First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 306
Zhu Biao nodded casually when he heard it. This kind of thing came to light. Naturally, it was earth-shattering. It was not just a matter of Song Yaozu. There are at least 4000 to [-] prisoners who have been sentenced to death, and many of them are high-ranking officials.

Have all these people been replaced?This is not a trivial matter, like Song Yaozu who fled across the sea without hiding the sky, at most he would do evil in the remote corners of Daming, but those high-ranking officials and honors are different, they are all outstanding people killed in troubled times, They are likely to be lurking in the shadows, waiting to make waves one day.

Lao Zhu's obsessive-compulsive disorder naturally couldn't bear it, and it was foreseeable that many people would have their families destroyed in the next few days. Zhu Biao was just worried that too many people would be killed, and what to do if the six yamen could not operate.

After a while, all the guards in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice also finished their confession. Except for the two who wanted to commit suicide, the rest were all guilty of extorting prisoners. .

The job of prison guards is not something that good people would do, and the salary is also pitifully low. If they don’t get some oil and water themselves, it will be difficult for the whole family to have enough to eat. It’s just that they are greedy and force the families of prisoners to ruin their families, which is really unreasonable. Qing, let alone the prisoners who can enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment are not good things. In the end, Zhu Biao ordered someone to whip fifty, and life and death were at the mercy of fate.

Yan Donglai said beside him: "There are still problems in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and I will thoroughly investigate them as soon as possible. As for..."

Zhu Biao interrupted him and said: "Advisors at the top use power, and those who are not in good power use art. Now that the general trend of purging officials has been achieved, tricks and tricks are not enough to rely on. You should do your part and don't let me down."

Yan Donglai bowed to promise, this is the difference between a courtier and a king, no matter how strong an official is, he can only rely on power and tactics, while the emperor is under the pressure of the world, and the man who is a chariot with his arms can only be smashed to pieces.

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he set off to return to the palace. Zhao Yong led the guards and Guo Xing stayed in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Zhu Biao closed his eyes and rested after getting into the car.

Because Zhu Biao had ordered martial law in the capital just now, the road was quite smooth, and the people under the emperor's feet could predict the wind and rain in advance, and they all knew that something was going to happen.

After entering the palace gate, get off the car and walk towards Fengtian Hall. From a distance, I saw a large group of people kneeling neatly in front of the main hall gate. Seeing Zhu Biao coming, he quickly kowtowed and said, "I will see Your Highness, Your Highness Qianqiu!"

Zhu Biao's face was no longer as gentle as usual, and he walked in front of them with a sullen face, while Zhao Yong followed triumphantly, raising his eyebrows towards the nobles, making Liu Anhou, Wang Zhi and others gnash their teeth, and the nobles were all relieved , Knowing that this matter has little to do with them, so they are not too worried.

Seeing that several important people were missing, Zhu Biao asked, "Wang Xiang, Xu Shuai, and the others?"

Hubu Shangshu opened his mouth and replied: "Return Your Highness, after the ministers knelt for half an hour, Wang Xiang, Hu Xiang, Han Zhongcheng, Xu Shuai, Cao Guogong and others were announced."

The Book of the Ministry of Rites said again: "Since your Highness is here, go in and persuade the Holy Majesty. No matter what, the dragon body should be the most important thing. If you are angry, you can't do it."

The rest of the civil servants also looked loyal to the king, patriotic and considerate of the dragon body. They all opened their mouths and hoped that the prince would go in and try the water, and hoped that His Majesty would be able to extinguish the fire when he saw his most beloved prince.

Before Zhu Biao could speak, Deng Yu, the Duke of Wei on Xungui's side, scolded: "You fools, you only thought of the dragon body of the Holy One now that the incident happened. What did you think?"

Song Guogong Feng Sheng, who had just returned to Beijing to report from the west, also answered: "As the saying goes, if I knew today, why bother? You really opened the eyes of us big guys. The emperor dared to play tricks. A certain family What a shame."

Tang Shengzong, Marquis of Yan'an, laughed and said, "In the future, before you go to the guillotine, we will deliver the guillotine in person, so we can see if your tricks work well this time."

Zheng Yuchun, the Marquis of Xingyang, yelled strangely and said: "If it's okay, then I won't be the Marquis of Xingyang anymore. I will go and lead the horses and kicks for you in the future, so I can learn and study, hahahahaha!"

Zhu Biao looked at the nobles who were laughing together speechlessly. These guys were also kneeling on the ground. Why do they still have such a strong sense of superiority? Is it really good to gloat so much?

The civil servants were all embarrassed. Although many people didn't know about it, it was obvious that there was a problem with the six departments, so they would inevitably be implicated. After all, no one was very clean after a deep investigation.

The officials of the six ministries and the Ministry of Education were not easy to talk to, but the censors at Yushitai were not used to honorable officials. Their daily routine was to eat and sleep and scolded honorable officials from the emperor. How can you be so shameless! I will impeach you later!"

The nobles are not afraid of him. It is fun to have so many people sitting on the board together. After the founding of the country, they have not been less angry with these officials. Naturally, the opportunity to add ridicule cannot be missed.

Zhu Biao saw that he was about to scold them, when Li Wenzhong came out suddenly, looked helplessly at the nobles and preached: "The sage said, all those who spoke loudly and laughed just now will get twenty imperial sticks, and give us a severe beating." !"

As soon as the words came out, the nobles knelt down obediently and said nothing, as if they were not the ones who wantonly ridiculed just now. The civil servants gritted their teeth, but now they couldn't protect themselves and didn't have the heart to stagnate with a group of idiots.

Li Wenzhong said helplessly: "You laugh too loudly, you can hear clearly from inside, it's better not to ask me to call names, let alone His Royal Highness watching."

"Damn it, Lao Li, you have a donkey's voice? Why are you laughing so loudly? Now that it's all over, hurry up and get the stick, and be careful of your big fat ass."

"Bah, your back molars are all exposed when you smile, and you're so embarrassed to say we, let's go, we agreed back then, we have the same blessings and the same difficulties, and the leader can't be short of people, and Old Tang What the hell are you pretending to be a little bitch, get up!"

Song Guogong Feng Sheng and Wei Guogong Deng Yu are decent people, they stood up neatly and bowed to the crown prince, and then went to take the court staff, and the nobles behind you pull me, I will pull you away, regardless of others Did you laugh just now?

Zhu Biao looked at their backs thoughtfully, Li Wenzhong walked up to him and saluted softly, "Forgive me, Your Highness, they are all rough and loose, but they are loyal to His Majesty and Your Highness. "

Zhu Biao shook his head: "Rough people and elegant people don't let me worry about it."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Biao glanced at the dispirited and frightened civil servants, and then walked into Fengtian Hall, and felt the cold and serious atmosphere when he stepped over the threshold. The upper emperor had a livid face, and the prime ministers and generals below all put their heads on the ground superior.

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(End of this chapter)