Chapter 231 The officials in the capital were liquidated, and Yu Shen was the first to be executed!
Zhu Youtang's words made Wang Zhi's expression become more solemn.
But without any hesitation, he bowed his head and accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
"It's just... I don't know when to bury it?"
Wang Zhi lowered his head and looked at Zhu Youtang secretly.
Zhu Youtang said expressionlessly: "The 27th of this month is a good day for burial."
"Yes, Weichen understands!"
Wang Zhi bowed his head and accepted the order.
"And!"
Zhu Youtang then ordered: "After Xichang has completed the investigation of the troops in the capital, continue to trace the civil servants and generals who participated in the Tumubao Incident during the Zhengtong period!"
"Look back for forty years and liquidate all their descendants!"
"Find Yang Hong's tomb for me, I will open the coffin and kill the body!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wang Zhi followed Zhu Youtang through all this, and he also became suspicious of the Tumubao incident.
He does not need to know the truth about the Tumu Fort Incident, he only needs to find out those people who participated in the Tumu Fort Incident and their descendants.
As for how to check, Wang Zhi also knew very well.
Just check those officials who were promoted quickly after the Tumubao Incident.
After explaining these two things, Zhu Youtang waved his hand: "Go."
"Yes, Wei Chen is resigning."
After Wang Zhi left the Yangxin Palace, Zhu Youtang looked at the empty palace and sighed slightly.
In the next few days, the capital was extremely busy.
Xichang is investigating those troops who have been transferred to the capital, and its investigation is mainly aimed at military officers.
The four guards of Tengxiang were the first to be cleared. They had no problems and have taken over the defense of the capital again.
Gao Shun's trapped camp replaced the Wucheng Army and Horse Department and the Jingwei Command and Envoy Department, taking over the city defense of the capital and the public security work in the capital.
Martial law has been ongoing, the streets of the capital are deserted, there are not many people, and commercial activities have been hit hard.
Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei were checking the officials in the capital while investigating what happened in the capital in the past few days.
Those officials who were promoted quickly, such as Yu Shen, Xie Qian and others, did not need to be tried. They could just be locked up and await execution.
As for those whose official positions have not been transferred or who have been demoted, they need to be investigated by Haosheng.
Letters of information were continuously sent to the Yangxin Palace, and Zhu Youtang gradually understood everything that happened in the capital during this period.
While Zhu Youtang was busy dealing with the backlog of government affairs, he also had to correct the chaos. When Yu Shen came to power, all the laws that were messed up and messed up were corrected.
"Mo Bin!"
"The humble position is here."
In the Yangxin Hall, Zhu Youtang looked at the memorial sent by Jin Yiwei and gave the order without expression.
"Immediately send one hundred Jinyi guards to Wang Yue's Chinese army camp and kill all those who sent orders to prevent the army from marching south."
"Let Wang Yue continue his southern expedition to the counties and counties of Jiaozhi!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mou Bin accepted the order.
"Liu Jin."
"The slave is here."
"Let the Supervisor of Ceremonies draw up an imperial edict and tell the world that all the decrees issued before Yu Shen will be abolished!"
"The imperial examination will continue to be divided into north and south, and the salt tax, mining tax, vehicle and ship tax in the south will still be collected."
"Let the officials who are counting the acres of land all over the world continue to count the number of acres of land in the south!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin bowed and obeyed the order.
In the short period of one month when Yu Shen took power, he promulgated many regulations that benefited southern officials, southern gentry, and southern scholars.
Zhu Youtang tried his best to eliminate the impact of these laws on the Ming Dynasty.
The capital was extremely busy. A large number of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi came out of the capital to carry Zhu Youtang's orders to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
Time passed quickly, and three days later, Jinyiwei and Dongchang finally completed the review of all officials in the capital.
The results of the review are shocking!
Zhu Youtang looked at the list jointly submitted by Dongchang and Jinyiwei with gloomy eyes and expressionless face.
At a glance, the names on the list are almost all first- and second-rank officials in the court.
Xu Pu, the chief assistant of the cabinet and the minister of household affairs, Liu Daxia, the minister of war, Peng Shao, the minister of punishment, Xie Qian, the scholar of Dongge University, Yu Shen, the left minister of the Ministry of War, Cao Ding, the left minister of the official affairs ministry, Ding Xuan, the right minister of the punishment ministry...
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Two pavilion elders, three ministers, three ministers, and all the senior officials under Zhu Youtang were almost wiped out!
These people were all officials who were promoted after Zhu Youtang came to power and wiped out all the original cabinet and six ministers.
But just one year has passed, and these people have committed the unpardonable capital crime again!
Zhu Youtang wanted to reorganize the cabinet and replace a new batch of ministers and ministers of the six departments.
Zhu Youtang didn't even know how many pavilion elders, ministers, and ministers he had to replace before officials like them would be afraid of the imperial power.
Only then can one keep oneself in peace and fulfill one's duties as a minister.
Below these senior civil servants, there are countless relatives, military generals, and civil servants at all levels.
