Chapter 276 Daxuan raises the criminal officer (1)
The next morning, we went to Daxuan Palace and Jinluan Palace.
The weather didn't seem to be great, it was always gloomy and the sun couldn't be seen, making the air humid and cold.
Above the main hall, hundreds of civil and military officials stood under the dragon chair and shouted in unison: "The Holy Queen Mother is on the right path and Heaven is united, and she will enjoy eternal blessings!"
Xu Zun was also among them. Since there were arrangements for him today, Cai Kun deliberately asked him to stand in the front position.
Although Empress Dowager Lin was wearing an imperial robe with auspicious dragons and phoenixes, she did not sit on the dragon chair. Instead, she filled a phoenix chair next to the dragon chair.
However, those who are careful can see that the hanging lanterns worn on the Queen Mother's head are twelve lanterns.
The so-called twelve crowns are twelve strings of pearl hanging curtains, which just cover the emperor's face.
Different from the film and television dramas Xu Zun has watched, in order to highlight the characters, half-beaded curtains are usually used to only cover half of the face.
But at this moment, the crown worn by Queen Mother Lin covered her entire face, preventing the ministers from seeing her expressions of joy and anger, and making people dare not guess.
In the Daxuan Dynasty, only the emperor could wear twelve strings of crowns, and others could only wear nine strings of crowns at most.
Queen Mother Lin sat on the phoenix chair and motioned to all the ministers to stand down.
The ministers then stood up, but they all lowered their heads, and no one dared to look up.
Xu Zun looked around secretly and found that he didn't know many people. It seemed that only Lin Chaofeng, Cai Kun and the tall and white-skinned Daxuan Prime Minister Qian Qifeng.
"Presumably, all your beloved ministers already know what happened," Empress Dowager Lin said loudly, "The Xuanmen rebels have hidden themselves in secret, laid layers of hidden stakes under our Holy Capital, and instigated the rebellion of many of my ministers, even opening up underground culverts.
It’s really well-intentioned!
"Finally, they launched the so-called Heavenly Tribulation Operation and actually killed my Wanfu Palace and almost took away my life. I don't know, my dear friends..." The Queen Mother glanced at the ministers and asked, "What do you think?
ah?"
Poof...
Upon hearing the Queen Mother's accusation, the ministers who had just risen fell to the ground and kowtowed again, shouting "fear".
"Humph, what's the use of being afraid?" Queen Mother Lin raised her head, "If you face so many rebel assassins, what's the use of being afraid!?
"The most distressing thing about this incident is that many people actually defected to the rebel party, provided help to the rebel party, and even participated in the planning. It really makes me heartbroken!"
Hearing this, none of the ministers dared to say anything, they all lay on the ground and did not dare to say anything.
"Okay, everyone, get up!" The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "No matter what, Xuanmen's plan to rebel against the party did not succeed in the end. Everything has passed, so let it pass!"
Upon hearing this, the ministers first looked at each other, and then slowly got up.
"I have always made clear rewards and punishments. Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who are guilty will never be leniently spared!"
Queen Mother Lin sat on the phoenix chair and signaled to the eunuch in charge.
An old eunuch in brocade clothes immediately stood in front of the ministers with the imperial edict in hand and read out:
"Blessed by heaven, the emperor decreed!
"After a joint investigation by the Internal Guard, the Three Laws Division, and the Divine Catching Division, it has been confirmed that Li Ren, the Duke of Lushan, as the emperor's uncle, secretly proclaimed himself the Taoist Heavenly Lord. He used the Taoist organization that had disappeared for a hundred years to personally establish the Taoist rebel party and presided over it.
Planning this Xuanmen assassination incident is truly a heinous crime and is punishable by death!
“Let him be imprisoned first, and then he will be punished after the case is found out.
"As for Li Ren's family members, they should have been slaughtered, but considering his status as an imperial uncle, they showed mercy and were sentenced to exile in the border areas. They will not be allowed to return to the Holy Capital forever!"
this……
As soon as this edict came out, the main hall was in an uproar.
An old minister couldn't help but asked: "Isn't it right? Hasn't Duke Lushan been assassinated? How could it be..."
"It has been found out," Lin Chaofeng said unceremoniously, "Li Ren simply faked his death. As early as eight years ago, he had found a substitute and used the opportunity of indulging in alchemy to divert attention.
"He himself is planning it secretly. Now that the witnesses and physical evidence are there, he is the Xuanmen Tianzun!"
ah……
Some uninformed ministers were panicked and couldn't believe it.
However, the cabinet headed by Qian Qifeng and many well-informed ministers remained calm, apparently having received the news long ago.
"Bi Sheng, the leader of the Left Pavilion of the Internal Guard House, provided information to Li Ren and helped Zhou to commit evil. His crime is unforgivable," the old eunuch continued to read. "He is now being taken to the imperial prison for interrogation and punishment according to the crime.
"After investigation, it was found that Ying Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yan Hai, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Chai Zheng, the General of the Yulin Guards, colluded with the Xuanmen rebels, supported both internal and external affairs, and were extremely evil.
