Jia Ke saw that Li Deshan was back, and while correcting the memorial, he asked: "The emperor is back."
"Returning to the master, the emperor has been arranged by his servants in a small hall in the harem."
"You need to send more people to guard him. He must not be allowed to have any communication with outsiders."
Jia Ke felt that this time King Zhongshun was able to summon so many princes and nobles. The emperor must have given the order or had some hint. Otherwise, how could these people obey King Zhongshun's order?
After hearing this, Li Deshan nodded repeatedly, "Master, I have ordered my confidant eunuchs to guard the place. Not even a fly can fly in."
After listening, Jia Ke nodded and stopped talking.
Li Deshan waited for a while to see Jia Ke without any other explanation. Then he looked at his face gently and saw that there was nothing unhappy. Then he came to Jia Ke again and said: "Master, my servant's
The men discovered a secret passage in Ningshou Palace leading outside the palace."
When Jia Ke heard this, he immediately stopped the pen in his hand.
"What's going on? Tell me carefully."
"When the servant's men were searching Ningshou Palace, they found a partition wall in the original palace of the Supreme Emperor, and then found a secret passage leading to the outside of the palace behind the partition wall. The servant has sent people to follow the secret passage.
Chase him."
Jia Ke was silent for a while after hearing this, "You can keep the gold medal for now. If necessary, mobilize the nearby garrison. You must get them back to me no matter what."
When Jia Ke said this, his hands were already clenched tightly. If Jia Yuanchun doesn't know practical things, then he can only be sorry.
Li Deshan accepted Jia Ke's instructions and agreed repeatedly.
"Master, the emperor's children are young and did not participate in the rebellion. They are still in the palace. I don't know how to deal with these people."
Speaking of the emperor, in addition to the little prince born to Jia Yuanchun, he also has several children. Among them, the eldest prince born to the late empress is the most valued by the emperor.
Jia Ke is now thinking in his mind that these children cannot be kept, after all, they are all disasters.
"How could these princes not participate in the rebellion? I think King Zhongshun and others must have used them as banners."
Li Deshan understood Jia Ke's meaning as soon as he heard this, "Master is still thoughtful, slave, I will be satisfied if I have a master."
Jia Ke smiled and then ordered: "Although they participated in the rebellion, they are still young, so give them a lighter punishment."
Li Deshan was a little confused when he heard this. What did this master mean? Just now, he wanted to add several princes to the rebel team, and now he wants to give them a lighter sentence.
"You go and prepare three feet of white silk to give these princes some dignity and preserve their bodies. No matter what, they are the emperor's sons."
After hearing this, Li Deshan immediately shuddered. Instead of giving him a light sentence, he wanted to eradicate the root cause.
Although Li Deshan thought so in his heart, he didn't show it at all on his face. Instead, he respectfully replied to Jia Ke: "I will do it now."
Jia Ke nodded and stopped talking.
When Li Deshan came out of the main hall, he felt that his back was soaked with sweat. He took a deep breath at the door of the store and then calmed down.
Then Li Deshan did not dare to neglect, and immediately set off again with his personal eunuch.
At night, Li Deshan returned to Qianqing Palace again, and at this time Jia Ke was in the bedroom of Qianqing Palace, reading leisurely with a book.
Li Deshan carefully came to Jia Ke, and then said softly: "Master, I have already taken care of the matter."
After hearing this, Jia Ke nodded, "There is no need to worry about these princes who participated in the rebellion. You can just send people to bury them in the imperial mausoleum."
After listening to Jia Ke's instructions, Li Deshan immediately agreed with a smile.
The next day, Jia Ke did not go to the Prime Minister's Office, but directly met with the military ministers and generals in Beijing at the Dongnuang Pavilion of Yangxin Hall.
Jia Ke sat on the throne where the emperor usually sat, watching the civil and military officials below salute him, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of self-respect.
After everyone saluted, Sun Yan came out first to report yesterday's events to Jia Ke.
"I would like to report to King Yan that the capital city was basically cleaned up yesterday. All the rebels have been imprisoned in the sky prison, and their family members have also been detained together. I would like to ask King Yan to tell me what to do next."
Jia Ke said with a gloomy face: "You are the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I leave it to you. These rebels must be dealt with severely, and their families must not be spared."
After hearing what Jia Ke meant, Sun Yan knew that he was going to cause a big prison this time, but in Sun Yan's view, this was also something people in power often did.
When Jia Ke first launched a coup, he did not adopt any big purge strategy, but adopted a gentle approach and did not treat these princes, nobles, royal relatives, etc.
Now that they have launched a rebellion, there is nothing left to say.
After Sun Yan retreated, Zhang Chaoxin came out again, raised his hands and said: "I would like to report to King Yan that I will be responsible for repairing Prince Yan's Mansion. However, the original Duke of Yan's Mansion has a small ground, and I am afraid that the scale of Prince Yan's Mansion cannot be guaranteed."
