General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

139 Blood Sacrifice

To Ning Jue's surprise, these clear streams were really brought down by cursing at himself a few times a day.

Not even a harsh word, nothing more than Shangshu scolding himself.

Ning Jue, who scolded him every day, could hardly bear it anymore.

You guys are so pissed off!
The reason why Wang Shizhen and others didn't do anything to Ning Jue is also very simple.

Because Ning Jue said nothing.

They are not even qualified to judge crimes.

In Beijing Wuxun, only Xu Yande, Duke of Dingguo, was eligible to enter the clan's mansion for discussion.

It was not until all the members of the vassal clan arrived in Beijing that Jiajing issued a decree, setting up the Fengxian Hall, and discussing the crime of King Yi in front of the ancestors.

A total of 25 clan members came to Beijing.

In addition to those who are already in Beijing, there are only more than [-] people.

After Xu Jie and Yan Song of the cabinet read out the crime of King Yi, they retreated to the side to record.

Holding Ning Jue's memorabilia in his hand, Zhu Chengji got up and walked in front of Cui Yuan.

"Cui Concubine, do you want to discuss this matter?"

"King Yi, it's okay to use the imperial edict to paste the windows, fine the salary for three years, and Guan Fengyang's high wall for three years?"

Cui Yuan lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Old Highness, King Yi's treason has been verified. Dang, you should sit down and plot treason..."

As soon as these words came out, there was a dead silence in Fengxian Hall.

Jiajing was also displeased and said, "Marquis of Jingshan, how can you speak lightly about conspiracy? It needs to be investigated carefully by the Secretary. What I ordered the clansmen to discuss today is the crime of King Yi earlier."

Cui Yuan, the son-in-law supported by Jiajing, fell to his knees uncharacteristically.

Beads of sweat oozed on his forehead.

"Your Majesty! King Yi's treasonous matter has been thoroughly investigated. I think it's better to discuss it together while all the clan members are here."

"Conspiracy?! The surname is Cui! You are the son-in-law of my Zhu family! Not their Qingliu son-in-law!"

Zhu Chengji himself was just a county king, and even this county king was bought by his father from Yan Song.

But with Jiajing's support, things are different.

"Then what does Jing Shanhou mean?"

"Think about the great treason, look, look at the Ning Mansion's regulations."

The rest of the people in Jingzong were silent, obviously they were on Cui Yuan's side.

Looking at the silent relatives in the capital, Jiajing's voice sounded in the hall.

"Get up and go back to the palace."

Jiajing directly resorted to dragging the word, turned around and went back to Xiyuan.

Let's discuss, anyway, if I don't make a decision, this matter will never end.

You can do it.

Jiajing's actions reminded Zhu Chengji and the others, so let's just procrastinate.

When Zhu Chengji and others came out from the Meridian Gate, they looked at Qingliu who was kneeling outside and scolded angrily: "Let's make your Spring and Autumn Dream!"

"As long as my old man is here, you won't be able to determine Yi Wang's death!"

The clan behind him also echoed again and again.

"It's a big deal and I won't leave! As long as we are here, no one can determine Yi Wang's death!"

The king of the county is also the king, after all, it is the Zhu family.

These Qingliu didn't dare to argue with him, but all of them showed murderous looks on their faces.
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Xu family.

Qingliu, who learned of the results of the discussion in Fengxiandian, flocked to Xu's house.

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Shizhen looked at Xu Jie angrily.

"Men, are we going to let His Majesty procrastinate like this?!"

Xu Jie took a sip of tea with a calm face, and said quietly: "What if you don't procrastinate? The ancestor's precepts are clear, and all are judged by the superior."

"This is……?"

Before Wang Shizhen finished speaking, Xu Jie gently placed an iron plate in front of Wang Shizhen.

"A few days ago when Xu Fan was going to Yingtian, he met a few people from Luoyang who wanted to come to the capital to sue the imperial court. Feeling pity, he brought them to the capital. Yuan Mei went to Tongzhou Shuiyi to pick them up for me. This can be regarded as the old man sending the Buddha to the west."

