Zhao Dezhu followed and led the other Imperial Guard troops towards Shaoyan step by step. Empress Dowager Guo tried to stop them, but was pushed aside by the rushing Imperial Guard soldiers. Xiao Shunzi hurriedly held her arm and retreated. The ministers tried to protect themselves one after another.
Retreating to the edge, the eunuchs waiting beside Shao Yan immediately tightened their bowstrings. Just waiting for the emperor's order, a fierce battle broke out instantly.
A thick murderous aura suddenly swept through the entire hall. Just as the Royal Forest Army was about to climb the steps and approach the dragon throne, Shao Yan suddenly made a gesture. In an instant, only the sound of killing could be heard outside, followed by countless soldiers wearing golden armor.
They rushed straight out of the palace, led by a female general wearing a lion helmet and a white uniform. Her elegant face was full of charm, and there was a crescent moon on the right side of her face.
Scar, a pair of brilliant starlight eyes, a faint smile can show off the dusty temperament, this girl is none other than Bai Ruxue, who Shao Yan has always missed
"General Bai Ruxue is late to save you. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager." Bai Ruxue held the green dragon sword in her hand, walked forward with a vigorous step and knelt down, "Please Your Majesty, please don't worry, Queen Mother. Before General came in, I have already brought people with you."
Take down all the imperial guards outside the palace."
Well done, she really is a woman. Seeing that this girl came back at the right time, Shao Yan was very happy. He quickly called her to get up and praised: "Marshal Bai did a good job. I order you to send Guo Wei and Zhao Dezhu to the police immediately."
The thief took it”
"The general obeys the order," Bai Ruxue said with her fists clasped. After giving an order, the soldiers behind him surrounded Guo Wei and others at lightning speed. Shao Yan ordered all the eunuchs to block the front and rear exits and ordered them not to let go.
anyone
Guo Wei and Zhao Dezhu were horrified. The imperial guards under him did not know what to do for a moment. Most of them surrendered. At this moment, Bai Mei rushed to the scene with a team of troops. Shao Yan saw his face glowing red and his eyes bright.
with infinite joy
"Informing your Majesty, the ministers have blocked the four main gates of Luojing's southeast, northwest and north. All the rebels under Guo Wei's command have been blocked south of the moat. General Zhang San has set up an ambush there with 30,000 troops. I believe there will be no escape.
All the rebels can be annihilated in half a day," Bai Mei said respectfully. After just a month, the old guy was more energetic than before, and his voice was much louder than before.
Shao Yan nodded excitedly. With the help of his father and daughter, Guo Wei and others had no choice but to kneel on the ground and plead guilty. Bai Ruxue quickly ordered people to tie up Guo Wei and Zhao Dezhu.
"Guo Wei, now that things have happened, what else do you have to say?" Shao Yan stared at Guo Wei coldly and said
"The king is successful and the bandits are defeated. I am defeated. Whether you want to kill or behead me is up to you." Guo Wei shrugged his shoulders casually and rolled his eyes back and forth with disdain.
"I said that I would reward you with a whole corpse. You are not joking. Come, quickly put Guo Wei on death row and give him poisoned wine. Zhao Dezhu helped Zhou to commit evil and plotted against me many times. He is sentenced to death."
As soon as he finished speaking, several armored soldiers lifted up Zhao Dezhu and walked out. Zhao Dezhu didn't struggle at all, but turned around and smiled quietly at Guo Wei, "Your Majesty, I will take a step first. I will wait for you on Huangquan Road."
When it was Guo Wei's turn, all he could see was that his face was covered with wrinkles, a trace of fear flashed in his deep eyes, and the muscles around his mouth were trembling. When the soldiers pulled him out, he finally couldn't help it.
He shouted: "Wait a minute, I don't regret dying. I want to figure out one thing before I die."
Shao Yan asked the soldiers to let go of him. Guo Wei slowly turned around, first looking at the Baimei father and daughter and the sudden golden-armored soldiers in surprise, and then asked Shao Yan: "Not long ago, you sent Baimei and Bai Ruxue to
Rushing to the front line to fight against the Chu army, the battle report said that their entire army was wiped out, why can they still stand here peacefully?"
I say you are stupid, but you still don’t believe me. You can’t even figure out such a simple question. How can you compete with me with this little IQ? Shao Yan puffed up his chest, smiled and said, “After all, I still want to thank you.
If it weren't for the 100,000 soldiers and horses you gave me, how could I have subdued the rebels under your command, and how could I have allowed you to capture them without any help?"
