Chapter 1212 Punishment
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Eunuch Wu to announce many of King Lu's crimes on the spot:
One of them was unkind, killed the commander of Huai'an Bi and the commander of the reserve, beat the commander of the guard to death, shot Ji Shan Zhang Yong with a bow, and killed a number of firefighters.
The second is disrespectful, first to go to Beijing, not to clean the body, to sacrifice the mountains and rivers, to soak rice with wine, drunk on the boat;
The third is injustice, indulgence in extravagance and pleasure, in order to open up gardens outside the palace of King Lu, nearly 1,000 houses were forcibly demolished.
Fourth, it is disrespectful, Brother Yan and Qi pass through their country and do not come out to greet them;
The five misdeeds will be the folk children will play in the palace, three or five days before they are released, and some are castrated as fires.
Sixth, they are unwise, do not think about protecting themselves, and are unscrupulous. Pampered the priests, took pills indiscriminately, and even became mentally mad and unconscious.
The seventh was not strict, and the palace was mixed, mixed with assassins, and almost killed several highnesses......
The eighth is ominous, as a vassal king, he should have guarded the border and the people, but because of his atrocities, he was angry with the local people, causing a rebellion in Shandong, and he was really an ominous person.
The nine are unfilial, the crime is extremely evil, killing the mother and the concubine, and the queen mother is also heartbroken and bedridden!
Therefore, King Lu and his wife should be put to death if they are guilty, and King Lu, as a prince, should be given medicine and wine.
But in the Guo family full of loyalty, Concubine Guo Ning served the emperor for 30 years, hard work, deep love, now for the son to commit suicide, can not fail to meet her last wishes, so King Lu is exempt from death, but the living crime is inescapable, abolished as a concubine, punished by punishment, made him a monk, day and night chanting to atone for his sins.
It is one of the five ancient punishments, in which the hair and beard of the prisoner are all shaved and the prisoner is punished in a humiliating manner.
The civil and military officials were all stunned when they heard this, they never expected that the death of Concubine Guo Ning would be such a tragic reason.
Therefore, shaving a person's hair is a complete deprivation of their dignity and identity, and it is an extreme destruction and humiliation of their spirit.
At this time, people generally believed that the body was skinned, and the parents did not dare to destroy it, and filial piety was the beginning.
And Zhu Yuanzhang ordered King Lu to become a monk, and he wanted him to be a 'bearded man' who had no hair for a lifetime. At least in the eyes of the contemporaries, it is really difficult to say whether this level of punishment is heavier, or whether it is more severe to kill him......
Unexpectedly, Concubine Guo Ning's death was only exchanged for King Lu's life, not only Princess Lu would be executed, but even King Lu himself would suffer the so-called "more uncomfortable than death" punishment.
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head, he saw Hu Weiyong standing at the head of the civil official class, pointing at him with disdain and laughing.
But today, he was hunched over and leaning back in his chair, looking unimposing.
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It has been 20 years since Zhu Yuanzhang became the king of Wu and began to hold court meetings. Every time he sat on the dragon chair for twenty years, he straightened his waist, as if nothing could bend his waist.
Princess Lu Tang did not cultivate women's virtues and bewitched the prince, and should have been executed by Ling Chi, but Nian had made outstanding contributions to the public service of Xinguo, so she only gave her death and left her whole body......
The courtiers all thought that he was hit by the death of Concubine Guo Ning, but they didn't know that what really made the emperor unable to raise his head was that he finally broke his word.
"Hahaha, the superior, the superior, what am I talking about? When it comes to you, I don't believe that you can kill your relatives righteously! Well, let me say it, right?"
"Seeing how resolute you were at the time, I thought that your children and grandchildren would break your oath, but I didn't expect you to say it yourself! Hahaha, look at your face, why is it so long?"
"Do you understand me very well now? Because you've become me. No, you've outdone me by the way! Hahaha!"
"You're farting!" Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help it, slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, and shouted angrily: "If you talk nonsense again, we'll dig up your grave!" I'm going to dig you out and crush your bones and scatter the ashes!"
"......" Boss Zhu suddenly went crazy, and the Manchu Dynasty was stunned.
Especially Ling Han, the political envoy who was reporting, was almost frightened when he heard this
urinated, plopped and knelt on the ground, kowtowed like chaff and pleaded: "The minister doesn't dare to say it anymore, the emperor spares his life."
"......" Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned, and then looked at the court, where is there still Hu Weiyong's shadow?
"Father, Ling Yintai was reporting on the latest situation of the Shandong People's Rebellion just now...... the crown prince on the side hurriedly reminded him softly:
"According to the Shandong Political Division, the sixth brother asked Yan Shenggong and the Meng family to come forward and mobilize the gentry to appease the people, and the government is also trying its best to suppress it, and the situation in various places has improved greatly.
"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he was not worried about the civil uprising in Shandong at all. He is the most successful rebel expert of all time, and no one knows the civil rebellion better than he does.
"Over the years, we have been lightly paying for the meager endowment, resting with the people, and there have been no natural disasters in Shandong, and the people will not reach the point where they can't survive. Especially in the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Shandong has always been the main battlefield, and it has been beaten for thousands of miles, deserted, and the people have only been living in peace for a few years? How can you be willing to rebel?" He said slowly:
"Therefore, let's judge the nature of the civil uprising in Shandong, which is not bad, and the common people are probably instigated by others and confused to make trouble. I believe that with the sixth child here, it will not be impossible to solve this matter......
As he spoke, he waved his hand and said, "We're a little tired, let's retire early today." In addition, tomorrow will be the day when Concubine Guo Ning will drop out."
Finally, he glanced at Guo Ying and said, "Marquis Wuding, you also mourn."
After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang got up with the dragon chair and walked off the golden platform.
"Your Majesty, Ministers!" The civil and military officials knelt on the ground together to send them off.
After Boss Zhu left, the officials got up, and the military attachés and nobles surrounded Guo Ying, who was crying stupidly.
The civil servants were not qualified to move forward, and they were too lazy to go up, so they whispered and gossiped as they walked out.
"The Guo family is really unfavorable, last year his brother Gongchang Marquis Guo Xinggang died of illness, it has only been less than a year, and his sister-in-law Guo Ningfei is gone."
"What's even more troublesome is that King Lu, the biggest backstage of the Guo family, has also been abolished...... Originally, the top Xuanhe Gate of the Ming Dynasty became a yellow flower of tomorrow in a blink of an eye."
"Xinguo Gong is also unlucky enough, Mingzhe has saved his life for a lifetime, obviously it was King Lu who committed a crime, and as a result, he killed his daughter......
"Shhhh Haven't you heard, what was supposed to be put to death by Ling Chi is now left with a whole corpse, which is already a grace."
"What crime is so serious that it needs to be delayed?" Someone was puzzled and asked, "I have heard this long list of crimes, except for the last one, for a princess, the crime is not punishable by death, right?" Besides, the last one is that the emperor wants to kill King Lu first, and Concubine Ning will commit suicide, right?"
"Actually, it's better to avoid the important and light, and avoid the real is false...... At this time, someone who knew the inside story revealed: "Do you know why the people of Shandong make trouble, because King Lu was supposed to hold a blood sacrifice on August 15, and castrate 36,000 children at the same time!" That's where the real outrage comes in."
"Huh? With so many people, how many boys are there in Shandong?"
"No wonder the common people make trouble." The officials sighed and walked away.
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