Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 167: Eliminate the roots! (First update)
Inside Peiping City.

After a brief panic, the people of Chengtou City noticed something was wrong and returned to the streets.

Prince Yan's Mansion.

Qiu Fu has already arrived outside the mansion.

But no matter how he shouted or tried to force his way in, no one dared to let him in.

Qiu Fu stood outside the door, his expression changing from initial fear and anxiety to viciousness and determination.

Because he just heard the news that his son was arrested in a brothel.

he knows.

The King of Yan was really angry.

However, until now, the King of Yan has not come to find me, which means that there is still hope.

Qiu Fu had a sinister look on his face and hurried back to his mansion. While gathering the people in the mansion, he also drove away the crying woman.

At this point, my father-in-law can’t be saved.

But his son must be saved.

Qiu Song is his only son and the only bloodline of his Qiu family.

He couldn't allow his offspring to die out.

Qiu Fu closed his eyes, thinking back to the stupid things Qiu Song had done in the past, and couldn't help but cursed: "What a beast! How could I give birth to such a beast? It's my fault that I, as a father, indulged you too much in the past. It's a good thing to put you in jail now."

"I am your highness's confidant."

"Your Highness knows the situation of my Qiu family, and also knows that I, Qiu Fu, am loyal and will never let me die without descendants."

"Then there is still hope."

Central hall.

All the guards of the Qiu Mansion have arrived.

Everyone stood with a knife in his hand. These were his old buddies, veteran soldiers who had experienced many battles. However, not all of them wanted to continue staying in the army. After the world was pacified, many of them chose to retire. He took the opportunity to recruit these people as his guards.

He feels confident using these old soldiers.

Qiu Fu's voice was a little hoarse, and he said indifferently: "You all heard the situation in the mansion."

“My father-in-law was arrested.”

"My son is in trouble too."

"Now the people in the city are in a panic, and His Highness is furious. This matter is not so easy to settle, and I can't care about so much. My father-in-law has a lot of troubles. If it weren't for my name, he would have died countless times. This is also his own fault."

"I won't save you this time."

"I called you here for only one thing."

"Save Song'er."

"Song'er is my Qiu Fu's only child, and you watched him grow up. You know better than me what he did behind my back. His Highness has not come to me yet, which means that His Highness is still giving me a chance to stay. This opportunity is for me to take advantage of the unrest in the city to eliminate the evidence of Song'er's past crimes."

"Let's die without any evidence!"

"I don't care what method you use, and I don't care what means you use."

"I want to silence anyone who might cause trouble for Song'er."

Qiu Fu's words were filled with resentment, and his eyes gradually became vicious.

He was a little anxious at first.

But as a general leading the troops, he quickly calmed down after a burst of anger, and quickly thought of a plan to deal with it. As long as he killed those who might "slander" Qiu Song and there was no evidence, he would plead for mercy in front of the King of Yan. Qiu Song would most likely just be accused a few words, and would not really suffer a bloody disaster.

"Butler." Qiu Fu looked at the white-bearded old man beside him.

"master."

"Take them out. Be quick and ruthless. Resolve these matters before the government convicts them. As for those people Song'er has offended and the troubles he has caused over the years, you should know it better than anyone else. Resolve them one by one for me." Qiu Fu's face was already very ferocious.

"Yes."

The housekeeper responded quickly.

He walked outside with these seven or eight guards.

After the butler walked away, Qiu Fu collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

He didn't know whether what he did was right or wrong, nor did he know how King Yan would look at him after he knew it. But he had no choice now. As a father, he couldn't just watch his son being killed, right?
My father-in-law is dead, so is he.

But if his son died, he would really have no descendants.

a long time.

Qiu Fu got up from the ground.

His face had regained its composure.

Qiu Fu has followed Prince Yan for so long, and many officials in Peking have connections with him. The worst that can happen is that he can lose face and ask more people for help. With so many people pleading for mercy, the Prince of Yan can't just ignore them all, right?

Streets and alleys.

Zhu Di rode a tall horse.

One hand held the reins and the other held the whip.

He looked at Yao Guangxiao who was following him and said, "How many people came to me to beg for mercy just now?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "Qiu Fu, Li Bin."

Yao Guangxiao said the names one by one, but every time he heard a name, Zhu Di's eyes became colder, and then he sneered: "For so many years, I, Zhu Di, have only been interested in fighting, and I have only thought about fighting. Why have all my soldiers become like this?"

“Am I being bad to them?”

"I gave most of the rewards from the court to them every time we fought a war." "Why are they so unsatisfied?"

"I wanted to investigate the situation and find out the truth for Beiping, but I didn't expect that this investigation would reveal so many problems. It's just like what Xia Zhibai said. These people are so arrogant and domineering that they can hardly cover up their past. They are afraid that others don't know that they did these things and that they covered them up with the government."

"When your majesty said that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all arrogant and brave, I said it without any shame. What's wrong with arrogant and brave soldiers? Only such an army can win the battle."

"As a result, these arrogant soldiers and generals are not only arrogant to the outside world, but also inhumane to the inside world."

