Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 55
The officials who followed Zhu Youjian all the way to the south naturally hated Qian Qianyi's murder of the king.

After all, most of them abandoned their family business and followed the Ming emperor Zhu Youjian to Nanjing.

Whether it is political emotion or a new fight for interests.

They have a special relationship with Emperor Zhu Youjian.

Therefore, they wished to directly kill Qian Qianyi's nine clans.

The officials of the Donglin Party were all silent.

Qian Qianyi, who was kneeling on the ground, and the other five people were more or less teachers-students or relatives-in-law with them.

The gentry forces in the south of the Yangtze River are intertwined.

If it is true as Shen Jiaxing said, if the nine clans are exterminated, many ministers in the court will inevitably be exterminated.

However, what Wang Duo and other Donglin party officials would not have thought of was the words of Dang Chongya, the left servant of the household department.

I only heard Dang Chongya say: "Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, just now, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty present, many colleagues said that Qian Qianyi was a loyal minister. From this point of view, these people who said Qian Qianyi I am afraid that the loyal ministers are suspected of participating in the rebellion, since the nine clans are going to be punished, these people must not be let go!"

Dang Chongya's words caused most of the Donglin Party members present to look terrified.

They really didn't expect that the party Chongya would directly ask His Majesty to kill all the people who stood up and said that Qian Qianyi was a loyal minister.

For a moment, these Donglin party officials couldn't help but secretly regret it.

Now not only did he slap himself in the face because of Qian Qianyi's treason, but he was also in danger of his life.

Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and Li Youlong, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, were sweating on their foreheads and feeling cold on their backs.

After Dang Chongya, the left servant of the household department, said.

Zhu Youjian took a cold look at the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty: "Those who have said that Qian Qianyi is a loyal minister, and those who recommended Qian Qianyi to me just now, please stand up."

As soon as Zhu Youjian said this, he waited for a long time, but no one stood up.

Zhu Youjian, who originally wanted to use this to spare the lives of a few ministers in the court, couldn't help but become even more angry when he saw this. These people dare not even admit what they have said, so this is the responsibility. A knife would be useless in the future!

Therefore, Zhu Youjian had to order himself: "Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, Li Youlong, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment of Nanjing, Chen Zhilin, a scholar of Nanjing Imperial Academy! Do you want me to invite you out in person?"

Before that, the three officials who rushed to say that Qian Qianyi was a loyal person in front of him were the ones who shouted the most fiercely.

And Zhu Youjian also knew that Wang Duo and others were rushing to Hangzhou to pick up the prince but did not go out of the city to Zhenjiang to pick up the old officials of the East Palace.

Zhu Youjian naturally wants to take this opportunity to get rid of these people who don't agree with him!

Wang Duo, Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, Li Youlong, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and Chen Zhilin, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, all knelt down in despair: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Zhu Youjian wanted to use Qian Qianyi's murder of the king to make a big case of rebellion, so as to blow the arrogance of Jiangnan officials and let them all know how powerful he is.

Therefore, Jin Xuan, Shen Jiayun, Dang Chongya, etc.'s proposal to expand the crackdown was naturally adopted by Zhu Youjian.

If Qian Qianyi's case didn't kill a few senior officials like Shangshu Shilang, Zhu Youjian couldn't be regarded as a qualified emperor.

"Detain all these contract rebels and send them to Taipingmen Prison! Interrogate them strictly to see if there are any other rebels in partnership?"

Zhu Youjian characterized Qian Qianyi's murder case as a treason case, and naturally intended to use this to expand the intensity of censorship, so as to deter the ministers of the DPRK and China.

As long as there are ministers who dare to disobey his will, Zhu Youjian doesn't mind linking these disobedient ministers with Qian Qianyi's treason case.

As for imperial edicts, naturally there are also in Nanjing.

During the years between Hongwu and Yongle, Jin Yiwei handled many major cases in this imperial prison in Nanjing, and this imperial prison and the Dali Temple Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ministry of Punishment were all located in the Taipingmen area.

It is often rumored that during the Hongwu and Yongle years, ghosts and wolves howled every night in that area, but now it has completely disappeared, but now it is afraid that the non-stop crying will resume day and night.

The specific execution of Qian Qianyi and others.

Zhu Youjian hadn't made a final decision yet, he wanted to kill them one by one, until all the civilian officials of Ming Dynasty were obedient.

However, at this time, His Royal Highness Zhu Cihong, who was listening to the government, knelt down untimely, fell to the ground and cried bitterly:
"Father, please forgive Master Wang and them. After all, they are veterans of the three dynasties and should not be punished like this!"

Zhu Youjian rolled his eyes, thinking that his 15-year-old prince is really kind-hearted, but he has no political wisdom at all.

"Your Majesty, I believe that although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not participate in the case of the Qian Party's rebellion, he was also guilty of negligence. His Majesty made it clear that he should stay in Hangzhou temporarily, but he obeyed the instructions of the Minister of Rites in Nanjing, Wang Duo, etc. It is an act of unfilial piety to go to Nanjing without obtaining His Majesty's order, but to go out of the city to meet him when he arrives in Nanjing!"

The words of Chen Chunde, the censor of Zuodu, were not only saying that the prince was ignorant, but also reminding Zhu Youjian that Wang Duo, an official who only saw the prince in his eyes, could not stay. Therefore, after hearing Chen Chunde's words, Zhu Youjian naturally became more determined to kill Wang Duo beliefs of others.

"Humph!"

Zhu Youjian flicked his sleeves at Zhu Cihong, then sat back:
"The prince has no morals and no loyalty and filial piety, but considering his young age, although he is not prosecuted for the death penalty, he must be punished. If the prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people, he will be imprisoned in the clan's mansion for three months!"

"Father, the sons and ministers really don't have any." Prince Zhu Cihong never realized that he would be accused of unfilial piety, nor did he think that he would have such a serious crime to come to Nanjing first after listening to the ministers.

He is still a young man, when he heard Chen Chunde say that Zhu Youjian wanted to confine him, he only knew how to defend but not obey.

However, what Zhu Youjian hates the most is that Zhu Cihong, who is the prince of a country, is still innocent.

In his view, even though Zhu Cihong is only 15 years old, as the future successor of the empire, he should have certain political wisdom, and he should know that he is not only the son of the emperor, but also a stumbling block to his own imperial power.

According to Zhu Youjian's thinking, if Zhu Cihong is a qualified prince, he should never leave Hangzhou until he gets his will.

Even Zhu Cihong could take the initiative to send someone to get rid of himself as the emperor and then go to Nanjing to ascend the throne. This is better than being instigated by a group of Nanjing officials to rush to Nanjing before him.

That is to say, Zhu Youjian has had a good time with Queen Zhou these days. In fact, after killing his wife's father-in-law, he couldn't bear to hurt his son again.

Otherwise, Zhu Youjian wanted to directly kill or replace this prince who would only be used as a gun by civil officials.

"Shut up!" Zhu Youjian yelled at Zhu Cihong angrily, and ordered the guards to drag Zhu Cihong down forcibly.

But Zhu Cihong was already extremely wronged, and also gave Chen Chunde a resentful look.

Chen Chunde lowered his head and sighed secretly. Although the prince hated him for his behavior today, he also hoped that the prince would be more mature than before.

After all, His Majesty wants to be domineering, and the art of domineering has always been that you die or I live, so no one is sure when His Majesty will be in danger, and whether the enthroned prince can take over the great cause is naturally crucial to the situation in the future of the Ming Dynasty .

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