Chapter 651 (1/2)
What will happen in three days? Every courtier did not know exactly what would happen. But at the same time, we all know that within these three days, there will definitely be a big event shaking the court, or which courtier will be convicted.
Shaoqing Gao Zheng of Taichang temple was lynched by his family, which shocked all the officials in the court. Everyone knows that this is because the family is afraid of Gao Zheng. Because of the close relationship between Pei Wang and his family, they are forced to lynch Gao Zheng and make a statement to the court.
Later, Liu Nayan, Xu Shuya, Cheng Xuanyi, Zhou Yuning and other officials close to Li Xian, king of Pei, were all jailed by the Ministry of punishment.
Without any warning, the clan relatives of Li Ming, king of Cao, and Li Zhen, king of Yue, were jointly detained by Dali temple and Zongzheng temple. More than 30 people were involved in the incident of King Pei.
For some reason, the deputy governor of Yunzhong city took poison at home and killed himself. Seven shangzhechong houses in Yunzhong exchanged defense ground with seven Zhechong prefectures of antongdu and Anxi in one night.
Over the past three days, every minister who went to Pei's mansion to attend the wedding banquet has been sitting at home in a state of anxiety. I wonder if someone from the Ministry of punishment or Dali temple will suddenly knock on the door.
Some officials who did not approach Pei Wang used these three days, accompanied by their wives and concubines, to drink and have fun, looking for inspiration, and preparing to praise the prosperity and harmony of Chang'an with excellent poems and Fu.
By the afternoon of the last day, without waiting for the dispensable curfew to ring in the evening drums, the pedestrians on every street in Chang'an City have become less than the remaining leaves on the branches of trees in winter.
Bai Chun sits on one side bored and watches Li Hong squatting on the ground, fiddling with a small square wood block on the ground with several Palace officials who will be in charge of it. They are all attentive, as if they have not noticed the change of Chang'an city these days.
”Killing people does not go too far. As a ruler, only those who are powerless or those who can't control the situation can frighten the dissidents by killing people. Only in this way can we seek peace. To put it bluntly, only those who are not confident in themselves will treat their dissidents in the way of death. Didn't the former Emperor hate Wei Zheng? Does it count to dig out a corpse after death? But before Wei Zheng died? Did the late emperor have to pick up his tail when he saw Wei Zheng? It's right to allow the court to have different voices, but no one is allowed to covet the country. ” Li Hong side with the prison will be a few people fiddling with those small squares, while talking to himself.
In the main hall of Lizheng hall, in addition to Bai Chun, there were four palace maids such as Xiaoxue, four eunuchs such as mangzhong, Li Shen, Ji Wang, Lou Shide, Zong Chuke, shangguanyi, Pei Xingjian, Cui Yuanzong, Li Qiao and other officials also stood silent.
”The first emperor launched the Xuanwu Gate change and then became emperor. I'm afraid it will not take a day for this matter to be passed on to the whole Tang Dynasty, right? But have you ever seen the emperor block the mouth of the world by killing people? Why didn't the Xuanwu Gate of the first emperor eliminate the later troubles by killing people and killing people? Because the former Emperor knew that even if you killed all the insiders, it was impossible not to spread the news. Moreover, the former Emperor had a strong self-confidence. He believed that the achievements he would make in the future under his rule were enough to cover up people's views on the affairs of Xuanwu Gate. So, what am I afraid of? Can't I imitate the emperor? ” Li Hong threw a square with ten thousand engraved on it to the palace guards who would be the prison officials, and motioned them to look for them again. Were there any redundant ones, there were six tens of thousands in a pair of mahjong. If we played mahjong, we would not let father and mother fight.
He got up and took the warm towel from Bai Chun, wiped his hands and looked at a group of people in front of him and said, ”go back, all of you. This matter is over. No matter Yang zhirou, Yang Sijian, or others, can be punished, but They have offered advice and suggestions for the country and the country of the Tang Dynasty. There is no merit or hard work. They can be dismissed or deposed. However, the death penalty can never be used to seal the mouth of the people in the world. If the mouth is on others, let them talk about it, and it can be regarded as a spur to us. When the emperor was alive, he never executed a prisoner for a year. But, remember when it was? In the seventh year of Zhenguan, right? The first emperor had the courage to pardon 400 death row prisoners and went back to their hometown for one year. However, in the second year, no one was bad enough to come back and continue to be punished? Of course, the Tang Dynasty at this time was not the same as the previous emperor, but what's the matter of imitating it once? ”
Li Hong looked relaxed and swept around Zong Chuke and other people. He saw these officials carefully looking at each other.
Some people also want to admonish Li Hong, while others are listening to Li Hong's words and nodding their heads involuntarily.
However, the purpose of their arrival this time was surprisingly consistent, that is, they hoped that the prince's highness could use the heavy ceremony to punish those officials who had conspired against King Pei or who were close to him in peacetime.
But to their disappointment, they heard from the palace people in the east palace that the prince had not dealt with any government affairs in the past three days. He had just called several palace men who would be prison guards and had been making these wooden blocks these days.
Shangguanyi, Pei Xingjian, Cui Yuanzong and others looked at each other again. After exchanging views with their eyes, they saluted Li Hong and said, ”I understand.””Well, go down. I don't want to go to court tomorrow, but fortunately, this is the last morning before yuan day. ” Li Hong stretched out a stretch, watched a group of people filed out, suddenly looked at Ren Ya Xiang's back and said: ”Ren Shangshu, wait, others also wait.”
All the ministers had to stop and look at Li Hong holding a piece of wood block with several vertical bars carved on it. He walked slowly to the door, scanned them and said, ”take your people back, fight with the orphan brother. There's no need to do too much. Go down.”