Chapter 130 King Kang’s courage shocked the entire audience
Chapter 130 King Kang’s courage shocked the entire audience
In order to give Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou some experience, I won’t worry too much even if they are asked to go to a somewhat dangerous place! On the contrary, maybe this way, we can really train these two princes into talents!
King Yun Zhao Kai and King Kang ran to the gate of Xihua. The imperial students, who were well known for their anger, still did not stop and continued to beat Li Bangyan, the right prime minister of Shangshu.
Li Bangyan fell to the ground and held his head in his hands. He was beaten until he cried like a ghost.
Zhao Kai shouted loudly and said: "I am following the instructions from my father, you princes, please stop..."
The imperial students were in the mood to beat the treacherous minister Li Bangyan, and the noise made during the beating was very loud, and Li Bangyan screamed in pain. Therefore, even though most of the imperial students heard the words of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun,
After they stopped hitting Li Bangyan, they still pretended not to hear, but instead they punched and kicked Li Bangyan more violently.
Otherwise, these imperial students know that the consequences of today's impulsiveness are disastrous. In this case, if you don't fight, it will be in vain.
Prince Yun Zhao Kai couldn't believe it. Did these imperial students want to rebel? He, the prince, had followed his father's instructions and came to ask them to stop beating Li Bangyan, but they actually turned a deaf ear.
Prince Kang Xiao Zhaogou was trembling all over. He was frightened by this group of imperial students who were beating the imperial officials "savagely". However, he knew that if this continued, Li Bangyan, the right minister of Shangshu, would most likely be beaten to death.
In front of Xihua Gate.
Xiao Zhaogou glanced at the dozens of personal officers (soldiers) of the Imperial City Division who were guarding in front of Xihua Gate.
I saw that these were all the officials guarding the Xihua Gate with a standard height of 5 feet 95 (Song Dynasty ruler). They were all standing on tiptoes and were happily watching the imperial students beating Li Bangyan, the right prime minister of the Shangshu.
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This is not to blame for these close officials guarding the Xihua Gate.
After all, the social status of literati in the Song Dynasty was higher than that of warriors. What's more, the imperial students in the south of the capital were all top talents in the higher education institutions of the Song Dynasty. The officials who guarded the city gates, when they saw the imperial students
We naturally feel that we are a dwarf in our hearts.
The most important thing is that these imperial students came to Xihua Gate early one day and did not break into Xihua Gate, so they had no right to expel them.
Their duty is to guard the Xihua Gate. It is no longer within the scope of their current duties to prevent the Tai students outside the Xihua Gate from attacking Li Bangyan, the Prime Minister.
If, without receiving the order from their superiors, they leave the guarded Xihua Gate without authorization to take care of the group of Tai students beating Li Bangyan outside Xihua Gate, they would be committing the crime of leaving their posts without authorization.
Therefore, they just watched the excitement of the group of imperial students beating Li Bangyan, and no official guarding the city gate came to stop the fight.
Prince Kang Xiao Zhaogou saw that his third brother, Prince Yun Zhao Kai, even after passing on his father's oral instructions, did not stop the impulsive imperial students.
He hurriedly shouted to the personal officers (soldiers) guarding Xihua Gate not far away:
"I have come to quell the chaos at Xihua Gate following my father's instructions. All of you, my subordinates, will listen to my orders for the time being. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"
When the imperial guards at Xihua Gate heard this, they immediately knelt on the ground and said in unison: "We obey King Kang's orders."
Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, who had not calmed down the riots caused by the imperial students, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene. He sighed in his heart: Ninth brother Zhao Gou, it is true that a calf is not afraid of tigers even after it is born! My father only allowed us two brothers to come.
I ordered the imperial students to stop hitting Li Bangyan, but I didn’t give you, Ninth Brother, the right to mobilize the Xihua Gate guards!
Such a prince who mobilizes troops without authorization can easily be charged with the crime of treason!
King Yun Zhao Kai stood blankly outside the Xihua Gate. He was shocked by the young but astonishing courage of his ninth brother Zhao Gou.
