"A loyal minister is never afraid of death!"
Fan Fucui still turned his back to Zhu Cixiang and others, and said generously: "If Your Highness feels that the common people are guilty, it is okay to kill them, and the common people will never complain at all!"
When Zhu Cihong heard this, his eyes became more murderous.
He knew that if he didn't kill Fan Fucui today, he would definitely cause trouble in the future, and then his father would be forced to kill him.
In this way, his father's holy name would not only be damaged due to changes in orders, but he would also be blamed for killing loyal ministers indiscriminately.
But he immediately thought that Fan Fuchui was here for the Ming Dynasty, and he was very loyal. If he killed him like this, he would be a little unbearable.
Just when Zhu Cixiang was hesitating, Fan Fucui's voice sounded again: "Your Highness, if you don't plan to kill the grassroots, then the grassroots should retreat first!"
After he said that, he walked forward slowly.
Seeing this, Zhu Cixiang's eyes became even more troubled.
Fan Jingwen on the side also opened his mouth several times, but finally closed it.
"Fan Fucui, I am very loyal to you, and I will give you another chance!"
"If you leave the capital before sunset tomorrow, I will no longer pursue the previous matter. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Zhu Cixiang shouted loudly when Fan Fucui was about to walk out of the middle door.
As these words came out, he also felt relaxed.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Fan Fucui slowly turned around, bowed respectfully, and then left quickly. .Ь.
Seeing this, Fan Jingwen hesitated for a while, then bowed and said: "Your Highness, Fan Fucui is also temporarily..."
"Fan Qing, you don't need to plead for him anymore. I have already given him a chance. If he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, more people will be affected!"
"As for you, if you have time, think carefully about how to reassure His Majesty!"
After Zhu Cixiang interrupted Fan Jingwen's words in a deep voice, he said solemnly.
Fan Jingwen knew that none of these things could be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang, but he did not expect that Zhu Cixiang would be so frank and looked at him in surprise.
When he saw Zhu Cixiang staring at him, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
You should know that although he was not involved in Fan Fucui's incident, he had been planning how to protect Wang Zhang and Chen Liangmo's family.
In fact, he did not want to participate in this matter, but because Zuo Maodi and others persuaded him many times, he really couldn't refuse.
In addition, he learned that Wang Zhang and Chen Liangmo were coerced by Wang Dehua, and Zhu Cixiang seemed to be trying to be kind, so he reluctantly agreed.
At this moment, seeing the murderous intention in Zhu Cihong's eyes, and thinking of what he said before, he knew that the other party had murderous intent because of Fan Fucui's incident.
Just when he was thinking about how to deal with it, he suddenly heard Zhu Cixi's voice saying: "Fan Shoufu, I will behead Wang Zhang and Chen Liangmo today!"
"Since they had some merits when the rebels besieged the city before, I won't show them to the public. As for their aftermath, I'll leave it to you!"
Hearing this, Fan Jingwen was silent for a while and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, Wang Zhang and Chen Liangmo really deserve to be killed!".Ь.
"But the two of them were also fooled by Wang Dehua, and their family members were captured, so they were forced to do wrong things. Can you leave some blood for them, that can be considered..."
"Wei Shoufu!"
Zhu Cixiang interrupted him loudly and said in a deep voice: "The crime of rebellion belongs to the nine Yi tribes!"
"I am only annihilating three other clans today, which is an act of mercy outside the law."
"If you continue to tolerate your adopted daughter's actions, wouldn't it only encourage the arrogance of those lawless people?"
After Zhu Cihong said this, he ignored Fan Jingwen and walked out quickly.
Fan Jingwen let out a long sigh, then hurriedly followed and respectfully saw Zhu Cixi off.
Not long after Zhu Cihong left Fan Jingwen's mansion, everything that happened in Fan Jingwen's mansion was delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he frowned and told Brother Li Wu: "Go and convey our decree immediately and kill the Wang Zhang and Chen Liangmo clans!"
"In addition, closely monitor Fan Fuchui and his group. If they do not leave the capital tomorrow, they will be arrested for treason!"
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When the fifth brother heard this, he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, you have killed more than 3,000 people in the past few days, and all the officials in the capital are panicked!"
"Fan Fucui has always had a reputation for loyalty and has high prestige among the courtiers. In addition, you just appointed him Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Would it be inappropriate to capture him now?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "We saw that he was loyal to the prince before, so we gave him an official to beat him. Now that he is stubborn and the prince cannot control him, we will leave him alone."
"As for those officials, don't worry. Most of them are weaklings. They only dare to talk behind their backs and can't make any trouble!"
"And the capital city is now under our control. If there are really people who are not afraid of death, just kill them directly. As for the vacancies, we can find them from the Imperial College..."
As he spoke, he stopped again, looked at Brother Li and said, "We asked you to check what happened after Feng Houdun arrived in Beijing. Have you sent someone to deal with it?"
Brother Li Wu nodded and said: "The general has already found out. After Feng Jijiu arrived in Beijing, he has been perfecting the rules and rectifying the conduct of the Imperial Academy. He has neither gone out nor interacted with other people. There is nothing special."
"Only when I first took over the Imperial College, I had a conflict with the former Jijiujiu who united with the Prime Minister, Dianbu and some powerful students to cause trouble."
"After the Queen learned about this, she asked Master Jiang (Jiang Dejing) to reprimand everyone and drove the troubled students out of the Imperial College..."
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Brother Li Wu's story, he was silent for a while and said, "Did Jiang Dejing handle it? Does Feng Houdun know that it was the queen who ordered it?"
Brother Li Wu said: "It's hard to talk about this matter, because according to Jin Yiwei's information, Master Jiang left after handling the matter in public, and did not have any contact with Master Feng afterwards."
"But the Imperial College is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and Mr. Jiang is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Without his superior's will, Mr. Jiang would not be able to supervise the administration."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not in the capital at that time, and the only one who could give the order was the Queen. If Mr. Feng knew about this relationship, he would have thought that it was the Queen."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You go and pass on our instructions, let Feng Houdun re-examine the qualifications of the students, and at the same time let the Jin Yiwei secretly investigate, and then send the two documents to us." Xiu Shuzhu
"In addition, let the people of the Eighteenth Cavalry monitor Fan Fucui. If he is assassinated, don't ignore it, but you must find out the situation behind the person who killed him."
Brother Li Wu was stunned for a moment, bowed in agreement, and walked out quickly.
Unexpectedly, not long after he left, he quickly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Yan Ermei from Liaocheng sent a secret message saying that Gao Jie wanted to borrow troops from Li Chengdong."
As he spoke, he respectfully handed over the secret letter.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a look at the secret letter and saw that there was no cause or effect in the letter. It just said that Gao Jie suddenly went south because of Hui's appointment as prime minister, and he was worried that Zuo Liangyu would be unfavorable to him, so he asked Li Chengdong to send troops to help.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it and frowned: "There is still no news from Shanxi?"
Brother Li Wu shook his head and said: "Not yet, but the general has sent people to investigate and rebuild the contact station. In at most ten days, there will be news."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Okay, you must hurry up on this matter!"
"In addition, let Jin Yiwei try to find out Zuo Liangyu's intention to go south and see what the mystery is."
After Brother Li agreed, he reported: "When the general arrived just now, the people who monitored Wu Xiang sent news that Wu Xiang seemed to have known about Wu Sangui's surrender to the enemy and intended to commit suicide, but was saved by the steward Wu Ping."
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "He is not going to die, he is just singing for us!"
"Forget it, let's cooperate with him for a while, you..."
Before he finished speaking, a young eunuch came in to report that Zhu Cixiang was outside asking for an audience.
