Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 234: Get the nautical chart, all nations come to pay tribute, and dominate the world!
After receiving the order, the factory guards continued to light the next stake without any emotion.

Liu Daxia's youngest son was instantly engulfed by the flames.

And the remaining stakes are still very long... very long...

When the flames lit up for the third time, when the miserable cries of pain sounded for the third time, when the voices begging for mercy echoed for the third time...

Liu Daxia's heart finally collapsed!

"Your Majesty! Stop burning it! I'll give it to you! Isn't it okay if I give it to you?!"

Liu Daxia's reaction made Zhu Youtang's lips curl slightly, and he nodded gently to the factory guards off the field.

The factory guards immediately understood Zhu Youtang's meaning, and immediately slashed with their swords quickly across the flames.

The young son of Liu Daxia, who was burned by the raging fire, was beheaded instantly, giving him a quick death.

The head of Liu Daxia's young son rolled to Liu Daxia's feet.

Liu Daxia picked up his young son's head, held it in his arms, and wailed.

Zhu Youtang stared at Liu Daxia with burning eyes: "Tell me! Where did you hide the nautical chart?"

The next moment, all the southern officials in the audience glared at Liu Daxia's back.

They gritted their teeth, widened their eyes, and cursed Liu Daxia madly in their hearts!
Don't tell your majesty! Don't tell your majesty!

If Your Majesty cannot get the nautical chart, hundreds of years of efforts by the southern nobles will be in vain!
Liu Daxia held his young son's head in his arms, looking depressed and filled with regret.

His lips trembled and finally he let out a long sigh.

"Zheng He's navigation map... is inside the rockery behind the Changping Villa."

"The rockery is hollow inside, and there is a wooden box inside. The nautical chart is hidden inside the box..."

After Liu Daxia said this, he seemed to have lost all his strength and sat down on the ground dejectedly.

And the eyes of those southern civil servants behind him were like real knives, falling on Liu Daxia, wishing they could cut him into pieces!

Zhu Youtang was so excited that he clenched his fists involuntarily and immediately looked at the Jinyiwei commander Mou Bin below.

"Mou Bin, go get it for me immediately!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After accepting the order, Mou Bin did not dare to delay and immediately led dozens of Jinyiwei to Liu Daxia's villa in Changping to get the nautical chart.

At the same time, Zhu Youtang waved his hand and said, "Liu Daxia and his family will be held back for execution and await their fate."

"On to the next one."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving the order, the factory guards took all the remaining family members of Liu Daxia down from the stake.

Together with Liu Daxia, he was taken aside to wait for Zhu Youtang to continue interrogating him.

At the same time, Fei Ju began to read out the crimes of the next official.

"Xie Qian, the Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion, formed a clique for personal gain, abused his power, participated in a coup, and committed high treason!"

The factory guards dragged Xie Qian to the front, but Xie Qian kept trembling with his head down, not daring to look up and look Zhu Youtang in the eye.

He feels guilty!
Zhu Youtang looked down at Xie Qian, feeling mixed emotions and the pain of being betrayed in his eyes.

Before that, Xie Qian was a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy and also Zhu Youtang's teacher when he was in the Eastern Palace.

Last year, after Zhu Youtang had cleaned up the cabinet ministers of the Hua Dynasty, he personally promoted Xie Qian from the Hanlin Academy directly to his own cabinet.

This behavior has fully demonstrated his trust in Xie Qian.

But Xie Qian repaid Zhu Youtang's trust in him by participating in a coup and conspiring for treason!

When facing traitors, Zhu Youtang hates them extremely and will never show mercy!

"Xie Qian will be sawed to death, and his entire clan will be exterminated!"

Sawing is also an extremely cruel torture.

It means using a red-hot iron saw to saw people to death.

And they didn't just saw off the head, but started from the limbs and sawed the person into pieces.

The degree of pain and the tragic scene of death are comparable to those of lingchi and skinning.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

No matter how cruel the punishment was, the executioners in the Ministry of Justice were very proficient in it.

Because these tortures were not made up by Zhu Youtang out of thin air.

Instead, it was recorded in the "Imperial Edict" as a torture that was widely implemented during the Hongwu period.

After the factory guards tied Xie Qian's trembling body to the execution platform,

The executioner from the Ministry of Justice standing nearby had already placed a large iron saw on the fire, burning it red hot.

The executioner took an iron saw and first sawed off Xie Qian's ankle.

When the execution began, Xie Qian's screams never stopped.

That terrifying sound makes people feel sick!
The officials at Chengtianmen Square were in a panic and extremely frightened!
At the same time, Xie Qian's family members in the capital were also executed one by one by the factory guards.

Seeing two cabinet ministers and a minister being tortured by inhuman torture, even Fei Ju, who was used to torture, couldn't help but shudder.

But the next moment, he continued to perform his duties, reporting the crimes of the next official.

"Cai Zhen, the son-in-law of the emperor and commander of the Beijing Guard Command, turned against his own side and led his army to surrender. He participated in the coup and committed high treason!"

