serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 452 The Edict
"Excuse me! The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty has decided to take the Zen position."

Newsboys shuttled through the streets and alleys, shouting and passing the newspaper to every passerby.

The obituary for the emperor's death was plastered all over the capital within half an hour. Also posted was an official document with the emperor's seal and the seal of the cabinet. What happened in the imperial city last night, and how did the little emperor die? , what is written above is clear and clear, all in vernacular, you can understand it at a glance!
Since the Qin Dynasty entered the feudal empire era, most of the dynasty changes were based on the old ruling forces. Without changing the underlying structure, only replacing the ruling class, a new dynasty can be established. Not every founding monarch is like Liu Bang , Zhu Yuanzhang, like this, worked his way up from the bottom step by step and established his own political power.

This kind of change of dynasties will lead to a purge of the loyal ministers of the previous dynasty. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty was more embarrassing. The Wu family was extinct. The last loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty all hanged themselves yesterday. Senior officials of the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers also died in the Manchu Tatars. Under the assassination, there were no officials to be purged, maybe there were some somewhere.

It is unrealistic to establish a great dynasty without bloodshed. The officials must be shocked. After thinking about it, Jia She set his sights on Ma Ruifang and other corrupt royalist officials. This could both deter the officials and purge the officials.In addition, killing Ma Ruifang and others can be regarded as revenge for the little emperor. After all, if Ma Ruifang had not colluded with the Korean Tatars, this rebellion might not have happened!
The streets leading to Caishikou were crowded with people on both sides, and the sound of heavy wheels came over.

The crowd became commotion, and those at the back continued to push forward. The officers and soldiers who maintained order tried their best to resist the surging crowd with their long spears.

A column of more than a dozen prison cars drove over. In the first prison car sat Ma Ruifang, who was bareheaded, wearing prison clothes, handcuffed, and her eyes closed.

The crowd was furious, and many people shouted:

"Traitor! Traitor."

"Cut him! Cut him!"

Many people could not restrain their anger and threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at the prison car, making Ma Ruifang's whole body dirty and smelly.

On the execution platform, there were more than a dozen pillars standing in a row.

Zhang Guangru, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, sat high in the execution shed as the executioner, waiting for the sound of a cannon to order the execution.

Seeing Ma Ruifang being escorted to the execution platform, Zhang Guangru had a complicated expression on his face. His executioner was appointed by Jia She personally, and he had a warning.

Zhang Guangru also understood that the name "Zhang Qingtian" saved his life again.

Seeing Ma Ruifang looking over, Zhang Guangru snorted coldly. He didn't expect that Ma Ruifang could do such an insult to his ancestors, and even indirectly caused the emperor's death and ruined the Zhou Dynasty. If he hadn't cared about his past friendship, he would have I plan to step forward and spit in his face to relieve the hatred in my heart!

Because the Lingchi execution was time-consuming, it was not carried out at [-]:[-] noon.

As the last corrupt official was tied to the pillar, the time officer shouted: "Set off the cannon!"

There was a loud bang.

Zhang Guangru closed his eyes, reached out and grabbed a command arrow and pulled it out: "Execution!" As he spoke, he threw the command arrow towards the ground without raising his head.
The sun is shining brightly.

Ningrong Street was filled with soldiers, and soldiers with guns and knives stood like nails under the outer wall of the palace.

Through the open door, you can still see that there are soldiers with swords standing outside the six and twelve doors.

Several eunuchs in charge of rituals stood outside the backyard gate of Ning'an Hall with their heads lowered and smiles. In front of them was a row of royal soldiers carrying knives.

From a distance, some women and maids gathered together to watch and discuss quietly.

Lin Zhixiao's family came over from the Moon Gate of Grand View Garden and scolded those people: "What are you looking at? There are no rules at all!"

Those maids and women suddenly disappeared into thin air.

Looking at the maids and wives walking away, the Lin Zhixiao family changed their expressions from before, with excitement shining in their eyes.

So many things happened on this day and night. First, the second master of the Xifu, Jia Zheng, was promoted to a high rank. Then, Jia Zheng was seriously injured and fell into coma. The uncle of the Wang family died. Then, martial law was imposed in the palace. The sound of cannons and shouts of death rang all night in the imperial city. , which made Lin Zhixiao and his wife worried all night, fearing that the rebellion would spread to the palace, but fortunately there was no danger.

Not only was the palace okay, but it also became the final winner.

