The first thousand four hundred and sixty-two people's hearts
Under the North Tower, there was a solemn atmosphere.
Dozens of generals, princes, and princes, either in court uniforms or armored, knelt on the ground neatly.
Not only are there new military aristocrats, but there are even more than a dozen old aristocrats.
Standing on the city tower, Liu Che looked at these generals and princes, reached out to take the thick blood letter and memorial, and said with emotion: "People's opinions cannot be bullied, and public anger cannot be offended!"
Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo were both frightened.
The generals, princes and princes were the absolute pillars of the Han Dynasty's political power.
No one can ignore their attitudes and opinions.
Because they are the embodiment of the army, they represent the millions of active soldiers in the Han Empire and tens of thousands of pavilion chiefs and lizheng all over the world.
Under their feet are the corpses of foreign enemies, and in their hands are the power enough to destroy the world.
Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo finally did not dare to intercede for the nobles and bureaucrats who had committed crimes.
"Since it is a matter of the state and the country, the Ai family will no longer interfere..." Empress Dowager Dou moved her lips and finally said.
She now understood that the power and all the power in this country had long belonged to her grandson.
From the moment she announced her retirement from politics, she no longer had any power.
Moreover, the world has become beyond her ability to see clearly.
Today, the power of the Han Dynasty has long been transferred from the hands of the old aristocrats and old bureaucrats to the hands of the emerging military aristocrats and emerging bureaucratic groups.
In this case, her thoughts are actually no longer important.
It's just that the emperor's grandson gave her face and was willing to respect her.
Otherwise, if the emperor never comes to the East Palace to talk to her, what can she do?
How can she, a blind old woman, change the world?
Queen Mother Bo also came to her senses, and she finally understood that this matter was not something that she, a Queen Mother who was completely ignorant of politics, could understand.
This is a coup launched by the emperor, the emerging military aristocrats, and the emerging bureaucratic group against the old aristocrats and old bureaucrats!
It was completely planned for a long time.
It is even possible that this decision was made a long time ago.
It's ridiculous, but she and Queen Mother Dou still thought that this was just an incident caused by the emperor's whim...
Liu Che took the blood letters and memorials and looked back at Empress Dowager Bo and Empress Dowager Dou.
Then he walked over and said: "Royal Grandmother, Queen Mother...it's not that I don't want to be filial, it's really hard to go against the will of the people and the morale of the military..."
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The movement of the army immediately spread throughout Chang'an.
Even now, it is already night, even now, Chang'an City has implemented a curfew.
However, such a major event still spread to the village and neighbors at the speed of light.
Not only the dignitaries in Qili and Shangguanli knew about it.
Even the people in Zhangtai Street and other slums knew about this.
That night, no matter whether they were nobles or relatives, bureaucrats or businessmen, they could not sleep all night, tossing and turning.
Everyone knows that starting from today, things are going to change.
"The intention of Xiangzhuang's sword dance is with Pei Gong..." The drunk Wei Qihou Dou Ying lay on a table, laughed, then raised the wine bottle again and shouted: "Gentlemen, we will wait for you again."
Drink three thousand cups! Forget the worries of the world and live in peace for three hundred years!"
For Dou Ying, he knew very well that after this incident, Weiyang Palace would completely control all power.
No power or influence can restrain him anymore.
The reason is simple. This time, the old aristocracy and old bureaucracy represented by the Huang Lao faction were hit hard.
The so-called crackdown on corrupt officials and thieves who harm the people is nothing more than hunting down rabbits.
Otherwise, how could it happen so quickly and accurately?
Almost as soon as the emperor gave the order, the army began to arrest people.
Moreover, he arrests people with precise targets and in a clear manner.
The people being arrested, at least at the level of princes, are all those who don't deal well with Weiyang Palace, or who don't please the current generation.
Look at those people who were arrested, who was not the one who once had a great time dancing in the series of princes, but afterwards refused to admit his mistake and refused to kneel down and lick the Weiyang Palace?
In Dou Ying's view, this was the emperor's main goal.
Everything else is just incidental.
As long as he understood this, Dou Ying understood how dangerous his situation was!
Isn't he just a lieutenant who once danced very happily and refused to admit his mistakes?
At this point, Dou Ying's ambition was completely extinguished, and he no longer had any desire to be born in the world.
In another place in Qili, it was a completely different scene.