Prince Kang Xiao Zhaogou was calm and composed, as if his father had really given him the power to mobilize the guards at Xihua Gate.
Zhao Gou said loudly: "The guards at Xihua Gate obey the order and quickly arrest and capture the rebellious imperial students."
"As you command!"
More than 60 imperial city guards from Xihuamen immediately began to arrest the imperial students.
At this time, Chen Dong, the imperial student who had been beaten by Li Bangyan before and his nose was still bleeding. Seeing that the situation was not good, he did not run away. He had not hit anyone before, but instead squeezed into the middle of the crowd, bent down and faced
Li Bangyan, who fell to the ground and held his head, was punched hard on his nose.
"Ouch!" Li Bangyan, the Prime Minister of Shang Shu, screamed, and blood suddenly flowed from his nostrils...
Chen Chaolao, the imperial student next to Li Bangyan, asked Chen Dong puzzledly: "Brother Shaoyang, why are you taking action now? The army is about to capture us. If Brother Shaoyang doesn't take action, you can avoid being beaten."
Human sins, so that we can be avenged!"
"Hahaha!" Chen Dong laughed and said to Chen Chao Lao: "Brothers from the court and all my classmates vented their anger on me and beat up the Prime Minister Li Bangyan. Now they are captured by the army. If I don't take action to beat the treacherous minister Li Bangyan, I will be alone."
To treat yourself well is to be unkind and unjust.
Am I an unkind and unjust person?
We plead guilty to state affairs and remonstrate to the death in front of Xihua Gate. We have a clear conscience and share weal and woe!"
Chen Chaolao said excitedly: "I know myself, and this life is enough!"
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How could the group of more than 30 imperial students in front of Xihua Gate be a match for the officers and soldiers of the Imperial City who guarded the city gate?
Without too much effort, the officers and soldiers of the Imperial City Division quickly arrested all the imperial students who petitioned and beat people outside Xihua Gate.
Xiao Zhaogou scolded him loudly and said: "The students gathered outside Xihua Gate, knelt down to stop the imperial driver, and beat the minister. This crime is very serious. Kneel down and plead guilty quickly."
King Kang Zhao Gou's scolding was both a reprimand and an order. Even though many imperial students such as Chen Dong and Chen Chaolao were unwilling to kneel in front of the young King Kang, they could not resist the imperial city soldiers who were escorting them behind.
Press hard.
"Plop".
"Plop"...
More than 30 Tai students from Xihua Gate knelt down.
At this time, the "prodigal prime minister" Li Bangyan, whose nose and face were bruised and swollen, with blood staining his chin and front, and covered with bruises, was held up by his armpits by two soldiers from the Imperial City Division before he could barely stand up.
Zhao Ji, who was more than thirty years away, saw that the atrocities committed by the imperial students outside Xihua Gate had been quelled by the young King Kang Zhao Gou. He felt that King Kang was still quite courageous, so he ordered the imperial driver to approach. p>
When the group of imperial students who beat up Shangshu Youcheng saw that Zhao Guan's family had appeared in front of them at close range, they were already being forced to kneel down by the soldiers, but now they knelt down sincerely and honestly.
He had to be upright, and he also bowed down...
Zhao Ji took a look and saw that the majesty of his emperor was still there. The loyalty of these imperial students was obvious, but they were just too "angry youth". This kind of practice of kneeling down to stop the emperor to petition and beating the court officials was absolutely not advisable.
I want to think carefully and give these imperial students who are loyal and patriotic a comprehensive punishment.
At this time, after Li Bangyan saw Zhao Guan's house, he immediately knelt on the ground, cried with great grievance, and said:
"Chen Bangyan, following the imperial decree of the official family, went to the gate of Xihua to persuade the imperial students who were kneeling here to petition to leave. However, they were surrounded and beaten by the imperial students. Please ask the official family to make the decision for Chen Bangyan and severely punish these group of students.
Imperial students who resist and disobey the imperial edict..."
