Ming Dynasty: Pick up attributes from the battlefield to create the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 312 Zhu Ying: Facing Zhu Yuanzhang directly, I don't care about this throne! I can leave at any time!
“Apart from the crimes of the Lü family.”

"The former concubine of the Crown Prince, Lady Lü, was jealous of the Crown Princess. She poisoned the Crown Princess when she was about to give birth, causing the Crown Princess to die in childbirth."

“The members of the Lü family are guilty of an even greater crime.”

"now."

"The Emperor has a decree."

"Exterminate the entire Lü family, nine generations, as a warning to others."

"So be it," Shen Jin announced loudly.

The sound spread.

It also made all the onlookers truly understand the heinous crimes committed by the Lü family, where the sudden outbreak of smallpox in the fifteenth year of Hongwu came from, and why the once high-ranking concubine of the Eastern Palace was banished to the Cold Palace overnight.

just now.

Everything is clear now.

"The Lü family."

"I never imagined they could be so vicious."

"This isn't just insidious, it's outrageously extravagant."

"They actually brought smallpox patients into Yingtian, harming the eldest grandson of the emperor and the empress. This is an unforgivable crime."

"How dare they?"

Smallpox is an incurable disease; once it spreads, the entire city will be destroyed.

"The Lü family deserves to die, they deserve to be killed."

"Exterminating nine generations of their family would be too lenient for the Lü family..."

"And the Crown Princess from back then, I never expected that she would also die because of the Lü family. There wasn't a single good person in the Lü family, they all deserve to go to hell."

"As a concubine, to poison the wife is an unforgivable crime."

"Kill the Lü family, exterminate the entire Lü clan, kill, kill..."

When the crimes of the Lü family and Lü clan were read out, the surrounding people shouted indignantly and cursed angrily.

Although the smallpox epidemic in the fifteenth year of the Hongwu reign did not break out on a large scale, many people were infected and eventually died.

Perhaps among the onlookers here are some of the people who experienced it firsthand.

Everyone initially thought it was a natural disaster.

But unexpectedly, it turned out to be a man-made disaster.

How can this make them not angry?
The crimes of the Lü family deserve even the extermination of their entire clan.

They deserve to be skinned alive.

"Yunxun."

At that moment, Zhu Ying picked up a command arrow and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen naturally understood Zhu Ying's meaning and directly accepted the command token.

The moment it's in your hand, it feels like the power of life and death.

Zhu Yunwen slowly stood up, looking with hatred at Lady Lü on the prison cart at the execution ground, and at Lü Ben, whose limbs had been broken.

"kill!"

Zhu Yunwen roared and forcefully threw the command arrow in his hand.

With a thud.

That's where the order is.

"Bring the prisoner."

"cut!"

The Vice Minister of Justice shouted loudly at the execution ground.

Followed.

One by one, members of the Lü family were led to the execution ground. The executioners didn't even wash their blades before they began to chop them down.

Accompanied by screams and wails.

Hundreds of members of the Lü family were beheaded.

Inside the prison cart, Lady Lü's face was deathly pale, and her whole body was trembling.

Lu Ben, who was paralyzed in the car, was so frightened that he was trembling all over.

Perhaps they were prepared to die before they did those things, but seeing their people and relatives being slaughtered, their cries and wails naturally broke down their psychological defenses.

And this moment.

Zhu Yunwen had already quietly arrived at the prison cart where Lady Lü was being held.

"The Lü family."

"Did you ever imagine this day would come?"

Zhu Yunwen stood beside the prison cart, speaking with a mocking tone.

"I should have killed you back then, so that you and your mother, that bitch, could have died together."

"I should have torn Zhu Xiong Ying to pieces back then." Madam Lü gritted her teeth and looked at Zhu Yunwen with hatred.

"It's a pity that things aren't the same as they used to be."

"Now, we have won."

"My elder brother is still alive, that's enough." Zhu Yunwen sneered, not angered by Lady Lü's words at all.

Zhu Yunwen is now filled with the pleasure of revenge.

More than a decade of humiliation.

Zhu Yunwen has had enough; today is the day of his release.

"The Lü family."

"I tell you."

"This is just the beginning."

"This world will belong to my eldest brother in the future."

"You'd better watch closely as your entire Lü family is slaughtered. If you dare to commit suicide, I guarantee that Zhu Yunwen and the other two will suffer a terrible death."

"My elder brother said that he will not kill you now, but will make you watch your entire Lü family be destroyed, and then imprison you in that dark prison."

"If you dare to die, your three sons will die too," Zhu Yunwen said with a sneer.

"you dare."

"If you lay a hand on Yunwen and the others, the Crown Prince will not let you off the hook." Lady Lü said in terror and despair.

