dropped a little, and they breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I am willing to die for the chief manager!"
Xiang Ping and others all bowed to Chu Yi and shouted: "We are willing to die for the general manager, no matter how hard we die, we will die!"
Xu Tianzuo and others looked at the actions of Xiang Ping, Liu Zhu and others in stunned silence, their faces full of astonishment. Apparently they did not expect that these people would be so unruly.
They actually betrayed others to protect themselves, and now they looked like they were loyal to Chu Yi to the death.
Sun Qiu and others naturally looked at Chu Yi. They didn't know how Chu Yi would deal with these people, and they suspected that Chu Yi would not really forgive these people.
However, Fang Li, Qi Hu and others looked at Xiang Ping and others calmly. Others didn't know, but they often followed Chu Yi, so they still had some understanding of Chu Yi's temperament.
With Chu Yi's temperament, it would be strange for him to forgive people like Xiang Ping.
As expected, Chu Yi gently tapped the table with one hand, then looked at Xiang Ping, who was kneeling down there with a half-smile, and slowly said: "Are you really willing to die for me?"
When Liu Zhu, Xiang Ping and others heard this, they felt as if they were hearing the voice of a fairy, and they were afraid that Chu Yi would not react at all. Now that Chu Yi has said this, doesn't it mean that Chu Yi is ready to accept them?
As long as Chu Yi is willing to accept them, then they will escape the disaster and will be able to enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future.
Thinking of these Liu Zhu, Xiang Ping and others excitedly said: "We are willing to die for the governor."
Chu Yi's voice turned cold, and a cold look flashed in his eyes: "If that's the case, then just go and die!"
While speaking, Chu Yi said in a cold voice: "This is the governor's order, Liu Zhu, to assist King Ning in plotting against others like Ping Ping. This is really treason and unethical. The whole family will be killed, the family will be confiscated and the entire clan will be exterminated!"
"What!"
His heart just dropped, and in the blink of an eye, Chu Yi actually wanted to kill all of them. How could this not make Liu Zhu and Xiang Pingren stunned by it, and they couldn't react for a while.
Liu Zhu and others, who were originally looking happy, suddenly raised their heads and looked towards Chu Yi, and saw Chu Yi sitting there with a cold face, looking at them calmly.
Liu Zhu couldn't help but screamed: "General Manager, have you made a mistake? We are loyal to you..."
"Master, please spare my life!"
"Spare your life, we don't dare to do it anymore!"
Suddenly, most of the dozen or so people collapsed on the ground, each one wailing incessantly.
Now they were sure that Chu Yi really wanted to take their lives, but everything was different from what they expected.
Although Xu Tianzuo and others were slightly startled, they quickly came to their senses and looked happily at Liu Zhu and others who fell on the ground, with disdain in their eyes.
How dare you think that a group of two-faced and shameless villains actually want to survive after participating in a conspiracy.
Fang Li glanced at Chu Yi and saw that Chu Yi looked a little unhappy. He took a step forward and shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, drag these people out!"
Immediately, a group of soldiers came forward, picked up Liu Zhu and Xiang Ping and dragged them out of the main hall.
"Eunuch, you must die a good death, you must die a good death..."
"Hahaha, he is still a good man after eighteen years..."
Watching Liu Zhu and others leave, the main hall finally returned to purity. Fang Li could only be heard saying to Chu Yi: "General Manager, these people are just part of them. I don't know what the General Manager is going to do with the people in Nanjing City who were once attached to Ning."
Those officials and gentry of the king?"
A cold and stern look flashed in Chu Yi's eyes and he said: "Fang Li, I order you to immediately investigate all the officials and gentry in Nanjing City. Anyone who is involved with King Ning should be captured together and await the punishment of the imperial court!"
Fang Li's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. As one of Chu Yi's confidants, Fang Li was naturally very clear about Chu Yi's plan. It would be strange if Chu Yi didn't take the opportunity to wipe out the inherent class in Jiangnan.
Taking advantage of King Ning's rebellion, the city of Nanjing would suffer this, and I am afraid that the wealthy gentry and powerful people would lose nine out of ten, and not even one out of a hundred.
Originally, the most powerful and densely populated place among these powerful gentry was Nanjing City. As long as these powerful gentry were eliminated in Nanjing City, at least half of the stubborn forces entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River would be eliminated.
As for the wealthy gentry and powerful families in Jiangnan who chose to stand against the imperial court, almost all of them were exposed, and many families even formed teams to occupy one side.
It's just that Chu Yi didn't pay attention to these aristocratic families at all. With Wang Shouren personally leading the army to pacify the place, it was just a matter of time.
Following Chu Yi's order, Fang Li, who had received Chu Yi's order, stormed the entire city with the cooperation of the army. In the huge Nanjing city, hundreds of dignitaries and gentry families were partly affected by the rebellion.
Most of them relied on their own strength and did not suffer the scourge of the rebel army.
Many gentry and powerful people were not worried at all. In their view, no matter whether Nanjing City was in the hands of Prince Ning or the imperial court, no one could shake their status.
But the fact was that they were given a blow. Chu Yi gave an order, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang went to arrest people according to the list.
These dignitaries and gentry themselves are not clean. After all, Prince Ning has occupied Nanjing for more than half a month. During this period, he can really see the situation clearly, or he can resist various temptations and insist on not having contact with Prince Ning.
There are really not many powerful people and gentry.
It's not that there aren't any, it's just that there are very few people with such a firm stance.
If we talk about this in normal times, it would be nothing. Even if Chu Yi didn't pursue it, it wouldn't be a big crime.
But now that Chu Yi wants to get involved, these have become the biggest evidence of the crimes of the powerful and wealthy gentry. Just one sentence, colluding with the rebels is enough.
Even if some families only offer congratulatory gifts to Prince Ning and accept rewards from Prince Ning, that is the greatest sin.
When groups of soldiers broke open the doors of the houses of wealthy gentry and powerful people like menacing gods, the entire city of Nanjing was strangely calm.
The people of Nanjing looked at the dignitaries and gentry being taken away by the army without showing any signs of surprise.
Chu Yi is like a god of murder in the land of Jiangnan. In the eyes of the people, Chu Yi has never compromised or been soft-hearted towards the powerful and wealthy.
Many dignitaries and gentry even have certain illusions about Chu Yi, thinking that Chu Yi will definitely not do anything to them, but he is not even as good as the common people in the city.
Many common people could tell with their own cleverness that Chu Yi was definitely going to clean up the city of Nanjing this time, but on the contrary, some dignitaries could not even understand this.
When the army broke through the door, many dignitaries and gentry suddenly remembered that Chu Yi was completely different from the chamberlains and officials they had come into contact with before.
Other officials, even the emperor, would have scruples in their actions, but Chu Yi never had any scruples in his actions.
This can be seen from the fact that when Chu Yi was just the governor of Dongchang, he dared to go on a killing spree in Jiangnan.
If Chu Yi was really the kind of person who acted with foresight and foresight, he probably wouldn't be afraid of so many people.
Of course, it was not that no one saw that Chu Yi was bound to massacre Nanjing City. After all, no one was a fool. Some people shrank their heads and were unwilling to face the reality. There were also people who tried to call on everyone to unite against Chu Yi.
It's a pity that there were already people working on this before King Ning failed, but not many people were willing to devote all their efforts to help King Ning resist Chu Yi.
It's clear to see, but human nature is selfish. If they are asked to give up all their wealth to help Prince Ning conquer the world, how many people can make that determination.
Therefore, even when Nanjing City was captured, the powerful gentry in Nanjing City still did not reach a consensus.
