"ah!"
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
"Your Majesty, I, I... I can't stand it anymore!"
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. I was wrong. Please spare my life!"
Listening to King Tang's screams and begging for mercy, all the vassal kings were frightened and trembling all over.
King Fu Zhu Changxun was also stunned. Although he couldn't figure out what mistake the King of Tang made, he knew that the emperor must be trying to establish his authority.
At this time, we need a popular person to advise us. He can establish his power without being too stiff, so he whispered: "Your Majesty, the King of Tang is already over fifty years old. If you continue to beat him like this, he will be beaten to death!"
"What I'm fighting is this wolf-hearted thing, inferior to a pig or a dog!"
After a few more blows, the sergeant came to report: "Your Majesty, the King of Tang has fainted!"
"Drag him in and wake him up!"
puff……
A bucket of cold water was poured over his head. The unconscious Tang King Zhu Shuoyu trembled all over, slowly opened his eyes, and then screamed.
"Shut up!"
Chongzhen said coldly: "Zhu Shuoji, I ask you, how did the prince Zhu Qiji of the Tang Dynasty die? Where is the grandson Zhu Yujian?"
Listening to the emperor's questions, Zhu Shuoyu ignored his wails, his face changed drastically, and he whispered: "Back to your Majesty, in the palace of Prince Tang!"
"Of course I know that it is in Prince Tang's Mansion. I am asking where it is in Prince Tang's Mansion?"
"This this……"
"Tiger poison does not eat its children, but you, Zhu Shuoji, are so courageous. You followed my concubine's advice and imprisoned the crown prince Zhu Qiqi and the grandson Zhu Yujian in the Flattery Department. You wanted to starve them to death, and then pass the title of crown prince to your concubine. son,
This imprisonment lasted for twelve years. If someone hadn't secretly sent dry food secretly, Zhu Yujian and the others would have starved to death!
What's even more hateful is that you clearly knew that Zhu Qishuan, the king of Fushan, and Zhu Qiqi, the king of Anyang, had poisoned Zhu Qiqi, but you ignored them. "
"You can hide it from the people in Prince Tang's Mansion, how can you hide it from me?"
hiss……
The vassal kings gasped after listening to the emperor's words.
Looking at Tang Wang Zhu Shuoji, it was like looking at a madman.
This old man who is nearly sixty years old and seems like a good old man can be so heartless and crazy.
A tiger is too poisonous to eat its seeds, and a human being is too poisonous to be kissed. The behavior of this Tang king was simply a bastard.
Although these people are also bastards, they have never treated their relatives and heirs like this. Even if they don't like to see them, they are just indifferent.
Even King Fu, who had begged for mercy, gently retreated into the group, and his face darkened. If he had known this, he would have waited until he was almost beaten to death before he begged for mercy.
After the anger, the faces of all the vassal kings also changed. The emperor knew such secret things about the Tang Palace, but would the emperor not know about their bastard affairs?
"Prince Fu, how should Zhu Shuoji's crime be dealt with according to Ming law?"
I go……
After listening to the emperor's question, King Fu at the front turned pale and rolled his eyes secretly. The emperor simply put him on the fire and roasted him.
"Your Majesty, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, if the plan has been carried out without hurting anyone, he will be given a hundred sticks. If he has been serving for three years, he will be given a hundred sticks each.
Secondly, he knew that Fushan King Zhu Qishuan and Anyang King Zhu Qiqi poisoned the crown prince Zhu Qiqi to death. This was to cover up the guilty minister and he should die according to the law! "
"If the king of Fushan, Zhu Qishuan, or the king of Anyang, Zhu Qiqun, kills brothers of the same clan or members of the same clan by marriage, they will be executed by the queen in autumn, and they will not be pardoned!"
"His mother bewitched the king of Tang, and she was a follower. She had a hundred sticks according to the law."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, members of our clan..."
"Shut up! If you dare to speak out again, you will be slapped fifty times!"
Chongzhen looked at King Tang who interrupted King Fu, glared coldly, and then looked at King Fu: "Keep talking!"