"Although he has been silenced by Xuanmen, his crime cannot be pardoned. His officials were demoted and dismissed, his family property was confiscated, and his family members were exiled...
"In addition, in this assassination incident, all those found to have an affair with Xuanmen will be strictly investigated and dealt with, and they will all be sentenced to death!"
After finishing the recitation, the entire hall fell silent.
Many ministers did not know the inside story and had no idea that so many people would be involved in this assassination.
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Xu Zun was also thinking secretly. It seemed that Queen Mother Lin already knew that Li Ren was not a Xuanmen Tianzun at all.
Therefore, his punishment can be regarded as giving enough face to the royal family. Otherwise, according to ancient laws, the nine tribes must be punished for the crime of treason.
In addition, Xu Zun also discovered that the Queen Mother only dealt with three senior officials: Bi Sheng, Ying Rang, Yan Hai and Chai Zheng.
Li Ren did not mention Liang Guogong Xue Guihua, the transfer envoy, the warden and others that night.
Obviously, this was a decision made by the Queen Mother after deliberation, because the name Li Ren confessed that night was not credible and was suspected of being framed.
Especially for Liang Guogong Xue Guihua, this person has a high prestige and has been assassinated by Xuanmen. It would obviously not be appropriate to convict him again...
"I have ordered the Internal Security Bureau to continue to investigate the case thoroughly, please listen to me," Queen Mother Lin said to the ministers, "If there are still people who have an affair with the Xuanmen rebels, feel free to surrender, I can be lenient
, keep your whole family safe.
"But if I find out," the Queen Mother said harshly, "all nine tribes will be killed without mercy!!!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded quickly, and some were even trembling with fear.
The Queen Mother glanced at the ministers and raised her hand to signal to the old eunuch again.
"The guilty will be punished, and the meritorious will be rewarded," the old eunuch chanted, "In this assassination incident, fortunately there was a loyal and good protector, so I will give you a reward based on merit.
"Lin Chaofeng, the chief manager of the Internal Guards Mansion, accepts the title!"
Why?
Xu Zun was surprised. He did not expect that the first person to receive the seal would be the chief executive.
"The general manager commanded properly, responded to changes, and led all the guards to serve the king with meritorious service. He was specially awarded the title of general of the auxiliary country and a second-rank official."
"Thank you... thank you Queen Mother for your kindness!"
Lin Chaofeng quickly knelt down and kowtowed, but when he kowtowed, his face was already red.
Because, he, the Chief of the Internal Guard, is a second-grade official. He used to be called the General of the Auxiliary State, but now he has become the General of the Auxiliary State. In fact, there is no change!
"Chaofeng," the Queen Mother added, "you have been busy these days, thank you for your hard work!
“The Duke of Lushan dared to commit rebellion and conspire against his superiors because he took advantage of his Zongzhengsi network.
"So, I order you to take over the royal family's affairs, bring order to the chaos, and thoroughly investigate those royal relatives!"
"Yes!" Lin Chaofeng thanked him.
"In addition, there is another important matter to be entrusted to you," the Queen Mother said again, "This time the Xuanmen assassins used our Ancestral Temple to cause trouble. This is really a shame and a great humiliation for the royal family!
"I order you to supervise the renovation and construction of the Ancestral Temple from today on. You must supervise it every day and make sure there are no more mistakes.
"Otherwise, you will be the sinner of our Daxuan royal family!"
"Yes! I...I obey your order..." Lin Chaofeng kowtowed and thanked her, sweating profusely.
He already understood that the Queen Mother's reward for him was clearly a punishment for his dereliction of duty!
To put it bluntly, let him see the construction site!
Sure enough, when the old eunuch read about the next person to be canonized, Lin Chaofeng immediately collapsed to the ground.
"Cai Kun, leader of the right wing of the inner guard, came forward to listen to the seal." The old eunuch read.
Cai Kun quickly stepped forward and knelt down.
"Leader Cai Ge is quick in thinking, can command well, and has made great achievements in rescuing the enemy," the old eunuch said. "He is promoted to the Chief Superintendent of the Internal Guard and will take office immediately."
"Ah?" Cai Kun was surprised at first, and then quickly kowtowed to thank him.
Obviously, Cai Kun was also quite surprised. He did not expect that he would suddenly become the chief manager of the internal security. You should know that this position has always been held by only relatives of the emperor.
But I didn’t expect that I, a person with a foreign surname, would actually...
At the same time, Cai Kun was sweating like rain, already realizing that he might have completely offended Lin Chaofeng.
"Tangzhou sentenced Xu Zun, come forward to hear the sentence!"
At this time, the old eunuch began to recite the decree again.
Suddenly hearing his name, Xu Zun was in a daze for a moment, paused for two seconds, and then quickly stepped out of the line to salute.
"Xu Zun made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty by strategizing and strategizing," the old eunuch said, "Hereby ennobles him as the executioner of Daxuanti!!!"