Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao flipped through the memorials sent by Dongxichang, which contained various records of exchanges between Ming courtiers and foreign vassals.

This war was doomed from the very beginning to the failure of the rebels.

After all, the vassal king is a vassal king, how can he compete with the emperor for the world?
Even Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, risked his beheading to do this job, and he succeeded after a narrow escape.

Liu Daxia had already returned to Beijing, and Zhu Houzhao was not in a hurry to summon him.After this period of time is over, he will naturally go to this capable minister who governs the world and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

But now, he was looking through the relevant memorials in the palace, and saw that Dali Temple lacked a young minister, so he casually filled in Liu Daxia.

Dali Temple, equivalent to the procuratorate of later generations, is in charge of the trial of criminal and prison cases, and the highest official who controls its power is called Shaoqing, ranking first among the nine ministers.

The Ming Empire had strict laws and regulations. The Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Procuratorate were collectively called the Three Judiciaries. If the nobles of the palace committed a major crime, they would go through a joint trial by the three departments.

However, as soon as Liu Daxia returned to the capital, he took control of Daming's punishment and prison, and none of the officials complained about it. They all knew that Liu Daxia was an important minister during the Hongzhi period, and he was fully capable of sitting in this position.

Zhu Houzhao is now busy with government affairs every day and has no time to worry about the harem. Although the Queen Mother is also very anxious and wants to hold her grandson, she has no choice in this matter.

Zhaoyi's empress, Bai Xue, is pregnant, and it's not known whether it's a boy or a girl.
At night, the Forbidden City fell into a state of silence.

However, a fast horse quickly broke the silence of the Forbidden City.

Good news came from Xifengkou, and Wang Shouren sent the news immediately after conquering Prince Lu's mansion.

Cao Zhengchun was the first person to get the news, and he sent the news to Zhu Houzhao overnight.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, King Lu's rebellious party has been put down, and his family members, sons, etc. have all hanged themselves at home!"

On the dragon chair, Zhu Houzhao looked a little unnatural, as if all this was within his expectations.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Houzhao's expression was a little gloomy. He didn't intend to kill many people, but he knew that if he didn't kill these rebels, one day they would turn their butcher's knife on him.

"Where is King Lu's body?" Zhu Houzhao asked Cao Zhengchun with a glance.

"Returning to His Majesty, King Lu is not dead, he is now on his way to the capital, waiting for His Majesty's decision."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "I see, you can tell about other feudal princes!"

As the eagle dog of the emperor, Cao Zhengchun didn't need to shy away from these vassal kings. Although these vassal kings enjoyed royal privileges, they had not been with the emperor for a long time after all, so their relationship was naturally not as close as these eunuchs.

"Returning to Your Majesty, King Huai of Raozhou Prefecture in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and King Fu of Yizhou Prefecture in Fujian have many contacts with King Lu."

"And the same firearms as King Lu were found in the fiefs of King Huai and King Fu."

"When Mr. Wang led the army to attack King Lu, there was an enemy army on his back. Maybe King Fu sent them to reinforce them. It's a pity that they all ran away."

"Humph!"

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly. Although the emperor didn't target him now, he could also tell that Zhu Houzhao's temper was not that soft.

He could have imagined that if King Lu rebelled, without the support of the opponent's numbers, no matter how many firearms he had, he would not dare to sing against Daming!
Now that King Lu's rebellion has failed, the vassal kings of other places naturally dare not confront Daming openly, and will behave with their tails between their legs in the future.

Zhu Houzhao sneered, stood up slowly from the dragon chair, and looked at Cao Zhengchun sternly.

Cao Zhengchun immediately stood up straight, ready to accept the master's arrangement.

"I have an important thing for you to do. You must do it well this time. You only need to succeed, and no failure is allowed!"

"Now I will appoint you as an imperial envoy, and you will take my secret letter to Nanchang and Yizhou mansions, and say it is my intention, let them hang themselves!"

"In addition, other fiefdoms will be deprived. Except for titles, all family properties will be confiscated. All family members in the mansion will be sent to the army, and women will be sent to the Jiaofang Division."

"If you insist on resisting and rectifying the Fa on the spot, how dare you go?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a serious face.

For a moment, Cao Zhengchun was shocked. At this time, he is a eunuch, going to Nanchang Mansion and Yizhou Mansion, isn't he going to seek his own death?
The eunuchs like them are the ones that people outside hate the most. If they declare the decree by themselves, wouldn’t they be falling into a trap?

What if King Huai and King Fu were anxious and cut themselves off immediately after the imperial decree?
However, Cao Zhengchun knew that in the officialdom, riches and honors were sought in the face of danger, and if he wanted to secure his position in the future, even if His Majesty asked him to go up the mountain of swords and into the sea of ​​fire, he had to go.

The excited Cao Zhengchun immediately knelt down on his knees and said to Zhu Houzhao, "I thank Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's grace."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Step back!"

Cao Zhengchun cupped his hands and said, "Resign!"

King Lu's rebellion involved many people, especially the vassals from all over the country. Naturally, not only King Huai and King Fu, but also many local vassals coveted their throne.

However, if drastic reforms are to be carried out now and the vassals are cut, it will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the vassal kings everywhere.

In this way, it would consume a lot of financial and material resources to enter the formal economic order of the Ming Dynasty, which he did not want to see.

The reason why we want to attack King Fu and King Huai now is because they, like King Lu, already have the determination to rebel, but they haven't shown it yet.

Looking at the list of officials involved, there are more than 20 people, and there are two above the third rank, which makes Zhu Houzhao very angry.

With a cold look on Zhu Houzhao's face, he picked up the writing brush in front of him and crossed all the names of these people.

The next morning.

Jin Yiwei escorted more than [-] people to the execution ground, intending to execute them amidst the disturbance.

Only one person was sentenced to death, and he was the adopted son of King Ning Qian Ning.

The crime he committed was more serious than that of his adoptive father Qian Ning. He sneaked directly into the Forbidden City and began to spy on the emperor.

Therefore, after obtaining Zhu Houzhao's approval, he was sentenced to death and executed in Lingchi!
When he saw that everyone was taken to the execution ground, he was left alone in the prison. Later, the jailer told him the truth, and he immediately peed his pants in fright.

As a member of Jinyiwei's hundred households, Ling Chi was no stranger to him at all. For a total of [-] dollars, he had every reason to believe that he would not be able to get the last blow.

No matter whether they are from the East Factory or the West Factory, they will not bypass themselves and give themselves a happy ending.

Everyone knows that the most painful thing about Ling Chi's execution is not the physical pleasure, but the psychological torture.

I saw my own flesh being cut off piece by piece. Few died of pain, but most died of fright.

He never dreamed that he just followed the instructions of his adoptive father, Comrade Qian Ning, to do the job of a supervisor, how could he end up being chopped up alive?
Although he felt a lot of grievances in his heart, His Majesty had crossed out his name, which meant that no one in the world could save him.

Looking at the empty cell, he had the urge to hit the wall immediately.

(End of this chapter)