At the court meeting on this day, Wang Zhongling suddenly made a speech, saying that Shi Zhong was seriously ill and could not go to Yingtian Mansion to take up the post, so he entrusted himself to request the emperor to take up the official position on his behalf.
Zhao Kai immediately approved it.
Bai Shizhong's appointment officially kicked off this political movement.
Cai Jing, who had been reporting illness at home, suddenly returned to the court. On that day, he and his party members issued thirty-four memorials in succession, impeaching Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan, Li Yan, Zhang Bangchang, Wu Min and others, a total of 782 people.
, and label these people as traitors.
Because most of the people here usually do evil things, there is no need to look for evidence of any crime. It can be said that they are readily available. However, because they held great power, others dared not speak out in anger.
So Cai Jing easily listed their crimes. This was exactly the same as when he defeated Wang Fu. All the old accounts were dug out. If they haven't been found yet, then look for them from your fathers and ancestors. In short
, that is, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as people are willing.
This is really a stone that stirs up a thousand waves!
Although the ministers already knew that Zhao Kai was going to attack them, they did not expect that Cai Jing would defect to Zhao Kai and even act as an executioner to snipe them. They also did not expect that Zhao Kai would be so ruthless. You know
In the Yuanyou party membership incident, there were only more than 300 main suspects. From the beginning, the number of you was almost 800, and you will be able to deal with it later.
This caught them off guard and made them confused, and the court immediately fell into panic.
How could Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong's party members sit still and wait for death? They also started to engage in a trapped beast's fight, desperately attacking Cai Jing's party and dragging Bai Shizhong's family in, clearly intending to drag Li Qi into the trap.
If Li Qi had an evenly matched opponent in the court, it would probably cause Li Qi to make a fuss. Unfortunately, Li Qi's status in the court is now rock solid. No one except them is willing to get involved in anything related to Li Qi.
In the struggle between the two, whoever troubles Li Qi now will only hasten his own death.
Zhao Kai ignored Li Qi very calmly. As for the Bai family, he still sent away all Bai Shizhong's relatives in the court, and also kicked out all Bai Shizhong's sons who were officials in the court.
Government and opposition parties.
Although the Bai family also suffered a very heavy blow, compared to Li Bangyan, they were undoubtedly lucky.
However, Cai Jing had already asked the Song Dynasty Times Magazine to write down all the evidence of the crimes of him and others, and immediately published it to inform the people. Qin Hui also organized the Imperial College to impeach these people.
In addition, the Wang family, Zheng family and other families that were close to Zhao Kai also continued to write memorials criticizing Song Huizong's old officials.
Cai Jing impeached the mastermind, and Qin Hui was responsible for rooting out the behind-the-scenes and bringing in all the people who were related to the traitorous party. In just two days, the number of people involved had exceeded a thousand. And it had expanded from the capital to prefectures and counties.
and other places, because people like Li Bangyan, Li Yan and others have arranged their own people in various states and counties to make money for themselves. Although many people were eliminated during the great movement in Jiangnan, their minions still had nowhere to go.
Not here.
However, Zhao Kai clearly wanted to eliminate the root cause this time, and would rather kill the wrong person than let it go.
Li Qi also secretly gave instructions to the imperial guards in the capital. He strengthened patrols openly, but secretly monitored the ministers and did not give them a chance to escape.
Seeing that this incident was getting bigger and bigger, everyone's mentality changed drastically. Some people were so frightened that they had a stroke and collapsed on the bed. On the seventh day, the officials involved, large and small, had already broken through.
When there were more than 2,000 people, people like Qin Hui, Zheng Yifu and others were presented with their memorials in piles because there were too many people.
Qin Hui also spread rumors among the people, saying that if the court demoted so many people at once, they would definitely have to find someone to replace them. The good days for this poor family member were finally coming.
As soon as this news was released, it was out of control. Scholars from poor families began to organize themselves and write articles to attack these traitorous officials. They all understood that the more people punished this time, the more opportunities they would have.
