Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 89
Jin Yiwei Zhang Cai went to Jingjiang Prince's Mansion in Guangxi to capture Jingjiang King Zhu Yueqi, and Gao Feng, one of the Eight Tigers, went to capture Yingtian Governor Qi Kangping.

Both of them were Zhu Houzhao's confidantes, so their ability to handle affairs was unquestionable, and soon King Jingjiang and Qi Kangping were escorted to the capital.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to talk to King Jingjiang for the time being, but took the lead in meeting Qi Kangping. He still had very high expectations for this noble son from a poor family.

"The guilty minister Qi Kangping sees His Majesty."

Dressed in a rich and purple official robe, only 27 or [-] years old, with a serious and upright face, Qi Kangping saluted respectfully, with his head firmly on the ground, not daring to face Zhu Houzhao directly.

From the time Gao Feng led people to arrest him, he knew he was doomed, he had no face to face Sheng'en, and he was ashamed of the emperor's trust.

"Aren't you going to explain to yourself?"

Zhu Houzhao's tone was gloomy, full of disappointment. From that sentence of "criminal minister", he completely gave up.

Qi Kangping lived up to his expectations and indeed became a super corrupt official, the kind who deserves death for his heinous crimes.

"The guilty minister is ashamed of my emperor!"

Qi Kang's face was almost on the ground.

"You weren't like this before."

"I remember when I first met you, you were still a scholar with the world in mind, dreaming of doing more practical things for the people!"

"How did it become what it is now?"

Zhu Houzhao said with emotion, and his voice became more and more angry: "Corruption and bribery, bribery and murder, collusion with profiteers, making money and enclosing land, what else have you never done."

Betrayal and deceit made Zhu Houzhao almost lose his mind, and he wished he could immediately draw his knife and chop this bastard.

"The guilty minister owes the emperor's grace, and deserves death."

Qi Kangping didn't make much excuses, he only wanted to die quickly.

Only when he dies will everything he has done be buried and those he wants to protect will be safe.

Zhu Houzhao did not misunderstand him. At the beginning, he really wanted to be a good official and benefit one side with his talent and learning. However, the world is unpredictable. In the big dye vat in the south of the Yangtze River, no matter how innocent he is, he will eventually be dragged into the water.

"Sin deserves ten thousand deaths, but you deserve ten thousand deaths for not only sins, you are not enough to die ten thousand times."

Zhu Houzhao hated that iron could not be made into steel, and he placed great expectations on Qi Kangping, hoping that one day Qi Kangping could rely on his own ability to rise step by step into the imperial court and become his right-hand man.

Unfortunately, Qi Kangping's actions disappointed him completely.

Qi Kangping was born in a small village in Shanxi Province. He was born in a poor family. His parents died young and he grew up eating a lot of food.

But he is talented and studious, and he left his hometown to study around when he was a teenager. Although he was stared at and despised because of his birth, he still kept improving on his way to school.

In the second year of Zhengde, Qi Kangping took the imperial examination for the first time since Zhu Houzhao took office. It was impossible for Qi Kangping to be admitted based on his background and some unspoken rules of the examination.

But sometimes one's luck comes, and one can't stop it. At that time, he met Zhu Houzhao who was out of the palace to relax. After the two talked, Zhu Houzhao felt that he was a legacy of countless scholars, so he promoted him vigorously.

He was hand-picked to be the candidate of that imperial examination, entered the Imperial Academy, bestowed a good fortune, and then quickly climbed to the position of Governor of Yingtian.

But Qi Kangping, who was so favored by Zhu Houzhao and repeatedly promoted and reused, has now become a super corrupt official, and is also used by the civil official group as a tool to fight against Zhu Houzhao, which makes Zhu Houzhao not angry or angry.

Qi Kangping, who was once passionate, dedicated to the country, caring for the world, and the people, is dead, and the rest is Qi Kangping, a super corrupt official who has been dazzled by power and desire.

Facing Zhu Houzhao's anger, Qi Kangping kept his mouth shut all the time, silently waiting for Zhu Houzhao's verdict on him. He committed several serious crimes, and it is impossible for him to live!

Zhu Houzhao knew him very well, and he also knew Zhu Houzhao very well.

Zhu Houzhao was very unruly, but he dared to change anything that didn't suit his wishes, even if it was the ancestral precepts left by Emperor Taizu.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao is also a very disciplined person. He likes others to abide by his rules, because the rules he sets represent his will to a certain extent, which will make Zhu Houzhao, who has a strong desire for control, very happy.

Qi Kangping has committed several major crimes, and is suspected of cheating and betraying Zhu Houzhao. He has seriously violated Zhu Houzhao's rules. No matter what, he must die.

No matter how much Zhu Houzhao appreciates him, there is no room for turning around. Rules are rules, and once the rules are broken without punishment, no one will take the rules seriously.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Qi Kangping coldly, and said: "I asked Gao Feng to check your family property, and there are only 20 taels of broken silver in your house, and the clothes and furniture are all old things, so it can be seen that your usual expenses are not big. .”

"I don't understand why you committed such serious crimes when you lived in such poverty."

When Qi Kangping heard this, his pupils shrank immediately, and he realized in an instant that he still underestimated the emperor and Dongchang too much.

"Since your majesty already knows, why bother to ask more questions!"

Smiling wryly, he understood that everything he had done could not be hidden, not only he was going to die, but those people he protected would also die with him.

"All crimes are committed by the minister alone. I implore Your Majesty not to bring harm to the innocent."

"Innocent, what is innocent."

Zhu Houzhao's face was extremely indifferent, "Since ancient times, China has always put human feelings and worldly wisdom first, and it is important that one person attains the Tao, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

"You have become an official and developed, and you have to take care of your neighbors and folks. I don't understand it."

"I also know your past. You grew up eating a lot of food, and you were taken care of by your neighbors and folks. You have developed, so there is nothing wrong with repaying your kindness. It's just that this is the way you repay your kindness!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao was already furious, and threw all the criminal evidence Gao Feng had collected about Qi Kangping in his face.

"In order to arrange the neighbors and folks from your hometown in Shanxi to Jiangnan, you find someone to pretend to be a bandit and slaughter a village in Suzhou with a good location, so that your neighbors and folks can live in it."

"Relying on your prestige, the sons of the neighbors robbed women in the street and killed them. You suppressed them."

"By taking advantage of my position, I have arranged everything that can be arranged. Except for the elderly, children, and women, most of your neighbors and folks have become the people who eat the emperor's food in the Suzhou Yamen. If you give you a few more years, do you want to make arrangements for you? The dogs in the village are also arranged to enter the yamen and receive a salary from the imperial court."

"The Jiang family, a big family in Suzhou, bribed you with 10 taels of silver, and you turned around and gave it to your neighbors and folks to help them build buildings and houses. A village is now comparable to a small town."

"Qi Kangping, you are really good to your neighbors and folks, so good that I have nothing to say."

"But, are you worthy of my trust in you?"

"I asked you to be the governor of Yingtian to let you sit in one side and do your best for the country and the people, not to let you take advantage of your position to satisfy your own selfish desires."

Zhu Houzhao roared, the anger that had been accumulated for a long time broke out completely.

(End of this chapter)