The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 336

The capital was shaken, and everyone panicked.

When the state apparatus is fully in action, life appears extremely fragile in front of it.

The killing last night was just an appetizer. Most of these people were immediately beheaded when they made a slight resistance during the process of being arrested.

Jin Yiwei's order is very clear, but anyone who Jin Yiwei thinks has a sense of resistance will be killed on the spot. The main reason for this is that too many people are involved, and some insignificant ones don't need to go to the prison cell The hole is occupied.

When the Imperial Prison can't hold it, it can only be sent to the Bingma Division of the Five Cities.

After all, the Imperial Prison is located in the Jinyiwei Yamen, the imperial palace, and the dungeon is not big. It is mainly for arresting important personnel, mainly officials.

Those who can go to the imperial prison can be regarded as having a little status.

Those beheaded corpses were handled by Wucheng soldiers and horses.

According to statistics, there were nearly a thousand people who died tragically that night, and these people were incidental, and they were not even included in the case file.

And the news that His Highness Taisun was assassinated also began to spread throughout the capital.

"Your Highness Taisun is such a good person, how could someone plot to assassinate him."

"Yes, that is the great Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. I heard that the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was created by His Royal Highness Taisun."

"Really, I said why the wages for recruiting are so high. It turned out to be what His Highness Taisun meant. His Highness Taisun is really a good person."

"I escaped from the epidemic in my hometown in Henan. Relatives from my family wrote letters saying that His Royal Highness went to Henan in person and suppressed the plague. When the plague saw His Highness, he had to take a detour. "

"What are you talking about? It's not a detour. It clearly dissipated immediately. His Royal Highness, the God and Man in the sky, is reincarnated, and the gods and Buddhas of Freedom bless you. If you see the plague, you won't be able to retreat."

"It makes sense, but I have some news here, you don't know it."

"What news, tell me quickly and listen."

"Say it quickly, there is no difference between cheating someone's appetite and cutting off someone's fortune."

"Hehe, don't you know, Your Highness the Grandson, that is the eldest son of His Highness the Crown Prince. Before this, no one has heard of it. That's because, as early as ten years ago, he passed away."

"But God can't stand it anymore. On the night of the burial, the astrology of Xiaoling's mausoleum changed drastically, and the earth dragon rolled over. His Highness Taisun was rescued."

"This is the real resurrection from death, but the loss of memory after death, which also led to wandering abroad for more than ten years. In the past few months, it was only found by His Royal Highness King Yan."

"Oh my god, is what you said true? It turns out that His Royal Highness is really a person favored by God."

"It's unbelievable, but it's true that the old man has never heard of His Highness the Grandson in the past ten years or so. In this way, it is somewhat true."

"That's kind of true, but it's really true, without any falsehood."

The discussion about His Highness the Grandson quickly aroused heated discussions in the entire capital. In this era of no communication, the dissemination of news is through word of mouth.

The popularity of Xiaoling Mausoleum in the past few months has made almost everyone in the streets and alleys of the capital know about it, but this time the revelation was easily accepted by the common people.

Of course, such revelations were not spread casually, and within half a day, most people in the entire capital knew about it, and the credit of Jin Yiwei was indispensable behind it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's secret manipulation is also indispensable.

In terms of reputation, Zhu Yuanzhang has been able to work to this day, even under various massacres, he can still have such a high reputation among the people at the bottom and win the support of most people.

As the persons involved in the case were arrested and brought to justice, the joint trial of the three divisions in the regular process will come.

Of course, this is just a process, and the main target groups are foreign ministers and officials.

Among them, the most miserable ones are the foreign ministers of the Wa Kingdom and the foreign ministers of Zhancheng.

The two foreign ministers were directly implicated.

In July this year, some of the foreign ministers of the Wa Kingdom came over and wanted to start a tribute deal with Daming, but they were always rejected.

Not to mention Champa.

Hongwu 23 years ago, there were several tribute trades, but after that, because of disturbing the border, they have always been the target of gathering.

What happened this time is just right to take them into action.

There are not many officials involved, not even a hundred people.

Most of these officials are the information provided by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, and to a large extent, they are the principals behind those chambers of commerce.

Among them, officials from the Jiangnan area accounted for as much as [-]%.

