Chapter 447: The Fall of King Zhou (I)

Zhu Yuanzhang has many sons, and there are many sons who left him first, and his third son Zhu Li died of illness while he was pretending to be dead, which made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already loveless, feel like ashes, otherwise he might not have died so early.

I'm afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would not have thought that just a few months after his death, his other son would also be wiped out, and the initiator was his grandson Zhu Yunwen, who he cultivated vigorously.

Hu Ye's proposal to cut the feudal domain was finally implemented, and on July 15, the 31st year of Hongwu, this is a long-standing Halloween Festival. In Kaifeng Mansion, every household burns incense at the door of their own house and inserts incense on the ground, symbolizing a bumper harvest of grains.

They prayed for a long life for their vassal kings, because during the period when the king of Zhou was in the fiefdom, they lived and worked in peace and contentment, even if it was a twenty-nine year of drought, there were very few people who opened the seal, although they benefited from the relief from Beiping, but they did not forget the hope that the king of Zhou brought them.

Since it is Halloween, there is Krathong to guide the way for those unjustly killed ghosts.

On the surging Yellow River, countless water lanterns wandered, some were blown out by the wind, some were extinguished by the big waves, and some ran out of oil and gradually lost their brilliance.

When the lights go out, the water lanterns have completed the task of leading the souls of injustice across the Nai He Bridge, which is the hope of the people of Kaifeng.

But their lights went out, and they didn't lead the Yuan Soul across the Nai He Bridge, but they attracted tens of thousands of troops.

"On July 15, 31, Cao Guogong led an army of 30,000 people, taking advantage of Kaifeng, wanting to go to the north to prepare for the border, and went to the bank of the Yellow River.

From time to time, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, opened the city gate and raised the whole city to greet the people.

It was night, and Kaifeng held a carnival in the city.

The next day, Cao Guogong led his troops to surround the palace of the king of Zhou, telling the ten sins of the king of Zhou.

On the third day, Cao Guogong escorted the king of Zhou back to Beijing, and the guards of the king of Zhou were returned to the imperial court and the fief of the king of Zhou was abolished. The family of King Zhou returned to Nanjing together and handed over to the Zongren Mansion for processing. ”

Hu Ye closed the military report and sighed, Zhu Yunwen did it after all, and the first person to suffer was Zhu Hu, who was a compatriot with Zhu Di, and sure enough, it was still soft persimmons that were easy to pinch.

What kind of person Zhu Hu is, Hu Ye doesn't know, but after Zhu Hu was arrested, the expressions of the people of Kaifeng showed that the ten crimes were simply unwarranted.

"July 18. On the first day of King Zhou's arrest, fifty people from Kaifeng New City gathered at Kaifeng Yamen to demand release, and were finally forcibly driven away by the Cao State Public Guard.

On July 19, the day after King Zhou was arrested, 500 people surrounded Xuanwuwei and wanted to command envoys to come forward to save King Zhou, but they failed and were suppressed by 3,000 soldiers of Xuanwuwei.

July 20. The king of Zhou was escorted back to Beijing, and tens of thousands of people blocked Kaifeng City, demanding that Cao Guogong release him, otherwise the siege would continue. Cao Guogong was helpless. I had to return to the inner city.

On July 21, the fourth day of King Zhou's arrest, 100,000 people in Kaifeng took to the streets to petition for King Zhou.

On July 22, the fifth day of King Zhou's arrest. The people of nearby Chenliu, Yangwu, and Qixian rushed to Kaifeng and surrounded Kaifeng. Cao Guogong was afraid and asked for help from King Zhou.

King Zhou was pale. took a deep look at Cao Guogong, and then came to Kaifeng City Tower with a flail, and complained of his innocence, saying that the court was not wrong, as long as he arrived in Nanjing, Zongrenfu would return his innocence, and persuade the people of the city to go back to their homes, it was the busy summer season, and he could not miss his own harvest, and one day he would return to Kaifeng.

On July 23, the people left Kaifeng City one after another, and Cao Guogong escorted the king of Zhou back to Beijing. ”

Hu Ye closed this publication, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, King Zhou had only been escorted back for a few days, and such a publication had already appeared, I am afraid that Zhu Yunwen would not have thought that this would cause such an uproar, almost causing a civil uprising, and even Geng Bingwen by the Yangtze River could not sleep.

Last time, Geng Bingwen was ordered to suppress the Bashu people's rebellion, even if he was murderous, he had already killed to the point of softness, and he didn't want to do it again in Kaifeng.

As for Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, I heard that after returning to Beijing, he has been sick until now.

"Saren, take my official uniform, I want to go to the palace."

Putting two completely different letters on the table, Hu Ye made up his mind.

After a while, Hu Ye had already changed into the official uniform of the Hanlin attendant, which was a specially customized official uniform, because there had never been such a small Hanlin attendant.

Stepping on Hongchen's horseback, now that Hongchen has been giving birth for more than half a year, her body has completely recovered to its original state, and she is a fierce horse again, Hu Ye feels like a rocket on her.

Now that the scorching sun is in the sky and it is dog days, when Hu Ye arrived at the palace, he was already sweating profusely, and with the heavy official uniform, Hu Ye only felt like he was in a steamer.

But he didn't have time to pay attention to this, he was going to see Zhu Yunwen, because today was the day to convict King Zhou.

Hu Ye went to Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yunwen was not there, went to Wenhua Palace, and was no more, and after the last inquiry, he learned that Zhu Yunwen was in the Criminal Department.

