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Chapter 226: Heads are rolling in the capital! Intimidating all directions! Zhu Houzhao is satisfied! The Ministry of Works' lightning test!

Liaodong, Shanhaiguan.

During the founding period of the Ming Dynasty, three offices were set up: the Provincial Administration Office, the Military Command Office, and the Censorate to manage local civil affairs, military affairs, and justice respectively. However, the Liaodong region was rather special.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Liaodong only had a military command headquarters in charge of military affairs, but no provincial administration headquarters and provincial inspection headquarters.

Because there were few people at that time, it only had military strategic significance.

As society developed, the population of Liaodong increased, and various civil affairs also increased. As soon as Emperor Yingzong of Ming ascended the throne, the court established the Liaodong Governor to manage the affairs of Liaodong. In the early days, the Liaodong Governor was only in charge of civil affairs, and the military affairs of Liaodong were mainly handled by the Liaodong General.

After Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, the imperial court gave the Governor of Liaodong the power of military management, and the Governor of Liaodong now combined both military and civilian power in one person.

However, as things have developed to the present day, the power of the Liaodong Governor and the Liaodong General is almost the same.

Beyond Shanhaiguan, there is Liaodong.

At this time, the Liaodong Governor Deng Zhang, the former Liaodong Governor and current Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War Ma Zhongxi, the Liaodong General Han Fu, the Liaoyang Deputy General Mao Lun, the Commander-in-Chief Yang Zhen and others gathered together.

"There's an emergency ahead..."

"Prince Xing rebelled, the Nine Frontiers colluded with the Mongols, and colluded with spies in the capital, and have already breached the capital!"

"The Prime Minister and his men had no choice but to abandon the city and flee north..."

"Our Ming Dynasty seems to have suddenly fallen into a precarious situation..."

"The Prime Minister and his men will arrive at Shanhaiguan in a short while."

Governor Deng Zhang looked around at everyone and expressed his doubts: "What should we do next? Prime Minister Liu Jian means... we rely on Liaodong to resist King Xing..."

"Can we resist the whole country's army?"

His eyes finally fell on General Han Fu.

"In fact, as long as we hold Shanhaiguan, we can resist. Now our Liaodong is also strong..." Han Fu pondered for a moment: "But the key is, what is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty like?"

"Just listen to the Prime Minister and his one-sided words..."

After all, Liaodong is too far away from the south and has poor information access.

After they got the news of such a big thing, they have been concerned about the situation in the capital.

"Han Fu, what do you mean? Does that mean you still doubt the Prime Minister and the others?"

Ma Zhongxi, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, sensed the distrust of the Liaodong general and directly scolded him: "Prince Xing has already rebelled, and your Majesty's life and death are unknown. The Prime Minister and his men are now Lu Xiufu, preserving the last bloodline of the Ming Dynasty! Don't you want to stay out of it?"

"Minister Ma, that's not what I meant..."

Han Fu said directly: "The key is... the battle to defend the capital has not yet been settled, and the Prime Minister and his men have already moved their families and others here, as if they knew that the battle to defend the capital would be lost, and they did not allow us to go to the capital to provide assistance..."

To be able to be the general, to be in this position.

Of course there is no stupid one.

Especially some time ago, under the leadership of Liu Jian... their families and the families of Changling Guards were directly transferred here by the thousands. This kind of foresighted behavior is hard not to be suspicious.

"Of course, this is the Prime Minister and his men preparing for a rainy day!"

"Do we have to wait until the city is captured before we can move?"

Well, the cabinet has already planted Yang Ting and their loyal followers, and Ma Zhongxi is among them, and his interests are obviously inconsistent with those of everyone else.

It is still difficult to reach a consensus.

"Minister Ma, General Han is not suspicious of anything...but the current situation in Ming Dynasty makes us panic."

"I still remember that everything was fine before I took office half a year ago..."

"It's been less than half a year, and our Ming Dynasty has fallen into such a state of disunity. Now even the capital has fallen..."

Deng Zhang tried to mediate, but he was also worried about the current situation: "Where should we go? We finally joined forces with Goryeo to scare the Jianzhou Jurchens. If they also know this news and join forces with the Mongols, our Liaodong's hard-earned 20 years of peace and stability... our Ming Dynasty's hard-earned century of peace and stability..."

"Yes, Minister Ma, the Governor and I feel the same way..."

"The world is now in turmoil, and my family is still in the south..."

Han Fu did not hide his worry: "Who wants the world to be in chaos?"

The scene fell silent, even though Han Fu was the general of Liaodong and had a lot of troops under his command.

But he was not prepared to split Liaodong, and he was happy to see the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty maintained.

"Let the Prime Minister and his men make the final decision! There is a big thief in the country. Who would have thought that Prince Xing would rebel... Who would have thought that Your Majesty would..."

Ma Zhongxi was naturally still kept in the dark.

"Sir! The Prime Minister and his men have arrived!"

