King Han is dead.

This news fell into the ears of the other clansmen, and suddenly a thousand waves surged, and the kings of Hui, Luxi, Shanhua, and Le'an were all worried, and did not dare to resist, and surrendered to the Jinyi guards who came to arrest them.

After the four kings were arrested and imprisoned in Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei dug three feet into their mansion to search for evidence, and interrogated the four people, they were all pampered since childhood, even if the country broke and the family died, they did not suffer much, so in the face of Jinyiwei's severe torture, they almost did not hesitate to confess everything, of course, in order to save the lives of their whole family, they attributed all the charges to the dead King Han.

The same is true of Zhu Jingyuan, the king of Changsha, even if the king of Han is his brother, but in order to save his own life, he still lied that he was the master of the king of Han and coerced him to join like other clan relatives, and he had no disagreement with the court.

Although Jin Yiwei didn't believe their words, the main evidence was burned in the fire in the Han Wangfu, and the letters of several other clan relatives were not left, so they could only stop there, and handed over the sorted confession to Li Yuanyin, and then he handed it to Su Yan himself.

After reading these confessions, Su Yan had a new understanding of the low limit of the clansmen involved in the case.

"It's really a big disaster, so you can fly separately." Su Yan sneered and said, Li Yuanyin on the side said a little cautiously: "Your Highness, in the opinion of the ministers, although there is not enough evidence to prove how much they have contributed to it, this matter is very important, if it is not severely punished, it is very likely that more people will have no fear and take action against you."

"You're right." Su Yan nodded, I don't know if it was an illusion, Li Yuanyin seemed to see a cold glint flash in his eyes.

"Let's draw up an edict." Su Yan said to Guan Siqiu, who was standing on the side, and the latter hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the pen and ink to prepare.

"Zhu Changyu, King of Hui, Zhu Jingyuan, King of Changsha, Zhu Ciyi, King of Luxi, Zhu Yujun, King of Shanhua, and Zhu Yijun, King of Le'an, participated in the assassination of the imperial court and the country, the crime is unforgivable, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Ling Chi should have been executed, but he has the virtue of a good life, and he is considered a royal clansman, and he is exempted from capital crimes.

Listening to Su Yan's words, Guan Siqiu's pen paused for a moment in mid-air, but he still wrote it down.

After the edict was stamped with the seal of the prison, it was directly reported to the world, and the five clan relatives in the edict all wept bitterly after hearing it, and their pampered living habits would undoubtedly be a dead end if they were assigned to a remote place in Yunnan.

But what they didn't know was that after the edict was issued, Su Yan privately summoned Wang Yuanyong and ordered him to escort him personally, and when he arrived in a remote place, he would execute the five clan relatives and their families together, cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, so as to prevent future troubles.

This is what is going to happen to him, and they have to die.

The mastermind of this assassination, King Han, did not escape, even though he had been buried in the fire, Su Yan still ordered someone to find his body out of the fire, he directly expelled King Han, and then broke his body and scattered ashes in the Yangtze River.

Because the evidence is conclusive, the few people who have their hearts towards Zhu Ming can't say anything, so they can only sigh at the indisputability of this group of clans, and they can't do anything else.

What they don't know is that it's just a small beginning.

In the morning of the second day when the clan relatives involved and their families were escorted by Jinyi Wei and left Nanjing crying, Xu He, the first assistant of the cabinet, jointly signed the cabinet deputy assistant, the head of the cabinet, the head of the household, the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, the governor of Jiangnan and other important ministers and hundreds of officials in the court, advised Su Yan to ascend the throne and take charge of the great treasure.

They said that Zhu Ming was unreasonable, and the clan was not virtuous, which caused chaos in the world, Shenzhou Lu Shen, Hu Lu entered the customs, stole the mandate of heaven, and the king of Chu had both talent and virtue, and turned the tide, recovered half of the country, expelled the Tartars, restored China, swept away the female cadres, and the people's hearts were wanted.

The joint persuasion led by Xu He did not discuss with Su Yan in advance, and he was also taken aback after listening to the advice of the hundred officials, but he still looked unfazed on his face, watching the reactions and performances of those officials who were not involved.

Zhang Kentang, the assistant minister of the cabinet, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the secretary of the criminal department and others did not participate, they only heard the rumors, and now they saw that they were openly admonishing, and they were also caught for a while

was shocked, but soon, Zhang Kentang and Wu Zhongluan reacted, they glanced at each other, and they also followed the ranks, kneeling down among the hundred officials.

Seeing that the cabinet assistant ministers and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the two highly respected members of the imperial court of the former King Lu of the Imperial Palace, had chosen Su Yan, other officials, including Jie Chongxi, no longer hesitated and knelt down.

In just a few breaths, the civil and military officials in the court all knelt on the ground, and under the leadership of Xu He, they loudly advised Su Yan to take the position, but Su Yan did not agree, he showed hesitation on his face, and said:

"Lone is just a prisoner of the country, and when the Hu Lu is swept away and the Wu thieves are pacified, they will choose the wise people in the clan to return the authority, how can the secretaries be lonely in injustice?"

"Your Royal Highness's words are wrong, the clan is incompetent, and you want to assassinate Your Highness, how can you entrust the Ming Dynasty to them, Your Highness is the people's desire, and the people all praise Your Highness's sage, the ancient Shun because of the virtuous Zen let Dayu, now His Highness's sage is unmatched in the world, and he should be the co-lord of the world!" Xu He said loudly.

The hundred officials echoed in unison, and Su Yan shirked again, and after such a few resignations, Su Yan had no choice but to sigh and said, "Since the secretaries are so trusted, wouldn't it be ashamed to be alone to the secretaries and the people of the world."

Su Yan's voice fell, Xu He took the lead in shouting long live, and then Su Yan ordered the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple to hold an auspicious day to hold an enthronement ceremony, and the civil and military officials temporarily stayed in their original positions, and they were rewarded for their merits after the enthronement ceremony.

The news of the hundred officials' exhortation to proclaim the emperor quickly spread throughout the whole city of Nanjing, and spread to the surrounding areas with Nanjing as the core.

As Xu He expected, when the people of Nanjing heard that Su Yan was about to become emperor, they all cheered and cheered, shouting long live, and Su Yan's base of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan provinces also firmly supported Su Yan's rule.

As for the rest of the provinces, due to the long distance, the news has not yet arrived in time, and this news is not known for the time being.

However, to Su Yan's surprise, Qian Qianyi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, resigned and returned to his hometown at this juncture, he wrote in his resignation to Su Yan that he had failed the Ming family and surrendered to the Qing court, and now the Ming family is dying.

Su Yan didn't know what he was thinking, but he still agreed to Qian Qianyi's request and let him return to his hometown.

For example, Zhang Kentang, Wu Zhongluan, and Jie Chongxi, these former Ming officials, did not resign and continued to stay in the imperial court, and Wu Zhongluan did his best to prepare for Su Yan's enthronement ceremony - after the calculation of the officials of Qin Tianjian, the enthronement ceremony will be held a month and a half later, that is, on the first day of July in the second year of the prison state.