With a gloomy face, Yongzheng let Ma Qi knock blood on his forehead.

Speaking of Ma Qi, it is pitiful and unlucky. As the Minister of Shangshu during the Kangxi Dynasty, although Ma Qi has never ranked first, he is also the second. Moreover, Ma Qi is from an extraordinary background and belongs to the Manchu nobles. His grandfather served as a high-ranking official in the court for both generations, and was not an ordinary bannerman.

Just like this, now over 60 years old, it is really difficult for him to do this in front of Yongzheng like an ordinary slave. But what if he doesn't do this? After Tian Wenjing's incident, Yongzheng was furious. Ma Qi did not recover Tian Wenjing and Zhang Xi afterwards. He is now guilty. Once Yongzheng refuses to forgive him, Ma Qi can do nothing.

"Okay, stop." After a moment, Yongzheng's anger subsided a little, and he said this lightly.

Ma Qi kowtowed again, then stopped, and supported his body with his hands regardless of the blood from his forehead: "I thank my master Rong Rong."

"Get up..." Yongzheng finally asked Ma Qi to get up, then frowned and looked at Ma Qi in a mess: "Print your face, how can it be like this?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Ma Qi was speechless. Isn't it all you, Yongzheng, would you, want to see this? Could it be that his old bone was willing to torture him? However, he did not dare to refute what Yongzheng said, and immediately thanked him, walked aside and tidied up his face, and then came back.

"The slaves who ran away continued to find ways to catch them..." Yongzheng said. As soon as he said this, he knew that he had said something stupid. This man had already gone to the Ming Dynasty. Even the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty could not take care of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. How could he catch them back?

"Even if I can't catch them, I want them to know the consequences of betraying the court and betraying Jun'en!" Yongzheng said gritting his teeth. People will definitely not be able to catch them, but Yongzheng is not able to do anything. If he can't catch them, he can still use assassination methods. Yongzheng decided to send the masters of the inner court to lurk in the Ming Dynasty and find these dog slaves to let them taste the consequences of betraying themselves.

"I obey the order, and I will do it with my heart." Ma Qi complained in his heart, but he did not dare to be careless at all, and quickly answered according to Yongzheng's words.

Yongzheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Where are the five people who have been caught?"

"I'm on the way back to the emperor. If the journey is fast, I should be able to take it tomorrow." Ma Qi replied respectfully.

"His family members together?"

"When the emperor returns to the emperor, his family has a total of twenty-three people, and they are taken back together."

Yongzheng nodded and then said, "These slaves do not need to be retried. They should be executed directly after being taken back. Ma Qi will handle this matter personally. During the execution, all civil and military officials in the court will go to observe the punishment. If anyone does not go, they will be punished with the same crime!"

Ma Qi was so scared that he knew what the consequences would be for these people to be taken back, and he also understood that Yongzheng would never save the lives of these people. So when Yongzheng said that he would execute all these people, Ma Qi was not surprised, but the latter sentence asked all the civil and military officials in the court to watch the punishment. Is this a bit over?

But Ma Qi did not dare to refute Yongzheng's decision. Yongzheng clearly wanted to kill the chicken and show the monkey. He used these people's heads to scare the imperial officials and told them that anyone who dared to run away would end up like this.

Ma Qi was frightened, but he did not dare to violate Yongzheng's orders, so he could only agree with the slightest.

"How is Zhang Tingyu now?" Yong Zheng suddenly asked Zhang Tingyu after explaining the execution.

Ma Qi lowered his head slightly and replied, "Go back to the emperor. Since Tian Wenjing's incident, Zhang Tingyu has been thinking about his life behind closed doors. He has been at home for these days without leaving the house for a long time."

"Hmph! He is a smart man." Yongzheng snorted coldly at his nostrils and said a little dissatisfied.

This time, those who escaped either were Han military flags or pure Han officials. As the minister of Shangshu, Zhang Tingyu was also a Han Chinese. Moreover, before, when Emperor Jianxing was in power, the court had already been very wary of Han officials in Yue Zhongqi's case, so Zhang Tingyu was nominally ranked first in Shangshu, but in fact, he was no longer directly responsible for the past few years, and Ma Qi was led to the study.

This time, Tian Wenjing and Zhang Xi ran to drive the other Han officials to run away. How could Zhang Tingyu not be afraid of such a big deal? He is the highest-ranking Han officials. Once Yongzheng spreads fire to him, Zhang Tingyu could not defend himself.

In this way, Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to ask for his crime first, and then took the initiative to think about his mistakes behind closed doors to express his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Tingyu himself didn't know whether this method could work or not, but he had no other way than to use this method. Moreover, after the incident of Tian Wenjing, Yongzheng was furious and no longer trusted Han ministers. At this time, even if he wanted to run away, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Since that's the case, it's better to stay at home. Even if Yongzheng finally slapped him and cut off Zhang Tingyu's head, at least Zhang Tingyu, as the minister of the study room, could leave the world with more decent decentness.

"Emperor, although Zhang Tingyu is a Han minister, he is different from Tian Wenjing and others. When the late emperor was still alive, Zhang Tingyu worked in the study room. He has been doing things with sincerity for decades and has never had selfishness. He also asked the emperor to pardon Zhang Tingyu for the sake of the late emperor..." Ma Qi was a kind person. Although Zhang Tingyu had always been suppressed by Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi was not the one who took the blame. What's more, Zhang Tingyu was always loyal to the Qing court, just as Ma Qi said. As for the so-called late emperor in Ma Qi's words, he naturally could not be Emperor Jianxing, but Emperor Kangxi.

Yongzheng sat quietly without saying a word. Although he was angry with the actions of the Han ministers, he had to admit that the court was inseparable from Han ministers, especially Han ministers like Zhang Tingyu. He had asked Ma Qi to deal with the five Han ministers who were captured, and asked all the civil and military officials of the court to observe the punishment, with the purpose of letting everyone see what they were forced to do.

However, Yongzheng was not a brainless tyrant. He was mean and had little kindness, but Yongzheng also had a clear mind. He knew that with the decline of the Qing Dynasty, it was okay for the Manchus who followed the Qing Dynasty, but it was inevitable that those Han people would have different thoughts.

This is the reason why good birds choose trees to live on. Even if Yongzheng has not ascended the throne yet, he is already the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but he still cannot stop the Han people from surrendering to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, there are also loyal people among the Han people, such as Zhang Tingyu. In addition, Zhang Tingyu is extremely capable, it is really impossible for Yongzheng to have no talent like Zhang Tingyu at his hands.

Since this is the case, Zhang Tingyu also showed his attitude. While severely dealing with the Han ministers who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Yongzheng also needed to use means to win over other Han ministers, so as not to end up being out of control.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng finally made up his mind and said, "Transfer my will and let Zhang Tingyu be responsible for the throne ceremony, tell him to do it with his heart and do it well, and I will not let my loyal ministers down."
Chapter completed!