Chapter 196: The killing spree

Hear the word kill.

That Liu Wenjun’s third son, Liu Jin, had already pissed his pants.

He warily said, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty …… This has nothing to do with me, nothing to do with me! It’s my father, it’s all my father ……”

He looked at Liu Wenjun and shivered, “It was him …… who made the sins …… Your Majesty …… He… …He is not my father …… not my father ……”

Liu Wenjun had nothing but stabbing pain inside at this time.

Zhu Di, however, stared dead at Liu Wenjun, his lips hooked in a cold smile.

A couple of big hombre generals were ready to make a move.

Liu Jin, on the other hand, continued: “Your Majesty …… what I said …… said is true, is my mother told me, when …… when she was with the House of Zhou The bookkeeper fornicated before giving birth to me, my father …… No, Liu Wenjun he did not know, has always been in the dark …… Your Majesty take a look at me …… I and Liu Wenjun… . can there be a half resemblance? Only when I was last year old did my mother tell me the truth …… I coveted the Liu family’s greatness and did not dare to recognize my ancestor …… But I am really not his son …… ”

“……”

The temple was quiet.

Liu Wenjun originally wanted to cry to Zhu Di to beg for mercy and spare his last son a life, but now …… actually also silent.

Zhang Anshi: “……”

But that big Han general, but where to care so much, at the moment was about to raise the sword to chop down.

Zhu Di’s mind moved, and in the nick of time, he said in a deep voice, “And slow down.”

Zhu Di gazed at Liu Jin and said, “Can this matter be taken seriously? If you dare to deceive the king, then I am afraid that you will not be able to live or die.”

Liu Jin busily said, “This matter can be known as soon as I ask, my real father …… is still in the mansion now …… As for Liu Wenjun this beast …… Your Majesty, he is really has nothing to do with the little people ah, but also please your majesty to be clear about it.”

Zhu Di coldly smiled and looked at Liu Wenjun, faintly said, “I naturally will not involve others, if not Liu Wenjun children and grandchildren, naturally can be pardoned …….”

Liu Wenjun was struck by lightning, he scratched his heart in pain, and then gritted his teeth and said, “Good, good …… really too good.”

At this time, Liu Wenjun was like crazy, pounding his chest and stumbling to say, “Wan Wan did not expect, the family is unfortunate, I have fallen to such a state, but Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… this son . . this son but still need to kill.”

Zhu Di said with a cold face, “You also dare to teach me?”

Liu Wenjun, however, said, “This Liu Jin …… if it is really the accountant’s real father …… then …… then… …That bookkeeper Zhou Cheng …… although is the bookkeeper hired by the guilty minister, but in fact, he is the son of the guilty minister’s father ……”

“What ……”

This time …… everyone is taut.

Liu Wenjun gritted his teeth and said: “My mother, sex like fire, when my father secretly raised a concubine outside, gave birth to this bookkeeper Zhou Cheng, and so my father dying, afraid of Zhou Cheng no one care, so they whispered sin minister, taught sin minister care, but how dare sin minister openly and honestly will be his income in the house? So …… then taught him to change his name to Zhou Cheng, so that this Zhou Cheng to the government to do a free accountant to raise, his name is the accountant, in fact, is the sin of the minister half-brother ……”

Said here, Liu Wenjun big hate, biting teeth are broken: “sin minister never thought, that kill a thousand knife Zhou Cheng, actually is hooking his sister-in-law, also gave birth to this sinful seed, this Liu Jin, even if it is not the son of the minister, but …… can he …. …but is also regarded as the nephew of the minister, his majesty both said, to exterminate the sin minister full door, the son of the minister to kill, but the nephew of the minister should not be put to death?”

Zhang Anshi, who was watching from the side, was on the verge of being dumbfounded.

He subconsciously wanted to reach out, to cover the ears of the person next to him, but his hands fluttered, and he realized …… that it seems that Zhu Junji is not here today.

It is a pity that his good nephew Zhu Zhanji is not there, Zhu Zhanji if he knows, must be angry for several days.

