After Zhu Yuanzhang subdued the wolf soldiers, he immediately trapped Jin Shenghuan and persuaded him as an earl.
Jin Shenghuan was originally a bandit, and he had taken refuge with Zuo Liangyu just because he could bring him more benefits.
In addition, he was captured at the time and had Zhu Yuanzhang's promise. At the same time, he thought that Ma Jinzhong's life seemed to be better since he joined Zhu Yuanzhang than when he followed Zuo Liangyu, so he agreed.
However, because he was worried about Zhu Yuanzhang's strength, he did not want to get involved too early, lest the gains outweigh the losses.
Therefore, it is difficult to say that there are two thousand elite troops of Zuo Liangyu in the army, and it will take some time to subdue them, so I want to use this to delay and wait and see.
Zhu Yuanzhang also understood what Jin Shenghuan meant, and felt that not exposing the other party now would be more effective than exposing him.
But he didn't want to be looked down upon by Jin Shenghuan, so he asked him to find an excuse to come to Beijing to help suppress the rebellion.
Zuo Liangyu's troops were led by his deputy and stayed in place to confront Jin Xuan.
When the time is right, destroy them all in one fell swoop.
Jin Shenghuan knew that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to accept the certificate, so he hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
At this moment, news suddenly came from Lu Jiude, asking Jin Shenghuan to come to Beijing for support.
After Zhu Yuanzhang learned of this, he made an impromptu decision and asked Jin Shenghuan to bring hundreds of his cronies and Zuo Liangyu's two thousand elites into the city.
Then he went to Jinxuan's military camp and asked him to select three thousand elite troops to accompany him. The other troops stayed in place to confuse Wang Dehua and others...
However, due to Zhou Hou's relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang did not tell the story about Jin Shenghuan when he told it. He only said that he defeated Song Xiance and Jin Xuan was able to return to Beijing.
Since Zhu Cihong had not experienced many wars, and Zhu Yuanzhang's story was too tortuous, he did not feel there was anything wrong. Instead, he pondered for a moment and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for advice on some of the detailed rules for using troops.
Just when they were talking, the war ended quietly.
Jin Xuan came forward to report that Liu Chang and Dai Ming had all been arrested, and only Wang Dehua took advantage of the chaos to escape.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the report, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Give us..."
He was going to ask Jin Xuan to capture Wang Dehua at all costs, but before he spoke, he suddenly remembered what Zhou Hou had said before, and saw Zhu Cixiang in front of him with an adoring look on his face, so he changed his words and said, "Find Meng Zhaoxiang and ask him to capture Liu Chang and others were taken to the execution ground and beheaded!"
Hearing this, Jin Xuan hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Chang and his group are indeed unforgivable, but according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, we still need to..."
"We said, behead!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was already angry, but when he saw Jin Xuan contradicting him, he immediately shouted dissatisfied: "The crime of treason is an unforgivable crime, why bother!"
"Tell Meng Zhaoxiang that it is our will to use the heads of Liu Chang and others to warn the world, and he will understand!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, Jin Xuan knew that it was inconvenient for him to speak at the moment. Thinking of Zhu Cihong's kind nature, he looked at him for help.
Although Zhu Cihong hated Liu Chang and others very much, he was influenced by Confucianism since he was a child and attached great importance to etiquette.
At the same time, because I had heard a lot of remarks about Zhu Yuanzhang's bloodthirsty, I felt that it was damaging to Zhu Yuanzhang's holy name, so he advised: "Father, you are working hard all day long!"
"Now that the traitor has been captured, the overall situation has been decided. You might as well leave it to the Ministry of Punishment to deal with such a small matter as Liu Chang. Their behavior will definitely lead to beheading, so you don't have to worry about it at all..."
Zhu Yuanzhang had been busy before and did not feel tired.
After listening to Zhu Cixiang's words, a feeling of fatigue immediately came over him.
He glanced at Zhu Cihong with relief, and was about to agree, but suddenly thought that there were still a large number of people to kill, and if he interrogated them one by one, it would be delayed.