The interrogation is very simple, just ask a few words, and it's almost done.

There is no need for a signature, drawing or affidavit, as long as there are three divisions to record a process, it will be enough, and even the confession will be omitted directly.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's instruction, this time the case of assassinating the grandson must be done quickly.

Within three days, the case must be closed.

No one dared to violate such a decree, so it was impossible to have any in-depth investigation.

Until the morning of the third day, thousands of people were forced to the square outside Chengtian Gate.

It was the square where the Taisun canonization ceremony and military parade were held before.

As always, there was a huge crowd of people, each with a large number of cries.

Rows of prisoners dressed in prison uniforms waited until [-]:[-] p.m. before beheading them for public display.

According to the meaning of the above, it is impossible to have less than 3000 people, so the total number of people who were beheaded today is 690.

Without exception, all are sentenced to death and executed immediately.

This is hard to imagine in the capital, or in the entire Ming Dynasty. It was only on the third day that the case of assassinating the grandson ended like this.

The speed is fast, the first in ancient and modern times.

"The auspicious time has come, execution!!!"

With a cry, the execution began.

At this moment, in the Kunning Palace, Zhu Ying looked at the memorial in front of him, and hadn't written for a long time.

Looking at the sky, Zhu Ying knew that there were more than [-] people outside the palace, and because of her tragic death by the sword, Zhu Ying's mentality was a little unbearable after all.

When he was in the Western Regions, he dared to go back to capture alone and killed hundreds of enemies.

He also dared to fight against other races on the grassland for life and death.

But such bloody means, although it was a very normal phenomenon in ancient times, even the common people watching did not think there was anything special about it.

Almost all the prisoners who were executed yelled at Gu Shuanggui, not Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone Zhu Ying.

However, Zhu Ying felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart.

"Your Highness, have a sip of longan and lotus seed soup."

Ye Yueqing held the soup bowl and said softly.

Zhu Ying hesitated slightly, took a gulp and drank it all, and the depression in her heart dissipated a little.

He knew very well in his heart that what the old man said was right.

In today's era, they want to maintain the majesty of the royal family, maintain the dominance of the old Zhu family, and maintain the supreme authority of the emperor.

It is necessary to make the offended person pay a painful price in blood.

Only in this way can officials and common people feel awe.

In fact, if it weren't for the great grandson's thoughts, the assassination this time would involve more than a few thousand people, perhaps tens of thousands of people would be implicated, and Zhu Yuanzhang's anger would be relieved.

It's Zhu Ying who doesn't understand that people who have been on the battlefield for many years have long looked down upon life and death, and the involvement of innocent people.

All that matters is the final result.

As for the process, it doesn't matter.

This is the emperor, the real emperor.

When the emperor was angry, he buried a million corpses.

In later generations, it is just an idiom, but in today's world, it is indeed a real thing, blood flowing like a river.

And the common people have already become accustomed to it.

"What is grandpa doing? He's at Chengtianmen. See if he's beheaded?"

Zhu Ying asked.

Ye Yueqing shook his head lightly, and said, "Your Majesty is in Qianqing Palace at the moment."

Zhu Ying immediately understood the meaning.

As usual, the old man was supposed to be in the Huagai Palace, dealing with political affairs, but at this time, he was obviously waiting for him.

After a little hesitation, Zhu Ying got up and walked towards Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, why don't you go and see His Highness Taisun, Your Majesty is like this, the heart of this servant is very uncomfortable."

In Qianqing Palace, Liu He persuaded His Majesty.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head lightly and said: "We can protect the grandson for a while, but we can't protect the grandson for the rest of his life. After all, the grandson will have to bear it himself in the future."

"Some things can only be handled by Dasun himself. We are getting older and older, and we only want Dasun to grow up quickly."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone carried a strong sigh.

He has cultivated his eldest son for 37 years. In all aspects, he is already the best heir. As the emperor, a large amount of power has been delegated to his eldest son.

But who would have thought that at such an age, a person who had already buried half of his body in the soil would end up with a white-haired person giving a black-haired person.

Dasun is excellent.

But in some aspects, it is still not enough.

Personal excellence, in fact, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, is not the most important key to the emperor.

The way of balance and the majesty of the royal family are the factors that Zhu Yuanzhang values.

