Chen Youliang swore to God that he didn't want this to happen.
In fact, Chen Youliang also thought about committing suicide, and even said that he was ready to die. But he remembered the conversation with Zhang Ximeng that day.
Indeed, some people compared him to Xiang Yu. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang is Liu Bang, Li Shanchang is Xiao He, Zhang Ximeng is Zhang Liang, and Zhu Biao is...Liu Chang?
Anyway, when Chen Youliang thought of this, he didn't want to die. If he died, wouldn't he really become Xiang Yu?
The children of Jiangdong are so talented and their comeback is unknown!
I, Chen Youliang, was born as a fisherman, a small official, and became the emperor in a few years. As long as I don't die, I can come back again in a few years.
Zhu, we are not done yet!
Chen Youliang lost his will to die and decided to seek a living. It was not worth making a fuss about dressing up as a woman and escaping into a brothel. A man could bend and stretch, so as long as he escaped, nothing would happen.
But Chen Youliang never expected that he would be arrested by a group of brothel people not long after he entered.
"Sure enough, the bitch is ruthless! I gave her a whole bag of jewelry, but she betrayed me!" Chen Youliang sneered: "Zhu Chongba, you must reward them well, and they have eliminated a serious problem for you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled lightly and said, "Chen Youliang, you don't need to ask me. I still have a land grant certificate and twenty acres of fertile land."
"You!" Chen Youliang was furious and stared at Zhu Yuanzhang fiercely.
Lao Zhu said calmly: "It's indeed less, tell them, what you give is water for irrigating the ground!"
"The surname is Zhu!" Chen Youliang broke through his defense and was furious, "A scholar cannot be killed but cannot be humiliated. You, you, you are not going to end well if you treat me like this, you!"
As soon as Chen Youliang finished speaking, several old acquaintances heard that Chen Youliang had been arrested and couldn't help but come over to take a look.
Zou Pusheng walked in the front, followed by Li Pusheng, Ou Puxiang and other old members of the Peng Party, as well as Kang Maocai, Fu Youde and others.
Everyone came to watch it as if it were a rare thing.
Zou Pusheng took one look at Chen Youliang's tulle women's clothing and suddenly laughed, leaning back and forth with tears streaming down his face.
"Chen Youliang, no wonder you were caught. In order to escape from your clutches, I also dressed up as a woman...but I am much more delicate than you."
Chen Youliang's old face turned purple in an instant, and a mouthful of old blood rushed to his temples. He had no way to respond, and could only say to Kang Maocai: "You, you are shameless! I only believed you because of the friendship between my fellow countrymen. But you
Aren't you ashamed that you took refuge in Zhu Chongba?"
Kang Maocai chuckled, "Chen Youliang, you are the one who should be ashamed! To be honest, just now, your father, your two brothers, and two sons were sent to Korea by the superiors and handed over to the care of Zhang Dingbian.
Because you are a hero and your superior position has not forced you to annihilate your descendants, ask yourself, can you do this?"
"ah!"
Chen Youliang couldn't help but let out a low cry, and most of his resentment disappeared.
After pondering, Chen Youliang smiled helplessly, quite sadly.
"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, Zhu Yuanzhang, just kill me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head lightly, "Chen Youliang, it's not yet time!"
"What?"
Chen Youliang was shocked and couldn't help but said angrily: "Zhu Yuanzhang, a scholar cannot be killed but cannot be humiliated. Do you have to go so far?"
Lao Zhu still shook his head and even turned his face to the other side.
At this moment, Zhang Ximeng had to speak. He coughed slightly and said, "Chen Youliang, I have told you a long time ago that this is not a matter of success and failure. You have done too many evil things over the years. Even if I want to kill you, it will be
Only if the punishment is clear and canonical!"
"Ming canon punishment?"
Chen Youliang seemed to have heard the funniest joke, "As the emperor, what can't I do? And I am a prisoner, so you just do it? Besides the canonical punishment, in the final analysis, Chen Youliang fell into your hands! He is at your mercy.
That’s it!”
"Chen Youliang, when you say this, you still don't understand the reason for your failure! You are not a winner or loser today, but you deserve it!"
When Zhang Ximeng said this, he paused and looked to the side. At this time, a young man who looked like a sick tiger came over. He lowered his triangular eyes and held a thick stack of inventories in his hand.
"Yao Guangxiao, a humble official, pays homage to Prime Minister Zhang."
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Yao Guangxiao, you have been under Chen Youliang for some time, but what have you gained?"
Yao Guangxiao said with a sullen face: "Prime Minister Zhang, I originally wanted to get rid of the scourge Chen Youliang. But since Prime Minister Zhang has made a rule not to assassinate secretly, I can only find evidence of Chen Youliang's crime and put him on trial!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Did you find it?"
"I found it! Not only did I find it, but there were quite a few of them!"
Zhang Ximeng said: "You have to understand that since Chen Youliang is the leader of one party, he recruits soldiers, horses, food and wages, fights on the battlefield, and blood flows... These things are not considered sinful, but what you bring out must make him convinced!
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Yao Guangxiao nodded and said without thinking: "Replying to Prime Minister Zhang, Chen Youliang robbed a group of women and brought them to his military camp three months ago. Everyone in Rouge Lane knows about this! I wonder if it can be used as evidence of crime?"
