Chapter 143: King Zhu Qiugui of Jin
"The minister will not live up to His Majesty's trust." Yang Lian knelt on the ground and said.
"I believe in you, otherwise, I wouldn't have put you in such an important position." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty, this matter is widely implicated, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." Zhao Nanxing still did not give up.
"When the interruption continues, but the chaos is affected, I will start to rectify the rule of officials from Shanxi today. From today onwards, Xu Guangqi will be promoted to governor of Shanxi. Xu Futai, your high-yield crops will be promoted from Shanxi, and I hope that the people of the whole world will never have a day when they don't have enough to eat. Zhu Youxiao said.
"The Lord's Order is grateful." Xu Guangqi said.
"Your Majesty......" Zhao Nanxing was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao as soon as he spoke.
"I'm tired, go down first." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said. Zhu Youxiao really didn't want to be verbose anymore.
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When Zhu Youxiao returned to the back hall, he saw that the back hall was full of gifts and ten beautiful women.
"What's going on?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"This is sent by the King of Jin, and the concubines dare not accept it, so they just wait for the emperor to deal with it." Fan Huifei bowed down and said.
Now the situation in Datong is really in danger for everyone, Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, and Fan Yongdou and other eight people also have business dealings, he was afraid that he would be involved, so he hurriedly sent a generous gift to Zhu Youxiao today.
"What about the giver?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"It's all gone." Fan Huifei said.
"Take it all." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. He never thought of killing Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin.
"Your Majesty, the King of Jin sent such a heavy gift, I'm afraid there is something to ask for." Fan Huifei said softly.
"I know that I received his gift today, and he should come to the door himself tomorrow. I just have something to tell him. Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Ding didn't think about tea and dinner during this time, and today the doctor came to see and said that Concubine Ding is pregnant." Fan Huifei said.
"Where is Concubine Ding now?" Zhu Youxiao said in surprise. You must know that in history, there is no record of the birth of concubines. With the appearance of this child, Zhu Youxiao realized that his influence on Daming had become greater and greater unconsciously, and the butterfly effect was about to set off a storm.
"I'm resting in my room at this time." Fan Huifei said.
"Since that's the case, don't bother her, spread my will, and canonize the concubine as the concubine." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Concubine on behalf of the concubine, thank the emperor for Longen!" Fan Huifei said with tears in her eyes.
"Today is a happy day, Aifei seems to be unhappy?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"The concubine asked the emperor to forgive her sins, and the concubine just remembered the concubine's two hard-working children." Fan Huifei said in a low voice.
"We'll have kids." Zhu Youxiao comforted softly.
"Your Majesty." Fan Huifei said softly.
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Wang Liqian spent a day in prison and brought out another confession.
"This confession will be available tomorrow." Zhu Youxiao read the confession and said.
"What should these eight people do?" Wang Liqian asked.
"The empire and the scholars are too lenient, the common people are too strict, the peasants are unbearable tyranny, the merchants borrow the rise of the scholars, they can't afford to be early, they have no national righteousness in their hearts, they only want to gain every inch, they are traitors and eternal fighters, people of the Ming Kingdom, and the Miao descendants of the Han Dynasty, but when the national war is in the country, they do not seek to benefit the country and a dime, but they are one of the people who are heavy? Those who do not care about the survival of the Han people, only care about the selfishness of the family, and forget the righteousness for small profits, there is nothing more than this, and the Jin people will rise so quickly if they have no iron weapons? It is really a sharp blade and an enemy, if Ming dies, it is from the hands of this kind of traitor businessman, although it is difficult to eliminate this hatred for eternity. Zhu Youxiao borrowed an evaluation from later generations and said.
"Your Majesty, or simply wipe out these eight people and nine clans." Wang Liqian said.
"I promise that I will not implicate innocent people, etc., when this case is concluded, Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, the adult Ding Kou who were imprisoned in the prison, beheaded the eight people together for public display, and cast eight kneeling statues with white iron to stand at the gate of Khan Qingyuan, I want such a traitor to be spurned forever." Zhu Youxiao said fiercely.
Khan Qing Garden, taken from "Keeping Dan Heart Zhao Khan Qing", is a cemetery built by Zhu Youxiao on the edge of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, which is specially used to bury the martyrs who died in the Datong Campaign. Of course, the martyrs who have been loyal to the country in the future can be buried here.
"Your Majesty, the construction of the Khan Qingyuan may not be carried out until the blockade of Datong City is over." Wang Liqian said.
"I know that when the blockade of Datong City ends, let this group of martyrs be buried first, and then build other buildings, especially the base of Huabiao, and the names of the martyrs must be engraved." Zhu Youxiao said.
"No." Wang Liqian replied.
"When this case is dealt with, I will return to Beijing, and the affairs of Khan Qingyuan must be done by someone who is competent, and there must be no slackness." Zhu Youxiao said.
Now that it is the end of August, Zhu Youxiao thought that Concubine Ren Rong was about to give birth, but he might not be able to make it, but he still wanted to rush back as soon as possible, not to mention that Concubine Ding was also pregnant.
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The next day, Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, really came to the door in person.
"King Jin, you can take a look at these confessions first." Zhu Youxiao handed the confession brought by Wang Liqian yesterday to King Jin and said.
These confessions are true or false, there are some things in them that Zhu Qiugui knows, but there are many things in them that Zhu Qiugui has never heard of. Seeing this confession, Zhu Qiugui broke out in a cold sweat, "Your Majesty, these confessions are all false, Your Majesty must not believe it." ”
"Really? Since all of them slandered the King of Jin, it seems necessary to let eight people come and confront the King of Jin face to face. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
"Your Majesty, the guilty minister deserves to die. It is very likely that the things confessed in this confession were done by someone in collusion with eight people in the name of the criminal minister, and the minister really did not know. Zhu Qiugui knelt on the ground and said. Those things he hadn't heard of, he didn't know if the people below were colluding with these eight people to do it.
"The crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is a big crime, even if Emperor Taizu Gao is alive, he probably will not tolerate it." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty, if the criminal is really guilty of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, it will be difficult for the criminal to forgive his sin, but there must be a misunderstanding in the middle, and I hope Your Majesty will learn from it." Zhu Qiugui said.
"King Jin, no matter who did it, as long as it was done by your people, you will not be able to escape the blame, it is because of you that these eight people can succeed in collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. I should have locked you up immediately, but considering that we are of the same clan and bloodline, I have the heart to let you wait for once. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Zhu Qiugui said while kowtowing.
"Don't be busy thanking you first, I still have a few conditions, if King Jin can agree, this matter will never happen." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.