Chapter 758: No worries

The prisoner ceremony was ready.The biggest reason was that Liu Sheng escorted the prisoners into the city was not appropriate, so the ceremony was scheduled to be tomorrow morning.

Wang Gui, the eunuch of the Sili Prison, had been ordered to meet officials from the Honglu Temple. After having private communication, he met Zhu Gaoxu again in the Rouyi Palace.

Wang Gui had to inform the emperor Zhu Gaoxu in advance of the etiquette process of tomorrow, because it was the first time that Zhu Gaoxu participated in the ceremony of prisoner offerings.

Fortunately, the program Zhu Gaoxu was responsible for performing was quite simple and there was no need to rehearse and practice.He is mainly responsible for sitting in the upper seat to accept worship from people. His lines are only one sentence, a concise and easy to remember two-word phrase.

The arrested Annan rebel prisoners have been brought to the imperial prison and everything goes well.

However, when it was almost You hour, Zhu Gaoxu decided to go to Hongwu Gate and meet the prisoners in person.

Zhu Gaoxu did not go to the prison, and there was an Jinyiwei Office responsible for the management outside the prison.He was in a yamen office corridor, waiting for the person he wanted to see.

If Zhu Gaoxu didn't like to go there unless it was necessary, such an environment would really make people full of negative energy.

Especially now, when it is almost dusk, when the gloomy night is about to come, Zhu Gaoxu has already vaguely felt the despair and darkness in the dungeon just by approaching here.

Before he could wait for a long time, a thin black man in a dirty prison uniform and shackles came in, and there were a few soldiers of the Jinyiwei who were escorting him.

He was one of the war criminals Ruan Jingyi. He served as Taibao under Chen Jikuo's puppet regime and was in charge of the defense of the Qinghua. He also came to the capital as the deputy envoy.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand gently and asked the irrelevant people to retreat. He looked at Ruan Jing and said strangely: I don’t see Chen Jikuo and Ruan Shuai, but I only see you. Do you know why?

Ruan Jingyi just looked slow and numb and heartless. When he heard Zhu Gaoxu's first words, he immediately raised his head.

Although Ruan Jingyi's face was a little dirty, it became richer almost instantly, and his eyes began to rotate.

His eyes were still filled with fear and confusion, and there was a vague hope, which began to stimulate his senses.

Zhu Gaoxu also observed Ruan Jingyi's changes very carefully, and thought to himself: People are indeed weak.

Zhu Gaoxu knew the relationship between those important figures in Annan Kingdom.

Needless to say, Chen Jikuo is just a flag, a flag that has been called the emperor. What kind of person he is, whether he has the ability or sins is now completely unimportant; after Chen Jikuo was captured, he had become the Emperor of Dayue, which is the characteristic that surpasses everything.

The Grand Tutor Ruan Shuai is a staunch supporter of Chen Jikuo. In a series of struggles within the Great Vietnam regime, they are all Chen Jikuo's confidant.

Only Ruan Jingyi was unable to support Chen Jikuo's people after the failure because of internal battles.

So Zhu Gaoxu's words seemed to remind Ruan Jingyi, making him feel that his sins were not that great.

For a dying person, the hope of survival is of course the most exciting feeling, even if that little hope is vague.

Ruan Jingyi stared at Zhu Gaoxu blankly.At this time, Zhang Sheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei, suddenly shouted: The Lord asks you!To be rude and not answer is a crime of great disrespect.

This sentence should be Zhang Sheng's misconduct. After all, Ruan Jingyi's crime is much more serious than the disrespect of the great people, and this threat is of no use at all.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhang Sheng, and Zhang Sheng stopped his mouth tactfully, and indeed an awkward expression appeared on his face.

Ruan Jingyi, you have been to the capital before. During the peace talks, I sincerely discuss with you, hoping to find a more rational way to solve the problem. But you don’t take it seriously, let’s see what it is now? Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

Ruan Jingyi closed his eyes in pain and finally spoke: The king will succeed and the enemy will lose.If you are not as strong as others, you will be blamed.

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: This is not the result I am willing to see.Until now, I still believe that the best way to avoid war was to be avoided.At least a war last year would not have happened, reducing a large amount of military spending and the unnecessary loss of many lives; instead of just like now, both of them paid the price and no one could make a good fortune.

He sighed and said: The consequences that should be predictable are easy, why do people always cry without seeing the coffin? And it happens again and again.

With a clang, Ruan Jingyi fell to the ground. He struggled a few times and suddenly cried bitterly: The guilty minister knows he is wrong!

Zhu Gaoxu asked: Do you really know you are wrong?

This question made Ruan Jingyi's mood even more collapsed. He cried bitterly, and kept saying that he was guilty and began to beg for mercy... Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything for a while and observed Ruan Jingyi's performance.

This person's emotions were very chaotic, but Ruan Jingyi did not seem to realize what was wrong.