That Liu Jin’s trembling voice came out, “Hu …… nonsense, you nonsense …… this …… how is it possible … …”

“Your Majesty, what the guilty minister said, every word is true, can also be checked, this sinful son …… he …… he and his father, are my Liu family bloodline …… ”

A few big Han generals looked at Zhu.

Zhu nodded slightly.

At this time, he picked up on Liu Wenjun’s words.

So the great Han general ignored Liu Jin’s pleas for mercy again and directly chopped down with his sword.

He then saw Liu Jin’s body spew out a cloud of blood mist, accompanied by an unwilling wail, and fell into a pool of blood.

Liu Wenjun seems to have gone crazy, he grinned in a muddled way, giggled and said, “Never thought of …… never thought of ah …….”

Zhu Di, however, looked at Liu Wenjun: “Pass the decree down to …… the Liu family people …… not to stay one.”

“Yes.”

Several large generals answered the order and dragged the corpse away.

After ordering down, Zhu Di then stared at Liu Wenjun tightly, coldly said, “Liu Wenjun, I come to ask you …… how much silver you actually coveted and inked me?”

Liu Wenjun collapsed to the ground miserably, in fact, at this time, he knew that he didn’t have any more chances to live.

What follows …… is nothing more than torture over and over again.

Liu Wenjun period, “Got …… got one hundred thousand taels …… shipped to the …… is the sinful minister’s old house in Binzhou ……”

Zhu Di was furious: “Eleven hundred thousand? It seems that by now, you still think I’m a fool, don’t you?”

Liu Wenjun prostrated himself on the ground, performed a five body salute, with a crying voice: “It is really one hundred thousand taels …… accounts …… are clear, clear… …”

Zhu this time, suddenly laughed out loud ……

One hundred thousand taels …… What does this mean?

It means that countless treasures of great value, countless manpower and resources spent, and countless people s blood in exchange for the treasure, as a result …… of one hundred and ten thousand taels, it was secretly sold cheaply by a head of the Ministry of the Household.

Even if the person in front of him, the ink of several million taels of grain silver, Zhu Di also recognized, after all, …… the money moves the heart.

Available at ……

Zhu Di raised his eyes, scanned the hundred officials, suddenly said in a meaningful tone: “The price geometry of the treasures outside, I can be deceived, all the ministers …… does no one know? On weekdays …… you have not used less ivory and rhinoceros horn, and not less spices, right?”

At these words, all the hundred officials were terrified, and they all hung their heads low, and then unanimously bowed down and said, “The guilty ministers will die.”

But what Zhu apparently wanted to hear was not this so-called ten thousand deaths.

Rather, he realized that among the hundred officials, apart from the really stupid ones, it was a group of guys who pretended to be stupid.

Many people are clear that there is something fishy here, but those who know do not say anything, and even …… there are people who are complicit, which reminds Zhu Di of the empty seal case.

Empty seal case such an obvious case of malpractice, in which I do not know how many local magistrates to use the money and grain, shortfalls in the national treasury.

But how long did this go on?

From Zhu Yuanzhang ascension to the throne has been Hongwu eight years, that is, eight years of time, no one to reveal! From the Beijing officials to the local parents, whether it is from the benefits, or did not get the benefits, everyone is silent.

Until Zhu Yuanzhang found the situation, asked to clean up, but the dynasty, but all the civil and military, but in favor of it, what back and forth to reconcile the hard work, the accounts do not match the words, will create a lot of trouble clouds.

These people said vibrant words, as if every one is wronged, but do not know …… this account …… relationship is the tax, your local government collected how much people fat and cream, actually can directly collude with the Ministry of households, fill in a gas, this is still a good thing?

Is it not the case that you can say whatever you like about this tax and report whatever losses you like?

So, Zhu Yuanzhang went on a killing spree.

But even now, there are still many people who are still complaining for those involved in the case of the empty seal, thinking that the punishment is too harsh.

In the beginning …… which is even in this more than eight years, someone brought up the uploading of this matter, in response to this matter, please Zhu Yuanzhang to formulate a suitable reconciliation method, the fact may not provoke Zhu Yuanzhang big anger.