After Jia Ke heard this, he knocked on the imperial desk and said, "Then demolish the Prime Minister's Office next to it, so that the scale can be reached."
Zhang Chaoxin hurriedly replied: "If the Prime Minister's Yamen next to it is demolished, there should be no problem in terms of scale. But my lord, if the Prime Minister's Yamen is demolished, where will we work in the future?"
Jia Ke looked at the people below and saw that they were all stretching their necks, waiting for Jia Ke's words.
"From now on, I will be working in Dongnuang Pavilion, and the original Military Aircraft Department will be reactivated. You military ministers will still work there."
After Sun Yan and other military ministers listened, their faces were full of surprise. Everyone knew what was going to happen next, so they changed the topic and talked about other things.
"How is the public security in the capital now?"
Huang Baifeng, as the oldest among the generals, naturally responded.
"If you return to the commander-in-chief, we will send soldiers to maintain order in the city. We will capture all the Xiaoxiao soldiers and capture all the surrendered rebels and lock them in the camp outside the city, waiting for the Lord's instructions."
"How many of these rebels are there now? How many are new recruits?"
"There are approximately 20,000 rebels, among whom 14,000 to 5,000 are newly recruited men from the capital."
"Since they are newly recruited elite men from the capital, let's lock them up for about 10 days and then release them when they calm down. After all, they are also victims."
After hearing Jia Ke's order, Huang Baifeng quickly knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and cupped his hands and said, "Take orders."
After Huang Baifeng retreated, Zheng Kai stood up again and said: "My lord, these strong men who were forcibly brought here, and their families. Yesterday, there were many people at the gate of the camp where these rebellious people were detained. They kept crying and howling. They didn't know what to do.
Soothe them."
"What's so difficult about this? Go back and post a notice telling these people that their relatives will be released after they settle down in the capital. Let them go home and not cause trouble here. If they still don't listen, they will be charged with treason.
Discuss."
After Zheng Kai heard this, he took Jia Ke's order and stepped aside.
Fan Kang finally stood up and said, "My lord, now that the capital has initially stabilized, it should be announced to the world."
After hearing this, Jia Ke nodded, and then said to Fan Kang: "You are the Minister of Rites, so it is up to you to write this imperial edict. Anyway, all the jade seals are in our hands."
So Fan Kang drafted an edict to the world on the spot in Dongnuan Pavilion.
The typed content is: King Zhongshun and the prince of Nan'an County have an evil plot, intending to rebel and kidnap the emperor. Jia Ke, the Duke of Yan State, rushed thousands of miles to save the emperor from fire and water. Today, the emperor has returned to the palace, but he was frightened and has physical symptoms.
Because he was unable to handle the affairs of the state, he made Jia Ke King of Yan, in charge of all military and state affairs in the world.
Jia Ke was very satisfied after reading it, and there was a reason for this imperial edict. If the emperor suddenly disappeared in the future, it could be said that he was frightened by the rebellion of King Zhongshun and others, so he was in poor health.
After reading this, Jia Ke nodded, and then said to everyone: "There must be no chaos in the capital now. You military ministers must control the situation of the court."
After hearing this, several military ministers hurriedly assured Jia Ke that there would be no chaos in the world.
Jia Ke then said: "Sun Yan, after you go back, you will torture those who participated in the rebellion. I don't believe it. They are the only ones? The ministers in the court did not participate."
Jia Ke was cruel this time. This time he carried out a large-scale purge in the court and wiped out all those who opposed him.
After listening to Jia Ke's instructions, Sun Yan immediately said: "I will obey the prince's instructions."
Sun Yan paused for a moment and then said: "Liu Wan, the Minister of Household Affairs, is involved in the rebellion this time. I don't know how to deal with it."
Jia Ke still feels a little pity for Liu Wan. Although he is a relative of the emperor and has used force against himself several times, he is indeed talented. Since he took charge of the Ministry of Revenue, the world has been very rich in money and food. However, the emperor was greedy in the past few years.
He had millions of taels of silver, and he was able to scrape together money here and there. He was a capable minister, so Jia Ke did not deal with him after he came to power. He just wanted to give him a chance to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.
Unexpectedly, he was also stubborn and would participate in judgment again at this moment.
"There is nothing more to say. Put him in the sky prison, lock up all his family members, and your criminal department will interrogate him carefully."
Sun Yan quickly agreed and then stepped aside.
Next, Jia Ke ordered the generals present to control the troops in the capital without making any mistakes.
Then the several Jiedu envoys and general soldiers who originally reinforced the capital were asked to return to their respective stations. After all, the capital was now overcrowded with nearly 600,000 to 700,000 troops.
After hearing this, all the generals obeyed the order and then retreated.
All the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department also withdrew from Dong Nuan Pavilion and returned to the Military Aircraft Department next to the Yangxin Hall to work.