Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 164 The blood of the prince, the nine clans are separated!
King Yi refused to respond to the imperial summons and go to the capital.

When the news came out, all the princes of the Ming Dynasty who were preparing to go north to Beijing or were already going north to Beijing stopped their actions or moved forward at the same time.

Henan and Hebei are two provinces separated by the Yellow River. Although the capital is in Zhili, it is also in Hebei.

The court naturally knew the news long ago, as the princes could get it. Even though Prince Yi's messenger was still deliberately delaying on the way, the Jinyiwei were not pushovers.

For a time, the imperial court was shocked.

There is a law: "If a prince of the Ming Dynasty enters the capital without an imperial edict, it is equivalent to assassinating the king."

This is a strict regulation for the princes of the Ming Dynasty to come to Beijing, but if he does not come despite the imperial edict, what is it called?
Disobedience!

According to the Great Ming Law: "If a prince breaks the law, he shall be punished the same as a commoner."

Disobeying the order was considered treason, which was at least a capital crime.

In addition to the prince's unique identity, there is also the suspicion of independence of the fiefdom, which is tantamount to adding crime to crime.

If things go wrong, even the three-level government offices of Luoyang County, Henan Prefecture and Henan Province will be affected.

Sure enough, before King Yi's reply refusing to go to the capital arrived in Beijing, the self-defense letters of the provinces, prefectures and counties in Henan had already arrived in Beijing.

The book was written with sincere words, stating that the government offices in Henan had absolutely no intention of treason. To prove their innocence, they also included a large number of crimes committed by Prince Yi's palace in Henan.

All the sins were blamed on Prince Yi's Palace, and all the civil and military officials in the court were staring at Yuxi Palace.

The emperor launched several major purges and regarded the officials, scholars, and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty as enemies.

However, when faced with the crimes of those corrupt officials, stupid scholars, and unscrupulous businessmen, the officials dared to be angry but not to speak out.

Now, all the serious crimes of Prince Yi's mansion have been exposed by the three-level government offices in Henan Province, and Prince Yi pretended to be sick in an attempt to disobey the imperial order.

It can be said that except for raising an army to rebel, King Yi committed all the crimes under Ming law.

The emperor could kill officials, scholars, and businessmen, and would exterminate all nine generations of their clan if they disagreed with him.

Could it be possible to strip relatives of their entire clan? The royal blood curse of the royal family is still there.

However, if the emperor is kind-hearted and raises the Yi Palace high, and then slowly lets it go, how can he explain to everyone?
Only the royal family is allowed to break the law, but the common people are not allowed to light a lamp. This is the source of chaos in the country.

Even Zhang Juzheng's cabinet cast its eyes.

Hu Zongxian's letter to the Hu family has been sent back, and now we are waiting for the Hu family to send the list of Huizhou merchants and the list of officials funded by Huizhou merchants.

Zhang Juzheng's cabinet was worried about the impending demise of the scholar-official court, but when they suddenly heard such "fun", they inexplicably felt much better.

Ok Hee Palace.

Zhu Houcong looked at the crimes of the Prince Yi's Mansion presented by the Jinyiwei and the three-level government offices in Henan. After removing the overlapping parts, there were still several serious crimes.

After King Yi inherited the title of king, he humiliated the gentry and officials many times.

If an imperial official passed through Luoyang and did not enter the court, he would be humiliated and treated in an impolite manner.

In the 29th year of Jiajing, Zhu Dianliang submitted a memorial saying that "the walls are dilapidated and I request a wall." His request was granted, and he then occupied the houses and streets of officials and civilians, and seized the land of the county seat and the school palace to expand the palace.

The gatehouse was built with three floors and a new city wall, which was designed to imitate the palace. The Yingxian Terrace, Baihua Terrace, Four Seasons Pavilion, Shiku Yongcui Pavilion, Yuqiu Penxue Pavilion, Chengfeng Yuqi Tower, Xiaotuan Hall, Yuanyang Hall, Tengguang Hall, Dongtian Xiaojing, Qinghe Palace, Huaichun Palace, Yiyang Palace, and Shisi Palace were also built, "high towers and connected cities, imitating the imperial palace."

In the 32nd year of the Jiajing reign, he abducted more than 400 wives and daughters, seized more than 3,000 houses from the people, and extorted 30,000 taels of money from people.

