When the court meeting ended, the ministers withdrew from the front door of the Fengtian Palace, while Zhu Yunwen came out of the back door of the Fengtian Palace and returned to the Qianqing Palace to deal with political affairs. Before returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunwen liked to walk around the Jinshen Hall and the Huagai Hall a few times, stretch his body, sober his mind by the way, and digest the news obtained at the court meeting.

Today is no exception, but when Zhu Yunwen was walking, he found Yang Rong waiting behind the palace, so he called him over for a walk, Yang Rong was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly ran over.

"Mian Ren, do you think Zhou Xin's words make sense?"

While walking, Zhu Yunwen showed Zhou Xin's recital to Yang Rong, and then asked him for his opinion.

Yang Rong glanced at the ten lines, and quickly finished reading the fold, while thinking about His Majesty's intention to let him see the twist. When he heard His Majesty's inquiry, he subconsciously said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Zhou Xin said, 'Your Majesty is the king of the past and the future, and every move will be the law for future generations', which is right!" ”

"Right?" Zhu Yunwen hesitated for a moment, and said with some surprise: "Then you also think that Jianyi should not be dealt with?" ”

"No, the minister thinks that he should be executed to set an example!"

"Huh?" Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment and stopped: "Why is this?" ”

"Your Majesty, please forgive the minister, since Your Majesty ascended to the pole, the greatest threat to the imperial power is actually the vassal king, the first emperor favored the vassal kings, divided them into key places in the country, and gave them a lot of power, they not only have the guard, but also can control the nearby civil and military officials, and even have the privilege of raising troops to appease, the Yanshu people rebelled, relying on the strong soldiers under their hands, in this regard, the imperial court has a great advantage, and it is not difficult to suppress the rebellion."

"But the rebellion of the king of Chu was different, he spied on the throne by colluding with the courtiers, and without Xia Yuanji as an internal response, even if he colluded with Li Jinglong, he would not be able to hide tens of thousands of troops near Gyeonggi; At the same time, without the acquiescence of Jianyi, who saw the wind and made the rudder, the king of Chu probably would not dare to have such thoughts, and the minister dared to assert that Jianyi must be an important chess piece in the planning of the king of Chu. ”

"If this pardon is granted to the emperor, then what should another official do to make friends with the vassal king?"

Listening to Yang Rong's words, Zhu Yunwen clenched his fist lightly, he understood Yang Rong's subtext, that is, rebellions such as King Yan would not appear again, and the aggressive way of the vassal kings in the future should be the style of the King of Chu, and their means must be to make friends with the ministers of the court and wait for the opportunity to move, thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but regret leaving the King of Chu alive, but the words had been spoken and could not be taken back.

"Mian Ren, you look far away, it's not a pity to die righteously, otherwise it won't be enough to deter the little ones!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"So," Zhu Yunwen stopped, waved his hand back from the crowd, and said in a low voice: "Mian Ren, I didn't expect Zhu Zhen to be so shameless, giving up all his heirs, leaving his own life, I'm worried that he will not die of a thief?" ”

"This," Yang Rong turned around and found that the nearest Liu Zhen was also two zhang away, so he calmed down and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, coming out of the Chu Palace, Weichen has been thinking about this matter, but the minister thinks it's very simple!" ”

"Simple?"

"Yes, as long as people spread the news that Zhu Zhen was greedy for life and afraid of death, and secretly lived for life, then his reputation will be completely stinky, and there will be no chance to turn over!"

"Oh," Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up, and he said continuously: "This is a way, you go and do this." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

......

Zhou Xin, the squire of the Criminal Department, Lian Zining, the Imperial History of the Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Hu Yan, the Qing of Dali Temple, went to the Qianqing Palace to ask for an order, but they did not get a pardon for Jianyi, and only got a sentence: "If you don't deal with a person like Jianyi, how can you warn against thieves?" ”

Zhou Xin was still waiting to be distinguished, but he was stopped by Lian Zining, and Hu Yan, the secretary of Dali Temple, wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he only left a sigh.

"Master Lian, why did you hold down the lower official?"

