Emperor Zhengde

Chapter 170 I only make decisions for my subjects!
Urusbolot looked at Zhu Houzhao angrily, but he could not do anything to Zhu Houzhao now, so he could only ask harshly: "Your Majesty! You will regret your actions today! Mr. Gao is the deputy envoy of the Yuan Dynasty, how can you kill him at will!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled faintly: "You Tatars have no one to use, but you chose to employ a Han scum like me! Such a traitor, a shameless and dirty person worse than pigs and dogs, is only accepted as a guest of honor by you barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood! If you want to use him, you can, but don't bring him to my Ming! My Ming does not welcome such scum! If you dare to come again, I will kill him again!"

Urusborot was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick: "You!" He took the words back before he could finish them. He was also worried that he would be shot into a hedgehog by the Jinyiwei hiding in the dark.

"Since you are here to pay tribute, where is the letter of credence? What do you want to pay tribute to? Is there a gift list?"

Zhu Houzhao now went straight to the point and asked.

Urusbolot had no choice but to personally hand the letter to the Minister of Rites, who then handed it to Zhu Houzhao. After Zhu Houzhao read it, he said, "Okay, I have also read your letter. Since you are willing to live in harmony with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is willing to do so, but I have two requests!"

"First: You must withdraw from the Hetao region within one year and return the Hetao region to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Second: You have plundered and killed countless people in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty. You must compensate the people of the border towns of the Ming Dynasty for their pensions and atonement for plundering and killing them! It must be no less than two million taels of silver. You Tatars have many horses and sheep, so you can use these to make up the number. If that doesn't work, you can use humans to make up the number!"

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao smiled calmly and asked the civil and military officials in the court: "My dear ministers, what do you think of what I said?"

"My Holy Emperor!"

Civil and military officials responded in unison.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Urusbolot and said, "Jinong Urusbolot, what do you think?"

Urusborot would naturally not agree. He was unwilling to return the Hetao area or pay compensation. Moreover, he came to the Ming Dynasty to seek benefits. How could he not get any benefits but pay for the Hetao land and property he occupied first?

"Your country is bullying our Yuan Dynasty!"

Urusborot said through gritted teeth.

"How can this be considered bullying? I am a magnanimous monarch. You barbarians have repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty and killed countless of my border residents. If it were not for the advice of the officials and my unwillingness to bear the burden on the people, I would have allowed you to pay tribute and maintain peace. Otherwise, I would have sent out a million troops to take your heads and drink with me! You would not be standing in this palace today!"

Zhu Houzhao slammed the table and scolded with the same authority as before.

All the officials couldn't help but touch their noses. Although the emperor was very tough now, completely subverting the image of a benevolent monarch, they had to admit that such a emperor made them feel confident, as if their backs stood straighter because of it.

"Today, I am here to pay tribute only on the orders of the Great Khan. I am not here to discuss the Hetao land and compensation with you! But before that, I have one more thing to tell your emperor:

The people of your country are arrogant and conceited, speaking without restraint, and wantonly slandering our Great Yuan and defaming our Great Khan! A man named Zhu Yunming spoke even more outrageously, and a man named Zhang Lun, the eldest grandson of the Duke of Ying, even lashed out at me!

I am a great Yuan Jinong, how can I bear such humiliation? Therefore, Your Majesty the Emperor should uphold justice for me and should not let the vassal states feel disappointed! "

Urusborot changed the subject. He didn't want to talk too much about returning the Hetao area and compensation. He also thought that the Ming Dynasty was just talking. He really didn't believe that the current Ming Dynasty was really capable of taking back the Hetao area from his Yuan Dynasty and recovering the lost property.

Moreover, Urusborot still wanted Zhu Houzhao to teach Zhu Yunming and Zhang Lun a lesson for him. After all, he was not a person who was willing to forgive others. In his world of Urusborot, anyone who offended him could only die!

"The people of the Ming Dynasty have the right to free speech. This is a clause in the outline of the new constitution. I will not punish him for this, nor will I punish him because of you, Urusborot. As for the so-called slander of the country and the Great Khan of the country, it is nothing but your own conjecture! Zhang Lun whipped you! There must be a reason for whipping you!"

As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he asked, "What exactly is going on?"

At this time, the city inspector Chang Zhengyi stood up and reported the matter to Zhu Houzhao in detail.

"Chang Yushi, are you an official of the Yuan Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty? Answer me?" Zhu Houzhao asked in a cold voice and his face darkened.

Chang Zhengyi was so frightened that he shuddered and fell to the ground, his back shivering as if a cold wind was blowing back: "Your Majesty, I am an official of the Ming Dynasty! I am your Majesty's subject!"

"Since you are an official of the Ming Dynasty, why do you serve as a slave of Urusbolot! The people of the Ming Dynasty can speak in their own territory and slander the court without being punished, but Urusbolot dares to punish them without authorization! And you, as the imperial inspector, don't arrest such rebellious people and put them in jail to punish them severely! Instead, you arrest the people of the Ming Dynasty without authorization. Your actions make the people of the Ming Dynasty feel disheartened!"