"I was too pampering them in the past."

"They are so arrogant that when they encounter something, they panic and can't even stay calm. They dare to use all kinds of stupid tricks. If I didn't know that these people are my soldiers and military officers, I would have thought they were some village thugs."

Zhu Di spoke calmly, but his eyes became colder and colder.

He did want to hold it high and let it go lightly at first.

But this investigation also made Zhu Di laugh.

Qiu Fu, Li Bin and others seemed to be grabbed by the tail. They resorted to all kinds of stupid tricks and shook out all the things that they had not found before.

Zhu Di also knew it.

People like Qiu Fu and Li Bin are too confident.

He thought that Beiping was his fiefdom as King of Yan, and they were his confidants, so who would dare to investigate them?

He usually does things lawless and unscrupulously.

When something really happens, I get panicked.

Yao Guangxiao asked, "Then your highness, do you really want to kill Qiu Fu's son?"

"Kill him!" Zhu Di said casually, but a strong murderous intent was not concealed at all.

Cold, indifferent, ruthless, cold-blooded, without the slightest emotion.

There is only pure murderous intent.

If he didn't know that Qiu Song had done so many bad things, he could have turned a blind eye, but now that he knew, especially when he heard that Qiu Fu was willing to wipe out the roots in order to eliminate the evidence, he could no longer tolerate it.

They dare to do all this under his nose, and it would be even worse behind his back.

He doesn't dare to use such a person.

He is afraid too!
However, Zhu Di was still very hesitant about how to deal with Qiu Fu.

When it comes to fighting, Qiu Fu is an expert.

Qiu Fu was a man who was determined to charge into battle and kill the enemies. He had even saved his life in the past, so he had the ability to use such people. But this time, he couldn't let this matter go so easily. He would definitely kill Qiu Fu's son. If he didn't, he couldn't give an explanation to the people of the whole city. Moreover, Qiu Fu himself had made a lot of stupid moves and caused things to become like this, so he had to kill him.

Otherwise, everyone under Prince Yan would do the same.

Is he still qualified to be the King of Yan?
a long time.

Zhu Di pinched the horse's belly and said, "Monk, go to Qiu Mansion for me and tell Qiu Fu something. I must kill his son and father-in-law. I have my reasons for killing him. If he shows dissatisfaction, resentment, or even speaks ill of me directly,

"He is my old subordinate, and his mind should be clear."

"Ugh."

"You should know what to do."

There was a hint of pity and cruelty in Zhu Di's eyes.

Yao Guangxiao nodded.

He already knew it in his heart.

Zhu Di had sentenced Qiu Fu to death.

If Qiu Fu had endured it from the beginning and did nothing, or just came to beg for mercy, Zhu Di would not have been so angry. But the mistake was that Qiu Fu took it upon himself to send people to wipe out the roots. No one could tolerate such a thing.

Because this is deceiving the superiors and hiding the truth from the subordinates.

Even if these things wanted to be done, one had to first consult Zhu Di and follow Zhu Di's advice before doing them, instead of taking the initiative to do them on one's own.

Even if Qiu Fu endured this time, Zhu Di would not use him again. Qiu Fu was indeed good at fighting, but that was all. If Qiu Fu had not saved Zhu Di's life on the battlefield before, no matter how brave he was, he would not have been able to climb to his current position.

It’s just that Qiu Fu himself didn’t cherish it.

Revealing one's true nature too early.

Before leaving, Zhu Di seemed to think of something and said, "Take the account books that Xia Zhibai sent with him. Let him know clearly that his son died."

After Yao Guangxiao walked away, Zhu Di reined in his horse and looked at the street.

The streets were sparsely populated.

Soldiers in armor and holding spears were marching through the streets in a solemn manner.

This time, he was also taking the opportunity to clean up his Prince of Yan's Mansion. In the past, he only focused on Kyoto and the north, but neglected to discipline his soldiers. After Xia Zhibai's reminder, he suddenly woke up. If he didn't discipline his men, these people would be a hidden danger to his success.

Now he has to clean up by himself.

In the future, when the imperial court becomes dissatisfied with him, what these people do behind his back will become a knife stabbing him.

The imperial court will not go easy on him.

He was also expressing his views to the court.

He had no ulterior motives, it was his subordinates who acted on their own initiative, and he was just implicated and harmed. Now, after a thorough investigation and cleansing, these officials with ill intentions have been purged. In a short period of time, the Prince of Yan's Mansion has been severely damaged and it is impossible for them to have any covetous thoughts anymore.

After the confrontation with Xia Zhibai, Zhu Di grew a lot.

He also became somewhat wary of the King of Qin and the King of Jin.

In the past, he thought that the King of Qin and the King of Jin were really cruel and incompetent, and he was very disdainful of them. But now he dared not look at them any more. The King of Qin and the King of Jin were obviously smart. They relied on various evil deeds to make himself enjoy himself, and also took the initiative to hand over the handle to reduce the vigilance of his father and elder brother.

His methods are much more clever than his.

(End of this chapter)