The eldest son of the red mansion

Then he said to Dai Quan, "Declaration."

Dai Quan hurriedly picked out one of the imperial edicts on the imperial case, and then stepped forward and read aloud: "Great scholar Li Lu, Yan Mu, with two heads and two heads, no father and no king, and his whereabouts were secretive during the prince's rebellion. He was interrogated strictly at the Dali Temple, and all his family members were sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for hearing. This is my honor.”

Li Lu, who was kneeling below, and Yan Mu, who was standing in the middle of the class, both of them collapsed to the ground after hearing the imperial decree. They didn't seek refuge with the crown prince at first, they just wanted to seek opportunities to continue to preserve their official position and power .Unexpectedly, the emperor could turn the tables in such a disadvantaged situation. Now it is hard to protect himself.

As soon as Dai Quan's imperial decree was read, the emperor drank to His Highness for the rest of his life, "Take them down for me."

Immediately after that, four or five warriors came in from outside the hall, they couldn't help but tie up the two, and then dragged them out of the hall.It was at this time that Yan Mu seemed to come to his senses, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged. It was all done by Li Lu's teaching ministers. I don't know anything about his treason. Please see clearly."

While being dragged out, Li Lu cursed loudly when she heard his words: "You shameless villain, you agreed at the time to join the prince together, and now you are pouring dirty water on me again, it is simply not a son of man. "

But the emperor didn't care about them, and just waved his hands to ask the soldiers to drag them down quickly. These soldiers thought they were annoyed by shouting, so they punched them hard on the mouth a few times.The two grand scholars were immediately speechless, and then they were dragged out of the hall, where they went.

Seeing the two great scholars being dragged out, the emperor stood up from the throne, turned around the case, and came to the imperial steps.Said to the ministers below: "Everyone knows what happened in the past few days. I didn't expect that I would raise a son who disobeyed human relations. I have been unable to sleep these days. I have been thinking about my son. What did they do wrong? Let them do this and practice the way of killing their fathers and seeking their king."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Pan Yong, a great scholar, stood up and knelt in front of the hall, and said loudly: "The emperor has worked so hard for the sake of the world, without taking a moment to rest, what is wrong with it? It's just that these people are greedy for profit and have ulterior motives. It has failed the emperor's benevolent heart."

Chapter 248 Rewards and Punishments

The emperor was very satisfied with Pan Yong's words. Pan Yong smiled and said, "Pan Aiqing, get up. How many of them know what you said?"

The emperor paused for a moment and then said: "Some people have been shouting on the surface that they are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but in fact they are always thinking about how to get rid of me so that their master can take over."

When the ministers below heard what the emperor said, they quickly knelt down on the ground and said: "I dare not wait."

But the emperor was not interested in looking at these people below, and then the emperor said to Dai Quan beside him: "I'm not in the mood anymore, you should hurry up and announce the decree, it's time to finish it."

Dai Quan then randomly took out an imperial edict from the imperial case and began to read it aloud.Two or three people were taken down for each imperial decree. After reading more than a dozen imperial decrees, half of the people in the court hall have been lost. With six ministers, only three people are standing in the court hall now.The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment were dragged out just now.

However, Huo Tu, Minister of the Ministry of War, did not go to court at all.He was imprisoned on the first day the emperor entered the capital, and now the whole family is staying in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and it seems that there is no chance to come out again.

These are all people who are vassals of the prince, and some even only met with the prince a few times and received some gifts.It seems that the emperor is planning to cleanse the prince's power in the court this time.

There must be some injustice among these people, because the crown prince issued an invitation at that time, how could these officials dare not go, maybe they just went to socialize a few times, but they did not expect to be suspected by the emperor now, many people seem to be unable to avoid this Robbed.

The next step is the highlight. Dai Quan took out an imperial edict from the bottom. This time he was a little trembling. It seemed that this imperial edict was not trivial. , Bewitched by others, doing things against human relations, forcing me and the emperor's mausoleum, I have abandoned the relationship between father and son, monarch and minister, and will abolish the position of prince from now on, and demote to common people, and I will enter the circle immediately, no one can visit, respect this."

All the ministers of His Highness knelt down together and said loudly: "Your Majesty waits for your decree."

This decree is only announced now, and the next step is that the emperor will go to the Temple of Heaven to worship heaven and earth, tell heaven the reason why he abolished the prince, and then go to the Taimiao to tell the ancestors and ancestors once, and finally he will tell the world. It is considered that all the procedures for abolishing the prince have been completed.

