The so-called treason is just a formality.
For a noble, it was just a simple questioning, but for an officer like Yang Zhiming who had climbed up from the bottom, it was torture.
Under torture, Yang Zhiming confessed some of the facts, including how he contacted Ye Changge and how he obtained intelligence from the Jiannu.
These alone are at most punishable by death, not enough to exterminate the entire clan.
The personnel of Dali Temple chose to break through people's psychological defenses and obtained some relevant information by inducing Yang Zhiming's only son.
Seeing his son being tortured, Yang Zhiming felt heartbroken. In order to let his son have a quick death, he finally nodded and confessed the whole truth.
At the beginning, Yang Zhiming did not agree to the Jiannu people's demands.
As a soldier, he still has his bottom line. No matter how poor he is, even if his family starves to death, he will not betray Dayan.
However, as the military pay from the court was delayed, he himself was starving while the nobles in the city were reveling every night. Even a staunch man would feel dissatisfied.
He just wanted to take a risk and give it a try. If he won, his family would be honored and his family would rise to prominence. If he lost, he would go to hell, but that was better than not getting any military pay and his family starving to death.
Ye Changge played an inducing role in this. He induced Yang Zhiming to commit a crime, and in order to gain more power, he did not hesitate to cooperate with the Jiannu people in order to ascend to a high position.
Power can foster people's ambitions, and after becoming a prince, Ye Changge received real help.
Most of Prince Rong's property and status belong to him.
He enjoyed the supreme glory brought to him by the status of a prince, but never thought about giving anything in return, even to Prince Rong.
They only knew how to squander the property left to them by the previous emperor, and never thought that the property was taken from the hands of the working people at the bottom.
The rich have wine and meat while the poor freeze to death on the streets. This is a true portrayal that exists in every era.
Those in power always think about themselves and their families, and never think about the hungry peasants who are on the verge of starvation.
The appearance of Tian Wan'er is just to satisfy the emptiness, loneliness and coldness of the high-ranking people. Even without her, there are still Gao Wan'er and Liu Wan'er.
When the weather is calm, feelings are more important than anything else.
In times of turmoil, the only thing to do is to protect yourself.
In the final analysis, it's all for oneself. Selfish and self-centered, only caring about one's own pleasure, never wanting to give or lose, and still not repenting even when dying, how pathetic.
Life is like a candle. Enjoying wealth and glory will accelerate the burning of the candle, and you can still feel the last afterglow before it turns to ashes.
I hope that I can still be rich, prosperous, safe and happy in my next life.
What a foolish dream. Once you die, how can there be an afterlife?
When the sword hanging over your head falls, it is too late to regret.
After three months of review, by the final review stage, basically everything that needed to be explained had been explained.
Yang Zhiming was finished, and Ye Changge was finished too.
Finally, it was the turn of Emperor Mingguang’s brother, Prince Rong.
Prince Rong cried out that he was innocent, and no one paid any attention to him even though his voice was hoarse.
The good old days were great, and there were countless people trying to curry favor with us.
Once you fall into poverty, people will leave you and no one will want to save you.
On the contrary, there are countless people who beat a man when he is down, which is disheartening.
In order to save her youngest son, the Queen Mother exhausted all her efforts and used many connections, including her mother's family and the court elders. However, after everyone argued with reason, the Emperor silenced them with a single word.
"When the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty just like the people."
How can a parasite prince like you, who feeds on the people's blood and sweat, compare to the emperor? Isn't this clearly sending you to your death?
Now, except for the Queen Mother, everyone else has stopped and chosen to swallow their anger.
There is no way, their family is behind them, and any change will affect the whole body.
It is not worth sacrificing one's own life and even the life of one's family for an irrelevant prince.
With the final word, Prince Rong was rewarded with a pot of pigeon wine for the crime of harboring a criminal, which was considered to be a dignity preservation for the royal nobles.
On the day of execution, Emperor Mingguang went to the Tianlao in person to visit his brother.
After being held captive for over six months, Prince Rong's spirit was gone, as was everything else. He hadn't bathed in months, and his body was covered in lice, but he paid no attention to any of this, simply devouring his last hearty dinner.
"Is it tasty?"
He paused for a moment with his chopsticks in his hand, then continued to eat voraciously.
It’s hard to say whether it tastes good or not. It’s far different from the family dinner I had at Prince Rong’s Mansion half a year ago.
But the food that I once looked down upon now looks like nectar and delicious delicacies.
Prince Rong shed tears and choked up, saying, "Brother, I was wrong."
If he had been more cautious, no, if he had known the outcome would be like this, he should have beaten that bastard Ye Changge to death.
So now he is still the glorious Prince Rong and will definitely not become a prisoner.
"Brother Emperor, please spare my life. You can demote me to a commoner or make me do hard labor. I want to atone for my sins. Is that okay?"
No matter what, he wanted to live.
I heard that those who drank poison wine would suffer for a whole day before dying, and the way they died was extremely horrific. It was better to survive than to die an ugly, silent death. At worst, he would have his mother to take care of him in the future, so he could still live a good life.
Prince Rong had a good idea and put on a good show. His pitiful appearance moved not only the eunuchs but even Emperor Mingguang couldn't bear it.
"Your Majesty." Fu Yao sighed, and Emperor Mingguang finally recovered.
"Do you know that the meal you are eating is something that farmers will never be able to eat in their entire lives?"
Prince Rong was bewildered. He looked at the completely devoured meal and suddenly laughed out loud. "Your Majesty, are you trying to make me remember the good times and the bad times?"
"No," Emperor Mingguang shook his head and said, "I am first a qualified emperor, and secondly a brother. What the late emperor left you is enough for future generations to enjoy. But you, in your position, not only do you not set an example, but you are also full of evil. Don't you feel unworthy of what you have received?"
"What right do you have to criticize me?" Prince Rong snorted coldly, dusting off some of the dust on his body. "The throne is yours, so of course the responsibility is yours. What does it have to do with me?"
Prince Rong doesn't care about the lives of the people of the world. In his opinion, he was born to enjoy a good life.
Why should we give up wealth and glory and live a reckless life for some ants?
"Killing me requires no reason. Everything is just an excuse, Your Majesty the Emperor."
Prince Rong glanced and saw something wrapped in red cloth at the corner of the table.
This is the thing that can take his life and cut off his future.
"I really regret not listening to my mother and taking your place. The victors are the kings and the losers are the bandits. All the retribution is what I deserve. I can't blame anyone else."
Knowing he was going to die, Prince Rong felt it was useless to beg for mercy. He simply let loose and had a good time.
Emperor Mingguang dismissed the others and said calmly, "Do you think I came here just to see you turn over a new leaf and become a decent person?"
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