dream through ancient and modern

After one night, the inside and outside of the Forbidden Palace had been cleaned, only the strong smell of blood in the air reminded the people in the Forbidden Palace of what happened last night.Li Zheng looked at his hands, as if they were covered with the blood of those 7 people, but he couldn't turn his head back. Once he turned his head, not only he would die, but many more people would die.He can't step down from that supreme position, for the sake of those who died for him, and for the sake of no one will die for him in the future, and even more for the people of his post-Chu state.Li Zheng is not afraid of death, he can still accompany Xu Xue as Yi Ran when he dies, but in the later Chu state, the people will suffer because of imperial power struggles, wars, and treacherous officials in power.He thinks he can't compare with those wise monarchs in Chinese history, but in the royal family and court of the post-Chu state, no one can put the people first like Li Zheng.

The number of civil servants and military generals who rushed to the court in the Zetian Palace was less than half of the usual number.In the matter of Prince Rui forcing the palace, there were not many civil servants and military generals who directly participated, but those who participated, without exception, were from the noble families, breaking bones and tendons.Li Zheng thanked Prince Rui from the bottom of his heart for giving him a chance to reshuffle the cards.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Emperor Ming walked into the hall, civil servants and generals shouted long live three times, there were fewer people, but the voice was much louder than usual.

"Yesterday at Xushi, you must have been asleep, so I don't need to tell you what happened to such a big commotion!" Li Zheng didn't step onto the dragon chair, but stood in the middle of the hall.

"Your servant deserves death!"

"The person who really deserves to die has already died. As for the others, one death is enough, why bother to die."

"Saint is wise."

"You don't need to say that I am wise or anything. I will make an order to deal with these rebels in a while. You don't need to say that I am cruel."

"I dare not wait."

"Li Yong, the commander of the imperial army, present their confessions." Li Zheng stepped up to the dragon chair and sat down, "I obey." Li Yong handed over the confessions that had been interrogated overnight to Wangfu.

"Prince Rui, Li Rui, promised ten cities in the south, borrowed 50 troops from Wei Anguo, raided Hulang Pass, attacked Danshan Pass, and lured the Tianyou Army to send troops to defend the country. In [-], he was threatened by Prince Rui and then lured by worshiping his prime minister, and directly participated in the rebellion. The left and right servants of the Ministry of War were involved in the incident, and participated in the private withholding of military salaries. Unidentified court ladies and eunuchs entered the palace. The left and right ministers of the Ministry of Punishment were involved in the incident, and they took bribes from Prince Rui many times and released the counselors of Prince Rui's mansion privately. This is an official of the third rank or above who was involved in the incident. I will not mention the others. I know it in my heart."

"The minister deserves death for his crimes."

"Draft the decree, search Prince Rui's mansion, execute all the retainers in Prince Rui's mansion, concubine Bai Ling died, side concubine and her son were demoted to common people. Minister of the Ministry of War confiscated the family property, executed all the men from the three clans into exile, and the female family members returned to their original places and became silk The leader of the third battalion of the city army confiscated his family property and executed the sentence. The men of the three clans were exiled, and the female relatives were sent back to their original place to serve in the silk workshop. All those who had official positions in the third battalion of the city army were executed immediately, and the soldiers of the city army who pleaded guilty Pardon, those who do not plead guilty will be killed on the spot. The left and right servants of the Ministry of War and the left and right servants of the Ministry of Punishment will have their property confiscated and exiled. The Minister of the Household Department will have their property confiscated and exiled. Other officials below the third rank will also have their property confiscated and exiled.”

"Re-draft the decree, the imperial army escorts meritorious deeds, all officials with official positions will be promoted to a higher level, and the reward will be 20 taels of silver, and the soldiers will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver. Li Yong, the commander of the imperial army, will also serve as the chief of the city army. The families of the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army will receive a pension of [-] taels and be exempted from taxation for five years."

"Thank you, my emperor Long En!" Zhongtong General Li Yong went out to thank him.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials."

"The minister is here." Liang Li came out

"The vacant positions in each department will be raised directly by the lower-level officials of the department, and there is no need to write a letter to invite me."

"Observe the decree." With the rebellion case of Prince Rui, many bright sons and dark sons appointed by Emperor Ming and Minister of the Ministry of Officials Liang Li have already come to the table.The gentry and the poor family are already divided into five or five in the court, and the next step is to let them check and balance each other.