"I understand. It turns out that in the name of attacking Xichu, you deliberately wanted to take away one hundred thousand troops from me, and then you faked a defeat to make me relax my vigilance against you. Then you took away these one hundred thousand troops.
for already"
Seeing the regret on Guo Wei's face, Shao Yan secretly smiled and said seriously: "My uncle is only half right. The soldiers and horses in the world should belong to the imperial court, not your private property. It is natural for me to take them all back. As the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit."
, If I don’t do this, there will be a bloody storm in the entire Donglin Kingdom. In the end, it is the people who will suffer. You, Guo Wei, only want to be the emperor, but you have never thought about the feelings of the people. Although I am not a good and competent emperor,
But he’s not so faint that he gives up his great country to a selfish villain.”
"That's right, for a traitor like you with a human face and a beast's heart, it is a great favor that the emperor can leave you a complete body. You should be satisfied." Bai Mei frowned slightly. Other ministers came over one after another and strongly criticized Guo Wei.
Fan
Guo Wei had to sigh at the harshness of the world, and shook his head helplessly, "That's all, I have worked hard for many years, waiting for him to ascend to the ninth throne one day, but I never expected that he would be defeated in the end by a little emperor who was not yet weak.
Here, and it was a complete failure, I really regret it, alas——" As he spoke, he sighed deeply
Seeing that he wanted to repent, the Queen Mother Guo quietly came to Shao Yan and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, no matter how bad Guo Wei is, he is still your uncle. The Queen Mother hopes that you can be kind and spare him this time. Besides, the Queen Mother doesn't want to see him anymore."
I have some regrets. If you can forgive him, my mother will guarantee that he will change his ways in the future."
Damn, did I hear that right? Can a dog change its habit of eating shit? Are you kidding me? Shao Yan smiled bitterly: "Mother, it's not that I have a heart of stone, it's that Guo Wei has sinned so much that even if I spare him this time, I can't protect him.
I won’t do it again next time. I have made up my mind. Guo Wei’s death sentence cannot be avoided. Someone, please take Guo Wei down.”
"Yes!" Several soldiers picked up Guo Wei's arms and walked out of the hall quickly. The Empress Dowager Guo's face suddenly showed worry. She was not angry with the emperor, because she knew that the crimes Guo Wei committed were unforgivable, and since the emperor pardoned him
, he will also get the punishment he deserves from God, so she quietly followed Xiao Shunzi out of the palace while the emperor was not paying attention.
After excluding Guo Wei, Zhao Dezhu and the others, Shao Yan lay half-lying on the throne and breathed a sigh of relief. In order to bring down this traitor, he prepared for a full month. During this period, he seemed to
He obeyed Guo Wei's advice, and even no matter what plan Guo Wei proposed, he would only nod his head but not shake his head. Secretly, on the one hand, he asked Yunyun to train the eunuchs in the palace and develop his own strength, and on the other hand, he let the Baimei father and daughter cheat in the battle against Xi Chu.
After being defeated, they were all disguised as civilians and infiltrated into various urban areas. The father and daughter were under unified command. However, most of these soldiers were Guo Wei's old troops, and they were inevitably repelled by them, so there were some unpleasant incidents during the period.
The conflicts were finally calmed down by Bai Ruxue in time
Until half a month ago, Shao Yan saw that the time was almost ripe, so he sent Zhang San to notify the Baimei father and daughter to enter the palace in half a month to escort them, which led to the above scene.
The execution of a traitor was originally a joyous event. Faced with the congratulations of civil and military officials and the sincere congratulations of Baimei father and daughter, Shao Yan managed to put on a smile on his face. For some reason, he always felt that he had not imagined it.
I was so happy that I could never forget the issue of the real and fake emperor. Although I managed to get past it this time, no one could guarantee that there would be no next time. After all, I was a person from a thousand years later and was incompatible with many places in this world.
, After all, paper can't cover up the fire. Sooner or later, the incident will come to light, and I'm afraid that by then, I won't be so lucky. Thinking of this, Shao Yan shook his head helplessly, looking forward to finding Wu Hai as soon as possible, and then generously
Leave this diverse world
The fall of Guo Wei and others meant that all power fell into the hands of Shao Yan. Shao Yan suddenly felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. Fortunately, there were so many capable ministers around him to help him, so he could occasionally take a breath. He listened carefully.
With the opinions of Prime Minister Ren Xianliang, Dongfang Yi and the new Minister of Justice Deng Bingtang, they vigorously encouraged production, dug waterways, and solved the problem of water shortage in the north. At the same time, they abolished all cruel punishments. In order to avoid unjust cases and wrongful convictions, all state government offices must collect the information at the end of each month.
