Chapter 155: This is how powerful ministers are made
The emperor is the country, and the country is the emperor.
Although Li Zhi did not say such words, he did so.
Yun Chu came to Jiucheng Palace for three days.
I spent three days playing board games with His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
His Majesty Li Zhi has countless talented people under his command. These people may not be able to think of board games. However, after His Majesty the Emperor created the first board game, they developed it in a very short time.
Seven or eight excellent board games have been released.
Each game is quickly produced after making assumptions based on the safety of His Majesty the Emperor and various possible events that he is worried about.
On the third day, Yun Chu undoubtedly became a disgusting villain again. In the world of the Tang Dynasty, conspiracies and schemes emerged one after another, and dirty and shameless vicious methods were frequently used. The Justice League headed by the emperor was forced to have no choice but to
Don’t hold on hard... Of course, in the end, the Justice League must win, and the whole game ends with Yun Chu, the evil thief, being cut into pieces by five horses.
The angry Yunchu threw away the script and roared: "Will I dig up the Yellow River and flood the Central Plains?"
As soon as he finished speaking, director Li Zhi threw a water glass at him.
"You think I am a dead person, right? Who do you think I am?"
Li Zhi was one-eyed, so he couldn't hit people accurately with a cup. Yun Chu didn't dodge at all, so the cup hit Ruishun on the left on the head.
Ruichun's martial arts skills were very high, but he didn't dare to dodge the cup the emperor threw at him.
"Your Majesty has just been torn into pieces by your Majesty's new five-ox dismemberment method. At this time, I am a dead person."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "When Xue Rengui captured Hanzhong and cut off the connection between Chang'an and Shuzhong, you lost."
"But I blew up the sword pavilion and blocked the road into Shu. If I have the ability to let Xue Rengui learn from Deng Ai and enter Shu once, I will definitely beat the shit out of Xue Rengui in the high mountains."
When Li Zhi heard this, he ignored the angry Xue Rengui and said to the person next to him: "Continue to study how to better attack Shu with sufficient gunpowder.
And Tongguan!"
Yunchu said helplessly: "Tongguan has been abandoned..."
Li Zhi glanced sideways at Yun Chu and said, "You can still repair it."
"A city built on sand, with the Yellow River below it. The Yellow River keeps cutting down, and Tongguan is getting higher and higher compared to the river surface. Is there still a need to rebuild it?
Your Majesty, how about you seize control of Chang'an, and I will serve as the crown prince's vanguard..."
"Get out-"
When Yunchu left Jiucheng Palace, he was sent out by Ruichun.
Ruichun looked at the fucked mountain peak and said, "Your Majesty, will you believe it?"
Yunchu sighed and said, "The soldiers and horses besieging Chang'an have returned to camp."
Ruichun said: "It's very dangerous."
Yun Chu said: "That's why I'm here."
Ruichun nodded and said, "That's right. Your Majesty, the next generation of heroes, will only let him down his guard if it is the truth."
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is not worried, but scared. He is old. However, Your Majesty will definitely go to Daming Palace."
"Why?"
"The shortest man is taller. After His Majesty weighs the people he can trust, he will find that Daming Palace is the best place for him to retire."
Ruichun said: "The Emperor and the Empress live in two capitals, aren't they afraid of the Tang Dynasty splitting?"
Yun Chu rolled his eyes at Ruichun and said, "Are you a dead person when you become the prince?"
Ruichun let out a long breath and said, "It's finally quiet."
Yun Chu sneered: "The current tranquility is just to brew the next bigger turmoil."
After saying that, Yunchu galloped towards Chang'an, whipping up his whip.
Zhou Xing prefers to kill criminals in crowded and lively places. Only by letting more people see the fate of criminals can the execution of these prisoners be more educational.
The entrance to the West Market is such a good place.
Today, thirty-nine members of Zuowei General Yang Jian’s family were beheaded.
Those who could have their whole families killed by the government were some very remarkable people. For example, Yang Jian, the people from the Ministry of Punishments and the people from Dali Temple took 2,000 kilograms of gunpowder and 120 pieces of armor from Yang Jian's house.
The government arsenal is in short supply.
As a general who was among the top six princes when Li Zhi started his career, if it was just a matter of hiding weapons, at most he would be dismissed from office and seize a title. Unfortunately, this person always thought that his hard work was so successful that he would not be willing to continue to explain to Zuo even if he was beaten to death.
Wei’s whereabouts of the gunpowder, armor, crossbows, gunpowder bombs, and kerosene bombs that have been lost over the years.
This made Zhou Xing very angry. Over the past ten years, Zuo Wei had lost more than ten thousand kilograms of gunpowder, not to mention other items.
Now, when he was about to be beheaded, the white-haired Yang Jian began to panic, pointing at Zhou Xing who was sitting on the beheading platform and yelled: "We haven't discussed it three times before, Zhou Xing, you dare to behead me, Your Majesty."
I won’t spare you.”
Zhou Xing didn't seem to hear Yang Jian's words. He just raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky. As soon as it reached three quarters noon, he was ready to throw down the token on the table and let Yang Jian and his family watch when the sun was at its strongest.
They were beheaded when their yang energy was at its peak, making it impossible for them to even walk away as ghosts.
More than 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder, more than 300 armors, no less than 500 standard crossbows, and some other miscellaneous items were enough to cope with a medium-sized war.
He is a general of the left guard, and he has no less than five hundred soldiers under his command. It is impossible not to recover those things now.
The prisoners who were beheaded in the West Market in the past few days had higher status than the others, and the number of their family members involved was also increasing. As a result, when the people of Chang'an watched the scenes of the prisoners being beheaded, the scene became more and more grand.
