Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 313
Zhang Cong's face turned red.

Zhu Houzhao is really useless to himself.

Zhang Cong saw the emperor fighting with those officials, so he wanted to offer help.

It's just that others speak lightly, and the emperor doesn't even see him when he sees him. He is really powerless.

In the past, Qin Shao dealt with this kind of confrontation. To capture the thief, he first captured the king, started with the mastermind, and used public opinion to gradually disintegrate them.

He also wants to do it, but the son has prestige and can persuade the emperor to let Jiang Bin and others use Jin Yiwei to help.

He had met Jiang Bin a few days ago, and Governor Jiang was in such a state of desperation that he had no time to pay attention to him, let alone the emperor.

Zhang Cong talked to An Yongzhen, and An Yongzhen felt that because of the son's affairs, the emperor probably had some scruples about Zhang Cong, and Jiang Dudu couldn't decide, so let him not be so active first, they put their hot faces on other people's cold asses, and even more so. Not being favored.

Zhang Cong felt that An Yongzhen had no political ambition here, and that what the emperor said was too harsh and narrow-minded, but he could not deny that despite being recommended by his son, Zhu Houzhao did not take himself seriously, and he couldn't help but sighed deeply in his heart.

Now that Xia Yan deliberately provoked himself, Zhang Cong had already done a good job of psychological preparation. Although he was a little embarrassed, he did not attack.

Before leaving, the son said that he is a man of great talent, don't be too radical, just work hard, and leave everything to God's will.

Zhang Cong used to be very uncomfortable with Xia Yan. In the final analysis, both of them had a quick temper and were instigated by others, so they became enemies of Huanxi.

Nowadays, in order to flatter the cabinet, civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty are willing to go to the emperor to remonstrate. There are only a few people who do not participate, and Xia Yan is one of them.

Zhang Cong actually liked Xia Yan, at least this kid was not flattering or low-key.

Ignoring Xia Yan, Zhang Cong packed his things and passed Xia Yan without looking sideways.
The picture made Xia Yan stare at Zhang Cong dumbfounded, this kid has really changed his mind!

……

Five days later.

Those officials who knelt down on the last day, even though they looked embarrassed, thought that the punishment was over, they had become famous this time, and they were dissatisfied and secretly happy.

Zhu Houzhao saw the expressions of those people, and they all seemed as excited as going to the market, and the fire in his chest burned even more vigorously.

He directly ordered forty court sticks for those ministers, and if they refused to obey, they would add another eighty!

Although the court rod began with Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was carried forward in Daming.

Those who wear court sticks take off their clothes, wear thick cotton bottom clothes, and fold them heavily, just as a show of humiliation, but they still lie in bed for several months, and then heal.

Forty imperial rods, the flesh and blood of the prisoner will be torn to pieces after repeated blows and scratches.

Those with strong body and bones usually take a month or two to recover. If they are old enough to suffer from any disease, it is not uncommon for them to lose their lives.

The highest number of court rods is one hundred, but this has no practical significance. Eighty court rods means that both feet have stepped into the threshold of Lord Hades.

Before noon.

Officials headed by Sun Feng, Zhang Yanrui, Lu Feng, etc., neatly lay on the ground and accepted the torture.

When Yang Tinghe came trotting all the way, Zhu Houzhao was about to call for orders.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Yang Tinghe ran towards this side with his old legs, apparently overly pleading for mercy, this old boy is really good at picking his time.

"beat!"

Zhu Houzhao pretended not to see Yang Tinghe, gave an order, and heard the crackling applause and crying, which instantly drowned out Yang Tinghe's voice.

After the end of the [-]th tent, those ministers who usually dressed in neat clothes and consisted of five people and six people, all of them were torn apart, crying for their father and mother, and completely lost their previous arrogance.

Yang Tinghe almost fainted on the spot, but Zhu Houzhao asked the internal officer to support him, and the internal officer found two more guards, and sent Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, back in a carriage.

The next day, as soon as Zhu Houzhao woke up, Jiang Bin walked in.

