667. February 28, six years, sunny
The second year of Shunde, at the beginning of the year.
The palace will not hold morning court for seven days, not for others, just for a shocking case.
Before the storm in Song Beiyun ended, major cases of forced rebellion came one after another. Seven senior generals in the city defense army participated in the rebellion, as many as five ministers in the cabinet, and lower-level officials and generals affected more than a hundred people.
For a moment, there was a panic in Jinling City, and there were soldiers in the grass and trees. The city defense was stricter than ever before, and the entry and exit of personnel was strictly restricted.
"It is called Qingjun, but it is actually a rebellion!"
Zhao Xing was furious in the hall, his voice was loud and hoarse. He pointed his finger at His Highness’s ministers: "All of them are bastards. Those who I regard as loyal ministers on weekdays, but today they are determined to force me to abdicate! Absurd! Absurd!!!"
The people below dared not speak. Although many people were surprised, why did the Imperial City Department not move in the past, but now they arrested people accurately, and those people even confessed honestly.
Moreover, because of the huge trouble, even the public trial process that was announced had to be postponed later.
Many people were arrested, and the prisons of the Imperial City Department, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple were full of people. These people were either arrested directly or were confessed by the previously arrested persons and then arrested. After they were arrested, they naturally confessed more people.
The ministers were panicked. Since ancient times, they would rather kill the wrong ones than let go. If those people say some names randomly, they will eventually be killed. It would be fine if they can prove their innocence. If they cannot prove their innocence, they will have to be buried with them.
"I did not do well, just say it, why is this? Why is this?" Zhao Xing scolded him angrily and beat his chest: "I feel heartbroken that the talents I have worked hard to train for the court were killed like this!"
"Official family, please calm down." Lao Ding lowered his head and walked forward: "According to the results of the three joint trials, most of these people are gang members of the southern gentry."
"What are the North and South? It's now, what are the North and South?" Zhao Xing held the Long Case with one hand and turned around and shouted: "Do you think it's not messy enough? Do you really want me to tell me? Longxi Pei family, Li family, Yu family, Shanxi Huang family, and Zhou family, are these all the south? Is it because they divided the North and South families and are the southern gentry?"
Zhao Xing raised the pen holder in his hand and fell to the ground. He turned around and blushed and shouted loudly: "There is no good thing! Just because I want to reform, will they treat me like this?"
The ministers below still dared not speak. In fact, they are all human spirits, so why did they kill Song Beiyun? To put it bluntly, no one wants to be the name of regicide, and want to wake Zhao Xing up by killing Song Beiyun.
But who knew that Song Beiyun... was really a monster. Even those who were not involved in this matter looked back and felt that Song Beiyun took every step appropriately.
Before he arrived, the Chang'an army arrived and caught everyone off guard. First, outside the Chang'an army's Chenbing City, the Duke of Dingguo decided to gather the military power, and then divided the troops without saying a word, easily resolving the most core and dangerous parts.
This second move was to trigger a shock in public opinion in Jinling. He held thousands of students to come and force the palace together, and took the path of the gentry group but left the opponent with no way out, which completely disrupted the pace of the gentry group.
While doing these things, the Imperial City Department also sent all his might to arrest a large number of core figures. Song Beiyun knew such a secret matter clearly. What does this mean? This shows that he was stuck in the gentry in various places, and every move was within the scope of surveillance! Moreover, these eyeliners have a great status among those gentry. In this way, when the news spreads, the first thing the gentry does is to check themselves, which greatly delays their reaction speed and can make them internalize to a certain extent.
As for the third move, Song Beiyun is still exquisite, that is, let the Liao Kingdom station troops on the border, suppress the domestic forces with external pressure, and not act rashly. A large number of border troops gathered on the border, greatly reducing the possibility of mutiny and saving his life.
This is not a monster. What is this? Now it seems that his touching speech was just a trick, and everything was to cover up his private actions. If he was not mistaken, he would lead some of the gentry groups to surrender and surrender in the next step.
