Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 54
Since the orthodox dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether they are civil servants or generals, whether they are eunuchs or court ladies, they have become more and more courageous.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple, because Ming Yingzong has almost wiped out the forbidden army that the royal family relies on to frighten the world.

If the emperor still has more than [-] elite imperial guards in his hands, who dares to seize power at every turn, who dares to kill the king at every turn?
At the beginning, these people didn't dare to be too arrogant. Even if they wanted to kill the king, they would do it secretly, for fear of being known.

However, after the Wanli Dynasty, these people were so courageous that they bullied the sky, because Wanli had never fought against the civil servants in the struggle for the country, so they simply gave up on themselves and refused to go to court!
The emperor of Ming Dynasty is so useless, all kinds of ruthless people are not unscrupulous!

As soon as Wanli died, Concubine Zheng simply joined forces with the Civil Service Group to do Taichang!

In the end, nothing happened.

Xi Li also became so courageous that he even pinched Tianqi in his hand to prevent him from seeing his courtiers.

Sergeant Li Xuan, to put it bluntly, is a palace lady, she dares to be so bold, which further encourages the arrogance of others.

Therefore, Tianqi was the emperor in name only for seven years, and made a joke of "the world only knows that there are nine thousand years old but does not know that there is an emperor", and then he was killed by people in a daze.

Chongzhen actually wanted to revive the royal family's prestige, but his ability was limited, coupled with internal and external troubles, natural disasters continued, and he was powerless to recover.

As for the Hongguang Emperor, Longwu Emperor, and Yongli Emperor, they are basically puppets in the hands of civil servants and generals, without any power.

Scenes of history flashed through Taichang's mind, his eyes became colder and more ruthless, so cold that it was a bit penetrating, and so ruthless that it was a little scary.

You bastards don't take me seriously, do you?
Come on, let me see today, how many daredevils there are!
After Shao Fuzhong was dragged down, he turned his head and looked coldly at Wei Guogong Xu Hongji.

If the small imperial court in Nanjing, the accompanying capital, wants to mobilize the guards for something, then the guarding eunuch, the guarding nobles and the Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War must sign and pledge together. This is the rule.

Now, Chen Zeng, the guarding eunuch, and Shao Fuzhong, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, have both been found out, leaving Xu Hongji, the honorable defense officer in Nanjing.

It is impossible for this person to kill his nine clans.

Because Emperor Yongle's Empress Xu is the eldest daughter of Zhongshan King Xu Da, and also the biological mother of Renzong Zhu Gaochi.

In other words, the emperors after Emperor Yong Le actually all have the blood of the Xu family.

Moreover, even if the relatives of the emperor rebel, it is impossible to punish the nine clans, because the emperor himself is included in the nine clans.

Therefore, even if the prince rebelled, he would only be demoted to a commoner and go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, and he would not be beheaded.

This has been the case since the Hongwu Dynasty.

As for other relatives of the imperial family who conspired to rebel, they generally would not be beheaded, and at most they would be placed under house arrest until death.

Denial of relatives has been a taboo since ancient times. Although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was ruthless, not many killed his own people.

The worst internal disturbance in the old Zhu family was Yan Wangjing’s disaster. The reason why Ming Chengzu was so cruel to Emperor Yunwen was because of the cutting of the feudal clan. The two uncles and nephews became enemies, and neither side regarded the other as their own. .

In fact, Ming Chengzu was not so unkind to his own people, just like Xu Huizu, the ancestor of Wei Guogong's family. This guy defeated the Yan army several times, which made Chengzu Zhu Di almost fail. He was stripped of his title and placed under house arrest.

This Wei Guogong Xu Hongji Taichang didn't plan to kill at first, because he couldn't kill all the officials in Jinling. If it is local, then it is purely a disease of the brain.

He has to give people some hope, otherwise, how dare they confess their guilt, and if they confess their guilt, they will be killed?
Just in time, according to the rules of the ancestors, this Xu Hongji can be spared once.

Therefore, Taichang is going to give him a chance, let him be an example of lenient punishment.

Of course, if Xu Hongji doesn't know what to do, then there's nothing he can do. It's just one word, kill!

Since you are full of guts, then kill your guts!

Xu Hongji looked at Taichang's cold and penetrating eyes, and suddenly his heart and gallbladder became cold.

He hesitated for a moment, but still staggered out of the train, lying on the imperial road and tremblingly said: "This minister deserves to die, he intended to murder the emperor, this minister pleaded guilty, and begged the emperor to give him a lighter punishment."

Count you acquainted.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said coldly: "I can't break my promise. Since you pleaded guilty, I will punish you lightly. You go back and face the wall and think about your mistakes. You must not step out of the mansion in this life. The duke position, Xu Hongji's lineage is all demoted to common people."

