Moreover, what Zhu Jianji meant was that at today’s meeting, someone must lose his head!
The other officials were heartbroken.
Where did the civil and military officials in the house talk about treason?
Just one Yu Qian.
Then your princeling seconded the proposal.
We don't dare to characterize what happened in Shanxi as a conspiracy.
Only the winner and the loser.
Now that His Highness the Crown Prince has won, and controls such sharp weapons as the East Palace Young Army, plus the Jinyi Guards and the Tengxiang Wuxiang Four Guards, the civil service group has been tightly controlled again. His Majesty has delegated power to His Highness the Crown Prince. Now His Highness the Crown Prince can do whatever he says.
.
In the current court, it feels like His Royal Highness is the emperor.
Your Majesty is like a puppet.
Tang Xing's face turned miserable. When the Shence Guard was defeated, he had already given up struggling. Hearing this, he said without hesitation: "Jiang Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yao Kui, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Ao, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Jue, the Minister of the Ministry of War..."
Zhao Yang, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Qian Shi Huanghu, the right commander of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, Dou Tao, the former military governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion... Xu Qiren, a doctor in the Ministry of War, Wan Ming, a doctor in the examination department of the Ministry of Personnel..."
One name after another came out of Tang Xing's mouth.
The person who was named was so frightened that he knelt down and shouted that he was wronged.
All civil and military officials were shocked to hear this.
So many people!
The Tang family's relatives and the generals they recruited and trained in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, plus the civil servant group named by Tang Xing, actually numbered thirty to forty people.
There were only over a hundred officials who came to attend the meeting.
Department 6 is the hardest hit area.
Yao Kui, the Minister of Rites, Liu Jue, the Minister of War, Wang Ao, the Minister of Personnel, and Tang Qing, plus the fugitive Jiang Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, were all involved.
There are seven in total: the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, the right minister of the Ministry of Works, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the left minister of the Ministry of Officials.
As for the doctor, the outsider, and the chief, there are a lot of things involved.
The two people in the cabinet who supported the reserve swap were also involved.
Here comes the problem...
If these officials are removed, the six ministries, except the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Household Affairs, are likely to be paralyzed.
Everyone is a little disbelieving.
This situation...
His Highness the Crown Prince is still alive and dares to bloodbath the court?
really.
Zhu Jianji had a gloomy face. He really didn't expect that the prince himself, who devoted his heart and soul to the Ming Dynasty and the world, would end up being so unpopular.
A little bit shocked.
Then I thought about it, what I wanted to do was destined to take back power.
The civil servant group that had grown up since the first year of Jingtai had irreconcilable conflicts with itself.
This situation is inevitable.
It doesn't bother me anymore.
Because of the Tumu Fort Incident of Baozong and because of Yu Qian's strength, the civil service group expanded. However, after this purge, the civil service group knew that the imperial power could not be bullied, and no one in the government or the opposition dared to confront them anymore.
so……
The wrath of thunder must be brought down.
Asked Tang Xing, "Is there any evidence?"
If you want to kill someone, you have to provide evidence after all, so as not to be bitten by Tang's relatives and kill some innocent people.
Can be a tyrant.
But he must not be a foolish king!
Tang Xing said loudly: "Yes!"
Zhu Jianji didn't even think about it, "Lu Zhong, Zhu Xiang, you two take a trip to Anqiu Hou Mansion and get the evidence back."
Lu Zhong and Zhu Xiang immediately accepted the order.
After Tang Xing said this, the two of them immediately went with the Jin Yiwei.
In the court hall, Zhu Jianji sat down and said, "Just wait a moment."
As I said before, today's meeting will take a long time.
Half an hour later, Zhu Xiang and Lu Zhong hurried back to Fengtian Hall, took out a stack of letters and account books, and showed them to Tang Xing first. After confirming that they were correct, they handed them to Dai Yi, who presented them to Zhu Jianji.
Zhu Jianji randomly picked up a few books and flipped through them.
It is indeed the secret letters between Tang's relatives and the civil service group, as well as the ledger records of various power and money transactions.
Solid evidence!
Seeing these things, Qi Qing, who had been deeply involved, became desperate. They never dreamed that Tang Xing, in order to promote the exchange of reserves and was afraid of accidents during the process, actually kept these evidences so that he could take advantage of Tang Min.
It turned out to be a wake-up call for everyone.
If there is not enough success, there is more than enough failure!
The old minister Wang Ao could no longer stand and collapsed to the ground, muttering to himself, "Why is this so old?"
There is no guarantee for late holidays.
How could Zhu Jianji be soft-hearted?
After picking through the many secret messages and account books for a while, I found the ones I wanted.
The first copy was from Jiang Yuan, Minister of Industry.
After Zhu Jianji read it carefully, he unfolded it, raised his head and said to the ministers: "The collusion between the Tang family's relatives and Jiang Yuan has been around for a long time. They have been colluding together since the fifth year of Jingtai. Let me tell you again."
He lowered his head and looked at the account book, "On January 26, the thirteenth year of Jingtai, I presented "Picture of Jiangfan Pavilion"."
This is a famous painting from the Tang Dynasty.
Worth ten thousand gold.
