Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji and other nobles looked shocked.

"What sin did we commit, why should we take us?!"

Marquis of Zhenyuan Gu Mingjiao also asked directly.

But Ma Xianglin did not explain much, but only asked someone to force these nobles to be taken into prison cart and then pulled them to Xiaoling.

When Xu Hongji, Tang Xingzuo, Zhu Guobi, Gu Mingjiao and other Nanjing nobles were taken to Xiaoling, they were ordered to kneel on the open space in front of Xiaoling's gate.

A colored shed has been built in advance on this open space. In the colored shed are portraits of Xu Da, Tang He and other heroes of the Ming Dynasty, 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 on the open space.

The descendant of the hero is kneeling behind the hero.

Then, other male members of these noble families and noble ladies who had been granted the imperial edict were also called here by Zhu Youjiao to participate in the ritual.

These men and ladies were naturally moved when they saw their respective owners kneeling in front of the portraits of their ancestors and shrines, wearing prison clothes and tied up with backhands. They were both afraid and did not know what to do.

Not long after, the emperor began to appear and accept worship from everyone present.

After everyone worshiped, Emperor Zhu Youxiao personally worshiped Taizu, burned incense to all the shrines of the meritorious officials, and then asked Han to read the order.

The general meaning of the decree is to report to Taizu and declare to all the meritorious officials. In order to maintain the court's principles and to protect the meritorious and noble clans from being implicated by individual unfilial descendants, he, the emperor, had to uphold the court's principles and had to clean up the doors for the meritorious officials. He also stated that if the heads of these noble clans have illegal affairs in the future, he, the emperor, would personally clean up the doors for the meritorious officials.

Of course, in the decree, Zhu Youxiao also listed a series of unforgivable crimes of these unworthy descendants, such as colluding with vassal kings, colluding with relatives of foreigners, etc.

Zhu Youxiao’s implication is that it is either that I cannot tolerate your meritorious officials, nor that I do not recognize your meritorious officials, nor that I do not regard your meritorious officials and families, or that I am too dissatisfied with your meritorious officials and families, or that I have to personally safeguard your family’s interests and honors, and eliminate unworthy descendants in the family for the meritorious officials and nobles. As for family property, it is also because these unworthy descendants themselves are dissipated. If they honestly do not sing grain and do not oppose the court, they will not lose their entire family.

In order to let those who are loyal to Zhu Youxiao know that the emperor really cares about those who are loyal to him, Zhu Youxiao had to go through these processes and hold some such rituals.

After commending the Taizu and promulgating the great ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao began to issue an order to execute the unworthy descendants of these heroic noble families, and asked the officers and soldiers of the Jinwei Town to execute their unworthy descendants in front of the portraits and shrines of these heroic officials.

Xu Hongji and other Nanjing nobles did not expect that the emperor would still execute them, and they would execute them in front of their ancestors and Taizu.

It also said that it was cleaning up the portal for their ancestors.

This scared them, the nobles.

Xu Hongji lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and his whole body was shaking.

He was very angry and frightened. He did not expect the emperor to execute him before he made it clear that he would rebel. He did not expect that the emperor would invite his ancestor Xu Da.

Xu Hongji dared not look at Xu Da's portrait now. He didn't know whether to cry and complain about the emperor's harshness to them or to confess to his ancestors, repent that he had not honestly guarded his family business and managed his family traditions well.

"Father, are we really going to die? Is the emperor unwilling to spare us?"

Xu Wenjue, the prince of the Duke of Wei, who was also about to be executed, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in history and was the last Duke of Wei in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, his teeth were trembling and asked about Xu Hongji.

Xu Hongji nodded only.

"My son doesn't want to die!"

Xu Wenjue shouted.

"I don't want to die, I'm the descendant of the hero!"

Tang Xingzuo shouted again at this time.

"It is precisely because you are the descendant of the heroes and what you did is really shameful to those heroes of the Ming Dynasty who have made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty, that I have to be more cruel and clear the door for them!"

Zhu Youxiao said this at this time.

"Your Majesty, I am wrong. I shouldn't have rebels who are afraid of death when they are in rebellion. I shouldn't have stolen grain against the court. I am sorry to my ancestors and the court. I am sorry to my ancestors, but I ask me to give my life. I will definitely change my life in the future and make up for my merits! Woo woo!"

Gu Mingjiao shouted in pain.

Zhu Youxiao only said: "Your ancestors and ancestors, the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, will not tolerate you, nor will you tolerate you, the unscrupulous children of nobles who are incompetent. Just like they will kill you for the sake of rectifying their family traditions and strict discipline, even more cruel than me!"

As he said that, Zhu Youxiao ordered: "Clear the portal immediately!"

"Cleaning the portal for the heroes and nobles begins!"

Ma Xianglin shouted and waved his hand.

The Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji, and Duke of the Kingdom of Xu Wenjue, who were kneeling in front of Xu Da's portrait and the shrine, were first drawn to the wooden sign.

Click!

Then, the Yulin Guard soldiers who were in charge of the execution raised their swords and chopped off the heads of Xu Hongji and Xu Wenjue.

"I don't want to die!"

Click!

Tang Xingzuo, the Marquis of Lingbi, and his eldest son were also hacked to death on the ground.

Click!

The Marquis of Funing Zhu Guobi was also beheaded immediately.

"No, no, no!"

Marquis of Zhenyuan, Gu Mingjiao, just shouted, but was also cut down with a knife.

Click!

Click!

Click!

Dozens of Nanjing nobles were beheaded in front of Xiaoling Mausoleum in front of their respective ancestors.

Many of these nobles couldn't help but exclaim, or shed tears.

Zhu Youxiao executed their heads with thunder, which naturally made them feel sad, but it also shocked them a lot, making them strongly feel what the power of the emperor is, and whether they care about their family or their own end.

Next, Zhu Youxiao also asked Xiong Tingbi to read such an edict to the people of these noble families to tell these people how to dominate the house.

And the people from these noble families thanked each other next.

Because the emperor did this to protect them and punish them before their family participated in the rebellion, so that their family honors in the Ming Dynasty could be preserved.

If they want to continue to have status and reputation in the Ming Dynasty, they have to continue to ask the emperor to give honor to their descendants of the heroes.

Therefore, these noble families all thanked them very sensible and personally submitted a memorial to rectify their family traditions and set an example for famous families in the world.

Zhu Youxiao killed dozens of Nanjing nobles in one breath, which made some vassal kings who might rebel lose the support of the Nanjing noble forces, and also prepared for the next attack on the vassal kings.

However, the vassal kings did not know about the murder of the Nanjing nobles.

Dou Ding had told the Nanjing nobles before that the vassal kings had found him in advance, so it was naturally the lie that the East Factory asked him to make up.

At this time, the vassal kings were still angry about the failure to fry grain, and had not thought about the rebellion.

"Why did you lose! What is Dou Ding doing for you? Didn't my uncle say that he can bring tens of millions of wealth to me?! Can I even give me a chance to reach the 95th?! Now, not only will I lose so badly, but I also owe the emperor a lot of debts!"

At this time, King Fu was furious because he lost a lot of money and food.

"Report to Your Highness, according to the news below, the court has sent people to Luoyang to collect debts. Now they are going to collect more than 200 stores in Henghe Grain Store in Luoyang. These stores are from the Henghe Grain Store, but in fact they belong to our palace. What should I do now? Please tell me if I just hand it over to the court?"

At this time, the eunuch of the royal family received his salary, Liu Bizu hurried to King Fu to report to King Fu about Li Zhizao, Lu Xiangsheng and others coming to Luoyang to collect debts.
Chapter completed!