The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 651

However, neither the civil and military officials nor Jiajing, nor Zhou Chu, were afraid of raising a tiger that would cause trouble. After all, the Ming Dynasty now crushed the Yarkand Khanate in terms of national strength and all aspects. Unless Said Khan lost his mind, he would not have any thoughts of restoring the country.

Moreover, Said Khan was under house arrest in the capital, making it impossible for him to escape.

Seeing Said Khan's sincere repentance, Madam Meng and Meng Qingyan's anger subsided considerably. As for killing Said Khan, they hadn't considered it. Now that Meng Qingyan had just been granted a marquisate, Madam Meng, considering her son's future, would not take any overstepping actions. As for Meng Qingyan, he was well-read and clearly understood Said Khan's importance to the Ming Dynasty.

Said Khan was appointed to demonstrate the might of the Ming Dynasty and to deter the Yarkand Khanate. The emperor certainly wouldn't kill him easily. Throughout history, there have been both killing and not killing, and it's clear that keeping him alive is much better than killing him.

Meng Qingyuan and her son hated Said Khan to the extreme, but they were also sensible and knew very well that Meng Ji had asked for his death.

"How to deal with Said Khan is up to your Meng family. If you want to kill him, I will help you do it."

Jiajing looked at the Meng family members and said.

Jiajing's words were essentially pointless; if he truly wanted to kill, he would have simply ordered it. By saying this, he was merely forcing the Meng family to make a choice they had no other option to make.

"Your Majesty, my father has passed away. Killing him will not bring him back to life. It would be better to keep him alive to demonstrate the might of our Great Ming Dynasty."

Meng Qingyan said.

After Meng Qingyan was granted a marquisate, he was no longer the one in charge of the Meng family in front of the emperor, but Meng's wife.

These words were very appropriate, and Jiajing nodded with satisfaction.

"Qingyuan, what about you?"

Jiajing did not ignore Meng Qingyuan's opinion. If Jiaran was going to do something, he had to make a proper show of it so that everyone would be convinced.

“Your Majesty, I hate Said Khan very much, but Qingyan is right. Killing his father will not bring him back to life. On the contrary, it may cause his father’s hard work to go to waste. It is better to keep him alive to demonstrate the power of our Great Ming Dynasty and to deter the Yarkand Khanate.”

Meng Qingyuan said with a downcast expression.

"You two are both sensible and good children. I'm sorry to have wronged you."

As Jiajing spoke, he waved his hand, and immediately a group of guards came forward and dragged Said Khan away.

Saidhan finally breathed a sigh of relief; for him, this was the only time he had truly escaped death.

"Bury him."

After Said Khan was taken away, Jiajing solemnly said.

Following Jiajing's order, the process of sealing Meng Ji's coffin and burying him was solemn, with officials paying their respects at Meng Ji's tomb.

As the coffin was sealed and the burial took place, Madam Meng cried even more bitterly, wishing she could go forward and dig the soil open with her hands to dig out Meng Ji. Meng Qingyan, holding back his grief, pulled his mother back.

Meng Qingyuan and his mother were exactly the same.

Meng Ji's funeral caused a great stir in the capital. With Meng Ji's death, the deeds of Ouyang Bijin, who had previously been sent as an envoy to Annam, were also spread in the capital under the deliberate promotion of Jiajing.

At that time, Ouyang Bijin was on his way to Annam and was determined to die. Because the situation was relatively complicated, it was not appropriate to publicize it. But now it was different. Jiajing naturally could not show favoritism and ordered that the deeds of Ouyang Bijin and Meng Ji be put together and publicized.

In no time, the entire capital, and even the people around the capital, knew that Lord Meng and Lord Ouyang had died in a foreign land for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Stories about the two of them have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

About two months later, Lin Lu returned to the capital and officially announced that the Yarkand Khanate had been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Along with Lin Lu, Said Khan's family also returned to the capital. Upon seeing his family, Said Khan felt both sorrow and joy.

Tragically, his family was eventually captured by the Ming soldiers. On the bright side, although his children lost their freedom, they were relatively safe, and he could still be with them.