Chapter 169 The world has been bitter for a long time
When Cao Shen hurriedly walked into the Xuanshi Hall, the officials were already kneeling on both sides with their heads lowered. Liu Ying sat on top angrily, her eyes full of anger.
"Your Majesty! Why do you want to arrest Piyanghou and Tujunhou?"
"Why doesn't Prime Minister Cao continue drinking?!"
Liu Ying asked angrily.
Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, then said: "If your Majesty wants to blame me for drinking, you can punish me alone, so why punish others?"
"Come here! Bring Shen Shi to me!!!"
When the two soldiers dragged Shen Shiqi to the temple, the officials couldn't bear it. At this moment, Shen Shiqi's skin and flesh were beaten to pieces, and he was dying. He was particularly miserable. Seeing his appearance, Cao Shen asked angrily:
"Your Majesty! What is the crime of trying to eat?!"
"I ordered Shen Shi to come. Shen Shi bribed his attendants and refused on the grounds of physical discomfort. But in fact, he was drinking in the palace. Dare you ask Prime Minister Cao, what is Shen Shi's crime?!"
Cao Shen did not hesitate and said coldly: "Death penalty!"
"Someone, drag me down!"
Liu Ying looked at Prime Minister Cao again, "I ordered Prime Minister Cao to come, but Prime Minister Cao refused, so I sent an envoy there, and Prime Minister Cao beat my envoy. What crime is this?!"
"capital offense."
"Someone, take him down!"
"His Majesty!!"
The ministers could no longer sit still and hurriedly stood up to plead for mercy. Zhou Bo was the first to speak: "Cao Xiang is not whipping an angel, but his own son!"
"Lieutenant, there are three hundred crossbows missing from the arsenal. Why is this?"
"The king of Tang sent his own soldiers to ask for it...so he gave it..."
"Three hundred powerful crossbows, don't you need to tell me before you can give them to foreign kings at will?! Come on, take him down too!"
The ministers are frightened. What does this mean? Do you want to arrest all the ministers? Is this still our emperor?
Looking at the horrified ministers in front of him, Liu Ying looked at Chen Ping and said: "Zhonglang ordered, these people will be handed over to you. Pursuing their crimes must not be selfish!"
Chen Ping stood up and said calmly: "Wei."
There was no anger on the faces of Cao Shen and Zhou Bo. Cao Shen always had a straight face, but Zhou Bo was thoughtful.
On this day, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty suddenly became more powerful. He arrested the internal history, Tingwei, Prime Minister, Tai Pucheng, Taiwei and many others one after another, and threw them all into the Tingwei Prison... When Liu Bang was here,
They didn't dare to do this, but Liu Ying did just that. He directly asked the Confederate Army to impose martial law in the city, and also ordered Chen Ping to strictly inspect the ministers. If anyone is found to be deceiving the emperor, he will arrest them all!
The ministers were naturally uneasy, but they did not dare to gather together for discussion, so they had no choice but to go to Jiaofang Hall and beg the Queen Mother to dissuade Her Majesty.
Your Majesty is so frustrated that he even wants to arrest the Prime Minister and the Taiwei!
When Shusun Tong cried in front of the Queen Mother, Queen Lu's face was full of surprise.
She really didn't expect that this son who was so kind and weak would have such courage to arrest Cao Shen and Zhou Bo... She didn't dare to give the order rashly, but Liu Ying actually dared...
The Queen Mother pondered and said: "I will go and persuade your Majesty. Your Majesty is not a cruel person. There must be some misunderstanding in doing this."
Shusun Tong was overjoyed. He knew that as soon as the Queen Mother opened her mouth, Her Majesty would not continue the investigation like this. You know, that Chen Ping is really not a good guy. He is really investigating! He will never fool around, and he will be arrested.
Without mercy, six ministers were arrested in one day, and the Tingwei Prison was almost transformed into the Xuanshi Palace!
Shusun Tong was not afraid of being caught. Shusun Tong had never done anything to fool the emperor or condone his subordinates to do evil. He had very high standards for himself and his disciples, and he believed that he had never done anything wrong.
, he was worried that if things continued like this, there would be big trouble in Chang'an.
Your Majesty is not the former emperor. If a big change is provoked, can he suppress it?
The Queen Mother comforted Shusun Tong and asked him to go out and tell the officials not to worry. As soon as Shusun Tong left, Liu Chang rushed to Empress Lu's side with a smile.
"How is it? Mom! I didn't lie to you. It only took me two days to make my second brother look like a real emperor!"
