Zhu Qiyu originally suspected Empress Dowager Zhang.
He was also very dissatisfied with his relative's title.
Conferring the title of earl to one's relatives started from the Zhang family's relatives, which violated the Taizu ancestral system.
The Zhang family brothers have no achievements, but they are awarded titles. Why?
Because I have a good sister who listens to politics behind the curtain.
Moreover, among the three brothers of the Zhang family, the Empress Dowager Zhang was only granted the title of two earls, while the second oldest Zhang Xu was not. How interesting.
This Zhang Qi is even more interesting. Instead of studying at home, he goes out to show off in the city.
Not abnormal?
"Let him kowtow and don't stop for a moment. Keep an eye on him." Zhu Qiyu told Feng Xiao.
Entered Qinzheng Hall.
Feng Xiao came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Uncle Hui'an and Zhang Cong are also kneeling outside the door."
"Are you asking for mercy?" Zhu Qiyu raised his eyelids.
"It's to apologize." Feng Xiao secretly said that Uncle Hui'an and Zhang Cong were smart people, and he was worried that Uncle Peng Cheng would implicate him, so he came to apologize in advance.
Hui'an Bo Zhang Sheng was the third younger brother of Empress Dowager Zhang. He died in the sixth year of Zhengtong. His son died early, so his eldest grandson Zhang Cong inherited the title.
"Let him kowtow as well." Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to pay attention to them.
It's in the past, there's no point in pursuing it anymore.
But it’s time to take back the titles of these two families.
As for people, the Zhang family should just leave some fireworks.
Let the three brothers of the Zhang family, Zhang Xu, who has never enjoyed the title of nobility, leave a lasting impression on them.
He was watching Sun Yuanzhen's secret performance.
When the specific plan to intercept the cavalry was passed to him, Sun Yuanzhen had probably already started to implement it.
The plan is very simple. The six towns will cooperate to block the cavalry's marching route first, then intercept it in the middle and fight a tough battle.
The main offensive force is Datong's Guo Deng.
Sun Yuanzhen believed that Guo Deng could complete the task perfectly.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Qi is dead." Feng Xiao came in again to report.
Zhu Qiyu was very impatient: "If you die, you will die. What is there to report?"
But in an instant, he realized something was wrong.
How unexpected was Zhang Qi's appearance yesterday?
How dare a mere count make a scene in the guild hall?
How abnormal.
Didn't he know how many people Zhu Qiyu had killed?
Even if Zhang Qi doesn’t understand, doesn’t Zhang Jin understand? Don’t even the Pengcheng Prefecture understand? Don’t Hui’an’s Mansion understand?
Why haven't I heard that Zhang Qi is such a bastard before?
"What do you think?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao.
"Your Majesty, this seems like a conspiracy."
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground and replied: "I came here for you. I want to ruin your reputation."
"conspiracy?"
Zhu Qiyu chewed it, which makes sense.
Behind this absurd incident, the people who benefited the most were the civil servants.
"This slave is making random guesses without any evidence." Feng Xiao said quickly.
Zhu Qiyu slowly put down the memorial, stood up, and paced back and forth: "If it is a conspiracy, the problem lies with me."
Feng Xiao nodded slightly.
It's so weird. It seems that Zhang Qi was sent to the emperor on purpose. Before being tried, he committed suicide out of fear of guilt. It's really strange.
But this incident brought extremely bad political impact to the emperor.
In today's morning court, the emperor was forced to compromise with the courtiers. It was obvious that the emperor's night visit to the guild hall had a bad influence.
There must be countless officials writing letters to admonish the emperor, and the literati will criticize him verbally and writing.
The hat of romantic emperor cannot be taken off.
Who paid? Who made the profit?
"Who do you suspect?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Feng Xiao glanced at the Hanlin Academy officials coming and going from the military aircraft department, then withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head.
"Why would Zhang Qi help them?" Zhu Qiyu wondered.
Peng Chengbo's title is hereditary. As the son of an honorable minister, how could he get together with a civil servant?
Do you even need to ask?
Everyone in the world knows that you want to get rid of your relatives and ministers.
Now, only the Zhang family and the Sun family are left, and all the consorts have been dealt with by you.
They all know that a disaster is coming, so they are naturally unwilling to accept it. It is inevitable that they will be bribed to be used as guns.
"I should have killed him directly from the beginning! To avoid long nights and dreams!" Zhu Qiyu regretted.
Take this as a warning and do not allow others to see through your actions.
This time I was taken advantage of. Next time, remember not to reveal your target easily, let alone reveal your heart to anyone.
You can only say three words to someone when you meet them, but you can't give them all your heart.
None of these people are good.
"Go down."
"Your Majesty, do you want to check?" Feng Xiao asked.
"Check? Everyone is dead, who are you going to check?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Since they set a trap for me, there is nothing to investigate."
