Chapter 679: The Sword Immortal Who Came to God City
It's dawn, and it always will be dawn. The second day after the banquet is the court meeting. That is, today, the court meeting will be held again.
But last night the city of God experienced the largest purge in history. Can those aristocratic families and officials who really colluded with Fang Wai be purged in one night?
After all, this is a very troublesome matter no matter how you look at it. But the normal convening of the court meeting is not releasing a message, that is, the purge last night was not a spur of the moment, but was well prepared.
A lot of things happened last night. The identity of the Chen Dynasty was revealed, the deposed emperor returned, and the ministers forced the palace. Everything seemed very sudden, especially the last two things. No one would have thought of it beforehand, but His Majesty the Emperor's response speed was really real.
It's too fast and a bit incomprehensible.
"I heard that at the Penal Department Yamen, two-thirds of the officials were arrested last night. Now the Penal Department is empty."
"No, half of the officials in the Ministry of Revenue have also suffered. I heard that Zuowei's gang ransacked their homes and confiscated hundreds of thousands of money, all of which were intended to be shipped outside the country."
"What does this mean? I heard that the Yang family was the first to have their home searched last night, and a lot of things related to the deposed emperor were found. The Yang family has been keeping quiet these years, so it turned out that they had been preparing for this day for a long time."
"Looking at the battle last night, I'm afraid that Your Majesty has already known about these people's wild ambitions, but he has been holding back and waiting for this opportunity to let them jump out and catch them all in one fell swoop."
"Your Majesty has been on the throne for so many years. Outsiders think that Your Majesty is just a strong martial artist. Who would have guessed that His Majesty's strategies are as good as anyone else's."
"That's all right. There are too many ghosts in the Liang Dynasty. It's better to clean up..." The officials who entered the imperial city to attend the court meeting were chatting with each other. However, the number of officials attending the court meeting at this time on weekdays was significantly reduced today.
One-third.
Looking at the slightly empty imperial city, the officials looked at each other and sighed at each other. They all attended the banquet last night.
After the banquet ended, Eunuch Li's words still rang in my ears.
"I hope I can see you all again at the meeting tomorrow." I couldn't think of this. When I thought about it, even the officials who had done nothing felt cold all over.
The weight of this sentence was too heavy. As the bell rang, officials filed in and came to the meeting hall. However, in the past, the hall was almost full of courtiers, but now there were many empty seats.
However, the officials still discovered that the Prime Minister still appeared in the court. After the court ended last night, many people were wondering whether the Prime Minister was also on the list of purges. When everyone went to court today,
I didn't see him in the imperial city, so I thought that the Prime Minister had been purged, but who would have thought that the Prime Minister was still standing upright in the court.
It seems that the first civil servant in the dynasty not only did not collude with Fang Wai, but also had no connection with the deposed emperor.
This was a surprise to many people. Because the officials in the main hall were still thinking about last night's story, they seemed very quiet for a while. None of the things they usually whispered about happened today.
Until Li Heng came out holding the imperial edict and began to read the contents above.
"Zhang Jun, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, Liu Ce, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate...Dali Temple..." This imperial edict was unexpectedly simple, without any foreshadowing. It started with a list of names. These were all those who were found to have colluded last night.
Some of the deposed emperors or officials from outside the country became officials after His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, some became officials when the deposed emperor was still in power, and there are even more veterans from the time of Emperor Lingzong.
Old ghosts and new ghosts, they are all ghosts anyway. The list was so long that everyone listened to it for half an hour and it was not over yet.
However, no one was in a hurry. Everyone knew that today's court meeting would only involve this one thing.
After the names on the imperial edict were read out, the charges were announced, and then a group of officials were promoted naturally. After all, a dynasty as big as the Liang Dynasty needed people in all aspects. If a certain yamen lacked officials to operate, it would inevitably cause problems.
A series of reactions.
A court meeting lasted two hours longer than usual. By the time it was over, many people felt sore in their backs, but they still did not dare to complain at all.
Everyone will never forget what happened last night. When the court was dismissed, some officials congratulated each other. Many officials had wasted many years in their original positions. After this purge, many seats were vacated. Naturally, they
It was only logical to take a step forward.