Wang Shizhen took the iron plate from Xu Jie's hand, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Students know."

That night, there was no sound outside the Chengtian Gate where the palace gate had already been closed, and the soldiers guarding the palace gate suddenly received a strange order, causing a gap of less than half an hour to appear on the observation deck of the imperial city.

In this gap, a black shadow ran towards the door opening of Chengtianmen.

It wasn't until the next morning that the gates of the palace were raised, and a figure floating under Dengwen's drum was seen.

Gao Zhong realized that something big was going to happen!
A dark-skinned middle-aged man was hanged to death under Dengwen's drum just like that, and a certificate was tied on the man's hair bun.

"A bunch of murderous talents! How do you work?! Number one hundred and ten, do you have angry eyes?!"

Gao Zhong's trembling reprimand echoed outside Chengtian Gate.

This is not the first person to make such a complaint, nor even the second.

In the 24th year of Hongwu, there was a flood in Longyang. Shi Qingwensheng of Longyang Dian several times went to Shujuan to avoid Longyang's land tax but could not reply, and finally hanged himself under the drum.

Taizu mourned, and exempted Longyang Tian from giving [-] stones forever as a quota.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, this was a touching story, but Qing Wensheng also set a bad example for Daming.

Since the beginning of the Baozong Dynasty, there have been people who went to Beijing to sue for impeachment. When no one accepted it, they hung up on the drum. In the Zhengde Dynasty, they didn't even knock on it.

But last night, someone really hanged himself.

"Eunuch Gao, there was less than a half-minute gap last night for the humble ranks! Who would have thought that someone would actually hang himself in this gap!"

Gao Zhong didn't even need to think about the contents of the certificate.

Absolutely cannot escape the relationship with King Yi.

Sure enough, before Gao Zhong could find out what happened, a group of common people speaking Luoyang dialect appeared outside Chengtian Gate.

"Go to Xiyuan and report, our family will stop them here, hurry up!"

"Here!"

Not long after Ti Wei who reported the message left, Gao Zhong saw a group of clear streams not far away, and Gao Zhong knew that he couldn't stop him here.

Seeing the corpse under Dengwen's drum, these "nobles" guessed what happened.

Until it was found out that the case involved King Yi.

Everyone in this group of people seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood.

"If Emperor Taizu Gao is here, how can such evil kings be allowed to come here!"

Wang Shizhen was very indignant when he heard the news, and all the Qingliu shouted, beat and killed.

Because what these people said is true, Zhu Dianmai Yurou Township is the truth.

"Ning Kezhong! This is the end, do you still want to speak for King Yi?!"

Ning Jue, who was caught in the crowd, saw the people in front of him, and also angrily said: "I never said that King Yi is innocent!"

"But the one who threw me into the tiger ring was indeed not King Yi but Zhao Gui."

Hearing this, Wang Shizhen trembled with anger.

"Well, Ning Kezhong, why didn't I see that you are such a person before!"

"Such obedience, what are you doing in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, wouldn't it be nice to be transferred to the Prince Yi's Mansion with just a transfer order?!"

"Today, I, Wang Shizhen, will cut off my righteousness with you Ning Kezhong."

With a sound of "tearing", Wang Shizhen tore off half of the official uniform.

Ning Jue pushed Wang Shizhen away.

"Forget it, who is righteous to you, who the hell are you?"

Not just Wang Shizhen.

Even the common people who went to Beijing to sue Ning Jue looked at Ning Jue with resentment.

They couldn't understand what Ning Jue was saying, they only knew that Ning Jue was speaking for their enemies.

To everyone's surprise, Jiajing, who got the news, went straight to Chengtianmen without any delay.

Then there are Xu Jie and Yan Song in the cabinet, and the clan members who live in the ten princes' mansion.

Jiajing, who rushed to Chengtianmen, personally inspected the hanged body.

Wang Shizhen knelt down and asked Qingliu.

