Out of Kunning Palace, Zhu Gaochi sat in a sedan chair and rushed to the Huagai Palace, Huagai Palace. That is, the Forbidden City Zhonghe Hall. Yongle was built in 18 years to imitate the Nanjing palace. Its south is the Fengtian Palace, its north is the Jinshen Palace, all are on the central axis of the Great Inner Palace, the hall has three steps from the ground, it is the highest palace building. Zhu Gaochi met with hundreds of civil and military officials here.

After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, political affairs were scattered in six departments, no one had a general outline, and everything must be done in the face of the king's request, so everything poured into the court meeting like a tide, Zhu Gaochi sat on the throne, first listened to the "trial speech, ask about the history and the gains and losses of civil political affairs", often get along with each other, that is, give preferential promotion, and employ people "face to choose". In addition to major events such as elections, grain inventory, suggestions, execution of prisoners, and the opening of yamen, as well as such matters as disasters, rain, and the number of prisoners, there are also many miscellaneous matters such as "buying cattle and farm tools" and "recovering stolen families." Anything that involves "confidential matters in the army and guarding access control and customs defense", Xu Guanqi soldiers "play"; Folk lawsuits are often "sealed and heard".

Zhu Gaochi has also been the emperor for a few months, and he did not have the initial panic about these trivial affairs, but now he smiled indifferently, unless there was a major event, he said that after discussing with the ministers, he would take some ideas.

After a report of no details, the sky was completely bright, Zhu Gaochi rubbed his somewhat swollen brain slightly, exhaled heavily, glanced at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and hesitated for a while, as if he had made up his mind.

The Manchu Dynasty saw the emperor's expression in his eyes, and he didn't know what the emperor was going to do.

After only a few months on the throne, he did do a lot of moves, first released the former household secretary Xia Yuanji, and then canceled Zheng He's scheduled sea voyage, canceled the tea and horse trade on the border, and stopped the battle of Annam.

In the main hall, no one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed a little strange.

Zhu Gaochi took a heavy breath, glanced at the three Yangs on the left, and secretly had some confidence in his heart, these three people are his henchmen, since he was the prince, he has been following him for many years, never abandoning, this friendship is not comparable to others, in order to do this well, some time ago, he even rebuilt the cabinet, appointed Yang Rong as the secretary of the Taichang Temple, Yang Shiqi as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Jin Youzi as the waiter of the household department, and also served as a cabinet scholar. In this way, the official position that originally only had five grades suddenly became a third-grade officer, and it was much easier to assist him in doing things.

The three Yangs are Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu because of his residence and county wang, and people at the time called Yang Pu "Nanyang", Yang Shiqi "Xiyang", and Yang Rong "Dongyang". When Zhu Gaochi was ordered to supervise the country, the three of them worked together to support the government and many corrections, such as training soldiers, strict border defense, dismissal of detective captains, prudent prisons, and strict nuclear departments, etc., which were in order, and won Zhu Gaochi's trust and respect.

When the three of them saw Zhu Gaochi coming, they each nodded to Zhu Gaochi quietly.

Zhu Gaochi understood, exhaled, raised his eyes and quietly glanced at the ministers who were secretly wondering: "Do Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng have any descendants?" “

Zhu Gaochi's voice was not loud, but the entire hall was quiet, so everyone heard Zhu Gaochi's words clearly.

The stunned ministers didn't react for a while, you look at me, I look at you, and after coming back to their senses and understanding what the emperor meant, the huge canopy hall became noisy.

It is no wonder that as early as the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Zhu Gaochi suddenly issued an edict that all the family members of the ministers who were confiscated as slaves because of the martyrdom during the Jianwen Emperor period would be pardoned for the common people and given land to let them live and work in peace and contentment.

Zhu Di Fengtian is difficult, and the banner is that there are rebels in the court, so the uprising is difficult, and the rebels of the court Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru and others have killed countless people, punished countless slaves, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others have also been characterized as traitors, this matter is a certainty, and there is no reason to change it.

But the emperor still issued a holy decree, because the new emperor ascended the throne and needed the support of the ministers, and the release of the families of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others was not a big deal, so no one among the ministers made a noise, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence to this fact.

It's good now, but the emperor suddenly asked about the traitorous ministers back then, which made them not surprised.

Looking at the ministers who were whispering because of surprise, Zhu Gaochi looked at the chattering ministers quietly, looking at their overwhelmed appearance, Zhu Gaochi suddenly felt a little proud.

It took the panicked minister a long time to react, and Jin Youzi, the head of the household department, hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the investigation of Weichen, Qi Taishang has a son, who was only six years old at the time, and was saved from killing and was punished by Emperor Chengzu. There are not many descendants of Huang Zicheng, and according to Weichen's investigation, there are no descendants. (Later, I learned that Huang Zicheng had a son who changed his surname and escaped, and was later pardoned). ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed, back then, Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng provoked Emperor Jianwen to cut the domain of his father, if Emperor Jianwen listened to the construction of Gao Wei, the left judge of the former military governor's mansion, and Zhuo Jing, the servant of the household department, and implemented the method of "pushing grace" in the Han Dynasty to cut the domain. By dividing the power of the vassal king among all the descendants of the vassal king, not just the eldest son, and dividing the feudal power from one place to another, the power of the vassal king will gradually weaken and will no longer threaten the imperial court. My father would never be in trouble with heaven and waved his troops south, causing the battle of Jingnan, which was really the fault of Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng, and it was not a pity that these three people died, but their relatives were innocent! After pondering for a long time, Zhu Gaochi replied: "Forgive Qi Tai's son and take him back." ”

Jin Youzi, the head of the household department, stepped forward and responded: "Wechen will send someone to do it immediately?" ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded, and said, "Does Fang Xiaoru have any descendants?" ”

This is undoubtedly a bombshell, Zhu Di's banner was the Qing monarch's side, who is the traitor, who is the traitor? Qi Huang and Fang Xiaoru are also, these three people belong to the list of those who must be punished, if they don't punish these three people, why did Jing Nan come? “

Jin Youzi was the first to react, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, but you asked Fang Xiaoru, who was exterminated by the Ten Clans?" ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said, "Yes, it's him!" “

This time, Jin Youzi was also a little dumbfounded, the traitor set by his father, the son wants to overthrow his father and rehabilitate the traitor, isn't this a slap in the face of his father.

