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Chapter 11 The People's Support (Part 2)

In Chongzheng Hall, Li Jun sat on the imperial throne and scolded the ministers: "Wen Tianxiang often said, 'Those who enjoy the joy of others are worried about others' worries; those who eat people's food are the things that kill people', can be aphorism for loyal ministers. Jia Sidao is powerful and arrogant and domineering. How many have you ever submitted a memorial and participated in him? How many have you been in love with him and colluded with him? You know in your heart." The booklet recording the collusion between the ministers and gentry and Jia Sidao was swaying: "Who gave Jia Sidao much bribes and who he gave him so much benefits, it is clearly written on it. Two hundred ministers, aides, officials and him are the same party, shocking numbers."

Many ministers' faces changed color and they were almost collapsed on the ground. Li Jun seemed not to see it, and then said: "If the court does not listen, it is an indulgence towards you. Where is the majesty of the court? He Qing."

An official wearing a purple robe and a golden belt hanging on his waist suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I'm not observing for a while, and I'm caught Jia Sidao's trick. Please observe clearly." He used too much force, and blood oozed out of his forehead and dripped on the ground with sweat beads.

"You were plotting against Jia Sidao? You are willing to give your daughter to Jia Sidao as a concubine. If your daughter doesn't obey, is there any such thing?" Li Jun asked sternly. Such a father is worse than a beast. Li Jun is an upright person. He was extremely angry and shouted like thunder and was extraordinary. Not only was He Qing so scared that he was at a loss, but even the ministers were intimidated by their power and did not dare to show off.

"Yes." He Qing fainted after saying a word mechanically.

"Come on, take it out and send it to the Ministry of Justice. Do whatever you need. Kill it if you need to kill it and never slouch." Li Jun shouted loudly, and the two guards in front of the hall took He Qing away.

"Chu Fang, Lan Yu, Bai Hong, all of them were taken down." Li Jun ordered repeatedly, and glanced at the ministers majestic.

He knelt down with more than a hundred people and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I..." Li Jun waved his hand to interrupt: "Get up, get up. This is not a book of accounts, but a record of crimes. Jia Sidao recorded the crimes of you ministers, which was like grabbing your handle and threatening you to do things for him. He was so vicious and made fire."

The ministers didn't know the meaning of Li Jun's words and looked at him with fear. Especially those recorded ministers were even more frightened, and they felt that time and space had stopped working, and they were so depressed that they pressed on their shoulders like Mount Tai.

A eunuch brought a pot of burning charcoal fire. Li Jun threw the booklet into the fire and immediately turned into ashes. Li Jun looked at the ministers for a long time and did not speak. After a while, he said: "The ones who were punished just now were all extremely guilty. Many of you are involved in this case. Thinking that your crimes are not serious, some of them were forced by Jia Sidao. It is understandable that I will not ask any more questions. Let's stop here. The court is lenient. If you have any mistakes or guilt, the court will tolerate it. However, if anyone commits it again in the future, don't blame the court for being ruthless and will be punished."

"Long live the emperor! Long live! Long live!" The ministers shouted long live, all of whom were sincere. Especially the ministers who gave the pardon were even more grateful.

There is a saying that the law does not rule the masses, so many court officials are involved in this case. If all the law is corrected, it will be pleasant, but not rational enough. The lieutenant generals are empty, let alone those who are implicated, and there will be more unlucky people. After several considerations, Li Jun decided to attack several ministers who were particularly serious and unforgivable. They can eliminate the backbone of the Jia Party, or kill chickens to show the monkeys, and receive the effect of warning. (People who are familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" know that Cao Cao had done this, but in fact this was not Cao Cao's invention. The first person who did this was Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.)

Looking at the ministers' fearful look, the purpose should be achieved. Li Jun was still satisfied with his performance, and then sighed secretly. Jia Sidao's power is really great, and there is still a level to deal with.

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"Your Majesty, tell me, what are you like? Are you just cheating on the old woman like this?" Xie Daoqing kept knocking the crutch on the ground, and counting in panting: "As soon as the old woman left, you issued an order to kill Jia Sidao at Caishikou. Your wings are hard, and you don't listen to the old woman?"

Li Jun had long thought about how to deal with Jia Sidao. The reason why he didn't say anything was that he had expected Xie Daoqing to plead for Jia Sidao, so he cheated Xie Daoqing away on the grounds that there might be mistakes in the crime. Xie Daoqing never expected that this nephew who was obedient to him would do this trick, so he would look for the mistakes in peace. As soon as she left, Li Jun issued an order to kill Jia Sidao.

After Xie Daoqing found out, he was so angry that Li Jun was rejected several times of greetings. Li Jun knew Xie Daoqing's personality, he was unintentional and changed. He could not stick to anything to the end. He would be relieved after a few times, so he insisted on greetings. After seven times, Xie Daoqing finally softened and accepted Li Jun's greetings.

