Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji and other nobles looked shocked."
What crime have we committed, and why do you want to take us?!"
Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Mingjiao also asked directly.But Ma Xianglin didn't explain much, and only asked people to forcibly put these nobles into the prisoner car, and then pull them to Xiaoling.When Xu Hongji, Tang Xingzuo, Zhu Guobi, Gu Mingjiao and other Nanjing nobles were escorted to Xiaoling, they were ordered to kneel in the open space in front of the gate of Xiaoling.In this open space, a color shed has been set up in advance, and the portraits of Xu Da, Tang He and other heroes of the Ming Dynasty are hung in the color shed, and there are shrines of these heroes.These Nanjing nobles were also asked to kneel in front of the portraits and shrines of these heroes when they knelt in the open space.The descendants of which heroes kneel behind them.Then, the other men of these noble families and the noble ladies who had been ordained were also called here by Zhu Youxiao's order to participate in this ritual activity.And these men and noblewomen were naturally very touched when they saw their respective heads of families kneeling in front of ancestral portraits and shrines, wearing prison clothes, and being tied up with their backhands, and they were both frightened and did not know what to do.It didn't take long for the emperor to appear and accept the worship of everyone present.And after everyone paid their respects, Emperor Zhu Youxiao personally worshiped Taizu, and put incense on all the shrines of meritorious heroes, and then asked Han Yi to read out the will.The content of the will is to the effect that in order to maintain the dynasty and protect the family of meritorious heroes and nobles from being implicated to the point of becoming a thief clan because of individual unscrupulous descendants, and he, the emperor, has to uphold the will of Taizu to maintain the court, and has to clean up the portal for the heroes, and said that if the head of the family of these nobles has any lawlessness in the future, he, the emperor, will personally clean up the portal for the heroes.Of course, in the will, Zhu Youxiao also listed a series of heinous crimes of these unscrupulous descendants, such as collusion with vassal kings, collusion with relatives or something.Zhu Youxiao's implication is that it is not that I will not allow you to be a meritorious hero, nor that I will not recognize your merits, nor that I will not look at your meritorious family differently, but because I look at it too differently, that is, because I care too much, so I have to personally safeguard your family's interests and honor, and eradicate the unworthy descendants of the family for the meritorious and noble family.In order to let the people loyal to Zhu Youxiao know that the emperor really cares about the people who are loyal to him, Zhu Youxiao had to go through these processes and engage in some such rituals.After paying homage to Taizu and proclaiming the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao began to issue an order to execute the unworthy descendants of these meritorious families, and asked the officers and soldiers of the Guard Town to execute their unworthy descendants in front of the portraits and shrines of these meritorious heroes.Xu Hongji and other Nanjing nobles did not expect that the emperor would still execute them, and he would execute them in front of their ancestors and in front of Taizu.They also said that they were cleaning the portal for their ancestors.This scared them very much.Xu Hongji lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and trembled all over.He was angry and frightened, he didn't expect the emperor to execute him before he could make it clear that he wanted to rebel, and he didn't expect that the emperor would invite his ancestor Xu Da to come.Xu Hongji didn't dare to look at Xu Da's portrait now, he didn't know whether to cry about the emperor's harshness to them, or to confess to his ancestors, and confess that he had not honestly guarded the family business and managed the family style."
Father, are we really going to die, and the emperor refuses to spare us?"
Xu Wenjue, the son of the Duke of Wei, who was also about to be executed, and the Duke of Wei, who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and was also the last of the Ming Dynasty, also asked Xu Hongji with trembling teeth at this time.Xu Hongji only nodded."
My son doesn't want to die!"
Xu Wenjue shouted."
I don't want to die, I'm a hero!"
Tang Xingzuo shouted again at this time."
It is precisely because you are a hero, and what you have done is really ashamed of those Ming heroes who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, that I have to be ruthless and clean up the portal for them!"
Zhu Youxiao said at this time."
Your Majesty, the minister is wrong, the minister should not surrender when the rebels are afraid of death, the minister should not fry grain and fight against the court, the minister is sorry for the ancestors and the ancestors, sorry for the court, but please let the minister die, the minister must change in the future, and he must make up for it!"
Whining!
”Gu Mingjiao shouted in pain.Zhu Youxiao only said: "Your ancestors and ancestors, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, will not tolerate you, nor will they tolerate you noble children who are not successful, just like they are alive, they will kill you for the sake of family style and strict discipline, even more ruthless than me!"
”As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao shouted: "Clean up the portal immediately!"
”"Clearing the portal for the Heroes and Nobles begins!"
Ma Xianglin shouted and waved his hand.Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, and Xu Wenjue, the prince of Guo, who knelt in front of Xu Da's portrait and shrine, were the first to draw wooden plaques.Click!
Then, the Yulin guards in charge of the execution raised their knives and cut off the heads of Xu Hongji and Xu Wenjue."
I don't want to die!"
Click!
Lingbi Marquis Tang Xingzuo and his eldest son were also hacked to death.Click!
Zhu Guobi, the Marquis of Funing, was also beheaded."
No, don't, don't!"
As soon as Gu Mingjiao, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, shouted, he was also cut down with a knife.Click!
Click!
Click!
Dozens of Nanjing nobles were beheaded in front of the filial piety mausoleum, in front of their respective ancestors.Many of the others of these nobles could not help but exclaim in surprise or weep.Zhu Youxiao executed their family master by thunderous means in this way, which naturally made them feel sad, but it also gave them a great shock, and made them strongly feel what the power of the emperor is, and no matter what a good family is, no matter what happens to themselves.Next, Zhu Youxiao also asked Xiong Tingbi to read out such an edict to these people from the noble family, in order to tell these people to know how to manage the house.And the people of these noble families then thanked them.Because the emperor did this to protect them, punish them before their family participated in the rebellion, so that their family honor in the Ming Dynasty could be preserved.And if they want to continue to have status and reputation in the Ming Dynasty, they have to continue to beg the emperor to honor the descendants of these heroes.Therefore, these noble families are very sensible and thankful, and personally said that they will rectify the family style and set an example for the world's famous families.Zhu Youxiao beheaded dozens of nobles in Nanjing in one go, which made some vassal kings who might rebel lose the support of Nanjing's noble forces, and also prepared for the next knife against the vassal kings.However, the vassal kings did not know about the killing of the nobles of Nanjing.Dou Ding told the nobles of Nanjing before that the vassal kings had found him in advance, and it was naturally a lie that Dongchang asked him to make up.At this time, the vassal kings were still angry about the failure of the grain frying, and they had not yet thought of rebellion."
How did you lose!
What is the dou top for?
Didn't my uncle say that he could bring tens of millions of fortunes to this king?!
Can you even give this king a chance to make it to the Ninth Five?!
Now not only has the king lost so badly, but also caused the king to owe the emperor a lot of debts!
”At this time, King Fu was furious because he lost a lot of money and food."
Your Royal Highness, according to the more than 200 stores of Henghe grain shop in Luoyang, these shops are Ganges grain shops on the surface, but they are actually from our palace, what should I do now, please show the prince, is it just handed over to the imperial court?"
The eunuch of the palace Cheng Cheng stayed in Bizu, and at this time he hurriedly came to King Fu to report to King Fu that Li Zhizao and Lu Xiangsheng had come to Luoyang to collect debts.King Fu was even more depressed when he heard this.