"Your Highnesses, you all know very well what I want to know. Please tell me.
Jinyiwei and Dongchang have already set off overnight to investigate the various palaces. If it is found that you are related to tonight's incident, or that other forces have colluded, these punishments will be imposed on you and your family one by one. "
"Let, let, let... let's go see, see... His Majesty, today... vomit..."
"We were wronged. This matter really has nothing to do with us!"
"Ren, Ren, Qianhu, please send a message and let us meet His Majesty!"
"We don't know. Even if we are dissatisfied with His Majesty, we will never do such a crazy thing!"
"Yes, we still have family members. We will never do this kind of thing to kill the nine clans. We swear in the name of Taizu!"
"Ren Peng, you are so cruel and inhumane, you will go to hell in the future!"
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"Humph, there are many people who died unjustly in this imperial prison. I admit this, but I have never had anyone die unjustly in my hands.
Besides, Xiaguan is working for the court, and he has the luck of the Ming Dynasty to protect him. It is not Xiaguan’s turn to go to hell! "
Ren Peng snorted coldly, and then said: "It seems that your highnesses have not realized the seriousness of the problem. In that case, let's continue!"
Listening to the nonsense of the princes, Ren Peng sneered.
A moment later, the miserable howl sounded again, and it was even more bloody and cruel than before. A new round of vomiting began for the princes.
Their stomachs had already been completely vomited in the first round, including the gall, and now their stomachs were twitching desperately.
It lasted until dawn. After twelve of the eighteen tortures were demonstrated, Ren Peng could only stop.
Because most of these princes were mentally depressed, several princes fainted.
"It's a pity. It's been a long time since I've had such fun with these tortures. Some of my hands are raw!"
"It seems that you have to take more action in the future, otherwise it will be bad if you are surpassed by the younger generations!"
"It's a pity that you princes are not so lucky!"
"Forget it, let's come here first. We will send all the princes and highnesses to the side to wash up and change into clean clothes, and then send them back to the Tenth Prince's Mansion, so as not to say that we are ignorant in the future!"
Ren Peng looked uninterested and waved his hand. Teams of royal guards came in from outside. The two of them picked up a prince and dragged him out.
Ren Peng also followed him out with his hands behind his back, and entered a cooler room after a while.
"I've seen the commander!"
"Tell me about the situation!"
"My Lord Commander, my subordinates used twelve types of torture to attack these feudal kings at three levels: psychologically, spiritually, and physically.
The people from the Torture Department nearby made comparative observations and found that these princes really did not seem to be involved in the assassination. If they could not reveal their secrets in such a blow, they would be ruthless.
However, judging from the information investigated by these vassal princes, the probability is very slim. Therefore, it can almost be concluded that these princes did not know about this matter and did not participate!
However, from the analysis of King Lu's facial expressions and expressions, it seems that he is hiding something! "
call……
After listening to the report, Li Ruolian breathed a sigh of relief. If a few more vassal kings were involved, it would be really fun.
The prison has existed for so many years, and naturally it has summarized a set of psychological and facial expression analysis methods. Combined with torture, it can basically be seen that they are inseparable.
"Send an order to those who monitor Prince Lu's Mansion to intensify the investigation to see what Prince Lu is hiding?"
"My subordinates will make arrangements now!"
"What a troubled time!"
Li Ruolian shook his head and slowly left the prison.
With this shock, these princes may not have any ideas in the future.
The princes who were sent back to the Tenth Prince's Palace were lying on the bed and twitching from time to time, their faces full of pain.
In each courtyard, there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. Every sergeant has a spear in his hand, and his sword is unsheathed, shining coldly under the firelight.
Looking at the scene in the courtyard, the vassal kings felt fear in their hearts, fearing that the next second an imperial edict would be issued, the sergeants outside would rush into the room and cut them into pieces.
At Maozheng time the next day, the ministers who had gone to the morning court were walking towards the Meridian Gate one after another. When they arrived at the Meridian Gate, they found that dozens of princes had already arrived.
And these princes were pale, with dark circles under their eyes, listless, and their eyes were filled with fear and worry.
They thought they could have a good rest today, but before dawn, word came from the palace that they were asked to attend the court meeting.
After the experience of being imprisoned last night, they didn't dare to waste a moment.
The ministers looked at the expressions of the princes with doubts in their eyes, because they had also experienced this kind of situation among the vassal princes on the Longjingguan battlefield, and it was obviously a sign of excessive fright.
After waiting for another two quarters of an hour, the Meridian Gate opened, and the ministers clapped their hands and entered from the left and right sides, heading towards the Huangji Palace.
When they arrived at the entrance of the Huangji Palace, the steps of the princes obviously slowed down a lot, and the look of fear in their eyes deepened.
Everything in the Huangji Palace was visible, Chongzhen's face was calm, and he could not tell that a major assassination occurred here last night.
The place where several princes were standing was the place where King Jingjiang died last night. They stepped on it as if they were stepping on fire. If the emperor hadn't arrived, they would have jumped up.
After some salutes, Chongzhen looked at the ministers: "My dear friends, I have talked with all the clansmen and they have voluntarily cut off the vassalage. The last five of the eight lordships in the clan will be removed from today, and the vassal king will no longer be hereditary. …”
hiss……
The eyes of the ministers were full of horror.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
After the shock, all the ministers congratulated.
Whether or not to reduce the vassal, and how to reduce it, are all the royal family's own affairs. As ministers, they cannot make suggestions, let alone participate.
They knew that the emperor wanted to cut off the vassal, and their attitude was extremely determined, but they never thought that he would be so ruthless and cut off 99% of the clan members at once.
Moreover, the throne cannot be hereditary. After five generations, he becomes an ordinary citizen and his family property is confiscated.
No wonder these feudal kings had such expressions and such blows, it would be nice if they didn't go berserk.
The emperor was not only cruel to his enemies, but also to his own people. These were his own people. If it were them, they would definitely not be able to make this decision.
After the shock, the officials became excited again. The emperor did what all the emperors of Ming Dynasty wanted to do but failed to do. From then on, Ming Dynasty's disabled body became more relaxed.
It is currently unknown how much property was confiscated from so many clans, but based on the estimated property of the three kings of Qin, Jin and Dai, it would be at least three to four hundred million taels of silver converted into silver.
As long as the family property is transported back to Beijing, the strong merchants, the Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty, the powerful Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty are prosperous, and the national treasury is not as rich as it is today.
As long as there is food in hand, there is no panic in the heart. No matter what Jiannu and the Mongolian tribes do, the consumption will kill them.
"Eighty percent of the vassal reduction has been completed. If we complete the last two things, the vassal reduction will be completely completed. But these two things require the participation of six departments!"