Si Cai Zhen, the Prince-in-law and Commander of the Beijing Guard, the Imperial Supervisor, the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the Traveler Si Sizheng, the Imperial Academy's Attendant, the Director of the Ministry of War, etc... A whole memorial book is densely packed, all of which are recorded. Official title and name.
It involved hundreds of officials, and the official positions involved covered almost all yamen in the capital.
Most of these officials did not actually participate in the coup organized by Yu Shen.
They just took the initiative to turn to Yu Shen after he seized power, and thus gained promotions.
Among them, the Hanlin Academy was the department that involved the most people. A large number of officials took the initiative to flatter Shen in order to be assigned a powerful official position after leaving the Hanlin Academy.
Yu Shen had just seized power and was in the process of hiring people, so he did not refuse the officials of the Hanlin Academy.
After this battle, most of the savings the Hanlin Academy had accumulated over the years were destroyed.
For people who cannot even guarantee their loyalty, even if they have the talent to help the world, it is useless to come.
Kill them all together!
After Zhu Youtang read the list presented by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, he felt murderous in his heart!
The anger in his heart could only be extinguished by blood.
Zhu Youtang slammed the list in his hand on the dragon table, stood up at the same time, and walked out of the Yangxin Hall.
"Take everyone outside Chengtian Gate to await execution!"
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"Show me at Chengtianmen, I will personally preside over the execution!"
Liu Jin and Mou Bin immediately accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
After Zhu Youtang left Yangxin Hall, he sat in a dragon chariot and walked towards Chengtian Gate.
Liu Jin and Mou Bin returned to Dongchang Yamen and Beizhen Fusi as quickly as possible.
Mobilize Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei respectively to escort those officials who have been identified to Chengtianmen to be tortured!
"Quick, escort all the found traitors to the outside of Chengtian Gate immediately!"
"Your Majesty will personally preside over the execution this time, and there must be no delay!"
"Yes, Commander!"
In Fusili, Beizhen, following Mou Bin's order, the Jinyi guards rushed to escort the officials detained in Fusili, Beizhen, out of the imperial edict.
Yu Shen, whose limbs were severed and barely able to breathe, Cao Li, whose face was ashen, Cai Zhen, who was extremely frightened, and the editor of the Hanlin Academy, who was crying and crying... were all taken to Chengtianmen.
At this moment, these rebellious people finally received the retribution they deserved!
At the same time, in the Dongchang Yamen, Liu Jin was also issuing orders to a group of Dongchang fans.
"Everyone listens to the order! Immediately take the traitors in the prison to Chengtianmen for trial!"
"Hurry up! This time it is His Majesty's personal review. If I miss His Majesty's matters, we will take you for questioning!"
"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor!"
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Dongchang's gangsters acted quickly and took the convicted officials in Dongchang Prison to Chengtianmen one by one.
The disheveled Xie Qian, the miserable-looking Peng Shao, the zombie-like Xu Pu, and the despairing Liu Daxia... were shackled by Dongchang fans and escorted through the streets and alleys to Chengtianmen.
Xu Pu and Liu Daxia were actually dead when they were in Xuanfu.
It was only now, after everything came to light, that he was officially executed.
Dongchang fans and Jinyi guards escorted hundreds of officials from the capital and rushed to Chengtianmen in a mighty manner.
Zhu Youtang, on the other hand, was already sitting in the dragon chariot and arrived under the Chengtian Gate.
When Zhu Youtang, accompanied by a group of eunuchs and eunuchs, boarded the Chengtian Gate.
Chengtianmen Square was already full of officials who had been convicted of treason.
In addition to these officials themselves, all the family members of these officials in Beijing were also arrested by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi.
These family members, numbering in the thousands, also knelt behind these officials, crying miserably and wailing in pain.
On both sides of Chengtianmen Square, there were two rows of solemn-looking factory guards.
Dongchang Fanzi is in the east and Jinyiwei is in the west, strictly guarding the prisoners and their families in the square.
Behind Chengtianmen Square, there was a steady stream of factory guards escorting officials and their families, and they continued to gather here.
Zhu Youtang sat on the dragon chair with an expressionless face and looked down at the officials waiting for execution below.
His eyes swept across the familiar faces in front of him, his eyes full of gloom.
These are all high-ranking officials in the DPRK who he single-handedly promoted and had high hopes for.
But what they did was arrogant!
In front of the officials kneeling on the ground, there stood an official from the Ministry of Punishment who was pushed out to assist Zhu Youtang in presiding over the execution.
It was none other than Fei Ju, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment who had rich experience in executions.
Fei Ju watched these old ministers kneeling in front of him, his legs trembling.
After Yu Shen seized power, he also tried to win over him.
But the more he presided over the execution, the less courageous Fei Ju became. He was so frightened that he claimed to be ill for a month and wrote three letters of resignation.
This also made Fei Ju one of the few doctors in the capital who had not been implicated.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Fei Ju quickly raised his hands to Zhu Youtang and asked for orders: "Your Majesty, noon has arrived. Do you want to start the execution?"
There were factory guards in the distance, leading the remaining officials to Chengtianmen, but Zhu Youtang no longer planned to wait any longer.
"The execution begins immediately!"
"The first to be executed is Yu Shen, the Minister of War!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
(End of chapter)