Funing Hall

At dawn the next day, Taiyuan Mansion was finally able to wake up normally.

Du Yu sent people to clean up the corpses in the alley overnight, and even cleaned the road and walls.The elite soldiers under Jiang Wei and the Pingding Army and others were collected by Master Li and the commander of the Xiang Army on the East and West Roads of Hebei, and led them to the outskirts of the city, where they were temporarily surrounded.

Some of the leaders, who had not had time to die, were also imprisoned in the prison of Taiyuan Mansion.

Those fireballs last night burned many houses. At daybreak, some officials of Taiyuan Prefecture personally brought people to the door for registration, and the government will pay for unified repairs in the future.

At the beginning, people were still a little trembling.Xiang Jun and the guards of the Taiyuan government office came to the door in person, and went all the way to inform them that they were safe, and also released the news that His Majesty Chen Shi would personally interrogate Jiang Wei, everyone was relieved.

The shops on the street finally opened again, and people dared to walk on the street.

People who were close to that alley last night more or less heard some rumors, after all, Jiang Wei's voice was too loud.The Jiang family has been in Taiyuan for several years, just like a local emperor. This is Du Yu who came to Taiyuan and used strong methods to distribute Jiang Wei's power.

Otherwise, in the past, who dared to say that the Jiang family was not?

Now, although the former power is still there, the Jiang family has been sealed off, and Jiang Wei has been taken away, and people are talking about it.In addition, someone personally came to inform His Majesty about Jiang Wei's personal interrogation. Before Chen Shi, the Yamen of Taiyuan Mansion was crowded.It was not enough to stand in front of the government office, so I stood on the side street.After a while, the street where the government office was located was crowded with people.

This is the first time such a grand event has happened since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Du Yu went to the government office first, and led people to barely open a road. At Chenshi, Zhao Cong's carriage came from a distance.It was also the first time for the local people to see His Majesty. In their imagination, when the officials came out, they would always have eight horses and at least a hundred people.It turned out that he was just an ordinary blue-draped carriage, so he was pulled by two horses.

They all thought, he is a frugal emperor!

The common people are always very excited to see such an emperor. They feel that His Majesty is close to the people, and they knelt down to salute from a long distance, shouting "Long live".Zhao Cong's personal guards were in armor, guarding around the carriage with dark faces, and escorted Zhao Cong to the front of Taiyuan Mansion Yamen safely.

Zhao Cong helped Lu Yuan's men get out of the car, and asked everyone to stand up with a smile on their faces.

Zhao Cong was born well. The people in Taiyuan had never seen the emperor, and the rules were not as strict as those in the capital. Many people secretly looked at him.Seeing Zhao Cong's more gentle appearance than Bai Yu's, they all looked dumbfounded.

Zhao Cong patiently told everyone to pay attention to safety, don't be crowded, and don't hurt anyone.I also want everyone not to worry, even if you can't hear clearly, after the interrogation, everyone will be informed of the process and results.

Everyone was even more stunned.

Zhao Cong smiled lightly again, turned around and walked up the steps, into the government office.

Everyone was so excited, their hearts beat with a "plop".

Zhao Cong interrogated himself, and he omitted the gavel and all that, and asked someone to carry Jiang Wei up.

Jiang Wei's body is fine, there is no serious injury, only the right eye is full of blood.Before he woke up, the guard poured a bucket of ice water on him to wake him up.Jiang Wei was startled, and immediately woke up, and when he woke up, there was another sharp pain, and he couldn't even get up.

The guards beside him pulled him up and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Jiang Wei was a man anyway, gradually sobered up, and looked up to see Zhao Cong sitting high in the hall.

Last night, in the darkness, Zhao Cong couldn't get a good look at him from a distance.Later, when I wanted to kill him at close range, it was too fast and I couldn't see clearly.Although there is only one eye left, Jiang Wei finally took a good look at Zhao Cong.

When he woke up and was forced to kneel here, he knew he had lost.

But when he saw that he lost to such a sick and weak man, he refused to accept it.

The white of his unblinded eye was stained with blood, and he stared fiercely at Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong didn't care, but asked plainly: "Who ordered this rebellion?"

Jiang Wei sneered: "When did I rebel?!"

Zhao Cong smiled lightly.

Jiang Wei still said the same thing: "Yesterday I went to arrest Xizuo Xizuo! As a result, Du Yu, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, colluded with Xizuo and framed me! You rely on the high sky here and the emperor is far away. If your majesty can't arrive quickly, you will kill him in vain." Innocent, but still deceiving the people! Who wants to rebel? It is Du Yu who wants to rebel! It is Du Yu and Xixia who are working together to rebel!"

