All Hail Cousin Brother

Chapter 377 - 377 Born to Be a Valiant King

377 Born to Be a Valiant King

Yu Zongzheng drank some tea and felt a lingering fear. “Back then, when King You was accused of treason, I relied on my emotions and ignored the people from the Imperial Court’s obstruction to report the ten contributions King You made for the country. I begged the emperor to investigate thoroughly again and punish him lightly. I was scolded by the emperor in court. Now, he’s actually protecting my family.”

Yu Zongshen turned to look at his eldest brother.

As soon as King You entered the capital, he committed suicide in the golden hall. The emperor hoped to end this matter as soon as possible, but his eldest brother was still a little rash in the royal court. He actually dared to ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly again.

He was already dead. How were they going to investigate?

The emperor was so angry that he threw a memorial at his head and scolded him for being ignorant.

Previously, in the royal court, the Ministry of War was the first to bear the brunt. Seven or eight censors from the Imperial Court were stripped of their python robes and dragged down. Even their families were imprisoned.

They bypassed Yu Zongzheng.

When Old Madam Yu heard this, she also looked relieved. “It’s obvious that this person can’t do anything wrong.”

King You had made outstanding military contributions, and the Eldest Son also respected him very much. With this respect in his heart, he created good karma that he was able to benefit from.

Yu Zongshen put down his teacup. “Ye Hanyuan has brought out evidence that the Marquis of Changxing has colluded with the enemy to commit treason. Last year, the Di people’s 3,000 cavalry charged into Youzhou City, and the Marquis of Changxing couldn’t withstand a single blow. The Northern Barbarians killed people, plundered things, captured people, and set the city on fire. The Marquis of Changxing was worried that the Di people would attack again, and when the time came, he couldn’t hide it anymore. He personally wrote to the leader of the Di people, Harmon, and promised to be willing to offer 100,000 silver in hopes of maintaining peace in the north.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Old Madam Yu was shocked on the spot. “Is the Marquis of Changxing crazy? When Emperor Gaozu first established the country, he had said that there would be no harmony, no compensation, no ceding of land, and no tribute that should change the fact that the emperor should die defending a country. All the previous emperors did not dare to forget the ancestral teachings. In order to raise the prestige of the Great Zhou, there were many emperors who personally led expeditions…”

Just this disregard of the ancestral teachings was enough to exterminate nine generations of a family.

(Note: This sentence is actually a portrayal of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was very tough in foreign military affairs. When Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, he also wrote: I, Liang De, bowed condescendingly and was punished by the heavens. However, it was all my fault. I was too ashamed to face my ancestors when I died. I took off my crown and covered my face with my hair. I allowed the thieves to split so they did not hurt anyone. It was embarrassing. It was also because of the boldness of the descendants of the Ming Dynasty’s royal family that the activities against the Qing Dynasty did not stop in the Qing Dynasty. In order to reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, a group died and another group immediately started.)

Yu Zongshen continued, “However, the money of the people who paid tribute to the Di people was the military salary of the 300,000 soldiers of the You Army and the pension of the families of the soldiers who sacrificed themselves. The soldiers secretly wrote a blood letter of 10,000 people. After their families found out, they also secretly participated. When their neighbors nearby found out, they joined as well. The blood letter of 10,000 people was written by more than ten thousand people…”

The blood letter of ten thousand people was written by the soldiers and commoners. They tore off the clothes in their houses and sewed them up piece by piece. It was Mr. Xian Yun who brought it into the palace in a large carriage.

It covered a total of five kilometers from the Golden Hall.

At this moment, some officials’ legs went limp and they fainted.