The whole thing, everyone thinks many magistrates just have no choice, but do not know, Zhu Yuanzhang resentment, precisely their own ascension to the throne for so many years, when you did not say that the reconciliation of the trouble, each sneaky, hidden from the emperor as the financial system for nothing, and so on when Zhu Yuanzhang really found the time, but then each pretend to be aggrieved!

It can be imagined that Zhu Yuanzhang, at that time, faced with these people, his heart was abhorred to such an extent.

Then again, Zhu Yuanzhang such a ruthless person, as usual, there are people forward and backward when the emperor is a fool, we tacitly join hands together to fool.

Although Zhu Di is also ruthless, but after all, the segment is still far from Zhu Yuanzhang!

If I don’t fool you, will I be able to live up to my own reputation?

At this time, Zhu Di see no one to respond, the whole person was so angry that he was trembling, angry and swooshing: “The merit examination of the Ministry of mandarins, Liu Wenjun is the top choice. The household department side, also praised him. Wen Yuan Ge, also praised him as a gentleman. I summoned all the ministers here to ask what they think of him, but none of them criticized him!”

“Are all the ministers blind and deaf? Millions of taels of silver treasure goods ah, he got more than 100,000 taels of silver, he dared to use more than 100,000 taels of silver to sell off so much treasure goods cheaply. In your daily life, you are not talking about the people’s fat and the people’s wealth? Not the suffering of the people? Not for those who go to the West Ocean shipwrights, craftsmen and households to exhaust their efforts? I ask you, if you really have half a compassion, why are you silent about it? Into your mother, you group of dogs!”

The ministers kowtowed and added, “I am guilty of ten thousand deaths.”

Such words, really hear Zhu Di straight shivering, he laughed and said, “Good, good, you guys say good, the crime of ten thousand deaths, Xie Jin ……”

Xie Jin trembled violently before saying, “I …… am …… here.”

Zhu Di said, “You do not also say that he is a gentleman, when …… this person whether you recommend?”

Xie Jin busy said, “I have eyes without pearls, really damned ……”

Zhu snorted coldly, “Is that all you can say?”

Zhu Di raised his eyes and looked deeply at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin was terrified, and hesitantly said, “Your Majesty ……鑷�……”

Zhu Di said: “a few days ago, you said to me about the merits and demerits of the next Western Ocean, said the thought of those who went to the sea of soldiers and civilians, you will be in tears, said it is …… so many of the elite, in the dead and wounded along the way, you are pained, this …… is what you said? ”

Xie Jin hardened his head and said, “I do borrow the saint’s mouth, said: the road of a thousand times the country, respect and trust, save and love people, so that the people in time.”

But I have to say, Xie Jin is worthy of talent, citing the classics, hand pinch, the meaning of this sentence is: governance of a large country, should be engaged in respect, honesty and no deception, saving the use of money, love and care for the people, requisitioning labor should not violate the agricultural time.

These words were obviously a euphemism for His Majesty to save the people’s energy and not to engage in those vain things, such an emperor is a saintly ruler.

Zhu Di said nonchalantly, “It seems that Secretary Xie, is very much in love with the people!”

Xie Jinyin said with fear and trembling, “I …… minister …… is a scholar, the saint’s door …… there is not … …not love the people?”

Zhu Di said, “Then such a large number of people, they died in the middle of the ocean, do you feel pain?”

Xie Jin said, “It hurts …… it hurts ……”

In fact, Xie Jin right now, can only go along with Zhu Di’s words, he did not dare to speculate on Zhu Di’s mind at this time.

Zhu Di, however, looked at him mockingly, “So many fathers, no children, you are also a person who loves the people like a child, pain, since it should be. But …… I see that you are not painful at all.”

Xie Jin was immediately shocked, “Your Majesty ……鑷�……鑷�……鑷�……”

Zhu Di looked at him coldly and said, “If you really had no son, would you be so calm? I see that you are only fearful and terrified, how could you ever have half a bit of hatred?”

