Chapter 595 Guan Zhan
Zhu Cheng stood on the stage, looking down at the dozens of prisoners who were kneeling on the ground and tied with five-flowered heads, who were about to be beheaded today, and his heart was filled with anger.
He was ordered to come and watch the execution.
And among the people who were beheaded below, one was a branch of the Zhu family.
The new Jinshi who passed the exam last year is the best among the next generation of the Zhu family, but now, everything will turn into nothing.
The Zhu family can be considered an old and wealthy family,
On the night of the coup, they did not send out a single soldier, which made Xiang Ying extremely dissatisfied. However, the old man of the Zhu family was missing that night, and he could not express his anger.
Filial piety comes first!
But if you want to act like a cunning person and want to be the grass on the wall, you can't do it without punishment. Since the Zhu family's branches are hard to move, it's okay to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
So at a casual glance, this new scholar, the person who will be supported by the next generation of the Zhu family, became this chicken.
How could Zhu Cheng not be angry?
Speaking of which, the Zhu family can be considered royalists, right?
When Jiang Qian first came to power, the Zhu family was almost exterminated because of their opposition. If Mr. Zhu hadn't made a prompt decision and spent almost all his family property to buy a way out for the family, the Zhu family would have been gone at that time.
And at that time of life and death, did Xiang Ying and Xiong Yi say a word? Do me a favor?
It was you who abandoned us first.
You can do the first grade, but we can't do the fifteenth grade?
Did the Zhu family rise again later because of flattery to Jiang Qian?
Of course not.
That was the credit of Zhu Chi, the head of the Zhu family, who went to foreign countries and exchanged his own life for opening up the Maritime Silk Road, opening up a new source of wealth for Dachu, and allowing Dachu, who was financially strapped, to have more money in the treasury. See fullness.
In addition to these, the eldest brother also obtained Beiting's latest battleship drawings from outside the customs, and these drawings were confirmed by Chen Yan to be authentic.
They couldn't see so many achievements that were of great benefit to the country and the people. They saw that that night, the Zhu family did not send troops.
But the Zhu family also paid the price of the old man's death.
Fortunately, Zhu Chi did not come back, and Zhu Chi now controls the overseas routes of Dachu Pass. If he really stayed in the country, I wonder how these people would treat the Zhu family?
Maybe the old man's life was nothing in their eyes.
Zhu Cheng knew very well that a certain big family in the country had long wanted to take this route as its own.
It's just that they thought too beautifully. If it were not for the participation of the Zhu family, could their merchant ships traveling on the ocean escape the warships of the Cai family of Xuanwu Prefecture?
Zhu Cheng saw the Falcon they had just launched once, and to be honest, it really scared Zhu Cheng.
Such a huge thing has never been heard of before.
This Chu country cannot stay here!
Zhu Cheng said secretly in his heart.
Once the situation calms down a bit, we have to start arranging our retreat.
It's best to go outside the customs. If that's not possible, then go to Shuzhong or Yong'an.
When it comes to mind, Xiang Congxiong Yi is not even close to Jiang Qian.
There were bursts of noise in the distance. Zhu Cheng turned around and saw that the last prison car was slowly approaching. The man in the car, who was wearing heavy shackles and iron chains, had gray hair and leaned against the fence. Above, his eyes were closed tightly and his body was covered in blood.
That was He Han, the former chief internal officer and a master of the ninth grade of Xuanyuan. But now, his martial arts has been completely exhausted, and his life is like a candle in the wind that may be extinguished at any time.
This is the most important person who was beheaded today.
He is coming
It means execution is about to take place.
I originally thought that He Han might not die. Zhu Cheng originally heard that Jiang Qian in Yong'an proposed to exchange Yi Hong and other navy generals for He Han. There was some dispute between the court and the government, but for some unknown reason in the end, Xiang Ying and the others actually rejected this request for substitution.
Zhu Cheng didn't understand very much.
He Han was just an eunuch, and his martial arts training had been abolished, while Yi Hong and the others were powerful naval officers in their prime!
This rejection chilled so many people!
The iron chain clattered as the soldiers roughly dragged He Han out of his cell and into the queue to be beheaded.
As the bright red stick in the executioner's hand was thrown onto the bluestone below with a crash, the executioners raised their swords with a cold light in their hands.
Zhu Cheng looked up at the sun in the sky.
It's noon,
The sun happened to drift into a cloud, and the sky dimmed a little instantly.
Hands up,
The knife fell.
Heads fell to the ground,
The blood at noon sprayed several feet high.
Some people are cheering, some are crying, some are sighing.
There are different joys and sorrows in the world.
Here, you can really see all kinds of life.
Wu Bing and Hu Ze were hidden in the crowd, watching the scene where He Han was beheaded.
Until his death, He Han did not open his eyes,
At the moment of being beheaded, it was difficult to determine whether he was alive or dead.
The two looked at each other, turned around and disappeared into the bustling crowd.
He Han's death was the official start of their beheading operation.
He Zudao was also watching this execution,
These people who were beheaded in the audience can all be regarded as the elites of Chu State today. However, in the eyes of Jiang Qian, they are elites. In the eyes of Xiang Ying and others, they are probably the traitors who brought trouble to Chao Gang.
Xiang Ying and Xiong Yi were unable to gather the power of the entire court as efficiently as Jiang Qian. In order to avoid any obstruction and noise in the subsequent campaign to conquer Yong'an Ruyin, they could only resort to ruthless tactics and use Blood shocks all opponents.
To fight against the outside world, one must first settle the inside. Without a stable internal environment, there is no telling what the next conquest will be like.
The reason for not changing people is to prove to Jiang Qian that there is no room for compromise or negotiation in this duel between the two sides. Either you die or I die.
Xiang Zhuang stood up, walked to the edge of the high platform, and glanced coldly at the crowd below, as well as those on both sides of the high platform who came to watch the beheading. These people are those who can be killed even if it is not convenient to kill them now, and they can still be used. Help people, "Those who bring harm to the country and the people should be warned! Come, hang the heads of these people on the city wall, abandon the corpses in mass graves, and do not collect the corpses!"
Watching Xiang Zhuang lead the people away, on the high platform, a group of monkeys were scared and pale. Look at me, I look at you, there are two tremors, trembling and leaving this extremely bloody place. .
Zhu Cheng took a deep breath, letting the bloody smell fill his chest.
This time, the Zhu family is no longer incapable of fighting back. If they really want to fall out, the Zhu family will certainly want to destroy the family, but they can also make their opponents vomit three liters of blood.
(End of chapter)