Wei Guozhong was dragged out of the Hall of Heaven Tribute by the Azure Dragon.
This method was not only a physical humiliation, but also a humiliation to Wei Guozhong's integrity!
The officials were silent.
It took a long time for him to react. He knelt down in cold sweat."We failed to protect the emperor, please punish us!”
Zhu Youtang said indifferently,"Don't show your sincerity. I can't count on you. Retreat."”
After Zhu Youtang left.
The officials looked at each other.
They were both terrified and shocked by the scene just now.
No wonder when Wei Guozhong tried to assassinate him, Tian Zi didn't move and even looked disdainful.
Who were these palace maids beside the emperor?
Two weak palace maids actually had such strong skills!
……
Royal Guards, South Town Fu Division Zhao Prison.
Miserable screams rose and fell.
The commandant of the Embroidered Uniform Guards was best at torturing people.
This was the first time Wei Guozhong had experienced what it meant to be dead.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards could not only make him feel the pain in his body to the greatest extent, but also keep him awake.
This was the means of Imperial Guards Zhao Yu!
Azure Dragon sat on the armchair and looked at Wei Guozhong indifferently.
"Bah!"
"You? How dare you assassinate the Emperor? What dog!"
"Continue torturing me!"
"Lord Wei, you definitely won't be able to live, but I have a way to make you suffer more than death. If you are a man, then tell me why you assassinated the Emperor, who ordered it, and those accomplices in the Imperial Censorate! If you say it, I'll give you a quick death."
……
As the twelfth lunar month approached, the capital began to snow heavily, the vermilion walls covered in white snow, creating a spectacular sight.
The heavy snow did not seem to have any intention of stopping. It got heavier and heavier, and the entire capital was covered in snow. It was freezing cold and few people went out, but countless memorials flew into the Palace of Heavenly Purity along with the snowflakes.
Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have disappeared. He ignored these memorials and threw everything to the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor.
The ministers outside were extremely anxious because of Wei Guozhong's arrest. They all wanted to enter the palace to investigate, but they were all blocked.
Everyone was afraid that Wei Guozhong would bite them, but they were even more afraid that Emperor Hongzhi's fire would burn them.
Zhu Youtang really rarely asked about political affairs these two days.
At this moment, he was wearing a mink fur cloak and sitting in a daze on the artificial lake in the imperial garden.
"Your Majesty." Azure Dragon walked over carefully.
"Yes."
Zhu Youtang grunted.
"First Master and Old Ancestor will probably arrive in the capital tomorrow," Azure Dragon hurriedly said.”
Zhu Youtang said,"Tell me, what did Wei Guozhong say?"”
Azure Dragon bowed." It was the Lin family of the Southeast who led the way. They believed that as long as they succeeded in assassinating the Emperor, the capital would have no time to care about the Southeast. As long as they had time, they would have a way to escape.”
Zhu Youtang sneered,"You have guts."”
"How many people did the Imperial Censorate bite out?"
"He was the only one who wanted to assassinate the Emperor, but there are two other censors who have connections with the Southeast."”
Zhu Youtang nodded." Alright, hand it over to the Ministry of Justice and let the cabinet vote for it. It will be pushed to the market today."”
After a pause, Zhu Youtang said," Don't keep your family members. All three generations of your direct line will be beheaded. All your relatives will be exiled to the northern border to build the Great Wall. Those who build the Great Wall will build the Great Wall, and those who build the city will build the city."”
"I'll do it now!" Azure Dragon cupped his fists.”
Zhu Youtang nodded. After sitting for a while, it was time to get up.
Azure Dragon quickly helped Zhu Youtang up.
Although he knew that the Emperor was highly skilled in martial arts and this little action would not tire him out, Azure Dragon did not dare to neglect the etiquette that should be shown.
Zhu Youtang waved his hand,"Let Liu Daxia enter the palace."”
"Yes!"
Just as Azure Dragon was about to leave, Zhu Youtang said casually,""Anyone who has dealings with Wei Guozhong and the Imperial Censorate would rather miss it than let it go.”
Azure Dragon's face twitched as he shouted,"I will obey the Emperor's will!"
Ruthless!
Azure Dragon thought that the Embroidered Uniform Guards were too ruthless.
However, after listening to the Emperor's words today, Azure Dragon finally understood what it meant to cut the grass and leave no roots!
……
The outer court was already in chaos.
Especially the cabinet and the six departments.
At this moment, they wished they could devour Wei Guozhong's flesh and blood.
His Majesty was virtuous and devoted himself to governing the country. He brought order out of chaos in the Ming Dynasty. There were actually animals who dared to assassinate such a Ming army?
If His Majesty did not attend court in the future, Liu Jian would destroy the ancestral graves of the Zhong family of Wei.
Fortunately, the thing he was worried about did not happen.
"Lord Liu, the Emperor has summoned you into the palace.”
Liu Daxia did not dare to delay. He hurriedly put on his official robe and walked towards the Forbidden City.
……
Zhu Youtang looked at Liu Daxia indifferently and simply instructed,""Send a few crouching tiger cannons to Qi Jingtong and have him blow up all the ancestral properties of the Lin family in Southeastern China. Consume all the wealth and silk, hand over the land to the officials, and divide it equally among the coastal people.”
Liu Daxia was shocked.
He had long known that the knife in Zhu Youtang's heart had not been opened yet. As expected, what should have come still came.
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
Zhu Youtang clasped his hands behind his back and prepared to leave. He thought for a moment and said,"When Ma Wensheng comes back, push all the officials of the southeast to kneel outside the Meridian Gate.”
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
……
Zhu Youtang's words made the few Brocade Guards left behind in the capital come out in full force.
Wei Guozhong's family members were all in the capital, and in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they were all captured.
When they saw Wei Guozhong being tortured and dying in the imperial prison, the family members wept.
Groups of family members were captured and sent to the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Azure Dragon looked at these bastards indifferently and said sternly to the lieutenants,""First, chop off the hands of these dogs, then push them all to the Meridian Gate and kill them! Leave no one alive! Men, women, old and young!"
"Announce his crimes to the world!"
"Continue investigating! Anyone who had dealings with Wei Guozhong, right or wrong, should be arrested first!”
……
Not long after.
Wei Guozhong and the other two Imperial Censorates were escorted into the prison carriage, along with their families.
The bluestone roads of the capital were surrounded by commoners.
I heard that these people tried to assassinate the emperor.
The commoners were furious.
All kinds of eggs, vegetables, and other things were thrown at Wei Guozhong and his men.
Such a wise ruler and saint, how dare these ungrateful things assassinate him?
There were even some who stopped the prison carriage and smashed bricks at Wei Guozhong's face.
The streets of the capital were instantly congested.
The officials of the Ministry of Justice were afraid that something would go wrong, so they pushed the commoners away and pulled Wei Guozhong and the others to the entrance of the market.
"Slash!"
After the token was passed down, the heads of the three censors and thirty-six family members fell to the ground!
However, this was not the end.
After Wei Guozhong and the others were killed, Ma Wensheng's escort of the southeast officials arrived in the capital.
They did not even have the time to take off their official robes.
There were even five officials with crimson official robes of the third rank and above!
These people lowered their heads, their faces filled with panic.
They didn't know what Zhu Youtang would do to them! However, they had a vague premonition that Tian Zi would definitely make them regret their lives.
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