Chapter 192: His Majesty the Emperor wants to establish a crown prince?
Lu Bing’s report received a quick response.
After Emperor Jiajing saw Lu Bing's report, he immediately ordered Lu Bing to join the Third Law Division to arrest Qiu Luan and interrogate him.
When Qiu Luan learned that he had been targeted by Lu Bing, he was terrified and worried. Within a few days, he was so frightened that he became seriously ill and could no longer walk.
But Lu Bing still didn't let him go. In order to protect the evidence from being destroyed by Qiu Luan, Lu Bing sent Jin Yiwei general Shen Lian to search Qiu Luan's Xianning Hou Mansion that day.
Under Shen Lian's meticulous search, all of Qiu Luan's past illegal crimes were revealed in the sun. For a time, Qiu Luan, the Marquis of Xianning, who was once aloof and favored by the emperor, turned into a street rat.
What's more, it is said that the premature death of champion Hou Zhu Wuji was the murder of Qiu Luan.
This time it’s more like poking a hornet’s nest.
The people in the suburbs of Beijing who originally missed the champion and the various soldiers and horses who participated in the battle to resist the Tatar invasion in the suburbs of Beijing became even more furious after hearing this rumor, and they all said excitedly that they must Severely punish the national thief Qiu Luan, and comfort the spirit of the champion Hou Zaitian.
Lu Bing and Sanfasi also acted very quickly. In less than two days, they had sorted out the charges against Qiu Luan and submitted them to Emperor Jiajing for inspection.
After Emperor Jiajing saw these crimes and the punishments proposed by the Sanfa Division, he showed no unnecessary expression on his face. He calmly replied to the report from the Sanfa Division with an imperial pen: "It is a heinous crime to deceive the emperor and live up to the emperor's favor. , ransacked the house and killed everyone!”
Although Emperor Jiajing showed no expression on his face, the words he wrote were filled with killing intent, which made people involuntarily feel cold.
You must know how much favor he showed to Qiu Luan in the early days. No matter what Qiu Luan did, as long as the bottom line of Emperor Jiajing was not touched, Emperor Jiajing would always think of Qiu Luan during the great etiquette dispute. For the affection that speaks to him, he will always pick it up high and put it down gently.
And at critical moments, everyone will turn to him, give him enough honor and favor, let him wear the seal of general to mix military achievements and qualifications, and want to praise him as the first person in the military and the country. A mainstay like Kancheng.
It's a pity that Qiu Luan can't hold up the wall. No matter how many opportunities he was given, he never managed things beautifully, and he acted recklessly many times, which almost led to major disasters.
And this time the Tatar invasion made Emperor Jiajing extremely disappointed and angry.
In May, Zhang Da and Lin Chun, the generals of Datong, were killed in battle. Emperor Jiajing once again appointed Qiu Luan to guard Datong, and restored his palace protection title that had been removed by mistake before, and also gave him the title of Zhengxi The general's seal, the expectations for it can be said to be high.
But after he arrived in Datong, he was not only timid and afraid of the enemy, but also had an affair with the thieves and bandits, deceived the court, and led the Tatars into the bandit capital. He also disguised himself as a loyal and loyal minister. Crazy slapped Emperor Jiajing in the face.
How could Emperor Jiajing tolerate such behavior?
So after Emperor Jiajing replied to the Sanfa Division, Qiu Luan's guilt was immediately determined.
It is the grave crime of conspiracy and the grave crime of framing Zhongliang.
Emperor Jiajing also ordered to kill Qiu Luan's entire family at the place where he was seizing the title. His parents, wife, son, Shi Yi and Hou Rong were all beheaded, and his concubines, daughters, and grandsons were distributed to the hero's family as slaves. His property was confiscated and confiscated to the treasury, his family members were exiled, and his party members were all sentenced to death.
Finally, Qiu Luan's head was sent to the nine sides to warn the generals on all sides.