Hearing this, Xu Hongji couldn't help lying on the ground and crying bitterly: "This minister deserves to die, this minister's conscience has been eaten by a dog, and he did such a rebellious act, this minister is sorry for the emperor, I am sorry for the ancestors! . . ”

Why are you crying here? Didn't you see that I was doing business?
Taichang waved helplessly and said, "Drag on."

The two Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward to support Xu Hongji and left.

Next, will these people be honest?
This killing of chickens has killed two broods, and I have done a demonstration to take it lightly. These people should be sensible, right?
Taichang deliberately stopped for about a cup of tea and didn't say a word. As a result, no one came forward and confessed!

Did I set a wrong example?
That's okay, I will continue to do the right demonstration and continue to kill!

He couldn't help snorting coldly: "I gave you a chance, since you don't know how to cherish it, that's fine, let's continue, next one, Li Hongji."

With a sound of "baji", a person in the Duke's noble ranks suddenly collapsed to the ground, no need to ask, it was naturally Linhuaihou Li Hongji.

Taichang winked, and immediately two Jinyi guards stepped forward and dragged Li Hongji to the imperial road in the middle.

Immediately afterwards, he said coldly: "Li Hongji, did you expose my whereabouts?"

Li Hongji tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, you have been wronged!"

Taichang mocked: "Wronged? Then why do you look like this?"

Li Hongji was speechless, how to explain this?
Taichang snorted coldly, then shouted loudly: "Drag it, cut it off!"

Ah!
Does this work too?

Without any evidence, the Marquis was directly chopped off!

Is the emperor crazy?

This is not enough.

Taichang then said coldly: "The decree is to cut off the title of Marquis of Linhuai, Li Hongji's lineage will be demoted to common people, Li Zushu will be beheaded to show the public, and the rest will be distributed for three thousand miles to Xubian!"

what?
At this time, some people have already started to tremble. The emperor directly ignores the evidence and kills them if they are caught. Who can bear this!

The question is, they can't do anything right now, there are tens of thousands of guards outside, who dares to resist?

However, everyone was lucky, and no one came forward to plead guilty, because the emperor dealt with people who intended to conspire against the king, and the mastermind of this kind of thing could not invite too many people to participate in the plan, because it would be easier if there were too many people. Leaked news.

Therefore, except for Chen Zeng, Shao Fuzhong and Xu Hongji, the others basically didn't know about it, and even Li Hongji, Marquis of Linhuai, didn't know about it, so he just provided a piece of information.

As for the others, if they didn't know, they didn't participate, so everyone was still lucky.

These people really have fat guts, let's see if I don't kill your guts today!
Taichang snorted coldly, then called his name and said, "Next, Fan Jishi."

With a sound of "baji", another person collapsed in front of the six-part train. It was Fan Jishi, Minister of the Nanjing Household Department.

This time there was no need for Taichang to wink, the two Jinyi guards went up and dragged him to the middle of the royal road.

Taichang stared at him and said coldly: "You are not bad, you took the lead in corruption and corrupted half of the Yanke tax!"

Fan Jishi cried out in fright: "Your Majesty, you are wronged!"

wronged?

Taichang directly ordered: "Drag it down, cut it off!"

He didn't stop, and then continued: "Next, Zhang Pu."

With a sound of "baji", another one fell in front of the six trains. It was Zhang Pu, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of punishment.

Soon, he was dragged to the middle of the royal road.

Taichang stared at him and said coldly: "I ask you, what does the Criminal Department do?"

Zhang Pu tremblingly said: "The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of punishment laws and reviewing criminal names. At the same time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of inspections, and Dali Temple is in charge of trial and review of major cases."

Taichang couldn't help mocking: "You still know what the Ministry of Criminal Justice does. I thought you didn't. You are amazing. You don't care about business. You use your power to trap good people and blackmail them!"

Zhang Pu was too embarrassed to call out his injustice, because that's how he made money.

Seeing this, Taichang said without hesitation: "Drag it, cut it off!"

Now, some people finally couldn't hold it anymore, and three of the six books were chopped off. Will the emperor still be lenient?
Don't rush to plead guilty, the next one may be your turn!
Their guts were really shattered!

Therefore, as soon as Taichang raised his head, someone came out of the train, knelt down in the middle of the royal road and said in panic: "The emperor spares my life, and I confess my crime!"

This time someone took the lead, and the next thing will be terrible. I don't know how many people rushed out of the train, knelt down in the middle of the royal road and confessed their sins.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but snorted coldly.

Hmph, I really can't cure you guys!
Now you know you are afraid, right?
(End of this chapter)