"These are troubled times, so please be patient for now."
"I have been too strong recently, so I will just endure it and wait until the war is over before settling the score."
Feng Xiao didn't dare to say anything, kowtowed and retreated.
Zhu Qiyu calmed down and continued to review the memorial.
In the evening, Feng Xiao came in and reported that Zhang Jin and Zhang Cong had fainted.
"Waking up after splashing, then knocking."
Zhu Qiyu stood up and moved around. After dinner and reading all the memorials today, he stretched himself out and went for a walk in the courtyard.
Suddenly he felt a little nervous: "Xuantan will come to bed tonight."
"My slave obeys the order."
"Invite them in." Zhu Qiyu asked someone to bring a chair and he sat on the steps.
Zhang Jin and Zhang Cong came in shivering with bright red foreheads, knelt on the stone slab, kowtowed and saluted: "Please spare your life, Your Majesty!"
"Zhang Qi committed suicide out of fear of crime. Do you know?" Zhu Qiyu said slowly.
Zhang Cong is the most unlucky.
He came here on his own initiative. He originally wanted to make a good deal to the emperor, but the emperor just left him behind to kowtow with his clan brother Zhang Jin.
The emperor's thoughts are clearly revealed.
Just want to abolish their titles.
But you have abolished our titles. Those titles left over from the time of Taizu are nothing. Will you also clear them out?
The reason why the title of Ming Dynasty is valuable is that it is hereditary and replaceable. Even if there are unworthy descendants, the country will still support them with kindness.
You kill like this without caring about your ancestors.
Sooner or later there will be retribution.
"I don't know!" Zhang Jin reported back.
"Uncle Peng Cheng lives an easy life. He doesn't know anything about anything."
Zhu Qiyu smiled sinisterly: "Then do you know why I asked you to kowtow?"
"Your Majesty said that Wei Chen likes to kowtow, so he allowed Wei Chen to kowtow."
Zhang Jin's head was buzzing.
After kowtowing for several hours, my head was still intact, and I kowtowed sincerely.
"Oh, it turns out I gave in."
"I also asked Zhang Qi to come to Yujia and curse me to death!"
"What did I ask you to do?"
"It has nothing to do with you, Uncle Peng Cheng!"
"right?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were dark and full of murderous intent.
"Weichen didn't mean that..." Zhang Jin panicked.
"Then what do you mean? Did you secretly order Zhang Qi to curse me?"
Zhang Jin quickly shook his head: "Wei Chen doesn't dare, Wei Chen doesn't dare!"
"Don't dare, it means you have this idea in your heart!"
Zhu Qiyu caught his words and refused to let them go: "Passing a decree, Pengcheng uncle Zhang Jin is not strict with his housekeeper and is disrespectful to me. Ling Chi will take back the title of earl of Pengcheng and his family will be exiled in the Hetao. He will not be allowed to return to the capital without an edict!"
ah?
Zhang Jin didn't expect that the emperor would take away the title so lightly?
Why!
If Zhang Qi makes a mistake alone, what does it have to do with our Zhang family?
"Your Majesty, we are relatives, relatives!"
Zhang Jin broke away from the eunuch who was holding him down and kept kowtowing: "Please, for the sake of Queen Gu Chengxiao, spare the Zhang family!"
"Weichen is guilty, and Weichen is willing to bear the responsibility!"
"I just ask your Majesty to spare the Zhang family!"
Zhang Jin was in tears.
He risked his life and died to save his family.
In fact, he still had a secret that he didn't dare to tell. His grandfather Zhang Chang had a private eunuch.
Once this secret is revealed, his whole family will not be able to keep it!
The reason why he didn't let his clansmen enter the palace to serve him was because he was worried about spilling the beans.
Zhang Chang, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Zhang, kept a eunuch privately in the palace and used eunuchs to serve him. This kind of thing cannot be explained!
"You are somewhat responsible."
Zhu Qiyu asked the eunuchs to stop, but looked at Zhang Cong: "Do you think I should punish him?"
Zhang Cong trembled: "Go back to your Majesty, I should."
"Ling Chi, is it too light?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
Still light?
Seeing Zhang Jin's face full of fear, Zhang Cong trembled and said, "Yes, it's too light."
"How should we be punished?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.
How could I know?
If Zhang Cong regrets it, he should not go to the palace to plead guilty!
The result was a mess!
"Wei, Weichen doesn't know!" Zhang Cong didn't dare to say.
"Uncle Hui An, do you think I'm very idle? I'm just chatting with you when I have nothing to do?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted: "Come here, give him thirty lashes!"
Zhang Cong’s face was full of horror!
But the execution eunuch came behind him in the blink of an eye, raised his hand and whipped him with a whip, and Zhang Cong screamed.
"How dare you disturb the emperor's purity?" the execution eunuch sneered.
Zhang Cong abruptly stopped "ah".
He gasped in pain.
