When Zhu Yunwen woke up, it was already three poles in the sun.

He drank a lot of wine the night before, and when he woke up, he held his forehead and moaned again and again, but fortunately, at this time, there were already a lot of palace maids waiting in the dormitory.

After a long period of hard work, Zhu Yunwen finally recovered seven points of spirit.

"What about the Queen?"

"The queen took the eldest prince to play in the garden."

This is throwing away her husband?

Zhu Yunwen was amused in his heart, and he didn't delay, and left this Kunning Palace with one step.

Today, there is one more important thing to deal with.

Seeing Zhu Yunwen stepping out, Shuangxi, who was guarding outside the hall, came over and muttered: "The people of the three families have arrived, and looking at the sky, they are almost sunburned." ”

The three families in Shuangxi's mouth are the Meng, Zeng, and Yan families in addition to the Kong family who have been arrested and waiting to be disposed of, although the reviews of these three families are not very clean, but compared to the frenzied Kong family, it has not yet reached the point of being beheaded, so Zhu Yunwen gave them a chance to atone for their sins.

It is said that it is the four families, but in fact it is one, because the genealogy of the four major families is shared, called "Tongtian Spectrum", and even the word order is common.

In this vigorous scholarly movement, Zhu Yunwen consciously gave up the protection of the Confucian family, but Yang Wen kept these three masters, the purpose of which was to preserve the seeds of Confucianism.

Many of the things left by our ancestors have been destroyed, so let's preserve some if we can.

And now, the three of them are waiting at Xuanwu Lake outside the Taiping Gate, where the Imperial Front Division has set up a temporary platform, saying that the emperor invited them to watch the execution!

What kind of punishment is observed? Everyone is like a mirror in their hearts.

The Kong family has been escorted into Nanjing for almost half a month, and they have never said how to deal with it.

"Let them bask in the sun for a while."

Zhu Yunwen put on his shoulder and moved in the direction of Qianqing Palace: "When I have a good meal, I will naturally go to see them." ”

At this time, in the open space near Xuanwu Lake, the three generations of old, middle-aged and young scholars of No. 100 all had bitter faces, endured the scorching heat of the midsummer sun, and glanced at the two terrifying objects in the center of the platform from time to time.

One is made of iron, two feet wide and two feet high, like a chimney, and the other is a wooden torture frame that everyone is accustomed to and used to bind prisoners.

They had been waiting for the king on time since the hour of the hour, and they had been waiting for more than an hour, and some of the older ones were about to suffer from heat stroke, but no one dared to say that they would get up and leave.

The nearby Jinyi guards and Jingying soldiers are all holding bright blades.

At this juncture, I will not be able to live against the emperor!

The current world is the world of the so-called bullshit Neo-Confucianism, they, who were once promising, have no right to speak at all, and even they dare not stand up and speak, what the Neo-Confucianism says now they can only pinch their noses and follow behind their butts to echo.

If you dare to say a word against it, you will be deducted, who is here.

"Ouch."

In the crowd, an old man really couldn't stand it, and he snorted and fell to the ground, and the children and grandchildren around him panicked. I wanted to carry it to the shade to slowly heat it, but before I could get up, a little eunuch came over with a face.

"Your Majesty hasn't arrived yet."

"Gonggong's grace, my father is old and frail, this heat stroke is not a trivial matter, if you don't hurry up and treat it, you will die."

A middle-aged man was about to cry, but he still didn't impress the little eunuch.

"Our family has prepared tea for you, you can still suffer from heat stroke, and you can't blame others if you die."

I had the heart to fight back, but when I saw that the two brocade guards behind the little eunuch had already half of the embroidered spring knives out of the sheath, they were immediately frightened.

These executioners don't blink an eyelid when they kill people.

When everyone was waiting anxiously, dense and heavy footsteps sounded in their ears, and a large number of shadowy figures came into view.

His Majesty the Emperor, whom they had been waiting for for a long time, finally arrived.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

The three families of hundreds of descendant clans all crawled down with brushes and brushes, burying their heads in the dust, even their fathers who were planted on the ground due to heat stroke did not dare to be distracted.

Stepping down from the stool, Zhu Yunwen calmly faced, stepped onto the platform step by step, sat down, and took a leisurely sip of tea before speaking.

"Let's all be flat."

The big guy thanked him and got up, but only one of them was still kneeling on the ground and prostrating.

"My father is old and frail, and he just suffered from heat stroke, so I ask Your Majesty for mercy."

