"Ancestral Temple!"
The main hall in front of King Qin was the Ancestral Temple.
Where is the Ancestral Temple? That is where the old Zhu family's family temple is located to worship their ancestors.
By choosing to meet here, isn't this telling King Qin that you yourself will explain the dirty things done by King Qin's palace in front of the memorial tablet of your ancestors?
What is this? Humiliate him? Or assert your power?
King Qin held his hands tightly in his sleeves, his face full of anger.
Wang Chengen did not urge him, and just watched quietly. After a while, King Qin let out a long breath, seemed to have figured it out, and walked into the hall.
Humiliate yourself? nonexistent.
He is the emperor, and the entire Ming Dynasty belongs to him. Even if he is still in Xi'an Mansion, it is only a matter of words for the emperor to kill him.
There is really no need to lower your status to humiliate yourself.
The most likely reason is that the emperor wanted to admit his mistake in front of his ancestors so that he could explain to his ancestors.
During the nearly two months of this journey, he had been thinking and convincing himself that it was nothing and that he would probably die.
Although he was unwilling to give in at this moment, he wanted to rush in and question Chongzhen, or even beat Chongzhen to vent his anger, but he did not dare.
He is not only the King of Qin, but also the father of three children and the husband of several women. He does not think about himself, but also thinks about them.
"I, the fourteenth King of Qin, Zhu Yifan, have come to see your Majesty. Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
"Get up and burn incense first!"
King Qin took the incense candle handed over by Chongzhen and knelt straight down, letting his knees hit the ground. The pain in his knees was only one ten thousandth of the grief in his heart.
The Prince of Qin's Mansion, which has been passed down for more than two hundred years, has become history from this moment on.
Chongzhen was also surprised by King Qin's attitude.
He thought that King Qin would question him regardless, but now he didn't. Except for his sad face, everything was pretty calm.
This was someone he saw from the royal family in a real sense, but he didn't expect to meet on such an occasion.
To be honest, he didn't feel much about this royal bloodline that had been separated for more than two hundred years.
"Hey, if I had known this today, why did I do it in the first place!"
Chongzhen muttered in his heart, and then said with a cold face: "Do you know you are wrong?"
"I know I was wrong, and I will admit all the evidence of my crimes."
"Just admit it!"
Chongzhen nodded and glanced at Wang Chengen.
Wang Chengen immediately waved towards the outside, and an imperial edict was sent over.
"Qin King Zhu Yizhen accepted the order!"
After Zhu Yizhu knelt down again, Wang Chengen said: "Emperor Chengyun of Heaven decrees: The nine crimes committed by Zhu Yizhu, the fourteenth King of Qin, shall be punished.
The family should have been confiscated and exterminated, but in view of the merits of their ancestors and the fact that they have guarded Xi'an for generations, the direct descendants of the King of Qin will not be held accountable and live in the east cross courtyard of the Tenth Prince's Mansion.
I have an annual salary of ten thousand taels of silver, thousands of stones of rice, and hundreds of bolts of silk and satin. I hope that you will be considerate of your Majesty's wishes and that you will keep your peace and integrity. I appreciate this! "
King Qin was stunned. He had already prepared to be completely imprisoned or even deposed, but he did not expect that it would end like this.
Let’s not talk about the salary and so on. The key is where he lives.
What kind of place is the Ten Princes' Mansion? It was after Chengzu moved the capital that he built ten royal palaces on Ting Street in Beijing at that time (actually ten connected courtyards, it is said that there were 8,350 houses).
Before Chongzhen ascended the throne, he lived alone in the Ten Princes' Mansion.
Now let him live in the Tenth Prince's Mansion, even if it is an east courtyard, it also represents the dignity of his status.
After being stunned, he understood that the emperor was doing it to show off to other princes and win people's hearts.
But then I thought about it, the Ten Princes' Palace could only live in ten princes. Does that mean that the other twenty princes were either killed or deposed? Could this be a signal to the outside world?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"King Qin, if you hadn't been so good at admitting your mistakes, I would have made you kneel and die in the Ancestral Temple today."
"I don't want to kill you, not because I don't dare, but because I don't want to. If I find you following the old path again or making friends with courtiers, I will directly confiscate your family, exterminate your clan, and remove the jade certificate. You can do it yourself."
Listening to Chongzhen's warning with murderous intent, King Qin looked calm: "Your Majesty, I understand."
After thinking for a while, he added: "Your Majesty, when I was in Xi'an Mansion, Yuan Keli persuaded me that maybe one day your Majesty would realize that dream.
Perhaps the vassal regulations can be abolished, and our prince can take a walk in the Ming Dynasty. Do you think this is possible? "
Chongzhen was slightly surprised and said in a playful tone: "Do you think I can realize that dream?"
"maybe!"
King Qin laughed at himself: "It's always good to have hope, isn't it?"
"As long as you don't leave Beijing, you can do whatever you have to do. Wang Chengen will tell you some precautions later. Listen carefully. Don't offend again. Go!"
"I resign!"
King Qin bowed again and slowly walked towards the gate of the Ancestral Temple.
When he walked out of the gate, a leisurely tone came: "Your Majesty, what I have seen along the way is more wonderful than what I have experienced in the first half of my life.
Sometimes I think about how great it would be if you deposed your ministers as common people! "
Seeing King Qin slowly disappearing, Chongzhen sighed.
To be honest, although the prince of the Ming Dynasty has a noble status and rich food and clothing, he is really no more than raising pigs. He can't leave the palace, let alone leave the city and walk around.
They are all frogs in the well. They have never seen the world and are really not as good as a wealthy businessman.
As for allowing the King of Qin to roam around Beijing, that was because of his confidence in Jinyiwei and Dongchang.
If he could slip away under the surveillance of these two parties, then he would admit it.
Moreover, he stipulated for King Qin the number of princesses, secondary concubines, and the number of heirs.
Taizu decided that the emperor's son would be given the title of prince, hereditary, with one son inheriting the title and the remaining sons being demoted.
The ancestral system cannot be abolished, but it can be changed, so that one son inherits it, and the remaining sons are demoted, and each time they inherit the title, they will be demoted.
Now from the prince to the lieutenant of Fengguo, it is the sixth rank, which means that after six hereditary successions, the prince will become an ordinary person. This time can be as fast as a few decades, or as slow as a hundred or two hundred years.
But no matter which one it is, the number of princes, princes, etc. will be maintained at a certain level.
King Qin's matter has been settled, and it is a signal to the other princes. It depends on whether they understand it or not.
After offering another stick of incense, Chongzhen left the Ancestral Temple and returned to Dongnuan Pavilion.
"Tell Li Ruolian and Cao Huachun to come see me!"
After waiting for a while, the two arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion.
"After the martial arts competition is over, I will go on a tour of the northwest, passing through Taiyuan and even Xi'an. After you two have planned the route, send someone to check out the surrounding news!"
Both of them were shocked in their hearts and their faces were full of panic. Li Ruolian said: "Your Majesty, the Holy Master will be afraid when he leaves the capital..."
"I have made up my mind, please keep it secret and make arrangements!"
The two of them came out of Dongnuang Pavilion, feeling as if a huge burden was weighing on their hearts. The Emperor's Majesty drove out of Beijing. This was simply huge news.
Cao Huachun didn't know the emperor's intention, but Li Ruolian knew very well that the Xi'an Mansion was just incidental, and the real purpose was probably for Shanxi merchants.
Although he didn't do much investigation during this period, he gradually figured out that for the eight major Shanxi merchants to develop for so many years, there must be someone behind them.
Maybe even Sun Chengzong and others couldn't solve it in person, so the emperor could only go in person.