"hehe."

"Because of you, my father feels immense guilt towards me. Even if I killed those three, what could my father possibly do?"

"They are nothing but three commoners now," Zhu Yunwen sneered, completely unfazed by the threat.

then.

He pointed directly at the Lü family members who were being led up to the execution ground, wailing and in distress.

"Look, look closely."

"Your Lü family is finished from this day forward," Zhu Yunwen said with a cold laugh.

Time passed gradually.

The Lü family clan, spanning nine generations, numbered in the thousands.

The implications are quite extensive.

Under the household registration system, the entire Lü family clan was naturally unable to escape it.

The entire execution ground was filled with corpses and rivers of blood.

But the cruelest one was still the first.

Lü Ben was tied to a frame and subjected to a thousand cuts.

This was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang himself; Lü Ben and his son must both experience this punishment, so that even in death they would suffer immense pain.

Only then can one atone for one's sins.

"Zhu Xiongying."

"Ah... don't think you've won."

"It won't be long before you all pay the price for the Lu family's death... Ah..."

During the execution, Lü Ben let out a painful howl.

After hearing this...

Zhu Ying remained completely unmoved.

"Your Majesty."

"What does Lü Ben mean by this?" Shen Jin asked cautiously.

After all, Lü Ben was once a minister. Although he was stopped when he wanted to take action, he might have left some tricks up his sleeve.

"there is always a solution to a problem."

"I will report to the Emperor," Zhu Ying said calmly.

"The executions here are now complete. Your Highness and I will now enter the palace to meet the Emperor," Shen Jin said respectfully.

……

Time flies!
Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Let's start playing, Your Majesty."

“The entire Shen family.”

“The Lü family’s nine generations.”

“They have all been executed. Your Majesty, please make your decision,” Shen Jin respectfully reported.

"It's good that the Dharma has been rectified."

Upon hearing this news, a flicker of emotion crossed Zhu Yuanzhang's brow. The hatred stemming from the murder of his wife.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be furious?

The order to exterminate the entire Lü family was personally issued by him.

"emperor."

"Before his death, Lü Ben said that he would make us all be buried with him. I suspect that Lü Ben may have some ulterior motives."

"This matter still needs to be thoroughly investigated by the Embroidered Uniform Guard," Zhu Ying said at this moment.

"A hidden move?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and immediately said, "Summon Jiang Huan."

"The old slave accepts the order."

Yun Qi immediately retreated.

"Minister Shen, you have worked hard this time. Now that the Shen and Lü families have been executed, your case should also be closed by the Ministry of Justice," Zhu Yuanzhang said to Shen Jin.

"Your subject accepts the decree." Shen Jin respectfully accepted the decree.

After Shen Jin left.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang and his two grandsons remained in the hall.

"Yongying."

"In your opinion."

"Were Lü Ben's last words merely dying ramblings, or something else?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"I believe that Lü Ben definitely did something underhanded," Zhu Ying said with a hint of certainty.

"What hidden tricks could he have left behind?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

"father."

"There's no need to worry too much about this. Let the Embroidered Uniform Guard investigate it."

"Now that this matter has been brought to justice, the next step is to properly handle national affairs."

"Yongying."

"Now that you're back, you can't just sit idle anymore. You'll have to go to the Eastern Palace every day to help me with government affairs," Zhu Biao said with a smile to Zhu Ying.

"Your Majesty, Prince."

"I am not qualified to handle government affairs."

"My expertise lies in military matters," Zhu Ying replied with a smile.

"You can't learn it."

"The future Ming Dynasty is yours, so you must learn how to handle government affairs. If you don't know how, you can learn slowly."

"And you're the kind of kid who loves to hide your talents. Don't think we don't know you're pretending," Zhu Yuanzhang said irritably.

"Father is absolutely right."

“Xiong Ying likes to hide his talents.” Zhu Biao nodded in agreement.

Seeing that both of them wanted him to handle government affairs, Zhu Ying smiled and decided to lay his cards on the table.

"Both the Emperor and the Crown Prince say that the future of the Ming Dynasty belongs to me."

"What if the national policies and political situations I formulate differ from those of the Emperor?"

"If I were to handle government affairs, what I would see, what I would understand, and what I would do would all be different," Zhu Ying said slowly, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"It seems you already have a path to governance in mind."

"Tell me about it," Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"I can tell you, and I have even prepared a draft of the national policy implementation guidelines."

"But whether it can be implemented depends on whether the Emperor and the Crown Prince decide to implement it," Zhu Ying said slowly.

"Give it to me." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother with any more words and just smiled calmly.

Without hesitation, Zhu Ying took out a piece of paper from his pocket and placed it on the imperial desk in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao immediately stepped forward, and his expression changed the moment he saw the two words written on the paper.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's old face changed expression.