After speaking, it is a non-stop knocking knock.

This man is filial.

Zhu Yunwen glanced at it, and saw the old man lying on the ground not far below, bowing slightly, and a few little eunuchs walked over to lift the old man and leave the scene, and went down for treatment.

"Don't say anything about Shane."

Before the middle-aged man could speak, he was interrupted by Zhu Yunwen.

"I have called you to come, not to hear you sing praises to me, nor to play some tricks of Corporal Lixian. I have come for you to watch the punishment, and I have come to ring the alarm bell for you. ”

The politeness on face is no longer needed for today's Zhu Yunwen!

Watch the sentence and ring the alarm bell.

The emperor's unkind words made hundreds of people at the scene shudder, and the heat on his body was suddenly dispelled by the cold rising in his heart.

"Let's get started."

Zhu Yunwen raised his right hand slightly, and everyone saw two prisoner vans slowly escorted from not far away.

The only agency yamen on this side of Taipingmen is the prison of the Criminal Department.

Who else could there be in these two prisoner cars besides Kong Jian and Kong Xifan.

The two of them, a former Yan Shenggong and a former Qufu Ling, were both prominent figures, but at this time, they were each like dead dogs, unkempt and bleak.

In the eyes of the three major families, this honor is all related to each other.

"I have read the classics of the Shang and Zhou dynasties these days, and there is a paragraph about King Yin."

Drinks and food were served on everyone's table left and right, which made the big guy's eyelids jump.

Is the emperor going to eat while watching the execution?

"King Yin is tyrannical as a king, and in order to punish the ministers who disrespect him, he even developed the torture of cannon branding, and even dug out the heart of the virtuous man who dissuaded him."

Zhu Yunwen looked at the two people who had been escorted into the arena, and said indifferently.

"For the monarch's abuse, it will lose the heart of the world, so since I ascended the throne, I have been lenient in punishment, and also abolished Ling Chi, a torture that hurts heaven and peace, originally I was ready to cancel a lot of cruel punishments step by step, but there are also some people's sins, it is not enough to be beheaded, my Ming law should be punished equally."

Inside the venue, there were already more than a dozen sturdy brocade guards stepping on ladders and tying Kong Jian to the tall iron column with iron chains, while Kong Xifan was stripped naked and tied to a wooden torture rack.

In the process, the two seemed to have recovered some of their spirits due to the fright, and began to struggle with a whining, they had lost their voices, but they couldn't even say a word of begging for mercy.

Cannon branding, digging hearts.

This is the end that Zhu Yunwen personally prepared for the two of them!

Cannon branding, in ancient times, it was cast in bronze without iron, and Zhu Yunwen naturally used pig iron that was not easy to heat.

The slower the heat, the more tormented this Kong Jian will be.

There is a hole under this iron pillar, which is stuffed with firewood, coal, etc., just wait for this hole to be tied, then set on fire, as the fire continues, the iron pillar will become more and more hot, and the person tied outside this iron pillar will be burned clothes, then burn the skin, and finally flesh, bones, until it is burned into a wisp of ashes and scattered!

This is the punishment that Zhu Yunwen can think of that is most worthy of the identity of the Holy Father.

"I heard that the people of Qufu have been in dire straits, but I have not been able to experience the so-called fiery feeling firsthand, so let Yan Shenggong try it for me today and wake up."

It was obviously Duanyang in midsummer, but the hundreds of people in the three families had a feeling of falling into an ice cave.

Under the iron pillar, the little eunuch had already begun to light a fire.

In his ears, a terrible wail began to sound, and it took nearly a quarter of an hour to die, and then look at Kong Jian at this time, where is there still a human appearance, half of his body has been burned alive, and the remaining half is also stuck to the iron sheet, and with the passage of time, it will turn into ashes and disperse.

"Should this scene be celebrated?"

The strong smell of urine permeated, and there were many old scholars who had been alive since childhood, holding a subset of scripture and history, who were scared to pee, and even fainted.

Zhu Yunwen's question was even more cold as a ghost judgment, and he was so frightened that all three of them knelt down.

People with soft bones just like to kneel.

"Seeing the traitors and thugs lying in the law is really heart-wrenching, congratulations."

A young man who was a little bolder swallowed a mouthful of saliva and responded.

Zhu Yunwen stroked his palms and laughed, and raised his wine glass: "Since you should congratulate, you will drink with me." ”

The big guy hurriedly got up from the ground and put his wine glass to his lips, but there were a lot of wows and spit out.