Go to hell.
Scholars also pay attention to interests.
It’s really raining all night. There are Cai Jing’s party in the court, plus the Wang family, Zheng family and other scholar-bureaucrat families who stayed in the capital. There are also ordinary people, scholars, and more importantly, there are also the imperial guards and the emperor.
Secretly supporting them, the alliance that Song Huizong and the prince's old party finally organized quickly collapsed and fell apart.
As the saying goes, when disaster strikes, everyone should fly away.
Gradually, many people began to seek help from Li Qi, Cai Jing, Wang Zhongling, and even Qin Hui, whom they had despised before. They did not ask for much, they just hoped to survive without killing or demoting them.
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It is a pity that Zhao Kai has made up his mind to seize this opportunity to kill all these old fritters and give the Song Dynasty a new look. There is no room for negotiation on this matter.
In fact, every newly appointed emperor will do this, but the difference is only in scale.
However, just when the situation between North Korea and China was changing dramatically, the military and political reforms secretly organized by Li Qi also quietly came.
The army of the Song Dynasty was weak. One of the reasons was the lack of horses. Another reason was the corruption of the military and the government. The ministers of the court and the military leaders of various places made secret deals. The embezzlement of military pay or military supplies was really common in the Song Dynasty. You know
The military expenditure of the Song Dynasty was more than four times that of all surrounding countries combined!
Where did all this money go? It just went into the pockets of the generals and ministers. Moreover, most of these generals have close relationships with the ministers of the DPRK, so they must not be kept.
Gao Qiu's abdication was equivalent to abandoning his chess pieces.
There is no way around this. He has too much time to take care of himself. How can he care about others? Life is more important than anything else. Moreover, Brother Qiu is born with a wise and self-preserving character.
The imperial army led by Yue Fei and others did not return directly to Beijing. Instead, they divided into several groups and quietly went to several major military garrison locations in the Song Dynasty. With the imperial edict, they immediately took action and wiped out all the generals in these places.
Those soldiers are all so weak. Facing this forbidden army who fought bloody battles with the Jin Army, they have no power to fight back. These soldiers are not willing to make the limelight. You are here to arrest us anyway.
Boss. It has nothing to do with us, so why should I die?
Yue Fei and the others easily controlled all the armies in these places.
Those generals who were domineering in the local area have finally tasted the consequences.
After nearly a month, the movement is finally coming to an end. Excluding the military, the number of officials involved has reached more than 3,000, not including their families.
One can imagine how many people were involved in this.
Cai Jing's attack was so powerful that his opponent had no power to fight back. From this, it can be seen that it was reasonable for Su Shi and others to lose to him.
Zhao Kai did not give them any further thought, and immediately issued an order to kill Liang Shicheng, Li Yan and other eunuchs and officials who had committed serious crimes, a total of more than 80 people. This once again shocked the government and the public. Zhao Kai did not care about killing the scholar-bureaucrats.
He wants to express an attitude through this. The purpose is to warn the people behind him that if anyone dares to be like them again, this will be the consequences. Don't believe in the idea of not killing scholar-bureaucrats. Therefore, it is unreliable to take risks.
In the Song Dynasty, this was the first time that such a large-scale execution of ministers occurred.
Now Zhao Kai's imperial power has been fully demonstrated. No one dares to underestimate this emperor who is only thirty years old.
Later, Zhao Kai exiled all the remaining thousands of people to the Southeast Army, that is, the islands offshore Fuzhou. Let them help with the construction of the islands. This may be the so-called waste utilization.
Zhao Kai didn't even want to waste any time on them, so he quickly let them go. As for their family property, of course, all their property would be confiscated to fill the national treasury.
Inside and outside the capital, everything was in chaos.
This kind of situation often happened in the past, but it usually happened to the common people, but now the cries come from the high and arrogant mansions and courtyards in the past.
It can be said that the dark clouds are cleared and the sun shines, and the people are given a bright future.
