Chapter Seventy-Seven
The funeral of the Son of Heaven, the world is mourning together, the capital is full of Suyi, the prince Duan Yun Fuling went to the imperial mausoleum, and the civil and military officials sent the funeral all the way, a hundred miles of white, thousands of miles of sorrow.
Mo Yan stood in front of the mausoleum, watching the ten thousand catties of stone slowly fall and completely seal the tomb, and after a while, seeing that she still had no intention of moving, Qin Xiangzhong took two steps forward and reminded: "Niangniang! It's not too early, the ministers are waiting!"
"Hmm!" Mo Yan nodded her head, and finally turned around and gently said to the people beside her after looking at it twice: "Let's all go back!" After speaking, straighten your back and go first, from now on, this country will be controlled by her alone, and the era that belongs to Duan Li is over.
Duan Li, I never thought of asking you to die, but it has happened, I can only say that this is the will of God. The Buddha said that in the past life cause and effect, you owe me a life in the previous life, even if I don't want it in this life, I will still pay it back.
I don't regret it, I won't regret it, I will always guard this country that we have built together, not because I still love you, but because it is our responsibility.
The first emperor collapsed and the country could not be without a monarch for a day, and the crown prince Duan Yun was too young to govern alone, and the queen mother Si Moyan listened to the government, and all government affairs must be approved by the queen mother Zhu Hongyu before they can be issued and effective.
Duan Yun ascended the throne, changed the Yuan Jingming, because of the new funeral of the first emperor, so the first qiē ceremony was simple, and the first thing the new emperor did after ascending the throne was to deal with the rebellion of King Li Ping.
The courtiers also have two opinions on the handling of this matter, one is not to kill, after all, it is a member of the royal family, and it cannot be executed at will, only the title is stripped and placed under house arrest for life. The first is to execute all those who rebel to honor the spirit of the first emperor in heaven.
In the first early dynasty after the new emperor ascended the throne, the little Duan Yun took Mo Yan's hand and walked into the Hanyuan Palace, although he tried his best to pretend to be calm, but he still couldn't stop being nervous, holding Mo Yan's hand tightly, and his palms were sweating slightly.
Mo Yan naturally felt his nervousness, and when he helped Duan Yun to sit on the dragon chair, he squeezed the back of his hand soothingly, Duan Yun looked up at her stupidly, and Mo Yan whispered in his ear: "Don't be afraid! ”
Just a simple sentence, after Duan Yun listened to it, there was no magic of any nervousness and fear.
The former emperor's confidants and ministers naturally wanted Duan Yi to pay for their lives, if it weren't for Duan Yi and Duan Yan being the royal family, they couldn't punish the nine clans, and the new hatred and old hatred would be combined to destroy the nine clans, and as long as they died, it would be cheaper for them.
There are still some pedantic old-fashioned people in the court who participate in the rebellion, and they have no opinion on the execution, but Duan Yi and Duan Yan are required to be dealt with lightly, to take care of the royal bloodline, take away their honor, and put them under house arrest.
Each of them insisted on his own point of view and asked His Majesty to adjudicate.
"What you Aiqing said can be checked, but this matter is very important, I am young and ignorant, I am afraid that I will misjudge others and myself, and this matter is all up to the Queen Mother. After Duan Yun finished speaking, his heart was pounding and he didn't stop beating, and finally said this sentence completely.
"No! His Majesty said very much, the ministers listened to the holy will, and asked the Queen Mother to signal. Quan Chen said in unison.
Mo Yan glanced at the ministers who bowed to His Royal Highness, and said unhurriedly: "Inherit the last order of the first emperor, assist His Majesty to govern the world, the mourning family does not dare to slack off a little, and is willing to encourage the ministers." ”
"The ministers are only the queen mother. "The ministers showed their loyalty.
Mo Yan continued the topic just now, "As the old saying goes, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the people. Since Duan Yi and Duan Yan are both members of the royal family, they should set an example, instead of committing such heinous crimes, if they fall lightly today, wouldn't it be an example for the people behind them, as long as they are from the royal family, they can be safe and sound. After Mo Yan finished speaking, his eyes looked straight at His Highness's courtiers who advocated a light haircut.
Those courtiers didn't dare to look at each other by her, knowing in their hearts that their views were correct, but they couldn't say anything to refute Mo Yan's words, and they were annoyed that they avoided Mo Yan's eyes, as if they were weak-hearted.
Seeing that no one stood up to speak, Mo Yan continued in an aggravated tone: "So this matter can not only not be punished lightly, but also punished heavily, to give a warning to the descendants of future generations, if you dare to have a heart of disobedience, no matter who you are, this is the end." ”
"The Queen Mother is reasonable, so what should be done according to the Queen Mother's words?" Xu Xin asked impatiently, of course, how to deal with it.