Then... just when they didn't know what to do, the guards came in and told them the news.

So everyone hurried out of the room and saw the more than a thousand cavalrymen of Changling Guard, as well as Liu Jian and Yang Tinghe with solemn expressions in front of the team. Naturally, they also paid attention to the carriage in the team, and they already knew... that was the only bloodline of Emperor Zhengde.

They hurried down to greet them.

……

Beijing, Meridian Gate!
The crowds gathered at the Meridian Gate and the sun was shining brightly at noon, making people sweat profusely.

However, no one felt hot. They just stretched their necks and watched the prisoners being taken to the execution ground.

"Xie Qian, your father's four clans have a total of 368 people... 230 people are missing. The others are in the south and their identities have been verified!"

"Xie Qian, your mother's three clans have a total of 316 people... vacancies..."

"Xie Qian, his wife and two families, a total of 104 people..."

The number of prisoners on the execution ground was unprecedentedly large. As the executioners announced the names one by one, there were about three to four thousand people kneeling on the ground, and there were thousands of people waiting behind them.

Anyway, just naming and announcing the scope of the genocide lasted an entire morning.

"It's noon! Your Majesty has issued an order that the former cabinet vice-minister Xie Qian, the former Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng, the eunuch Wang Yue of the Imperial Household Department... and others blew up the Emperor Taizong's mausoleum, which is a rebellion! According to the law, all nine clans will be exterminated! The main culprits Xie Qian and Zhang Sheng have been taken to Nanjing to await Your Majesty's decision. The nine clans of the criminals have been identified... and the execution will be carried out!"

Zheng Ji sat on the high platform, looked up at the sun and the sundial, and then made a decisive decision.

"No! I don't want to die!"

"Xie Qian...you are so cruel! I only hate having the surname Xie in this life!"

"Zhang Sheng, you bastard!"

"Wang Yue, you son of a bitch..."

After the verdict was announced, the prisoners in the field cried and screamed.

However... the executioners' knives did not stop, and they chopped down mercilessly.

Suddenly... heads rolled to the ground, cries, shouts and curses resounded through the sky again, and the Meridian Gate was already a river of blood.

Such a cruel scene made Zheng Ji feel nauseous, but he forced himself to watch it.

Because he knew that His Majesty was watching.

"Unfair! I am innocent! We just want His Majesty to return to the capital! What have we done wrong?"

"We are doing this for the common people of the world, why do we have to do this?"

"Zhu Houzhao, I curse you to give birth to a son without an asshole!"

"Zheng Ji! You are the traitors!"

"..."

Seeing their relatives being beheaded one by one, Xie Qian, Zhang Sheng and others could no longer bear it and started cursing at Zheng Ji and Zhu Houzhao.

At this point, they still felt they were not wrong.

A dying person is just talking shit.

Zheng Ji was not angry at all. He just watched everything coldly, and glanced at the civil and military officials who were watching.

All the civil and military officials who were swept away lowered their heads and trembled with fear.

"Look up and take a look at yourself... Even now, Xie Qian and Zhang Sheng are still stubborn and stubborn!"

"This world belongs to your Majesty. Your Majesty is only going to Nanjing to pay homage to Taizu, and you are afraid that your Majesty will not come back? Going to blow up Taizong's mausoleum! Is there such a reason in this world?"

"And you keep saying you're doing this for the good of Ming!"

"Isn't all this just to satisfy your own selfish interests?"

"His Majesty is not in the capital. Look at what you have done!"

"First! Create unrest in the capital and spread rumors..."

"second……"

"The tenth! Ten years ago... they showed their hand and imposed corvée labor! They raised taxes and salaries..." "The eleventh..."

Zheng Ji once again counted their crimes one by one, not only the current crimes, but even dug up all their crimes during the Hongzhi period and shoved them all at their feet.

Then, I heard that Liu Jian and Xie Qian had done so many things, and even the rumor that the emperor was going to move the capital, which led to a drop in housing prices in the capital, and a fire in the treasure workshop in the capital killed so many people...

Each and every piece was the work of Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others.

The onlookers were extremely angry!

"Kill! Kill these traitors!"

"Your Majesty is wise! With these corrupt officials, treacherous ministers and treacherous flatterers in the court! How can our Ming Dynasty be good!"

"God damn it, our lives are getting harder and harder, it turns out these people are the ones who planned it!"

The emotions of the onlookers were aroused, and they suddenly felt that the scene of a river of blood was not enough to quell their anger. They took out small stones, various garbage, etc. and threw them at Xie Qian, Zhang Sheng and other family members.

The execution ground suddenly became chaotic.

But there is no doubt that the executioner's knife was moving faster.

"Why did it come to this..."

"Your Majesty, he is too cruel..."

Han Wen, Wang Qiong and others felt a chill all over their bodies. It was not until today that they realized that everything Xie Qian and others had done was just to force Zhu Houzhao to come back.

is it wrong?
Of course it was wrong. Bombing the tomb of Emperor Taizong was a bad move.