After Jia Hu ascends the throne, she will definitely reward the meritorious officials. Her son-in-law Lin San is Jia Hu's confidant. Not to mention the Duke, the Marquis will definitely not be able to escape.

The thought of a hereditary marquis excited her.

Thinking of the farce in Rongxi Hall again, Lin Zhixiao's family became even more excited. Such good news must be reported to the princess.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhixiao's family walked quickly towards the backyard of Ning'an Hall.

The atmosphere in the backyard was much more relaxed today. Grandma Wang and others looked calm but their eyes were full of smiles.In the hall, Lin Daiyu, who was sitting on the main seat, held an edict and read it carefully.

Jia Song was sitting on the soft couch beside him, looking at the gold seal box in the red lacquer tray on the table with wide eyes.

A golden dragon with slightly open scales, eyes wide open, and head raised to the sky. This is the real dragon. There are eight dragons coiled around the four sides of the golden seal box!

Since the Qin Dynasty, the emperor's seal has been specifically called "Xi", and it is also called "Jade Seal" if it is made of jade.

The emperor has six seals, which are "the emperor's seal", "the emperor's official seal", "the emperor's letter seal", "the emperor's seal", "the emperor's official seal" and "the emperor's letter seal". Among the emperor's seals, there are If one side of the jade seal is not among these six directions, it is the "Jade Seal of the State".

This golden box contains the imperial seal. Of course it is not the imperial seal of Qin Shihuang, but the imperial seal of the Zhou Dynasty, which represents the empire of the Zhou Dynasty!
After Beiting soldiers and horses captured the palace, Jiao Da immediately packaged and sent back all the seals of the emperor, queen and queen mother.

Ma Shun stood on the left side in front of Jia Song with a smile and lowered his head, secretly squinting at Lin Daiyu to observe her reaction.

This edict was the abdication edict drafted by Jia She, Wang Hetang and Li Shouzhong, and Lin Daiyu took it seriously.After reading it once, read it carefully from the beginning.

There was no other way. The abdication edict was written in parallel prose and quoted many saints' words.

This is Lin Daiyu. Jia Hu might not be able to understand her!
After a while, Lin Daiyu finally put down the edict.

Ma Shun said with a flattering smile: "Princess."

Lin Daiyu: "Which draft is this?"

Ma Shun: "Back to Princess, this is the seventh draft."

Lin Daiyu stood up slowly, slowly moved around with her hands, pinched the golden seal box tightly with her fingers, her eyes were illuminated by the golden light!

Jia Song and Ma Shun both looked at Lin Daiyu.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Daiyu opened the seal box, took out the "Jade Seal of the State" with both hands, stamped it heavily in the cinnabar seal box, and then stamped it on the edict.

Ma Shun's face was full of joy. He took a step forward and knelt down: "Slave to pay homage to the Queen!" As he said that, he kowtowed respectfully, then turned around and kowtowed to Jia Song: "Slave Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zicuckoo and others were startled at first, then knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to the Queen and His Highness the Crown Prince."

At this moment, Lin Daiyu suddenly felt an inexplicable excitement. Her eyes swept over everyone's heads, and then she stretched out her hand to help them: "Get up."

Ma Shun led everyone to stand up, and said with a smile: "I will send the edict to the cabinet now and send it back."

Lin Daiyu smiled faintly and looked at Zicuckoo again.

Zijuan understood and handed the prepared banknote to Ma Shun.

Lin Daiyu: "Don't be too little, take it and give everyone a cup of tea."

Ma Shun knelt down again and said loudly: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for the reward!" He kowtowed, then stood up and took the banknote, then held the edict in both hands, bowed and left.

Looking at Ma Shun's back disappearing outside the door, Lin Daiyu smiled. She was a smart person, but a little greedy.

At this time, Zicuckoo came over with a bowl of tea and said with a smile: "Queen, have a sip of hot tea."

Lin Daiyu glanced at her, took the tea, took a sip, and said, "Don't be unruly."

Zijuan smiled: "Yes."

The maid's voice came from outside: "The Lin Zhixiao family is here."

Before he could say a word, Lin Zhixiao's family came in excitedly, greeted Lin Daiyu and Jia Song first, and then whispered a few words into Lin Daiyu's ear.

Lin Daiyu's eyes flashed. Wang Ziteng's wife, Mrs. Li, came and was making a fuss in Rongxi Hall.
(End of this chapter)