Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 28: Nine ministers plotted treason and were executed by slow slicing!

"I am Gao Gong, a great man, how can I bow down in front of Yan Song and his ilk!" Gao Gong said loudly without any reservation.

The sound of gold and jade.

Resounded throughout Prince Yu’s Mansion.

Even the palace maids and eunuchs outside the hall could hear it, and they all lowered their heads and hurried away.

The most direct abuse.

Zhang Juzheng was overwhelmed with emotion after hearing this.

It said what he had always wanted to say but couldn't.

I could also hear Prince Yu's chest rising and falling.

Sitting in the chair in the middle, he pointed at Gao Gong with one hand and covered his chest with the other hand. His lips opened several times but no sound came out.

Concubine Li held Prince Yu's neck with one hand and gently stroked his chest with the other hand, calling out in panic, "Call the imperial physician! Go and call the imperial physician!"

Several eunuchs and palace maids rushed in, not knowing what to do. They all had frightened eyes, at a loss as to what to do.

Concubine Li was sweating and was about to scold these useless servants, but Prince Yu suddenly slowed down and gasped, "What are you all doing here! Get out!"

The eunuchs and palace maids swarmed out again.

Prince Yu looked at Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng and pondered for a long time, "I have nothing else to ask you, please go back, Masters."

After all, he was born in a royal family.

Faced with interests and friendship, Prince Yu still chose interests. He no longer wanted to care about the cabinet struggles and the fate of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.

"Your Highness, please take good care of your body. I'll take my leave." Gao Gong lowered his head slightly, walked backwards to the palace gate, then turned around and left.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes flashed and he looked at Concubine Li. Concubine Li was also looking at him. Their eyes met and they both lowered their heads.

For some reason, whenever Zhang Juzheng faced the princess, his heart would beat as if a deer were beating, and he would even feel a little sad for a while.

She was not sad because of Prince Yu's estrangement, but because she could no longer be a lecturer in Prince Yu's mansion and could no longer see Concubine Li.

Zhang Juzheng bowed to the ground and said, "I hope Your Majesty will take care of your body."

Prince Yu looked at the backs of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, his breathing became heavier, and occasional noises could be heard.

Prince Yu actually felt a sense of betrayal from these two people.

Concubine Li realized something was wrong and slowly let go of the hand that was supporting Prince Yu. Her beautiful figure blocked Prince Yu's sight and she hurried to the door: "Carry the prince to the bed to rest!"

"Yes!" Two eunuchs ran in.

Princess Li looked back again, hurriedly lifted her skirt, stepped out of the door and walked towards the front yard.

Gao and Zhang were invited by Prince Yu to answer questions, so even if they are leaving, someone should see them off.

In order to express his position and avoid being misunderstood by Yan Song, Xu Jie and Yan Shifan, the prince could not go to see him off, so she had to come.

……

Ok Hee Palace.

Two Jinyiwei arrived and brought urgent matters.

But the door of the hall was closed, and two eunuchs on duty were guarding it, one on the left and one on the right.

Lu Fang sat down at the door of the main hall and told the two Jinyiwei: "The emperor has issued an order that no one is allowed to enter. You wait at the bottom of the stairs first."

If it was before, the Jinyiwei was under the supervision of Sili, and the two Jinyiwei could report matters directly to him, and he would make the arrangements. But now, the Jinyiwei was favored by the emperor, and he could no longer make arrangements at will. Moreover, at this moment in Yuxi Palace, it was the Jinyiwei commander Lu Bing who was reporting to the emperor.

In the main hall.

The secret report of the Imperial Guards placed on the imperial desk turned out to be a conversation between Prince Yu, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Concubine Li in Prince Yu's Mansion!

Zhu Houcong had obviously read the secret report, but had also obviously not made any mark on it. He walked around the hall with the chime in his hand.

Lu Bing stood beside the imperial desk with his head down, waiting quietly for Zhu Houcong to speak.

Zhu Houcong walked around the abode, then walked back to the imperial desk, looked at the secret report, and finally spoke, "Have all the officials in the capital who were arrested and imprisoned confessed?"

Of course Lu Bing understood that the emperor did not want to talk about Prince Yu, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, 235 officials in Beijing have confessed that they have embezzled more than 100,000 taels of silver."

Once someone is put in the imperial prison, no one can resist the punishment and refuse to confess. This is the confidence of the Jinyiwei.

Gao Gong did not wrongly accuse any of the court officials who impeached him. With the help of the Jinyiwei's memory restoration technique, each of them confessed clearly about their corruption since they became officials in the court.

Among all the officials in the world, those in Beijing are the most powerful. Money from the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty was sent to the two capitals in an endless stream.

However, among the two capitals, the northern one is more valuable. Shuntian Prefecture has never been the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty, but it has always been the place with the most wealth.

In the face of power, money is nothing more than something that can be picked up at will.

"Then do as I said before. Those who should be executed should be executed, and those who should be exterminated should be exterminated throughout their clan." Zhu Houcong was full of murderous intent.

Lu Bing took a step back and knelt down, "I obey your order."

Two hundred and thirty-five officials in the capital were executed, and their entire families were killed. More than ten thousand people were implicated and killed. Perhaps it was a new major case after the Hongwu case, but Lu Bing accepted the order without any hesitation.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard has always been a sharp knife in the emperor's hand. As for who to chop and how many people to chop, it is all up to the emperor.

The knife is unintentional!
"Among the confessions of the criminal officials in the imperial prison, is there any information about Luo Longwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Public Security?" Zhu Houcong looked at him, as if trying to see some sincerity in his words.

Lu Bing knew he should raise his head, greeted him respectfully, and said sincerely, "Your Majesty, yes!"

"What's there?"

"Your Majesty, Luo Longwen has committed the crime of treason. All memorials from officials must be reviewed by him first. If there are any unfavorable or impeaching memorials, they will be "drowned".

If a local government office encountered a disaster and asked the capital for help, or if a local official sought promotion, he would first prepare a generous offering of silver along with the memorial, otherwise he would be "drowned".

Even for the memorials reporting the death of officials who returned to their hometowns to be raised, which would benefit their descendants, Luo Longwen demanded money. "Lu Bing thought about it and replied carefully.

The Tongzhengsi was the checkpoint that all officials in the country had to go through before submitting memorials.

The Tongzhengshisi had the power to review memorials first. If he did not like any suggestions, he could use the excuses that the memorials were "outrageous" or "incomprehensible".

In this way, the imperial palace, the cabinet and various ministries would never see this memorial again, and all officials called it "flooding".

But to use "flooding" for personal gain is to deceive the emperor and separate him from his subjects, which is treason.

Zhu Houcong stopped looking at Lu Bing and read the secret report line by line. "According to the Ming Dynasty law, what should be done if someone is plotting treason?"

He did not care about the fact that Yan Song, Xu Jie and Yan Shifan joined forces with officials from thirteen provinces in the two capitals to impeach Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, but the fact that the Ministry of Public Security controlled when memorials would be entered into the palace and when not, and Luo Longwen followed the will of the Yan family, made him want to kill.

Since when will the memorials the emperor can see and how many memorials he can see be decided by others?
Lu Bing lowered his head again, "Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who plots treason shall be executed by slow slicing, regardless of whether they are the leader or the follower!"

"Go do it."

"Yes!"

Lu Bing kowtowed, stood up and left the temple.

(End of this chapter)