"Your Majesty, they are all pure citizens of my Ming Dynasty, they, they just want to live..."

The common people who sued the imperial court also reported Zhu Dianmao's crimes in detail.

Jiajing raised his head numbly.

"Call the clan relatives and discuss matters in the Xiandian Hall."

Jiajing's attitude had changed, and Zhu Chengji looked at Jiajing in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, this meeting cannot be held."

"If you don't kill him, our Zhu family's world will be lost."

"His Majesty!"

This time, the meeting went extremely smoothly.

Any charges are no longer important, it is nothing more than a death penalty for Zhu Dianmao.

Just throwing the court officials into the tiger ring is enough to make Zhu Dianmao frustrated and ashes.

"...Depending on the Ning Mansion's regulations, the country will be eliminated, and the traces will be eliminated."

Qingliu outside the Meridian Gate listened to the results of the discussion, and they all celebrated with each other.

The evil feudal lord was put to death, the people avenged their grievances, and the standard happy ending.

But in Ning Jue's eyes, this matter seemed extremely absurd.

"It was Zhao who threw me into the tiger ring..."

Ning Jue was about to argue for Zhu Dianmao, but was stopped unexpectedly.

"It's up to the constitution, but let's take a break for a while."

Ning Jue regained consciousness a little confused.

But he saw a young man in a boa robe and a winged crown pulling him.

"His Highness is...?"

"Little Wang Zheng Shizi, thanked Bingxian on behalf of King Yi, but King Yi must die, and Bingxian doesn't need to earn infamy for nothing."

"But facts are facts."

Zhu Zaiyu looked at Ning Jue but couldn't help but smile.

"The facts are not that important."

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhu Zaiyu whispered a reminder in Ning Jue's ear.

"Didn't Bingxian find out that His Majesty did all of this on purpose? Your Majesty, you are so wise and knowledgeable. The little Wang admires and admires him. This is all I can say."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Zaiyu disappeared into the deep palace wall.

Zhu Zaiyu saw through Jiajing's purpose, but never pointed it out. Naturally, it was because Zhu Zaiyu felt that what Jiajing did was right.

Ning Jue's brows gradually frowned, and only then did he realize that it was Jiajing who ordered Qingliu to be killed. Why did this guy become the referee again after all the trouble? !

Thinking of this, Ning Jue couldn't help but look back.

Several livid-faced members of Yuanfang clan gathered around Zhu Chengxi, in stark contrast to Qingliu who was celebrating with his crown in front of him.

Behind Zhu Chengji are thousands of distant relatives in Shanxi and Henan provinces.

These descendants of Emperor Taizu Gao can only be regarded as clan relatives.

Ning Jue was startled for a moment.

This was done on purpose by Jiajing, so... is this intentionally creating hatred on both sides?

Thinking of this, Ning Jue broke into a cold sweat.

"Monsters... are all monsters."

Looking at Zhu Chengyu and the others, Ning Jue realized that there were fewer Hanlins who died in the Meridian Gate, and killing only one Zhu Dianmao was far from enough.

Jiajing will continue to kill like this.

Until the hands of the clan were covered with the blood of the scholars, and the hands of the scholars were covered with the blood of the clan.

All this blood was offering a weapon for Jiajing.

A sharp knife on the waist of a scholar-bureaucrat.

Daming needs more than one or two capable ministers.

It is thousands of officials who are capable and willing to go deep into the people and are willing to measure every cent of the land of the gentry in the world.

As long as there are these officials.

Even if the cabinet is tied to two donkeys, this law can also be changed.

Therefore, Zhu Dianmao not only had to die, but also had to die miserably.

It was so miserable that the clans all over the world thought of scholars, they would turn red eyes and grit their teeth with hatred.

Similarly, Ning Jue believed that Zhu Dianmao would never be the last Zhu family member to die so miserably.

As for Qingliu, every drop of blood they shed will eventually become the guarantee of the imperial power and the sharp knife that will kill the donkey in the end.

(End of this chapter)