Qiu Changqing's sudden appearance also stunned all the officers and soldiers and the spies of Jinyiwei, they were not surprised by Qiu Changqing's appearance, but they didn't expect Qiu Changqing to choose to take the initiative to confess under the watchful eye of the public.

Without waiting for Chu Song and them to pounce, Qiu Changqing raised his communication with the King of Han with both hands and said loudly: "The criminal minister Qiu Changqing bows his head and pleads guilty, and is willing to hand over all the physical evidence and report the King of Han!" ”

This time, it caused an uproar.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of people watching the excitement, and the people who witnessed it couldn't help but share the news with the people around them when they heard such exciting news.

"It turns out that the Qiu family was forced, and everything was done by King Han behind him."

"King Han doesn't want to do another battle of martyrdom, it turns out that this is all the emperor's family affairs......"

Under the word of mouth, the Jinyi Guard and the officers of the Criminal Department had not had time to isolate Qiu Changqing, and the news spread immediately after the word of mouth of thousands of people.

In the Navy Headquarters, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but laugh when he heard the news.

This matter is by no means what Zhu Di wants to see, nor is it what Zhu Gaochi wants to see, let alone what Zhu Gaochu wants to see.

However, this is definitely what he would like to see.

Zhu Di feels sorry for his son, and Zhu Gaochi is also close to his brother, but Zhu Zhanji definitely doesn't have any good feelings for this uncle.

And Zhu Gaoxu is his elder, even if he wants to do it, he must also take care of his reputation.

But Qiu Changqing did this, and he had to force Zhu Di to do something to Zhu Gaoxu, even if it was a superficial punishment, it must be there.

And this matter spread, it had a great impact on the reputation of the King of Han, and when he ascended the throne in the future, he wanted to deal with Zhu Gaoxu, and the common people would also say: "It's not that the King of Han wants to rebel at the beginning, but the emperor wants to deal with his uncle." ”

As he expected, in the Jinshen Palace, Zhu Di, who heard the news, threw the imperial pen in his hand on the face of Yao Ming, the waiter of the Criminal Department. "The Criminal Department and Jinyiwei are all waste, and they even let a fugitive appear in the open, and poured sewage on King Han!"

Yao Ming didn't dare to argue, knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty Mingjian, this Qiu Changqing came out with the intention of dying, this person wants to save his own people, so he naturally has to choose the best way for his people!" ”

Although Zhu Di is eloquent and strategic, what he can't stand the most is that he is blackmailed by others, and he will repay him.

In a fit of rage, he couldn't help but shout: "He wants me to go according to his heart, I want to kill his whole family!" ”

"Father, the emperor must not!"

Zhu Gaochi's fat body entered the main hall with the support of the two eunuchs, and knelt on the ground. "Father, this Qiu Changqing smeared the younger brother of the Han Dynasty, and he should be judged by the three divisions to find out the truth, and he must not cast a strange injustice for the past because of a momentary anger!"

Zhu Di sneered in anger and said, "Do you really think that your Han Wang brother is innocent? ”

Zhu Gaochi kowtowed and said: "Even if the younger brother of the Han Dynasty has an attempt on the throne, it is human nature. How much more am I willing to rebuke him, who is my brother? Father, if he kills the Qiu family, it will not only be unfair to the dead Duke of Qi, but also make his father cut off the way back, and he has to punish the younger brother of the Han Dynasty. ”

This sentence is not wrong, if Qiu Changqing is beheaded because of the King of Han, then the King of Han, who is the main thing behind the scenes, will be punished too lightly, it will be unfair in the world.

If you want King Han not to be too implicated in this matter, the punishment for the Qiu family will naturally be lighter.

Zhu Di's chest kept rising and falling, and it took a while to calm down, and he said sharply: "Redraft the decree, the punishment for the Qiu family remains unchanged, and the relocation slaves are the people, and the decision is added later...... This Qiu Changqing does not need to be retried, and is directly executed outside Chengtianmen! ”

This matter cannot be investigated again, because the deeper the investigation, the more unfavorable it will be to the King of Han. If you really want to get a three-division triage and find out a bunch of from King Han, what should I do?

In less than a moment, Yang Shiqi and the others came up with another flowery holy decree. The gist of it is that Qiu Changqing is ruthless and wolfless, ignoring the grace of the saint, in a vain attempt to provoke the relationship between the prince and the grandson. It should have been punished by all three clans, but the old relationship between the emperor and the Duke of Qi was only punished, and the rest of the people traveled 4,000 miles to Nuer Gandu for the people, and they were not allowed to be officials within three generations.

