Chapter 85 Tyrant! This is a tyrant!
“Mo Bin.”
Zhu Youtang called Mou Bin to come for questioning again.
Mo Bin immediately took two steps forward and replied respectfully.
"The humble position is here."
"How is the control of the capital? Has anything unexpected happened?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei has fully taken over the responsibilities of the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities. Now all public security and defense in the capital are under the control of Jin Yiwei."
"So far, everything in the capital is as usual, nothing unusual."
Zhu Youtang nodded, and finally called Wang Zhi forward.
“Wang Zhi.”
"I'm here."
Wang Zhi, who had been standing behind him silently, stepped forward and walked to Zhu Youtang's side.
"How is the review of the generals in the capital going?"
"Do you have any disobedient intentions?"
"The investigation is still ongoing, disobedient Although there are no people with a pure heart, there are many people with impure minds.”
"Oh? Tell me carefully."
"Ruian Bo Wang Yuan, Chongshan Bo Wang Qing, and their younger brother Wang Jun all serve in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion."
"Three People are timid and greedy, high in position but low in power, unable to afford anything What a storm, but I am afraid that it will cause a little trouble in the future."
"Especially these three people are all the biological brothers of the Queen Mother Wang."
Zhu Youtang frowned slightly: "Is it a relative again?"
After thinking for a while, Zhu Youtang responded lightly.
"Since it is still stable, let's ignore them for now."
The relatives of the Ming Dynasty have advantages and disadvantages, it all depends on whether the emperor can control them.
At that time, Emperor Taizong was able to successfully pacify the emperor, and his relatives, Wei Guogong, made great contributions.
When the late emperor was still alive, he also used his relatives to take charge of the Imperial Guards and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.
But in the late Ming Dynasty, when the emperor's power became smaller and smaller, his relatives began to collude with the cabinet and in turn manipulated the emperor.
In this case, Zhu Youtang plans to uproot all the relatives of Ming Dynasty!
Not only that, he also wanted to abolish the entire Ming Dynasty’s system of conferring titles to relatives!
But now, the court is in turmoil, and the murder case of the late emperor has not yet ended.
It would be premature to talk about the abolition of the system of ennobling relatives at this time.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Zhu Youtang gave the order, whether Wang Zhi understood it or not, supported it or not, he would accept the order without hesitation and then carry it out unswervingly.
While Zhu Youtang was talking to the three factory guards, the execution in front of Meridian Gate Square had already ended.
At this time, the Meridian Gate Square was filled with scarlet red.
The corpses of officials were everywhere, and blood was flowing everywhere.
In front of the palace walls on both sides of the Meridian Gate Square are plastered with Ming Dynasty officials seeking refuge from disasters.
When the trap was executed, they pressed their bodies against the wall, trying to stay as far away from the trap as possible.
When the execution was over, all the daimyo court officials who could still breathe huddled under the wall.
And in the square in the middle, there were all the criminals who could not breathe.
The soldiers trapped in the camp, covered in blood and filled with murderous intent, after executing the officials ordered to be executed by Zhu Youtang.
They did not kill other innocent officials indiscriminately, but quickly lined up and came to the Meridian Gate.
Zou Yi was the first to kneel down and return: "Your Majesty, all guilty officials have been executed!"
"Your Majesty, please inspect!"
The rest of the soldiers in the trapped camp , they all knelt down and returned to life.
“Your Majesty, please inspect!”
Zou Yi was very excited to see Zhu Youtang.
He knows that this is the key to whether he can get His Majesty's reuse.
You must know that Xuchang, who was trapped in the camp last time, sent military intelligence reports to His Majesty. After meeting with His Majesty, he gave His Majesty a good impression of him.
Because of this, during this expedition to the Hami Guards, His Majesty actually appointed Xuchang as General Wujie and the governor of the northwest. He controlled the army and horses in the northwest and had full authority to preside over the expedition!
Being able to be used so highly by His Majesty made the other soldiers trapped in the camp crazy with envy.
Zou Yi also hopes that Zhu Youtang can reuse him.
Let him also be a heroic general who opens up new territories and expands territory, and seals the wolf as his home!
Zhu Youtang glanced at it and saw that after the execution was completed, he said lightly: "Not bad."
"Return to the team and continue to guard the Forbidden City for me."
" Yes, Your Majesty!”
After Zou Yi saluted respectfully, he led the trapped camp behind him and exited Duanmen.
At this time, Zhu Youtang also stood up and gave orders to the officials posted on the palace wall.
“I still leave it to you to deal with the aftermath of the Meridian Gate.”
“When will you clean up, and when will you be allowed to leave the palace.”
“Retreat. ”
After Zhu Youtang finished speaking, accompanied by Wang Zhi, Huaien and Mou Bin, he left the Meridian Gate Tower, got on the dragon chariot and returned to the harem.
