General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 140
From the beginning to the end, Zhu Dianli didn't even see Jiajing's face, and he was sentenced to death.

After the imperial edict from the Clan Mansion, all the yamen in the entire capital seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and all procedures were specially handled. In only three days, all expenses were finalized.

Jiajing first went to the Taimiao to pay homage to the ancestors and explain Zhu Dianmao's crimes, while Dongchang selected a team of Tiwei to go to Luoyang to search the Yifu treasury bank.

The clansmen in Beijing accompanied the clansmen in Yifu, and saw Zhu Dianmao for the last time in the clan's residence.

Zhu Dianmao, who was imprisoned in the clan's mansion, had long lost the domineering look of the past in Luoyang.

The two young sons knelt outside the wooden fence and stayed close.

"Father, when can we return to the palace?"

"Crying so much, crying so much! Your Majesty is going to see Gu soon, wait for Gu to play tomorrow, and go back to Luoyang to beg for rape. After begging for rape, I will take you out of the city to hunt."

"Hold back your tears! You are the nobles of Tianhuang, so it's nothing to cry and cry every now and then!"

"..."

The Zhu family members from all the prefectures gathered behind Zhu Chengji, and they all remained silent when they saw this scene.

When the rabbit dies, the fox is sad, and things hurt its kind.

All they could think of was how arrogant and domineering the officials of the palace had been in front of them since they were young.

This is not empathy with Zhu Dianmao.

It's a sense of crisis.

Yifu was abolished.

What about us?

At three poles in the sun, the bell of the clan mansion rang.

The patriarch ordered Cui Yuan to enter from outside the government office with a team of servants.

"Dear clansmen, Your Highness, I have offended you."

Cui Yuan waved his hand, and Zhu Dianmao's two sons were dragged out of the room by the servants.

For a while, crying rang out.

Even Zhu Dianmao who was locked inside was stunned.

"No, didn't you say you want to bring me to see His Majesty?"

Cui Yuan glanced at Zhu Dianmao with a complicated expression, but didn't reply.

After all, strictly speaking, Zhu Dianmao is no longer a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but a commoner.

A common man who was about to be burnt to obliterate his body and leave his ashes.

The servant stepped forward and surrounded the room where Zhu Dianmao was.

A smell of kerosene diffused in the government office.

Zhu Dianmao, who smelled this smell, understood everything.

"Your Highness, it's time to hit the road."

"What road is Gu on?! Gu hasn't seen the emperor yet! Are you going to assassinate the king?!"

Cui Yuan lowered his head and gritted his teeth: "If Your Highness refuses to obey, I can only send someone to help your Highness."

"What do you mean?! Are you with those rotten scholars?!"

Cui Yuan shook his head helplessly, then waved his hand.

Four stout servants stepped forward quickly, and two of them held a piece of white silk in their hands.

The other two held down Zhu Dianmao.

"Bold! You, uncle, save me..."

Zhu Dianmao's two sons beside Zhu Chenghe were also crying loudly.

"Father!"

Zhu Dianmao struggled on the spot for a few times, and then died.

Accompanied by a flash of fire.

Yifan, who once harmed Luoyang VII, completely wiped out the country.

Zhu Dianmao's two sons were both deposed as common people because of this.

After the fire engulfed the house, Cui Yuan didn't hesitate at all, he immediately leveled the whole ruins and planted a few small trees to burn the corpses.

It was as if Zhu Dianli had never been to Beijing.

Looking at the flames in the clan mansion, all the scholars unanimously worshiped Qingliu who was killed with a stick outside the Meridian Gate during this period.

The gold paper and joss sticks in the city were even sold out.

In the hall of the Xu family, Wang Shizhen, who was dressed in plain clothes, sat by herself with a dignified expression, looking at the crowd celebrating each other.

"It's just a king of Yi, there's nothing to be happy about. I, Ming Dynasty, still have 24 palaces of vassals."

Tao Chengxue, who was sitting not far from Wang Shizhen, asked doubtfully, "Yuanmei is also investigating the lawlessness of the vassal?"

At this moment, these "nobles" seemed to be possessed by Zhu Yunqi.

Since shaking the door, too many people have gone down in history.

How many things that people have dreamed of all their lives are easily achieved by a few court sticks.

Most importantly, scholars all over the world have already regarded the patriarchal clan as a sore foot of the new law.

Fame and fortune are in sight.

"King Liao!"

"In the past, King Liao forced Shuda's ancestor to death, and I will take revenge for Shuda!"

Tao Chengxue's eyes suddenly brightened.

Zhang Juzheng, that's from the East Palace!
Directly pull the prince into the water!
"Wonderful, wonderful! Then let's go all out and attack King Liao!"

Zhu Dianmao had just been given death, and in the early morning of the next day, Wang Shizhen and others had already delivered the memorandum of impeachment of the Liao king to the imperial case in Jiajing.

This is Qingliu's hatred.

It was also a demonstration by scholars all over the world, piled up into a hill of memorial books, and every page was crookedly filled with "the common people in the world", but each book actually only had four words.

——Stop reform.

As soon as the Zouben entered, Jiajing summoned the six divisions of Jiuqing and the people from Jingzong to enter.
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In the hall of Wuyi.

In front of everyone is a memorial to the impeachment of the Liao king.

Let's talk about whose expression is the most exciting.

Naturally, he was a member of the Liao family, that is, Zhu Xian, king of Liao.

"Your Majesty, this must be Zhang Juzheng, the Minister of the East Palace, who fell into the trap of the minister!"

Zhu Xian (jié) really panicked.

It was agreed to go to Beijing to discuss the crime of Yifu, how did it come to me? !

It's not just Zhu Xian.