"On June 19, the 14th year of Jingtai, a thousand households were arranged for Jiang Yuan's nephew in Dusi, Sichuan. Jiang Yuan sent a box of gold bars and returned to Jiang Yuan 300 acres of fertile land in Jiangjin County."
After reading this, Zhu Jianji exclaimed, "Reciprocity is a courtesy."
The ministers could only smile bitterly.
"On the third day of February in the seventeenth year of Jingtai, Jiang Yuan promised to exchange savings and purchased a mansion for him in Jiangjin County, worth fifty-three thousand taels."
Zhu Jianji stopped thinking about it and said, "Catch Jiang Yuan before we talk."
Pass Jiang Yuan's secret letter and account books to Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Jianji picked up the next one.
"In September of the 15th year of Jingtai, in order to recruit the Minister of Rites for Tang Qing, Wang Ao was given 500 acres of fertile land in Yanshan Mountain. He also bought three daughters from a good family at a high price and sent them to enrich the family."
"..."
After reading the secret letter and account book, Wang Ao collapsed on the ground and gave up struggling.
Zhu Jianji didn't hesitate either.
He told Lu Zhongdao: "According to Gu's decree, Wang Ao was removed from the post of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Wang Ao was taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded in public to police all officials. Guards in brocade uniforms went to the residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel to inspect his business. Wang Ao conspired to rebel, and he was executed.
Its nine tribes!”
Well, basically anyone of the rank of Minister can be beheaded at the Meridian Gate without having to drag him to the West Market outside the Meridian Gate.
Lu Zhong hesitated for a moment, and found that His Majesty just raised his head and glanced at him, and immediately understood.
Make arrangements immediately.
Wang Ao was escorted out of Fengtian Palace like a dead fish, without even complaining.
Next, Yao Kui, Minister of Rites.
The evidence is still conclusive.
kill!
He was escorted out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded, his family property was confiscated, and the nine clans were executed.
Tang Qing, the official secretary of the Ministry of official affairs, beheaded at the Meridian Gate and executed the nine tribes.
Liu Jue, Minister of the Ministry of War, beheaded at the Meridian Gate and executed the nine tribes.
Tang Sheng, the minister of the Ministry of War, beheaded at the Meridian Gate and killed the nine tribes.
Xiao Weizhen, the censor of the left capital of the Ducha Yuan, was beheaded at the Meridian Gate and the nine tribes were executed.
Anqiu Marquis Tang Xing was the main culprit in the rebellion, and he was beheaded at the Meridian Gate and the nine tribes were executed.
After a series of decrees were issued, the court hall was filled with wailing, crying, begging for mercy, and scoldings one after another.
Zhu Jianji had no expression on his face, "Now do you know whether to beg for mercy or regret? Why did you go there earlier? Begging for mercy and regretting are useful, so what is the law of Ming Dynasty used for?!"
Zhu Qiyu also had no expression on his face, he must be killed if he should be killed!
Without the ministers involved, it would be a shock to the heart and soul. Throughout the ages, except for the well-known tyrants in history, a few people would kill so many second-grade officials in one go in the court!
However... it's not over yet!
Zhu Jianji continued to bloodbath the Fengtian Palace.
Among the relatives of the Tang family, anyone with the surname Tang or the son-in-law of the Tang family would be beheaded upon questioning.
The left minister of household affairs, kill!
Right Minister of the Criminal Department, kill!
Right Minister of Rites, kill!
Right Minister of War, kill!
Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel, kill!
The left and right ministers of the Ministry of Industry should still be killed!
It's killing me.
Kill him until his blood flows like a river.
Kill him until the sky is dark and the earth is dark.
Kill him heartily.
Kill a prosperous tyrant!
Two ministers in the cabinet were not beheaded because they were only involved in the impeachment of Bai Gui.
exile.
Zhu Jianji has no plans to deal with the deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and some other miscellaneous people from other departments for the time being.
Lu Zhongdao, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, said: "Detain all the remaining traitors and traitors involved in rebellion and send them to prison for interrogation. They must not kill them by mistake, but they must not let any of them go."
They will be interrogated first, and those involved in treason will be punished according to the degree of collusion with the Tang family's relatives. The highest level will be beheading and execution of the Nine Clan, and the lowest level will be exiled to the army.
Lu Zhong immediately stepped forward and said, "I will obey the prince's will!"
He turned to Zhu Xiang and said: "Zhu Qian, please escort all the remaining rebels and traitors to the imperial prison of Beizhen Fusi. Your Beizhen Fusi will be fully responsible!"
Lu Zhong is a wonderful man.
This is the handiwork of His Highness the Crown Prince. Of course it is up to the Crown Prince to decide who will be killed in the end.
So Zhu Xiang was put in charge.
Zhu Xiang went to the errand immediately.
After half an hour, no one in the court was crying or complaining.
But it's also a lot empty.
The remaining people were silent, even Yu Qian and Wang Wen, their scalps were numb. His Highness the Prince's murderous behavior was too terrifying. In his eyes, killing people was no different than squeezing an ant to death.
It's really cruel.
If the Ming Dynasty was not peaceful and peaceful, people would think it was in the last years of the dynasty.
Such a prince looks like a tyrant!
The Ming Dynasty experienced an unprecedented bloodbath.