Zhao Cong really admired such a speech and the skill of turning black and white.

Jiang Wei wanted to stand up, but was forced to kneel down when his legs were stepped on by the guards. He simply pointed at Zhao Cong: "You stole my Song's secrets and messed with my Song's foundation!..." Another good move Zhao Cong said nonsense.

After Zhao Cong calmly listened to him, he asked Du Yu, who was standing behind him and had been holding back his silence, "Can someone bring it?"

"Your Majesty, people are already outside."

Zhao Cong nodded, and Du Yu went out to bring people in himself.

Jiang Wei turned his back to the gate, he didn't know who was coming, but the people all recognized him.This is the original Duke of Qi, Jiang Wei's father, and Jiang Wei's eldest son, who is also 23 years old this year.

Du Yu brought people in, and said coldly: "Jiang Wei, you keep saying that I, Du Yu, have hooked up with Xixia, and you dare to disrespect the Holy Majesty—"

Jiang Wei interrupted him: "I haven't been back to Kaifeng for many years, so I don't know what your Majesty looks like! But I don't know, the last generation of Mingjun, the emperor, will never have such a sick and weak appearance, don't try to lie to me!"

A man stands upright, even if he dies, he must die with dignity!Jiang Wei was still stubborn at this time.

"Okay!" Du Yu answered his words, "You haven't returned to Kaifeng for many years, so it's common sense that you don't recognize His Majesty. Your father has always lived in Kaifeng and only recently came to Taiyuan. Your eldest son has lived in Taiyuan since he was born. Kaifeng honors the elderly for you! They should recognize it, right?!"

Jiang Wei was startled, before he left the house, he had already made arrangements for his family, so Zhao Cong would never find him.

But the voice of the original Qi Guogong has already sounded, the voice is old, with a hint of helplessness and sadness: "Sinner, I pay my respects to Your Majesty Sheng'an."

Jiang Wei's body trembled invisibly.

Then his eldest son's voice sounded along with him, and two people knelt down behind him.

He breathed heavily.

Zhao Cong looked at him idly, and he looked at Zhao Cong bitterly.

"Your father and son said that, Jiang Wei, what else can you say?!" Du Yu asked loudly.

Jiang Wei sneered, his mind was running quickly, and he argued: "I don't know, that's not what I meant!"

"You were the one who said 'rebellion' with your own mouth last night!"

"Heh!" Jiang Wei sneered loudly, "Who heard it? Who can testify?!"

Jiang Wei is really abusive. When he thought he was a man, he just lost face.Jiang Wei didn't know that his family was under control, and he couldn't resist at all.He is dead!

But his family, Zhao Cong, was determined not to move.

His younger sister is at least the concubine of Prince Wei. Prince Wei had meritorious service in those days, and was also the eldest grandson that Taizu loved most. Zhao Cong would never touch her.Just because of this face, Zhao Cong would not kill his family members, and their Qi Guogong was also appointed by the Taizu himself, so Zhao Cong dared not!

So what if he died!

Zhao Congde, a good-for-nothing, is probably already in the southwest, and he will start an incident with those idiots from the Long family. Li Liangcheng is not a good guy, and the flames of war will start at that time.Troubles were happening in both the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, and there was a rumored witty Zhao Shiqi in Beijing. He didn't believe that Zhao Cong, a sick man, could always be the emperor!

His father is not stupid, he will seize the opportunity then.

Let him die, he lost this time, but his descendants will still win!

He simply felt complacent: "Who can testify? Ah?!"

No one can really testify to this.

In this era, there are no cameras or mobile phones that can record small videos.

Du Yu frowned tightly, and was about to scold him angrily, Zhao Cong raised his hand, Du Yu shut up.

Zhao Cong smiled and talked about other things instead: "Actually, the reason why I came to Taiyuan quietly this time is for one thing."

He spoke plainly, Jiang Wei didn't know what he was selling in the gourd, even Du Yu was a little confused.

Zhao Cong simply got up, stepped down from the high seat, stood in front of Jiang Wei, and looked at him.

Jiang Wei wanted to look at him too, but Zhao Cong had already withdrawn his gaze.

Zhao Cong bypassed him, walked to the door, and faced all the common people.

The people were about to kneel, Zhao Cong raised his hand to stop them.

Zhao Cong's voice was murmuring, and slowly flowed into everyone's ears: "Everyone knows that I was born in the Prince's Mansion of Anding County."

People nodded subconsciously. In the past, people often said that His Majesty was lucky.