Feng Xiao stood on his toes and told the execution eunuch to beat Zhang Cong to death.
"Pull on." Zhu Qiyu didn't want to see Zhang Jin.
Zhang Jin knew he was going to die, and his face was full of resentment: "Dog Emperor, sooner or later you will become a lonely, sonless Dog Emperor..."
The eunuch didn't cover his mouth in time.
Zhu Qiyu's face suddenly turned gloomy, and his fists slowly clenched: "What did you say?"
"Go and fill the whole house with Uncle Pengcheng, Ling Chi!"
"He was the last to die!"
"Open Zhang Chang's coffin again and whip the corpse!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious.
I don’t have a son, I don’t have a son, but can you say that?
Suddenly, he looked at Zhang Cong, who was related to Zhang Jin, and suddenly shouted: "Beat him to death!"
"Publish the decree, Uncle Hui'an is unfaithful, unfilial, and disrespectful. Zhang Cong will be whipped to death, his title will be taken back, his family will be exiled to the Hetao, demoted to slaves, and he will be banned from living as a human being forever!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sharp: "Take back Zhang Sheng's reward, remove his tombstone, and raze him to the ground!"
"Withdraw Zhang Xuen's reward, and he will be exiled to the Hetao!"
"For Grandma Huang's sake, leave a queen for the Zhang family!"
"Go and deliver the message!"
Zhang Xu is Zhang Chang's second brother and Zhang Sheng's second brother, but he was not knighted.
All the people serving in Qianqing Palace were lying on the ground, shivering.
The emperor hasn't been so angry for a long time.
Zhang Jin is really looking for death, how dare he say such disrespectful words!
"Password to the Cabinet!"
"Those in the capital who have not sent their children to the palace will be dismissed from office and exiled to the Hetao, regardless of the reason! They will be dealt with!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sharp: "All officials in the world, if they are not sent to the palace before the end of the month, they will all be executed!"
"Do it immediately!"
Zhu Qiyu went crazy.
Say I have no son.
So you can plot against me? Are you disloyal to me?
"Zhang Jin, I will let him live for seven days! He will suffer every day!"
Zhu Qiyu stood up slowly, with hatred in his eyes: "After death, the bones will be crushed and the ashes will be thrown into the cesspit!"
"His family members should all do the same!"
"Not even the female relatives will be left behind!"
That night, the entire capital was in turmoil.
Huichang Hou Mansion.
When Sun Jizong heard the news, he was so frightened that he fell off his chair.
"What happened? Why did Your Majesty kill the entire Zhang family?" Sun Jizong rubbed his waist and almost broke it.
Recently, the emperor's mind is focused on government affairs, and he rarely thinks of killing.
I thought I could live a peaceful life.
Why did he suddenly kill someone again?
What happened after issuing such a violent edict?
"I dare not say this!" Huichang Hou's housekeeper trembled.
"Tell me! Are you anxious to death?"
"Then Zhang Jin cursed the Holy One for having no children..."
The Marquis of Huichang opened his mouth wide and did not close it for a long time.
Is Zhang Jin mentally ill?
The emperor has no son, that is the emperor's heart disease.
Look at the courtiers coaxing the emperor every day, telling him that he will have an heir, and constantly trying to solve the emperor's suspicions.
I was just afraid that the emperor would go crazy.
But how dare Zhang Jin say such rebellious words?
Sun Jizong breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it has nothing to do with the title of my maternal relative.
He felt relieved.
"Quick, rub your waist, it's about to break." Sun Jizong asked his concubine to help.
He lay on the couch and said, "I'm scared to death, master. Don't gasp when you speak in the future. That Zhang Jin is also looking for death. He deserves to be punished by Ling Chi. Our house is closed to thank guests and no one will be seen."
Sun Jizong exhaled a breath of thick air.
He was tired and didn't want to meddle with power anymore. He just wanted to be a stable Marquis of Huichang.
"Your Majesty has issued an imperial edict. Those in the capital who have not sent their heirs to the palace will be dismissed from their posts and exiled. Those outside the capital who have not yet arrived will be punished by the end of the month."
"Your Majesty is suspicious of everyone in the world."
Sun Jizong didn't take it seriously. He had four younger brothers. The second younger brother was seeking a job in Jinyiwei, and the three younger brothers were all sent to the palace to serve him.
His three sons, nephews and nieces were all sent to the palace to serve him.
The emperor had no doubts about him.
"Sir, the third young master delivered a message from the palace..."
Plop!
Sun Jizong stood up violently and fell to the ground.
The old servant quickly helped him up, but Sun Jizong pushed him away: "Is the third child crazy? What are you saying at this time!"
"His Majesty has always been suspicious of my family. It's just his own misbehavior!"
"How can you still be a drag on the family?"
Sun Jizong's face turned pale: "It's over, it's over, a disaster is coming!"