All cases this month are reported to the higher level, and after verification, they are submitted to the Ministry of Punishment. The Ministry of Punishment will make the final judgment. If there are any false reports or omissions, the case will be fined for one year at the least, or dismissed from office for investigation. This will make it easier.
Avoided many phenomena of collusion between government and businessmen
In terms of punishing corrupt officials, Shao Yan learned from ancient and modern lessons and adopted the approach of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who embezzled more than fifty taels of silver would be punished. Although he sometimes felt that this provision seemed a bit harsh, he was determined to do so.
Let’s think about it carefully. Historically, China has allowed corrupt officials to take advantage of it because the laws were not strict enough. This is also true in modern times.
Of course, no matter how strict the law is, it cannot completely prevent the occurrence of this kind of phenomenon, but it can indeed give those corrupt officials a hard blow. As the saying goes, kill one to serve as a warning to others. Since the implementation of the law, there has been a wave of "anti-corruption" throughout the country.
', many corrupt officials were afraid of losing their heads, so they handed over their savings over the years to the state treasury. Shao Yan used the money to help the homeless people and the losses caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters.
, Shao Yan became a good emperor admired by all people
In addition, through Guo Wei's incident, Shao Yan realized that most of the ministers in the imperial court today were mediocre ministers, so he followed Dongfang Yi's suggestion, combined with the knowledge from history books, and added an open book test to the original imperial examination
Question and answer, that is to say, when students take the exam, they not only have to complete the questions on the test paper, but also verbally answer the questions asked by the invigilator. Most of these questions are brain teasers that Shao Yan brought from modern times, and some
It is the simplest common sense question, such as 'under what circumstances does one plus one equal three'? After such a reform, those nerds can only stay away, and the rest are talented people who can use their brains.
Nothing can be said in absolute terms. Shao Yan's approach is very good, but it will also lead to the mistaken selection of some villains who are good at conspiracy. These people's minds are obviously better than those of nerds. In order to solve this shortcoming, Shao Yan will
Let local officials dress up and test everyone's character. Those with bad character will be identified immediately.
In terms of military affairs, Shao Yan appointed Zhang Er, Zhang San, Wang Wu, and Zhang Baihu as the general soldiers, stationed in some cities near the capital, and each city responded to each other. Once something happened in a certain city,
The chief generals of the other two cities should have sent half of their troops to rush for reinforcements as soon as possible. In the past, the generals of each city would want to preserve their own power and watch the fire from the other side. This way, this kind of phenomenon could be avoided.
In addition, Shao Yan sent his most elite troops to station on the edge of the canal to prevent the Western Chu Kingdom from sneak attacks, and Bai Ruxue served as the commander-in-chief of the troops.
Unknowingly, two months had passed, and various reforms had achieved certain results. Shao Yan was very pleased, thinking that his efforts during this period were finally not in vain. However, governing a country is not as simple as governing a family, and plans can never keep up with changes.
Quickly, one afternoon, when Shao Yan was reviewing the memorial alone in the Imperial Study Room, he suddenly heard that Xiao Shunzi came to report in a hurry, saying that the Western Chu State had assembled an army of 200,000 and was approaching the canal, and that the Nanliang State had also dispatched 100,000 troops.
Coming from behind, it is obvious that these two countries want to carve up the Donglin Kingdom in one fell swoop through attacks from both front and rear.
Shao Yan was not too surprised, because he heard Wang Boyan mention this matter as early as two months ago in Nanliang Kingdom. At that time, Zheng Kai was still unsure about paying attention. This time, it seems that Zheng Kai finally succumbed to Wang Boyan.
"Pass on my decree and immediately summon the civil and military ministers to the main hall to discuss matters."
"Slaves obey orders"
After a while, all the civil and military ministers arrived. Shao Yan told them the news of the two countries sending troops. The ministers were immediately stunned, and there was a commotion in the court. Ren Xianliang and Deng Bingtang couldn't help but look sad, but Dongfang Yi's face looked sad.
Looks very calm
Shao Yan thought for a long time and then said: "The Western Chu Kingdom dispatched 200,000 troops this time, while the Nanliang Kingdom inserted 100,000 troops in our rear. There are a total of 300,000 in front and behind. Our Donglin Kingdom's current total military strength is only five
Six hundred thousand, if we fight head-on, we are no match for them. My dear friends, do you think you have any good ideas?"
The ministers lowered their heads to their chests one by one. These people would lose control at the critical moment. Ren Xianliang rolled his eyes at them, stepped forward and volunteered: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead troops to resist Western Chu."
country’s army”
Deng Bingtang followed him to the middle and said: "Your Majesty, I am a humble minister and I am willing to lead 50,000 troops to the rear to attack the army of Nanliang Kingdom."