These operations can be described as extremely severe, and are much more serious than the last time Emperor Jiajing ordered the execution of Xia Yan.
Now Qiu Luan’s problem is solved.
The heroic soul of the champion Hou Zhu Wuji finally rested in peace.
Emperor Jiajing issued a Ming Dynasty edict, and Yu Wang Zhu Zaijing came to comfort the ancestors of the Imperial Ancestral Temple for the great victory in the battle of the capital. The next day, the Ministry of War was ordered to hold a prisoner ceremony in front of the Meridian Gate, and a group of captured Tatar thieves and the thieves and soldiers were all beheaded on the Meridian Gate Square.
The prisoner presentation ceremony was the most important military ceremony in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Whenever there was a major war and the army won a victory, the Ministry of War would ask the emperor to present prisoners of war to the emperor at the Meridian Gate. The gift is the prisoner's gift.
Moreover, the norms and momentum of this set of etiquette are also extremely serious and terrifying.
It will make all those who watch the ceremony truly feel what it means to have supreme imperial power!
On the day of the prisoner presentation, Emperor Jiajing's throne was set up on the Meridian Gate Tower. He sat there, overlooking everything happening in the Meridian Gate Square below.
On both sides of him stood senior military officers with titles, as well as many burly imperial guards known as Han generals.
The oppressive feeling of such a picture will also make people feel moved in their hearts, as if seeing the power of God.
After the prisoner presentation ceremony began, under the watchful eyes of a large number of officials on the Meridian Gate Square, the captured Tatar prisoners of war were led in by the guards. Each of their hands and feet were shackled with round holes. A red cloth was put through his head, covering his chest and back, and he was ordered to kneel down facing the Meridian Gate.
After the prisoners of war kneel down, the Minister of War who presides over this ceremony will step forward, stand on the high platform of the Meridian Gate where the prisoners of war are being judged, and read aloud the crimes committed by each prisoner against heaven and earth and against the people.
After the reading of these crimes, the Minister of Punishment will declare that the crimes of these criminals are unforgivable and the law is irreconcilable, and ask the Emperor Jiajing for his permission to be taken to the city to be beheaded in public in accordance with the law.
Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting on the Meridian Gate, looked at the prisoners of war kneeling below the Meridian Gate with indifferent eyes. Finally, Chrysostom said two words: "Take it!"
In an instant, Emperor Jiajing's Tianyu Lunyin was conveyed to two senior military attachés nearby, and then 2 people passed it on to 4 people, and then 8 people, 16 people, and 32 people passed it on in succession. Finally, 320 Han generals gathered together with their maximum lung capacity. Shouted "Take it"!
The sound shook the roof tiles, and all onlookers were moved by it.
At this point, the prisoner gift is considered complete.
After this ceremony, Emperor Jiajing issued an edict to the Wuying Hall to summon the ministers who had contributed to the defense battle in the suburbs of Beijing to come to the hall to wait.
With this edict, the capital is extremely excited both inside and outside the capital!
His Majesty the Emperor is finally going to reward meritorious officials.
During this period, the flowers that many people have been waiting for have withered.
I finally looked forward to this day coming.
But even on such a lively day, Zhu Zaijing, the former protagonist of the Beijing Suburban Defense War, still had no chance to participate in the award. He was only assigned to the Wuying Hall to host a banquet for meritorious officials after the award.
As soon as this news came out, everyone in the capital couldn't help but feel swayed.
You must know that before this, Prince Yu was just a transparent person, but during these days, he seemed to be very active.
First, on behalf of the emperor, he came to pay homage to the spirit of the champion Hou Zhu Wuji, and then on behalf of heaven, he comforted the spirits of the ancestors in the Taimiao Temple and reported the joy of the great victory in the suburbs of Beijing.
Now he actually got another good job of hosting a banquet in Wuying Hall for meritorious ministers.
For a while, everyone couldn't help but feel in a daze. Is His Majesty the Emperor going to establish a throne?
(End of this chapter)