Xie Jin said, “I ……”

Zhu Di at this time a turn of the gaze, but is also towards the loss of Ha Road: “I see …… only their own dead son, only know the pain, such as this Liu Wenjun this ……”

Xie Jin’s face instantly turned a few points white, and hastened to say, “Your Majesty, please listen to the minister ……”

Zhu Di, however, interrupted him and said faintly, “Xie Jin’s son, Xie Zhenliang, decree death!”

He said this lightly.

Xie Jin heard, only feel dizzy, like the whole person’s strength was drained at once.

The hundred officials were terrified, all of them panicked.

But see Zhu Di then said: “You see, now the solution to the Secretary of the family is a bit of a dead son of the mold, you and other ministers, according to me, is because they have a son, only because of the people’s sons do not take it seriously, will be the people’s fat and wealth, as your meat and fish tool! No son is good, no son, not love the people like a son?”

“Give me to take down Liu Wenjun, to the Imperial Prison, day and night torture, my treasure goods to go where, to give me one by one, all accounted for, and …… if it also involves other people, Jin Yiwei do not have to report, and immediately apprehended.”

Xie Jin only felt dizzy, muttering under his breath, “Your …… Majesty ……”

At this point, even Hu Guang was in a hurry.

He and Jinyin …… are children’s relatives, has long been designated a doll marriage, that Jinyin’s son Xie Zhenliang, is also considered his future son-in-law.

So he hastened to say, “Your Majesty …… If someone commits a crime, it is since the execution of the guilty minister, but this matter really has nothing to do with Xie Gong …… Your Majesty will not be able to …… ”

Zhu Di only glanced at Hu Guang and then spat out, “Does Minister Hu have a son?”

When Hu Guang heard this, his face changed violently, and then he was busy worshipping and did not dare to speak again.

Zhu Di said, “Today is right and wrong, I go by you to say, is nothing more than chewing the root of the tongue, today …… not to check this matter out, not to my treasure to come back, even if it is less than a penny, you and so on one by one to carefully their own head!”

He said, and whisked his sleeve away.

Only halfway there, under the horrified gazes of the ministers, he suddenly came back in a hurry, exclaiming, “Zhang Anshi, what are you still standing there watching?”

“Ah ……” Zhang Anshi violently a meal, and then as a dream, he just suddenly thought, as if he is on the side of Zhu Di, then busy head down to look at the ground Xie Jin and Hu Guang, and then a slinking after Zhu Di’s back, angry.

“Into his mother, this group of animals that are worse than pigs and dogs.” Zhu Di cursed all the way.

“How dare they fool me, what do they think I am?”

Zhang Anshi comforted, “Your Majesty, they still dare to fool Emperor Taizu Gao, who executed so many people, but didn’t he change? Your Majesty mustn’t be angry, just think about Emperor Taizu Gao and you will be at peace.”

This sentence, no less than adding oil to the fire: “These people are all crowned, saying what to eat the king’s salary, loyal to the king’s affairs, what to make a success, make a statement, what to rule the country and level the world, but are a group of moth-eaters, not to recover my treasure …… me… …me ……”

He was so angry that he seemed to go into shock all at once.

Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di worriedly, if he died of anger, whose is this?

At that time, that hundred officials will surely bite the bullet and say that it was him who plotted against His Majesty.

So Zhang Anshi was busy saying again, “Your Majesty, calm your anger, isn’t it fortunate that you found it?”

“Those treasures, when the time comes to recover them, you will auction them off.” Zhu didn’t hesitate to say, “This matter can’t be handed over to these vermin anymore.”

Zhang Anshi nodded, but in his heart, he thought, “Can it still be recovered?

His Majesty is still mainly too big ah, if you know this matter, after the secret arrangement, a sudden attack, the treasure goods may still be able to come back, but first a big kill, on this up and down the people, only afraid of the first time, is to erase all traces of it.

I’m just afraid it’s too late.

Just these things, Zhang Anshi did not point out, he decided …… to Qixia back of a batch of treasure goods, temporarily after some time before the auction …… It seems …… that the price is going to skyrocket.