It's really satisfying for the people to see all this. You people usually know how to bully us. Now you have tasted the consequences. Many people stopped doing anything and went to the gates of the demoted ministers to watch the joke.
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It doesn't matter whether you yell at someone or throw stones.
But later on, the people discovered that their neighbors were being implicated, including many innocent people, and for a while people were panicked.
Such a big change will always involve some innocent people, which is inevitable, although Zhao Kai has tried his best to avoid it.
Even those officials who were not involved seemed to be living in a nightmare these days. Many officials were afraid that they would be implicated, so they hurriedly submitted their resignations, hoping to retire and return home.
Zhao Kai approves all of them. With your courage, what's the use of keeping you? It's a waste of my salary. It's better to get out as soon as possible.
When everyone thought this matter was over, a new round of turmoil came again. After eradicating the gang members of Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong, and Liang Shicheng, Zhao Kai began to take action against Cai Jing and his party.
In fact, he didn't take any action. After Cai Jing organized his party members to drive away Li Bangyan's party members and others, all members of his party bowed their heads and confessed their crimes, kneeling outside the main hall. They were all very honest.
Of course, this was arranged long ago. Cai Jing also knew that Zhao Kai would definitely not tolerate his gang members and would definitely clear out all the chess pieces he arranged in the court. At the same time, he also knew that if he did not agree, he would probably die even more miserably.
, so when he summoned all his party members to the house, he solemnly told them the current situation. The emperor was going to take action against us. If we chose to surrender, the emperor would be lenient to us. Otherwise, the emperor would be lenient to us.
, can you defeat the imperial army in the capital?
As for official position, wealth, and status, don't count on it. It's important to save your life now. Even if you can't save your own life, you can still save the lives of your family. Even I, Cai Jing, can't protect the Cai family.
After hearing this, his party members also understood that the situation was over, and instead of struggling, it was better to seek a chance of survival. Therefore, when fighting against Li Bangyan and other remaining forces, they all tried their best, hoping that Zhao Kai could see them.
performance, give them a more lenient punishment.
However, on the day the movement ended, Zhu Meng and his son hanged themselves that night.
The father and son had wreaked havoc in Jiangnan, wasted money and harmed the people, and killed many people. Without killing them, they could not quell the anger of the people in Jiangnan.
Cai Jing has a very good relationship with Zhu Meng and his son. He did not lie to Zhu Meng. He told Zhu Meng bluntly that you are bound to die. The emperor must kill you. No one can protect you. If you agree to surrender, the emperor will spare you.
The sins of your family, and if you hang yourself, you can still keep the whole body.
When he said this, Cai Jing burst into tears.
This is the cruelty of political struggle.
At this time, Zhu Meng and his son behaved more like men. At that time, they didn't even complain. They just knelt at Cai Jing's feet, hoping that Cai Jing could take good care of his children. Cai Jing agreed with tears.
After Zhu Meng's death, five of the six notorious thieves of the Song Dynasty in history, Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Meng, and Li Yan, had died, leaving only Cai Jing, an old man who was about to be buried.
As for Cai You, he was originally optimistic and thought that Zhao Kai would spare him once. But when he saw the fate of Zhu Meng and others, he knew that he was doomed, but he was naturally afraid of death, so he ran to beg for help.
Cai Jing, but if Cai Jing could protect him, he would have done so long ago. Cai You lay on Cai Jing's lap and cried loudly before leaving.
On that day, the imperial edict was issued, sending Cai You and his family to Yongzhou.
Later, it was said that when Cai You and his family were crossing the Yangtze River, an accident occurred and the boat was destroyed. No one knew whether it was an accident or man-made.
However, most of the culprits have been brought to justice, but Zhang Bangchang and Nie Hao, who committed the most heinous crimes, have never been mentioned by Zhao Kai, which makes the ministers in the DPRK confused.
A more evil act of revenge is about to take place. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better novels and faster updates!