He really couldn't understand why Sun Shaozong, the third child, didn't have some brains?
Why did it come out that Zhang Jin cursed the emperor?
Isn't that what the emperor ordered, let's see who will jump out at this time?
Yes, everyone knows that your Sun Shaozong has a good relationship with King Mobei.
However, things are different now. King Mobei is just King Mobei. He is not the emperor anymore. You have to understand clearly. This is the Jingtai period, not the Zhengtong period!
You idiot! The Sun family was killed!
"master……"
"Have you opened the letter?" Sun Jizong's mind went blank.
"It came from the handkerchief."
"Quick, send him to the palace, quick!"
Sun Jizong immediately shook his head and said: "No, I will send it off in person! I will go and apologize to Your Majesty!"
Zhang Cong went to plead guilty.
As a result, the whole door was packed in.
The emperor is angry. What will happen if he enters the palace?
What the emperor hates the most is the collusion between people inside and outside the palace. Sun Shaozong just hit the gun. This is like hanging himself.
He was always in tears.
He could not pray to the Virgin, and the Virgin's life in the palace was not easy.
He couldn't disturb her, so he, the Marquis of Huichang, had to shoulder it all.
"No need to arrange a carriage, I'll go on foot."
Sun Jizong wanted to enjoy the outside air for a while longer.
Heroes are short-lived.
He had long given up the idea of helping Mobei King ascend to the throne.
The emperor is so terrible. He kills everyone without blinking an eye. He doesn't care whether they are relatives or not. As long as he is offended, not everyone will die, but everyone will die!
He is afraid!
So scared!
The Marquis of Huichang walked slowly towards the palace, looking at the night in the capital with a desolate heart.
In the Palace of Qianqing.
Zhu Qiyu asked Tan Yunxian to go back. He was sitting in the main hall with a gloomy face.
"Your Majesty." Feng Xiao said cautiously.
Zhu Qiyu looked over, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Feng Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Back to the emperor, the Marquis of Huichang is kneeling outside the palace, begging for an audience."
"How long has it been? The foreign minister still wants to enter the palace? Doesn't he even understand this rule?"
Zhu Qiyu withdrew his gaze and spoke in a solemn tone.
"The Marquis of Huichang said that there is something important and he must go to the palace to report to the Ming Emperor." Feng Xiaozhan answered tremblingly.
"Is it a big deal? Is his family going to rebel? Is he going to the palace to report it to annihilate his relatives out of righteousness? Or is he trying to gain access to the palace?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Let him kneel and don't bother me."
Feng Xiao hurried out.
He knew why the Marquis of Huichang came to the palace late at night to pay his respects, but the emperor didn't ask and he didn't tell.
After closing the palace door, he stood guard at the door.
The Marquis of Huichang knelt at the Meridian Gate and asked to see him.
The news spread throughout the homes of the powerful people in the capital.
Everyone in the Xunchen family was shivering.
The Prince Consort's family was not having a good time either. Shi Jing and Wang Yi, who were still alive, wanted to hold each other's hands and cry.
When the kings in the capital heard about it, they also trembled.
Only the lights in the guild hall were bright, and the literati who entered the capital did not pay attention to the emperor's anger and were still immersed in the lust and dissatisfaction.
The next morning, Zhu Qiyu exercised normally and went to court.
Will try it today.
There was nothing important in the court.
After hurriedly going to court, Feng Xiao reported back that the Marquis of Huichang was still kneeling.
"Is there any news about Renshou Palace?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
He deliberately left Sun Jizong in the dark just to see what the Queen Mother Sun would do?
"Back to the Emperor, there is no movement in Renshou Palace."
He was quite calm.
Zhu Qiyu had already seen the report from the governor, and Sun Shaozong handed a handkerchief to the outside of the palace.
He thought he was smart, but he didn't know that the emperor was fishing.
Zhu Qiyu knew exactly what was written on the handkerchief.
But I caught a small fish.
"Xuan come in."
Entering the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu suddenly glanced around and pointed at a Sasou eunuch: "When did he enter the palace?"
"Your Majesty, this is the newcomer personally selected by this servant." Feng Xiao added fresh blood to Qianqing Palace in time.
The emperor always liked to transfer people out of the Qianqing Palace, which often resulted in insufficient people in the palace.
Feng Xiao sent people to each palace to select capable people to join the palace.
"When did you come?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Go back to your Majesty, I came yesterday. The servants have already been arranged. The old man can take care of the new man. He can be trusted." Feng Xiao reported.
"In the future, when new people are admitted to Qianqing Palace, the list must be submitted to me first. I will make a decision after reading it."
No one can trust Zhu Qiyu now.
Why did Zhang Qi suddenly rush into him? How did the news leak out?
Is it really safe in Qianqing Palace?
It's time for Dongchang to check.
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao knew that he was being reckless.
Entered the main hall and just sat down.
