Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 912 Fear

"Kill him just like that? Without even a trial? He's a nobleman!"

That night.

Cheng Guogongfu.

living room.

The excited voices rang out, breaking the tranquility here and making everyone gathered here reveal complicated expressions, some even with fear!
Many of the nobles who stayed in Nanjing, headed by Xu Hongji, were arrested in Tongzhou and then taken directly to the execution ground and killed by the extreme punishment of lingchi.

The key point is that the person in charge of supervising the execution is the grandson of the King of Tang who is waiting for his wedding in Beijing. After the wedding is over, he will have to leave Beijing and return to Korea.

The execution took place without any warning and with such a huge momentum, which shocked the whole capital!
Compared with the cheers of the lower-class groups, this had a huge impact and shock on those officials, especially the nobles!
Why! ?
This is what many people think, but no matter how hard they think about it, they just can’t figure it out.

"Collaboration with the Japanese? But this requires evidence, right? It requires a joint trial by the three judicial officials, right? Nothing has been done, it was just publicly announced at the execution ground, is it going to just let it go like this?!"

As time went by, the originally silent Duke Dingguo Xu Xigao said with a gloomy face.

"We can't just let this go. If this continues, wouldn't it be the biggest joke if the family continues to inherit the throne and live with the country?"

"That's right!"

"that is!"

Xu Xigao's remarks attracted many people's support, and this was their true thoughts.

As old nobles who have passed down their legacy for countless generations, what they want is very simple, which is to pass on everything they have from generation to generation.

What happens to the country and the people is the emperor's concern. Why should they think so much? Besides, even if they want to worry about it, there are a large number of people watching and not wanting them to be in power.

Not to mention that apart from asking them to invest and setting up the Thirteen Hongs in Tianjin, the emperor gave them monopoly power, but he didn't consider them in any other aspects.

As the imperial rewards for military merit appeared on a large scale during the Tianqi Dynasty, a large number of new nobles emerged. Those who had ideas and opinions about this were not only the civil servants, but also the nobles themselves.

It's just that this trend has been suppressed in the past without causing too much ripples. But now that this incident has happened, some people among the nobles in Beijing, especially the old nobles, can no longer accept it.

"Okay, everyone, please say less." Seeing everyone like this, Zhu Chunchen frowned slightly and said in a low voice.

"What do you all want to do? Are you planning to petition together?"

Zhu Chunchen's words made many people avoid looking at him. It was obvious that they wanted to do this, but they wanted others to rush to the front.

"Have you ever thought about one thing?" Seeing everyone like this, Zhu Chunchen sneered in his heart, but looked at everyone calmly on the surface.

"Why did the emperor take such an approach in this matter? He even asked the grandson of the Tang king to supervise the execution?"

"You only heard about the communication with the Japanese? You didn't hear anything else?"

"Also, regarding this matter, the Honor Guards never leaked any information to the outside world from beginning to end. Yes, many newly promoted children of nobles have also joined the Honor Guards for duty, but you must not forget that our children are also here!"

Many people's faces changed.

"I can tell you clearly that the reason why your majesty chose to kill Xu Hongji and the others in this way must have been a well-thought-out decision!"

Zhu Chunchen glanced at the people in front of him and said in a cold tone: "Everyone, think about the southeast, especially Zhejiang and Fujian, and then think about the situation in the court. I am afraid that during this process, His Majesty must have found out something."

"I still say the same thing, don't continue with this matter, deal with it as soon as possible, if anyone still has a fluke in their heart, then if something really goes wrong, just mind your own business!"

Zhu Chunchen was really scared this time. He could more or less guess why Xu Hongji and the others were executed by the emperor's order. Zhu Chunchen knew that the emperor was probably just waiting for some people to jump out so that he could solve the problem together.

"Duke Cheng!"

"Duke Cheng!"

Shouts were heard in the reception room, but Zhu Chunchen seemed not to hear them and just walked out on his own.

None of these guys are good people. When something happens, they all gather together. If some people see this, who knows what will happen.

But Zhu Chunchen couldn't refuse. Once something is done, you can't refuse it just by wanting to.

After leaving the reception room, Zhu Chunchen hurried back to the study.

"Cut off contact with those guys in the southeast as soon as possible!"

Zhu Chunchen returned to the study and frowned at someone, saying, "Burn all the letters with these people, and stop all business with them in the court!"

"all?"

After hearing this, the man was surprised and said that if this was true, the loss of Duke Chengguo’s Mansion would be too great.

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The current Thirteen Hongs in Tianjin are completely different from when they were first planned. The difference in size between the two is as huge as heaven and earth. When Zhu Youxiao clearly took root in Korea and then supported industries in Liaodong, Northern Zhili and other places, not only did these places develop greatly, but a group of people also made a lot of money from it.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youxiao successively conferred titles on many new nobles, which made the size of the nobles continue to increase, but the old nobles did not dare to say anything else.

Because part of their interests have been firmly controlled by the emperor, and the emperor even divided up a lot of interests to call on different batches of newly promoted nobles, all of whom obtained corresponding core interests and then absolutely obeyed and were loyal to the emperor.

Anyone who dares to disobey the emperor will suffer great losses.

"how?"

Seeing that man like this, Zhu Chunchen narrowed his eyes and said, "Is there anything that can't be done?"

The man hesitated and said, "Sir, it's not that we can't do it, but the women gathered in North Korea, and..."

"Do you know what it means to cut off?"

Zhu Chunchen said coldly: "Do you really need me to teach you this?"

"I dare not!"

The man was terrified and said, "What should I do after I find out?"

"Then get down there and do it quickly!"

Zhu Chunchen glared angrily.

Looking at the man's hurriedly leaving back, Zhu Chunchen's breathing became rapid. With so much loss, didn't he feel bad? He felt worse than anyone else!
But deep in his heart, he was shrouded in fear at this moment. Zhu Chunchen was afraid that if some of the things he had done in private were really discovered, he would be doomed.

Zhu Chunchen doesn't want certain things to happen to him. He hasn't stayed in this great world long enough. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty seems to be turbulent at the moment, but in fact many people don't even realize how this turbulence came about.

Your Majesty, what on earth are you going to do?

When Zhu Chunchen thought of this, his expression became extremely complicated. He became more and more afraid of the man in the Forbidden City...

(End of this chapter)