I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 360 Blood Pond

The people of the capital city were really shocked today. More than 10,000 human heads were loaded naked on large carts and paraded through the city. The visual impact was particularly great. Fortunately, it was winter now and these heads were pickled with lime, otherwise the taste impact would have been very great.

If things go wrong, an epidemic might even occur.

There is no shortage of people who come to watch the fun in every era. After adjusting to the initial discomfort, everyone's emotions became extremely enthusiastic, and the endless stream of Mongolian captives brought the surrounding atmosphere to a climax.

The people of the capital had never seen so many captives since they were young, not to mention that these captives were the legendary ferocious Mongols.

I don't know who shouted "Long live the emperor!" first, and the onlookers immediately responded in droves. All the previous bad rumors about Zhu Houzhao were forgotten. For a moment, there were shouting voices everywhere, merging together into a huge wave.
This made Zhu Houzhao even happier, and he savored the taste of victory to his heart's content.

However, when Zhu Houxuan heard someone in the crowd shouting "May the King of Jing live for thousands of years", he was speechless but did not show it on his face.

At this time, the city wall of the south city of the capital had not been built yet. It would not be until the Jiajing period that the city wall of the south city would be built. However, in this world, the city wall of the south city of the capital would probably never be built.

The army passed through the streets of the south city and arrived at Zhengyang Gate. Further inside was the inner city. Only a small number of troops followed the emperor into the inner city.

After entering the inner city, Zhu Houxuan asked to get off the car because they would have to go through the Daming Gate next. Zhu Houzhao did not care and stubbornly kept Zhu Houxuan.

The Daming Gate can be regarded as the national gate of the Ming Dynasty. It is only opened during important ceremonies. The middle gate is for the emperor to pass through. After the Daming Gate is the long imperial road that leads directly to the Chengtian Gate.

When they walked to Chang'an Avenue, Zhu Houzhao looked around deliberately but didn't say anything. Zhu Houxuan had already told Zhu Houzhao about the renovation of Chang'an Avenue in advance, and Zhu Houzhao also agreed to it.

Then he passed through the Meridian Gate, Duanmen Gate and Fengtian Gate, and received the worship of civil and military officials in the Fengtian Hall.

After all this was done, Zhu Houxuan stepped forward and asked Zhu Houzhao to hand over his power as regent, and Zhu Houzhao agreed.

After all the officials left, Zhu Houzhao took Zhu Houxun aside for another interview.
On the other hand, after a large number of captives and heads were transported to the capital, the Ministry of War's Examination Department became busy. They needed to identify the heads and captives. The Ministry of War also borrowed all the coroners from the Ministry of Justice.
The Minister of War Wang Qiong brought a group of senior officials to the place where heads and prisoners were inspected, including the Left Censor-in-Chief Peng Ze.

This is a large courtyard outside the city. All the heads are gathered here for inspection. Dozens of coroners check the gaps in the skull, the condition of the teeth and the condition of the hair to determine the authenticity of the heads. The last step is to put the inspected heads into a large pond in the courtyard. Now there are densely packed heads floating in the pond, and the water in the pond has turned blood red, emitting a strong smell of blood.
This was the scene that the high-ranking officials saw when they entered the courtyard. Those who were not mentally prepared vomited immediately and could not recover for a long time. Those who recovered did not dare to look at it any longer.
This picture is just too sanctimonious.
Peng Ze vomited so much that he felt like he had even vomited out the breakfast he had eaten in the morning. In the end, he could not vomit anything but acid water.
After a long while, he finally controlled himself and asked painfully: "What happened? Why did they throw all the heads into the pool?"

The face of the Minister of War Wang Qiong was not looking good either. He waved his hand and called an official from the Ministry of Examination.

The official said: "Throwing them into the pool is to identify the gender of the heads and prevent the heads of female Mongolians from being passed off as male heads. When the heads are thrown into the water, the back of the male head is lighter and will float on the surface of the water. On the contrary, the back of the female head will sink under the water, while the face will float on the surface."

"This is the first time that the Ministry of Examination has to deal with so many heads. In the past, the most were only hundreds, and we could have just found a few sinks to examine them. But this time, more than 11,000 heads came in at once, and our superiors are in a hurry and want results, so we have no choice but to use this method," said an official from the Ministry of Examination with a sad face.

After listening to it, Wang Qiong and Peng Ze could not find any faults.
Peng Ze looked into the pond again and saw that the heads floating on the water were all backs of heads. Then he accidentally looked to the other side and saw dozens of people using nets attached to wooden handles to scoop up heads from the pond and then put them in a pile of lime to pickle them again.
This scene made him vomit again.
"Where is the body of the little Mongolian prince?" Wang Qiong asked.

"Please follow me, everyone," said the official from the Ministry of Examination.

The place where Dayan Khan's body was stored was a separate room. The door and the room were heavily guarded by the New Army. Fortunately, it was winter and the temperature was very low, so the body decayed very slowly. In addition, the transportation process was very careful, so Dayan Khan's body was preserved very well.

The room was quite cold. Dayan Khan's body was placed in an ice coffin. Even though he was dead, one could still see the resentment on his face.
The high officials came closer and carefully examined Dayan Khan's body, but could not see anything.
"Can you tell whether it's real or fake?" Peng Ze's expression looked better now.

"Several officials from the Ministry of Rites who had been on diplomatic missions to Tatar have already come here. They have seen the Mongolian prince himself, but they all said that he looked 60 to 70 percent similar and could not be completely confirmed. After all, they were on a diplomatic mission to Mongolia during the Hongzhi period, which is more than ten years ago," said an official from the Ministry of Examination.

Peng Ze breathed a sigh of relief, but the official from the Ministry of Examination continued, "But there are many things on this body that can prove its identity."

The official picked up a scimitar placed aside and showed the Mongolian inscription on it. "This scimitar is not something that an ordinary Mongolian noble can use. And this dagger..."

The official showed Dayan Khan's belongings one by one, from bow and arrow to horse whip, from horse whip to ornaments, from ornaments to hat, from hat to clothes, from clothes to saddle.
All the officials looked more and more serious. The regulations for these things were very high, and it was obvious that the users of these items were of very high status.
"These things cannot completely confirm the identity of the little Mongolian prince, but the last thing can basically confirm his identity," said the official from the Ministry of Examination, and then he took the senior officials to another room.

When I was writing this chapter today, I suddenly realized that there is a big bug in opening up Chang'an Avenue. After Chang'an Avenue is opened, the emperor's imperial road will be cut off by Chang'an Avenue. People can walk on Chang'an Avenue, which means they can walk to the intersection of the imperial road and Chang'an Avenue, which means people can walk on the imperial road. This was an incredible thing in the feudal era.
I thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out how to fix this bug, so I can only say that Zhu Houzhao didn't care about it.
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