At such a major ceremony, no one in front of Chengtian Gate made a noise, and no one dared to make a noise, and the huge square and Chang'an Avenue were so quiet that you could hear the cries of birds.

When Zhu Youzhen said a word, everyone couldn't help but shrink their pupils.

Some officials in one town and nine provinces were surprised by Zhu Youzhen's performance.

The officials of one town and nine provinces believe in public morality, which is to improve the efficiency of the whole society, which is ultimately reflected in the prosperity and happiness of the people and the prosperity and strength of the country. A society that attaches importance to public morality practices naked hegemony over its enemies outside its own society, often using force to defeat the enemy to the ground.

Therefore, the officials of one town and nine provinces all worship force in their hearts. In the eyes of these young officials, the key factor in one town, nine provinces, or Daqi's replacement of the Ming Dynasty, was the strength of the Tiger Ben Army. And the Ming court, as the crushed party, especially the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen, must be full of resentment and hatred towards Tianjin.

However, at this time, the Son of Heaven confessed, which means that the Ming Dynasty, which was crushed by one town and nine provinces, had completely given up resistance and was beaten to the core.

The officials of one town and nine provinces looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was crying bitterly under the Chengtian Gate, and their eyes showed a look of joy.

For the onlookers, Zhu Youzhen's words were a little surprising. The people in the nearby capital all showed surprised expressions, they couldn't imagine that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would be so tearful and admit his guilt.

Li Zhi, as the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, fought in the south and the north, and rescued the crumbling Ming Dynasty alive. Zhu Youzhen took advantage of the fact that one town and nine provinces were under attack from the north and the south, and beat Li Zhi as a traitor, and dispatched all the elite troops in the world to attack Tianjin.

But no matter what, Zhu Youzhen, as the Son of Heaven, has the right to crusade against Li Zhi according to legal theory.

If there was still a trace of illegality in Li Zhijing before, after Zhu Youzhen's words came out, it was the last obstacle for Li Zhi to win the hearts of the people in the world.

Since the Son of Heaven has done something extremely wrong, and since the Son of Heaven has admitted that he is guilty, then of course Li Zhi can raise the teacher to ask for the guilt and change the dynasty.

The people opened their mouths wide and looked at Zhu Youzhen, who said irreparable words.

Now that the Son of Heaven confessed his guilt, all the people in the world, including the gentry, no longer had any reason to oppose Daqi.

And the "captives" of the Ming officials standing at the back of the square were really in complete despair when they heard Zhu Youzhen's words.

In fact, since Cui Changwu's reforms, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty began a round of purges. The Donglin Party, which had previously controlled the government, was completely abolished and replaced by the Reform Party led by Zhang Guanghang and the Tianjin Party brought by Cui Changwu. Four months ago, Zhu Youzhen attacked Cui Changwu and imprisoned all the Tianjin Party, and the court became the dominant party led by Zhang Guanghang.

The core characteristic of Zhang Guanghang's party is to do whatever it takes to save the towering Zhu Mingsheji.

Even though the city of Beijing was completely occupied by Li Zhi at this time, Zhang Guanghang and his party hoped that the warlords and civilian officials in the remote areas would use force to defend their vested interests, continue to resist, and continue the hopes of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Youzhen's words at this time destroyed all the hopes of the Ming Dynasty bureaucrats.

The Son of Heaven knelt down in front of Chengtian Gate to confess his guilt, so where else would a powerful person fight to the death with Li Zhi, who held a strong army?

The bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty became extremely discouraged one by one in an instant, and some of them couldn't bear to look at the tragic situation of the Son of Heaven anymore, and closed their eyes weakly.

Zhang Guanghang's face turned pale in an instant, and his whole body trembled, as if he had been struck by lightning. His political efforts to gamble his life again and again for more than a decade were declared completely bankrupt, and his faith collapsed in an instant. He fell to his knees with a thud, trembling on the blue masonry on the thousand-step corridor.

