Cheng Bi also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, beheading him in public is too bloody. Why not give him poisonous wine to show your Majesty's mercy?"
Zhu Zhu also nodded in agreement with Cheng Mi's words.
Zhao Yun's calm face showed a trace of ferocity, Zhao Yun said: "Dignity, what is dignity? Once the act of rebellion causes the world to shake, the country is overturned, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, where is their dignity? And there are What does cutting off a head mean compared to the possible consequences?"
Zheng Qingzhi and the others wanted to persuade Zhao Yun to change his mind, but there was no suitable and reasonable reason, so they had to follow the order.
After leaving the Funing Hall, Zhu Zhu was quite worried. He carefully said to Zheng Qingzhi: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty seems to be a little too murderous. I'm afraid that the courtiers will be uneasy in the future."
Zhu Zhu's worries are all justified. It should be noted that the Song Dynasty has treated courtiers and officials preferentially since the founding of the country. Only a handful of people were killed, let alone beheaded, and eleven heads were beheaded at one go!
Once this example starts from Zhao Yun, I am afraid that people like them will also be in panic all the time, for fear that one day this will happen.
Zheng Qingzhi shook his head helplessly and said: "Shi Miyuan bullied His Majesty too much, how can I persuade him? That's all, that's all, I won't say more, so as not to annoy Your Majesty."
Zhao Yun held the reform secretary in his hand and read it carefully, but after reading for a long time, he could not read a single word.
Just because of his words, more than a dozen people who were once powerful would be beheaded. This kind of power was something that Zhao Yun never dared to imagine in any previous period, but at this moment, Zhao Yun can easily achieve it.
Is such power a blessing or a curse?
"Gao Shi, arrange for me to go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. I want to see Shi Miyuan."
After being embarrassed for a long time, Zhao Yun was still uneasy, and finally decided to meet Shi Miyuan in person to resolve his knot.
Under the cover of night, Zhao Yun was escorted by the Imperial Guards in front of Xia Gui and other palaces, and came to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Accompanied by Gao Shi and Zhu Zhu, Zhao Yun met Shi Miyuan, who was about to be beheaded.
Shi Miyuan looked at Zhao Yun with a fierce gaze, as if he wanted to eat Zhao Yun alive. However, as soon as he got closer, he was held down by two guards.
Zhu Zhu said: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to chain his hands and feet with iron chains."
"It doesn't matter."
Zhao Yun waved his hand gently, walked back and forth in the cell, and finally looked back at Shi Miyuan, "Shi Miyuan, I didn't expect that we would meet again in this way."
Shi Miyuan already knew that he was sentenced to be beheaded. He said angrily: "Zhao Yun, you are the most shameless and despicable villain in the world. I will never let you go even if I am a ghost."
"Zheng Qingzhi, Cheng Bi, and Zhu Zhu all urged me to treat you with respect and give you poisonous wine. Some ministers even suggested that I follow the ancestral system and not kill you, but just exile you. I didn't agree. Do you know why? ?"
Shi Miyuan did not answer Zhao Yun's words. Zhao Yun asked and answered himself, saying: "I want to use your head to tell the world that the era of not killing scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty is gone forever. From now on, as long as the ministers lose their land and frame them, If they are loyal and good, bend the law for personal gain, and collude with the country, I will kill them. This warning starts from you."
Shi Miyuan didn't expect that Zhao Yun would take advantage of him before he died, and he was so angry that his eyes almost popped out. However, being held by the imperial guards, there was nothing he could do against Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun told Shi Miyuan what was on his mind in person and felt relieved. He ignored Shi Miyuan and walked out of the cell.
When leaving, Zhao Yun saw another detained teenage child. Zhao Yun's eyes met the child's, and Zhao Yun couldn't help but pause.
Zhu Zhu took a step forward and introduced: "Your Majesty, this is the clan whose succession was premeditated by Shi Miyuan. He will also be beheaded the day after tomorrow."
"Before the execution, give him a bath, change clothes, and eat a good meal, so that he can go out in dignity."
Zhao Yun didn't stay too long, just explained something and left.
Since ancient times, the struggle for imperial power has been the most cruel. No matter who the losing party is, there will never be a good end. This is not only the winner's oath to have power, but also a warning to those who come after them, not to be lenient.
Zhao Yun did not kill Liang on a large scale. This was Zhao Yun's greatest mercy. It was absolutely impossible for him to pardon even the direct participants. If he pardoned him, it would not be mercy, but self-destruction.
On December 11, the 17th year of Jiading, Cui Yu returned to Lin'an from Yizhou. Many officials greeted him at a pavilion ten miles outside the city, and the scene was not small.
Now Cui Yu was trusted by Zhao Yun and appointed as the Prime Minister of the Right. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Prime Minister of the Left was the most powerful, and during the Southern Song Dynasty, the Prime Minister of the Right was the most powerful. Therefore, Cui Yu's status is now more noble than that of the Prime Minister of the Left, Zheng Qingzhi. He When I come back, of course many officials will come to greet me.
Zhen Dexiu, Cheng Bi and others came forward to congratulate Cui Yu for returning to Lin'an again.
Cui Yu had a kind attitude, returned the courtesy to them one by one, and after saying a few polite words, their carriages and horses entered Lin'an City.
"Why are so many people gathering here?"
Entering Lin'an City, Cui Yu saw a crowd of people in front of him. Thousands of people stopped to watch. He was curious and said: "Your Majesty, today is the day when Shi Miyuan's party beheaded in public, so the people came to watch."
"Oh, beheading?"
Cui Yu was a little surprised, so he ordered someone to stop the carriage and got off the carriage.
The people who were watching saw that Cui Yuzhen was showing off and Cheng Bi and his party were dressed luxuriously, elegantly and with extraordinary bearing. They knew that they were officials and subconsciously got out of the way.
Cui and a few others arrived at the front and saw Shi Miyuan, Liang Chengda, Li Zhixiao, Hu Jie, Nie Zishu and more than a dozen people lined up, kneeling on the ground, with executioners standing behind them, waiting for execution.
When Liang Chengda and Li Zhixiao saw Cui Yu, they all couldn't help crying and begged Cui Yu to intercede with Zhao Yun and save their lives. However, Cui Yu didn't say anything, just looked blank. Looked at it seriously.
The prisoners were Gao Shi, Zhu Zhu and Du Wen. When they saw Cui Yu returning to Lin'an, the three of them came to greet him and greeted him, and Cui Yu returned the greetings one by one.
Cui Yu said: "The three envoys should be imprisoned as usual and don't pay attention to me."
In this way, Gao Shi and the three returned to their seats. At the last auspicious time, Zhu Zhu, Gao Shi and Du Wen looked at each other. The three of them nodded. Zhu Zhu then took out the token and threw it on the ground, saying loudly and majestically: "cut."
There was a burst of crying at the execution ground. The family members of Shi Miyuan's party cried so hard that they hugged the prisoner and refused to let go. In the end, they were forcibly dragged away by the yamen. The family members knelt down in front of the stage, facing their relatives who were about to be beheaded. , lowered his feet, stamped his chest, and cried loudly.
"Hahaha,,,"
Shi Miyuan suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun, in the next life I, Shi Miyuan, will definitely come back to take revenge. I will be the one with three moles on my back, hahaha,,,"
Amid Shi Miyuan's wild laughter, the executioner fell with his knife. Shi Miyuan's laughter suddenly stopped. A human head flew out and blood splashed more than ten feet away. This chapter has been completed!