It's wonderful! It's really exquisite! After playing the chess step by step, it's amazing everywhere. How could a person in his twenties do this? There are many old foxes in his fifties and sixties in the court, but there are very few people who can do this, or there are no ones at all.
This really played the technique of "Hongling and Lianheng" to the extreme. The smart people in the world seemed to have become stupid people in front of him, playing with the world in their palms.
And the last person who was so evil was Zhuge Wolong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Oh... By the way, Zhuge Wolong also came from this writing of Song Beiyun.
Now that power has been rapidly gathered in the hands of the reformists headed by the emperor, the conservatives have no one to join forces. Because the conservatives are rebelling, isn’t it equivalent to the four big words “rebellious traitors” written on their chests? Who can take the blame?
"What I want is a kingly paradise, and a long-term peace and stability. But what about them? Since that's the case..." Zhao Xing said, and sat dejectedly on the dragon throne: "Then don't blame me."
At the same time, although Song Beiyun could not show his true face within the Imperial City Department, it did not prevent him from working here.
Bai Nianan reported to him, and the list alone had more than ten pages, which were thousands of people. If nine clans were added, there would probably be tens of thousands of people.
"It's no need to even sit down." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "I'll remember this one. You represent the Tian family. Any resistance is a rebellion. At that time, I will give you an army. You just need to confiscate your property and arrest the head. Those native chickens and tiles will not be able to do anything. When you arrest it, you will commit a crime of indiscriminate killing."
"clear."
Bai Nian'an's breathing became rapid. When did he perform such an important task? Even if he had led Bai Lian to rebel, there were only a few hundred people. Now his hands will be expanded to 30,000 people at once. Moreover, when he went out, he would definitely be in a panic wherever he went. Song Beiyun's words "The Dog" gave him great power without caring about it. At that time, whether it would be "The Dog" would be his words. Those who had some connections but were not very important naturally knew what to do, so he would be rich and powerful when he came back this time.
Even if most of it was sent out, he could still squander the rest for dozens of lives. He knew clearly that this was the bonus given to him by Song Beiyun, the bonus of participating in this gamble, and it could be regarded as the money he earned with his life.
Of course, those who participated in the gamble this time are rewarded, because now, if they win at this stage, they should have dividends. People like Bai Nianan are only worthy of getting money because they can't reach the political dividend. And those reformist ministers will probably get more than just money after this time.
But it is actually hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Just like Song Beiyun can kill the gentry, Song Beiyun, as the representative of imperial power, will never allow any person or group to have more power than the central royal court.
Bai Nian'an felt a little worried, but generally speaking, getting more than giving, which is worth it to him.
Looking at Song Beiyun sitting there frowning and looking at the materials, Bai Nianan realized for the first time how terrible this person who claimed to be the Ye Emperor was, and even the emperor was obeying his arrangements...
A person who can make the emperor obey the arrangements and believe in them deeply must not question his ability. Just listen to his words and execute them, and then stop when they are ready. A lifetime of wealth is within reach.
"Is there any other problem?"
"No more." Bai Nian'an shook his head and said, "Mr. Song, thank you for your hard work this time."
"Thank you, who doesn't work hard?" Song Beiyun murmured in a low voice: "But there is nothing we can do. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you lose, you will run away."
After muttering, he suddenly raised his head: "It has not been completely successful yet, and there will be several repetitions in the future. So you must be prepared for a long time. The 30,000 people will be transferred from the imperial guards in a few days. You are no longer a member of the Imperial City Department. A new department will be established at that time. Your responsibility in the future is to control domestic rebellions and riots. The ugly thing is ahead. If a rebellion mutiny occurs somewhere and you do not get first-hand information and cannot prevent problems before it happens, then I will ask you. This is a work with a head in your crotch. Can you do it? You can do it earlier. I can change people, don't tell me again at that time."
"Yes!" Bai Nian'an pointed: "I will definitely not be disgraceful!"
"Let's start." Song Beiyun raised his hand: "The public trial is about to be held, prepare for it. Invite people from all over the city to see the beheading."