On the platform, a line of executioners slashed Kong Xifan's chest with a knife.

The breeze blows, and the blood dies away.

On the shore of Xuanwu Lake, Zhu Yunwen is the first, and the emperor's face reflected by the sun is not angry but mighty.

Migration of qi and nourishment of the body.

Now Zhu Yunwen already has the seven-point charm of the Taizu back then, which makes people feel awe-inspired.

And the two punishments that have just ended have added three points of violence to this imperial power, making the audience all frightened and panicked.

"I have not let you watch the punishment, not to intimidate you."

Zhu Yunwen didn't even believe what he said, but the people who heard it had to believe it, and he stubbornly agreed.

"I have already punished them for the sins of the Kong family, and the so-called crimes and punishments are comparable, so how can I be unfair?"

Kong Jian and Kong Xifan's death is still vivid, who dares to say that you are unfair?

"Your Majesty did the right thing."

The voices of praise one after another made the corners of Zhu Yunwen's mouth provoke.

"Anyone who makes a mistake should be punished, whether he is a Yan Shenggong or a commoner, no matter whether his ancestor is a saint or Qiu Ba!"

This sentence smashed the three people's hearts suddenly, and their bodies began to tremble.

The words of the emperor are already clear.

The world-renowned four families of Confucius, Mencius, and Zengyan are all relying on the remnants of their ancestors.

"From this day onwards, the honor of the Four Holy Fathers will be taken back."

Zhu Yunwen's gaze swept over, and the faces of hundreds of people showed sadness in unison.

"Yan Shenggong, Yashenggong, Zongshenggong, Fushenggong, hehe, how many saints are there in this world? Or is it that you great Confucians are worthy of being called saints, and other strange and ingenious academics are not qualified to be called saints? ”

The officials of the four holy princes were all set from the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the Yuan Dynasty set the rules of the world's general worship, which means that everyone in the world must worship and offer incense sacrifices.

Since then, he has created a social atmosphere of "everything is inferior, only reading is high".

After being infinitely strengthened by the ruling class, Confucianism was completely distorted, and even when its tentacles began to extend to all corners of society, the consequence was that the entire society was completely solidified by Confucianism's control of ideology and class.

If Zhu Yunwen wants to break the prison of this thought, the first thing he will do is to abolish the Four Sages!

The heads of the three families, the so-called bullshit and the three holy princes, all glanced at each other, and then they all stood up with bitter faces: "I respectfully obey Your Majesty's holy decree, the honor of the Holy Father, we and other people who are not talented and shallow, and our virtues are not worthy, we should indeed take the initiative to ask the students of the world to be dethroned." ”

What is the use of the name of the Holy Father?

Didn't they see that the Holy Fathers of Nayan had turned into ashes, could it be that they still wanted to get up and feel the taste of this cannon branding?

"I'm very happy that you can have this realization."

With a warm smile on his face, Zhu Yun bowed his head: "I give you this opportunity, in addition, I plan to send someone to Shandong to measure the number of acres of land of your three families, and the grain tax from the first year of Hongwu to the present dynasty, you three families should also pay it." ”

Make up the grain tax from the first year of Hongwu to the present!

As soon as Zhu Yunwen's words fell, the faces of the three families changed color together.

Take out the Holy Prince, it is just a vanity, after all, it is something that cannot fill the stomach, but the emperor wants to measure their acres of land, and then set the grain tax for these thirty-five years according to the number of acres, which is a real nerve!

And letting the three families take the lead in handing over the grain is also the first step for Zhu Yunwen to fully implement the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry!

Third, everyone has paid it, who is still qualified not to pay?

When that time comes, Zhu Yunwen will naturally not let the gentry in the world pay a one-time payment of 35 years, but only pay every year, such a gap effect will make the resistance in the hearts of the people of the world suddenly reduce a lot.

They will comfort themselves in their hearts.

Third, everyone felt that their hearts were dripping blood, but they all gritted their teeth and admitted it.

Pay it, over the years, their family's grain reserves, gold and silver savings are enough, even if the amount of food is insufficient, they can also use money to offset it, they are not as arrogant as the Kong family, and they build such a magnificent mansion ancestral hall, so the savings are still enough.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zhu Yunwen smiled happily, took a drink from the wine glass, and then got up to leave, and hundreds of people were busy prostrate and singing long live.

From now on, there will be no more Confucius and Meng Zengyan on the heads of people in the world!