Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty: Suppress the mythical martial arts at the beginning!

Chapter 102 The life and death of the vassal king depend on the emperor’s thoughts!
Zhu Yijun said lightly again:

"So, for a vicious person like Zhu Zaigen."

"I have decided to give him and the eight vassal kings death!"

"Of course, they are also royal nobles after all, and they should die with dignity."

"I decided to throw them into a pit of ten thousand snakes, where they will be bitten by ten thousand snakes and die!"

"The snake pits are filled with tiny venomous snakes. Even those who don't eat human flesh can leave a whole corpse for some of them."

Although Zhu Yijun's words were said extremely lightly, they made all the vassal kings present feel chills from the deepest parts of their hearts!

Just the thought of being surrounded by thousands of snakes and experiencing the countless fangs piercing the skin will cause a large amount of cold sweat to break out on the backs of the feudal kings.

If they really wanted to die in that way, they would rather not keep the whole body and be executed by the emperor.

At this moment, all the vassal kings truly realized how ferocious the young emperor sitting at the top was in his heart!
With such iron-blooded skills, if he decides to raise his butcher knife high, he will definitely not leave any trace of humanity behind!

Just when all the kings were frightened, Zhu Yijun began to say again:
"Zhu Zaigen and the others have inherited the ancestral system established by Taizu. They can have their own territory and be vassal kings with great power for their entire lives."

"As long as Ming Dynasty does not fall, they can enjoy all the glory and wealth."

"The imperial court treats them so well. If they make some minor mistakes, I can forgive them."

"But they want to rebel. Aren't they forcing me?"

"Do you think Zhu Zaigen deserves to die?"

At this moment, all the vassal kings present were so frightened by Zhu Yijun's words that they did not dare to speak.

He had to keep nodding his head to show that Zhu Zaigen had a way to kill himself.

The palace banquet in Linde Hall fell into an extremely strange atmosphere without even realizing it.

The emperor at the head sometimes had a face that was as warm as a spring breeze, and sometimes he was restrained and gentle, and he lightly commented on the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The vassal kings below were sweating profusely and echoing Zhu Yijun's words while burying their heads in drinking and eating meat like chewing wax.

Zhu Yijun no longer made things difficult for the vassal kings and said:
"In a few days, the capital will hold a military parade."

"It just so happened that General Qi Jiguang also led 50 Japanese troops back to Beijing to report on their duties, and he happened to join the military parade."

"Uncles, please accompany me to watch what kind of military power our Ming Dynasty has."

When the vassal kings heard this, they quickly bowed their hands and thanked him.

The expression on his face became increasingly stiff.

Obviously under the current circumstances, the appearance of Qi Jiguang's 50 Japanese troops was undoubtedly another hammer blow in their hearts.

During the following dinner, the feudal princes became more and more uncomfortable.

After finally making it to the end of the banquet, Zhu Yijun did not make things difficult for them and let them leave separately.

This actually made all the vassal kings breathe a huge sigh of relief.

You know, during this dinner, they were almost scared out of their wits by the emperor several times.

He was afraid that at some point, the emperor would break a cup as a signal, summon a group of imperial guards, and take them to the sky prison, following in Zhu Zaigeng's footsteps.

After returning to the inn, the vassal kings recalled the experience of tonight's palace banquet, and they felt as if they had been on a journey through mountains of swords and seas of fire.

Even the four most powerful vassal kings were so frightened that their backs were wet.

King Zhu Zaizhen of Jinggong, King Zhu Zaiyan of Qihuai, King Zhu Zaiwu of Yingshang, and King Zhu Zaisu of Junsi gathered together again.

Junsi King Zhu Zaisu touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said with lingering fear:

"Fortunately, we didn't escape last night, otherwise, I'm afraid we would have been arrested by the emperor!" "Didn't you see that those captured vassal kings were shaking all over during the entire dinner!"

"I don't know how disgraceful they were when they were captured."

Hearing the words of Junsi King Zhu Zaisu, Qihuai King Zhu Zaiyan raised his eyebrows and said:
"You still want to be decent? I've become a caged bird now!"

"Now, even if I want to fly, I can't fly out!"

"Life or death depends on the emperor's thoughts!"

Speaking of this, Qi Huai Wang Zhu Zaiyan slammed the table and said excitedly:

"If I had known that I would be in trouble today, I might as well have rebelled with Zhu Zaigen!"

"You don't have to worry about being manipulated by the emperor at will now!"

As soon as Qihuai King Zhu Zaiyan said these words, Jinggong King Zhu Zaizhen looked at him and said with a little disdain:

"You don't think that if we raised an army together with Zhu Zaigen, we really have a chance of winning, do you?"

"Zhu Zaigen has been preparing for decades, and the emperor has only been in power for a long time, and he immediately defeated Zhu Zaigen!"

"Moreover, when the emperor destroyed Zhu Zaigeng, he mobilized the Nine-Border Army! He also had Qi Jiguang's 50 Japanese troops, but they have been useless!"

"The late emperor left so many foundations to the emperor, and the emperor himself was a decisive person. Even if we unite early, we will fail sooner or later."

"Do you also want to try the pain of being bitten by ten thousand snakes?"

Hearing what Zhu Zaizhen, the King of Jing Gong, said, Qi Huai King Zhu Zaiyan lost his temper on the spot.

Even he felt chills when he thought of the capital punishment Zhu Zaigen would endure.

After this palace banquet, they truly realized how terrifying the Ming emperor was.

Although the late emperor also held the power of the dynasty, his prestige was enough to mobilize various armies.

But the crux of the matter is that the late emperor was a benevolent king from every angle.

Naturally, they would not be too afraid of such a kind king.

But now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a true cruel king. He is definitely not a merciful master when he comes to murderous people!
Facing such an iron-blooded emperor, they didn't dare to mess around.

Even escaping was never contemplated.

After all, so many vassal kings who ran away before were caught at the palace banquet one by one.

They already know that they are now trapped in a huge dragon. If they want to leave, the only way to leave is with the emperor's nod.

The four vassal kings discussed the severe situation at hand for a long time but failed to come up with a solution.

They were all extremely discouraged and had no choice but to resign themselves to fate.

A few days later, the grand military parade in the capital officially began.

In the school grounds outside the city, hundreds of officials and many vassal kings were all present.

All civil and military officials followed Zhu Yijun with great anticipation, preparing to observe the Ming Dynasty's military strength together.

Although the vassal princes also attended with Zhu Yijun, their expressions looked somewhat sad.

It seemed like he was forcing a smile.

But whenever the emperor's warm eyes glanced at them, the princes would immediately straighten their bodies and pretend to be looking forward to it.

The first one to be inspected was naturally the Third Battalion of the Capital.

With 300 million taels allocated by the Ministry of Revenue, Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, forcibly replaced the entire equipment of the Third Battalion of the Capital!
(End of this chapter)