After being stunned on the ground for ten seconds, Zhang Guanghang's face was already full of tears. He suddenly laughed miserably, his face twitched incessantly, and he desperately beat the potholed tiles with his hands, and the whole person seemed to be in a state of madness.

The surrounding Ming bureaucrats looked at Zhang Guanghang's appearance, and they were speechless one by one. In particular, some core members of the Reform Party couldn't hold back their tears and cried in front of the Thousand Steps Corridor.

Da Ming is dead, and there is no chance of resurrection.

On the Chengtian Gate, Li Zhi looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was kneeling on the ground, and was silent for a few seconds.

Li Zhi actually didn't want Zhu Youzhen to confess. In fact, with Li Zhi's character, he hoped that some Ming gentry and magnates would jump up and rebel.

Li Zhi is very iron-blooded, he is not Choi Changwu. Choi Changwu hoped that the whole of China would enter a new era without hindrance, and everyone would obey Li Zhi's dispatch and march into the future. But Li Zhi didn't think so, Li Zhi instead hoped that there would be incorrigible villains who would stand up against him for the privilege of parasites and give himself a reason to raise his butcher's knife.

In Li Zhi's view, not all of the reactionary Ming gentry could be reformed, and the most vicious handful of them must be eliminated in order to truly purify the nation.

If Zhu Youzhen does not admit guilt, Li Zhi can publicly try Zhu Youzhen and then kill this Ming Emperor. Then the gentry and magnates in the border areas organized a rebellion, and Li Zhi spent several years sending the Tiger Ben Army to suppress and massacre these reactionary gentry. This is the best situation in Li Zhi's heart.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen's confession made Li Zhi lose the reason to stimulate the gangsters to resist stubbornly. Now that the Great Tomorrow has been convicted, even if Li Zhi kills Zhu Youzhen, I am afraid that no one will have the appeal to organize large-scale resistance.

Li Zhi frowned and looked at Zhu Youzhen and did not speak.

Zheng Kaicheng, who was standing on the side, suddenly took a step forward and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Zhu Youzhen of the Ming Dynasty has pleaded guilty! Killing more is useless! Benevolence! The ministers implored the king to plan for the world, forgive Zhu Youzhen's life, and influence the people of the world. ”

Before Zheng Kaicheng's words fell, Gao Ligong and other senior officials from one town and nine provinces from Confucianism knelt down together. He shouted loudly: "The king is benevolent! “

"The gentleman is benevolent!"

For those who had been educated by the Confucian classics, loyalty to the emperor was already engraved into their bodies like genes. Even though their loyalty to Li Zhi far outweighed their loyalty to the emperor, they were always reluctant to see Zhu Youzhen's body different.

Li Zhi looked at Zheng Kaicheng.

With a sneer, Li Zhi did not speak.

The plea of Zheng Kaicheng and others will not affect Li Zhi, but Li Zhi is very unhappy that Zheng Kaicheng and others still sympathize with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

After a long time, Li Zhi turned to look at Zhu Youzhen, who was kneeling under the Chengtian Gate, and Zhu Cihong, who was behind the Jinshui Bridge.

He took a breath, and finally said slowly: "Emperor Ming acted perversely, used swords and soldiers in vain, and stood on the opposite side of the world, and he is no longer worthy to command this country. “

"In the name of the people of the world, the widow abolished the position of Emperor Zhu Youzhen and demoted him to a concubine!"

Zhu Youzhen, who was on the ground, raised his head in surprise when he heard Li Zhi's words, and looked at Li Zhi on the Chengtian Gate.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't imagine that Li Zhi would let him go.

Li Zhi didn't look at Zhu Youzhen again, and continued: "The crown prince Zhu Cihong abolished the position of the prince, and was enthroned, and the eldest son will inherit the title in the future, and live in the ancestral land of Fengyang. “

"All the men and women of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty will be reduced to concubines from today onwards, and they will no longer enjoy any privileges that surpass the commoners."

After a pause, Li Zhi said loudly: "The Ming Dynasty, from this moment on, die!" “