"My biological father is Prince Anding, and I come from the lineage of Prince Anding. My biological grandfather was Prince Anding, and he was a compatriot with the late emperor's father."

People nodded again, everyone in the world knows that your majesty and the late emperor are both descendants of Taizu, what are you talking about?

"I have been in poor health since I was a child. Later, because of the late emperor's love and compassion, I was taken into the palace, and I was enthroned as emperor by the late emperor's grace. I am very grateful to the late emperor."

People nodded, His Majesty's voice was clear and pleasant, even if he said such well-known words, they liked to hear them.

"The first emperor treated me very well, and often told me not to forget my biological father and mother. The first emperor was my father, who raised me up and taught me skills. The Prince of Anding County and the Princess of the County are my biological parents, and I have always loved and respected them. It’s just that they left early, and I often feel regretful because I couldn’t let the late emperor, Prince An Ding and Princess Princess see how I am now. Prince Anding died in the war, and Princess Princess passed away earlier—” Zhao Cong said here , with a sad face and a hint of choking in his voice.

Among the people listening below, less than half of them had red eyes without realizing it, and even the girl was already crying.

Jiang Wei's heart skipped a beat.

Zhao Cong took a deep breath: "I came back to Taiyuan for important things. The layman Qingguan has a lot of Taoism, and he is cultivating Taoism outside. He is pityed by the heavens. He got a warning in his dream, and this dream lasted for a month. After waking up from the dream , she told me one thing."

The layman Qingguan is Empress Dowager Sun, which is her current title.

Nowadays, people believe more than Buddha.

Everyone couldn't help but clenched their veils, or clenched their hands, looked at him, and waited for his words.

"The layman Qingguan told me that my biological parents did not die naturally."

"..."

Zhao Cong turned around, turned his back to the crowd, looked at the backs of the three generations of the Jiang family, and said slowly: "The Qingguan layman saw in his dream that the king of Anding County died at the hands of Han Ding, and Han Dingde was originally ordered by Jiang Wei, the son of the Duke of Qi, to take advantage of Liao Dynasty. When fighting on the border of the country, he took advantage of his unpreparedness and personally killed Prince Anding."

Everyone inhales.

Du Yu was also stunned.

He didn't believe what Queen Mother Sun was dreaming about, but believed that Han Ding was ordered by Jiang Wei to kill Prince Anding.It's just that I don't know how long Zhao Cong has buried this matter in his heart, and he didn't say it until now!

Now is indeed the most suitable time to speak out. It can not only make the Jiang family die thoroughly, but also——

He had always wondered why Zhao Cong never pursued his biological father.Even though the officials of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree, His Majesty should make a start anyway. Is this too cold-blooded?It is not in line with His Majesty's always benevolent temperament.

I didn't expect...

Your Majesty may have been waiting for this day. Your Majesty really did not miss any opportunity and seized everything that should be seized.Sure enough, if you don't make a move, you will have nothing to do, and if you make a move, you will definitely get things done.

Du Yu admired it in his heart.

All three generations of the Jiang family froze, including Jiang Wei.

People looked inside one after another, and seeing that Jiang Wei, who was still sophistry just now, stopped talking, and there was something they didn't understand, they shouted loudly, calling the Jiang family vicious, and asking His Majesty to punish severely.

Jiang Wei didn't recover, and was about to complain for himself.

Zhao Cong said first: "Indeed, although the layman Qingguan received the will of heaven, I can't fully believe in it. I came quietly, even thinking of my ancestors, I often said how loyal the Duke of Qi is. I am grateful for the Jiang family's merits in protecting the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years. Ask Jiang Wei privately. Unexpectedly, I was regarded as Xi Xia's secret work." Speaking of this, Zhao Cong laughed at himself, "Forget it, at this time, Han Ding, as Jiang Wei's right-hand man, has been there Taiyuan. I am the master, and today I will ask in front of everyone."

"Good!" people echoed.

Only then did Du Yu know why last night, Zhao Cong asked people to keep an eye on Han Ding and not allow him to commit suicide.

Han Ding was brought up now, he had already been tortured, he confessed to the matter, and explained the process of the day clearly.When he did such a thing, he was afraid in his heart, for fear of being framed in the future, he even left Jiang Wei's secret letter.Zhao Cong sent someone to retrieve the secret letter and made it public to everyone.

There are witnesses and material evidence, and they are all ironclad evidence.

The people watching outside immediately began to yell and curse. This is because His Majesty is still there, otherwise someone would have thrown something at Jiang Wei long ago.

Jiang Wei felt bewildered, his father and son had already knelt on the ground.

