Chapter 14 Reorganization of the Cabinet
The people who were left waiting for execution on the execution ground looked pale and sweating profusely.
Mo Bin walked up to one of the Zhou family members and flipped through the Zhou family genealogy.
“What’s the name?”
“Zhou…Zhou…Zhou Chang…”
The man's lips were trembling and he spoke intermittently.
Mo Bin picked up the pen, found the name Zhou Chang on the family tree, and put a cross on it.
Then he waved to the Jin Yiwei behind him. The Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward, raising his knife and lowering it.
Zhou Chang didn't even say a word to beg for mercy, but his head was already missing.
Mo Bin walked towards the next Zhou clan member and flipped through the family tree in his hand: "What's the name?"
"..."
Compared to Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu who were languished, it was relatively pleasant for these Zhou clan members to be killed with one knife.
In fact, there were very few torture masters in the imperial court who could perform capital punishment such as Ling Chi.
It is not a serious crime like treason. Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu have no chance to enjoy this kind of treatment.
One side is dealing with the Zhou clan members, and the other side is dealing with the Zhou Party officials in the court.
These people had just come down from the court, and they were all still wearing official uniforms.
The onlookers became even more excited when they saw it.
These people who were killed were all those damn dog officials!
Zhang Yuan was kneeling at the front, his whole body limp and shaking like chaff.
Zhu Youtang sentenced them to the head of the owl who ransacked their home. Jin Yiwei was already on the way to ransack their home, so the executioner from the Ministry of Punishment was responsible for the head of the owl.
The executioner held a big knife and had already chopped it down.
“Ahhhhh!!!”
“Ahhh!!!”
“…”
With a slash of the knife, Zhang Yuan, who was beheaded first, immediately let out a shrill scream!
The executioners smiled ferociously, raised their swords again, and continued to chop off Zhang Yuan's head!
“It hurts! It hurts!”
“Give me a good time!”
“Ahhhh!”
Zhang Yuan is in pain I begged, hoping that the executioner would give me a good time.
Because these executioners' knives are not sharp, in fact they are very dull.
To cut off a person's head, prisoners usually have to be stabbed dozens of times.
Let the prisoners feel their necks being split bit by bit. Such pain often makes people crazy.
Execution is inherently painful. Wouldn’t these prisoners feel better if the knife is sharp?
So there were regulations in the Ming Dynasty that prohibited the use of sharp knives.
Later, when Yan Shifan was beheaded, he was stabbed thirty-six times.
It hurts to death.
After a long execution, Zhang Yuan’s head finally rolled off.
Immediately afterwards, other officials were tortured one by one.
Caishikou seems to have turned into a hell.
……
Forbidden City.
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian followed Huaien and walked towards the imperial study room anxiously.
As soon as they entered the harem, the three of them smelled the faint smell of blood floating in the air.
A large number of eunuchs are cleaning the streets in the palace, and some are burning spices and spreading incense powder in the palace.
Only then did they understand that there might have been a major purge in the palace last night.
First clean the palace, then deal with the relatives, and finally dissolve the cabinet.
In just one day, Zhu Youtang took back all the power from the harem and cabinet.
And he also held the two major killer weapons of factory guards firmly in his hands.
While they were relieved, they were also afraid of Zhu Youtang.
Is this still the kind-hearted, tolerant, weak-minded Zhu Youtang?
"My lords, the imperial study has arrived, and the emperor is inside."
"Please three of you, please wait here for a moment, we will go in first and let you know." Wynn stopped in the imperial study. At the door of the study, he made a gesture of invitation.
For this eunuch who was popular in front of the emperor, Liu Jian and the others did not dare to show off at all, and quickly returned the favor.
"Eunuch Huai, please!"
Huaien walked into the imperial study quietly, where Zhu Youtang was correcting the memorial in front of Long An.
"Your Majesty, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian are already waiting at the door."
"Announce them to come in."
General Zhu Youtang He threw the memorial in his hand on the dragon table in front of him, closed his eyes and meditated, while slowly pressing his Jingming point with one hand.
After a while, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian all walked into the imperial study.
"I, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, pay homage to Your Majesty."
The three of them knelt down to salute, and Zhu Youtang made a false gesture.
“No need to be polite.”
Zhu Youtang opened his eyes and looked at Liu Jian and the others.
These three people are the three ministers that Zhu Youtang is familiar with at present.
They were all teachers who gave me lectures when I was still the prince in the East Palace.
Not only that, the three of them were also elders in the middle and late period of Hongzhi, and they were also famous capable ministers in history.
Zhu Youtang pondered for a moment: "Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, listen to the decree!"
The hearts of the three of them jumped, feeling surprised and expecting, and they quickly knelt down to listen to the decree.
"Liu Jian, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Wuying Palace to discuss affairs in the cabinet."
"Add Li Dongyang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, to be a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and to join the cabinet to discuss affairs."< br>
"Xie Qian joined the Hanlin Academy to compile and compile, and became a bachelor of Dongge. He joined the cabinet to discuss affairs."
After hearing this, the three of them were all surprised, and then they hurriedly knocked on the ground to accept the order.
"My ministers, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, respectfully obey the imperial edict and thank you for your grace!"
Among the three, the eldest Liu Jian is only 55 years old, and the youngest Xie Qian is only 38 years old.
It is the age when you are young, strong, determined, ambitious and capable.
Fortunately, Liu Jian entered the cabinet from the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his name was justifiable.
But Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are both still serving in the Hanlin Academy.
Now that he suddenly entered the cabinet, it can be said that he has made rapid progress and reached the sky in one step!
Li Dongyang and Xie Qian burst into tears with excitement, and their hearts were full of gratitude to Zhu Youtang.
I wish I could immediately devote myself to the Ming Dynasty and die.
Zhu Youtang stood up, walked in front of the three of them, and took the initiative to help Liu Jian and the others.
"Nowadays, the government and the public are in turmoil, and there are not many people I can trust."
"The three teachers are all my old ministers in the East Palace, and I am still very confident in you."
"So today I am announcing that the three of you will join the cabinet to discuss matters and recommend a list of replacement officials."
"It is Your Majesty, and I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!"
The three of them all accepted the order, with solemn expressions on their faces.
Zhu Youtang nodded and pointed to the mountain of memorials on his dragon case.
"The three pavilion elders should start working now and move these memorials back to Wenyuan Pavilion."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Liu Jian and the other two hurriedly agreed, and Hua En summoned the eunuch of the Supervisor of Ceremonies to help move the memorial to Wenyuan Pavilion.
After everyone left, the imperial study became quiet again.
Zhu Youtang sat on the couch, drinking hot tea and enjoying the rare tranquility.
“Killed all the millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sword on his waist was still bloody.”
Reciting the poems written by Emperor Taizu back then, Zhu Youtang sighed leisurely.
Today’s Ming Dynasty is like a broken ship that looks glamorous but is actually rotten to the bone.
Various problems are hidden underwater and can break out at any time.
As the helmsman of the Ming Dynasty ship, Zhu Youtang must kill all these problems.
In an emergency, you should use heavy laws. Only like Emperor Hongwu did, kill the civil servants group in pain and fear of death.
Only then will the world of Ming Dynasty return to the prosperous age of Hongwu!
(End of this chapter)