Chapter 125: I killed three treacherous ministers in a row, and then I personally conquered Square La
Chapter 125: I killed three traitors in a row
The people in the capital rushed to tell each other about Zhao Guan's family's plan to kill Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu, and a constant stream of people came to the Xishui execution ground in the west of the city, preparing to wait until 3:00 noon to see the three people who deserved their crimes.
A good show of a high-ranking official being executed in public.
The West Water Execution Ground in the capital is located within the outer city gate to the west of Bianliang and south of the Bianhe River. It is usually also a market.
Today, the high execution platform at the West Water Execution Ground is surrounded by fully armed imperial guards, holding weapons and facing away from the execution platform, facing tens of thousands of people who are watching. They are closely guarding the execution platform to prevent the crowds of spectators from swarming up.
Execution platform.
Under the high execution platform, hundreds of chairs have been arranged in the front row. At this time, the officials in Beijing who were invited by Zhao Guan's family to receive vigilant education from the "negative teaching materials of the three thieves Cai, Gao and Wang" were:
There are more than a hundred officials including Dazai Yu Shen, Zhang Bangchang on the left, and Li Bangyan on the right.
They were all dressed in court uniforms, each with complicated thoughts, sitting on the imperial chair and looking at the execution platform in front of them.
Because the execution time had not yet arrived at 3:00 noon, these officials who were invited sometimes looked at the execution platform with fear in their hearts, and sometimes looked around to see if Zhao Guan's family would watch Lin Lingsu today like they did that day.
What about coming suddenly when being beheaded?
They looked around for a long time, but they didn't see Zhao Guan's chariot...
At this time, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that it was a good thing for them that the Zhao Guan family did not come to the execution ground in person. Otherwise, when they saw Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu, the original
If you show sympathy when you are directly talking to your boss, and Zhao Guan’s family sees it, wouldn’t it be easy for the officials to keep tabs on you, and get caught in the future? What should you do?
After all, in this world, few of them in the officialdom have clean butts. It's just that the amount of corruption, bribery and bribery to superiors varies.
On this special occasion, these court officials did not dare to talk too much with each other. Occasionally they wanted to express their thoughts to their close colleagues and just communicated secretly with their eyes.
Most of the more than a hundred imperial officials sighed in their hearts:
"What's going on?"
"The changes in Zhao Guan's family have also been huge."
"Previously, wasn't Li Gang, who was really honest and upright and dared to write to Zhao Guan's family to pay attention to internal and external troubles, been demoted from the capital by Zhao Guan's family long ago?
Logically speaking, the Zhao Guan family has never liked people like Li Gang who are upright and outspoken and dare to touch the dragon's scales.
However, the Zhao Guan family seems to be different recently...
Cao Fu, who is fifty-one years old this year, was a Jinshi during the Yuanfu reign of Zhe Zong more than 20 years ago! Before that, Cao Fu was not promoted or reused during the 20 years he was an official because he was too upright and did not understand the ways of the world.
, will not give gifts to the powerful and will not flatter.
Cao Fu was a small sixth-rank official in the Secretariat, but because he dared to touch the dragon's scales a few days ago, he went to the official Zhao family to admonish Zhao Guan's family to pay attention to the emperor's image and not to visit privately in the middle of the night.
Brothel...
Although, the Zhao Guan family was furious at that time and demoted Cao Fu to the supervisory censor of Qikou.
However, in recent days, Cao Fu has been repeatedly favored by Zhao Guan's family to do the errands that Zhao Guan's family most wanted to do..."
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The court officials sitting in the front row of the execution ground were all thinking about their own thoughts before the execution time:
"Previously, whether it was the National Preceptor Lin Lingsu who had been beheaded, or the former Grand Master Cai Jing who was about to be executed, the former Grand Commander Gao Qiu, and the former Young Master Wang Fu, weren't they all the most favored people of the Zhao Guan family?
Why did Zhao Guanjia change his face as soon as he said he changed his face?
Moreover, the Zhao Guan family only selects the most favored people to attack. Is this to establish their authority?!"
"I thought that after succeeding to the throne of his brother Zhe Zong, the current Zhao Guan family behaved like a fool!
However, I never expected that a few days ago, suddenly,,
Zhao Guanjia no longer behaves like a foolish king.
On the contrary, he is more like a tyrant!"
"Alas! Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has become a tradition to treat scholar-bureaucrats favorably!
Except for the crime of treason, the ancestral custom of never killing scholar-bureaucrats is the first of its kind for the Zhao Guan family, which is about to be transformed from a coward to a tyrant!"
"Alas! We are like fish on the chopping board now. Maybe one day, Zhao Guan's family will find out why we used to curry favor with Grand Master Cai, and we will be escorted to this execution platform..."
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At this time, it was already noon. These court officials who had been invited to receive negative education looked around many times and found that they had not seen Zhao Guan's family coming. They were relieved.
