Reformed officials such as Jiao Fang and Xu Jin are really scared now!

Because through this incident, they found that if His Majesty the Emperor died, their reform officials would be punished by those opponents and would not be merciful to them!

Even now, these reformists are not only not tolerated by these gentry in their political concepts, but also the benefits gained by their families through cooperation with the royal family will be deprived.

Reformed officials such as Jiao Fang and Xu Jin now realize that even for the benefit of their family, they cannot tolerate these political enemies! Otherwise, the shares of the Royal Bank will be taken away! I am afraid that more interests will be taken away in the future.

These reformists not only know that these political enemies must not be tolerated, but also more certain that the emperor is important to them. Not only is the emperor very important, but the future crown prince is also important!

Not only did Jiao Fang and others feel that opponents should be severely punished, but even Ma Wensheng, who has always paid attention to moderate political struggles, expressed his support in silence.

The situation set up by Zhu Houzhao this time made these reformists feel the cruelty and incomparable nature of the struggle. At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also used this incident to give these reformists a solution to the sudden crisis. If the emperor is killed next time, the reformists can be completely excuseful for the emperor to pretend to die!

The civil servants and gentry who opposed the reform could not think that if the emperor was solved, they could easily stop the reform process of the Ming Empire.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao had to teach these civil servants who had already committed the crime a severe lesson, and also gave them another lesson, so that they could see the consequences of the regicide and attempt to obstruct the reform!

Zhu Houzhao asked Jiao Fang to be responsible for the trial of the Minister of Works Zeng Jian, Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng, Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Feng, etc. Jiao Fang's methods were ruthless than Ma Wensheng, and he was not ruthless when he was executed.

"Zhang Sheng! You pretended to be your Majesty's death and colluded with Duke Zhu Feng, eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, Zeng Jian, Minister of Works, etc., and you can plead guilty!"

Jiao Fang began to interrogate Zhang Sheng, Minister of Rites!

"I do not admit my guilt! I have not rebelled! I am cheated by a traitor! If the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works once falsely told that His Majesty had been bombed to death, Zhang Sheng would never have done this!"

However, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, still defended himself.

"Rareless! Your rebellious intention has long been revealed. Even Zeng Jian himself has admitted that it was your mastermind, intending to kill the throne, and he dares to argue!"

After Jiao Fang called the order, he asked Zeng Jian again: "Zeng Jian, say it again, is the mastermind of this rebellion case Zhang Sheng!"

"Return to the merits! It is Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites. He colluded with ministers and others to intentionally bomb His Majesty and then seize the throne. Otherwise, he would not have plotted to murder the queen, causing the queen to be injured and the queen to be frightened!"

Zeng Jian now knew that only by cooperating with the court to confirm the crime of Zhang Sheng and others' rebellion could he destroy a lesser clan and reduce the punishment, so he honestly admitted it.

"Zeng Jian has admitted that Zhang Yong and others have also admitted that it was your mastermind, and the evidence has been confirmed! Zhang Sheng, now whether you admit your guilt or not, you are in fact rebellious! If you come, please drag it down. I am going to ask Your Majesty Ling Chi to kill 5,200 rebels like you, to kill the ten clans!"

Jiao Fang said again:

"In addition, Zhang Yong, Zhu Feng, Du Long and others also killed ten clans, and Ling Chi had 3,600 swords! The house was searched together!

Especially Zhang Yong, as an internal minister, he plotted to betray His Majesty and should be severely punished and his meat should be eaten by the internal minister! His shareholding shares of Royal Bank and Royal Industries will be regained!

In addition, Duke Cheng ignored the emperor's kindness! He was given a hereditary title!"

Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, now knows that he can't change the result of the matter, and now he only hates Zeng Jian!

He hated Zeng Jian to death now! Because if it weren't for Zeng Jian, he wouldn't have had to be so anxious to show off his feet. He would have been dormant for a long time, at least he would talk about it after entering the cabinet.

But now, because he once lied to the news that Zhu Houzhao had been killed, he exposed his strength in advance, and the two heavyweight allies who had finally gotten into contact with him, Zhang Yong, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and Zhu Feng, Duke Cheng, also lost money!

