Chapter 70: The Great Southeast Earthquake

Is Zhu Zhanyan powerful?

is very powerful, after all, he is now an executioner who has killed more than 100,000 people in the eyes of the world, even if in fact he has not moved a single hair of these hundreds of thousands of people.

It's like now, Ji Gang, who only obeys the emperor's orders, has to be respectful to him, and he doesn't dare to offend him in the slightest.

But in reality, it's just a fake tiger.

The reason why Ji Gang is respectful to him is just because the old man attaches importance to him, if he is still the prince of the Han Dynasty before the Northern Expedition, Ji Gang may not be too much, but his attitude will definitely not be like now.

Zhu Zhanyan knew this very well, so he didn't have the slightest intention of fighting people.

Since the Yangzhou Government Office and his entourage, he went directly back to the post house in Yangzhou Mansion, and he didn't go anywhere, and everything was handed over to Jinyiwei to deal with.

He can't do much anyway, can he?

However, compared to Zhu Zhanyan, others are not so calm.

Zhu Zhanyan took Jinyiwei to Yangzhou in secret, how secret was it?

Zhu Zhanyan's biological parents, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, and the princess of Han did not know.

And with the Yangzhou prefect Wang Zheng being raided and exterminated, this matter cannot be concealed at all, after all, there are many people, and the news cannot be suppressed forever.

But when the matter was spread, it was no longer as simple as it was at the beginning, and at this time it had developed to the point that even Zhu Zhanyan was stunned.

Outside the north gate of Yangzhou City, Zhu Zhanyan looked up at the sun, felt the already cool weather, waved his hand, and then covered his face with the fan in his hand.

Even though Zhu Zhanyan couldn't see it anymore, Ji Gang still respectfully saluted Zhu Zhanyan, and then turned around.

"Execution!"

The cries, begging for mercy, and shouts of fear converged, making Zhu Zhanyan very irritable.

"Next batch!"

"Execution!"

"Next batch!"

……

From sunrise to sunset, Zhu Zhanyan was paralyzed all afternoon, and it wasn't until sunset that today's highlight was over.

"His Royal Highness, the total number of suspected criminals this time is 21,362 people, and all the executions have been completed."

Ji Gang lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhu Zhanyan.

He didn't go to the Northern Expedition, it was Jinyiwei who commanded the servant Pang Ying to join the expedition, and he was left in Yingtianfu to assist the prince in supervising the country.

So although he knew Zhu Zhanyan's "murderous name" before, it was limited to the cold words, and it was not until today that he felt that his three views had been refreshed.

In the past, he always felt that a ten-year-old child, no matter how good he was, how good could he be?

But today, more than 20,000 people, including men, women, young and strong, and children, all died here, but Zhu Zhanyan did not react at all.

"It's over, isn't it?" After listening to Ji Gang's words, Zhu Zhanyan took down the fan that was blocking his face, glanced at it privately, and showed a disgusted expression.

"Let people pack up! Anyway, this Yangzhou Mansion is also one of the important wharves of the canal, what will you think if you are seen? ”

"Yes!" Ji Gang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly responded.

"Then I'll leave it to you later, I'll go back to the post house first." Zhu Zhanyan stood up and shook the fan to fan the strong smell of blood, but the effect was not very obvious.

"Oh yes, just the officials, nobles and businessmen who were beheaded this time, you go back and make a list, and I will leave for Beijing tomorrow, so I can tell the emperor's grandfather."

"Yes!"

Zhu Zhanyan shook his fan and walked away.

Blood, it's just like that when you see too much, the smell is very pungent, but in fact, it's nothing to get used to, but I think that this kind of rich blood will affect breathing to some extent, after all, it is not as comfortable as breathing fresh air.

It wasn't until Zhu Zhanyan had walked a long way that Ji Gang dared to raise his head to look at Zhu Zhanyan's long shadow that was dragged by the dim sun.

……

Because it was the execution of more than 20,000 people, Zhu Zhanyan deliberately chose the place outside the city, and it was two miles away from the city.

Now looking at the somewhat depressed Yangzhou City, Zhu Zhanyan suddenly felt a little emotional.

The old man turned over the old accounts this time and thoroughly investigated the original fornication with the Japanese bandits, which can be said to have caught everyone off guard.

After all, who would have thought that after the Northern Expedition, Emperor Yongle, who should have been busy appeasing the soldiers, would suddenly kill a horse pistol?

And it's the first time in nearly a year.

At that time, because of the rush of time, Ji Gang only found six people who were implicated in the Japanese Kou, and then Zhu Zhanyan was forcibly recalled to Yingtian by the old man, and there was no follow-up to this matter.

Now, just when everyone felt safe, the old man struck again and directly turned the entire southeast upside down.

Fornicating with the Japanese and the Japanese, raising the price of grain, liaising with officials, and exchanging shoddy food for disaster relief, although the case is huge, although it cannot be compared with the three major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, I think future generations will also classify it together, right?

Will the three major cases in the early Ming Dynasty become the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty? Zhu Zhanyan didn't know.

But one thing he knows very well is that his reputation is basically stinky!

Looking at the people around him who were subconsciously avoiding him, Zhu Zhanyan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The people's thoughts are very simple, and their thoughts are often not thoughtful, just like the reverence for Zhu Zhan Yan when they returned from the Northern Expedition, and the fear they have of Zhu Zhan Yan now.

The reverence is because Zhu Zhan Yan was decisive in killing on the grassland, so that they and their descendants could suffer less from the war, and the fear now is only because Zhu Zhan Yan had just killed more than 20,000 people outside the city.

More than 20,000 people, this is not a small matter, although it is nearly two miles away from Yangzhou City, but there are always people who will see it.

"Ah...... Let's go. With a lazy yawn, Zhu Zhanyan decided not to care about these worldly eyes anymore.

"Go back and pack your things and go back to Beijing tomorrow."

"Yes!"

……

At the same time, the Imperial Palace, the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Di put away the secret fold in front of him and put it aside, and then slowly leaned on the dragon bed.

Although Yangzhou Mansion is more than 150 miles away from Yingtianfu, because of the existence of the Yangtze River, the transportation is still very convenient, especially when it comes to official information.

Generally speaking, it takes half a day to get it slowly, and it takes more than an hour to get there if it's fast.

"More than 20,000 people, how bold you are......"

Zhu Di squinted his eyes and muttered in his mouth, making the waiters and palace maids waiting on the side tremble.

They didn't know what was written on the fold, and they didn't know what was going on, but they knew the man they had been serving.

The angry emperor is not terrible, the calm emperor is the most terrifying, because at this time, there is a high probability that someone will die.

And it turns out they guessed right.

If you don't have some ability, you will be eaten by a tiger sooner or later.