“Then the minister will go ahead and make the arrangements, and in addition to that, have the Inner Chitose ……”

“Go on, go on, to take them as a warning. Of course, there is no intention to knock you, just afraid of waiting for you to grow up in the future, also learned their greasy, you are the crown prince raised, and I, and the crown prince is a heart, give me firmly keep in mind, know it!”

Under the glare of Zhu Di’s fierce tiger eyes, Zhang Anshi resentfully said, “Yes, remember.”

……

Zhu returned to the Wulou, still still furious.

“Your Majesty.” Yilungha said, “The brocade guards have gone to the Xie family ……”

Zhu Di said expressionlessly, “There is no need to report.”

Also Lostha said, “The slave girl knows.”

This sentence, is like completely determine the death penalty of the son of the de-Jinzhi.

Of course, Yiluoha is clear that this is a warning, not only to warn Xie Jin, but also to warn the court officials.

Whether there is any fault or not, it is the emperor’s decision to kill or not to kill, it is also the emperor’s decision.

As for killing someone’s son and putting them to work.

This is also the norm in the early Ming Dynasty, when the Hongwu Emperor was around, he often did this, such as the famous Fang Xiaoru, his father, Fang Keqin, was the governor of Jining, it is said that the official reputation of the government is very good, outstanding performance, but because of the case of the empty seal and was executed.

Thereafter, Zhu Yuanzhang let Fang Xiaoru work as usual, between each other, did not feel the slightest embarrassment.

This Xie Jin now also want to repair the book, but also the Wen Yuan Pavilion University Secretary, there are many things at hand, can not leave.

Killing his son and making him work like a good boy is a good use of his majesty’s time.

Your Majesty is indeed worthy of upholding the laws of the ancestors, and I don’t know how many times more filial than that Jianwen.

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Zhang Anshi returned to Qixia in a hurry.

Immediately, one side summoned Chen Li to come, face to face, said: “within the thousand households, temporarily put down the matter at hand, good life will be stolen and sold treasure goods of the case to check, the north township division side afraid has been out, you also grasp.”

Chen Li was confused, but he didn’t dare to say a word of no, so he immediately said, “I will go and set up the manpower.”

Zhang Anshi also called Zhu Jin, commanded: “The auction, move back some days, say …… say …… the son of the solution of the public died, I Zhang Anshi is very sad, the auction house rested for seven days, at least wait for his son to pass the first seven days before said .”

“Ya, Lord Xie’s son died?” Zhu Jin was very surprised, but then thought …… What the hell is this about us? Marquis, we open the door to do business, his son died died, and we are not even hit.

Zhang Anshi saw that he was still standing dumbfounded, and immediately glared at him and said, “Don’t go yet!”

Still slightly hesitant, Zhu Jin said, “This reason, will it not seem perfunctory?”

“Stupid, it is to be perfunctory, not only perfunctory, but also to pretend that we do not want to sell …… at all.”

“Ah ……” Chen Li was surprised, “The marquis means …… hesitate to sell? This will not be wrong, when …… Marquis you …… can because of tung oil ……”

Zhang Anshi said: “Tung oil is not the same, tung oil is related to national livelihood, the price rose to the sky to go, the people are not living? But our treasure goods, this is sold to the rich and noble families, naturally the more expensive the better. People do not care about silver, they value is expensive, you do not expensive, he is still too much to match their own price.”

“Oh …… know.” Zhu Jin beat the spirit, Hou two mouths, or what he said.

On the contrary, Zhang Anshi sighed at this time, very emotional, said: “Sinning ah, sinning …… I really can not see these things, call the old four, I want to let him help to go to ask, Xiejia head of the seventh day of the head of the family to open a seat, no matter what, the same dynasty as a minister, should go to eat a seat, otherwise there is no courtesy. ”

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Xie Jin was sitting straight in the public room at this time, can be described as sitting on pins and needles.

Hu Guang was also a bit flustered, he was different from Yang Rong.

Yang Rong can stay out of it, this is because Yang Rong after all, not too much personal relationship with Fukujin.

But Hu Guang and his same year, the same hometown plus the relationship of marriage, always can not pull the face, cut the robe.