Everyone in attendance was glowing with pride and contentment.
In the hall, there are even singers dancing and playing cheerful music.
Wealthy businessmen sat in attendance, and each wealthy businessman looked relaxed.
Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying were so happy that they just wanted to clap their hands.
This time, it is undoubtedly the biggest benefit for them, the Guandong merchants.
After this incident, most of the local snakes in Guanzhong have died, and the remaining ones will definitely be severely damaged and will no longer be able to pose a threat to them.
In this way, they can occupy the magpie's nest, replace those people, become the masters of Guanzhong, and then become the leaders of merchants in the world!
but……
Cheng Zhengying quietly glanced at Zhuo Wangsun, and then at the wealthy businessmen sitting there.
He knew in his heart that as the local snakes in Guanzhong declined and perished one after another.
The Kanto merchant alliance has begun to fall apart.
From now on, scenes like today will probably never happen again.
After today, our relationship will change from cooperation and allies to competitors and even enemies!
Thinking of this, Cheng Zhengying quietly said to Zhuo Wangsun: "After today, I'm afraid you and I need to keep a low profile for a while. Don't be high-profile!"
Zhuo Wangsun listened and nodded.
Now that the wealthy businessmen and powerful families in Guanzhong are either affected or severely damaged, it is obvious that from now on, a melee will begin.
In particular, competition among peers will become increasingly fierce.
In such a situation, whoever comes forward will be the target of public criticism and will be targeted by everyone.
"I plan to return to Linqiong in a few days..." Zhuo Wangsun said softly: "How about the public opinion?"
After hearing this, Cheng Zhengying smiled slightly and raised a glass to invite him.
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At the same time, the Tian family's residence in Shang Guanli was in a different scene.
Almost everyone looked downcast and full of sadness.
Since the collapse of the Wuyan clan, the Tian clan and the Yang clan have become the only two overlords in Chang'an City.
But this time, the Tian and Yang families suffered a fatal blow.
It’s not that many family members or interests were harmed – in fact, these two are the smartest ones.
Others act on their own, and at most they manipulate the knights and bureaucrats behind the scenes to benefit themselves.
However, the Tian and Yang families are a big family that has gone through countless ups and downs.
They are smarter and more cunning.
Something like this might happen, but they weren't stupid enough to end up with blood on their hands!
They use agents to engage in similar matters with small and medium-sized businessmen, and they do not come forward at all, or even hide behind the scenes without even saying a word.
Anyway, if this is done, who would dare to miss out on the benefits?
Once you mess up, if you get involved, won't you follow in the footsteps of the Wuyan clan?
The Lao Tian family and the Lao Yang family are not stupid enough!
In particular, Tian Guang, the head of the Tian family, has been known for his cunning and love of feathers since he became a family member.
Although the benefits of this Chang'an city reconstruction were huge, Tian Guang forcibly prevented any possible involvement of family members, closing his eyes and pretending to be invisible.
At first, many people complained about how much money they made.
However, Tian Guang defied all opinions and held many family meetings, publicly admonishing: "I, the Tian family, are not short of money, nor are they short of land! What is missing is reputation! In this case, although there is no benefit, It’s important, but it may bring disgrace to the family name, so none of my descendants from the Tian family must be involved!”
Now, looking back, everyone praises Tian Guang's wisdom, which allowed Tian to be independent.
You must know that even the Yang family members and relatives have been arrested.
But the Tian family alone was not harmed at all.
However, although no one was involved in the case, Tian's losses were beyond imagination.
"The Nei Shi Yamen is over..." Tian Guang sighed and said helplessly: "More than 70% of the officials were arrested or summoned. Tian's decades of operation were ruined..."
For Tian and Yang, the biggest loss this time is that the connections and relationships they spent several generations building will be gone after this crisis.
Those official and aristocratic families who had been friends with the Tian and Yang families for generations were basically purged.
Since then, they have lost their home field advantage in Chang'an.
At least, the officials of Neishi Yamen will no longer give them any special preferential treatment.
This is the biggest loss!
"Tian Wei..." Tian Guang called his younger brother, his most trusted brother from the same country, and told him: "You set off immediately, take your retainers and servants to Nanyang, and join Governor Zhang... From now on, You don’t want to go back to Chang’an anymore, just take your family and settle down in Nanyang and build your ancestral temple!”
"Ah..." Tian Wei looked puzzled and asked, "Isn't it more than that?"