Starting point...

"It's cruel, Your Majesty is too cruel."

"Actually... there's no need to bring up the past."

"Is this the biggest case in Zhengde?"

When Yan Song and others saw this, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they also felt some sympathy for Xie Qian, Zhang Sheng and others.

Not only will their entire clan be exterminated, but they will also be infamous for eternity and all political traces of them will be wiped out.

This tragic scene made them feel terrified. They felt that being an official under Zhu Houzhao was somewhat like being an official during the Hongwu period.

This is only the first year of Zhengde!

No one expected that the young emperor would actually kill someone.

The ones killed were the nine clans of the second and first ministers of the cabinet.

Moreover... killing someone must also destroy their heart. If we don't kill Xie Qian, Zhang Sheng and others now, we must take them to Jinling. For the rest of their lives, Xie Qian and Zhang Sheng will definitely live a life worse than death.

And... this old man Zheng Ji was too overbearing. He directly forced all the civil and military officials in the capital to watch the entire process.

"President, the execution has been completed!"

This beheading lasted from noon until sunset.

When the last person was beheaded.

Xie Qian and Zhang Sheng had fainted on the stage.

"Your Majesty, the execution has been completed!"

"I have accomplished my mission and have killed the traitors!"

At this moment, Zheng Ji bowed deeply to the sky on the stage.

……

"Yes, well done!"

Jinling, inside the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Seeing the scene of blood flowing like a river, Zhu Houzhao finally showed satisfaction.

This matter has come to an end.

Although Liu Jian and Yang Tinghe are still fleeing towards Liaodong, they are just grasshoppers in autumn and are no longer a concern.

"Lin Han, you can let everyone go now. I don't want any more bombings of the imperial mausoleum to happen again... I need a northern officialdom that will obey my orders completely!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lin Han accepted the order. Before the execution, Zheng Ji had reported everything to Zhu Houzhao.

Today, the officialdom in the capital is about to undergo a thorough earthquake and a major reshuffle.

They will not miss this opportunity to move up.

However, with such a deterrent, which official in the north would dare to disobey?

Zhu Houzhao has completely completed the centralization of power.

"Huang Bao, send an urgent message to Zheng Ji and the nine frontier soldiers over eight hundred miles away... Obey my orders right here and there, and continue to investigate what else they have done. Investigate twenty years in the past, and have them continue to pursue Liu Jian, Yang Ting and his gang. I want to see how far they can fight like a trapped beast... and how many more people will be implicated!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Huang Bao also accepted the order.

"Okay, I'm going to go to the Ministry of Industry to take a look..."

"It's not a good idea to always rush 800 miles."

"President, please go with me to take a look."

After making a series of arrangements, Zhu Houzhao called Zhu Youlang and left.

As he got used to knowing the information and scenes of the capital in real time, Zhu Houzhao became increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that his various decrees had to be delayed for two to three days before reaching the capital.

The telegram revealed by Cleveland...is still the most urgent thing at the moment.

"His Majesty……"

"After our experiments..."

"Lightning can indeed pass through this wire and travel thirty miles away."

"Almost instantly..."

"As for the collection of thunder and lightning, we have not made any progress at the moment."

At the Ministry of Works, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Youluo met Li Shan and Yang Shousui, who personally showed the prepared iron wire to Zhu Houzhao.

They had already conducted an experiment on using lightning to send messages during a summer thunderstorm.

It has been proven that electricity can be transmitted over very long distances via wire.

"It's okay, take your time..."

"Try it again, one hundred miles, two hundred miles, and see if it works the same way."

Looking at the wire in Li Shan's hand, Zhu Houzhao also knew that this matter could not be rushed.

Just rolling these iron wires can take a lot of effort for blacksmiths.

"Your Majesty, we are already working on it. We are just waiting for the next thunderstorm..."

"Last time, I used a thirty-mile lightning strike to kill a cow..."

"Now we are also curious, if we pass a hundred miles...if it doesn't rain in Yangzhou, can we kill a cow..."

"We have already set up wire poles along the way, and it is estimated that it will take some time."

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with the work style of the Ministry of Works, and he also saw iron rods being erected into the distance.

"Can you really pass a hundred miles and kill a cow?"

Zhu Youlu looked at the iron rods stretching into the distance and was also curious about this topic.

“So, we want to experiment…”

"If we can verify this, then what Your Majesty proposed, transmitting information through electricity... is really possible. To accomplish this step, we only need to produce stable electricity."

"In addition, Your Majesty, a craftsman has also discovered that it seems that using magnets and iron wire loops can also generate electricity similar to lightning..."

"do not know……"

"Oh? You found this kind?"

"Take me to see..."

Zhu Houzhao became even more curious and completely ignored the matters concerning the capital and focused on the progress of the Ministry of Works.

(End of this chapter)