He and Bu Duan and others were left in the capital to deal with the government, otherwise how could Xiaoqingshan's trip allow these villains to be rampant, every time he thought of this, he secretly hated that he was not at the scene, and he couldn't just let these villains get their hands on them, so now he is holding his breath and has nowhere to go.
"The masterminds Duan Yi and Duan Yan Lingchi were executed, and all the conspirators such as Zhao Xiujin, Chai Su and others punished the nine clans, and among the rebellious two armies, the centurion and above were all executed, and the ordinary soldiers were all disorganized and reorganized into the battalions. Mo Yan said what she was going to do with it.
Some people who felt that the punishment was heavy and wanted to say a few more words, but Xu Xin took the lead, and he said loudly: "The Queen Mother is wise." As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people echoed, and those who still wanted to say nothing had nothing to say.
This matter was settled, and then another minister played other things, and Duan Yun pushed it into Mo Yan's hands, he was not as nervous as he was at the beginning, and the words became more and more smooth.
After retreating to everyone, Mo Yan led Duan Yun out of Hanyuan Palace, "Do you know the reason why I handled these government affairs today?"
Duan Yun knew that Mo Yan was testing himself, he carefully recalled what happened in the court, and then confessed in confusion: "Some can understand, some can't." ”
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, tell me where I don't understand, I'll explain to you little by little, you are the emperor now, you can't be as naughty as before, your thoughts and deeds are related to the country's livelihood plan, don't be careless, don't pretend to understand. Mo Yan said softly.
"I see. Then today, the master will ask you to allocate money to build the Yinjiang embankment, this is a good thing, why didn't you give him money?" Duan Yun asked the question in his heart.
You have to remember that being an emperor is not just that you must listen to him as long as it is a good thing, but also to distinguish people, otherwise good things will become bad things. Professor Mo Yan said, Duan Yun nodded as if he didn't understand, and Mo Yan continued: "In fact, the imperial court has allocated money to repair the Yinjiang embankment every year in the past two years, but when the flood season came, the Yinjiang embankment was still broken, flooding the fertile land houses, what do you say is the reason?"
Duan Yun said uncertainly: "The money given is less, can't you repair the embankment?"
Mo Yan shook his head: "It may also be one of the reasons." ”
Duan Yun frowned and thought about it again: "The money is not used on the river embankment!"
This money has gone down through the prefectures and counties, and by the time the embankment is repaired, there is not much left, so the Yinjiang River will burst the embankment every year. Mo Yan patiently guided him.
"These people are really hateful, since they are so bad, why didn't Uncle Huang kill them. Duan Yun said indignantly.
"You know that it has only been three or four years since the establishment of our Yu Kingdom, and many things have not been taken into account, especially in the south, it is not like the north that we fought down and rebuilt, and more people have surrendered to Zhao'an, and they are all remnants of the previous dynasty. ”
Duan Yun nodded when he heard this, he knew that the previous dynasty was destroyed because of the official **.
Mo Yan held his shoulder. looked at him and said seriously: "These were originally what your imperial uncle should do, but now he can't do it, this burden will fall on you, you must know that it is easy to fight the country and it is difficult to defend the country, you have to be a good emperor, so that Yu Guo will always pass it on." ”
Duan Yun nodded firmly: "I will not let you down, I will become the greatest emperor." As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered the previous question: "Isn't the Yinjiang embankment not repaired?"
"Repair! Of course, we have to repair! But instead of going from the state and county capitals, I will send another team of men and horses with silver to repair the embankment directly, so that they will not get a single piece of silver. Mo Yan said his plan, "As for those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I will slowly clean them up for you when this matter is over." ”
"You're amazing. Duan Yun said sincerely.
Mo Yan smiled: "You will be even more powerful in the future." ”
The two of them walked for a while without speaking, and Duan Yun secretly looked at her a few times along the way, as if he wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
Mo Yan saw it and asked, "Do you have anything else to ask?"
Duan Yun hesitated, and then said it anyway: "Do you really want to execute the third and sixth uncles?"
The expression on Mo Yan's face paused, and then slowly sank her face, she squatted down in front of him, looked at him expressionlessly, and said: "Duan Yun, you have to remember, some people are like poisonous snakes, no matter how you cover them, they can't cover them hot, and they will bite you back, if we don't kill them this time, they will come out to harm people if there is a little chance, last time it was your imperial uncle, next time it will be you." ”
"But I won't provoke them, why are they still harming me?" Duan Yun said innocently.
Mo Yan refuted: "Your imperial uncle didn't provoke them either, they still want to kill him, and you sit in this position, which is the reason why they kill you." ”
Duan Yun was stunned, he was silent for a long time before he said, "I understand, I won't be soft-hearted." ”
Mo Yan knew that it was a bit cruel to him to say this, but he was already in this position, so he had to be as strong as he could.