Wang Chaofu read out two imperial edicts one after another.
The first one was to reward Li Changwen with the title of Zhuguo, the crown prince and grand master, and a reward of 10,000 taels of silver.
The second part was to confirm King Rui’s fiefdom and vassal state.
His cheap uncle can be regarded as a miserable person. After all, in all dynasties, how could there be a prince in his thirties who had not yet become a vassal?
Zhu Youxiao also thought about his extremely cooperative situation this time, so he waved his hand and directly rewarded him with one hundred thousand taels of silver.
And his fiefdom was the military town of Datong, not far from the capital.
Dai Fan has been completely abolished by him, but the palace is still there, so he can just use what is ready.
Zhu Youxiao would not waste national financial resources to build a new one for him.
After all, he will cut off his vassal soon, and there is a high probability that 70% to 80% of what is given now will be taken back in the future, so why bother?
If he hadn't cared about the royal family's reputation and feared that he would starve to death in Datong, he would not have given the one hundred thousand taels of silver.
After all, if this was used for military expenses, it would be enough to pay his army of more than 100,000 Yu Lin for a month.
King Rui had no objection to this. Although he was the poorest vassal king, he no longer had to live cautiously in the capital.
After the two imperial edicts were read out, Zhu Youxiao also held a long sword and slowly walked down the steps step by step.
After walking halfway, he glanced at the officials and ministers standing in the square and said:
"During the days when I was being treated in the palace, rumors were spreading everywhere inside and outside the capital."
"Many of my ministers have already decided who will succeed me. They even sent people thousands of miles away to deliver the notice, for fear that they would not be able to make it in time for the anniversary of my death."
"Some ministers are looking forward to it day and night at home, even praying to gods and Buddhas, hoping that the news of my death will reach their ears as soon as possible."
"It's a pity that I have let you down. Although I was assassinated, it was only a near miss. I am still alive and kicking now."
Although Zhu Youxiao's words were spoken very calmly, in the ears of the ministers, they were like thunder.
Especially Zhang Ruitu, who heard it most clearly, was even more heartbroken at this time.
Now, how could he not understand that he had fallen into a trap?
All of this is an overall plan laid out by the emperor, an overall plan that covers the entire capital. The purpose is obvious, and it is probably for people like them.
Zhu Youxiao stood on the steps and glanced at Zhang Ruitu a few times, intentionally or unintentionally.
I found that he was still indifferent and didn't panic at all. It seemed that his psychological quality was not bad and he could keep his composure.
The handsome face couldn't help but reveal a smile, looked at him and said:
"Zhang Ruitu, in just ten days, you sent letters to Guangzhou one after another. I wonder what you mean by contacting Guangzhou all the way?"
"I don't know what your Majesty means."
Hearing the emperor's questioning, Zhang Ruitu was secretly shocked. The emperor was indeed a good man. He already knew what he was doing.
But even so, he would never admit it, after all, it was a world of difference.
Seeing that he was still pretending to be dumbfounded, Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry. He immediately named another minister and asked him why he was moving around frequently these days and gathering with some officials.
It was obviously impossible for the official to confess on his own initiative, so just like Zhang Ruitu, he showed a clueless attitude.
Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to accompany them to continue the performance, and directly asked Jin Yiwei to show the physical evidence.
The first thing to bear the brunt was naturally the three autographed letters sent to Guangzhou by Zhang Ruitu.
When Zhang Ruitu saw the three letters in Xu Xianchun's hand, no matter how strong his psychological quality was, he simply couldn't bear it at this time, and his legs went weak and he knelt down.
At this time, the last bit of luck in his heart no longer existed.
Those letters were all written by him, so he naturally knew their contents.
There are a lot of rebellious words and words that encourage temptation.
And because it was his own handwriting, it was a solid proof, and no matter how eloquent he was, it could not change the fact.
Even if there is no other evidence, based on these three letters alone, he is already dead, not to mention that the current emperor is extremely ruthless.
Seeing him kneeling limply on the ground, Zhu Youxiao almost laughed out loud.
These civil servants are all those who will not shed tears until they see the coffin.
Then he couldn't help but joked:
"Why, uncle Zong, don't you defend yourself? Maybe this is a lie, or Jin Yiwei framed you with a false accusation."
"Now that the matter has come to this, I have nothing to say. I hope that your majesty will consider the relationship between the king and his subjects and not involve my family. I am willing to die."
Zhang Ruitu was already ready to die, so how could he make a fearless struggle?
"Here is the irrefutable proof of your treason, so naturally I have nothing to say."
"Look at all these things you did behind my back. I'm so blind that I would reuse a white-eyed wolf like you."
"Now you talk to me about the relationship between king and subject? Are you worthy?"
"Tear off his official uniform and send him to prison for rigorous interrogation. Who are his accomplices? Check carefully to make sure nothing slips through the net."
After receiving the emperor's order, the Jin Yiwei moved very quickly. They stripped Zhang Ruitu naked on the spot and then carried him to the imperial prison.
"Your Majesty, I wonder what Uncle Zong has committed?"
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Wang Xiangqian saw a minister being taken away and asked Zhu Youxiao eagerly.
But Zhu Youxiao just said coldly:
"You will know later. Today I will catch all these traitors and traitors with double intentions."
After hearing this answer, Wang Xiangqian secretly said bad.
This scene was all too familiar to him.
Didn’t His Majesty execute dozens of officials at the New Year’s Day meeting in the first year of the Apocalypse?
Is it going to happen again today?
The officials behind him had no idea what was going on.
They can only raise their heads secretly or take a peek with their peripheral vision.
But before they could figure out what was going on, they saw the Jinyi guards guarding the surroundings already taking off and walking towards them.
At the same time, Wang Chaofu's sharp and loud voice also resounded in the large square of Huangji Palace.
As the names of the officials came out of his mouth, the Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward to arrest them. Under the confused eyes of all the officials, they dragged the people out, stripped off their official uniforms on the spot, and took them away.
The first is Zhang Ruitu’s subordinates and accomplices.
At first they were still struggling and resisting, saying plausibly, "What's my crime?"
But when they saw that Zhang Ruitu had been captured by the Jin Yiwei, they lost their backbone and immediately lost their temper.
Zhang Jin, Liu Wenbo and other officials from Donglin were naturally not spared. On the contrary, their names were ranked very high.
There were also some officials who were attached to Wang Zaijin Xu Guangqi, and Zhu Youxiao also arrested several of them.
These are some of the more radical ones, purely for personal gain.
In addition, Zhu Youxiao attacked the other party forces too harshly this time, so naturally he had to take down a few of their people to maintain the balance.
Zhu Youxiao would never rely on the so-called royalists. After all, they were also a force, but now he could still control them.
Once it gets out of control, the consequences will be disastrous.
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