After Zhu Youtang left, the eunuchs and guards accompanying him also withdrew.
Only the court officials who were still alive were left in the entire Meridian Square.
“It’s like this again...it’s like this again!”
Jia Jun, Minister of Industry and Industry, still couldn’t stop shaking. He was holding on to the wall, his face was pale and he looked desperate.
The last time he watched the execution on the city wall, Zhu Youtang asked them to clean the battlefield.
After watching the execution in front of the Meridian Gate this time, Zhu Youtang also asked them to clean up the battlefield.
As officials of the Ming Dynasty, they had noble status and high power. Why did Zhu Youtang humiliate them again and again? !
Xie Qian looked at the wreckage all over the ground, looking dazed and feeling faintly nauseated.
“Do evil, do evil!”
"Tyrant... This is a tyrant..."
Xie Qian had no words to say. Li Dongyang immediately rushed up and covered Xie Qian's mouth.
"Yu Qiao, don't talk nonsense!"
Xie Qian just reacted and remembered the word he just said. His legs were weak in fear and he broke out in a cold sweat.
He looked around carefully and felt relieved when he saw that no one noticed what he said.
"Thank you Binzhi for saving me."
Until now, Xie Qian is still a little scared.
Li Dongyang patted Xie Qian on the shoulder: "Don't waste time, get to work quickly."
"What Binzhi said is exactly what he said."
The other side , Wang Shu's body was swaying, as if he was about to fall down at any time.
Liu Jian on the side stepped forward in time and supported Wang Shu.
When Wang Shu saw Liu Jian, his face was extremely bitter.
"Xixian, you have hurt me!"
Wang Shu was originally serving as an official in Yingtian Mansion, but was recommended by Liu Jian to become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Come back to this dangerous capital and be immersed in the whirlpool of power.
In Wang Shu's heart, not to mention how regretful he was.
Liu Jian also felt very uncomfortable: "Zong Guan Gong, I didn't expect things to develop like this."
"Oh."
Wang Shu shook his head He nodded, pushed Liu Jian away, and went to clean the Meridian Gate Square alone.
Tu Fu, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, looked at the mess on the ground, sweating profusely, and felt very scared.
Before and after the death of the late emperor, he was touring Guangdong and Guangxi and happened to be away from the capital.
Otherwise, among the people lying on the ground, there will be one more of me.
Zhang Ying, Wang Ji, Tu Yu, the original chief officers of the Three Laws Division, now he is the only one left.
The entire Sanfa Division system is about to undergo a major change.
Liu Daxia and Peng Shao, the two newly appointed ministers of the six departments, also felt deeply that something was wrong.
Today's Ming Dynasty Hall is no longer the peaceful, beautiful, friendly and harmonious appearance it once was.
Under the supervision of the Jin Yiwei, no matter how reluctant the court officials were, they had to pick up cleaning tools and clean the Meridian Gate Square.
At the same time, Dongchang’s fans also began to take action.
Some of the family members in the Imperial Ancestral Temple were taken directly to the market entrance and handed over to the executioners of the Ministry of Punishments for execution. Some are divided according to gender, with female relatives filling the Jiaofang Division.
The men were imprisoned in Dongchang Prison. After everyone was captured, they were uniformly escorted to various border towns and used as troops to guard the border.
The raids on homes and arrests in Dongchang did not stop, and they kept going in and out of the homes of various officials in the capital.
Arrest people and search homes without delay.
The gold and silver property was sent to His Majesty's internal funds, while the prisoners were sent to the execution ground at Caishikou.
Due to the fact that factory guards have frequently raided the homes of officials in recent times, the people in the capital have become accustomed to the scenes of officials in the capital being raided.
When officials were arrested in Dongchang, many people stood on both sides of the road with joy and clapped their hands and applauded!
"Well done! These corrupt officials should have been arrested a long time ago!"
"Without these corrupt officials, our lives will be easier!"
"The Holy Emperor! The Holy Emperor!"
"..."
The people didn't know why Zhu Youtang wanted to arrest these officials, and they didn't know which officials were corrupt and which were honest.
But they know that the more officials arrest them, the easier their lives will be.
So everyone was smiling and applauding vigorously, and it was as lively as the Chinese New Year.
Of course, the most lively place in the entire capital has to be the execution ground at Caishikou.
The streets in front of the Caishikou execution ground were crowded and empty.
Many people in the capital crowded forward with their heads pointed, just to catch a glimpse of the execution scene.
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment had to send many petty officials to maintain order in the execution ground.
At this moment, the execution ground was also overcrowded.
There are so many people to be executed that there are not enough executioners.
Fei Ju, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, took charge of the case at the execution ground.
His official uniform was covered in blood, and his face was frightened.
He was just in front of the Meridian Gate, cleaning the Meridian Gate Square.