In the end, Tyrant Zhao got his wish, because the responsibility of judging the king of Zhou was entrusted to him.

Originally, a relative of the emperor like King Zhou committed a crime and had to be handed over to the Zongren Mansion for trial, but this time the nature was too strict, and the King of Zhou not only wanted to rebel himself, but also tried in vain to incite a civil uprising and want to subvert the rule of the imperial court.

Hu Ye only felt funny when he heard this reason, and only then did he have a deeper understanding of the fact that there is no excuse for the crime of wanting to add, even the dignified vassal king is like this, in front of the criminal department, how many people dare to say that they are not guilty?

When Hu Ye came to the Criminal Department, King Zhou's trial had ended, and under Zhu Yunwen's supervision, the crime that Tyrant Zhao convicted King Zhou of was a heinous crime that needed to rebel and subvert the royal family, and this crime was no longer degraded to a commoner who could atone for his crimes.

So when the verdict of the king of Zhou was announced, the car cracked!

King Zhou's family members are all assigned to the frontier!

When he heard this verdict, Hu Ye almost collapsed to the ground, the king of Zhou in history is not this ending, although he was cut by Zhu Yunwen, but he was only assigned to Yunnan, and finally Zhu Di rank, he also served as the king of Zhou for decades, and finally compiled several medical books, which is Zhu Yuanzhang's dozens of sons, except for Zhu Di, the greatest achievement.

"Stormy! And people have given you the right to such a verdict! ”

Hu Ye roared and yelled at Tyrant Zhao, the royal family will definitely not be punished by the car split, he Tyrant Zhao does not have this right!

"I gave him the right!"

As soon as Hu Ye finished roaring, Zhu Yunwen walked out from the back of the court, and Yun Zichen followed behind, with no expression on his face, as if the sentenced person was not a vassal king, but just an ordinary death row prisoner.

"He's your uncle!"

Hu Ye shouted loudly.

"First of all, he is a feudal lord who wants to rebel, and secondly, he is my uncle."

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Hu Ye coldly, and then left with Yun Zichen.

When Yun Zichen passed by Hu Ye's side, he sighed and shook his head.

Hu Ye didn't know what Yun Zichen meant, did he mean that he was self-inflicted? Or let yourself not be nosy?

"I'm going to see King Zhou!" After Zhu Yunwen left, Hu Ye yelled loudly at Tyrant Zhao.

"Lord Hu, King Zhou is now a death row prisoner, do you really want to see him? If he becomes an accomplice, the crime is not small. Storm Zhao glanced at Hu Ye.

"If you want to condemn me, I'm afraid I'm just lying in bed every day, can't it be said that I am a great sin of rebellion?"

Hu Ye glanced at Storm Zhao with contempt, he saw the sinister cunning behind this Siwen student, and saw countless despicable, and he would feel that his eyes would be stained if he looked at it more.

Before coming to the prison, Hu Ye was stopped by the soldiers, and in the end, it was the violent Zhao who came forward to save Hu Ye from trouble.

"Master Hu, this is just the first one."

After a sigh, he left with the jailer.

When he came to the prison, Hu Ye found that this was the cell where he stayed with Liu Sanwu at the beginning, or that window, and the sunlight still penetrated through him, but this time it was no longer illuminating Liu Sanwu, but it was replaced by Zhu Hu.

Thinking of Liu Sanwu's suicide in this cell, Hu Ye felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

"This king has confessed his sins, won't he let me go?"

Zhu Hu in the cell sat there, just like Liu Sanwu, who had a habit of cleanliness at the beginning.

Hu Ye looked at Zhu Hu carefully, there were no scars on his body, presumably he had not been subjected to heavy punishment. The resolute face showed a pale, deep-set eye socket, with a deep vision.

"Why do you have to confess, you are not guilty." Hu Ye squatted and sat down.

"He said I was guilty, and I was guilty, and if I was not guilty, then he was guilty, so who do you think should be guilty?" Zhu Hu raised his eyes and glanced at Hu Ye, thinking that there were still people in Nanjing who believed that he was innocent, and this was enough.

"No one is guilty, it is the imperial power that is guilty."

"Who are you to be in this prison at such a young age."

Hearing Hu Ye's remarks, Zhu Hu was a little surprised, so he asked curiously.

"This is the third time I've been to the prison, and the first two times I've sent off a respectful old man."

Hu Ye lowered his head, his heart was full of pain, Liu Sanwu would not have died, but because he wanted to save him, he stabbed him, and finally Liu Sanwu committed suicide in the cell, Hu Ye thought it was his fault, maybe he shouldn't interfere too much in history.

"It seems that you have a lot of experience, and it is not easy to be young."

Zhu Hu looked at Hu Ye carefully and found that Hu Ye's eyes couldn't be faked, it wasn't acting skills that could be performed, only after experiencing it, would he have that kind of look.

"My name is Hu Ye, will you hate me?" Hu Ye finally said his name, he knew that when Li Jinglong went to arrest Zhu Hu, he would definitely not miss himself as the initiator.

"What about hate, what if you don't hate? Without you Hu Ye, there will still be Zhang Ye, Li Ye, and Xuan Ye, anyway, the final result is the same, we are all just victims of imperial power. ”

When Zhu Hu heard Hu Ye's name, he didn't have much fluctuation, but just muttered.

The more bland Zhu Hu is, the more crazy Hu Ye is.

"Why! Why don't you scold me! Hu Ye roared. (To be continued......)