Du Yu took advantage of the situation and said solemnly: "Jiang Weizang has been rebellious for a long time. As the general judge of Taiyuan, he bypassed his own officials, closed the city gates privately, and contacted the Pingding Army. He even used the reason of searching for Xixia's secret work, and forced his elite soldiers to search the houses. The Taiyuan Mansion is under the strict jurisdiction of the official, so how can Xixia work carefully?! My Great Song Dynasty and Xixia have always had contacts. The first Xixia envoy returned from Kaifeng and even passed through Taiyuan to see me. , has never been so nasty."

"Jiang Wei's behavior this time, the drunkard's intention is not to drink. On the surface, he is righteous, but in reality he wants to rebel, usurp the throne, destroy the foundation of our Great Song Dynasty, and even destroy the friendship between our Great Song Dynasty and Xixia!"

"The Jiang family kept saying that His Majesty deliberately suppressed their Duke of Qi. The descendants of the Jiang family made troubles in Kaifeng. There were repeated admonitions, and His Majesty had no choice but to lower the title of the Duke of Qi. Even so, His Majesty still retains the title of Earl of the Jiang family. May I ask, why is your Jiang family not satisfied?!"

"What else are you dissatisfied with!"

"A nest of snake rats!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The people outside were so excited by what Du Yu said, they continued to yell.

Du Yu took advantage of the situation and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty! There are all the witnesses and material evidence, please punish the Jiang family for their crimes!"

Everyone shouted: "Your Majesty, please punish Jiang's crimes!"

Jiang Wei suddenly turned his head and wanted to get up, but the guards around him quickly pressed him down and covered his mouth with a cloth towel, preventing him from speaking.

Zhao Cong also looked at him.

Jiang Wei's eyes were full of hatred.

Zhao Cong was very puzzled, it doesn't count when he was a child, but why did he have so much hatred when they met for the first time?What's wrong with him, Zhao Cong, being an emperor, so many people hate him?

Zhao Cong's eyes were blank, he looked at Jiang Wei and announced: "The Jiang family intends to rebel, which is contrary to Taizu's original intention of conferring the title of 'Duke Qi' as the founding duke. Get back all the official titles and honors of the descendants of the Jiang family, as well as the title of earl."

So they will talk about Taizu?

Zhao Cong sneered in his heart, and said again: "Jiang Wei has evil intentions, and the subordinates committed crimes against the superiors. Taking advantage of the country's war, killing the king of Anding County and framing the royal family is a capital crime."

Zhao Cong was silent for a moment, then calmly said: "The Jiang family rebelled, and the nine clans should be punished."

"..." The people outside all fell silent. This seems to be the first time since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Nine Clans have been punished?

Qingrun's Majesty also seemed to turn blood red. They were a little scared, but they also felt that Jiang Wei's crimes should be punished by the nine clans.

Zhao Cong continued: "Jiang Wei wants to kill me with his own hands, the emperor of Song Dynasty, Ling Chi."

"..."

Ling Chi has come.

Du Yu couldn't help shaking his hands a little, this is really the only one since the founding of the People's Republic of China!

The Taiyuan government office, and even the entire Taiyuan city, seemed to be empty again, not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

Jiang Wei's father and son had nothing to say, they knelt down on the ground, full of despair.

Zhao Cong turned around again, looked at the crowd, and announced, "Immediately."

People stared at him blankly.

Zhao Cong said again: "The King of Anding County fought for the country, and died with injustice. I, posthumously designate the King of Anding County as the Prince of Anding, and the Princess of Anding County as the Princess of Prince Anding. This matter will be handled in Beijing."

Du Yu couldn't imagine how many controversies would be caused by His Majesty's posthumous sealing method in Kaifeng, I'm afraid there would be some deadly protests on the spot.

After all, this dynasty has strict rules and attaches great importance to the way of ancestors.

Since His Majesty has been adopted, it has nothing to do with the Prince's Mansion of Anding County.Your Majesty's father is the late emperor, so how do you think of the late emperor if you canonize your biological father like this?

But at this moment, Zhao Cong's indifferent appearance.Du Yu couldn't help but think that if he was in Kaifeng, even if someone really protested to death, Zhao Cong would have to make a final decision.

Their Majesty the Emperor is really amazing.

In Taiyuan, under this circumstance, such a decision was made.Not only did the common people not feel that it was against the rules, but they also took it for granted, and felt that His Majesty valued love and righteousness.As soon as His Majesty opened his mouth and returned to Kaifeng, no matter how many people objected, it was useless.

The wood is done.

Others do one thing as two things, but this one can do three, four or even more things.

Du Yu really admired it.