Half a day later, until noon, in the largest teahouse in the capital, there was already a storyteller Xingmu who said that the big book was dangerous last night. "Ten days ago, Prince Wei Anguo sent 50 troops to raid Hulang Pass. Youwei's army was defeated. Wei Anguo's 50 troops marched all the way north, and they reached Danshan Pass in just ten days. Emperor Ming sent Tianyou Army to Danshan Pass four days ago. Guan Zhenshou. But how do you know that all this is the treacherous plot of Prince Rui and Wei Anguo's father and son, in order to lure the Tianyou Army away from the capital. As soon as the news spread that the 20 soldiers of the Tianyou Army marched to the dangerous mountain pass yesterday, the city army The leader of the third battalion led one hundred thousand rebels from the south gate to the west gate and approached the Forbidden Palace. At that time, it was a little dark, and merchants, people, tourists, and refugees were on the streets, and there were constant traffic. Only the sound of horses' hoofs, footsteps, and armor in the distance could be heard. It came like a thunderbolt. The people in the city were terrified, thinking that Wei Anguo's 50 troops had entered the capital, and they dared not go out behind closed doors. Many good people looked out through the doors and windows, only then did they realize that it was not Wei Anguo. The father and son of Anguo thieves attacked the capital, and the third battalion of the city army wanted to force the palace. After the 10 men and horses of the city army entered the capital, they pointed directly at the Forbidden Palace, and fought with the Forbidden Army for two hours from the four gates of the Forbidden Palace. The number of troops was huge. The imperial army was defeated and was forced into the inner palace. Seeing that the rebels were about to enter the Huangji Palace, [-] cavalry appeared from nowhere and surrounded the rebel army. One hundred thousand rebels were killed. The clock on the tower rang, the sound of fighting in the Forbidden Palace stopped, and the bloody smell wafted from the Forbidden Palace. The surviving Forbidden Army carried the corpses of the rebels and moved them to Yinshi. Blood paved the way. At daybreak, a heavy rain washed away the traces like a god, as if nothing happened. There are rumors that the chief criminal of the conspiracy, Prince Rui, was torn to pieces by Emperor Ming, and there are also rumors that Prince Rui was rescued and he did not know where to flee."

After going to court, Li Zheng finished handling all the memorials in the imperial study and sat on the dragon chair blankly. He always felt that he had forgotten something.Princess Ning Ya?No, everything that should be arrested has been arrested, and it is useless to guard the city gate, not to mention that now that Li Yong has taken over, Princess Ning Ya should be sleeping late, and her cavalry may have traveled hundreds of miles away from the capital. .Queen Mother?No, the shadows are watching.What else... what else, Harem?By the way, Xu Cairen was locked in the small dark room by him and has not been released yet. There was no water or food in the small dark room, and there was not even a place to go to the toilet.Li Zheng thought to himself, it's over, it's over, it won't be shut down.

"Hurry up, Wangfu, go back to Huangji Hall." Li Zheng looked anxious, and walked out on his own, even though he heard that the city army had mutinied.Wang Fu thought that something serious had happened again, so he ran outside the door and ordered him to be chased away.

Back in the Huangji Hall, Li Zheng jumped down and rushed to the small black room in the apse, opened the door, and walked in. The small black room was pitch black, and no one could be seen.

"Xu Cairen?" Li Zheng tried to call out, but no one answered. "Starry night, where are people!"

"Master, without your order, Shadow didn't let him go, I'm afraid he passed out." Xingye stood at the door, Wangfu came from behind her, and handed over a candlestick.Xingye walked into the dark room holding a candlestick, and saw Xu Cairen sitting on a bed in the dark room, staring straight at the star in front of him with tears in his eyes.

"Xu Cairen, are you okay! I wanted to let you go last night, but I forgot before going to bed." Li Zheng rubbed his nose guilty.

Xu Cairen stood up, threw himself into Emperor Ming's arms, and cried against his chest: "I heard the sound of fighting here last night for a long time. I thought His Majesty was stabbed. I knocked hard on the door but no one paid any attention to me." .”

"Okay! I'm fine, don't worry, the rebels have all been arrested." Li Zheng patted Xu Cairen on the back, let go of his hands, and minimized physical contact.

"Is Your Majesty injured?" Xu Cairen raised his head and looked at Emperor Ming.

"No, if you do, if you hug me like this, I will die of pain."

"Oh~" Xu Cairen let go of his hand

"You haven't eaten all day, hurry back to the palace for lunch." Li Zheng walked out of the dark room, followed by Xu Cairen, and Xingye held a candlestick behind them, with a strange expression on his face.

"Does Your Majesty want to dine with my concubine?"

"No, I still have a memorial to approve, you can go back to your palace by yourself."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine is retiring."

"Wait a minute, can you tell me why your attitude towards me has changed so much?"

"Because I had a dream." Xu Cairen stood at the entrance of the hall without looking back, and continued to walk out after speaking.

"What dream..." The man has already left the Emperor Palace

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