Sun Jizong was brought in.
After kneeling for a whole night, his legs were almost useless. He was helped into the palace by the eunuch. After entering the palace, he knelt on the ground again and saluted.
"Hou Huichang, why are you entering the palace?" Zhu Qiyu drank tea.
Didn't let him get up.
Sun Jizong's legs were in unbearable pain and he did not dare to move casually.
"Back to Your Majesty, Sun Shaozong, the younger brother of Weichen, handed over a handkerchief from the palace. Weichen did not dare to look at it, so he sent it to the palace specially to ask your Majesty to deal with it!"
Sun Jizong was sincere.
But don’t you know that fishermen don’t like people destroying bait and affecting other people’s fishing?
"Are you kidding the Marquis of Huichang? How could news be spread outside the palace? Have you forgotten all the palace rules?" Zhu Qiyu looked unbelieving.
Sun Jizong thumped.
Yes, how did the news spread in the palace?
How was it delivered to his Marquis' residence?
This line...is the most dangerous!
Sun Jizong prostrated on the ground: "Wei Chen is guilty. Wei Chen is worried about his younger brother and son in the palace, so he sent someone to wait outside the palace."
Only a ghost would believe such perfunctory words.
"Bring Sun Shaozong here." Zhu Qiyu continued to drink tea, as if it was a trivial matter and he didn't take it to heart.
Sun Jizong was worried.
He is Zhu Qizhen's biological uncle. How could he not be involved when Zhu Qizhen seizes the throne?
Outside Fengtian Square, the emperor asked him to cook King Xiang himself. Would the emperor trust him?
Sun Shaozong entered the palace and saw his eldest brother kneeling on the ground and the handkerchief.
My head went blank with a bang.
Kneeling on the ground stupidly.
"The Marquis of Huichang said that you passed this handkerchief out of the palace. Is it true?" Zhu Qiyu asked casually.
Sun Shaozong didn't expect that his brother would betray him!
Is the Marquis really that important?
For the sake of being a marquis, did you even give up the throne of King Mobei?
Don’t even want family affection?
"Well?" Zhu Qiyu raised his eyes and looked at him.
"Wei Chen is guilty!" Sun Shaozong knew he couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply apologized.
The tea bowl in Zhu Qiyu's hand was thrown on the table.
"Did you really send the things out of the palace?" Zhu Qiyu's voice became more and more fierce.
"Wei, Weichen..."
"Do you know what the crime is?" Zhu Qiyu's tone was calm, but expressionless.
"I am young and ignorant, please forgive me!" Sun Shaozong hated his eldest brother so much. If you hadn't sent him to the palace, would I have been like this?
Zhu Qiyu was amused by his youthful and ignorant words.
"Are you turning forty this year?"
"Tell me that you are young and ignorant, but you don't know how to use idioms?"
"Are you still mentally ill?"
Zhu Qiyu didn't even know how to describe it.
Suddenly, a sharp voice said: "Taking illicit goods out of the palace is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!"
"Sun Shaozong, what do you think I should do with you?"
"Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of the Holy Mother, spare me. I know I was wrong!" Sun Shaozong kept kowtowing.
This is a fool.
At this time, it was time to distance herself from the relationship with the Queen Mother Sun, but he still dragged the Queen Mother into the water. With such a silly brother, it was difficult for the Queen Mother Sun to do it.
Zhu Qiyu hooked his fingers and asked someone to bring up the handkerchief.
Feng Xiao spread the handkerchief flat on the table.
"Zhang Jin scolded and was angry."
There were only five words in total, and Zhu Qiyu laughed out loud: "What did Zhang Jin curse? Who is angry?"
"Sun Shaozong, come and tell me!"
"Say all the words you dare not write on a handkerchief."
Who doesn't hate people who chew their tongues?
Sun Shaozong not only chewed it, but also shared it with others.
Share the emperor's scandals with his family and hold a banquet to make the whole house laugh? Or hold a rant meeting?
"Come, tell me." The smile on Zhu Qiyu's face has disappeared.
Sun Shaozong nodded his head to the ground but could not utter a single word.
"Chew the root of my tongue?"
"Zhang Jin scolded me for having no son, scolding me for being a dog emperor, scolding me for being overthrown."
"Sun Shaozong, are you the one who wants to overthrow me?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "Come here, cut out his tongue!"
"Relying on the power of the Queen Mother, you dare to bite the root of my tongue."
"How dare you, Sun Shaozong!"
Sun Shaozong's eyes widened: "Your Majesty, spare your life, spare your life, ah..."
Two eunuchs held him down, one used an iron tool to open his mouth, and the other inserted the scissors...
"ah!"
Sun Shaozong's screams sent chills down the spine.
Sun Jizong saw his brother's tongue being cut out with his own eyes.
The body shivered involuntarily.
"What are you afraid of? Are you also involved?" Zhu Qiyu's gloomy voice sounded.