However, they lamented that they were forcibly invited to watch the hangings of Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu, and were actually ordered by Zhao Guan's family to write an article called "Reflections after Viewing", which had to be more than 3,000 words. Be careful.
Reflect even more deeply...
It is natural for these civil servants above the court to write articles. If they write articles during the imperial examination or write articles praising virtues, then one will have a quick mind and write quickly!
However, when they were asked to write this kind of "Afterview", when they thought about it, they felt guilty and trembling, and their hands could not help but tremble.
The court officials who came to watch the execution looked around, wondering if the Zhao family would suddenly come today like they did when they watched Lin Lingsu being beheaded that day?
They looked around for a long time. It was already noon, and when they were about to escort the criminals to the scene, they did not see Zhao Guan's chariot...
These court officials felt that Zhao Guan's family would not come today.
Suddenly, in the corridor, a group of more than 200 heavily armed imperial city ministers came to protect a few people in casual clothes. They filed in through the crowd of onlookers and came to them.
Around these court officials.
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Because Dazai Yushen is over seventy years old this year, his old eyesight is dim and he did not see clearly who were the civilians in the middle of this group of soldiers protected by the imperial army.
His Grand Master Yu Shen asked Zuo Cheng Zhang Bangchang, who was sitting on the Grand Master’s chair on the left, and said:
"Who is this person who has joined the army for protection? Could it be some prince sent by Zhao Guan's family?"
In fact, Zhang Bangchang, who was sitting down, did not see clearly who the several civilians in civilian clothes being protected by so many close officials were.
He stood up, put up an awning with his hands, and looked behind...
Li Bangyan, who was sitting on the chair to the right of Dazai Yushen, also stood up and looked back like Zhang Bangchang...
Zhang Bangchang and Li Bangyan lowered their voices and exclaimed: "Guan Zhao's family has come incognito!"
"Oh?!" Dazai Yu Shen leaned on the armrests of the Grand Master's chair and tried to stand up. He also looked back and saw a group of personal followers who were getting closer and closer to them, protecting those in the middle.
, isn’t it true that today’s emperor Zhao Guan’s family came here incognito?
One step away from Zhao Guan's house, on the back left side, is the 19-year-old imperial examination champion------Yun Wang Zhao Kai;
One step away from Zhao Guan's house, on the back right side, is the handsome young man who was least favored in the past, but has suddenly become favored recently------Kang Wang Zhao Gou;
The Zhao Guan family led Yun Wang Zhao Kai and Kang Wang Zhao Gou, both wearing casual clothes like rich men. The three of them, father and son, were protected by hundreds of personal officials (soldiers), and they had already reached the front row where these court officials were sitting. p>
Except for Dazai Yu Shen, Zuo Cheng Zhang Bangchang, and Right Prime Minister Li Bangyan who saw Zhao Guan's family leading the two princes incognito, other officials also turned around after hearing the noise behind them and saw Zhao Guan coming.
They immediately stood up from the Grand Master's chair. These officials were all human beings. Seeing that Zhao Guan's family was visiting incognito, it must be that Zhao Guan's family did not want to reveal the identity of the emperor who was at the scene.
Therefore, more than a hundred court officials did not kneel down and kowtow in a hurry, but just stood there looking uncomfortable.
Zhao Ji made a gesture to the ministers to sit down.
More than a hundred court officials immediately understood and sat down again with lingering fear.
Dazai Yu Shen, left prime minister Zhang Bangchang, and right prime minister Li Bangyan were very knowledgeable because they were seated near the front and in front of all the officials. Therefore, the three of them whispered to the officials:
"Please three noble men, sit here."
Zhao Ji was not polite. He sat on the chair where Dazai Yu Shen had just sat, and said to Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou: "You two should sit down too!"
Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou sat beside their father who was visiting in disguise.
Dazai Yu Shen, left prime minister Zhang Bangchang, and right prime minister Li Bangyan were given up their seats by officials with lower official positions than them, so they also sat down.
Today, Zhao Ji led the two princes, Prince Yun Zhao Kai and Prince Kang Zhao Gou, who needed to be well groomed. The first stop was not the West Water Execution Ground, but they all went to the military parade in court uniforms.
Zhao Ji reviewed the 3,000 elite soldiers and generals who were to protect him, the official Zhao family, and the supervising team when he was about to conquer Fangla in the south.
This morning, when Zhao Ji inspected the generals, he did not dress in plain clothes; instead, he was dressed very formally. He put on the bright red gauze robe that the emperor wore when he attended court, a sky-high crown on his head, and a gold and jade belt around his waist.
, also hanging a ribbon, wearing white socks, and a black jacket, which looks very ceremonial.
Of course, the emperor of the Song Dynasty wore a more ceremonial dress than wearing a bright red gauze gown, that is, the most ceremonial dress was the [mianfu].
