Volume One: Lin'an Troubles Chapter 8 Liu Chan punishes courtiers and bleeds Lin'an City
"You don't understand such a simple truth as marrying a virtuous wife or a concubine!"
Liu Chan stood in the Zichen Palace and loudly questioned Prince Zhao Yuan.
"My son and Ying'er are in true love, please make it happen."
"True love, where does true love come from the emperor's family? Besides, the Crown Princess has not made any mistakes, and she is a virtuous and virtuous person. Why do you want to destroy her?"
"She is just a palace maid..."
"Snapped!"
"evil creature."
Liu Chan couldn't tolerate Zhao Yuan's words and slapped him directly. What does it mean to be just a palace maid, as if she was so noble? A few hundred years ago, the ancestor was still an ordinary person.
Liu Chan was originally the emperor of the Han Dynasty. From Liu Bang to Liu Xiu, from Liu Xiu to Liu Bei, and from Liu Bei to Liu Yu, none of them came from ordinary people. The ancestral motto of his old Liu family is that when you are in a high position, you must not feel that
How noble is your status!
After all, we are all just individuals.
"Sir, if you dare to say such things to me again, don't blame me for dethroning your position as crown prince."
Liu Chan's words stimulated Zhao Yuan, and he stood up and said: "In that case, the father will abolish the son. The son would rather die than stay with Ying'er."
After saying that, he didn't care and left the Zichen Palace.
The dumbfounded Liu Chan was left standing there in a daze, not wanting to believe that this was what Zhao Yuan would do.
"Okay, that's great."
At this moment, Liu Chan finally awakened to his old Liu family's cold-blooded nature, even more cold-blooded and ruthless than Zhao Gou. There was no smile at the corner of his mouth, silence, endless silence, and the air seemed to have condensed.
Li Hui walked in tremblingly, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the late emperor has appeared in the north again."
Liu Chan walked back to the throne, sat down, and still didn't say anything, just so silent. Li Hui knelt in the main hall, like a statue.
No, perhaps, Liu Chan at this time is more like a statue.
Things are going to change in Lin'an!
This was Li Hui's only thought when he walked out of Zichen Palace!
The next day, morning.
Liu Chan held a morning court after a long absence. Although many things happened, they were all handled by Qin Hui and Zhao Ding. Therefore, the morning court is still held once every half month.
But today is a special case. It has only been five days since the last morning meeting.
Zhao Yuan was a little frightened. Yesterday, he was in too much agitation, and when he spoke, it was inevitable that his words would be out of his mind. If Liu Chan really destroyed him today, he would not be able to find a place to cry.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
"I bow to your majesty. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."
"rise."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Liu Chan sat on the throne and said with a faint smile: "Everyone, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I miss you very much."
Qin Hui came out to warm up the scene and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I and my colleagues also miss Your Majesty very much."
It was supposed to be a heated discussion, but Liu Chan's tone turned cold and he said: "Prime Minister Qin has done a good job recently. This country is about to collapse, but he is still in the mood to joke here."
The atmosphere in the court suddenly became quiet.
Qin Hui didn't expect Liu Chan to say this, so why did he say: "I am guilty, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Oh, I heard that when you were in the North, you ordered officials to search for information about the late emperor?"
"The late Emperor was bewitched by villains in the North. I did this for the sake of the peace of the country."
"This seems to be my royal family's business. I don't seem to have asked you to do these things, right?"
Qin Hui kept silent. The reason why he did this without telling Liu Chan was that once Zhao Heng showed up, his clues would be exposed to the world.
Unexpectedly, Liu Chan actually spoke about this matter publicly today, which made him a little overwhelmed.
Liu Chan turned away from Qin Hui and glanced at the ministers, asking calmly: "Do you know why humans and dogs are the closest?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the ministers to reply, he said to himself: "Because this dog never guesses his master's thoughts, and will only do what the master tells him."
The meaning of these words is self-evident, and who they are referring to is naturally self-evident.
"Prime Minister Qin, I also heard that after we captured Shangjing, you sent people to search the city. What are you looking for? Why don't you tell me so that I and all the ministers can listen to it."
"I was just looking for the whereabouts of the late emperor. In order to prevent the late emperor from being put in danger, I did my best to search. Unexpectedly, the Jin people were so sinister that they actually kidnapped the late emperor again."
"I don't know when did Qin Xiang become so loyal to the late Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, after all, the late emperor was the former emperor of our dynasty. What will your Majesty say to me?"
Zhao Ding spoke up and spoke for Qin Hui. When it came to matters involving the late emperor, he had to come out because he was also an official during the Zhao Heng period.
Liu Chan curled his lips, it was so damn ridiculous that a minister actually spoke up for that loser.
"Passed by Yue Fei."
"It is said that Yue Fei has come to see you."
The ministers looked at each other, wondering why Yue Fei was summoned at this time. Ever since the Yue family army participated in the rebellion of the late emperor, Yue Fei had been dismissed from office.
Now that Yue Fei is called here, he wants to take up his post again.
"Your Majesty, Yue Fei, bows to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."
"Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Liu Chan waved his hand and asked someone to take out a sword and handed it to Yue Fei.
Everyone was puzzled.