Sun Jizong came back to his senses instantly and kept kowtowing: "Wei Chen is absolutely not guilty, but Wei Chen is guilty of lax discipline. Please punish me and strip me of my title. Please, Your Majesty!"
You are all smart.
"Now that I think about it, Zhang Jin was right."
"I, the emperor, really do not stop, tossing the civil and military officials, the kings, and the people. I am indeed a dog emperor."
"It's true that I don't have a son. Since I don't have one, I'm not afraid of others telling me."
"But I am short-sighted."
"Whoever scolds me makes me feel uncomfortable."
"Sun Jizong, can you understand me?"
Zhu Qiyu said a lot of useless things.
Sun Jizong was confused.
He nodded stupidly.
"You are sensible."
Zhu Qiyu stood up slowly: "Feng Xiao, go and tell everyone in the palace that Sun Shaozong secretly passed the items out of the palace. Ling Chi deserves the blame!"
"Let Sun Jizong carry out the execution, and everyone in the palace will watch."
"Let's see who dares to do it again!"
Sun Jizong's eyes almost popped out.
The emperor actually asked him to execute Chi's own brother in person?
fishing!
The emperor was fishing with Zhang Jin. He deliberately spread the word to see who would take the bait, but Sun Shaozong foolishly took the bait.
The emperor killed the chicken to scare the monkeys.
Tell the palace that I have no sons, but your life and death are in my hands.
In this world, whoever I let live will live; whoever I let die, his whole family will die!
This is the emperor's purpose!
At the same time, he is still using his fish to catch Queen Mother Sun! Fishing for the Mobei King!
"However, the Sun family can be exempted from death crimes, but living crimes cannot be forgiven."
"Drive Sun Xuzong, Sun Chunzong, Sun Zan, Sun Zhen, Sun Lian and others out of the palace."
"Thirty lashes for each person!"
"He was ordered to close his door and think about his mistakes. He was not allowed to open his door to see guests without an edict."
Zhu Qiyu was worried about the Sun family being in the palace.
Sun Jizong felt weak all over. He was not afraid of being demoted, because with Empress Dowager Sun in charge of the harem, the Sun family's wealth would not be lacking.
But he must not lose the emperor's favor.
The emperor first imprisoned him, then found a way to seize the title, and then executed the whole family.
The Sun family must continue!
It's okay to kill one Sun Shaozong, but you can't let the Sun family die!
"I thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Sun Jizong did not dare to disobey, so he could only pray to the Holy Mother.
Zhu Qiyu asked people to take Sun Shaozong down.
"Feng Xiao, clean this thread."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were dark: "Tell Xu Gan that the palace will never allow any contact with outside the palace."
"No matter who dares to leak the news out of the palace, they will be executed."
"I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go!"
"You too, keep an eye on me."
Feng Xiao lay prone on the ground and accepted the order.
It would be cost-effective to use Zhang Jin to fish out the Sun family.
Now in the family of relatives, only the Sun family has a title, and it is time to erase them.
In the past, there were worries about border wars, the people in the world were in trouble, and the court needed to be stabilized.
but.
If I don't kill you, some people will treat me like a weakling.
Then I will kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
Look at the Queen Mother Sun and the King of Mobei. Will they jump out to be this monkey?
But Hu Hui was in the palace and saw clearly at a glance that although the emperor was killing Zhang Jin, Zhang Cong, and Sun Shaozong, he was actually beating up the civil servants.
Whoever dares to take one more step forward will be killed by me.
I have no son, and I have no scruples.
This is the reason why Zhu Qiyu asked people to pass the words out of the palace.
"well!"
Hu Bi sighed quietly: "Why are those people so impatient?"
"The court has just stabilized, and His Majesty no longer doubts the kings. The court is full of people and full of vitality. What a wonderful scene."
"Why do they have to destroy it?"
"Are power and money really that important?"
"No matter how dissatisfied I am, I will never be able to heal the rift in Your Majesty's heart."
"When the time comes, if the mad Majesty is released, the Hongwu Dynasty will reappear."
"Do you really think anyone can control the current emperor?"
"Not having a son is his biggest disadvantage, but it is also his biggest advantage."
"Even if the Ming Dynasty is lost, he will be the king of the country at best. Anyway, he will have no heirs, and he will be miserable after death."
"Instead of being miserable ourselves, why not make the world miserable?"
"Why don't you understand?"
Hu Hui sighed longly: "The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant."
He slowly stood up and said to the old servant: "I want to enter the palace, so prepare the carriage frame."
He has to wipe his ass every time.
He was tired of it too.
In a good country, what are you fighting for?
The emperor has repeatedly given in. Stop making trouble, and be sure not to make another mistake. Otherwise, it will mean Qian Qian returns to the capital, and I won't be able to control it.
Then Yu Qian is a smelly and hard rock. Can you really pull him into the water?