Queen Lu stared at him, "I asked you to lead your brother to learn a lot, not to turn your brother into a tyrant. How dare you let him arrest the prime minister and the lieutenant?! Do you know how much trouble this will cause?
?"
"If you want to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, then go catch some chickens! Is your plan to kill the monkeys and scare the chickens?"
Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Mom, this time, you really blamed me wrongly. This was not my idea at all, it was all my brother's doing."
Queen Lu's eyes widened, "How dare your brother have such courage?"
"Hahaha, Mom, brother, he is a very kind person... Once he found out that the ministers ignored the suffering of the people and even persecuted the people... he was even more irritable than me, so I showed him
The true face of the ministers, my brother couldn't bear it any longer. If I hadn't stopped him, he would have almost cut his body into pieces..."
"What did Tai Pucheng do?"
"A total of 16 civilian women were captured...and three of them were forced to death."
"Then you shouldn't stop your brother."
"I'm mainly afraid that he won't be able to hold back, and Xuan Yi and the others will also be given points..."
Queen Lu pondered for a moment, then stood up and said: "Even so, we should not arrest Cao to participate in Zhou Bo, especially Zhou Bo. He is deeply rooted in the Northern Army. If you want to deal with him, you must be prepared first. You can't be reckless."
To do something, I have to find Ying."
"Mom!!"
Liu Chang jumped in front of Empress Lu, stretched out his hand to block her, "This time, brother made up his own mind and decided to do it according to his own wishes. He finally got tough. Don't talk about him, let him
You can handle it yourself! Mom, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a chance to completely change my brother. You must not interfere with his decision!"
Queen Lu hesitated a little, "If you want to deal with others, I won't stop it, but... there are too many people involved."
Liu Chang said seriously: "Mom, don't worry... I have already made preparations. I have sent Zhang Buyi and Li Zuoche to the Tang Kingdom with their own soldiers."
"Soon, Li Zuoche will lead the Tang army to practice around Hedong. Once there is any movement in Chang'an... the Tang army will rush in... The southern army only obeys the orders of his brother. The northern army can defeat the southern army.
The army is the same as the army of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Ji Bu is with my uncle at the moment. I have already given instructions. If there is a change in the city, my uncle will be stationed at the palace while Chen Ping fights against the Northern Army and waits for the Tang army to come."
"you!!"
Queen Lu was stunned. She didn't like this feeling very much. She felt that this kind of thing was beyond her control. She said angrily: "The foreign king's army is training around Chang'an. Do you want to rebel?!"
"I'm rebelling?! I disobey the emperor's orders and openly beat the emperor's messengers. That's called rebellion! As long as I, Liu Chang, are still alive, no one dares to treat my brother like this! He has 40,000 Northern troops. This time in Datang
An army of 50,000 has been mobilized! Those ministers who do not obey the emperor’s edict are of no use keeping them! Kill them all!!”
Liu Chang roared angrily.
Queen Lu quickly calmed down, "Does your brother know?"
"Of course I know! I am here to punish a thief!"
"I think you are the biggest thief!"
Empress Lu cursed, and then shouted: "You two bastards! Shuzi! How can anyone do such a thing! Shuzi!"
Empress Lu glared at Liu Chang and cursed: "If your army dares to take a step closer to Chang'an, I will kill you, the traitor, first! Did you hear that?!"
Liu Chang grinned and said, "As long as my mother is here, we can't fight."
"Okay... So you are waiting for me here... Your wings are strong, Liu Chang, you and Liu Ying have even taken advantage of me, right?"
"This is all brother's plan!"
"Fart! You...just wait until I finish my work!"
Empress Lu left the Jiaofang Palace angrily, and Liu Chang also left the Jiaofang Palace. Empress Lu went to summon the ministers, while Liu Chang went to Ganquan Palace to find Liu Ying.
Seeing Liu Chang coming, Liu Ying grabbed his arm and pulled him in front of her, "What did mom say?"
"Hey, who is my mother? How could I not understand? Of course she went to find the ministers..."
Liu Chang complained again: "Brother, I will be beaten severely this time because of you, and my mother is very angry..."
"Alas..." Liu Ying sighed, and then said angrily: "I would rather be a cruel and unfilial tyrant than a stupid emperor who allows the people to suffer and the officials to be fooled!"
Liu Chang's eyes lit up, "Well said!"
"Brother, it's just my sister-in-law's place..."
"No problem, this time, I must punish these ministers in the country! My father was right, he just has to flog them from time to time, otherwise, these people will not take you seriously at all! Don't take this world seriously.
Take it seriously!”
"Okay, since brother has such courage, then I will definitely help you with all my strength! It's not just me!"
