My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 15 The best non-stick pan in Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Cilang looked at Li Guozhen in front of him and felt quite amused.

I had originally planned to deal with him after a while, but I didn't expect that he would deal with himself first.

But it’s better this way, so I don’t have to do it myself.

With a slight smile, Zhu Cilang said:
"It's a good thing to admit your mistakes and correct them. All the previous things are written off. You are still my loyal minister!"

Now that things have come to this, there is no need to say anything more. It is enough for everyone to understand.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for forgiving my sins. I will surely die for you in the future!"

Li Guozhen knelt down heavily again, and finally felt relieved.

No matter what, this level is finally passed.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cilang looked at Duke Yingguo Zhang Zhiji and his son.

But before he could speak, Zhang Zhiji took out something similar to a memorial from his arms and raised his hands in the air.

"Your Highness, this is a detailed list of all the money and property I have embezzled over the years, as well as a list of all the individuals involved in the corruption."

"Your Highness, please have a look!"

Zhu Cilang didn't say anything, but just winked at Ma Bao.

Ma Bao understood immediately, hurried over to take the thing, and then handed it to Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilang opened it and took a look.

Wow, the silver recorded here is more than 5 million taels, gold is more than 700,000 taels, plus several boxes of rare treasures.

It can be seen that the Duke of England is determined to go all out.

Of course, this is not the most important thing!
The most important thing is that list!

Combined with the list given by Luo Yangxing before, Zhu Cilang can finally go on a killing spree!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang looked at Zhang Zhiji and said:

"Duke Yingguo is loyal to his country. This palace is deeply pleased. I will not pursue any of the previous matters. Duke Yingguo is still the Duke Yingguo of the Ming Dynasty!"

"From now on, I will still be relying on the Duke of England! Get up!"

Zhang Zhiji heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then stood up tremblingly with the help of Zhang Shize.

Although there was a huge loss this time, the title of the Duke of England and his nine clans should have been saved.

"Your Highness, I am also willing to hand over my property!"

At this moment, Xinjianbo Zhang Xiantong suddenly spoke.

There's no other way. The previous people have all handed over their property, so he can't just not hand it over, right?

And he was indeed a bit greedy.
Zhu Cilang smiled and glanced at Wang Xiantong.

"Pay half, and you can keep the rest!"

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Wang Xiantong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cilang continued to look at the two lists in his hands, seeming to be thinking about something in his mind.

After a moment, he looked at Wang Chengen and others.

"Write down everything I say next!"

"Slave, you obey!"

Wang Chengen nodded quickly, and then he and several eunuchs got busy, preparing to record Zhu Cilang's next words.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhu Cilang slowly said:

"Duke Dingguo Xu Yunzhen, who embezzled military funds and coveted imperial power, is sentenced to death!"

"All property will be confiscated, the Duke will be demoted to a Marquis, and the title of Marquis will be inherited by his eldest son!"

what?
When they heard this, the faces of the people present instantly became extremely ugly.

Although they all knew that Zhu Cilang would attack the nobles next, they never expected that he would be so cruel!
Zhang Zhiji struggled in his heart for a while, but finally couldn't help but speak:

"Your Highness, no!"

Zhu Cilang was not angry, he just looked up at Zhang Zhiji and asked:
"Why not?"

Zhang Zhiji said seriously:

"Your Highness, Duke Ding is different from other dukes. He is a descendant of Xu Da, Duke of Wei, and is a blood relative of Your Highness!"

"If you treat Duke Dingguo like this, how will the people of the world view His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Zhang Zhiji's words were meant to plead for Duke Dingguo, but also to be considerate of Zhu Cilang. Zhu Cilang thought about it and immediately understood the reasoning behind it.

His lineage originated from Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun, and further back was Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da.

He has the blood of both the Zhu family and the Xu family in his veins. If he were to deal such a heavy blow to the Xu family, it would definitely cause a shock in the court and the country.

There is no way, the ancients have always attached great importance to bloodline, especially the royal family!
But to be honest, Zhu Cilang didn't care about this at all. After all, that happened more than two hundred years ago.

But other people care!
In the end, Zhu Cilang gave in.

"What Duke Yingguo said makes sense. If that's the case, then we should imprison Duke Dingguo and keep him from leaving the palace for the rest of his life."

"The embezzled silver will be confiscated, and the title of Duke Dingguo will be inherited by his son."

"His Royal Highness the Prince is wise!"

Zhang Zhiji hurriedly bowed again.

Zhu Cilang ignored it and continued:
"Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen, who embezzled military funds and coveted imperial power, is hereby sentenced to death!"

"All property will be confiscated, the Duke will be demoted to a Marquis, and the title of Marquis will be inherited by his eldest son!"

This time, Zhang Zhiji was speechless.

He has already persuaded her once and cannot continue to persuade her.

"Marquis of Dingxi, Jiang Bingzhong, embezzled military funds and coveted imperial power. He is sentenced to death! His property will be confiscated, and his title will be demoted to earldom. His eldest son will inherit the throne!"

"Marquis of Funing, Zhu Guobi, embezzled military funds, his property confiscated, and his title stripped!"

"Li Hongji, Marquis of Linhuai, embezzled military funds and coveted imperial power. He is sentenced to death! His property will be confiscated and his title will be stripped!

After hearing these words, everyone present felt as if the sky had fallen.

Even several senior eunuchs couldn't help but tremble in their hands.

Because in just a few minutes, Zhu Cilang had already decided the fate of dozens of nobles.

Either the death penalty is imposed, or the title is demoted or removed.

Although strictly speaking, these people do deserve to die, punishing so many nobles at once will definitely cause unrest in the world!
But everyone present did not dare to persuade him anymore, because seeing how calm Zhu Cilang looked, it was obvious that he had planned this a long time ago!
This is even more terrifying!

You have to know that Zhu Cilang is only thirteen years old this year!

It is incredible that a thirteen-year-old child has such a decisive and murderous spirit!

Soon, Wang Chengen handed a written list to Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilang took a quick look and made sure there was no problem before handing it over to Wang Chengen.

"No problem, just copy it into the imperial edict and announce it tomorrow morning."

Then, he looked at Zhang Zhiji and the others and said:
"At tomorrow's morning court session, I will inform all officials that it was you three who took the initiative to come to the palace last night to expose to the Emperor the fact that the nobles were embezzling military funds and coveting the Emperor's power."

"Upon hearing this, His Majesty flew into a rage, causing his blood to rush to his heart and he fainted."

"After waking up, he issued these imperial decrees and asked me to be the regent. Do you understand?"

At this moment, how could these three nobles dare to say anything else?
I quickly agreed.

"I understand!"

"I understand!"

"I understand!"

At the same time, Zhang Zhiji was shocked beyond words.

He originally thought that after the rebellion tonight, Zhu Cilang would soon become emperor.

Unexpectedly, he didn't want to be emperor at all, he just wanted to be regent!

But this is even more terrifying!

Imagine that it was him, the Duke of Yingguo, the Earl of Xiangcheng and the Earl of Xinjian, who reported all the nobles for embezzling military funds and coveting the imperial power.

The one who killed people was Chongzhen.

Even if the nobles wanted to hate someone, they could only hate him, the Duke of Yingguo, the Earl of Xiangcheng, the Earl of Xinjian and Chongzhen!

No matter what, I can't hate Zhu Cilang!
In this way, Zhu Cilang not only did not have to bear any responsibility, but instead achieved his goal perfectly!

This is simply the best non-stick pan in the Ming Dynasty!

Is this really a strategy that a 13-year-old boy can have?
It's really terrible.
The Duke of England was completely convinced!

(End of this chapter)