Chapter 15: Putting to Death
"Back to Your Majesty, before Your Majesty's southern expedition, the crown prince was in charge of the country, and he was selected to be transferred to the county guard. Cui Situ accepted dozens of people's property and promised to recommend them as county guards, but most of the people recommended by Cui Situ were lazy and incompetent, and the prince was discerning, so he rejected Cui Situ's suggestion and wanted to choose experienced courtiers to be county guards. Who knew that Cui Situ was in charge of his own affairs, stubborn, and sent those people to serve without waiting for the consent of His Royal Highness the Prince. He also said that this is the right that Your Majesty has given him. How disrespectful is such a disrespect to the Prince's decision, Your Majesty! "Yuan He 1510 made the ins and outs of the matter clear, and he was upset for the crown prince Tuoba Huang.
"Is there such a thing? Why didn't you tell me sooner? Tuoba Tao's eyes widened with rage.
"Your Majesty! Cui Situ has been tyrannical for so many years, have you ever seen anyone impeach him? We are all afraid of his devised retaliation, Your Majesty! If it weren't for Zong Ai mentioning Cui Situ's book cultivation today, the minister would never dare to speak out! "Genga is miserable.
"Huang'er, is there such a thing?" Tuoba Tao was a little skeptical.
"Back to my father, there is indeed such a thing. It's just that Cui Situ's family has three generations of ministers, and Cui Situ is deeply favored by his father, so his sons didn't take it to heart, hoping that Cui Situ can introspect himself. Although Cui Hao has great talent, he is pampered and arrogant, Tuoba Huang has persuaded him many times, Cui Hao still does not repent, Tuoba Huang has no good impression of him, so his friendship with Cui Hao in private is not deep.
"Your Majesty! The minister is not disrespectful to the prince, the minister is just, just ......" Cui Hao is now difficult to argue, and it is difficult to speak.
"Shut up! The prince has always been benevolent, and he is even more courteous to the old ministers in the court, and he will never complain to me because he has been wronged! It can be seen how 'kind' you usually treat the prince! But the prince never mentioned to me that you were not. Now that all the civil and military officials are accusing you of being a fox and a tiger, covering the sky with one hand, you dare to do these things behind my back, the evidence is conclusive, what else can you quibble. If I don't clean you up today, how will the prince rule the world in the future, and how will he establish the world? Today, I will clean you up first. Come! Tuoba Tao was furious, feeling that the person in front of him was no longer his right-hand man, but a master of high merit and a great threat to his country. Tuoba Tao thought to himself, if he didn't get rid of it at this moment, I was afraid that his son would not be able to hold him in the future. So, Tuoba Tao gave an order, and the forbidden army of the inner court broke into the palace menacingly.
Cui Hao squinted and saw Zong Ai looking at him with a wicked smile. Cui Hao only woke up at this moment, it turned out that this was a trap designed by Zong Ai. Cui Hao couldn't wait to break Zong Ai's body into pieces, but the wood was already in the boat, and it was difficult to recover it, and he was powerless to return to the sky, so he only regretted it in his heart.
"Cui Hao and others who participated in the revision of "National History" and others were all sent to prison. Ask for it the next day! "Tuoba Tao said 'ask and behead', Min Zhan and Xi Biao collapsed to the ground, shouting again and again to spare their lives.
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... The minister is wronged! The minister is wronged! Cui Hao was still unwilling, and was dragged away crying.
In addition to Cui Hao, Min Zhan, and Xi Biao, hundreds of officials such as Gao Yun, Zhang Wei, and Lang Zongqin, who wrote the writer, were also on the list. At this time, most of the upward direction has gone, becoming sparse and deserted.
"Your Majesty!" Yu Chiyuan came up to report. "The writer Gao Yun is on duty in Zhongshu Province today, and he has never been to the court, is he imprisoned together?" Wei Chiyuan didn't dare to make an arbitrary decision, after all, Gao Yun was the most respected teacher of the crown prince Tuoba Huang.
This lieutenant Chi Yuan was originally a lieutenant general of Yulang of Tuoba Tao, in charge of the forbidden army in the inner court, with strong martial arts and strategy, and was later promoted to the northern Shangshu. He is not only an important minister of military aircraft, but also the brother of the Jiaofang-Wei clan of the crown prince Tuoba Huang, and the uncle of Xiao Xincheng, who is particularly loyal to Tuoba Tao.
Tuoba Huang heard that Wei Chi Yuan was asking Tuoba Tao about Gao Yun, and immediately interjected: "Father, although Lord Gao is the writer, he is only acting on the orders of Cui Situ. Master Gao himself is not willing to be involved, and it is not yet known, and the father still needs to be carefully interrogated. It's better to take him into the palace early tomorrow morning, and after the interrogation of his father, it's not too late to decide whether the tall adults will ask the guilty together! ”
Tuoba Tao thought about it, knowing that Gao Yun was clear and bright, and Tuoba Huang attached great importance to it, and his heart was inevitably shaken. At this moment, Tuoba Tao was exhausted, his face was full of fatigue, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yu Chiyuan: "Just do what the prince says!" I'm tired and want to go back and rest. I'll leave it to the prince! ”
There was a touch of sadness between Tuoba Tao's eyebrows, and his steps slowed down a lot, seemingly extremely heavy, and then he hid his whereabouts.
This person is really old.
Next.
Tuoba Huang took Gao Yun early in the morning to play together. In order to ensure Gao Yun's safety, since Gao Yun returned from duty yesterday, he was left in the East Palace by Tuoba Huang for the night to discuss the "National History".
Walking to the front of the palace gate, Tuoba Huang explained to Gao Yun again: "After a while, this palace will accompany Mr. to meet his father." According to what the gentleman told him last night, he was happy to save his life. ”
Gao Yun was full of emotion in his heart, but he didn't say a word.
The two entered the Taihua Palace.
Seeing Tuoba Tao said angrily: "It's all about impeaching Cui Hao!" I can't let me be clean for a while! It's all a bunch of villains who have fallen into the well! With that, he slammed the fold to the ground.
Qi Daode slowly picked up the fold, brushed the dust with his sleeve, raised his eyes and saw the prince approaching the hall with Gao Yun, so he got up and whispered to Tuoba Tao: "Your Majesty, the prince is here."
The two saluted.
After the ceremony, Tuoba Tao unceremoniously opened his mouth and asked: "I ask you, is the "History of the Country" written by Cui Hao alone?"
"Back to Your Majesty, in addition to the "Taizu Ji" written by the previous work Lang Deng Yuan, "The First Emperor's Ji" and "The Present Ji" were both written by the minister and Cui Situ. However, due to Cui Situ's busy government affairs, he can only participate in the revision of the president. As for the commentary, it must have been more done by the minister than Cui Situ. Gao Yun did not shirk Cui Hao according to Tuoba Huang's instructions, but told the truth.
(Note: The "History of the Kingdom" is divided into multiple volumes of "The Records of the First Emperor", "The Present Records", and "The Records of Taizu".) )
"Your crime is more serious than Cui Hao's, and the prince also exonerated you, saying that you were not involved in this matter." Tuoba Tao was furious, and casually picked up a book of Qi Daodao's neat folds and slammed it on Gao Yun's head, and Gao Yun's official hat immediately rolled to the ground.
Tuoba Huang saw Tuoba Tao's angry eyebrows, afraid that he would have murderous intentions, so he stepped forward to intercede and said: "Father, the tall man is old, I'm afraid that his brain is a little confused. Earlier, Erchen asked him, and he also told Erchen that this "History of the Country" was written by Cui Situ, so his father didn't have to take it too seriously! ”