"Reporting to the Crown Prince!"
"I am preparing to send someone to inform the salt merchants in various places!”
"But the journey is far…"
"So, you've made no progress?”
Le Qi cupped her hands and slowly found an excuse for herself.
He looked respectful on the surface, but in his heart, he was thinking about how to brush it off.
However, before he could finish, he was interrupted by Ying Ziye!
"Uh, this…"
He stammered, not knowing what to say. At the same time, he secretly thought of an excuse.
"I just…"
"Men, drag him out and behead him!"
"The entire Yuefu will be executed!"
However, just as he was about to explain in detail, Ying Ziye suddenly flew into a rage and directly ordered to be executed.
"Crash…!"
The palace guards who had been waiting outside the hall immediately rushed in when they heard the order.
Then, under the surprised gazes of the ministers, he carried Leqi and walked out.
"Your Highness, I know my mistake!"
"Please spare me this time!"
When Le Qi, who had been indifferent just now, heard that he was going to kill her, she was stunned at first and then immediately panicked!
He didn't expect that Ying Ziye would kill his entire family for such a small matter.
One had to know that the decree to collect taxes had only been issued for a day. How could they receive the taxes so quickly?
For a moment, he anxiously begged for mercy, hoping that Ying Ziye would take back his order.
Unfortunately, even when his head fell to the ground, no miracle happened!
"Men, pass down the order. The entire Yuefu will be executed. No one is allowed to live!”
Just as Leqi was begging for mercy like a pig being slaughtered, Zhang Han summoned a palace guard and gave him a few instructions.
He was the one who had sent the troops to surround Yue Fu, so he was naturally the one who had to carry out the extermination mission.
However, he still had to attend the morning court session here to await orders, so he could only send someone to pass on the Crown Prince's orders!
His voice was not loud, but almost all the officials in the court heard him clearly!
In an instant, everyone felt a chill run down their spines, and cold sweat unknowingly broke out.
"Grand Servant Tian Yi!"
"Zong Zheng, Han Fuyuan!"
After killing Le Qi, Ying Ziye pointed out the names of two ministers.
The Grand Servant and Zong Zheng were also one of the nine ministers.
The officials in the court were also divided into ranks.
Among them, the three dukes had the highest official positions, followed by the nine ministers!
In other words, the three dukes and nine chancellors were the most important officials in the court!
Their decisions would greatly affect the decisions of the officials below them!
"I'm here!"
"I'm here!"
Hearing Ying Ziye call out their names, both of them were shocked.
However, when they remembered that they were only officials in charge of the imperial horses and the affairs of the royal family, the two of them were slightly relieved.
Their duty was to manage the affairs of the royal family, not to collect taxes!
"After this prince issued the decree yesterday, did the two of you make any progress?”
"How much tax did you collect from the nobles yesterday?”
Ying Ziye stood with his hands behind his back and asked faintly.
"Replying to Your Highness, I am a servant in charge of the royal horses and the allocation of the warhorses of the Imperial Court.”
"I am indebted to Your Majesty's favor and have been conferred the title of Zong Zheng, in charge of the affairs of the imperial clan. Even if I wanted to interfere in the matter of collecting taxes, I have no right to do so!”
The two of them put on a bitter face and pretended to be in a difficult position.
This kind of thing that offended the aristocrats, they would push it away if they could, and they would not do it if they could!
Anyway, this wasn't their responsibility. They didn't believe that Ying Ziye would try to force them to commit a crime.
"So you're saying that you've made no progress?”
However, to their surprise, Ying Ziye didn't seem to care about their duties at all and directly asked about the progress of the tax collection.
"This is not under my jurisdiction!"
"Yes, the officials in the court have their own duties. The two of us can't overstep our authority, right?”
The two of them defended themselves righteously.
"Men, drag the two of them out and kill them!”
"The entire Tian and Han residences will be executed!”
After listening to their detailed explanation, Ying Ziye didn't waste any more time and directly ordered the execution!
However, when he gave the order, his expression was very calm. There was no sign of anger or roaring.
It was as if he had killed three officials and only three nests of ants. It was quite calm.
The more he acted like this, the more terrified the civil and military officials in the court looked at him!
When the First Emperor Ying Zheng killed someone, he would be furious at first, and then he would order the execution.
And this new Crown Prince was even more terrifying!
There were no signs before the murder, and his emotions were as calm as ever!
However, he would exterminate people's families at the drop of a hat!
From yesterday until now, he had killed at least 20,000 people!
Just Zhao Gao's family alone had slaughtered thousands of people!
Today, with the addition of Leqi, Tian Yi, Zong Zheng and Han Fu, there were at least 20,000!
More than 20,000 people!
He was killed just like that!
For a moment, everyone in the imperial court felt insecure and did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look straight at him, afraid that they would be called out and their entire family would be executed!
As for pleading for the two of them, he did not dare to do so!
There was no time to hide, so how would he dare to provoke the Crown Prince?
"Your Highness, please spare my life!"
"Your Highness, you've been wronged!"
"Ying, you killed the innocent!”
"Little bastard, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!”
"Pfft! Ah…!"
When the Grand Servant Tian Yi and Zong Zheng Han Fu were dragged out, they were still begging for mercy.
In the end, when he saw that begging for mercy was fruitless, he directly cursed.
However, not long after he cursed, his head was chopped off outside the hall!
At the same time, the order to exterminate the two of them was also passed down.
"Yesterday, this prince said that if you can't complete this prince's mission within two months, all the officials will be executed!”
"This prince doesn't care about the reason, only the result!”
"If there are those who are not convinced and feel that they have been wronged, then they can only go to the underworld to find the King of Hell and cry out!”
After executing the two ministers, Ying Ziye began to lecture them.
His voice was calm and there was not much fluctuation in his tone, but in the ears of the ministers, it was like a judgment from a judge who wanted their lives. They were terrified!
At this moment, they finally understood that this kid did not listen to any explanation when killing people.
Only the results!
Even if you were a pig, you had to climb a tree if you were told to, regardless of whether you had the ability to climb it or not!
He only looked at the results, not the reasons!
"Zhao Xiu!"
"Zhang Hongwen!"
"Shang An!"
……
After lecturing them, Ying Ziye called out the names of a few more officials.
At this moment, Meng Yi realized that the ministers who were killed today were all Zhao Gao's cliques!
They were all people on the register!
In that instant, he finally understood that it wasn't that the Crown Prince didn't want to kill these people yesterday.
Instead, he wanted to kill them during the morning assembly today!
Then, he would use this to intimidate the other ministers in the court!
In other words, these people were not executed because they did not do their job well!
Instead, they were executed because they formed a clique for personal gain and attempted to rebel with Zhao Gao!
This move was brilliant!
Not only did he get rid of the rebellious minister, but he also intimidated all the civil and military officials!
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