Zhao Ji stared at the badly beaten "prodigal prime minister" and Li Bangyan, the leader of the peace faction who would show favor to the Jin army in the future. Before he could finish accusing the students of their crimes, Zhao Ji interrupted.
His words:
"I can see it clearly from a distance.
My oral instruction is to ask you to go to Xihua Gate to comfort and persuade these imperial students to leave, but I do not ask you to take action.
It was you, Li Bangyan, the Right Chancellor of the Secretariat, who ignored my oral instructions and struck the imperial student Chen Dong first, which aroused public outrage and led to the beating.
Of course, it was also wrong for the students to surround Li Bangyan, the minister of the dynasty.
I am so righteous, can you be convinced?"
"The officials are wise, and the judgments are fair!" The imperial student shouted happily: "Long live my emperor!"
However, Li Bangyan, who had obviously suffered a big loss, was very unconvinced, but since the Zhao Guan family had made such an arbitrary decision, what dare he do, he could only kneel down and say:
"The officials are wise and the judgment is fair! It is true that it was Chen Bangyan who first struck Chen Dong, the arrogant imperial student."
Zhao Ji put on a serious face and said:
"Shang Shu Youcheng Li Bangyan has been suspended from office for three months to recuperate from his injuries and reflect on his mistakes."
"Uh?!" Li Bangyan was very surprised. After being beaten, he was suspended. What does this mean?
Are the Zhao Guan family planning to attack me, Li Bangyan, just like they did to Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and Wang Fu?
Li Bangyan was trembling, kneeling on the ground, crying bitterly, with blood in his nose, and cried:
"Officials, Chen Bangyan is not seriously injured and does not need to be suspended from duty. He can still come to the court to handle government affairs even though he is injured..."
Before Li Bangyan finished crying, Zhao Ji scolded him coldly: "Do you dare to disobey my will?"
Li Bangyan was so frightened that he trembled all over. He kowtowed to the emperor and his ministers, and cried helplessly: "My minister, Bangyan, obeys the decree."
The Tai students kneeling next to them were all happy and smiling with victor's smiles on their faces.
Zhao Ji pointed at the more than thirty imperial students kneeling outside Xihua Gate and said:
"You kneel down outside the Xihua Gate to prevent my chariot from entering the palace. This way of admonishing you is too extreme.
As for the corrupt practices of Liang Shicheng and Zhu E mentioned in your petition, I will order people to verify them. As for whether to execute these two people, there are naturally national laws and regulations. The anger of you and other imperial students cannot decide the fate of these two officials.
Life and death.
Although you vented your anger on the injured Tai Chen Dong and beat up Minister Youcheng Li Bangyan, gathering a crowd to beat up court officials was a very bad act and will never be allowed to happen again.
If you continue to petition by gathering crowds to cause trouble, I will punish you by sending you to a remote place and never being appointed as an official.
Today, I punish you by having your monthly offerings to the Imperial Academy halved for one year."
When Li Bangyan heard about Zhao Guan's family's punishment for the students, he only punished the students for half a year. This was too light!
Chen Dong, Chen Chaolao and other more than 30 imperial students who petitioned never expected that Zhao Guanjia would punish them so lightly. They all kowtowed happily and said: "Official sages, long live our emperor!" King Yun Zhao Kai, who was standing aside, did not dare to say anything when he saw his father's treatment. This time to quell the rebellion among the imperial students, he was not as courageous as his ninth brother, Xiao Zhao Gou, and he actually dared to mobilize
The Xihua Gate guards came to quell the chaos. It seems that the father did not blame Xiao Zhao Gou for arrogantly mobilizing dozens of guards. Then, the smart Zhao Kai naturally did not dare to accuse Xiao Zhao to his father.
The crime of constructing.
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After returning to the palace, Zhao Ji summoned the prince Zhao Huan, the prince Yu Shen and other ministers, and told him to let the prince temporarily supervise the country. Early tomorrow morning, Zhao Guan's family will lead his troops to conquer the southeast...
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