Beheading has been an interesting thing since ancient times, and the people are most popular. They do not care about good or bad, but they just find it exciting and novel, not to mention that these thieves are being cut off.
Moreover, these rebels are the arrogant and powerful people on weekdays. In the past, they always call out loud and the elders and the elders, and they ignore them. If they are in a bad mood, they get off the sedan chair and get beaten up and don’t even have a place to complain.
But during the public trial today, the "masters" were kneeling, with a wooden sign on the back of their necks, with XXX the conspirator on them written on them, and the officials above were reading their crimes.
What a happy thing this is. When the people heard their crimes, they wanted to eat their flesh alive. After hearing the execution, no matter how those people wailed or cried, they were drowned in the cheers of the vast people.
The people in the city were like carnival. They beat drums and drums to send off these plague gods. None of them missed and felt sad, but only joy and encouragement.
Hundreds of death row prisoners lined up in that line, and Song Beiyun's evil tastes were also activated at this moment. He asked the people to choose the way of death of these people, and there was no problem whether to shoot or behead the head.
"That, do you see that? That, that's my boss. This thing is not human anymore. It's bullying men and women. It looks like a scholar. I have done a lot of things to do." A man dressed up as a servant said to the side in the crowd: "A few years ago, there was a Xiaofang in the house who was ruined by this beast and was pregnant. Later, the beast's wife suffocated Xiaofang to death in a bucket. Later, she went to the government to say that she had died of dying from childbirth. These people deserve to die!"
"Stop talking nonsense, put on handprints, shoot or behead the head."
The servant stretched his head and took a look: "It must be a gun, it's not that I've never seen a beheading."
"Jingbiao, when did you see it?"
"Stop worrying, I'm going to see the gun!"
Fifty handprints were quickly covered, and the first prisoner was shot. When the soldier dragged the man aside and picked the board, the once arrogant "master" had already urinated all over the floor and emitted a stinking smell.
The bullet was loaded behind his head, and then a sound broke out, and his head exploded like a watermelon that fell to the ground.
When the people who were still happy at first saw it, they vomited and made a series of sounds of laughter, which was very lively.
"good!"
Suddenly, some people in the crowd called out, and then everyone called out. Even those who vomited came to their senses, they called out, and everyone was happy, as if they were not watching the execution but watching the New Year's pig killing.
Some scholars criticized this behavior as being too cruel and did not conform to the name of benevolence and righteousness of the Song Dynasty, but soon he would be criticized in the newspaper to be useless. Benevolence and righteousness of the Song Dynasty, but these people are not benevolent and righteous, and they should not let rules control the good people.
More than a hundred people, from public trial to execution, from dawn to darkness, the idle people in the city were full of pleasure, but now no one dared to speak for these people, because everyone knew that they had lost and lost tragically.
Throughout history, only success, kings and defeats have remained unchanged forever. If they win, there will be a group of people here, and those groups are the group of people who plead for the people.
The people may not be smart, but they have a measure in their hearts. As Song Beiyun said, even a dog knows who treats it well, let alone a human being.
Zhao Xing was a wise ruler, and Song Beiyun was a wise minister. Although this wise minister had a bad reputation, now he thought that he was just a little lustful and greedy for money, but what he did was for the country and the people.
"Song Beiyun is a good person." Some scholar who was born in a concubine, held the big tree next to him and looked at the court and said to his companions: "It's a pity that he can only be in prison now."
"If you say he is a capable person, I agree. I'm afraid that a good person can't be said, right?"
"Isn't it a little lustful? You saw his kindness that day. If you were a woman, wouldn't you be a yearning for it?"
"Hey, let alone women, even men, I yearn for it."
The scholar looked back silently at his companion: "There is something wrong with you..."
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Today I will add another chapter because the editor said that those who have had bad views kept reporting me. Yesterday, there was a chapter that had sensitive words that were blocked by the system. I will modify it and try to release it tomorrow.
Chapter completed!