Emperor Zhengde

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Zhu Houzhao walked down and stood in front of Ma Wensheng and other officials, saying, "I originally intended to follow the will of the late emperor and rule the country with benevolence, but I was forced to abdicate by the rebel Wang Yue and others. Now, the murder of the emperor by Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others has been exposed! However, I still cannot bear to kill people, but this is related to the revenge of the murder of my father, the filial piety of a son, and the loyalty of the monarch and his subjects. Now that the ministers have requested it, I will reluctantly follow their request and execute Wang Yue, Liu Jian and other rebels with ten clans! In this way, the spirit of the late emperor can be comforted, and the courage of the villains can also be shaken! However, the main offenders Liu Jian and Li Dongyang will not be beheaded for the time being, and they must be executed with special punishments!"

But at this time, Li Dongyang refused. He was asking for forgiveness to the late Emperor Hongzhi, but he did not expect that Ma Wensheng would directly agree to Zhu Houzhao's order to kill ten clans without any rejection. Li Dongyang felt terrible all of a sudden. He looked at Ma Wensheng with fear and anger. He wanted to say that Ma Wensheng was the only one who could reject Zhu Houzhao's proposal to kill ten clans at this time.

After all, Zhu Houzhao did not say it explicitly.

But Li Dongyang didn't expect that Ma Wensheng didn't hesitate at all and agreed to Zhu Houzhao directly!

Li Dongyang knew that his regicide had really angered Zhu Houzhao and Ma Wensheng, but he still couldn't help crying and laughing and said, "Ma Gong, you and I have been ministers in the same palace for decades, why do you have to kill each other like this?"

Ma Wensheng did not answer. He recalled the day when he almost died of heartache and the ridicule and mockery Li Dongyang had shown him.

At this time, when Li Dongyang saw that almost all the officials present wanted to execute his entire clan, he panicked again and knocked his head to the ground with a thud: "Your Majesty! Although I am guilty, my crime does not deserve the execution of my entire clan! Moreover, if the late emperor were still alive, he would not have the heart to execute my entire clan out of his kindness! Please obey the late emperor's wishes!"

Zhu Houzhao walked up to Li Dongyang and kicked him directly!
boom!
Li Dongyang fell to the ground, then knelt up again and looked at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, you can hit me or scold me, but please don't kill my entire clan, because this is really against the benevolence and righteousness of the late emperor!"

"How dare you use the late emperor to threaten me, Li Dongyang? The late emperor treated you well! If it weren't for the late emperor, you would still be stuck in the Imperial Academy, how could you have achieved the position of Grand Secretary of the Cabinet! The late emperor treated you with great favor, but how did you treat the late emperor! Just tell me whether you deserve to die!"

Zhu Houzhao questioned Li Dongyang loudly.

Li Dongyang nodded: "I deserve to die, I have failed the late emperor! But my relatives and friends are innocent!"

"Since you were thinking about your relatives and friends, you shouldn't have killed the late emperor. They were innocent, but their deaths were caused by you, Li Dongyang! It was you, Li Dongyang, who killed them! You killed them yourself! This is the price you pay for regicide!"

Zhu Houzhao walked back after saying this. Now he wanted to avenge Emperor Hongzhi and let everyone know the consequences of killing the emperor! Otherwise, if this continues, the killing of the emperor will only get worse, just like in history. As long as the emperor is slightly dissatisfied with them, these civil servants dare to let the emperor fall into the water.

After Zhu Houzhao sat back on the jade chariot, he ordered in a cold voice: "It is better to do it now than to wait for a day. Since the ten clans are to be executed, there is no need to re-examine the accomplices. Their property will be confiscated and they will be punished. All the officials present who are within the ten clans of the rebellious criminals will be beheaded here directly, so that we don't have to arrest another wave after returning home!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he asked Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang and Xu Jin to be responsible for identification, and let Guo Rong carry out the execution personally.

"Yes!"

Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and Guo Rong responded.

Then, with Zhu Houzhao's permission, Guo Rong took the Xiuchun Sword from an eunuch, drew the sword out of its sheath, and followed Ma Wensheng with the blade shining with a cold light.

Ma Wensheng stood in front of a civil servant and said, "Qiao Meng, the right judge of the Dali Temple, is the nephew-in-law of Liu Jian!" Qiao Meng, the right judge of the Dali Temple, was already trembling and even forgot to beg for mercy. As soon as Ma Wensheng finished speaking, Guo Rong swung his embroidered spring knife down.

Click!

The Dali Temple's Right Judge Qiao Meng's head fell to the ground instantly!
A bleeding head rolled to the ground, and half of it even fell to the ground.

"Xi Liangwan, the chancellor of Shuntian Prefecture, is Xie Qian's brother-in-law!"

Jiao Fang also stood in front of an official at this time. The official was so scared that he fainted on the ground. Guo Rong had to pick him up and chopped him with a horizontal knife. Immediately, the lower half of his body fell to the ground, while his head was still in Guo Rong's hand. The officials kneeling beside him were so scared that they fainted on the ground.

At this time, before Xu Jin reached Sui Lanru, the Shaoqing official of the Taichang Temple, the official saw that someone had been killed. He was so scared that he kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and begged for mercy on the spot: "Your Majesty, please spare my life! I really didn't know that Li Dongyang would kill the king. I regret marrying my daughter into his Li family. I am willing to order my daughter to hang herself. Please spare my life, Your Majesty!"

"It was your parents' order and the matchmaker's words that your daughter married into the Li family. It was your ignorance as a father. Your daughter is pitiful, but you are really hateful. Kill her!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and in a moment, Sui Lanru's head fell to the ground.

At this time, Ma Wensheng stood in front of a fat official: "Kong Xianxian, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, is the nephew-in-law of Liu Daxia!"

Kong Xianxian also begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I am a descendant of the saint of Yanshenggong Mansion. Please spare my life for the sake of the saint!"

"Speaking of Liu Daxia, I need to tell you one thing. Liu Daxia was suddenly killed in the explosion that day, and the reason has not been found. Later, I heard the late emperor's dream, and then I knew that he was punished by heaven. Now the truth is revealed. It is just as the late emperor said in the dream. Liu Daxia is related to the saint, but he was punished by heaven. It can be seen that the saint will not tolerate such disloyal and unjust people. Since you are a descendant of the saint and are implicated in the regicide case, in order to maintain the loyalty left by the saint, you should protect it with your death! Kill!"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Guo Rong swung his sword again, and Kong Xianxian's head also fell to the ground!

Among the officials present, there were relatively few who had relations with Liu Jian, Wang Yue, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, etc., so not many were killed. But when they were killed one by one, more than twenty people were killed!
The entire area outside Fengtian Gate was almost flooded with blood, and those officials who were not killed were so frightened that they dared not breathe. Some fainted, some couldn't help vomiting, some were so scared that their faces turned pale and they broke out in cold sweats, and some were so scared that they begged for mercy. But in short, these officials all remembered the consequences of regicide.

Zhu Houzhao ordered the Jinyiwei to arrange the more than 20 heads into a small Jingguan, and ordered all officials: "Lift your heads and take a good look at me, to see the consequences of regicide! Remember, this is just the beginning!"

Zhu Houzhao then looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Li Dongyang, this is the consequence of your regicide. I don't want to ask you if you regret it. I just want to tell you that I won't let you off easily. I want you to see the pain of losing your loved ones with your own eyes, and then I will chop you to pieces!"

Zhu Houzhao said this in a very low voice, but to Li Dongyang, it was the most terrifying voice he had ever heard. He began to tremble a little and looked at Zhu Houzhao tremblingly. He wanted to say something but had nothing to say!
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