In the capital, there are still four horses, the sound of hooves is endless, and the work of raiding homes and taking people is still in progress.

The Jinyi Imperial Prison, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Department Prison, and the Suncheon Mansion Prison were all filled with criminals.

The gold and silver from the raids were also transported daily to the Royal Bank, where they were stored in the name of the Royal Revenue Office.

Originally, with the purchase fee of glass crafts paid by Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling and the profits of the Royal Industrial Company, the total income of the Royal Tax Office is now only more than 500,000 taels.

In other words, Zhu Houzhao's total assets were only more than 500,000 taels of silver.

But with the seizure of the house, the income of the Royal Tax Office has been rising steadily.

The head of every scholar involved in the murder of the monarch and the rebellion was cut off, bringing Zhu Houzhao an income of no less than 100,000 taels of silver.

Sometimes, from an economic point of view, every head that hits the ground brings a lot of financial revenue.

However, these gold and silver items were only a small part of the income from the raids, and most of them were countless lands and fertile fields.

Zhu Houzhao looked forward to bringing him enough benefits this time, after all, he and his empire needed resources too much to strengthen themselves.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jian and Xie Qian have been escorted into Beijing!"

On this day, not long after Zhu Houzhao finished exercising, Ma Yongcheng found Zhu Houzhao and reported to Zhu Houzhao the latest arrest of the anti-party.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard that Liu Jian and Xie Qian had been escorted into Beijing, he ordered: "Escort the two of them, Wang Yue, Li Dongyang, and Zhang Yu to the Qianqing Palace, and I will personally interrogate them!" ”

At the beginning of the time, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Wang Yue and Zhang Yu were escorted to Zhu Houzhao.

These five people didn't say a word at this time, and only knelt down obediently in front of Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao also approached and said: "I still remember that in May, the day the first emperor had just died, you Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian cried more than one another!" But who would have thought that you actually murdered the first emperor, I just want to ask you now, do you regret it? ”

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, the five of them were speechless.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but roar angrily: "Answer me!" ”

"Why does Your Majesty ask again, since the incident has happened, we have become traitors who killed the king, and Your Majesty has killed us!"

At this time, Li Dongyang said first.

At this time, Liu Jian looked up at Zhu Houzhao, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Regret? The minister is for the livelihood of the world, for the Ming Dynasty and the society, how to regret it, the first emperor is indeed benevolent and virtuous, but increasingly deviated from the way of the Ming monarch, if he occupies the throne for a long time, the world will undoubtedly be in chaos, and now the guilty minister only regrets that you have taken a look away to Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty, as Liu Gong said, you have ruined our reputation, and the entire family is facing the fate of annihilation, Xie only regrets that he couldn't kill you at the beginning, and chose another virtuous monarch to fill it!"

Xie Qian also echoed and said.

Xie Qian also knew that once his crime of killing Emperor Hongzhi was revealed, he would naturally die, and he didn't bother to beg for mercy, he only expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhu Houzhao from the bottom of his heart, in his opinion, if Zhu Houzhao didn't want to frame them, they would not be discovered, they would still be virtuous and good ministers, even if they were defeated by political enemies in the future, it would just be a return to their hometown.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing: "How is this me making you ruined, this is your own ruined reputation, you can only blame yourself!" If you don't know that you don't know what to do, the first emperor treated you well, but now you still regard the first emperor as an enemy, it can be seen that you have always been just a group of hypocritical villains, what qualifications do you have to talk about being ruined!

I know that you want to kill the first emperor so that you can manipulate me, and in your eyes, I am an ignorant boy, but you have miscalculated! Although I am young, I can't be bullied! On that day, in the Qianqing Palace, although you cried fiercely, you had no loyalty, not to mention me, even ordinary people could see your tricks!

Ma Wensheng just questioned it, and your good partner Liu Daxia jumped out in a hurry to accuse Ma Wensheng, and you helped Liu Daxia suppress Ma Wensheng's doubts, you three pavilions are so powerful! If you don't pursue it, naturally no one will dare to pursue this matter! Even with him, Zhang Yu, the dead eunuch, saw me and the Queen Mother and you crying, and instead of helping me and the Queen Mother first, I came to help you first, and advised you to mourn first!

Zhu Houzhao walked up to Zhang Yu as he spoke: "Zhang Yu, you answer me, did you only have three pavilions in your eyes at that time!" And I didn't take me seriously, I just felt that I and the Queen Mother were just a pair of orphans and widows, insignificant, take care of the feelings of the elders first, so as not to dissatisfy the civil officials when the time comes, whose world is this Ming, you eunuchs have begun to be slaves to the scholars! ”

Where would Zhang Yu have thought that Zhu Houzhao would even notice such a detail at that time, and he could only bow to the ground for a while: "The old slave is guilty!" The old slave should not despise His Majesty! ”

"You are guilty! But you're not bold! ”

Zhu Houzhao came to Wang Yue as he spoke: "You Wang Yue picked yourself very cleanly, from beginning to end, the death of the first emperor has nothing to do with you, but you dare to compete with me later, what's the matter, you want to turn me into Tang Wenzong?" Old immortal things, you don't want to think about it, how can I be comparable to the generation of Tang Wenzong, and how can I be a slave who can be bullied! ”

Wang Yue was very indifferent: "The old slave didn't dare to compare himself with Qiu Shiliang (the eunuch who controlled Tang Wenzong), and the old slave didn't dare to bully the emperor at a weak age, it was clear that the emperor favored the traitor and wanted to trap the old slave to death, otherwise, how could the old slave dare to do this!" But now that it is still difficult to escape death, the old slave just wants to advise the emperor, if the emperor really wants to do a career, he must be careful to repeat the retreat of the first emperor, these people standing behind you seem to be loyal to you now, but who knows what will happen in the future! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that this Wang Yue would not forget the pit "Eight Tigers" until he died, and he thought that this Wang Yue was indeed very resentful of the few eunuchs around him.

Zhu Houzhao glanced back at Ma Yongcheng and Liu Jin, and saw that Ma Yongcheng and Liu Jin were full of anger, and guessed in his heart that Wang Yue's words must have also stimulated Ma Yongcheng and Liu Jin.

However, Zhu Houzhao also admitted that Wang Yue was right, as the emperor, he was equivalent to sitting at the top of the imperial pyramid, and he was destined to have no one who could be trusted all the time, but he didn't feel that because of this, he couldn't rule the empire for a long time, and if he wanted to rule the empire for a long time, the first thing he needed to do now happened to be to severely punish these political enemies who had been against him.

Countering violence with violence is the most effective way to ensure security, and it has been the case since ancient times.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao only said: "I'll talk about the next thing later, at least now it's you Wang Yue who betrayed me, someone is coming!" Escort Wang Yue down, and next, Ling Chi Wang Yue first, and cut 3,600 knives! Chop off the meat, order the ministers to eat it, and let the ministers above the fourth grade all watch it, in order to set an example! ”