When this holy article was spread loudly by more than 20 inner prisons outside the Chengtian Gate, all the people praised the emperor for his tolerance and kindness.

And Qiu Changqing, who had already put his life on the line, heard that his family did not need to be buried with him, and he also felt that his death was worth it.

At the same time, without being tried, he was directly executed, which also made him really understand that in fact, the emperor knew what King Han thought, but he couldn't bear to punish him.

And he dared to get involved in the royal family's family background and embark on this road to death, which is really self-inflicted.

He couldn't help but laugh miserably, he just thought he was extremely smart, and he never took anyone else seriously. Now it seems that he is the biggest fool.

Yingtianfu Imperial Palace is divided into palace city and imperial city, only the palace city has one million square meters, outside the palace city is the imperial city, and includes the inner library and the shrine altar, the temple and other places.

The palace city is the inner city, the south gate is the noon gate, the imperial city contains the outer city, and the south gate is the Chengtian gate.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, there is a large square, the middle is the royal road, the east side is the six departments, James Mansion and other civilian departments, the west side is the five military governor's office, Jinyi Wei and other departments.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, there are Dengwen drums and execution platforms.

When the executioner of the Criminal Department came over with an expressionless face, Yao Ming, the waiter of the Criminal Department, did not let them stuff walnuts into Qiu Changqing's mouth. Leaned over and whispered: "Changqing, for the sake of Qi Guogong, we will leave you a little bit of decency." Don't embarrass us, and don't say anything unfavorable to Your Majesty and the others. ”

Qiu Changqing laughed miserably: "Do I still have the courage to insult now? The three hundred and fifteen members of the Qiu family are all here, and there are ignorant children, if I affect them, I will go to hell and have no face to see my ancestors. I just hope that Lord Yao can give Changqing some time to say goodbye to my wife and children. ”

Yao Ming hesitated for a moment, but still ordered his subordinates to bring Qiu Changqing's wife and children over.

Although he knew that as a prison officer, his every move would be in the eyes of others and would be reported to the emperor's ears, but he still deliberately violated the law.

Because this kind of compassion is the backbone that a literati should have. Through this action, he can also establish an image of himself as a well-behaved person.

Qiu Changqing looked at his wife, who had been loosened, and his three children, as well as the current head of the Qiu family, who was also his eldest brother Qiu Song.

At the beginning, my father named their brothers Song, Cypress, Chang'an, and Changqing, hoping that they would be safe and sound. But he was unwilling to be exiled by his family, and became the sword in the hands of the King of Han to deal with the prince and grandson.

Now, instead of hurting others, the knife hurts himself.

Looking at his eldest brother, this eldest brother, who had always seemed a little stupid in his impression, did not get angry and punched and kicked him as he expected at this time.

He just sighed softly and said, "You can go with peace of mind, three nephews and nieces, I will definitely help you raise them." ”

The whole family was detained from Hainan to the capital, and now they are going to the far north, to say that Qiu Song did not complain in his heart, it must be false.

But at this point, even complaining is useless.

Although they have many brothers, they have only two siblings. My own brother is about to die, what's the use of complaining?

Qiu Changqing kowtowed three times to his brother, and then raised his head to look at his tearful wife. "Chun'er, I'm sorry for you for my husband, three children, I'll leave it to you. Although the exiled slave Gandu Division was bitterly cold, the commander made Kang Wang and the Qiu family have an old relationship. He has a pure temperament, and he can be a big helper, but if it is not a big deal, this relationship still needs not be good......"

His three children were also sensible, and when they looked at their father, they knew that they were facing death, and they all cried out loudly when they called out for their father.

He showed a smile at this time, and comforted: "My father took the wrong path, and it affected the whole family, so it's not a pity to die." I only hope that you will listen to your uncle and mother in the future, be a down-to-earth person, and honor your uncle and mother when you grow up. ”

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In the Navy Headquarters, after getting the news that Qiu Changqing had been conferred the title, Zhu Zhanji quickly forgot about Qiu Changqing, whether he was alive or dead, he never took him seriously.

The only thing he had some interest in the letters handed over by Qiu Changqing was that no one dared to read those letters at all, so he directly submitted them to Zhu Di, and after Zhu Di read them, he threw them all into the brazier and burned them.

