The capital was shaken, and everyone was frightened.

When the state machine is fully activated, life appears extremely fragile in front of it.

The killings last night were just an appetizer. Most of these people were killed immediately after making the slightest move of resistance during the arrest.

The orders of the Jinyiwei are very clear, but anyone whom the Jinyiwei thinks has a sense of resistance will be killed directly on the spot. The main reason for this is that there are too many people involved. For some insignificant things, there is no need to go to the prison cell.

It's a trap.

When the imperial edict cannot accommodate it, the only option is to send it to the Wucheng Bingma Division.

After all, the imperial prison is in the Jinyiwei Yamen, in the palace. The dungeon is not big. It is mainly used to arrest important personnel, mainly officials.

Those who can go to the imperial prison must have some status.

Those beheaded corpses were handled by the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.

According to statistics, nearly a thousand people died tragically that night, and these people were just incidental and were not even included in the case files.

And the news that His Highness Taisun was assassinated began to spread throughout the capital.

"His Royal Highness Taisun is such a good person, how could someone want to assassinate him?"

"Yes, that is the great Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. I heard that the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was built by His Highness Taisun."

"Really? I said why the wages for recruiting workers are so high. It turned out to be His Highness Taisun. His Highness Taisun is really a good person."

"I came from my hometown in Henan to escape the epidemic. My relatives there wrote a letter saying that His Highness Taisun personally went to Henan and suppressed the plague. The plague had to take a detour when seeing His Highness Taisun.

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"What are you talking about? It's not a detour. It clearly dissipated directly. Your Highness Taisun is the reincarnation of the gods in the sky. He is blessed by the God of Liberty. Even if the plague is seen, it will not disappear."

"It makes sense, but I have some news here. You don't know, right?"

"What's the news? Please tell me quickly."

"Speak quickly, tell me quickly. There is no difference between making people appetizing and ruining their wealth."

"Hehe, don't you know, Your Highness the Grand Sun, that is the eldest son of His Highness the Crown Prince. No one has heard of him before. That's because he passed away ten years ago."

"But God couldn't stand it anymore. On the night of the burial, the stars in Xiaoling changed drastically, and the earth dragon rolled around, so he managed to rescue His Highness Taisun."

"This is a real resurrection from the dead, but the resurrection has lost its memory, which also led to wandering for more than ten years. In the past few months, he was found by His Highness King Yan."

"Oh my god, is what you said true? It turns out that His Highness the Grand Sun is really a person favored by God."

"It's unbelievable, but it is true that I have never heard of His Highness the Grand Sun in the past ten years or so. This is somewhat true."

"That's somewhat true, but it's really real and there's nothing false about it."

The discussion about His Highness Taisun quickly aroused heated discussion throughout the capital. In this era without communication, news was spread by word of mouth.

The popularity of Xiaoling in the past few months has made almost everyone in the streets of the capital aware of it, and this revelation was easily accepted by the people.

Of course, such revelations are not spread casually. Within half a day, most of the people in the entire capital know about it. The credit of Jin Yiwei is naturally indispensable behind this.

Zhu Yuanzhang's secret manipulation is also indispensable.

In terms of reputation, Zhu Yuanzhang has been able to work to this day. Even under various massacres, he can still have such a high reputation among the people at the bottom and win the support of most people. This is evident in his methods.

As the persons involved in the case were arrested and brought to justice, the regular three-division trial has arrived.

Of course, this is just a process, and the main groups targeted are foreign ministers and officials.

Among them, the most miserable ones were the foreign ministers of the Japanese country and the foreign ministers who occupied the city.

The two foreign ministers were directly implicated.

The foreign ministers of the Japanese Kingdom came over in July this year and wanted to start a tribute transaction with the Ming Dynasty, but they were always rejected.

Not to mention Champa.

Twenty-three years ago in Hongwu, there were several tribute trades, but after that, they were always the target of being gathered due to disturbing the border.

What happened this time was just the right time to take action against them.

There were not many officials involved, not even a hundred people.

Most of these officials came from information provided by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, and to a large extent they were the principals behind those chambers of commerce.

Among them, officials from the Jiangnan region accounted for 80%.

The interrogation was very simple, just asking a few questions and that was it.

There is no need for signatures or deposits. It is enough to have three departments record the process. Even oral confessions are omitted.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, this time the case regarding the assassination of the grandson must be done quickly.

The case must be closed within three days.

No one dares to violate such an edict, so there can be no in-depth investigation process.

Until the morning of the third day, thousands of people were pressed to the square outside Chengtianmen.

It was the square where the grandson's canonization ceremony and military parade were held before.

As always, there were huge crowds of people, and everyone was crying.

Rows of prisoners were dressed in prison uniforms. They waited until three quarters of noon and then beheaded them in public.

According to the instructions from above, it is impossible for there to be less than 3,000 people, so the total number of people who were beheaded today is 3,697.

Without exception, all were sentenced to death and executed immediately.

It is hard to imagine in the capital, or the entire Ming Dynasty, that the assassination of the grandson was solved just like this on the third day.

The speed is so fast that it is the first in ancient and modern times.

"The auspicious time has come for execution!!!"

With a shout, the execution began.

At this moment, in Kunning Palace, Zhu Ying looked at the memorial in front of him and had not written for a long time.

Looking at the sky, Zhu Ying knew that there were more than 3,000 people outside the palace. Because of his tragic death, Zhu Ying could not bear it with his mentality.

When he was in the Western Regions, he dared to return alone and killed hundreds of enemy invaders.

He also dared to fight to the death with foreigners on the grassland.

But such bloody methods were a very normal phenomenon in ancient times, and even the people watching didn't think there was anything special about it.

Many prisoners who were executed almost cursed at Gu Shuanggui, not Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone Zhu Ying.

However, Zhu Ying felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, please take a sip of the longan and lotus seed soup."

Ye Yueqing held the soup bowl and said softly.

Zhu Ying hesitated slightly, took a sip and drank it all. Some of the depression in her heart dissipated slightly.

He knew very well in his heart that what the old man said was right.

In today's era, we want to maintain the majesty of the royal family, maintain the dominance of the old Zhu family, and maintain the supreme authority of the emperor.

The person who offended must pay a heavy price in blood.

Only in this way can officials and people develop a sense of awe.

In fact, if it weren't for Da Sun's thoughts, the assassination case would have involved more than a few thousand people, perhaps tens of thousands of people, before Zhu Yuanzhang's anger could be quelled.

Zhu Ying didn't understand that people who had been on the battlefield for many years had already taken a dim view of life and death and the involvement of innocent people.

What is important is the final result.

As for this process, it is not important.

This is the emperor, the real emperor.

When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses.

In later generations, it was just an idiom, but today, it is indeed a real thing, with rivers of blood flowing out.

And the people have long been accustomed to it.

"What are you doing, grandpa? Are you at Chengtianmen watching beheadings?"

Zhu Ying asked.

Ye Yueqing shook his head gently and said: "Your Majesty is in Qianqing Palace at the moment."

Zhu Ying immediately understood the meaning.

As usual, the old man would be in the Huagai Palace, handling political affairs, but at this time, he was obviously waiting for him.

After a slight hesitation, Zhu Ying stood up and walked towards Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, why don't you go and see His Majesty the Grand Sun? Your Majesty is acting like this. This slave girl feels very uncomfortable."

In the Palace of Qianqing, Liu He persuaded His Majesty.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly and said: "We can protect the great grandson for a while, but we cannot protect the great grandson for the rest of his life. In the end, the great grandson will have to bear the responsibility himself."
To be continued...