"The eldest brother of Qi, the fourth brother of South Korea, the fifth brother of Liang, the sixth brother of Wu, and the father of Chu, we are all on the side of our elder brothers. With us here, I want to see which one
How dare the minister not take my brother seriously!"
"Okay! We brothers must work together to govern the big man!"
This time, Liu Ying showed her own confidence, but suddenly felt something was wrong, so she added: "And your third brother from Zhao Guo!"
"No, King Zhao is cowardly by nature, double-dealing and treacherous. The reason why I only summoned 50,000 Tang troops this time is because I am worried that King Zhao will collude with treacherous ministers and stab our Tang country in the back."
Liu Ying smiled bitterly and shook her head, "You...but, sir, you have to agree that we can't really fight..."
"Second brother, it depends on the ministers. If they accept it honestly, they will naturally not start a war. If they want to resist, then don't blame us."
........
When Liu Chang came out of the palace, the wise men stood in front of him.
Zhou Shengzhi's eyes were red and he looked particularly sad.
"Your Majesty, my father has been arrested and sent to the imperial court!"
"What a big deal, why are you crying? We have been in there so many times, and this is your father's first time!"
Zhou Shengzhi shook his head and said sadly: "My mother cried all night and asked me to come and plead with the king this morning."
Liu Chang looked around and said, "Go to the mansion and tell us!"
The virtuous people followed Liu Chang. They came to the Tang Dynasty palace together and asked the family to stay in the courtyard. Liu Chang himself took the virtuous people into the inner room. Liu Chang sat on the upper seat, and everyone sat on his side.
Then Liu Chang said: "Don't worry, my brother is kind, your father will be fine."
"In addition, this is also an opportunity for us... Usually when we join Tingwei, they always come to fish for people. This time, we can fish for them. This way we can repay their kindness in raising us. How great!"
Zhou Shengzhi was stunned, and then asked: "But how should we get people? I heard that even Tingwei was imprisoned..."
Xuan Moru nodded and said proudly: "My father was imprisoned a long time ago, even earlier than your father!"
"Nonsense, it was obviously my father earlier!" Zhou Jian retorted angrily.
"Fart! It's my father!"
"Okay! Stop arguing!"
Liu Chang interrupted them and said: "Go back and comfort your mothers more so that they don't worry... Also, Wei Ting will be out soon. When he comes out, this matter will be almost over."
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"Hmph, so what if your father was imprisoned first? It seems that my father was imprisoned the longest!" Zhou Jian said proudly. Zhou Shengzhi slammed him on the head and cursed: "You
You really want my father to go to jail, right?"
Zhou Jian covered his head and looked at his brother aggrievedly, "Brother, when father is not here, we can go out and play as we please."
Zhou Shengzhi had a dark face, suppressed his anger, and ignored this stupid brother.
Liu Chang continued: "This time, the fathers were all arrested because of being framed by traitors. Therefore, after you return to your mansion, you must keep an eye on everyone who comes and goes from the mansion. If you meet anyone suspicious,
Those who are discussing secretly should remember to come and report to me, I am in the mansion and will not go out."
"Your Majesty, we understand!"
"Also, don't tell anyone what I said!"
"good!"
"As for the release of my father-in-law, as long as I persuade you, Your Majesty will definitely release them. Don't worry!"
Liu Chang fooled the wise men here, while Empress Lu fooled the ministers in the Changxin Palace.
The ministers sat respectfully on both sides, including Chen Ping, who was also here.
Queen Lu sat in the upper position, looked at the ministers, and sighed helplessly.
"I went to persuade your Majesty, but your Majesty didn't listen."
"ah??"
The ministers were shocked, and the Queen Mother could not persuade him?? Their eyes were full of disbelief. Even if His Majesty's temperament changed drastically, it would not be possible for the Queen Mother to ignore him.
Queen Lu said calmly: "I am a woman, so I can't say anything...but something big is going to happen in Chang'an."
"May I ask the Queen Mother, what is it?"
"His Majesty was angered by the fact that he deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors. His Majesty therefore held the officials accountable... I think that your Majesty must have mistakenly believed that the officials deceived him in this way, so he no longer listened to other people's advice, and even more
What's more...after the prime minister and the captain were arrested, someone said in the city: Your Majesty's actions will cause great disaster."
"Your Majesty is furious and has ordered Tang, Liang, Han and other countries to prepare armies. If his words to the left and right change, he will issue an edict to order the armies of the four countries to go to Beijing to fight against the thieves!"
Hearing these words, Shusun Tong was so frightened that he could hardly speak, "What should we do? How can we allow the foreign king's army to enter the capital?!"