There will never be a shortage of smart people in this great world. How to control them, let them be loyal to Daming and the old Zhu family, so that the Ming Dynasty will be passed on forever, and the country will continue.

So at this point, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that he could not comfort his grandson, but asked him to bear this experience by himself.

As an emperor, sometimes you have to be ruthless.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally not in the mood to review the memorials and deal with government affairs, so he waited at ease in this Qianqing Palace, the place closest to his grandson.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came.

The familiar voice made Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realize that it was the great grandson who had come.

Without any hesitation, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and looked, and it really was the eldest grandson.

"Grandpa, your grandson is worrying you."

Zhu Ying cupped her hands and said sincerely.

Some things don't need to be said much, and the meaning can be understood naturally.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, and said: "What can we worry about, we believe that this little thing will naturally not bother grandson too much."

"Big truth, let's not tell grandson, grandson naturally understands, and it's almost time for dinner now, but we heard that you didn't eat breakfast today, you must be hungry."

"We asked Guanglu Division to prepare the meal a long time ago, Liu He, hurry up and have the meal delivered."

Liu He said hastily: "The servant obeys the order."

Then immediately ran out to spread the word.

At this moment, Liu He also had a smile on his face.

He was naturally very happy to see His Majesty and Grandson happy.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Dasun's expression carefully, nodded secretly, then walked to the desk, took a few files, handed them to Dasun and said, "This is the files of your fourth uncle, cousin Li Jinglong, and Yun Wen. .”

"Take a good look. If you have any ideas, just tell us."

These files are naturally recorded by Jin Yiwei and Liu He.

No one would think that the matter of assassination is easy. Zhu Di and Zhu Yunqi, when it comes to the succession of the throne, it is naturally impossible to completely avoid suspicion.

Necessary inquiries are unavoidable.

Zhu Ying nodded, took the file, and examined it carefully.

In fact, in Zhu Ying's heart, she also wanted to know whether Yan Wang Zhu Di had a hand in this.

Zhu Di was the first object of Zhu Ying's suspicion, and only he could have this strength, or this means.

Although Zhu Ying has not suppressed Zhu Di thoroughly since entering the palace, except for transferring Yao Guangxiao, a key figure, he has not done much.

But this does not mean that Zhu Ying is completely at ease with Zhu Di.

Zhu Di in history also seemed to be forced, but there is a good saying, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.

Zhu Di, who is contrary to the way of monarch and minister, does not have a good reputation.

What Zhu Ying read first was the dossier about Zhu Yunqi, and the key point in it was naturally Huang Zicheng.

However, judging from Jin Yiwei's investigation, although Huang Zicheng was suspected to some extent, fundamentally, he had no connection with other crimes.

The relationship between Huang Zicheng and the literati in the south of the Yangtze River is pretty good. This is the main point, but that's all.

Before and after the incident, Huang Zicheng was almost always in the Hanlin Academy, and had been compiling new classics with many Hanlin scholars.

This is also what Zhu Ying meant before.

And Zhu Ying also believed that whether it was Zhu Yunqi or Huang Zicheng, they didn't have the strength, let alone the courage.

The key lies in Zhu Di.

Judging from the files, there was nothing suspicious about Zhu Di.

Including Li Jinglong.

Li Jinglong's behavior in the near-end period is recorded in very detailed files, and he did have contact with Jiangnan literati, but according to feedback, he was mainly a lobbyist for Yan Wang Zhu Di.

For Zhu Di, he went to win over officials who went overseas to join the vassal.

A scholar who is usually not cared about by anyone, at this time, has become the treasure of the vassal kings.

After reading the dossier, Zhu Ying understood clearly.

This matter seems to have nothing to do with Zhu Di.

Although a little surprised, those people in the chamber of commerce actually had the idea of ​​plotting to assassinate him, but the facts were in front of them, so they had nothing to say.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the eldest grandson who put down the file, with a half smile.

Zhu Ying and the old man looked at each other, and immediately understood in their hearts.

The meaning of the old man is very obvious.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Ying still said: "It seems that this matter has nothing to do with Fourth Uncle and Yun Wen."

Zhu Ying understood in her heart that at this moment, the old man was putting Zhu Di and Zhu Yunqi directly at her disposal.

Whether there is any connection is just a matter of his words.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)