The emperor dares to be modest!
Hu Hui entered the palace slowly.
Outside the palace, in the Gongyuan, there are towering walls and a gloomy environment.
The examination is being held.
The examination booths are very simple, with about 9,000 rooms, arranged according to a thousand-character script.
There are also watchtowers at the four corners of the Gongyuan, which mainly play a surveillance role.
There is a brick door in the east and west brick walls, and there is an archway inside the door. In the east, it is "seeking scholars for the Ming Dynasty" and in the west, it is "seeking talents for the country".
There is a brick screen wall outside the south wall. There is a door on the left and right sides of the wall. There is a "Tiankai Wenyun" archway in the middle of the door.
On the central axis are the main gate, the second gate, and the dragon gate, also known as the three dragon gates. Inside the gate is the Mingyuan Tower. There are coupon doors in the four corners of the downstairs, and there are seven rooms in the court hall.
Other buildings include the court hall, living quarters, roll call hall, garrison hall, inspection hall, and places for printing and engraving, transcribing, receiving papers, sealing, etc. for officials such as the president, vice president, examiner, and censor.
When candidates enter the Tribute Court, they must go through extremely strict procedures such as roll call, inspection, and collection of papers. When candidates enter the examination booth in the examination room, the door must be locked, which is called "Locked Court Tribute Examination."
Each candidate is provided with an examination booth, a basin of charcoal fire, and three candles. After the test questions were handed out, the sound of drums sounded from upstairs in Mingyuan, and the answer sheet began, with incense being used as the timer.
After locking the courtyard, Shu Liang took Dongchang Fanzi and began to inspect.
When passing by Bi Yu, he remained calm.
Candidates are not allowed to raise their heads, so even if Bi Yu had seen Shu Liang, he would not have recognized him.
He passed by Cui Xun's examination booth. Cui Xun was curled up and sleeping.
Snapped!
There was a loud crack of the whip, making Cui Xun scream.
"Answer." Shu Liang spat out two words coldly.
Cui Xun didn't dare to ask for help, so he endured the severe pain and sat at the table.
Originally, he glanced at the question and had no interest in answering.
He didn't want to write an article cursing a saint for the sake of his official career, which would be disgraceful.
He simply slept to cope with the exam questions.
But the patrolman actually whipped him with a whip.
The whip marks, the skin and flesh were torn, and the pain was so painful that he was about to die.
As long as he dares not to write, the whip will come down and it will hurt him to death.
When Shu Liang finished his inspection, nearly a hundred candidates refused to answer, so he gave them all a whip.
Entered the examiner's court.
Bai Gui looked at the title and thought hard.
When he saw Shu Liang, he didn't give Shu Liang a look. Civil servants hated eunuchs the most, especially the eunuch who was in charge of Dongchang and was notorious.
He couldn't be bothered with such a piece of shit.
"Shang Shu Bai, some candidates are unwilling to answer the test questions." Shu Liang said sadly.
"Just don't want to answer." Bai Gui didn't take it to heart.
This is the personality of a literati.
Those who can take part in the examination are mostly those from wealthy families. Wouldn't it be fun to travel and study along the way?
If you fail this time, you will continue to take the test next time.
it's not a big deal.
"I remind Shangshu Bai that this is a topic drawn up by the Emperor himself."
Shu Liang said slowly: "Not answering would be disrespectful!"
"Any candidate who fails to answer will be executed, and members of his family's three clans will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination."
Immediately, Bai Gui's expression changed and he put down the test paper: "What do you want to do? Do you want to dig out the roots of scholars?"
"I will report it to the emperor." Shu Liang was happy and not afraid.
Even though Bai Gui was the Minister of Rites and a confidant of the emperor, so what?
"Shang Shu Bai, this is a topic drawn up by the emperor himself." Shu Liang reminded him.
Bai Gui also knew that the emperor had worked hard on this topic.
"So what? If a cow doesn't drink water and has its head pressed, what's the point?"
Bai Gui didn't want to bow his head in front of Shu Liang: "I will also inform your majesty. If nothing happens, father-in-law, please do it yourself."
He didn't bother to talk to him.
News suddenly came from the palace this morning that the patrol was handed over to Dongchang.
This made him very unhappy.
How can you let a bastard like a eunuch mix in after you have tried your best? Dirty sage scroll!
However, this was His Majesty's will, and he could only hold his nose and accept it.
Shu Liang left the court.
I visited a few more courts.
He not only inspects the candidates, but also supervises the president, vice president, examiner, censor and other officials.
"Manufacturer!"
Someone rushed over and reported: "Some candidates seem to be cheating!"
"Take me to see it!" Shu Liang frowned and slowed down in order not to affect the candidates' answers.
Na Fanzi pointed to an examination booth and said, "Mr. Factory, that candidate is so sneaky. Look at him wearing such thick clothes on such a hot day and looking at his clothes from time to time. It's really strange."