If it is said that Zhu Dianmao is justifiable, Zhu Xian is here to see him.

Jiajing didn't say anything, but looked at Xu Jie.

This is a stage carefully set up by Jiajing for Xu Jie.

It is also Xu Jie's vote certificate.

"Chen, Xu Jie, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Dongge University scholar, has a book to play!"

Xu Jie's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

It wasn't Jiajing's eyes that made him nervous.

It was Yan Song's gaze.

Yan Song's eyes clearly said, if you, Xu Zisheng, don't play this book, I will play it!

If you don't sing in this play, some people will sing!
If you let others sing for you, then Xu Jie's hard work for most of his life will come to an end.

Jiajing's eyes were burning.

"Play!"

"The patriarchal clan has harmed the country, and the whole country has become a pile of eggs. This patriarchal law cannot remain unchanged!"

Listening to Xu Jie's voice, the boulder in Jiajing's heart fell to the ground.

Whether it's Zhu Xian or Zhu Chengxiu.

The anger in my heart couldn't be suppressed at all.

Zhu Chengzhen stood up, pointed at Xu Jie and said angrily: "Xu Jie, I can't help but look at you alone! The map of Yan Kingdom, you bunch of rotten scholars, is really long!"

"Your Highness! The annual income of Shanxi and Henan provinces is less than half that of Lumi, how can the whole world support the clan's population!"

Once the first step is taken, the rest of the road will be easy.

Xu Jie also no longer made a fuss and started arguing directly with Zhu Chengyu.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, in my opinion, it's time to find another way out for the clan of the world!"

Xu Jie got up directly, and then recited the memorials of various feudal clans that Huang Jin recited in front of the Meridian Gate that day.

"...Thirty years without burial, over thirty without marriage, all these things, don't your highnesses really know?!"

Zhu Chengyu, Zhu Xian and other vassal princes were stunned in place.

Looking at the speechless royal clan.

Xu Jie salutes again.

"My minister Xu Jie has the courage to allow the world's vassals to find their own way out! Give the royal family a way out, and give the people in the world a way out!"

Zhu Chengxuan sat back to his original seat.

Jiajing also looked at Zhu Chenghao with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Great uncle."

Zhu Chengxi raised his head with a pale face, and finally, it turned into a sigh.

"Your Majesty, what solution have you prepared for our Zhu family?"

Before Jiajing could speak, Yan Song, who was standing by the side, spoke slowly.

"Chen, Yan Song, a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion, would like to play."

Yan Song's voice completely shattered Xu Jie's last illusion.

These are what Jiajing and Yan Song discussed in advance!
When he appeared at the Meridian Gate that day, the pit had already been dug.

"Princes and county kings, in order to preserve the friendship of relatives, first lien."

"Since the king of the county has surrendered, Lu Mi has been exhausted, and the imperial court should prepare a way out for him."

Hearing Yan Song's words, the complexions of Zhu Chenghao and others improved slightly.

At present, at least their princes and county kings are not affected, and Lumi's big head is actually not the clan, but these generals and lieutenants.

Although these people's salaries are low, they can't stand the crowd!

The most important thing is that these clansmen also know that the imperial court really can't afford to support these clansmen.

As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, Zhu Zaiyu, who was sitting beside him, also got up to salute.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yan Ge, Mr. Xu Ge, Xiao Wang has something to ask."

As soon as this remark came out, no matter it was Jiajing, Yan Song, and Xu Jie, they were all taken aback, mainly because they would not remember who this child was for a while.

Yan Song pondered for a moment before breaking the embarrassment.

"His Royal Highness please ask."

Only then did Zhu Zaiyu ask: "May I ask, gentlemen, what kind of way out have you prepared for my Zhu family Xiaozong?"

Yan Song was at a loss for words for a moment, he was hesitating whether to speak or not.

Zhu Zaiyu was the first to speak: "Xiao Wang has a remonstrance, I wonder if the old man would like to hear it?"

Yan Song glanced at Jiajing, and after seeing Jiajing's expression clearly, he opened his mouth and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Zhu Zaiyu casually spit out four words from his mouth.

"Move the town to the south of the Yangtze River!"

As soon as this word comes out.

Xu Jie froze in place as if hearing a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

And you said I wanted to see you poorly?This is your picture, see you!

Yan Song raised his head in disbelief, stared at Zhu Zaiyu and asked, "What did Zheng Shizi say?"

"The reform of the imperial court requires the measurement of the acres of land. After all, it requires manpower and literacy. The people in my Zhu family can't, but they can still read."

Hearing Zhu Zaiyu's words, both Zhu Xian and Zhu Chengyu's eyes lit up.

You bunch of rotten scholars have nothing to worry about, right? !
Now it's time to see how much breeze you've got up your sleeves!
"Qing Tianmu, average labor tax, Zhu family's world, don't let our Zhu family measure it, who will measure it?!"

"The old minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"..."

As soon as this discussion came out, the clan, who was at a loss at first, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.

Yan Song also got up by himself and fell to the ground.

"Minister Yan Song, second your proposal."

Amidst the clan members shouting and shouting to kill, Jiajing's gaze was fixed on Xu Jie who was kneeling in front of him.

Those warehouses that were burned down in Jifu prefectures during the Jiyou change, you want me to admit this dumb loss, right?

can.

But you better really have a breeze in your sleeves.

"Minister Xu Jie, second the proposal!"

This sentence, Xu Jie said lightly, but exhausted all his strength to say it.

It is foreseeable that in the not-too-distant future.

There must have been gentry in the south of the Yangtze River who were forced to death by the clansmen who cleared up the fields.

Similarly, some clan members were beaten to death by local "troublemakers" when they were clearing the fields.

And this is just part of the drama.

(End of this chapter)