Chapter 440: Scheming
The old man's skull was stained with blood, and his eyes were facing upwards when they were wide open, and his eyes were chilling. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThousands of craftsmen, young and old, no one dared to pant loudly, and kept their mouths tight, for fear of being targeted by the devil Zhu Gaoxi.
The craftsmen were honest, but Zhu Gaoxi was not ready to stop, but he carried the embroidered spring knife that was still dripping blood, slowly walked in front of the craftsmen step by step, and said cruelly: "Since you don't come out of the boat, but you want to prove your loyalty, that's good!" This king will give you a chance now, all the young and middle-aged people will stand in the center of the training ground, remember, there must be at least two people in each household, and if anyone dares to play sloppy in front of this king, they will be killed! ”
Under Zhu Gaoxi's coercion, no one dared not do it, and soon there were nearly 3,000 people standing on the training ground. Zhu Gaoxi, in the midst of a cruel laugh, drove all these people into twenty cargo ships used by maritime merchants, none of which were suppressed by twenty forbidden troops, and then set sail for the sea. And closely behind them were more than two dozen warships and five treasure ships led by Zhu Gaoxi, rushing towards Fei Xin's fleet.
Originally, Daming still had more than 200 warships available, but unfortunately they all stayed in Tianjinwei, and when they arrived, the daylily would be cold. Therefore, Zhu Gaoxi had the whimsical idea of using these craftsmen as cannon fodder as vanguards, or directly let these people drive their ships directly to ram Fei Xin's fleet, so that he would have the opportunity to get close to Fei Xin's fleet and engage in hand-to-hand combat.
He was quite confident in the strength of the forbidden army, and in his opinion, he could easily take down Fei Xin in close combat, or hold him back for a few days, and when the army arrived in a few days, it would be the day of his demise.
At first, the craftsmen didn't know what Zhu Gaoxi wanted them to do, but on the eve of the war, after learning the news, none of them wanted to do so. I'd rather be hacked to death on the ship by the forbidden army of the prison army than obey the command to drive the ship over and hit Fei Xin's fleet.
Zhu Gaoxi, who was furious about this, suspected that these people were all obeying Tang Ming's orders, and he immediately threatened those craftsmen that if they didn't open the country to hit Fei Xin's fleet, he would kill the family members who were still guarding in the treasure shipyard. Moreover, for the sake of deterrence, without saying a word, he ordered dozens of family members of artisan households to be tied to the flagpole on the dock and cut off their heads.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and now Zhu Gaoxi stimulated the anger of the craftsmen, but the craftsmen didn't expect that Zhu Gaoxi would not even let go of children, the elderly, and women and children. If it is not as good as he wants, he will be killed, and if it goes on like this, they will be killed sooner or later, and they will die on the left and right, and they can still have a little backbone when they die, but on the other side, they will die a nest, and they will have to bear an infamy of ingratitude.
These young and middle-aged craftsmen chose the first way at the first time, and killed the twenty forbidden soldiers who were in charge of supervising the army on the ship, and some people naturally followed after some people, and at one time on the twenty cargo ships, four hundred forbidden soldiers were killed by the angry craftsmen.
After the commander of the forbidden army learned of this news, he was furious and immediately came to tell Zhu Gaoxi, but he sneered indifferently: "What is there to panic about, what this king wants is to force them to rebel, only if they rebel, we can completely take back the treasure shipyard logically." ”
In the sneer, Zhu Gaoxi immediately ordered to kill all the remaining old and young women and children in the treasure shipyard, and then sent someone into the palace to show the emperor. It is said that in order to protect Tang Ming, the craftsmen of the Treasure Shipyard actually disobeyed the order to destroy the ships they built, and even rebelled collectively in the end. It's no matter how he was suppressed after a lot of hardships, and now there are still some young people who have fled to the sea, and are about to join Tang Ming's fleet, and all this is attributed to the fact that it was at the instigation of Fei Xin that the craftsmen would rebel, and this high hat was fiercely buckled on Tang Ming's head.
On the other hand, he sent someone to inform Saiyi, who was wearing the same pants as him, and asked him to send someone to take over the treasure shipyard. So far, the treasure shipyard has been tightly held in Zhu Gaoxi's hands in less than a day, which further confirms Tang Ming's accusation that he has already committed rebellion.
Zhu Gaoxi's plan was indeed unexpected, when Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Neng were still thinking hard about Tang Ming's matter, thinking about this solution. Zhu Di was so angry that he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood on the spot when he saw the craftsmen of the Treasure Shipyard plotting against him, and Zhu Di, who had long been suspicious of Tang Ming, did not find out the truth of the facts, but immediately ordered the execution of Tang Ming, who was still in prison.
and ordered the seizure of his Hou Ye's mansion, even Gaochun Manor did not escape the doom, surrounded by a large number of palace guards, plus Hou Xian's Dongchang with a large number of people began to count his family. All the people involved were controlled, and even the servants of Gaochun Manor were all arrested and imprisoned.
The old housekeeper didn't know what was going on, and no one answered him when he asked, and he was warned by Hou Xian not to get involved, otherwise the Zheng Mansion would be implicated. As a last resort, the old housekeeper could only hurriedly go to the prince to ask the truth. But Zhu Gaochi didn't know what was going on, and after sending someone out to inquire, he was already pale and deadly gray.
"Guogong, my father has ordered Tang Ming to be beheaded in the afternoon, and now the Hou Mansion, Gaochun Manor, and the Treasure Shipyard have all fallen into the hands of my second brother. What should we do now, things are completely out of control, can we just watch Tang Ming being beheaded like this? Zhu Gaochi looked sluggish, and only now did he understand that all this was done by Zhu Gaoxi behind his back.
Zhu Neng is also heartbroken at the moment, they have seen things wrong from the beginning, Zhu Gaoxi has been lurking for so long, and he thought that he was dead set on the position of the crown prince, but he didn't expect that he had been secretly arranging everything, he was just waiting, waiting for an opportunity that could be done once and for all.
"It's too late, no matter what the reason is, the craftsmen of the Treasure Shipyard have rebelled, and this has already confirmed Tang Ming's crime. And as soon as Tang Ming is executed, you will definitely be greatly implicated, if you don't believe it, tomorrow's morning dynasty will be clear. Now you still don't have to worry about yourself, Zhu Yong's military power of the 300,000 army, I think it has been taken back by the emperor now, as for whether the two of them will be implicated, it is not known now, but according to the current form, it will definitely not be able to escape. ”
Tang Ming was convicted of rebellion, according to the emperor's character, this matter will definitely be implicated in a wide range, it is very likely that those who have been a little closer to Tang Ming will become victims of this battle for the crown prince, and another turmoil in the power of the court makes Zhu Neng feel worried! (To be continued.) )