Chapter 1444: Something Went Wrong
Li Zhongyi stayed in the gun-making courtyard for another three days, and since there was no progress in making guns, he also gave up and simply went back to Beijing to fight with those Confucian students.
"Tell the cabinet that I will return to Beijing tomorrow!" Li Zhongyi lightly ordered.
The Gun Yard was only a stone's throw away from the capital, and after the cabinet received the holy decree, it immediately sent a note to Kaifeng Mansion.
After receiving the official letter from the cabinet, Kaifeng Mansion hurriedly took action, and while arranging for people to use loess to cushion the road, it also notified the well-known gentry in the city, asking them to go outside the West City Gate early tomorrow morning and prepare to pick up the car.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Zhongyi boarded the carriage after having breakfast in the gun pipe yard. Surrounded by the guards of the brigade and the Qinya battalion, Li Zhongyi and his party marched towards Kaifeng Xicheng.
On the way, Li Zhongyi received two more secret reports, one from the Tiqi Division and the other from the Police Temple.
After Li Zhongyi read the secret report, he was silent for a long time, and after Zheng Congshan, the head of the Shao Chamber, was captured, he quickly confessed to the Confucian students who participated in the trouble.
There is a long list of Confucian scholars, at least more than three hundred, and I feel my scalp tingle when I look at it.
Li Zhongyi smiled coldly, the Confucian students who are not afraid of death are really a bit much!
However, now that everything is under control, Li Zhongyi has nothing to worry about. It's a big deal, kill a batch, degrade a batch, and reuse a batch.
When Li Zhongyi's car appeared outside the west gate of Kaifeng City, Prime Minister Li Qiong took the lead and paid a big salute.
"Minister Li Qiong, lead the civil and military officials, welcome the holy driver!"
"Greetings to the Holy Driver."
Li Zhongyi got out of the carriage, raised his right hand with a smile on his face, and said, "No courtesy, flat body." ”
"Your Majesty." After Prime Minister Li Qiong got up, he still bowed his head and hugged his fists, and all the officials also followed Li Qiong's example and bowed down to greet him.
Li Zhongyi got off the carriage, walked in front of Li Qiong, grabbed his right arm, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Li Xianggong has worked hard. ”
Li Qiong hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor led the Xiongshi south, first to destroy Wu Yue, and then to destroy Li Tang, since the late Tang Dynasty, it is really rare......"
Li Zhongyi listened to Li Qiong's sycophancy, and couldn't help but smile slightly, compared with going south to pacify Jiangnan, he was more concerned about recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun.
successfully recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, this is the most prominent martial arts since the late Tang Dynasty!
It was precisely because of the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that was sold to the Khitans by Shi Jingjiao that Li Zhongyi had the confidence to replace Zhou and ascended to the throne in a grand manner.
"Your Majesty, the two sinners in Jiangnan, Qian Yu and Li Yu, have been settled...... although Ruan did not directly pat himself on the back, but he took the initiative to mention the two sinners Qian and Li, which is tantamount to a big sycophant in disguise.
Li Zhongyi smiled again, and while he was happy, he said loudly in public: "Add Li Yu as the disobedient marquis, and add Qian Yu as the prince of Nanyang County." ”
"Your Majesty." Under the leadership of Li Qiong, the civil and military officials bowed down and sang together, and saluted like a ritual.
The disobedient marquis is obviously not a serious title, and it has a sense of humiliation.
As for Qian Yu, Li Zhongyi doesn't have any ill feelings towards him, anyway, he is confined to Kaifeng City for a long time, just to raise an idler.
After some greetings, Li Zhongyi boarded the carriage and entered the city in a mighty way, surrounded by the ministers.
At this moment, suddenly from the direction of the palace, a fast horse rushed to ride.
Li Qiong couldn't help frowning, Li Zhongyi's victory and return to Beijing on the big day, could it be that there was something wrong with the demon moth?
Zhe Congruan narrowed his eyes, staring at the direction where the fast horse was coming, his heart sank violently, could something have gone wrong?
The knight on the horse jumped off the horse, rushed to Li Zhongyi's car, and said loudly: "Nearly a hundred officials, Confucian scholars, and the imperial students of the Guozijian gathered outside the palace gate and refused to leave for a long time......
Li Zhongyi smiled coldly, the Confucian scholars finally couldn't wait, this is a poor dagger!
Li Qiong's position is very close to the car, and he naturally heard the knight's report, alas, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop!
Almost at the same time, Zhi Congruan also issued a similar emotion, readers, you are so bold!
"I see." Li Zhongyi has been waiting for this day for a long time, since the Confucian scholars have chosen to have a showdown on today's good day, then what else is he polite about?
It's just that the original laughter and laughter in the welcoming procession became silent almost instantly, and the atmosphere at the scene was extremely solemn, almost falling to freezing.
The important ministers surrounded Li Zhongyi's car and moved silently, and the originally good atmosphere was made a mess by the sudden attack of the Confucian scholars.
Just as the car was about to enter the royal street, he heard a loud shout from the top of the roadside: "Li Zhongyi, the usurper and traitor, I swear not to stand with you!" ”
Before the guards could react, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Ah......hh
"......Boom" was accompanied by a muffled loud noise, and Li Zhongyi clearly heard the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
"Ah......h
"Ah......h
"How's that okay?"