"yes!"
After Prince Fu handed over his hand, he continued: "What King Tang said is correct. According to the ancestral precepts, the Ming law does not apply to people in the clan. It needs to be judged according to the "Huang Ming Ancestor Precepts".
There is a saying in the ancestral precepts: If the emperor's relatives commit crimes, the successor will decide on his own.
Except for treason, which will not be pardoned, for other crimes, the lighter ones will be held in meetings with relatives in Beijing, and the more serious crimes will be held in meetings with kings outside and relatives in Beijing, all of which are taken from the superior judgment. "
"You mean, I have the final say in everything?"
"yes!"
The vassal kings were silent, but they were secretly complaining in their hearts.
You didn't hear the meeting of kings, and you only heard the word "shangdi"?
But even so, they didn't dare to say much.
"Since I have the final say, then I will make the decision!"
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at Tang Wang Zhu Shuoji lying on the ground, with murderous intent gradually filling his eyes.
"Li Ruolian immediately sent Jin Yiwei to Nanyang to pass the decree, and beheaded Fushan King Zhu Qishuan and Anyang King Zhu Qiquan in front of the Tang Palace, confiscated all the properties of the two princes, thoroughly investigated everyone in the two mansions, and punished them according to Ming law.
His mother was sentenced to 100 punishments with a stick in front of the Prince of Tang’s Mansion! "
"Anyone who dares to stop us will be punished with the same crime!"
"Drag King Zhu Shuoji of the Tang Dynasty to the gate of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and torture him with a hundred sticks. After the execution, he was demoted to a commoner and the title of King of Tang was suspended for three years!"
"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. We patrol Henan Province and the censor cooperates with the Henan Provincial Envoy to thoroughly investigate the Tang Palace!"
The two warrior battalion sergeants grabbed Zhu Shuoji's arms and dragged him out like a dead dog.
Zhu Shuoyu, who was awakened, struggled and roared at the top of his lungs.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, please forgive me for once!"
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. I am willing to contribute all my family property. I beg your Majesty to let Zhu Qishuan and Zhu Qicun go!"
"Your Majesty, Zhu Qisheng is already dead. If we kill Zhu Qishuan and Zhu Qiquan again, I will die without a son!"
"Your Majesty, the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" says that even if there is a serious crime, no additional punishment will be imposed. Even the emperor cannot be sentenced to death for five times with a cane!"
…
It's a pity that no matter how he screamed and struggled, the sergeant of the Warrior Battalion who regarded the emperor's orders as big as the sky did not hesitate or pause at all.
"This world is my world!"
Before Tang Wang was dragged out of the front door, Chongzhen said lightly.
The speaker has a heart, and the listener has a heart.
The hearts of all the vassal kings suddenly suddenly realized that these words were not only meant for Zhu Shuohe, but also for them.
Without waiting for them to think too much, Chongzhen immediately looked at the vassal kings in the courtyard and chuckled: "I'm sorry, everyone, I just heard that Zhu Shuohe announced his family status, and I couldn't hold back the anger in my heart, which shocked you all.
Everyone, please go to the main hall and offer incense sticks to the ancestors. I will talk to you again! "
Listening to Chongzhen's words, the shocked vassal kings were speechless.
Tang Wang Zhu Shuoji has been in Beijing for several months, and now he can't hold back anymore?
What is this? Kill the chicken...kill the vassal king and show it to the vassal king?
With a hundred sticks, not to mention the nearly sixty-year-old King of Tang, even the most elite sergeant in the army was dead.
At this juncture, if the attack is suspended for three years, the Tang Palace is finished.
Under the guidance, the vassal kings patted the procession into the hall and began to burn incense.
Although each prince's palace also had its Ancestral Temple, this was the root of the entire Ming Dynasty.
A pillar of incense was inserted into the incense burner. For a moment, the entire hall was filled with green smoke and a strange vision hit the nostrils.
When the incense burnt out, Chongzhen slowly said: "Fellow clan members, you must have guessed the purpose of calling you back. Tell me, what should I do?"