But most of them are those officials who are not even qualified to attend court meetings on weekdays. At the next court meeting, they will be able to stand in the same hall as them.
The courtiers were very touched, but could not change anything. The courtiers dispersed, and only people outside the imperial city came slowly.
The young man in black shirt waited in front of the palace gate for a long time, and finally got the news that he could enter the palace. Chen Chao looked at Li Heng standing in front of the palace gate, thought for a while, and took off the clouds from his waist.
, and handed it over to the guard on the side.
Li Heng glanced at Chen Chao, smiled, and said nothing. Chen Chao soon followed Li Heng to Bailu Garden, and then left alone.
Emperor Daliang was still standing under the pavilion, waiting for him quietly. When Chen Chao arrived, Emperor Daliang turned around and looked at him, with no reproachful look on his face and no anger in his eyes.
Chen Chao said seriously: "I'm sorry." When he walked out of the second prince's residence last night, he also said he was sorry. That apology was to the late Empress and Her Royal Highness the Princess.
They all regarded Chen Chao as their junior and took good care of him, but Chen Chao still killed their son and younger brother.
So I'm sorry. But they couldn't hear it. The Emperor Liang in front of them was his uncle and was very kind to him, so he came to say sorry to him.
Although Chen Chao had realized what Emperor Liang meant last night, he still had a choice. He could not kill anyone.
But he still killed him. So I'm sorry. Emperor Liang looked at him,
"If you were killed by my second son, I wouldn't be able to find anyone to say I'm sorry." Chen Chao was silent.
"He will have to pay the price for the things he caused. I didn't help you, nor did I punish him. The final result is up to you to work hard. It is true that I am his father, but I am also your uncle.
If we don't help each other, that's all I can do." Emperor Liang shook his head.
"This is a difficult thing at both ends. It's my first time to do it. It's inevitable that I won't do it well. If you want to blame me, blame me." Chen Chao asked, "How does Your Majesty plan to inform the world?" The second prince died. Why did he die?
This is something that the world needs to know after all.
"I will declare to the world that he colluded with Fang Wai and was sentenced to death by me." Emperor Daliang looked at Chen Chao and said calmly: "This will shock the world." Chen Chao frowned and asked in confusion: "Aren't you worried about the future?
My reputation in the history books?" His son colluded with Fangwai and was sentenced to death. Although the reason was legitimate, there are not many emperors who killed their sons in the history books.
"How much better can my reputation be?" Emperor Liang shook his head and said, "That's not enough."
"Finish what you have to do while you are alive. I don't care about what happens after death." Emperor Liang walked out of the pavilion, patted Chen Chao on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to chop him to death last night.
Not only me, but no one can think of it." Chen Chao said: "When I was very young, he wanted to kill me. I am a concubine and I can't argue with him no matter what. I don't know why he would do this."
"There have been similar stories in history books, so it's not strange." Emperor Liang said, "But can you remember the stories that happened when you were so young?" Chen Chao thought about it and said, "I couldn't remember it at first, but later
I went to a place and saw a coffin..." Before Chen Chao finished speaking, Emperor Liang shook his head and signaled that he didn't need to say any more.
"Everyone should have some secrets of their own, and you don't have to tell everyone else."
"I got a piece of paper and wanted to ask my uncle to help me read it." For some reason, Chen Chao mentioned that matter.
Emperor Daliang looked at Chen Chao. Chen Chao took out the page. Emperor Daliang said: "It seems that this page is very important to you."
"Many times, I would have died without it." Chen Chao said seriously. Emperor Liang said: "It is as important as your sword, so don't let it leave you." As he spoke, Emperor Liang waved his hand.
Came here holding Yunni.
After Emperor Liang took it, he personally hung it on Chen Chao's waist, and then said with satisfaction: "I said, you can carry your sword anywhere in the world, and it will always be like this." Chen Chao took it.
He was silent for a long time while reading the page and looking at the knife at his waist.
Emperor Liang looked at him with some affection.
"I want you to be the guardian envoy, do it now." Just when Chen Chao was lost in thought, the voice of Emperor Liang disrupted his thoughts.