The ministers were naturally frightened, and each turned pale with fright. The Queen Mother sighed, "I have persuaded the King of Tang, otherwise, his army would have appeared outside Chang'an at this moment... He actually summoned one hundred thousand people
The army said they wanted to clear Chang'an..."
The officials were in an uproar and started discussing quickly.
Only Chen Ping sat calmly aside without saying a word.
"Queen Mother! You must not do this! The army of the Tang Dynasty is a tiger and wolf army. They don't know etiquette, let alone respect the law. If they are allowed to enter the capital, it will be a huge disaster!!!"
"Queen Mother, please dissuade Your Majesty!!"
Everyone came forward one after another, and it could be seen that King Tang's move really frightened them. Empress Lu narrowed her eyes and said, "Is this my fault? Is this your Majesty's fault? This is all because
This is what happens when ministers deceive the king!"
"This matter was caused by the officials, so it will naturally be resolved by the officials!"
Queen Lu scolded him angrily, got up and left.
Everyone looked at each other, and Shusun Tong couldn't say anything for a while. He hesitated for a long time, and finally walked to Chen Ping's side, "Chen Hou, the only one your Majesty trusts now is you. Please give me some advice."
Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty wants to execute me, I will not hesitate to do so, but this foreign king’s army will never enter Chang’an!”
A minister secretly said: "The Tang State used the system of violence against the Qin Dynasty, and the King of Tang...The King of Tang is in Chang'an, and his treacherous ministers are disrupting the government, which will cause great chaos sooner or later!"
Everyone begged, but Chen Ping was still so calm, "I have nothing to do about this matter. If we want to make His Majesty change his mind, then we must apologize to His Majesty together, confess our previous mistakes, and ask for His Majesty's forgiveness... truthfully."
Tell me, your majesty may still forgive us, even if we are not as close as usual, you will no longer have the idea of attracting foreign troops."
"good!"
"Follow the order of Marquis Chen!"
Soon, the ministers walked into the Xuanshi Hall one by one. Every minister who walked in knelt down and prostrated on the ground when they saw the emperor. They began to cry about their crimes, begged the emperor to forgive them, and promised repeatedly that they would never do anything again.
will do so.
Liu Ying kept a straight face, listening to their words, he finally understood that the emperor could not always smile.
At this time, Empress Lu went to Tingwei's prison again.
The ministers sitting here were very calm. Cao Shen sat in the middle position and raised his head proudly. The ministers sitting beside him did not panic at all.
Seeing this scene, Empress Lu suddenly felt that Liu Chang had done nothing wrong. These people were not afraid of Liu Ying at all. Even if Liu Ying locked them up, they were not afraid because they knew that Liu Ying would not have the heart to imprison them.
They all were killed. If it was Liu Bang who sent them in, they might not be so calm.
Empress Lu walked in, and Cao Shen and others stood up to greet them. Seeing their calm expressions, Empress Lu suddenly felt an unknown fire in her heart. Even if it is in the open, you have to be afraid!!
"The King of Tang's army is rushing towards Chang'an. When the army reaches Chang'an, His Majesty will interrogate the princes in Xuanshi Hall."
"What?!"
At that moment, Cao Shen could no longer maintain his original calm look. He rushed to the fence in a few steps, his eyes widened, "Queen Mother! Queen Mother! How could you allow the foreign king's army to enter Chang'an! This is suicidal.
!!We can’t set such a precedent!!”
"I can't persuade His Majesty... It seems that you are indeed making His Majesty very angry."
Empress Lu said lightly, turned around and left.
"Queen Mother! Don't leave! I want to see Your Majesty!!"
"The King of Tang has evil intentions!! The Tang army cannot enter Chang'an!! No way!!"
"Everyone in the Tang Kingdom is a traitor!!"
Cao Shen roared and almost hit the fence in front of him with his head.
Empress Lu suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Cao Shen, and asked coldly: "Those who follow the imperial edict to punish thieves are rebels, so what about those who flog angels??"
Cao Shen was stunned. He grabbed the iron railing in front of him and said, "I want to see your Majesty...I want to see your Majesty...I must not enter Chang'an..."
Empress Lu said nothing, turned and left.
"Let me out! I want to see His Majesty!!"
Empress Lu felt inexplicably comfortable when she walked out of Tingwei. They were not afraid of Liu Ying, because no matter how angry Liu Ying was, she couldn't do anything, but Liu Chang could. At this time, Empress Lu once again remembered what Liu Bang wanted to do.
What Liu Chang said when he made Liu Chang the king of Tang Dynasty.
It can be the wings of the emperor.
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