Although he has defeated Wang Dehua and others today, the situation in the capital is complicated, and there should be other rebels lurking.
If they take the opportunity to cause trouble, their family and country may suffer.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Prince, this is no small matter!"
"You must know that the reason why Liu Chang and others dare to openly rebel today is because they lack a sense of awe in their hearts. If we
If they are not dealt with quickly and strictly, the effect of deterrence will not be achieved. "
"So there is no need to discuss this matter further, just let the Ministry of Punishment handle it according to our will!"
Zhu Cihong felt even more uncomfortable when he saw the tired look on Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows.
However, he immediately thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had worked so hard and would bear the name of bloodthirsty again. In order to avoid losing more than he gained, he said cryptically and politely: "Father, you have always respected Taizu, and you also know that Taizu has repeatedly revised the imperial edicts, which is to make the world's officials Act according to the law.”
"In this way, the old man will not be too tired, and the people will not be exploited..."
Zhu Yuanzhang also understood the meaning of Zhu Cixiang's words, and felt that the other party did not know the truth yet, so he thought about whether to use this to win over each other, so that even if the incident happened, there would not be too much disagreement between them.
As for those rebellious people, if he could capture them once, he could capture them again, so it was not a big worry.
But he immediately thought that if he couldn't cut off the mess quickly and deal with Liu Chang and the others, it might make the situation more complicated if Hou Zhou was given the illusion.
After all, judging from his connivance with the eunuchs and questioning Wang Dehua, Zhou Hou was determined to control the palace and wanted to use Wang Dehua to control him.
Because he cared about his family ties, he did not fight back. He had already lost his energy and fueled Zhou Hou's arrogance.
If he doesn't use thunderous means at this moment to give Zhou Hou some color, if the other party gets an advantage, he will have to take action even if he doesn't want to.
And Zhu Cixiang is the biological son of Empress Zhou. Once he disposes of Empress Zhou, how should he get along with Zhu Cixiang.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was hesitating, Brother Li Wu and Jiang Yingkui came together again and reported that in the previous battle to lure the enemy, all the officials, wealthy businessmen and family members who participated in the rebellion had been captured, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions on how to deal with them.
It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang had deliberately delayed the war and lured the rebellious people in the capital to participate in order to wipe out all the rebellious people in the city.
Jiang Yingkui secretly monitored them, and after Brother Li Wu took control of the Beijing army, he captured them one by one.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the list presented by Brother Li Wu and found that there were about a thousand officials involved in this matter alone. He immediately looked angry.
Upon seeing this, Jin Xuan was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would be irritated and kill them all. He was about to speak out to persuade him, but he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's cold voice saying: "Take them to the execution ground immediately and behead them!"
"Those who raise troops to rebel will be punished by the nine tribes!"
"Secretly colluding with the rebels and communicating with the rebels..."
"Your Majesty, this is not possible!"
Before Zhu Yuanzhang could finish speaking, Jin Xuan hurriedly stepped forward, kowtowed and admonished: "Those who deliberately conspired to rebel should indeed be killed, but their family members may not know about it, let alone other relatives?"
"Once your will is implemented, tens of thousands of innocent people may die in vain. The killing is comparable to... It is too big, please think again!"
Jin Xuan originally wanted to say that the four major cases were comparable to those of Taizu, but he suddenly thought that this was too rude and hurriedly changed his mind.
Zhu Cihong was also alarmed by Zhu Yuanzhang's decree and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.
But Zhu Yuanzhang ignored him this time. After telling Brother Li Wu to carry out the order, he walked straight towards Qianqing Palace.
Seeing this, Zhu Cixi hurriedly followed.
But when he came to Qianqing Palace, he was stopped by Jin Yiwei for the first time.
In desperation, he had to kneel outside the palace to persuade him.
Soon afterwards, Jin Xuan and a large number of people also came to attack.
But until sunset, more than a thousand heads had fallen to the ground, and the execution ground had become a river of blood, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not summon them.
