When Hu Weiyong mentioned the gold medal for immunity from death, Zhou Dexing's eyes visibly lit up.
In his hand, there was indeed a gold medal for immunity from death awarded by Zhu Yuanzhang.
His gold medal for immunity from death was modeled after that made in the Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang previously acknowledged the role of the death-free gold medal.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a family called the Qian family that had been passed down for thousands of years.
In the hands of the Qian family, there is a gold medal to avoid death.
Although it is said that this gold medal for immunity from death is not made in the Ming Dynasty, but the gold medal for immunity from death during the Tang Dynasty.
But when the Qian family committed corruption and committed the crime of killing the nine tribes, and took out the gold medal for immunity from death, Zhu Yuanzhang actually recognized the role of the gold medal and exempted them from the death penalty.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did this was to prove that he did not seek to usurp the throne. He recognized that the Tang Dynasty's gold medal for immunity from death was inherited from the Tang and Song Dynasties and was Chinese orthodoxy.
The second is to tell the heroes of the Ming Dynasty that the death-free gold medals he rewarded are useful.
Therefore, Zhou Dexing really believed in the effect of the death-free gold medal in his hand.
Thinking of the death-free medal placed at home, he couldn't help but smile.
"Yes! I have a gold medal for immunity from death. I am a person with a gold medal for immunity from death. I will not die. Your Majesty will not do anything to me!!"
"I will go to His Majesty now. I will go to Your Majesty with the gold medal to get out of jail. I will explain everything to Your Majesty. I will go to His Majesty to confess my crime!!"
He believed that since he was going to use the death-free gold medal, he must explain it clearly at once and use up all the things at once. He could not wait until Zhu Yuanzhang found other things later and settled the accounts with him.
Therefore, he had to take the initiative to explain everything to Zhu Yuanzhang.
At the same time, Xiaozhi uses emotion and moves with reason, and plays the emotional card with Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, he grew up in the same hometown as Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was also someone who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world very early.
With these feelings in mind, Zhu Yuanzhang should not do anything to him.
Thinking of this, he ignored Hu Weiyong beside him and rushed directly to his home.
Seeing Zhou Dexing leaving, Hu Weiyong looked confused.
He didn't know whether Zhou Dexing's death-free gold medal had any effect. This time he just took a look and found out whether the death-free gold medal issued by Zhu Yuanzhang himself was of any use.
Others don't know Hu Weiyong's thoughts.
Zhu Yuanzhang has already found out what Zhou Ji and Zhou Dexing did after they were ennobled.
The more he looked, the colder his heart became.
Because all the crimes written above were hated by Zhu Yuanzhang.
In other words, it was not only hated by Zhu Yuanzhang, but also hated by the people all over the world.
"They raped hundreds of women; they seized dozens of hectares of farmland; they beat to death any people who dared to resist; they killed their whole families to keep it secret; there were dozens of massacres of families!"
"Our good brothers, you are really good at being officials!!"
What Lao Zhu said is directly related to the people. There are also collusion between officials and businessmen, selling off officials, and corruption. Lao Zhu has not yet talked about it.
Although the memorial in his hand simply recorded these things, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see the blood dripping on it.
That is the blood of countless murdered people, the blood and tears of people all over the world.
The more he thought about this, the more hatred he felt in his heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang also had a detailed understanding of how Zhou Ji obtained the land deed to the manor.
To put it bluntly, this matter is very simple. After Lao Zhu inspected Liao Yongzhong's manor, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs sold the manor to Zhou Ji in advance without Zhu Yuanzhang's permission.
Of course, selling in advance is not simply selling, but selling at a low price.
The originally good fertile land was directly marked as inferior land, and the price became one-tenth of that of fertile land.
For this reason, Zhou Ji also gave five hundred taels of silver to the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
They reached a private agreement and sold the land to Zhou Ji at a low price.
After waiting for this manor to be officially put on sale, Zhou Ji can sell the land at a high price.
As for the records in the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhou Ji bought this manor through normal means.
It's just that, for some reason, this piece of land is sold cheaply.
This method is not clever, but under the cover of power, no one thinks there is anything wrong.
This also made Zhu Yuanzhang hate Zhou Ji and his son to the extreme.
Before he could deal with this matter in detail, he heard someone report that Jiangxia Hou Zhou Dexing asked for an audience.
Hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sneer.
"Haha, our old brothers react so quickly!!"
"Now that he's here, let him come in!!"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the people below immediately let Zhou Dexing enter the palace.
In the palace at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one sitting on the dragon chair. There were very few lights inside, making it a bit dim.
As soon as Zhou Dexing entered the palace, he immediately knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty and I'm here to plead guilty!!"
"Huh? Are you guilty? What are you guilty of??"