Therefore, Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, wanted to swallow Zeng Jian alive and rushed towards Zeng Jian directly: "Zeng Jian! You are so cheap! You bitch! I bastard! You hurt me! You framed me, you ruined my life's future, you ruined me, you killed me, and I can't spare you when I go to the underworld! I can't spare you!"

Seeing this, Jiao Fang hurriedly asked the official to pull the angry Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng with a chain.

"Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me! I really didn't expect that they had falsely spread the news of your death! I really don't want to murder you, I'm loyal, I just can't stand Liu Jin, I just want to be the chief seal of the ritual supervisor!"

At this time, Zhang Yong also begged hard and suddenly rushed towards Zeng Jian:

"It's you! It's you who hurt me! It's you who made me rich and glorious all my life! I want to eat you!"

Zhang Yongzheng bit off one of Zeng Jian's ears alive, and Zeng Jian screamed in pain.

At this time, Duke Cheng was begging for mercy and was furious to come and kill Zeng Jian. Fortunately, the official officer grabbed him tightly, otherwise Zeng Jian would have died on the spot.

Seeing that the scene was a little quieter, Jiao Fang said, "When Zeng Jian reported that he had made contributions and actively cooperated with the court, he could reduce the punishment, but he could not forgive the crime of regicide. I am going to sentence you to 1,500 swords of Lingchi! Destroy the nine clans!"

"Ah! Sir! Your Majesty said it's so easy. Can you change Lingchi to half-cut!" Zeng Jian said.

"Don't argue! Although Your Majesty said he would give you a mercy! But I still wish I could eat the flesh of a thief like you and drink the blood of a thief like you. If you don't kill your ten clans, you would give me a mercy!"

Jiao Fang announced his withdrawal and submitted the verdict to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao immediately asked the Sili Supervisor to approve it.

then.

A great cleaning began again.

A few days later, a group of civil servants were taken up on the execution ground in the capital and pressed directly on the wooden stakes, but they were still shaking and shouting: "It's unfair! It's unfair! We really didn't expect that Your Majesty was not dead! We were just being bullied! We really didn't mean to force the palace!"

Jiao Fang, the chief of the prison, showed no mercy. No matter how these civil servants complained, they waved their hands directly: "Behead!"

Click!

Suddenly, heads fell to the ground!

Blood flows into a river!

"cut!"

"cut!"

"cut!"

As Jiao Fang fell, the heads of civil servants and gentry fell!

Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, was very painful when he saw that his relatives and friends were chopped down to the ground one after another in front of him, and he couldn't help but curse Jiao Fang:

"Jiao Fang! You are also a civil servant, why are you so cruel!"

Jiao Fang replied loudly: "Because if you were replaced by me today and I would not spare me lightly! Moreover, I will use your blood to deter other officials who oppose the new policy! Everyone is civil servant. That day, when you were aggressive in the palace, you didn't say anything about your affection!

Rebel! This is a sin you deserve. Are you very angry and helpless! Hahaha! But you can’t take my official position now, because you are a traitor. After thousands of years, you will still be a traitor. I will help Your Majesty let you be infamous for thousands of years! Let the kings of future generations only remember that you are a traitor!"

Zhang Sheng and others were very angry and looked at Jiao Fang rampantly in front of him, but had no choice but to shout: "God! Why is this happening? Why are we thieves? Is Your Majesty really a god? Can't you really blaspheme?!"

Jiao Fang was already shouting loudly at this time: "Cut it, cut it for me, I will not tolerate it! I will not forgive you!"

Click!

Click!

Click!

With one knife and one by one, Jiao Fang expressed the anger of these reform officials with the toughest attitude.

The Minister of Rites Zhang Sheng, Duke Cheng Guogong Zhu Feng, and the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison Zhang Yong could only look helplessly: "No! No!"

Immediately afterwards, these main culprits were executed by Lingchi one after another, and their family was naturally confiscated!

The Ming Dynasty also lost a group of high-ranking officials and gentry who only knew how to absorb people's wealth and ointment, and the power of the gentry class was weakened a little!

...

Many days later, Jiao Fang came to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, all the executions have been completed, no one is tolerated!"
Chapter completed!