"Wen Yi, what's wrong?"

Zhu Hou took care of Jiang Bin's face and knew that there must be something wrong.

"Xiao Liu and Zhou Xu are dead!"

Jiang Bin replied.

"what?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little puzzled.

"Two people who received the imperial staff yesterday died."

Jiang Bin knew that Zhu Houzhao had just woken up and didn't understand what was going on, so he hurriedly explained.

"Forty court rods are dead?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little puzzled.

"Those two people are not young, and I heard that they are not in good health. Maybe yesterday's illness caused other diseases, and... they are gone!"

Jiang Bin felt that this matter was getting more and more difficult.

Yesterday he thought about hitting those officials for a while, but they stopped after some injuries.

Now that two people have died, this... this is a fatality. Based on his understanding of those civil servants, they will definitely not let it go!

In the past few days, Zhu Houzhao has been very angry because of this matter, and he has sores in his mouth, and he can't help the pain when he speaks.

Jiang Bin asked the imperial physician to prescribe several doses of medicine for anger, but it didn't get better after drinking it!
He went to question the imperial physician, and the imperial physician said in a strange manner that the emperor himself was too angry, and if he didn't pay attention to controlling himself, no amount of medicine would be of any use.

Jiang Bin remembered Qin Shao's suggestion when he was about to leave, and asked someone to go to the pharmacy outside to grab some medicine for Zhu Houzhao.

Hearing that two people had died, Zhu Houzhao's face became even more gloomy.

He knew it wasn't over yet.

Sure enough, after the degaussing news that the two died, 30 people from various ministries and temple officials jointly wrote a letter, accusing the emperor of being too harsh and severe to the ministers, and it was almost like saying that Zhu Houzhao was a tyrant like King Zhou!
What does this mean?
Let yourself remember the lesson of King Zhou?

Is it true that King Zhou was tyrannical and then destroyed the country?

It means that he is tyrannical, will this Great Ming Dynasty be ruined in his own hands?

What could irritate a king more than such words!
Huang Xian, Lu Zhen, Xia Liangsheng, etc., and the new officials were all fined fifty strokes of the cane. Lu Zhen, Xu Tingzan, and eleven others died one after another due to severe stick injuries.

A total of 140 people were tortured this time, ranging from 13 to [-] strokes each.Among them, [-] were killed on the spot or died of serious injuries. Liang Chu, a cabinet scholar, took the blame and resigned, which was directly approved by the emperor.

For a while, the courts in the capital were shut down, and the clouds were overcast.

……

Yang House.

"Jie Fu! Your Majesty...I...what should I do..."

Liang Chu's face was pale, and he slumped on one side of the chair trembling.

He obviously hasn't been able to accept the news that he has been fired.

I thought that so many people died this time, and taking advantage of this situation, I wrote a letter to resign and threatened Zhu Houzhao as the last one, but I didn't want that kid to not give me face at all.

This method was thought up by Yang Tinghe at the beginning, he let himself take the lead, which is good, he was driven back to his hometown directly.

Beijing officials resigned, and if there is no emperor's special permission, all their families will leave Beijing.

How could he be reconciled to returning to his hometown once he had been in Beijing for so many years?

"Uncle Hou, you go back to your hometown in Shunde first, and there will be a day when you return! Don't worry, doesn't the emperor want to go south? Since he doesn't want to be the emperor in peace and stability, we simply follow his will! How are the preparations over there? ?”

Yang Tinghe's face was gloomy, and he glanced at Jiang Mian who was on the side.

"Ge Lao, are we really going to take this step? Didn't we say to let him be a chess piece? After all, he is stupid enough, so we can easily grasp it. Now that it is like this, let him be released directly. I am worried..."

"What are you worried about! Although we chose him because he was stupid, it's just that he was too ambitious. He wanted to push his son to the throne and become the emperor himself. Now he has organized his own cabinet. If he succeeds, what position do we have? Instead of this, it is better to let him come out and make trouble, and let the emperor know that this Daming country is not what he wants it to be!"

(End of this chapter)