Seeing Dai Quan, the emperor finished reading the decree of abolishing the prince, and was also a little sad.So he hated those who he thought were traitorous ministers who separated their father and son.

With his red eyes, he made another decree: "Huo Tu's scheme to commit crimes, the crime of bewitching the prince is unforgivable, all members of the nine clans will be beheaded, women, children and children will not be forgiven."

In ancient times, there was an amnesty for killing women and children of the Nine Races. It was said that they were beheaded all over the family. Many young women were sold into religious workshops, and many babies under the age of one were not killed. Let him live with his mother in the teaching workshop, so that many people are not considered to be the last.But this time the emperor hated these people so much that he personally decreed that no one should be pardoned.

Some of the ministers kneeling below were already dripping with sweat.They have never seen the emperor so angry.Some veterans were already trembling.This reminded them of that cleanup more than ten years ago.But compared with this time, it is still nothing.There were still many fish that slipped through the net that time. The emperor was magnanimous, and he had ordered several times not to pursue it.

In their view, the officials at all levels who were locked up by the emperor this time may be more or less ominous.The emperor got angry and made people shudder.

After arranging the activities, the emperor began to deal with the other two culprits. The former Liaodong Jiedu was Xie Hu, and the former nine-door admiral Zhang Chi.

"Xie Hu, the envoy of Liaodong Jiedu, and Zhang Chi, the admiral of the Nine Clans, attached themselves to the prince to plot chaos, causing the ancestral mausoleum to be shaken, and I almost died in the imperial mausoleum. Although the spine is slightly smaller than Huo Tu, it cannot be pardoned. All of them will be beheaded, but their women are innocent, and their children can be pardoned if they are still young, so that they will not die and rush into the teaching workshop."

All the ministers below breathed a sigh of relief at this time, it seems that this is the ultimate way to deal with the rebellious ministers, and the next person will probably have a slightly reduced sentence.

The emperor slowly put away his anger, looking at the half of the people below, he felt a little scared in his heart.These half of the people are related to the prince. If I hadn't brought Jia Ke with me at that time, I'm afraid I would have fallen asleep in the imperial tomb by now.Moreover, most of these people who are still standing are those who abandoned themselves to join the prince during the last battle of the imperial mausoleum. Now I still keep them, just because the court cannot lose people all at once.

This reminded him of some of his loyal ministers, he should be promoted to a high position, otherwise these people don't know what to do.In the past, when selecting a bachelor, it was always postponed by the court, and the selected talents were determined by themselves. How many of these people are loyal to me?How many were bought by others?

Thinking of this, he decided to propose a method of reforming the government that he had considered for a long time.Whoever dares to object at this time will kill him.

"Since the three great scholars who went to the study room have gone to the second one, then the study room will not have the ability to deal with the government affairs. From now on, those who handle the government affairs and take charge of the military aircraft will be in the military aircraft department."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the ministers below were in an uproar, and the emperor abolished the upper study room with one sentence, so the university scholar may be just a display in the future.

"From now on, the Minister of Military Aircraft will be appointed by me personally, and there will be no delay. As for the place to do business, it is inside the Longzong Gate. There is a row of one-story houses on the west side of the inner right gate, which is close to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. It is in the palace, which can ensure that the important affairs of the military aircraft will not be leaked."

"In the future, the Minister of Military Affairs will not have a commissioner, and the ministers in the court will concurrently serve. The memorials in various places will be signed by the Military Aircraft Office and then I will give instructions. The appointment and removal of important officials in various places will be discussed by the Minister of Military Aircraft and reported to me. The appointment and dismissal of the generals who are to be replaced need to be drafted by the Military Aircraft Department, and then they can be decided by my instructions."

All the ministers of His Highness are human beings. After listening to the emperor's explanation of the functions of the Military Aircraft Department.Then I understood that the Military Aircraft Department took over the military and political power and became the highest state organ in power, while the Minister of Military Aircraft was directly appointed by the emperor without being delayed by Dacheng.From then on, the emperor was able to act arbitrarily.

The minister of military aircraft was summoned every day, and he was ordered to act on errands every day, haunting the court.Wherever the emperor moved, the military ministers were all at his side.Such power, such favor.Once he becomes the Minister of Military Aircraft, he will probably have more power than the previous Grand Scholars, and he will reach the sky in one step.

The emperor went on to say: "Some people are rebellious and betray the court. Some people are loyal and know that the guards are at my side. To put it bluntly, these people should be promoted to rank."

The courtiers below heard this and knew that the emperor was going to reward meritorious ministers.

