Chapter 409 Zongren Mansion
The sect mansion is next to the ancestral temple of the Imperial City. Originally, the sect mansion was a very leisurely yamen, saying that it was to manage the royal family, but most of the royal family were in other places, and most of the royal family stayed in the capital were also in the palace. Even if they made mistakes, they would not be sent to the sect mansion. Therefore, they usually only record the legitimate and illegitimate children of the royal family, name, title, etc.
However, with Lao Zhu's birthday, the clan mansion was temporarily taken seriously. With Lao Zhu's order, Dali Temple, Jinyiwei, and the prefectures and counties in the capital, they were temporarily assigned to the clan mansion. To be precise, it was dispatched by the new Zuo Zongzheng Li Jie and Zuo Zongren Zhu Su.
There are five more important positions in the Zongren Mansion, namely the Zongren Ling, the Zuo Zongzheng and the Zuo Zongren. Among them, the Zongren Ling Zhu Cheng, the You Zongzheng Zhu Di, and the You Zongren Zhu Zhen were temporarily unable to return to the capital. The Zuo Zongzheng Zhu Qi was seized and was temporarily under the control of Li Jie, and the remaining one was Zhu Xiao, the King of Zhou.
When Li Jie went to Kaifeng last time, Zhu Xi was summoned by Lao Zhu to Nanjing and locked up, so he did not see him. However, Zhu Xi's son Zhu Youzhu left a deep impression on Li Jie and Zhu Biao. Because Kaifeng is not far from Beijing, the father and son came to the capital a month ago. Li Jie also took Zhu Youzhu around the capital for a few times.
In the back hall of the Zongren Mansion, Li Jie held a document and spoke to Zhu Xu opposite him: "The slaves of the King of Qi had an argument with others in the downtown area and then committed murder. The King of Qi not only did not report to the public to deal with it, but instead covered up his own slaves and obstructed the officials from handling the case. I thought they should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others!"
"This... how do you plan to punish me severely?" King Zhu Su, Zhou, asked with a puzzled look when he heard this. Zhu Su was only in his thirties this year. Unlike Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and others, Zhu Su has a medium figure and a gentle appearance. He doesn't look like Lao Zhu, but Zhu Youshu is very similar to Zhu Su.
"The slaves were executed, and the King of Qi was not strict and ordered him to come to the clan's mansion to be in custody for seven days and be fined for one year!" Li Jie said without hesitation.
"It's okay to execute a slave, and you can get a salary fine, but is it a bit over the seven days?" Zhu Xu said in a little embarrassed again when he heard this. After all, he and the King of Qi were brothers, and their personal relationships were good. Now, he felt a little embarrassed when he heard that Li Jie severely punished the King of Qi.
"Your Highness, you have also seen the situations that have been investigated in the past few days. When the princes and princes come to the capital, there are many illegal things happening. Your Majesty only gives us ten days. Ten days later, if any illegal things happen to the royal family, your Majesty will ask us!" Li Jie said again with a serious expression.
Hearing Li Jie say this, Zhu Xu couldn't refute it anymore, so he had to nod and said, "Okay, then do as you want!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Jie also bowed to Zhu Shishou when he heard this. Although the position of Zuo Zongzheng who he temporarily served was one level higher than that of Zhu Shishou's Zu Shishou, Zhu Shishou was his elder after all, and he was the legitimate son of Lao Zhu, so with him in front of him, everything was easier to do.
In just a few days after Li Jie and his friends took over the sect mansion, they found out many illegal and criminal activities of the royal family. In fact, these things were recorded in yamen at all levels in the capital. Even Jinyiwei and Dali Temple knew that they didn't dare to care about them before. Now that the banner of the sect mansion was above, they naturally got all of them upset.
Speaking of which, these royal families are really brave. They don’t know how to restrain themselves when they come to the capital. There are nine cases that cause deaths. As for various other violations of laws and regulations, there are countless, so Li Jie has caught several key cases, and each case is severely punished. Even if it is not the royal family who commits the crime, as long as they are involved, they will still be punished in the end.
Zhu Su and Li Jie signed the document together and immediately handed it over to the people below to deal with it. Some special people even brought King Zhu Jing of Qi to the clan mansion to be confined. In the past few days, more than a dozen royal families had been arrested and imprisoned in the clan mansion.
In a short while, Zhu Jing was taken to the sect mansion. The King of Qi was also a burly man. He had made many military achievements before and was quite proud of himself in normal times. However, he didn't expect that he would be caught in the sect mansion today, which made him feel angry. So when he saw Zhu Wei, he immediately shouted: "Fifth Brother, what do you mean, why do you want to capture me?"
"This..." Zhu Qing also looked embarrassed at this time. He usually had a good relationship with Zhu Jing, and he really didn't want to break up because of this little thing.
"His Highness of the King of Qi should be severely punished!" Li Jie, who was next to him, said at this time.
"Li Jie! You are an outsider, why should you care about our royal affairs?" Zhu Xun couldn't help but shouted in anger when he saw Li Jie. Seeing Zhu Xun's expression, he knew that it was Li Jie's idea to put him in jail. After all, there are only two of them in the clan's house now.
"Why? It's up to Your Majesty's appointment to me. If the King of Qi is dissatisfied with this, after the confinement period expires, he can go to Your Majesty to complain!" Li Jie smiled coldly. Although he had arrested more than a dozen royal families before, they were all at the level of the prince. It was the first time that the prince was arrested, so it was Zhu Jing who was unlucky this time.
"You..." Zhu Jing was so angry, but Li Jie brought out his father and immediately pressed him to death.
"Old Qi, please calm down. This time, the people in your mansion were indeed wrong first, and they even killed people. Before, the third brother's son only injured the person and was stripped of the king's title. He could only go to Fengyang to guard the imperial tomb for the rest of his life. The third brother was also fined a year's salary. Compared to the third brother, your punishment is actually quite light." Zhu Xing also smiled and advised.
Zhu Jing also knew the principle of using the strait to get down on the donkey, and he also knew that if he really made trouble with Lao Zhu, the matter would only be more serious, so he also said with the flow: "Okay, for your sake, I won't bother with some juniors, let's arrange a good room for me!"
"Haha, Seventh Brother, don't worry, I'll take you there in person!" Zhu Qing said enthusiastically again at this time. After saying that, he personally took Zhu Jing to the back of the sect mansion. There had been a separate room here, and the dozen or so royal families who were arrested before were also locked up here.
These royal families who committed the crime are not old, and they are all fearless. Even if they are locked up, they are all shouting. However, when they see Zhu Su walking in with Zhu Jing, the group of people suddenly became quiet. After all, even Zhu Jing, the real prince, was locked up, let alone them.
Chapter completed!