It's true what they say: people die for money, and birds die for food.
Not content with a hereditary marquisate, he still wanted to amass even more wealth. Once a person becomes greedy, it's quite possible that he could be blinded by lust and disregard the laws of the court.
This is simply blatant arrogance! So even if they end up in the worst possible situation, they don't deserve any sympathy, because they have only themselves to blame.
Zhu Yunying was also frustrated. In history, the old Zhu killed a son-in-law because of a smuggling case. Although such a thing did not happen in this life, and that bastard Ouyang Lun's head had long been thrown away somewhere, he did not expect that another smuggling case would emerge, and even more serious in its impact.
Historically, Ouyang Lun was just a trader of tea and other goods, like some grassland tribes, which forced Zhu Yuanzhang to kill one of his sons-in-law.
But things are different now. The nobles of the Ming Dynasty might even dare to smuggle supplies like gunpowder, which is truly lawless. This forced Zhu Yunying to clean house, and history might even record Emperor Yingshi's reputation for killing meritorious officials.
Reputation was no longer a concern for Zhu Yunying; his focus was on upholding the laws of the court. Such unhealthy practices had to be thoroughly rectified, and these corrupt practices needed to be suppressed with the utmost severity!
Let alone being the descendant of a meritorious official, even if Zhu Yunying were truly asked to kill a meritorious official, he would be capable of doing so.
He knew very well what was important and what was not. Some things were just like that; even an emperor couldn't have everything go his way. Even if he controlled the court, he couldn't make everything proceed according to his expectations.
Let's just wait!
Some things need to be handled properly, and some things simply have to be done. This isn't about being ruthless; it's about having to do things, like the painful execution of Ma Su.
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