After walking out of the Qianqing Palace, Zhou Xin was silent for a while, and suddenly said to Lian Zining: "Didn't we say it before?" ”

Lian Zining glanced at Zhou Xin, a former subordinate, hesitated, and said in a low voice: "Jian Yi is indeed not guilty of death, but his death can make many people no longer die because of the crime of 'handing over the vassal king', do you understand?" ”

Zhou Xin's face immediately turned pale, he turned his head to look at Hu Yan, the Qing of Dali Temple, and then turned his head to look at Lian Zining, and said in a trembling voice: "Is it possible to take people's lives for this purpose?" If the two adults don't say anything today, aren't they afraid that one day, the end of righteousness will fall on the two adults? ”

"Is it useful if we say it?"

yes, does it work?

Zhou Xin looked back at the Qianqing Palace, which was getting farther and farther away, and suddenly felt sad from his heart, crying, Lian Zining and Hu Yan were shocked, and hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded him hard, but Zhou Xin couldn't stop crying, and he didn't stop his grief until he left the noon gate.

......

"Your Majesty, Zhou Xin......"

Liu Zhen got the guard's report, and then whispered a few words in Zhu Yunwen's ear, Zhu Yunwen sighed slightly, put down the brush, stared at the palace door for a while, and said with a wry smile: "This Zhou Xin, it's still too young!" ”

"Liu Zhen, what do you think Zhou Xin is crying about?"

Liu Zhen bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Lord Zhou, the minister doesn't understand, so I don't know what he is crying about?" ”

"Hehe, you slippery head, Zhou Xin is disappointed in me, I use him really, because I value his honesty and good judgment. The case of King Chu involves a wide range of mud and sand, and unjust cases will occur if you are not careful, so Zhou Xin has made great contributions in recent times. But he's too serious to understand my painstaking efforts! ”

"That's, that's, Your Majesty knows the slightest thing, and it is better to prevent trouble before it happens, and Lord Zhou will understand Your Majesty's good intentions sooner or later."

"Hopefully!"

......

“......”

"Although Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, committed a big crime, he was very compassionate, so he opened the net and allowed Zhu Zhen to choose one of the men, demote him to a concubine, and confine Fengyang."

"Therefore, Zhu Zhen's sons Zhu Mengjiong, Zhu Menghan, Zhu Mengzhuo, Zhu Mengwei, Zhu Mengyao, Zhu Mengcan, Zhu Mengzhao, Zhu Mengzhao and the princess Wang, the side concubine Liu, and the Qin family were all given death."

"Zhu Zhen's daughter, the county lord of Qingxiang, the county lord of Anxiang, and the county lord of Liyang, were demoted to concubines."

“......”

"Chin this!"

Although he had been prepared for his fate, after listening to the holy decree, everyone was paralyzed, and even the several county lords who were spared from death cried into tears, and several princesses hugged their sons one after another, crying, and the field was chaotic.

When Yang Rong and Fu Rang saw this scene, they didn't speak, but looked at Zhu Chun, the king of Shu.

Zhu Chun was a little unbearable, but he had no choice, so he covered his face with his left hand and waved his right hand at the same time.

The princesses and princes were ushered into the house, and they could choose between poisoned wine or white silk......

It's just that there were terrible screams in a few rooms: "Zhu Zhen, you are not human!" "Zhu Zhen, you can't die well!" "Zhu Zhen ......"

The king of Shu looked up at the sky, and tears fell like rain.

Yang Rong and Fu let their faces sink like water, and check whether they were killed one by one.

Zhu Zhen in the gatehouse covered his ears and hit his head against the wall, his forehead was full of blood, looking crazy, but he didn't make a sound.

......

In the court outside the city, the executed people were Qianji, Xia Yuanji, the servant of the household department, Jianyi, the secretary of the ministry, Shi Wu, the commander of Wu Changwei, the Tongzhi Qian Tongyu, the political envoy Gu Mengping of Hubei, and Ye Duan, the envoy of Hubei, were beheaded by the whole family on the charge of rebellion, and the three clans were wiped out.

......

The case of King Chu has finally come to an end.

On the same day, Emperor Zhu Yunwen issued an edict to determine the examiners of the spring boudoir, the main examiner was Yuxin, the head examiner was Yuxin, the head examiner was the Guozi priest Fang Xiaoru and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Huang Zicheng.