It can be said that Zhu Chunchen died without a complete body, not even the dregs left.
Half of his body was boiled in soup, and the other half was roasted. He was eaten on the spot by the soldiers and people present.
None of them has been oppressed and tortured, let alone the army.
Most of them were from military households, and the military pay and food allocated by the imperial court were often corrupted by these nobles.
Not to mention the common people, they don't care whether you are an official or a meritorious official.
They are not good things anyway. As long as they kill these people, they will be happy, applaud and support them, and will not care about the crime.
And with this lesson learned from the past, the Xuns were completely desperate and broke their defenses. They were all rushing to confess, fearing that they would be a step slower than others.
Zhu Youxiao's goal was finally achieved. When Sun Yunhe came with a thick stack of confessions, he simply flipped through them.
Generally speaking, it was as expected. The most common thing these nobles did together was to seize the military farmland in Beizhili.
There are also some better paddy fields, which they have not let go. They use various pretexts to coerce and induce farmers to seize them.
Most of the cloth and satin shops, grain stores, and some well-known restaurants in the capital are their industries.
Even if not, there is still some degree of stock relationship or family ties.
This is exactly what Zhu Youxiao wants. Now that the Royal Chamber of Commerce has been established, he must do his best to grow the Chamber of Commerce.
Only in this way can we have enough power to compete with and replace interest groups such as Huizhou merchants, Zhejiang merchants, and Shaanxi merchants.
When Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, he did not take a royal chariot. Instead, he rode on horseback and returned to the palace as quickly as possible.
"Long live Lord is finally back. I have been thinking about it day and night in this palace, and my heart is like a knife. Finally, Long live Lord is back."
Outside the Qianqing Palace, Wang Chaofu, who was leading a group of eunuchs and eunuchs to welcome him, burst into tears after seeing Zhu Youxiao.
Wei Zhongxian on the side saw him and felt nauseated. This bitch is really fucking good at acting.
After feeling nauseated for a while, Wei Zhongxian's mood immediately changed.
Following Wang Chaofu's example, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly, saying that if anything happened to Long Live the Lord, the old slave would not survive.
Zhu Youxiao didn't think much and said with a smile:
"Okay, there are no outsiders here. You two have grown up with me. I know your loyalty."
"How is the Queen?"
Although Zhang Yan's family has some literati and Confucian backgrounds, she is still his wife, so he is still a little worried about her.
"Back to Lord Long Live, since His Majesty's military report was sent back to the capital, the Queen has been neglecting food and drinks. She is praying for Lord Long Live in the Buddhist hall with the concubine."
Wang Chaofu replied respectfully:
"I understand. Please go to Cining Palace and Kunning Palace to report that you are safe."
"Tell the little boys under you to make some delicious food tonight. I will go to Cining Palace for dinner."
After saying that, he walked straight into Qianqing Palace.
It's really not easy to be the emperor. If you don't have to worry about him outside the palace, you have to comfort him in your own back garden.
Before he even had time to take off his armor, he summoned the ministers of the cabinet and the six ministries in Qianqing Palace.
The ministers were not surprised when they saw the emperor in armor. It was no secret that the emperor was martial and valued military equipment.
Zhu Youxiao also happened to read the good news in Fujian. Li Zhilong lived up to his expectations and successfully suppressed the rebellion and the so-called Japanese rebellion.
From his perspective, the current situation is great.
Although he fought many battles and spent countless money and food, fortunately he won and achieved his goal.
Now is the time to digest the results of the victory.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, Mongolia has been wiped out in one battle, and there will be no more fighting on the border."
Although Zhang Weixian was dozens of years old and was about to be buried, he was still very excited when he learned that the Ming army had won a great victory in Monan.
The ministers of the six cabinet departments also congratulated each other with smiles on their faces. The Ming Dynasty had not had such a great victory for many years.
The most recent great victory against Mongolia was when Qi Jiguang was guarding Ji Town.
Zhu Youxiao exchanged a few words with them and quickly got to the point.
"My patrol this time was shocking and I couldn't believe it."
"My Ming Dynasty border army general turned his sword and gun on me."
"The founding ministers who have been favored by the country in this world actually want to kill me."
"And these officials, our Ming Dynasty actually fostered such rebelliousness, instigating the border generals to rebel, and secretly communicating with the Tartars and nobles. Hmm, what a great feat."
"The civil and military ministers and generals of my Ming Dynasty are really becoming more and more promising. Now they are all going to regicide and rebel. It really opens my eyes."
"Could it be that my emperor's cold virtues and weak abilities make the people in the world dissatisfied and want to kill him?"
The emperor's words were shocking to the ears of the ministers.
He quickly knelt down and shouted in unison:
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Zhu Youxiao sneered and said:
"It seems that the previous emperors have been too kind to them, but now they have forgotten about it, and there is no king or father in their eyes."
"If that's the case, what do you want them to do?"
Zhu Youxiao couldn't hide the murderous intent all over his body. Although the ministers just knelt on the ground to listen, they also felt the emperor's intention.
Your Majesty is going to take action against you.
"Show your Majesty all the criminal evidence and files you reviewed."
"You should all take a closer look at what these nobles raised by our country have done behind my back and the imperial court."
"And these officials, our emperor has been raising scholars for nearly three hundred years, and yet he has raised such things that are worse than beasts."
“It’s really something that has never happened in any previous dynasty.”
Sun Yunhe, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward with a pile of text files and distributed them to the ministers in the palace.
The emperor's anger was also self-evident. All the ministers carefully looked at the files in their hands, which was simply shocking.
Even Wang Xiangqian, an old man who has been an official since the age of Longqing and has been in the officialdom for decades, felt incredible when he saw it.
In fact, there are some contents in this that were fabricated and mixed in by Jin Yiwei.
Zhu Youxiao wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity and reason to carry out a major purge, at least of those officials from the provinces of Southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.
All of them must be eliminated, charged with being accomplices and accomplices, and charged with serious crimes, and they will be beaten to the point where they will never be able to stand up again.
In this way, he could also use the excuse to change the officialdom and imperial examination systems to achieve his goals to the greatest extent.
Nearly half an hour passed. After they had finished watching, Zhu Youxiao said again:
"The Criminal Department."
Shangshu Xue Zhen responded quickly:
"I'm here."
"Those civil servants and gentry on the list, who are in Beizhili, will all be imprisoned and no one will be spared."
"If you're not here, the Criminal Department will leave it alone."
"You should handle this matter yourself. Don't let Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate take over. If anyone escapes, I will hold you accountable."
"I obey the order."
At this time, Xue Zhen had sweat beads on her forehead.
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