Tian Guang sighed and said: "I don't hope for such a day...but I have to prepare for a rainy day. Since my ancestor Shen Gong moved from Qi to Guanzhong, for the past sixty-five years, I have always been honored and favored, but There is no immortal family in the world, so in order to continue the family lineage, brother, you must go to Nanyang and build another Tian family ancestral temple!"
"In this way, even if there is misfortune in the future, my Tian family will still have descendants, the incense of our ancestors can be guaranteed, and our ancestors can enjoy the sacrifice of blood food in peace!"
Businessmen have the most sensitive sense of smell in the world.
And Tian Guang is the leader among them. He has already smelled the gunpowder of an unprecedented war.
And in this battle, he couldn't back down.
Because he must keep the inheritance given to him by his father and grandfather.
He must protect the Tian family property!
This forced him to fight to the death against those who coveted it.
This is also the responsibility he must shoulder as the patriarch.
Tian Wei was stunned after hearing this. Immediately, under the heavy burden of the family's survival, he had to bow his head and say: "Brother, please take care!"
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The next day, in the early morning, Liu Che finally got the list sent by Tingwei and Zhijinwu.
Good guy!
There were actually eleven princes involved in the case to varying degrees.
Like Xue Ze, there were four people who jumped up and entered directly!
As for the Neishi Yamen, as he expected, it was completely ruined!
There were originally six chief ministers in the Neishi Yamen, but except for the two chief ministers in charge of Maoling and Guanxi, the other four were all arrested, and there was conclusive evidence proving their involvement.
According to the internal history, there are seven Cao Cao, and the chief officials of five Cao Cao were involved in the case.
According to the internal history, there were eleven officials, nine of whom were involved in the case!
More than a thousand other officials, big and small, were involved.
There are even officials from the Shaofu and Jinwu who are involved!
Liu Che grabbed this memorial, his face turned pale with anger, and blood was boiling in his chest.
He never imagined that so many people would be involved in this!
In the entire Chang'an, except for the palace bureaucracy, the ancestral temple system, and the diplomatic system, other systems were involved.
"This is going to force me to sing a big man's rap empire..." Liu Che thought to himself, and the BGM that he had deeply remembered could not help but play.
Then, he looked at Ji An and ordered: "Immediately summon the nine ministers and the princes in Beijing with two thousand stones to hold a court meeting!"
Such a big matter can no longer be decided by the emperor alone.
Especially when so many people are to be killed, the emperor cannot make the decision.
Murder must be proposed by ministers, and the emperor pretends to be like "killing Ma Su with tears".
But this time, Liu Che no longer wanted to play according to the traditional rules of the game.
Because he knows that if he plays according to the traditional rules of the game, the most he can do is to pursue a few culprits and those who can jump higher.
The others were probably punished with three drinks, or the board was raised high and dropped gently.
It has no deterrent effect at all, let alone an educational effect!
Only by putting cruel punishments on the table with bloody blood can it be possible to scare the bureaucrats.
Of course, Liu Che actually had another idea.
That is: through this matter, I would like to educate the world's bureaucrats not to reach out to the common people. If you reach out to the common people, the risks are high, the benefits are small, and it is easy to be infamy for thousands of years.
The best way is to go to trouble with the landlords, powerful people and merchants.
In the Han Dynasty, an ecological chain was formed in which bureaucrats fished with merchants, landlords, merchants and landlords fished with common people.
In this way, the blame can be passed to the merchants and landlords.
It can also shift conflicts to merchants and landlords.
The common people will only see that it is the government that delivers justice to them, but it is the merchants and landlords who force them into bankruptcy.
In this way, he, the emperor, and his country can be as stable as Mount Tai.
Unfortunately, ordinary people cannot understand and achieve such superb skills and techniques.
And under normal circumstances, bureaucrats will not do these things.
It can only be forced and coerced by him as the emperor, and the smart people among them will develop this technology.
However, Ji An did not accept the order and leave as usual. Instead, he knelt down and worshiped: "Your Majesty, can you please allow me to say a few words?"
"Yes!" Liu Che glanced at Ji An and nodded.
"Your Majesty, back then, Feng Tang said to Taizong: Your Majesty's reward is too light and the punishment is too much. Even if there is Li Mu in the world, he cannot be used..." Ji An bowed his head and said: "I think your Majesty should think twice about it!"