When Zhu Houzhao asked this, the imperial censor Chang Zhengyi hurriedly apologized and explained, "Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation! I don't mean to punish them. I just want to avoid causing disputes between the two countries. After all, Urusborot is the envoy of the little prince. The Ming Dynasty should treat him with tolerance and peace is the most important thing!"

"Harmony is the most precious thing! What a great saying of valuing harmony! Just because he values ​​harmony, does that mean he, a foreigner, can disobey the laws of the Ming Dynasty? You are a minister of the Ming Dynasty, but you are unable to uphold justice. You do things not in accordance with the law but in accordance with Confucian ethics, which has caused the dignity of the country and the people to be lost, and you only seek temporary stability! You are incompetent but also upright! You are not worthy of being the Imperial Censor of the Ming Dynasty! Decree that Chang Zhengyi be removed from office and exiled to Qiongzhou!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, the city patrol censor Chang Zhengyi couldn't help but be shocked: "Your Majesty, I, your minister is just..." "Why don't you thank me! Coward! If you had any strength, you wouldn't have done this!" At this time, Jiao Fang glared at the city patrol censor Chang Zhengyi.

The imperial censor Chang Zhengyi, who patrolled the city, had no choice but to express his gratitude.

Seeing this, Urusbolot could not help but ask: "Your Majesty! What do you mean? Are you unwilling to make the decision for me?"

"Are you my son or my grandson? Why do you need me to make the decision for you?"

Zhu Houzhao asked back, and then said: "But Zhu Yunming and Zhang Lun are my ministers, I will only make decisions for them! You whipped Zhu Yunming, the Ming scholar, right?"

Urusborot didn't answer, just snorted.

"Ministry of Justice! According to the Ming Dynasty law, how should common people be dealt with if they offend candidates?" Zhu Houzhao asked Min Gui, the Minister of Justice.

The Minister of Justice Min Gui stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, if civilians get hurt in a fight, they should be flogged thirty times! If they have made achievements, the punishment should be doubled! Zhu Yunming is a candidate for the imperial examination, so he should be flogged sixty times!"

"Since this is the case, let's add another article to the Ming Dynasty law. If a foreigner beats a citizen of our country, the punishment will be doubled. If he has made achievements, the punishment will be doubled! Therefore, this Urusbolot will be flogged 120 times! Take him away and execute him immediately! At the same time, release Zhu Yunming and Zhang Lun. The court detained them for no reason, and they must compensate each of them with 10 taels of silver for their losses!"

Zhu Houzhao said.

The Minister of Justice Min Gui had no choice but to accept the order, and was greatly surprised. He had never thought that His Majesty would add to the law in this way, and the legal status of foreigners would become lower than that of the local people.

Urusbolot was very surprised and angry: "Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! You are humiliating me, you can't do this!"

Zhu Houzhao ignored this Urusbolot and only ordered Guo Rong: "The Jinyiwei will execute the sentence on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, and the Minister of Justice will supervise the execution!"

Then, two Jinyiwei came over and captured Urusborot, but Urusborot refused to go outside the hall to be punished and struggled desperately, but the two Jinyiwei were not weak, so Urusborot could not break free and was dragged out by the two Jinyiwei like a fat pig, and then pressed directly to the ground, and his shirt was stripped off.

Immediately afterwards, a member of the Imperial Guards began to whip Urusborot.

Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
The whip, as hard as an iron chain, hit Urusborot's fat back hard, leaving a series of bloody marks.

Urusborot screamed in pain and glared at Zhu Houzhao with bloodshot eyes, but he still couldn't do anything to Zhu Houzhao at this time.

Urusborot never expected that he would be executed on the spot when he came to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao turned a deaf ear to the screams and whip cracks outside, and only asked the Imperial Household Department Minister Zhai Ming: "Minister of the Imperial Household Department, have the horses presented by the little prince been inspected?"

"Your Majesty! It has not been checked yet!" replied Zhai Ming, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department.

"Check quickly. If they are really three thousand good horses, then it's nothing. But if you dare to pass them off as inferior ones, then you are deliberately insulting our Ming Dynasty and mocking us as cowards and incompetents."

After Zhu Houzhao said this coldly, the Imperial Household Minister Zhai Ming also understood what Zhu Houzhao meant and hurriedly said, "I understand! I will check it carefully!"

After a long time, Urusbolot's flogging was over, and he was beaten so hard that he couldn't even stand up straight. He just clenched his fists and stared at Zhu Houzhao fiercely: "One day, I will make you taste the taste of this whip!"

"Twenty slaps on the face! You are the only one in this court who dares to speak to me like that!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, Guo Rong slapped Urusborot on the spot, hitting him twenty-one times. His mouth was swollen and he was speechless for a while. He just left the hall angrily.

"Ministry of Rites, once again warns Urusbolot that he must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he will be punished twice as much!"

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao only smiled faintly, gave an order, and then waved his sleeves: "Dismiss the court!"

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