Now that the execution ground lacked a presiding officer, Dongchang Fanzi took him from the Meridian Gate Square to the execution ground.
Fei Ju had just experienced an execution, and he was so deep into the execution scene that he was frightened out of his wits.
Now he is asked to take charge of the execution ground and execute other prisoners.
Suddenly, Fei Ju seemed to realize the grand occasion of Hongwu where Taizu Emperor Gao was.
As soon as the officials were in the hall, sentencing others, they were kneeling down in the hall, waiting for other officials to sentence themselves.
"Sir, it's almost time, it's time to carry out the execution."
The criminal official next to Fei Ju saw that Fei Ju was in a daze, so he reminded him.
“Oh, yes, it’s time for execution.”
Fei Ju reacted, picked up the bamboo stick on the table, and threw it to the ground.
"All the owl leaders will be executed immediately!"
"Yes, sir!"
The executioner was ordered to execute the execution. For a time, the execution ground was filled with screams and screams. And cheers and applause.
Fei Ju was at a loss. When he turned around, he saw Dongchang Fanzi escorting a new batch of prisoners to the execution ground...
Fei Ju shuddered hard.
After this case, Dongchang, which had been silent for a long time, became famous with one case!
No one in the world dares to underestimate Dongchang, a long-established police factory.
Dongchang, if you don’t take action, it will be a major case involving tens of thousands of people!
……
Forbidden City.
Hongde Hall.
Zhu Youtang sat on the dragon chair and waved his hand: "You all, please step aside, I am tired."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Huai En and Mou Bin bowed respectfully and then exited the Hongde Hall.
Only Wang Zhi still stood where he was, not moving.
Wang Zhi raised his hand and asked: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask of you."
"Tell me."
Wang Zhi glanced sideways and saw Huai Enhe After Mou Bin and the others had exited Hongde Hall, they took a step forward and knelt in front of Zhu Youtang.
“I ask your Majesty to allow Wei Chen to investigate this case!”
Zhu Youtang's expression remained as usual, as if he had expected it.
"Isn't the East Factory investigating? Why does the West Factory need to interfere again?"
Wang Zhi gritted his teeth and risked his life to remonstrate.
“I believe that Dongchang’s work is not going well!”
“Dongchang’s investigation is only superficial and has not touched the foundation!”
"Oh?"
Zhu Youtang nodded slightly: "How can you see it?"
Wang Zhi told the truth what he was thinking.
“I believe that the murder of the late emperor was not just a matter of a foreign official of the imperial court. He could have done it on his own!”
“The late emperor lived in the palace for a long time, and the people he usually came into contact with the most were all People in the palace.”
"When the late emperor was killed, the rebels outside the palace were only secondary. The most important thing was the people in the palace, something went wrong!"
Zhu Youtang nodded: "Yes, I have thought about this too."< br>
“But my A group of maids and eunuchs in the palace have been purged before."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid...this matter is not for the people below, but for the people above..."
Zhu Youtang narrowed his mind. Eyes, a sharp light flashed in them.
After pondering for two seconds, Zhu Youtang spoke.
"If that's the case, then go to Haosheng to investigate."
"Find everything for me!"
"Also, the death of the late emperor , it’s the harem colluding with the cabinet.”
“You know this, I know it, I don’t believe it.”
Wang Zhi suddenly raised his head and met Zhu Youtang's deep and sharp eyes. A trace of fear flashed across his usually expressionless face.
"It's your Majesty, I understand!"
"It's good if you understand. If this case is handled well, I will reward you heavily."
"Go down."
“Thank you, Your Majesty, I will retire!”
After Wang Zhi exited the Hongde Hall, Zhu Youtang leaned on the dragon chair and narrowed his eyes dangerously.
He kept tapping the dragon case gently with his right hand, and his eyes slowly fell on the secret letter presented by Wynn.
“Humph!”
Zhu Youtang snorted coldly and slapped the secret letter with his palm!
……
It was not until midnight that the Meridian Gate Square was restored to new glory.
The severed limbs and remains and blood are gone.
Only the lingering smell of blood remains in the air.
At this time, Dongchang Fanzi opened the end gate and allowed the civil and military officials of the court to leave the palace.
After the civil and military officials left the palace in groups, Xu Pu stopped the three cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, and at the same time called Wang Shu and Liu Daxia, the two ministers.
"My lords, you have been hungry all day. Please come to my humble house and have something to eat."
The old ministers looked at each other and knew that Xu Pu had something to say, so they agreed.
“That’s a lot of nagging.”
“Thank you, Chief Xu, for taking the trouble.”
“In this case, I won’t refuse.”
Xu Pu tried his best to squeeze out a smile: "This is not the place to talk. Please come with me."
"Xu Shoufu, please."
"My lords, please."
> Chapter 6 is now available!
(End of this chapter)