Immediately afterwards, the factory guards also dragged Cai Zhen to the front.

But unlike previous officials, Cai Zhen's family this time was particularly rare.

There were only Cai Zhen's parents, younger brother, and his sister-in-law's family, a total of seven or eight people. As for the other civil officials, which one of them didn't have more than ten or twenty people with their families?

Compared with other people, Cai Zhen has less than half of his family members.

This is because Cai Zhen’s wife is Zhu Youtang’s aunt, Emperor Yingzong’s biological daughter, Princess Chun’an!
Among the family members captured by the Jinyiwei, they only dared to arrest Cai Zhen's parents and younger brother. They did not dare to touch Princess Chun'an or Cai Zhen's children.

When Zhu Youtang left the capital, he specifically handed over the defense of the capital to his uncle.

This shows that in Zhu Youtang's heart, Cai Zhen is a trustworthy candidate.

But in the face of power and pressure, his uncle had no principles at all and immediately turned against his opponent.

Zhu Youtang looked at Cai Zhen with eyes full of contempt and disgust.

"The entire Cai family will be executed!"

"The children's surname will be changed to Zhu, and they will be raised by Princess Chun'an. They are not allowed to inherit any titles!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving the order, the factory guards immediately began the execution.

Of course, the whole family being executed here only applies to those with the surname Cai.

As for Princess Chun'an, no one will cause trouble for her.

When Cai Zhen heard that Zhu Youtang was going to execute his entire family, he became so anxious that he broke out in a sweat and couldn't stop crying.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, spare my life!"

"Your Majesty, I am the current emperor's consort, your uncle!"

"I was just confused for a moment. This is all the fault of Yu Shen, the traitor!"

"Your Majesty! Please spare my life!"

"Even if you kill me, Princess Chun'an will never forgive you!"

"..."

While Cai Zhen was shouting, he was beheaded by the factory guards.

Zhu Youtang now even kills his own brother.

What’s more, he is just an uncle?

After killing Cai Zhen, they killed Cai Zhen's parents and brother...

After dealing with Cai Zhen, Zhu Youtang then sentenced other high-ranking officials in the court who participated in the mutiny to death one by one.

These high-ranking officials are basically those of the first or second rank or above in the court. They are in high positions and have great power, and their nature is extremely bad!

Among these senior officials, those from the south are the worst off!
All those southern officials who had advocated moving the capital were massacred by Zhu Youtang, leaving no one alive!
Officials sentenced to death were executed one by one in front of Chengtian Gate.

Outside Chengtian Gate, it seemed as if it had become the real Avici Hell, where any torture that humans could imagine was performed.

The shrill cries sounded like howls from hell, making people shudder.

The blood flowing everywhere and the smell of blood everywhere made all the officials waiting to be punished terrified, fearful, and regretful!

At this moment, Mou Bin, who was ordered to go to Changping to retrieve the nautical chart, rode a horse and rushed to Chengtian Gate in a dusty state!

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, I have already fetched the nautical chart for you!"

"Your Majesty, please take a look!"

When Mou Bin arrived at Chengtian Gate, he immediately dismounted from his horse and knelt down to salute.

At the same time, he took out a wooden box from his arms and raised it above his head with both hands.

At this moment, the attention of all officials in Chengtianmen Square was focused on the wooden box in Mou Bin's hand.

Even the cries of pain from the officials who were being tortured seemed to be muted.

Zhu Youtang's eyes were also fixed on the small wooden box.

"Send it up!"

Zhu Youtang waved his hand, and immediately the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department hurriedly took the wooden box from Mou Bin's hand and presented it to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang took the small wooden box, stared at the outside of the box for a while, then reached out and opened the box.

In the wooden box, a stack of ancient nautical charts lay quietly.

The nautical charts and data have been preserved very completely. Even after decades, the lines and Chinese characters on them are still clearly visible.

It can be seen that these materials have been carefully maintained.

And the person who maintains these data is none other than Liu Daxia!
This attitude of cherishing information is completely different from his previous statement that going to the West would bring only harm and no benefit.

Liu Daxia, a fraud who deceives the world and steals fame, really deserves to be killed!

Zhu Youtang narrowed his eyes and slowly opened the nautical chart.

During the Yongle period, the routes explored by Zheng He and his tens of thousands of crew members were clearly presented to Zhu Youtang.

The nautical chart clearly marked the conditions of the sea wind, the direction of the ocean current, where there were reefs, and where to stop for supplies...

Having such a nautical chart means having the key to open up the Western Ocean.

And this key will open an inexhaustible mountain of gold!
Zhu Youtang excitedly stroked the nautical chart in his hand, as if he had already seen the Ming Dynasty's ships traveling to and from countries around the world, ushering in an era of great navigation.

By then, it will no longer be an empty talk for all nations to come and dominate the world!
Just when Zhu Youtang was excited, the system, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly issued a prompt.

"Ding! An item that can be signed in is detected. Do you want to sign in?"

(End of this chapter)