Yang Jian's official residence is from the third rank. In a sense, this person is only one step away from the highest position among the officials of the Tang Dynasty. Killing such a person must be a cautious thing in the court. Even if the emperor wants to kill him,
It is also necessary to discuss with the ministers again and again to see if there is any possibility of forgiveness for this person. If there is no possibility of forgiveness, the ministers will also plead with the emperor, hoping to avoid the death of the old, weak, women and children in the family.
Under normal circumstances, as long as it is not a serious crime such as treason, the requests of the courtiers will often be granted by the emperor, and only the culprit will be killed in the end.
Almost all of the principal criminals killed by Zhou Xing in the past few days qualified for the "Three Discussions". However, it was obvious that the emperor did not intend to give them this qualification. As long as the person was found guilty, he would be killed without mercy.
Seeing that it was three quarters past noon, Zhou Xing excitedly picked up the token and threw it down. Amidst the screams of Yang Jian's family, the executioner picked up the token and asked his assistant to press the heads of the thirty-nine people on the wood.
On the pier, six executioners took turns working and soon chopped off thirty-nine heads.
The head was rolled all over the floor, but a clay pot was fastened in the neck of the body to prevent blood from flowing everywhere.
Thirty-nine members of Yang Jian's family died, including his mother, his wife and concubines, and four sons with their wives, concubines, and sons. As for the rest of the female family members, they all entered the Yeting Palace.
The scene was too horrific to watch, so Yunchu didn't look at it. He deliberately avoided the West Market and went straight back to the Wannian County Government Office on the East Market from Zhuque Street.
He can save this Yang Jian. He has the emperor's edict in his arms. As long as Yun Chu opens this edict, Chang'an will be able to restore peace immediately. All the criminals will have to wait for the Ministry of Punishments to retrial, and everything will return to the past state of emergency.
to the rhythm.
In this case, Yang Jian may not die.
For Yun Chu, Yang Jian was a man who was destined to die. Sixty percent of the gunpowder scattered to Chang'an City came from Zuowei, and part of the gunpowder used by Yun's guards also came from Zuowei.
Other generals were greedy for money and bought and sold a few ordnances, and they knew how to avoid people, and the quantities were small. Only Yang Jian was determined to make this capitalless business bigger and stronger. When buying and selling ordnances, he only recognized the money and not the money.
people.
Therefore, such a person will die when he dies.
When Yunchu returned to the official residence, he saw Li Xian sitting in his seat and scolding the officials.
Yun Chu did not interrupt, but listened outside for a while. It was not until Li Xian ordered Zhang Jia to be beaten that Yun Chu opened the door and went in.
Without waiting for the gift, Yunchu said to Li Xian: "Hurry up and pack up and go to Jiucheng Palace immediately!"
Li Xian looked at Yun Chu with his heart tense and said, "My father is angry?"
Yun Chu sighed and said, "I have been tortured so much by Your Majesty these past few days that I was almost quartered into pieces by five horses several times."
Li Xian's face turned white visibly to the naked eye, and he said in a trembling voice: "But has something happened to the army these days?"
Yun Chu nodded and said, "Go ahead. Your Majesty is preparing to discuss with you what will happen to the Tang Dynasty if you separate Chang'an."
Li Xian's legs went weak and he immediately fell to the ground. He stretched out his hand to Yun Chu and said, "Your Majesty, save me."
Yun Chu said coldly: "Your Majesty is the only one who can save you."
Li Xian was obviously frightened. He wailed and left the official residence, shouting to prepare his horse as he ran, looking very anxious. It seemed that he liked to play board games with the emperor.
Ever since Yunchu entered the house, the courage of Zhang Jia and his party seemed to have returned.
The handymen outside the door were very discerning and helped the county official put in new water and new tea sets, and even removed the calligraphy and painting "Upright and Bright" that Li Xian hung behind him.
Yun Chu sat back in his chair, and the others exited the official room. Yun Chu tiredly said to Zhang Jia: "The matter is over."
As he spoke, he took out the emperor's decree from his arms and put it on the table and continued to say to Zhang Jia: "It is said that the matter has calmed down, and we still have a little power to choose the time to stop."
After reading the decree, Zhang Jia came to Yun Chu's side and said: "I can change the order of executing criminals..."
Yunchu didn't seem to hear the price increase. When he closed his eyes, he started snoring.
Zhang Jia carefully covered the magistrate with a blanket. Seeing that the fire in the official house was burning brightly, he opened the window a crack, left the official house and went straight to Dali Temple.
In a few days, Yunchu ran back and forth for six hundred miles, and was forced by the emperor to play a high-intensity game of terror and rebellion for three days. Such hard work must be rewarded commensurately.
Yunchu didn't like to have too many friendships with people in the officialdom, because the more he became friends with these people, he would find that the human relationships there were extremely weak, and the mainstream view of friendship was the exchange of benefits.
Since it's all his mother's business, Yun Chu naturally doesn't want to be a person who only contributes without asking for anything in return. The officialdom of Chang'an used to be a fragmented place. Now that the emperor is crazy, everyone needs to unite to resist God knows when.
danger will come.
Since the emperor has determined that he is the biggest gangster in Chang'an, Yun Chu feels that he must be the biggest gangster, otherwise when the emperor chops off his head in the name of the biggest gangster, he will bear the name of a thief in vain.
It's so unfair.
The emperor was almost unable to control the current Tang Dynasty, which is why the emperor was so crazy.
For the first time, Yunchu discovered that many powerful officials may not be willing to be powerful officials, but were forced to do so.