Although I don't know what the emperor is going to do, but the emperor asked, Jin Youzi still has to answer, and after a deep groan, he hugged his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, after the defeat of Jianwen's army, Fang Xiaoru's wife Zheng and two sons Fang Zhongxian and Fang Zhongyue hanged themselves, and the two daughters died by throwing themselves into the Qinhuai River. After his family, his relatives and friends also suffered. Every time he caught one, he brought it to Fang Xiaoru, let him see, and then killed him with a thousand knives, a total of seven days, eight hundred and seventy-three people, a total of ten clans. Sun Yong, Ming and others of Liao Yongzhong, the Marquis of Deqing, picked up his remains and buried them on Jubaomen Mountain! ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed when he heard this, and said, "Is there really no descendant?" ”

Long before, Zhu Gaochi ordered someone to investigate the descendants of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru, and the person in charge of this matter was Jin Youzi, the household servant, so he was fully prepared for Zhu Gaochi's questioning.

"Weichen ordered to investigate everywhere, but he also came up with some clues?"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Really? “

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Huang Zicheng was killed, and the disaster was all over the house, including the nine clans, 65 family members were killed, 54 people with different surnames died, and more than 400 relatives were all recruited into the army.

Before the city of Nanjing was broken, Huang Zicheng's wife Xu and his sons Huang Gui, Huang Yu, Huang Run, and Huang Ze came to Suzhou Mansion from their hometown, determined to go to the national disaster with Huang Zicheng. Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Yao Shan, the prefect of Suzhou, wanted to leave a blood line for the loyal and righteous people, so he changed their names, household registrations, and identities so that they could escape the impending massacre. Huang Gui changed his name to Tian Liwei, and his household registration was changed to Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture, and his identity was a Taoist priest; The second son, Huang Yu, was renamed Tian Yanxiu, and his identity was Li Zheng in a rural village in Kunshan County; the third son, Huang Run, was renamed Tian Yanwen; The fourth son, Huang Ze, was still a teenager, and he also changed his name and surname. All four learned the Kunshan dialect, and the loyal retainers finally escaped Zhu Di's massacre.

The surviving women were brutally tortured. There is a descendant Huang Biao who was admitted to the Jinshi when he was in the Ming Wuzong.

Qi Tai's other family members were also implicated in the killing. According to the "Fengtian Punishment Reward Record• Jiaofang Record": "On the eleventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of Yongle, Deng Cheng of the division was equal to Youshunmenli, and there were four women of the treacherous Qi Tai and two nieces and daughters-in-law, and four women of Huang Zicheng, every day and night, twenty men guarded, the younger ones were pregnant, and on Chinese New Year's Eve gave birth to a little turtle and a three-year-old daughter. Fengqin (decree): 'When the small grows to the big, it is a cash cow.' In the first year of Hongxi, he pardoned the sins of Emperor Jianwen's ministers, and gave Qitai's relatives seven coffins to be buried in Tangzhuang, fifteen miles east of the county, and returned to the old business, and its tomb was named the tomb of seven sages.

Fang Xiaoru was beheaded by Ming Chengzu with a waist, and legend has it that after a knife went down, Fang Xiaoru also crawled on the ground with his elbows, and even wrote the word "usurpation" with blood on his hands, and wrote a total of twenty-four and a half before he died. His students are also **, Liao Yong and Liao Ming, the two grandsons of Deqinghou and Liao Yongzhong, secretly picked up his bones and buried them on the mountain outside Jubaomen, and then the two righteous students were killed immediately.

In addition to the murderers, more than 1,000 people were imprisoned, confiscated, and exiled. Fang Xiaoru's poems were ** in the Yongle years, who dared to hide it, kill the head. Fang Xiaoru died, killed with the most brutal but faceless killing method in the world. Prior to this, more than 800 people with the surname Fang, those without the surname Fang, those who were related to Fang, those who were not related by blood, and who had never even met in person, were killed like livestock.

According to the "Xizong Record" compiled during the Chongzhen period, the story of Fang Xiaoru being razed by the ten tribes was recorded, and it also recorded that Fang Xiaoru's young son was rescued and escaped, and continued the surname Fang under the pretense of the surname Yu.

Jihai, the edict of the ancestors of Fang Xiaoru's widow. Filial piety in the Jianwen Dynasty to study in the Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion, when Jing is difficult to enter, to the grass edict not to obey, to the ten tribes. His youngest son, Dezong Xingninghai, Wei Zezhi, secretly entrusted the rest of his life to enter Songjiang Island to weave nets for self-sufficiency. Huating Yu Yun's wife was adopted as an adopted daughter, and because of the surname Yu, the first line was postponed. As a result, his tenth grandson Fang Zhongyi came to Beijing with tribute, and wrote a letter to Fu Que, and obtained the purpose: Fang Xiaoru Zhongjie is held, and there is a posthumous Yin, and he is allowed to be integrated with Lian Zining.