"It's okay for a humble minister to teach his son, but he became arrogant and domineering and oppressed the people. Today he offended His Highness the King of Chu and led troops to surround and kill His Highness the King of Chu!!"
"He deserves to die. His Royal Highness the King of Chu killed him. He really did a good job for the people!!"
"Also, a humble minister should not seize the people's land, oppress the people, rape the people's daughters, and kill the people wantonly. I also sold my official position and colluded with businessmen. I have done many, many damn things!!"
"However, I can assure your Majesty that I have absolutely no thoughts of rebelling against His Majesty, and I have never done anything to rebel!!"
The reason why Zhou Dexing emphasized that he had never done anything rebellious was because there was a sentence written after Zhu Yuanzhang's gold medal for immunity from death.
If you rebel, your escape from death will be ineffective.
Under such circumstances, Zhou Dexing naturally wanted to explain that he had no intention of rebellion.
Even if he had thought about such a problem, he couldn't say it at this time.
After saying this, Zhou Dexing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang expectantly.
Seeing Zhou Dexing's expression, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhou Dexing must have something to say.
"So, are you here to plead guilty??"
"Yes! Wei Chen is here to plead guilty, but Wei Chen also has something to ask His Majesty!!"
"What do you want to ask?"
"Do the words His Majesty said before still count? Does the gold medal Your Majesty gave me to avoid death still count??"
After Zhou Dexing finished speaking, he held up the gold medal for immunity from death given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang in both hands.
In this way, he was telling Zhu Yuanzhang that he had a gold medal to avoid death, and Zhu Yuanzhang must let him go.
But, he didn't know.
The more he held up the gold medal for immunity from death, the stronger Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intention towards him became.
Even in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it was the gold medal for immunity from death that fueled Zhou Dexing's arrogance.
Therefore, after Zhou Dexing raised the death-free gold medal in his hand, Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer Zhou Dexing's question, but asked Zhou Dexing:
"We have been brothers for so many years, and I also have a question that I want to ask you!"
"Do you still remember why we gathered troops to revolt?"
"ha?"
Zhou Dexing did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask him this question at this time, which made him a little confused.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not wait for his answer and continued to speak:
"The reason why we wanted to revolt back then was because we were cornered and we could no longer survive!!"
"Our father, our mother, our brothers and sisters are all starving to death!!"
"In order to survive, we became a monk and a beggar, but in the end we still couldn't survive and couldn't have a full meal!"
"That's why we have to revolt and overthrow the rule of Bei Yuan!!"
"You were also brought here to join us in the uprising. Your situation is similar to ours!!"
"If it weren't for the people in Beiyuan not giving ordinary people like us a way to survive, and if we really couldn't live any longer, we wouldn't have rebelled at all!!"
"And look at what you are doing now, seizing people's fields, robbing good women, killing the people who provoke you, massacring their whole families and even their entire clan!!"
"Can you give those people who are oppressed by you a way to survive??"
"I…!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Zhou Dexing tremble.
As someone who grew up with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhou Dexing also has a certain understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously blaming him. He was no different from the officials and nobles of Beiyuan before.
Now he is completely driving the people to death.
Under such circumstances, the people who were driven to a dead end by him may also rebel.
However, the rebellion they rebelled against was no longer against the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but against the Ming Dynasty, and the world under Zhu Yuanzhang.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang be merciful in matters concerning the world?
This made Zhou Dexing want to defend himself, but those words of defense finally disappeared one by one after they kept appearing in his mind.
What Zhu Yuanzhang said is true. No matter how he defends it now, it will have no effect.
The only thing he could do was to beg for mercy.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong!!"
"I am willing to use this death-free gold medal to offset the mistakes I made before, and please spare my life!!"
He begged Zhu Yuanzhang for mercy, but begging for mercy had no effect. Zhu Yuanzhang's face was still very cold.
This cold expression made Zhou Dexing even more panicked.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we are from the same hometown. We grew up together. I have fought with you in the world since very early, and we have grown up from nothing together! You can't just look at the friendship in the past and avoid death. For the sake of the gold medal, will you spare me this time??”
At this time, Zhou Dexing could only play the emotional card. He hoped that through his emotional card, he could impress Zhu Yuanzhang.
As long as he can survive, he can say anything.
After he played his emotional card, Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke.
His voice was low, with an indescribable hoarseness in it.
"You are our good brother. Naturally, we want to share the blessings with you. We want you to be rich forever!"
"We can indeed forgive you, but it is impossible for the people of the world to forgive you!!"
"Your death-free gold medal can save you from death once, but the crimes you have committed are enough to make you die thousands of times!!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang said these words, Zhou Dexing was completely heartbroken.
Especially when Zhu Yuanzhang announced that his nine tribes would be exterminated, Zhou Dexing became stupid on the spot, peeing out, and regretting it endlessly.
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