The emperor must wear a very heavy crown when he wears his crown. The crown has twelve knots in the front and twelve knots in the back. The twelve knots dangling on the forehead and in front of the eyes are small door curtains made of pearls. p>
Not only is the tiara quite heavy, but it also greatly affects the line of sight.
Mianfu is more complex to wear and heavier. Mianfu is mainly composed of Xuanyi, 纁shang, Bailuo belt, yellow knee-covering, plain gauze singlet, red jacket, etc. Wearing it is really three layers inside and three outside.
It can cover up the emperor's heat rash.
The emperor wears the most ceremonial crowns and crowns. In addition to showing off the emperor's noble status, the dragon body is actually not very comfortable.
Zhao Ji knew that during the Song Dynasty, emperors gradually reduced the number of times they wore crowns and crowns, and sometimes emperors did not wear crowns during grand ceremonies.
Of course, when Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty went to Mount Tai to consecrate Zen, he wore clothes and a crown. Even if he was covered in heat rash, he still had to show off and show off the majesty of the emperor.
When Zhao Ji was reviewing the generals this morning, he wore a relatively portable and comfortable crimson gauze robe, and a relatively lightweight crown of heaven.
Before Zhao Ji came to the West Water Execution Ground, Suoxing took off the emperor's court uniform, the crimson gauze robe, and put on casual clothes, wearing a Dongcheng scarf on his head, looking like a graceful scholar.
Zhao Ji brought King Yun Zhao Kai and Kang King Zhao Gou to watch the killings at the execution ground, just to train them and tell them the truth. In the Song Dynasty under my control, there are traitors like Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Wang Fu.
, absolutely will not stay.
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At this time,
"Dang buzz"! After the gong was struck once,
The prison officer Liang Shicheng announced loudly with a thin voice: "Escort the prisoner and go to the execution platform!"
Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu were wearing prison uniforms, with wooden shackles around their necks, and each of their wrists were locked into the holes in front of the wooden shackles.
"Dang clang clang..."
"Dang, clang, clang..." The shackles on the hands and feet made a sound.
Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu, who were once famous and powerful, have now become death row prisoners. Dragging heavy steps and staggering, they were escorted by a group of soldiers and boarded the execution platform.
The three protagonists who were about to be executed were escorted onto the execution platform, which immediately caused bursts of yells and curses from the people below...
"Rebellious ministers and traitors will deserve to die"
"Sentencing these three traitors to death will not atone for the crimes they committed."
"That's right! Why don't the officials sentence these three thieves to Ling Chi?"
"Isn't that right? If it's Lingchi's punishment, not only can we watch more of the fun, but maybe we can also get a piece or two of meat to eat."
"Ugh?! Brother Xian, do you dare to eat any kind of meat?"
"No. I just wish I couldn't kill these three traitors!
Eating its flesh and drinking its blood, how enjoyable it is."
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The 20,000 to 30,000 people who were watching under the execution platform shouted harsh words about their hatred for the treacherous ministers and corrupt officials.
This is the principle of "everyone pushes down a wall, and beats a drum when thousands of people beat it." If Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu were in high positions, even if these common people had some resentment in their hearts, they would not dare to speak out. At this time, they would use all their strength to
Speak harshly and vent all the resentment in your heart.
At this time,
Liang Shicheng, the supervisor on the stage, noticed that Zhao Guanjia was wearing casual clothes and actually sitting on Dazai Yu Shen's seat.
Liang Shicheng immediately understood that this should be done by the Zhao Guan family in order not to attract the worship of the people like the last time they watched the demon Dao Lin Lingsu beheaded, right?
When Liang Shicheng saw Zhao Guan's family below, he worked harder and tried his best to let Zhao Guan's family see that he was doing his job faithfully.
He unfolded the verdict document and read it loudly...
Announce the major crimes and verdicts of Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Wang Fu to the public one by one...
The people watching the fun in the audience immediately became excited again.
"Kill these three thieves quickly!"
"The crimes of these three thieves are so heinous, why don't the officials have to go to Lingchi to deal with them?"
"That's because our Zhao Guanjia is a good emperor who has the world in mind, is selfless, and is generous and virtuous!"
At this time,
The guilty ministers Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Wang Fu each shouted:
"I was wronged..."
"I was wronged..."
"I am so wronged..."
Screams, cries, and cries of injustice came and went.
Liang Shicheng, who was on the execution platform, secretly glanced at Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting in the middle of the front row.
He didn't get any instructions from Zhao Guanjia's expression.
Liang Shicheng immediately understood. This meant that he should continue as planned!
Liang Shicheng ordered: "At three o'clock at noon, the guilty ministers Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Wang Fu are to be executed immediately."
The three of them started shouting again:
"I was wronged..."
"I want to see the officials and tell my grievances..."
"Guan Jia, I am Gao Qiu. I beg Zhao Guan Jia to please help me because we played football together back then! I saw Guan Jia sitting down there."
Zhao Ji thought to himself: Damn it, Gao Qiu, you can actually recognize me after I disguised myself?!
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