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Of course! He was so disrespectful of human life and robbed women. If it is confirmed that it was indeed Chen Youliang's order, he will naturally be severely punished!"
"Also, in order to collect gold and build gold beds, Chen Youliang once looted and arrested more than a dozen merchants. Among them, eight of them were beaten to death... One of the merchants was even ordered by him to
After being beaten into a pulp, he asked someone to take the meat to the man's home. When his old wife saw it, she was frightened to death. Two sons and a daughter were also beaten to death by Chen Youliang. Only seven years old remained at home.
The young child...Chen Youliang actually castrated the young child...and placed it in his palace. Everyone knows about this, and Prime Minister Zhang can investigate immediately!"
After Yao Guangxiao finished speaking, he handed the inventory in his hand to Zhang Ximeng. It recorded Chen Youliang's actions one by one. There were so many crimes that it was too numerous to write down.
Zhang Ximeng held it in his hand, turned it over briefly, glanced at Chen Youliang, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "My lord, Chen Youliang's sins are so heinous, I think it is necessary to investigate strictly and give justice to the people!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and sneered slightly, "Chen Youliang, when things have reached this point, it's not that we want to kill you, but that the people of the world cannot spare you!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he naturally turned around and left, leaving Chen Youliang behind, completely stunned.
He seemed to understand something, struggled hard, and cursed.
"Zhu Chongba! Kill me! Kill me happily! Don't dare to kill me. You are not a man, you are just a woman! A woman!"
Chen Youliang screamed at the top of his lungs, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to pay attention to him. Even Zhang Ximeng left.
Only Zou Pusheng and others were left, laughing happily.
"You want the Emperor of Heaven to kill you, I'm sorry, you are not qualified!" Li Pusheng laughed wildly.
Zou Pusheng was so happy that he burst into tears, "I thought that annihilating the nine tribes with a thousand cuts would be the cruelest retribution! But I didn't expect that the superiors would be even more clever. Chen Youliang, you know that you are not dead.
On top of the defeat, you died because of your perverse actions and the anger of God and people!"
Zou Pusheng said to several people: "Let's all work hard to collect evidence, come back and file a lawsuit together, and we will have a fair and honest punishment!"
"Hahaha!"
These old men from Peng Dang laughed heartily, and all the anger and resentment accumulated in their hearts disappeared.
As for Chen Youliang, at this moment, he felt as if he was mourning for his heir, shouting and furious.
"I, I am the Son of Heaven, I am the Emperor of the Han Dynasty! I can't be killed but not humiliated! Zhu Chongba, kill me quickly! Whether you cut me into pieces with a thousand knives or peel off the skin with straw, kill me quickly!"
No matter how much Chen Youliang yelled, everyone heard that he was just incompetent and furious.
And the more intense his reaction, the more everyone understood that this move was too cruel.
Among so many subjugated kings, Chen Youliang's fate is unique.
Whether it is dethroning the emperor, imprisoning him, killing him in the street, or smothering him with a pillow... he is still treating the other person as the emperor. The only difference is whether he has the dignity of the emperor or not.
But when they arrived at Chen Youliang's place, they did not regard him as the emperor at all. Moreover, Zhang Ximeng specifically said that these matters were not included in the normal collection of food and wages, and that he was specifically handling cases that harmed the people.
It is conceivable that Chen Youliang will definitely go down in history and be remembered forever.
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"I pay my respects to the superior!"
Yao Guangxiao bowed down and bowed.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this strange-looking young man and sighed in his heart, "You followed Chen Youliang back to Wuchang after the Battle of Hukou. These days, you have become more thoughtful."
Lao Zhu's praise is not easy to get. Yao Guangxiao hesitated slightly and then took out another pamphlet.
"Why, Chen Youliang is still guilty?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head, "Your Majesty, this is the list I have collected of those wealthy and powerful people who have dealings with Chen Youliang. There are also more than twenty Confucian scholars from Huguang. They are willing to be Chen Youliang's lackeys, make suggestions, and resist the heavenly soldiers. I think these people should be severely punished.
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Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment and immediately asked Yao Guangxiao to hand over the roster.
After Zhu Yuanzhang unfolded it, he observed carefully, and then he said to Zhang Ximeng: "Sir, do you think we are going to forgive these people?"
Zhang Ximeng shook his head and said: "My lord, those who do not kill are ordinary people and innocent people. And these big families are helping the emperor to persecute the emperor and acting as a stooge. They are also duplicitous and have ulterior motives. Even if they do not kill them all, they will be sent to Lingnan and their property will be confiscated so that they cannot continue to do evil.
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"Well said!"
Lao Zhu said: "Mr. Zhang, in that case, how about appointing Yao Guangxiao as Huguang's prosecutor?"
Zhang Ximeng glanced at it, and then nodded happily, "In troubled times, heavy codes are used, and this person is just right."
After a pause, Zhang Ximeng said again: "My lord, I still need someone to take charge of the affairs. I wonder who my lord thinks is suitable?"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, "Sir, you know what you know, and so do we... This candidate for chief envoy must be Luo Fulen!"
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng decided on the candidates to govern Huguang in a few words. Next, it depends on the methods of these two...