"Have the clothes been checked?" Shu Liang asked.
"Go back to the factory, sir. I've checked it and there's nothing unusual."
"what is it call?"
"My name is Hu Xin, from Zhejiang."
Shu Liang stepped forward and entered the examination booth, followed closely by the two fans.
Hu Xin was startled.
Shu Liang knelt down and looked at Hu Xin's cuffs.
"Sir, what did Wan Sheng do?" Hu Xin quickly covered his sleeves and knelt on the ground.
"Raise your hand." Shu Liang seemed to see the words.
But the examination room was dark, and it was difficult to tell whether it was a word or not, and he couldn't be sure.
"Sir, there is not enough time for late students to take exams. Please let them go!" Hu Xin was very nervous and sweating profusely.
"It won't take you long, raise your hand." Shu Liang found that Hu Xin's handwriting was very neat, not beautiful, just very neat.
Hu Xin reluctantly raised his wrist.
Nothing at all.
Shu Liang grabbed his hand, and Hu Xin quickly retracted.
"do not move!"
Shu Liang spread his hands and looked at his cuffs, there was nothing there.
Are you dazzled?
He immediately let go of him.
When he stood up, he found that Hu Xin was wearing a lot of clothes. He had three or four layers of clothes on the outside and some obscene clothes on the inside.
The key thing is that I wore two sets of obscene clothes!
"Master Qi, I am afraid of mosquitoes when I am young, so I wear more clothes. If it rains, I will not catch a cold. It is always a good idea to wear more clothes." Hu Xin explained.
"Aren't you hot?" Shu Liang suddenly asked as he was about to exit the examination room.
"It's hot too."
If the weather isn't hot, there's something wrong with it.
"Then take it off, don't cover up your fault." Shu Liang warned and exited the examination room.
Suddenly his eyes flashed.
Shu Liang discovered that his body was soaked with sweat, and the sweat was actually black!
"do not move!"
Shu Liang came in immediately and held him down.
Just take off your coat!
"Bring the candlelight!"
When the candlelight came closer, I discovered that there were dense words written on the obscene clothes!
It’s all densely packed with small print!
Even, for different articles, red pen was used to divide them.
Two pieces of obscene clothing, all filled with words!
"Sir, please spare my life!" Hu Xin collapsed instantly.
"Catch him!"
Shu Liang asked people to drag Hu Xin away.
Try not to disturb other candidates as they answer.
He looked back at the fan who made the discovery: "Shao Daqun, you did a good job. I will give you a credit."
Drag Hu Xin to the court.
When Bai Gui saw these two cheating clothes, he was simply amazed.
It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of words on it, which is enough for two pieces. It must be that all the scriptures and meanings are copied on it.
"Learning can be obtained through hard work, and thousands of books can be read through the window."
Bai Gui was heartbroken: "It's a shame for you, you don't study hard at ordinary times, but when it's time for the exam, you actually use this dress to cheat!"
Shu Liang was too lazy to say anything, and just asked him: "Who else is your accomplice?"
"No more, no more!" Hu Xin was frightened.
"Did you write the words on this?" Shu Liang asked.
Hu Xin said yes.
You can tell by just comparing the handwriting.
However, if you practice calligraphy so well, your writing should be good, so why do you need to cheat?
Shu Liang looked at him: "Your name is Hu Xin?"
"The late-born is Hu Xin." Hu Xin replied.
"You should be very clear about the punishment for cheating, right? But why aren't you afraid at all?"
That's right.
Although Hu Xin acted scared, he seemed to be pretending.
Very strange.
"I'm afraid of being born late!" Hu Xin trembled.
"You claim to be a late-born, but according to your information, you are thirty-two years old."
"In the seventh year of orthodoxy, he ranked eighth in the children's examination in Quzhou, Zhejiang, and won the title of scholar."
"In the 13th year of Zhejiang Provincial Examination, you ranked twenty-seventh and passed the examination."
"Achieving such good results at such a young age."
"Why did you take part in the national examination after nine years?"
"What did you do in the meantime?"
Shu Liang asked him.
Hu Xin was panic-stricken, it was over, it had happened!
"Are you sure your name is Hu Xin?" Shu Liang suspected that Hu Xin was taking the exam under his false name!
Hu Xin lay prone on the ground, every muscle trembling: "Wan, the sinner is Hu Xin, I will never dare to deceive you, it is Hu Xin!"
"But I don't believe it!"
Shu Liang's eyes were blazing: "You are Hu Xin, so where have you been in the past nine years?"
"The sinner is studying at home!" Hu Xin replied cautiously.
"Since you are studying, why didn't you take the exam?"
"I tell you, I am Shu Liang, the director of Dongchang. You should know what Dongchang does!"
Shu Liang suddenly shouted: "Take it seriously!"
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