In the 35th year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing, the gates of Luoyang city were privately closed, and more than 700 women aged 12 and above were selected. Ninety of the beautiful ones were kept, and those who were not kept were required to be redeemed by their families with silver. The disgusting ones were even thrown into the tiger cage.

In the 39th year of the Jiajing reign, officials from Henan Prefecture sent soldiers to demolish the usurper’s palace. King Yi sent 800 private guards to fight them with weapons, causing an uproar in Luoyang. 800 private guards?

Zhu Houcong was furious.

Since Emperor Chengzu Wen abolished the feudal system and abolished the guards, it was stipulated that the number of guards in the prince's palace in the Ming Dynasty could only be around seventy-two.

Of course, the Prince's Palace would not enforce it seriously, and they still had some private guards, so the Emperor and the court would turn a blind eye and let it go.

But eight hundred private guards, this is more than ten times the regulation. What are they trying to do?
Refusing to respond to the imperial edict and going to the capital shows that you feel guilty?

"King Yi has rebelled!"

Zhu Houcong made his judgment.

Lu Bing, the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who had just returned to the capital with the first batch of Shanxi merchants' wealth, trembled when he heard this.

The emperor has defined King Yi from a vassal king to a "rebel king", and rebel kings have always been treated with the utmost means throughout history.

"Lu Bing!"

"Chen is here!"

"The decree states that the King of Yi is lewd, violent and unruly. He shall be stripped of his title and his hereditary certificate immediately. The Imperial Guards shall be ordered to escort Zhu Dianliang and his nine clansmen to the capital and be beheaded at the Meridian Gate. All civil and military officials shall be ordered to watch the ceremony.

All the treasures, rice and silver from the Prince Yi's palace were confiscated by the government, sold for silver, and used to provide relief to the military and civilians in Henan."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Lu Bing knelt down to receive the order.

Just after returning to the capital, he didn't expect to go to Henan. Lu Bing had no complaints. After leaving Yuxi Palace, he led the thousand Jinyiwei Tiqi who had just returned from Xishan all the way south.

To this day, all the actions of the Jinyiwei often attract much attention. In addition, Lu Bing and the Jinyiwei did not deliberately hide their figures, which immediately made the military and civilians in the capital guess that it might be related to Prince Yi's Palace.

It was only 1,600 miles from the capital to Luoyi. Lu Bing and the Jinyiwei rushed to Luoyi day and night at a speed of 300 miles a day, and entered the gate of Luoyi County on the evening of the sixth day.

Rushed into Prince Yi's palace.

After days of running around, the Jinyiwei were a little tired, but they were ruthless when it came to killing people.

Crossbows and muskets were used together, and most of the private guards of Prince Yi's palace were wiped out in just one round. Then, the private guards of Prince Yi's palace put on armor, took out muskets and fought back.

Caught off guard, the Jinyiwei suffered considerable losses. Fortunately, the Jinyiwei Qianhu Mansion in Henan brought support and killed all the private guards of Prince Yi's Mansion.

Lu Bing, who was still frightened, ordered his Ti cavalry to first find and seize the armory of Prince Yi's Palace, and then wipe out the last resistance force of Prince Yi's Palace.

Prince Yi, now called Zhu Dianliang, was carried in front of Lu Bing by two Jinyiwei cavalrymen, still roaring and chattering: "I am a prince of the Ming Dynasty. Even if I have committed a serious crime, the most I can do is to be imprisoned behind high walls. You are just running dogs in front of my royal family. How dare you rebel? I will report to the emperor and execute all nine generations of your clan!"

Lu Bing stepped on the bodies and blood of the private guards of Prince Yi's mansion, drew out his embroidered spring knife, walked in front of Zhu Dianliang, and slapped Zhu Dianliang on the mouth in front of his shocked and angry eyes, "If it weren't for the imperial decree, I would kill you now!"

Eight hundred private guards, a hidden arsenal, and privately made armor and muskets, any one of these is a crime of treason. Killing Zhu Dianliang like this would be too easy for him.

"puff!"

After being hit on the mouth by the knife, Zhu Dianliang leaned back uncontrollably. When he lowered his head again, a mouthful of teeth mixed with blood were spat out.

When he looked at Lu Bing again, his eyes were filled with fear.

(End of this chapter)