Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty: Suppress the mythical martial arts at the beginning!

Chapter 18 Anyone who is greedy for ink will peel off his skin and fill it with grass, and destroy his three clans! ! !
The rest of the ministers also had earth-colored faces and were in disbelief.

Wang Luxue, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

He looked carefully at Wang Lian, a colleague who was so proud before, but now he had evacuated his prisoners in one morning.

What made him even more unexpected was that His Majesty, who usually didn't care about anything, would now investigate such trivial matters.

Let me ask, which official in the Ming Dynasty did not benefit from this matter?
But now it is all in vain. The best thing to do is to beg God for blessings and not to let His Majesty transfer his anger to himself.

Think about it, if you have been an official in the Wang family for three generations, how could you end up like this?

If he hadn't been seduced by a bitch, he wouldn't have gambled his great future. Judging from His Majesty's appearance, once this matter was discovered, it would be a catastrophe that would kill the nine tribes.

But the current situation is no longer controllable by him, and he is about to become extinct.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng was also frightened by Zhu Yijun's actions. He originally only knew that His Majesty had become wise.

But I never expected that His Majesty would be so domineering and powerful, no less powerful than Taizu.

At this moment, most of the courtiers in the main hall were too frightened to vent their anger for fear of being beheaded.

Only a small group of officials stood in the center of the palace as usual.

Either these officials are weak and upright officials, or they are a group of cabinet members who are thinking about the Ming Dynasty and there is nothing to be alarmed about.

Under heavy pressure from the court, a group of officials involved finally couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to kneel on the ground and bow their heads to spare their lives.

"Your Majesty, spare your life. The guilty minister has been convicted of his crime!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I was wrong!"

The officials in the main hall wailed and kowtowed like garlic.

They all shivered as if they had lost three souls and seven souls.

Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair, closing his eyes to relax.

Under the court, there was deathly silence.

All the ministers did not dare to move even slightly, for fear that if they offended the emperor, they would be killed.

Even core veterans such as Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong, and Xu Jie fell to their knees with solemn expressions on their faces.

They had a premonition that soon, a bloody storm would erupt not only in the court, but also in the capital.

After a long while, Zhu Yijun finally spoke and said slowly:
"I don't understand why I spare you time and time again, but you just beat me and don't eat me."

"According to the ancestral teachings of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, corrupt officials and those who have no regard for the king's laws must be cut off with thousands of swords."

"But I think it's not easy for you to get to where you are today. It's a step-by-step retreat."

Zhu Yijun looked tired and spoke word by word.

The minister below was already full of shame.

"When Emperor Sejong was the emperor, you were very strict. It took a lot of effort to help the late emperor ascend to the position of king."

"Later, the father and son of the Yan family fell, and eunuch Cai appeared again. He again made you exhausted and worried, and many good ministers died from exhaustion."

"It took a long time for the late emperor to ascend the throne, but foreign enemies started again, including Japanese pirates in the South China Sea and Mongolia in the north."

"When these things calmed down, the late emperor passed away again, and the uproar lasted for another ten years."

"Seeing that good times are coming, I understand that your hands are itching."

"But he has to have a moderation in everything?!"

"I let you off again and again. How do the people in the world think of me? What do the ancestors think of me?"

"Do you regard me as a Bodhisattva?!"

After saying this, all the officials of His Highness looked frightened and carefully listened to His Majesty's instructions.

The emperor's favor is great, but they act wantonly and neglect their duties. They are really unworthy of the emperor's favor.

Zhu Yijun's sharp eyes like an eagle glanced at the officials again, showing a cold expression.

He made the final sentence to the veteran minister on the ground:

"Accept the order!"

"The former Imperial Censor of the Capital Procuratorate will, from now on, exterminate the nine clans and confiscate their homes!"

"My three relatives will be sent to the execution ground, Ling Chi, as a warning to others!" After the announcement, Zhu Yijun paused again and added softly:

"I heard that there is still an infant child in the house. I will transfer him to the Military and Political Department, change his name and surname, and make him a military household. This can be regarded as leaving half of your family's roots."

"Just feel free to go."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I...accept the order."

The old minister was so frightened that he almost died. He kowtowed tremblingly, and then his legs were broken by the Jin Yiwei and he was dragged out of Taihe Gate.

As Wang Lian was dragged away, the officials fell down on the ground and carefully kowtowed and confessed.

Even several important officials in the court looked ashamed and closed their eyes without speaking.

They had already expected that things would develop like this.

Various emotions were mixed together, like fear and regret, and suddenly filled the entire Taihe Sect.

"Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Xu Jie!"

"Come on!"

The three old ministers took the memorial out of their arms and handed it to the accompanying eunuch.

The eunuch hurriedly took it respectfully and handed it over on a tray.

Zhu Yijun took the memorial at the top and shook it casually.

The memorial was opened, folded all the way, and actually fell out, extending all the way to the bottom of the dragon chair!

Zhu Yijun frowned and was in disbelief for a moment.

He glared at Gao Gong, thinking it was the product of a struggle in the court.

He took Zhang Juzheng's memorial again, but it was still as long as a winding dragon!
This memorial records the officials involved in the "Top of the Forbidden City" in the capital!

He also specially warned three important ministers.

If the official disbursed all the stolen money last night and handed it over to the Ministry of Accounts, he can be removed from the list and does not need to be recorded in this book.

But I didn't expect there to be so many people. There were almost a hundred people involved, covering half of the court!
These were just officials in the capital. If it spread to the thirteen provinces of Nanjing, he couldn't imagine how bad the Ming Dynasty's officialdom was.

At this point, Zhu Yijun finally understood that these officials were really irreverent.

No matter how hard you talk, you can't get any benefits. Only by seriously erecting your majesty and giving both kindness and power can you control them.

Suddenly, Zhu Yijun showed his murderous intent!
The change in momentum made all the ministers realize something was wrong. They were speechless for a moment and stared blankly at the dragon sitting on Zhu Yijun.

"well!"

"I've finished reciting my feelings, and I've finished expressing my gratitude."

"Starting from today, we will investigate what needs to be investigated! We will do what needs to be done, skin it and fill it with grass!"

As soon as this sound came out, all the officials shouted for mercy.

They shouted at the top of their lungs that they dared not do it again.

But at this time, Zhu Yijun was no longer soft-hearted, and immediately ordered the imperial army to seal off the entire court!

Suddenly, the lobby was surrounded by a group of soldiers.

"If anyone dares to move, his hand will be chopped off once, his leg will be broken twice, and his head will be turned around three times!"

Zhu Yijun held a court battle and shouted threats!

There was an atmosphere of fear everywhere. These ministers had lived a peaceful life for ten years and had not experienced such fear for a long time.

The horrific experiences of the past resurfaced in my mind, and I was so frightened that I almost peeed.

Following Zhu Yijun's order, all the courtiers were rushed to one side by the Jin Yiwei, and they waited uneasily.

The three accompanying eunuchs shouted the names in the memorial book.

"Secretary of Household Affairs! Tang Jie!"

A few soldiers stepped out slowly, and among the ministers, like catching a chicken, they dragged out a gray-haired old man.

(End of this chapter)