At that moment, in the public room, he said with a bitter smile, “Duke Xie, and don’t be in a hurry, perhaps later when His Majesty’s anger subsides, a beneficent decree will come.”

Xie Jin only sat, looking straight at the void, at this time …… others like a pumped up general, actually mute.

“That Liu Wenjun, is really hateful, is we look away from the eyes, who ever thought, he is such a shameless person, hey …… this matter …… I also feel fishy… …”

Xie Jinyin deeply looked at Hu Guang: “The subject made a mistake, according to the law is, why this …… this ……”

His lips quivered and he shivered, unable to speak.

Hu Guang then said, “Hey, Duke Xie, it’s time to be careful with your words.”

Xie Jinyin painfully said: “I know your majesty, nine times out of ten, is to scare me, just …… this kind of humiliation of ministers …… I really want to hang up the crown and go, do not want to serve anymore … . would rather go back to my hometown, teach my children to read, and tell them that it is good to do anything, but not to be an official.”

Hu Guang sighs, “Hey ……”

Xie Jin painfully said, “Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, ah, with tigers and wolves …… I …… I ……”

He continued painfully, “It’s not as good today as it was in the old days.”

Hu Guang no longer knew how to exhort.

But he couldn’t help but say, “If it’s really not possible, you might as well resign, or you might be saved.”

He insight jin born out of the heart of the retreat, and thought of Yang Rong on the evaluation of xie jin, seems to think, xie jin this kind of nature, stay here …… sooner or later may lead to trouble.

However, when Xie Jin heard this statement from Hu Guang, he suddenly gave Hu Guang a wary look and was silent.

And this time …… Hu Guang seems to realize something.

As if he misspoke, this kind of retreat words, Xie Jin can say, but he can not say, because Xie Jin opened his mouth, which is called the high wind, but he persuaded, it became moving what crooked mind.

Xie Jinyin …… is simply not possible to draw back, his stack love for the position of power, is by no means what he said in his mouth like this.

Just at this time, a middle book servant came in quickly, this servant face miserable, bowed his head and said, “Outside the palace …… outside the palace head spread the news ……”

Xie Jin recovered a bit of mental energy, revealing a few points of gravity and said, “Say.”

“The brocade guards took the driving sticker, went to understand the public house, arrested your son …… heard …… that the son has been executed.”

Xie Jin’s little bit of spirit that was not easy to raise, as if all of a sudden by this sentence was broken, the body shook violently after a shock, then staggered up.

He thought it was just a scare.

Thought there was still a favor to be done.

But when he heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue: “No, no …… impossible …… why …… why ……”

Then, a eunuch actually came.

This eunuch’s face was expressionless.

Hu Guang got up, “Your Excellency came here, do you have an oral message?”

The eunuch said, “We have received an oracle, and we only came here to look at it, His Majesty said: tell the slave girl to see if Xie Gong died of his son …… whether he is grieving.”

Hu Guang: “……”

He looked worriedly at Xie Jin.

But the insights of Jinyin frozen in place, the body is about to hold up the general.

Suddenly, Xie Jinyin came out a cry of grief: “My son ah …… my son ……”

The eunuch remained expressionless, only standing aside, like a wooden stake.

Hu Guang’s face was miserable, he couldn’t help but be sad about the rabbit’s death, he wanted to say something, but shook his head.

Xie Jinyin wailed, shouted, involuntarily stood up, beating chest and feet way: “My son is innocent, my son is innocent, what mistakes he made?”

The eunuch had no expression on his face, still looking coldly at Xie Jin.

After the pain, Xie Jin wiped his tears, only his body was still trembling.

The eunuch said, “His Majesty also asked if Lord Xie was in pain?”

Xie Jin at this time actually bowed down, toward the eunuch trembling said, “Back to your majesty, the pain …… is unbearable.”

The eunuch then said, “I hope that Lord Xie can sympathize with the parents of those buried in the sea and take this as a warning.”

Xie Jin prostrated himself on the ground, his body trembling unceasingly.

He tried with extreme difficulty to open his mouth, but the next words were really hard to get out.

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