"Wang Shuixiao of Beijing, because I was killed by a rebel, his throne should have started to be demoted to the rank of nobility, but I have to reward him for his sacrifice for the country this time. Three generations of kings and princes." When the emperor said this, his voice was a little choked up, after all, King Beijing Jing had been with him for so many years, he had always been loyal, and he was in charge of the imperial army for him, always guarding him.

The ministers standing at His Highness felt a little uproar when they heard the emperor's reward. Even when the country was founded, three generations of kings were rare, let alone now.But today's situation is special, they dare not speak out to dissuade them, but this decree, which would not be passed normally, has been completed in this way, and all the procedures have been conveyed.

Then the emperor said: "Marquis of Wuyang, Jia Ke, the Jiedu envoy of Xuanfu Town, has done a great job in saving him this time, and the lineage of Marquis of Wuyang will be followed for another three generations by special kindness. After Jia Ke, the sixth generation will be descended to be the noble."

When Jia Ke heard the emperor's reward, she quickly came out of the class, knelt down and said, "Master Jia Ke, thank you Lord Long En, from now on, there is nothing else to do but to die and die."

After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "You are my close minister, so don't go back to Xuanfu Town to serve as Jiedu envoy."

After the emperor finished speaking to Jia Ke, he then announced: "Now Jia Ke's Jiedu envoy of Xuanfu Town will be dismissed, and he will be appointed as the Minister of Internal Guards, Admiral Jiumen, Jiedu Jingzhong Second Battalion. 5 horses were reorganized into the Ruijian Camp, and the Xishan Camp, one of the three major camps in the capital, was also controlled by him, and he was specially appointed as the Minister of Military Aircraft."

When the ministers below heard the title given to Jia Ke by the emperor, they were all astonished for a moment.This Jia Ke has simply reached the sky in one step, and now it can be said that one person is under one person and above ten thousand people.In particular, he also controlled almost two-thirds of the soldiers and horses in Beijing, which shows the emperor's trust in him.

At this time, Jia Ke will burst into tears in the main hall and keep kowtowing to the emperor. In fact, he is pretending now. After all, he is a modern person. No matter who kowtows to anyone, he feels awkward. Now kowtowing to the emperor is just fine. It is to win the trust of the emperor in order to obtain greater rights.

But the emperor didn't know what this guy was thinking, so he made an exception and walked down the imperial steps, helped him up himself, took his hand and said: "The merit of Aiqing is enough to be rewarded this time, but it's just that I have treated Aiqing badly. "What the emperor meant was that Brother Jia not only contributed to saving Jia this time, but also contributed to helping the capital last time. Adding up the two sides, the reward this time is not too much.

Jia Ke hurriedly bowed and cupped her hands, "I don't dare to be the emperor with such great love. From now on, I can only do my best to serve the emperor in order to repay the emperor's long kindness."

The emperor was very satisfied with Jia Ke's reaction, and after returning to the throne, he began to reward him again: "Pan Yong did not abandon me in times of crisis this time, and his loyalty is commendable. He is specially appointed Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Minister of Military Aircraft."

"Lei Ying, who has always been talented, is now the Minister of the Ministry of War."

Next is the various soldiers and horses participating in the verdict, ordinary soldiers, at least have a reward of ten taels of silver.Generals from all walks of life have vain titles.Even Wang Ziteng has the title of first-rank general.

However, speaking of this time, only Wang Ziteng had some losses. He originally commanded 15 soldiers and horses in the three towns, but now the emperor forced a town to be given to Jia Ke, but he won the hereditary title of a first-rank general. The title is better than nothing, but for those without too much ambition, this title is much more important than that town of soldiers and horses. This title can at least make the three or four generations of descendants all nobles. It seems that this is a gift from the emperor. Wang Ziteng's compensation.

And Wang Ziteng is also very satisfied with this title. His ancestor was originally a county earl, but later he was downgraded to a nobility. In his generation, he no longer has a title. It is also an improvement for the whole family that he can be re-nobled this time. .

Chapter 249 Ask

The emperor also felt a little tired after awarding the meritorious officials. Today he can be regarded as very emotional, but now he only feels that his eyes are starting to shine. If he doesn't rest, he may faint again.

So the emperor suppressed the discomfort and said to Dai Quan next to him, "Ask them if there is anything else. If there is nothing else, let's leave the court."

Dai Quan walked a few steps to the front of the imperial steps, and shouted to the ministers below: "If there is a book, the court will be played early, if there is no book, the court will be scattered."

Among the ministers in the hall, except for Jia Ke and a few others, the rest of them were scared out of their wits, and they all knelt there silently, no matter what they wanted to do.