Although Zhu Di burned those letters, it doesn't mean that this matter is over, as a stubborn emperor, the last thing he can tolerate is for others to disobey his will, even if the other party is his son.

On the evening of the same day, Jinyiwei, together with the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and Ying Tianfu jointly seized several properties of the Han King in the capital, and captured dozens of people left in the capital by the Han King.

These men were imprisoned in large prisons, and without any interrogation, a large number of them were executed.

On March 26, a holy decree departed from Yingtianfu and was sent to the Shandong Provincial Political Envoy, the Metropolitan Command Envoy, and the Inspectorate Division, and ordered the three divisions to collect the illegal and illegal matters of the Han King in the past year.

Zhu Zhanji then got a secret report from Wang Yan and knew what Zhu Di meant. Although this is not necessarily a harbinger of Zhu Gaoxu's action, at least it also warns Zhu Gaoxu, who is now lawless in the fiefdom.

With Zhu Zhanji's understanding of Zhu Di, this matter will never pass so easily, this board is light or heavy, and it must be brought down.

However, this is not something he is concerned about, no matter what kind of punishment, he, Zhu Zhanji, cannot interfere in this matter.

Before the holy decree arrived in Qingzhou, Zhu Gaoxu already knew the news that Qiu Changqing had escaped, then surrendered himself, and was executed.

This incident has become this embarrassing passive scene, it is not that Zhu Gaoxu is stupid, the key is that he is in Qingzhou, and he is beyond the reach of the whip.

If he was in the capital, he would definitely know the news of Qiu's arrest very early, and he would have attacked Qiu Changqing at that time.

However, he was not in the capital, and the degree of freedom that was authorized to Qiu Changqing was too great, resulting in no one being able to restrain him.

After learning that the Qiu family was arrested and sent to the Beijing Division, the people below did not dare to do anything directly against Qiu Changqing, and they had to get his authorization.

But before he could receive the letter, Qiu Changqing had already run away.

At this time, the remaining personnel of the palace woke up like a dream and wanted to kill Qiu Changqing, but they failed.

Qingzhou was originally the capital city of Shandong Buzheng Division, and in the ninth year of Hongwu, the government moved from Qingzhou to Jinan.

The king of Han was named Qingzhou, and did not build a new palace of the king of Han, but lived in the original palace of the political envoy.

After getting that the emperor had read his correspondence with Qiu Changqing and executed Qiu Changqing, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "If I am in the capital, how can I be so passive, I can only be beaten!" ”

This kind of grievance and anger made him want to gain supreme power even more, even if he knew that he was actually defeated.

Originally, there was also Qiu Fu, who had the highest prestige in the army, as a foreign aid, and he was far more loved in the army than the crown prince Zhu Gaochi.

But now that Qiu Fu is dead, although the prince is not loved by the military, he has a more popular grandson than him.

The prince was respected by the civil official group, and the grandson was respected by the military nobles, and the two completely excluded him.

The opportunity he was looking forward to was that the crown prince was not in good health, and as long as there was a deviation between the crown prince and the crown grandson in the process of inheriting the throne, he would have the opportunity to launch a new battle of martyrdom like his father.

This is his only chance.

So in Qingzhou, he seized the time to gather troops, and bought Jin Rong, the commander of Shandong, with a lot of money, waiting for this opportunity.

When Zhu Di's decree arrived in Jinan Mansion, he learned the content of the decree through Jin Rong. Knowing that his father was so disregarding the relationship between father and son and wanted to punish him, he felt that he was abandoned by the whole world.

"Just because I came out of my mother's belly later, I will have to succumb to a wreck for the rest of my life!"

He was already angry, and shouted: "Wang Bin! ”

"The minister is here!"

"Distribute the swords and bows, and order the red-clothed guards to go to the surrounding counties and collect all the horses."

Wang Bin was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "Your Highness, you can't do it, how different is this from rebellion!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu sneered: "I just want to make this gesture, I want to see if my father really doesn't have me as a son in his heart." ”

Wang Bin didn't dare to persuade again, he knew that His Royal Highness had inherited the emperor's rigid side, but his mind was not open-minded enough. Now that King Han wants to fight with the emperor, their subordinates can only survive in the cracks.

However, the king of Han only allowed the collection of horses, but did not allow the use of force, so it is good for him to be deceived and deceived, as long as he can get horses. As for the plunder, he would never have dared to do it.

Walking out of the gate of the Han Palace, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. blames himself for not having the opportunity to take refuge with the prince at the beginning, and now he can only go one way to the dark.