However, Ruan Jingyi was shaken very quickly. It seemed that this person did not have the same paranoid belief as religion. His instinctive fear immediately shattered his position.

So Zhu Gaoxu felt that the person who obtained a high position in the rebels by chance was actually the most common ordinary person.

Before, Ruan Jingyi was sent to the Ming Dynasty and was threatened and should have fear.

But this time Ruan Jingyi's fear and despair were obviously coming even stronger, because their entire regime and the entire backer no longer existed.

After all, people are living creatures, and the fear of being isolated and helpless is even deeper.

After waiting for a while, Ruan Jingyi was a little tired of excitement, Zhu Gaoxu said again: Zhang Sheng, don’t let Ruan Jingyi participate in the prison ceremony tomorrow, let him stay in the imperial prison for a while.Then he was arranged to live in the capital for a period of time. When there was a team to Annan Kingdom, he sent him to Dongguan (Hanoi) and handed him over to Zhang Fu for disposal.

Zhang Sheng and others around him all showed surprise.However, Zhang Sheng still clasped his fists and said: I obey the order!

Ruan Jingyi stopped crying and opened his eyes wide and said: "Hao, have you forgiven your guilty ministers?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: In the end, it depends on whether you can let go of misunderstandings and resentment.

Ruan Jingyi hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him.

The eunuch Wang Gui quietly reminded: Emperor, the princes in the court are afraid that there will be any questions.

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: As long as he is an emperor, it is easier to kill or dismiss a person. There is no way to worry about the crime he wants to add.But if you can forgive others and give favors as you wish, then you really have power.

Wang Gui was slightly confused and sent a meaningless response: Yes.

Zhu Gaoxu only saw Ruan Jingyi, a prisoner, and he left the imperial prison before the sky was dark.

As for the Grand Tutor Ruan Shuai, he once yelled to slaughter Dongguan and massacre Han people. Zhu Gaoxu knew the confession and plot of this; but Zhu Gaoxu did not see this person again.

Ruan Shuai may have shown strong scolding, or fear of regret, which makes people lose interest.

After all, it is meaningless for a person whose body is to be destroyed before his death, or whether he regrets it.

The next morning, the ceremony of prisoner offering began to be held according to the arrangement.

The location is outside the Meridian Gate.

The people from Yiweisi had already set up imperial seats, yellow covers and plaque fans on the city tower of the Meridian Gate.

After Zhu Gaoxu arrived, he accepted everyone's worship first.

Countless people shouted long live, the square was so big that people in the distance could not see anything clearly.

Several noble and military generals stood on both sides of Zhu Gaoxu's throne.In addition, there are guards such as General Han from the Jinyiwei above.

In the brick-floor square outside the Meridian Gate, countless Beijing officials have arrived.

Then a group of Annan rebel prisoners and shackles made of wood and iron chains arrived. They had difficulty moving and were driven to the square.

After a call from the soldiers, the war criminals knelt on the ground or were kicked to the ground.

There are many people on the magnificent palace tower and the wide brick floor, and the noisy prisoners may be defending.

But my personal detailed reasoning seemed insignificant at such a grand ceremony, and no one was interested in paying attention to it.

Xue Yan, the Minister of Justice who followed Liu Sheng back to China, walked forward, and he unfolded a file on the city tower and began to read it loudly.

The content of the file is written in classical Chinese. Zhu Gaoxu does not know whether the war criminals kneeling below can understand it.

There are roughly a dozen or twenty crimes, which are all serious crimes that are angry with heaven and people.

Moral rebellion, rebellion that undermines all kinds of laws, and crimes that commit crimes that commit crimes that are evil and evil were read out in public.

After reading it, Xue Yan turned around and bowed to Zhu Gaoxu and said: I have reported to the emperor that the above traitors and criminals are all angry, and the sins are unforgivable.I asked the emperor to entrust him to the city and behead him according to the law.

Zhu Gaoxu had the only line today, and it was time for him to say it, and he said: Take it.

The noble Wang Bin and Veda, who were standing beside each other, repeated Zhu Gaoxu's order together: Take it!

Then the soldiers of the Jinyiwei passed the message one after another, and more and more people were passing the message. Finally, hundreds of distinctly-clad guards in the Beijing camp shouted in unison: Take it!

The righteous and stern shouts were filled with murderous aura, and the sound was like a bell, which was so shocking that the palace seemed to be trembling, with an indefensible momentum and full of majesty.

So today's judgment seemed to declare the justice of the emperor and the Ming court in doing the way for heaven.

With such an atmosphere and confidence, even Zhu Gaoxu felt that all this was definitely unquestionable and there could be no problem.

Martial power and strength are not the key points, because the legitimate morality of the Ming Dynasty is the reason for all destiny.

The prisoners in the square were a little noisy and had been escorted to Chengtian Gate one after another.But the officials of the court were still solemn and solemn, and bowed to the city tower again to praise Zhu Gaoxu's civil and military achievements.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized that justice can actually be very simple and simple in authority and the voices of the people.