Because the top two characters are 【削藩】!
Followed by.

It's just a sentence.

"The calamity of the feudal princes is not now, but in the future."

One sentence after another.

Since Zhu Yingzhen intended to change the Ming Dynasty, the first thing he needed to do was to change the biggest source of trouble for the Ming Dynasty: the vassal kings.

To know.

Although a vassal king's fiefdom was only a prefecture, the king held military and political power within that fiefdom, making him essentially an emperor.

Although taxes had to be paid to the central government, after they had already taken a cut, there was practically nothing left.

Therefore, Zhu Ying's first strike was naturally aimed at the vassal king.

After dealing with the vassal kings, the second issue was the annual stipends and support provided by the imperial court to the imperial family.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw what Zhu Ying had written, the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a sense of helplessness.

"Yongying."

"Can't you really tolerate your uncles?" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

"What does Your Majesty mean by this?"

"Do you think that what I'm saying is meant to deal with them? To leave them no way out?"

Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Zhu Ying became somewhat annoyed, his brows furrowing in displeasure.

After all.

Zhu Ying didn't particularly care about the position of the eldest grandson of the emperor. Compared to the large-scale transformation of the Ming Dynasty, this would consume too much of Zhu Ying's time. It would be better to establish a country outside the capital and rebuild from scratch.

To avoid wasting time like that.

"Your Majesty, I know what you are thinking."

"It's nothing more than enfeoffing princes to protect the central court in the future. Even if the descendants of the crown prince are incompetent, the world will still belong to the Zhu family."

"No matter how the world is fought over, the Zhu family will ultimately be the masters of the world."

"But if Your Majesty has such a limited perspective, then I have no reason to remain in the Ming Dynasty."

"I will show Your Majesty what kind of country the nation I have established abroad will become," Zhu Ying said in a deep voice, his tone tinged with coldness.

Zhu Ying's confidence stemmed from his own strength, and his ability to rely on the royal family was also a source of confidence.

Anyway, we've already laid the truth out to them.

Zhu Yingyuan's original plan was to establish a state outside of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at Zhu Ying's serious expression.

Zhu Biao was also frightened.

"Yongying."

"Don't talk nonsense," Zhu Biao quickly said to Zhu Ying.

He then hurriedly looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, clasped his hands and said, "Father! Xiong Ying is still young and doesn't understand much, please don't be angry."

But since Zhu Ying dared to propose this national policy of weakening the power of the vassal states...

Then I'm not afraid, and I've made up my mind.

"Didn't His Majesty say he would hand over the Ming Dynasty to me?"

"To be honest, I don't really care that much, because I have seen the real world, I have seen the real world, and I know what the real world is."

"Since we're all family, I might as well speak frankly today."

"Whether the Emperor or the Crown Prince reduces the power of the princes or not, if you really want to hand over the throne to me in the future, then I will definitely reduce it. However, if you really hand over the throne to me in the future, then the reduction of the power of the princes will inevitably result in rivers of blood."

"Now, if the Emperor and the Crown Prince go, with the Emperor's prestige over the world, it will be enough to win without bloodshed."

"of course."

"Your Majesty can issue an edict declaring Zhu Xiong Ying dead, and I can leave at any time," Zhu Ying said calmly.

Listen to this.

Zhu Biao had become extremely uneasy.

Even he wouldn't dare speak to his father like that.

At that moment, he didn't even know how to begin trying to persuade them.

Because Zhu Ying's words were clearly a threat to Zhu Yuanzhang, and the meaning was also very clear: Zhu Yuanzhang had already written down his policy of weakening the power of the princes, and this was a national policy that he had to implement.

They don't implement it now, but if the throne falls into his hands in the future, he will definitely implement it. Moreover, once Zhu Ying implements it, those vassal kings will probably not behave themselves. Zhu Ying's iron-fisted suppression will surely result in rivers of blood.

Simultaneously.

Zhu Ying also pointed out another fundamental point: if the throne is not handed over to him, he doesn't care. He can establish a country outside of the Ming Dynasty and leave at any time.

It's clear.

It forced Zhu Yuanzhang to make a choice.

It was he who reduced the power of the regional military governors!

Or should Zhu Yuanzhang reduce the power of the princes in the future?

Or perhaps they could simply let Zhu Ying leave.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was extremely ugly. Clearly, he was genuinely angry. Being confronted by Zhu Ying like this, even with only the three of them present, made him feel somewhat embarrassed.

Zhu Biao also sensed Zhu Yuanzhang's mood at that moment, and naturally did not know how to persuade him.

but.

Zhu Ying was not afraid at all, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang calmly, waiting for his answer.

……

(End of this chapter)