Xie Daoqing's reaction was expected, and Li Jun was not surprised at all. He said respectfully: "Shouhe Shengfu, Jia Sidao's crimes are extremely evil. If you don't kill, the court's law will no longer exist; if you don't kill, it will not be enough to warn the ministers; if you don't kill, it will not be enough to calm the public's anger. Jia Sidao embezzled, accepted bribes, *, fish, meat, and exploited people in every way. The wealth accumulated was as much as 5.3 million taels of silver. The court's annual tax was only more than 3 million taels, and his family was almost two treasurys. His crimes were as proof as mountains, so I had to kill them."

"There are so many?" Xie Daoqing couldn't believe it. Not to mention Xie Daoqing couldn't believe it, even Li Jun, a history professor who is familiar with Jia Sidao's crimes, was shocked when he saw this number for the first time.

"It's true. All the property is confiscated and stored in the treasury." Li Jun helped Xie Daoqing and sat on the chair, saying, "I asked someone to send the accounts, and Shou and Shengfu can be reviewed."

Xie Daoqing refused to comment and said, "Well. His family, what are you going to do with it?"

Li Jun had already thought about this matter and said, "Apart from the extremely evil, no matter what, they are not allowed to be asked. The elderly, children, and women each give 10,000 yuan of living expenses, and they can go wherever they like."

Whenever Li Jun read Jia Sidao's biography, he really wanted to confiscate his home and destroy his door. When he had this opportunity, Li Jun, a righteous man, felt that his angry words and deeds were not the same as making decisions. He could not put himself in his heart to destroy Jia Sidao's entire family's imperial edict. On the contrary, he had to give them a way out and leave a living expense.

Xie Daoqing felt that she was still calling her, and her face looked much better, and said, "I'm still happy if you do this. You go down. Hey, what's the sound?"

When Li Jun heard this, he heard the sound of a mountain calling out to the mountain outside the palace. Li Jun had heard too much and would not care about it at all. However, the sound was particularly loud and deafening. It was definitely not something that hundreds or thousands of people could yell, at least several thousand people. There were so many people yelling outside the palace. Has something happened? This was the first question that Li Jun and Xie Daoqing thought of.

Zhao Qian walked in big stairs and said, "I will pay homage to the longevity and the holy blessings. The emperor, the people, said that they should meet the holy."

"What are the saints doing? Are they going to rebel? Hurry up, mobilize the guards and guard everywhere." Xie Daoqing's face changed color in horror.

"You are too timid. Didn't you see any joy on Zhao Qian's face?" Li Jun was so rude in his heart, Xie Daoqing, and asked, "Why are the people knocking on the palace? Is there any injustice?"

Zhao Qian said calmly: "I heard from the emperor that there was no injustice or malice among the people who gathered outside the palace. They were here to thank Tian Xiang for his great grace and kill Jia Sidao."

In history, Jia Sidao was killed by a righteous man during his exile, not by the emperor's order to behead him at Caishikou. Li Jun just killed Jia Sidao out of righteous indignation. Unexpectedly, the people were so grateful that they came to thank him. After thinking about it, he said, "The people hate Jia Sidao like this?"

Zhao Qian said indignantly: "Jia Sidao's crimes are extremely evil, and the heavens and men are angry. When the people heard that they were going to kill Jia Sidao, they surrounded the Caishikou early. In order to ensure safety, the Prime Minister mobilized 5,000 imperial guards and mobilized 5,000 imperial guards to prevent the people from robbing Jia Sidao's body."

"Oh, what are you doing to rob Jia Sidao's body?" Xie Daoqing asked curiously.

Zhao Qian shook his head and said, "Jia Sidao's public anger is too great. The people are trying to eat his meat. Everyone is fighting for food, and Jia Sidao's body is gone. In order to compete for Jia Sidao's flesh, it has hurt many people. How to deal with these people's prime ministers are worried." Jia Sidao was killed and the people are so happy that Zhao Qian couldn't help but report beyond his authority.

Xie Daoqing's face became less beautiful again, Li Jun was still calm and said with a smile: "What else is there to worry about? Just give me some pensions. Don't say that this is not in compliance with the rules, this is benevolent."

Zhao Qian fell to the ground and said, "The emperor is kind!"

Li Jun helped Zhao Qian up and helped Xie Daoqing and said, "Shou and Shengfu, let's go and see." Xie Daoqing really didn't know what it felt, and he didn't say anything and followed Li Jun.

Li Jun and Xie Daoqing appeared on the city wall. Looking around, there was a large area of ​​darkness. I don’t know how many people were. When the people saw Li Jun appear, they immediately knelt on the ground and cheered in unison: “Long live the emperor! Long live! Long live! Long live!” The gratitude comes from sincerity.
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