Before Jiang Ming returned to Luoyi, he had already received a report from his "insider" in the court, who told him about the various words and actions of the ministers.
The saying "To follow the leader in doing evil is a small crime, but to join the leader in doing evil is a great crime" means that if your leader does something bad, and you follow him in doing it, the crime is minor.
But if your boss does something wrong, and you praise them for doing the right thing, that's a serious offense!
Many ministers in the court joined Ji Sheng in the rebellion. At most, it was considered "enhancing the ruler's evil," and they could be sentenced to beheading. There was no need to exterminate their entire families!
However, if one praises or extols Ji Sheng after he has achieved victory, such a despicable person must be subjected to the five punishments!
The so-called "five punishments" were the most severe official punishments of that era, namely gouging out eyes, cutting off ears, cutting off tongue, cutting off knees, cutting off nose, and then being cut in half at the waist!
Being cut in half is much more painful than being beheaded. Beheading kills instantly, while being cut in half involves a slow, painful death!
This punishment was not invented by Jiang Ming, but rather a characteristic of this era.
Jiang Ming sentenced those who "followed the ruler's evil" to the "five punishments" to warn people that they should have an upright side and not go against their conscience by leading others astray.
Outside Luoyi City, just an hour ago, all the people, under Ji Sheng's organization, were warmly welcoming Jiang Fangbo's triumphant return from his long expedition!
An hour later, Emperor Ji Sheng was bound to the execution platform outside the city and subjected to slow slicing, along with his ministers who had rebelled with him and flattered him.
The common people watched in horror at the stark contrast between before and after; it was truly a world of heaven and hell, all depending on Fang Bo's single thought!
At this point, Ji Sheng realized that begging for mercy was useless. He loudly cursed Jiang Ming, calling him an unfaithful and unfilial beast, no wonder even his father, the King of Qin, disliked him.
Jiang Ming didn't care. He led the remaining officials and the people of the whole city to watch the execution without any psychological burden!
Jiang Ming was different from other schemers and powerful ministers in ancient times.
Other schemers and powerful ministers often care about having a good reputation and are wary of the historians' records.
But Jiang Ming didn't care about any of that. He was a transmigrator himself, so he didn't care what others thought of him!
Moreover, not to mention after he transmigrated, even before he transmigrated, Jiang Ming never cared about other people's opinions.
In life, out of ten people, five will say you're good, three will remain silent, and the remaining two will even curse their own mothers. This is quite normal, conforms to a normal distribution, and is the truth of nature.
Wanting everyone to say good things about you goes against the laws of nature.
After the entire population of Luoyi City was forced by Jiang Ming to watch the fate of the 'rebels', there was still an important question: "A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and the world cannot be without a master for a day!"
Although Ji Sheng was a 'false emperor,' he did at least reign as 'emperor' for a few days.
Now that he's dead, either Jiang Ming will succeed him and become the 'Emperor', or they'll have to quickly choose someone else!
Currently, Ji Sheng has already killed all the major members of the imperial family in Luoyi City.
As for the Jin branch, it was almost wiped out by Zhi Yao when the three families divided Jin!
Moreover, the branch in Jin was originally a minor branch of the Ji clan of Jin, and the original main branch had been wiped out by the original ruler of Jin.
There may be some other illegitimate descendants, but they are too poor and of low status to be recognized as emperors.
As for who would become the emperor... Jiang Ming already had a plan in mind.
On his way back to the capital, when he heard about the upheaval in Luoyi, he had already made a backup plan, sending someone back to Dukang to quickly bring back Ji Bochang, the ruler of Yan!
When Jiang Ming arrived in Luoyi City, Ji Bochang was also brought from Yan State in the best and fastest carriage.
Ji Bochang and the prime minister Zizhi were discussing how to move the capital of Yan to Dukang when they suddenly heard that the King of Chu wanted to see them. They immediately put down their work and got into the King of Yan's special carriage to chase after Jiang Ming!
Upon seeing Jiang Ming... who had even executed the emperor by a thousand cuts, Ji Bochang was terrified, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Jiang Ming!
The Xiongnu and Xianbei generals around Jiang Ming all strongly urged him to ascend the throne directly, become the new emperor, and command the world!
After all, Jiang Ming was not only the powerful King of Chu and the governor of the region, but also the Khan of the Xianbei and the Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu!
But Jiang Ming didn't want to be the emperor!
After executing Ji Sheng and his cronies, Jiang Ming immediately announced that Ji Bochang would inherit the throne of Daqian and become the new emperor!
Moreover, from this moment on, Jiang Ming also modified the ancestral system of the Great Gan Dynasty, changing the title of the Son of Heaven from 'King' to Emperor!
Before Ji Bochang, all the emperors of the previous dynasties could only be called kings of Daqian, but starting with Ji Bochang, Daqian also had emperors!
When Jiang Ming announced the order, Ji Bochang was completely stunned!
It was already an incredible miracle of fate that he was able to become the King of Yan!
It's truly unimaginable that one day I would become the emperor who leads so great things!
Although he himself knew in his heart that he was just a puppet, as the saying goes, "a rising tide lifts all boats," Jiang Ming's status continued to rise as he became more and more powerful, and Ji Bochang's status also rose steadily, eventually becoming the emperor!
It all feels like a dream!
So much so that he became so excited that he stammered, spoke incoherently, even foamed at the mouth, and then fainted!
It wasn't until the physicians performed emergency treatment that Ji Bochang regained his senses!
Objectively speaking, Ji Bochang was also a man, and he had ambitions too!
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