In the crowd of ministers who were originally crowded with the car, there were bursts of frightened screams, and everyone panicked. Li Zhongyi felt a little strange, so he lifted the curtain and looked out.
I didn't care about it, but I saw that a man wearing filial piety all over his body fell in a pool of blood in the middle of the street.
Originally, Li Zhongyi thought that everything was under control. When he arrived at the gate of the palace, he convicted the Confucian scholars who made trouble, and then raided the house, locked up those who should be locked up, and killed those who should be killed.
However, who would have imagined that someone committed suicide by jumping off a building with filial piety in front of Li Zhongyi's car?
There are Confucian students who are not even afraid of death, Li Zhongyi really didn't expect it!
Li Zhongyi calculated everything, but he didn't expect that someone would dare to splash blood on the street!
Today was a good day for the royal driver to return to Beijing smoothly after winning a big victory. Unexpectedly, someone committed suicide by jumping off the street without dying, which obviously gave the festive atmosphere an inexhaustible bloody atmosphere.
No matter how patient Li Zhongyi was, he couldn't stand this kind of hard humiliation, he smiled faintly, and ordered: "Order Li Yunxiao to lead troops into the city, arrest all the people who make trouble in front of the palace, and raid the house in one piece." ”
"Li Qiong......"
It's been a long time since anyone called his name in front of Li Qiong, but Li Qiong heard it very clearly, this was Li Zhongyi's call.
"The old minister is here." Li Qiong hurriedly bowed down and waited for Li Zhongyi's orders.
"Anyone who makes trouble in front of the palace, no matter who it is, his entire family will never be allowed to participate in the imperial examination from now on." Li Zhongyi was really provoked, and his surging anger burst out almost instantly.
Li Qiong and Zhi Congruan are both generals, and the two of them are okay and can withstand the wrath of thunder. It's just that there were a few timid ministers near the carriage, and they were so frightened that they knelt on one knee and even fell to the ground with their official hats.
"Useless things, stand down." After all, Li Qiong is the prime minister, and she must help maintain the dignity of the important ministers.
Under his soft reprimand, the ministers who fell to their knees withdrew from the team with red faces.
Li Zhongyi is really angry, in his plan, he didn't have the idea of killing all the troublesome Confucian students, he just wanted to teach them a lesson and let them know the proportions.
However, now in front of Li Zhongyi, someone has played a scene of sacrificing his life and angrily scolding the thief of the country, which is simply unbearable for the uncle and the aunt.
The news will definitely get out, and among the important ministers present, not everyone is of the same mind as Li Zhongyi.
Once the news spreads all over the capital and beyond, it will cause great damage to Li Zhongyi's reputation, after all, the tools of public opinion are in the hands of Confucian scholars.
Obviously, the Confucian scholars also knew that Li Zhongyi held military and political power, and they couldn't help Li Zhongyi head-on, so they simply sacrificed others to achieve the goal of humiliating Li Zhongyi.
Li Zhongyi was indeed extremely annoyed, the original perfect plan to dig a pit, but in the end, because of the death of a Confucian student, he was extremely passive.
Since the rise of the army, there are not many people who have died under Li Zhongyi. However, the decisive jump of the Confucian in front of him gave Li Zhongyi a heavy blow.
I am not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid?
From a copper stinker to a usurper and a traitor, to put it in my heart, Li Zhongyi's reputation has always been very bad in the eyes of readers.
However, even if the relationship has been very stiff, after all, the two sides have not torn their faces, but they can be at peace for the time being.
It's just that someone's jump today is equivalent to tearing his face, and when Li Zhongyi is ruthless, he will no longer have any scruples.
With Li Zhongyi's order, Li Yunxiao, the commander of the Nine Gates, led the order to mobilize troops and horses, and before Li Zhongyi returned to the palace, he arrested all the officials and gentry gathered outside the palace.
At the same time, the soldiers and horses belonging to the Admiral of the Nine Gates, according to the map, came to the door one by one and launched a carpet raid.
In the pile of important ministers, some people frequently glanced at Li Qiong, wanting him to take the initiative to stand up and say a few words to ease his cheeks.
However, who is Li Qiong? How could he not know that Li Zhongyi was on fire, and no matter who wanted to stop it at this time, it was a stupid act of blocking the car with a mantis arm.
Zhi Congruan kept his head down and didn't look at anyone, he had expected that someone would want to intercede, so he deliberately didn't look at them. Similar to the old fritter who has cultivated into a fine from Ruan, what should be done and what should not be done, can be said to be clear.
Li Zhongyi was in a state of anger, not to mention that he came forward to persuade Ruan, even if it was persuaded by Mrs. Xue, it was useless.
Over the years, no matter what kind of difficulties he encountered, Li Zhongyi could face them calmly. To tell the truth, Li Zhongyi was angry in front of the ministers, this is the first time that the eldest girl has been on a sedan chair.
The more people who don't get angry easily, once they really get angry, who can say for sure what the consequences will be? What's more, Li Zhongyi is not an ordinary person, but a monarch who controls the entire empire.
As the saying goes, when the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be ambushed, and blood will flow!
Unless Ruan's brain is in the water, he will play the so-called persuasion drama at such a fatal moment.