He naturally knew the meaning of meaning, and he also knew the meaning of use, but he couldn't figure out what happened at the court meeting. Why did he bring it out for the ministers to argue about something that his father had already decided, just for fun?
?
Impossible, his father is not that boring. After thinking about it again and again, he finally couldn't answer this question with his current experience and experience, so he could only say helplessly: "Father, my son is too stupid to figure it out, why don't you ask me?
The emperor made it clear."
Li Zhiyun did not let him think for himself this time, but asked instead: "Zhao'er, think about it, if I didn't take this matter out and hand it over to the officials for discussion at the court meeting, but made a decision directly,
How do you think the officials will react?"
What was the reaction?
Li Chengzhao thought for a while and said: "In this case, the officials may think that the father is arbitrary and cannot accept the opinions of the officials."
"Not bad." Li Zhiyun asked again: "What about now?"
"Now?"
Li Chengzhao was stunned at first, then seemed to understand something, and said thoughtfully: "Although the father has already made a decision, allowing hundreds of officials to discuss this time at the court meeting will make the officials think that the father respects their wishes and makes a decision.
The decision was influenced by them."
Li Zhiyun smiled slightly and patted his shoulder gently, "Go back and have a good rest. When the criminals are beheaded in a few days, you can also go and have a look."
After saying that, Li Zhiyun started to leave, and Li Chengzhao naturally sent his father off respectfully.
"I see."
He understood a little bit. In fact, the discussions at the court meeting were not important at all. What was important was that his father needed to go through this process and make a statement to show respect for the officials. Similarly, this was also to make the officials think that his father
The emperor is not an arbitrary person.
Even if smart people know clearly that this is a formality, they still have to cooperate because it is something they can't refuse. If they don't cooperate with the emperor, who knows whether the emperor will be angry next time and completely abandon the discussion of important matters in the court.
of rules.
The meaning is not important, what is important is whether it is useful. Even if the use is not very big, it still has to be done. This is very important. Thinking of this, he thought of some things he had seen in the history of the Han Dynasty. The reason why the Han Dynasty was so popular among the people, would it be
Could it be related to this aspect?
Thinking of this, he returned to the East Palace non-stop and began to read history again. His father once told him that reality has no history, and everything he is experiencing now is history. In the past, he did not quite understand the meaning of this sentence, but now he seems to have some understanding.
A few days later, the punishment of the criminals in the southern case was announced to the government and the public. There were more than 70 officials from more than 30 states and counties involved in the case. There were 26 wealthy families involved in the case, including even the Xiao family, Lu family and other wealthy families. The people involved in the case
There were more than 1,600 water bandits and mountain bandits in total. In Chang'an, there were more than 20 officials involved.
Among them, local officials involved in the case were convicted depending on the circumstances, and those who were guilty of corruption were beheaded. Their family members were all implicated, their female relatives were exiled to the Jiaofang Department, and those who were petty corrupt were exiled. The wealthy families involved in the case adopted the attitude of implicating "branch branches". That is,
, the branch of his family involved in the case were all beheaded, and the three branches that were closely related to him were exiled to Chongbian. As for the water thieves and mountain bandits, it goes without saying that they were all beheaded.
The officials involved in the case in Chang'an were all exiled without negotiation. The location of this exile was also announced incidentally. One was the former homeland of the Turks, which was later the governor's office of several grasslands. The other was Liaodong Road, which was the original
Goguryeo and other places.
There are also a very small number of people who have committed extremely serious crimes but cannot be killed directly and are exiled to desert islands. This type of people are either the heads of large southern families or the famous southern 'celebrities' with high reputations.
In summary, more than 3,600 people were beheaded and more than 40,000 people were exiled.
An absolutely major case, a major case that shocked the whole world.
Prince Li Chengzhao watched the beheadings for three days, but he still hadn't finished it. After watching the end, he went to his father and said that he had been so sick these days that he couldn't eat. Could he stop watching it? Then the emperor was cruel
He scolded him severely, gave him two days off, gave him a little break, and made him have to continue watching the beheading on the last day.
Li Chengzhao had no choice but to smile bitterly and agree. He could probably guess that his father was trying to temper his character, but after seeing so many beheadings, it was really disgusting.
After the saint's sword, the southern family was completely withered, and they directly sought out various connections to confess to the emperor. However, now that the government and the public are working hard, who has time to deal with them? The political affairs hall is busy looking for replacement officials to send them away.
Go to the south to take up a post. Not to mention the Sixth Department, they have been discussing filling officials all day long.
Among them, Zhao Cijing, the Minister of Rites, was busy vomiting blood during this period, because too many prisoners' family members were confiscated into the Jiaofang Department, and he was too busy to accept them. How could he have time to act as a middleman for the southerners? In addition,
Jiu Temple was also in a state of distress. They pulled out carrots and brought out the mud. Many prisoners knew that they were facing a dead end and frantically dragged people into the water. Many officials of Jiu Temple suffered disaster.
Generally speaking, there is no problem in the operation of various departments, but it will only bring a relatively large workload to those who have not committed any crimes in a short period of time.
As for the Guanlong people and the Shandong gentry?
Sorry, they are busy dividing the cake.
What must be known is that the emperor eats the majority of this piece of cake, and they can fight for the rest. This is necessary and necessary. No one dares to eat before the emperor puts down his chopsticks. This is the self-awareness they must have.
If it were still the early years of Wude, the emperor's imperial papers would have been filled with memorials on the selection of officials.
But it's completely different now. The emperor now speaks the truth, and no one dares to challenge the emperor's authority by seeking death. Especially in recent years, the emperor has arrested tens of thousands of people whenever he takes action. No one can be afraid of letting anyone go.
Yu Zhining, Wang Gui and others were commended by the emperor for their outstanding performance in investigating the case, and they were sent to Dazhou to serve as governors. Wang Gui and others happily accepted this reward. Because there is no future for staying in Chang'an, only through experience
Only in this place can we seize upward opportunities in the future.
"Spare my life!"
West City Beheading Platform.
The huge crowds of melon-eating people surrounded the West Market. The ones who were beheaded today were the descendants of the main branch of the Gu family. They were so scared that they pissed and pissed when they looked at the gleaming sword. The strong man in charge of the beheading was speechless when he saw this. However,
He was also used to it. Beheadings were not uncommon during this period. How could a group of children from aristocratic families die calmly?
"Hahahaha, he was so scared that he cried."
"Really!"
"Don't make mistakes if you're afraid of yourself."
The people burst into laughter.
To be honest, the common people love to see those once noble guys beheaded, which makes them sincerely believe that the laws of the empire do not allow any criminal to escape.
"Execution!" Prince Chengzhao looked at the executioner waving his hand, and watched helplessly as the executioner continued to send the criminals to death.
During this time, he was really numb.
Click!
Heads fell to the ground, bodies fell to the ground.
The process is just like this, but the scene is not very pretty.
Li Chengzhao crossed his arms and watched this scene calmly, but in his heart he began to think about what his father would do next after this incident was over. To be honest, this sudden investigation into the south was beyond everyone's expectations.
Because the south had not always been quiet before, but the emperor chose to turn a blind eye.
More importantly, the opportunity to take action this time was just because a little problem was discovered. It is like a person who originally walked on a straight road, but at a certain period of time, without warning, suddenly turned around and took a small path to go around in a circle.