Edict 5YL-12-02

We hereby proclaim the death sentence on the three officials, by reason of conspiracy against the Emperor, and planning a major revolt:

The Chief Censor, Gao Shaochen;

The Junior Vice-Head of the Academy of Worthies, Lang Xuan;

''The Imperial Master of the Guests, Mao Huang. ''

''Their sentence is to be carried out by beheading, and the heads are to be displayed publicly, as befits rebels. All of their families are to be stripped of rank and exiled to Taozhou in the far north, never to be employed by the Court.''