"In the Jingkang Incident, the royal family was humiliated, the emperor was incompetent, and treacherous ministers were rampant, which led to the country being humiliated. From now on, after more than ten years, I finally quelled the financial troubles and regained my homeland. However, the late emperor was stupid and actually destroyed the stability of the country and attempted to subvert the country and the country.
From today on, the third day of the seventh lunar month in the eleventh year of Shaoxing, the imperial title of Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng and all titles will be abolished. From now on, everyone, please do not call others by the name of the late emperor. My previous uncle was Zhezong of the Song Dynasty. My uncle had no children, so he passed the title to me. Everyone, please
Understand?"
The ministers all swallowed hard. It was unheard of. An emperor actually deposed the titles of two late emperors in a row. One of the emperors was the father of the current late emperor!
"You are confused, Your Majesty. How could Your Majesty act like this? How could you do such a ridiculous thing?"
Zhao Ding was so angry that he didn't care about his image. It was Liu Chan's actions that were a bit too wanton and reckless.
What happened next was even more surprising to the officials.
Liu Chan left the throne and said indifferently: "Excuse me, Prime Minister Zhao, where are you confused?"
"Huizong is your Majesty's father, and the late Emperor is your Majesty's brother. Your Majesty acts like this, isn't it true that you have no brother and no father!"
"I didn't kill them, I just deposed their imperial titles, so why not!"
You might as well kill them! The ministers complained in their hearts.
"Your Majesty insults your brother and father, how can you bring peace to the world, and how will the people view it?"
"Don't bring the people into your words. You can't represent the people."
Liu Chan's words completely shocked Zhao Ding.
Zhao Ding took off his official hat and said: "In that case, I would like to resign."
"I beg you to resign."
"I beg you to resign."
About one-third of the officials resigned along with Zhao Ding, and they were all the officials who actually worked in the court. Once these people were gone, the court could be said to be almost half in ruins.
"Hahaha."
Liu Chan laughed unbridled, as if these people thought they could make him compromise just by doing this.
It's so ridiculous.
How can there be a court without bloodshed, that is, in the Song Dynasty, these ministers were so wanton.
Liu Chan waved his hand, and Yue Yun received it. The armored soldiers entered the court directly, each carrying a crossbow and sword.
It’s carrying Weijun!
"Yue Yun, what do you want to do? Conspire to cause rebellion!"
Zhao Ding was frightened by this scene and quickly stood up and questioned Yue Yun.
Yue Yun rolled his eyes helplessly and said to Zhao Ding: "How dare I act like this without His Majesty's order."
"His Majesty?"
Everyone looked at Liu Chan again and saw that Liu Chan had sat on the throne again.
"Anyone who dares to resign today will be killed without mercy, and his entire family will be punished."
Liu Chan's words echoed in the hall, and everyone's blood ran cold. They couldn't believe that these were words that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty could say.
Before this year, Liu Chan felt that he could use gentle means to change the cultural environment of the entire Song Dynasty bit by bit. But after the Spring Festival, a series of things happened, which made Liu Chan feel that the reform still required bloodshed.
There are still problems with the system of the Song Dynasty, mainly because it is too unprogressive. If a country needs to be strong, it must constantly wage wars with foreign countries, and fight all those who can and dare to fight, every few years!
Only in this way can the country be stable!
If a country is too peaceful, the soldiers can no longer carry swords, and the people have lost their blood, the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty will not be far away.
Therefore, Liu Chan's methods of dealing with things this year are particularly radical and cruel.
A thousand soldiers of the Yue Family Army rebelled, and Liu Chan killed those thousand Yue Family Army soldiers in a trap.
The barbarians in the south rebelled, and Liu Chan ordered Liu Guangshi to destroy the barbarians, leaving no one alive.
Someone poisoned the prince and he is still undergoing endless torture.
What happened that made the ministers think Liu Chan was very easy to talk to? Did he not attack the civil servants yet?
"Your Majesty, even if I die, I will stop your Majesty from doing this thing that will cause cholera to the world."
Zhao Ding was not to be outdone and looked straight at Liu Chan.
Liu Chan chuckled, don't think that he won't do anything like this.
Although his father is Liu Bei, who is known for his generosity, the blood of the Liu family still bleeds in his bones.
"I will count to three. Anyone who kneels down, except Prime Minister Zhao, will be killed!"
"three."
No ministers stood up because no one believed Liu Chan would do this.
Liu Chan summoned a soldier from the Wei Army and held out his hand for a crossbow. The soldier was immediately very excited and tremblingly handed the crossbow to Liu Chan.
Liu Chan fired the crossbow, and a kneeling minister fell to the ground and died immediately.
At this time, everyone believed that Liu Chan would really do this.
"two."
Still no one stood up, but the ministers who knelt already hesitated.
Liu Chan fired two arrows in succession, killing two more people, one of whom was the minister of the Ministry of Rites.
"His Majesty."
Zhao Ding shouted angrily, but Liu Chan ignored him at all and continued to look at everyone with an indifferent expression.
Some people say that Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, killed the White Snake to revolt, so Liu Chan's eyes at this time were just like the eyes of the White Snake, just as cold and as frightening.