Li Fu turned to ask: "Then what does the emperor plan to do with the incident of the people outside the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion this time?" If this matter is not handled well, it may cause a civil uprising! ”

Zhao Guangyi knew that Li Fu was still inclined to punish Mi Dechao heavily, but he himself was unwilling to kill Mi Dechao, so the scene suddenly fell silent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

I don't know how long it took, Zhao Guangyi said tiredly: "You let the people go back first, just say that I will find out about this matter, and then give the people an explanation, so that everyone can be at ease." ”

At this point, Li Fu knew that he should leave, so he nodded and retired.

Back in Kaifeng, Li Fu conveyed Zhao Guangyi's words, and when the people heard Zhao Guangyi's assurance, many people dispersed after thinking about it, but there were still one or two hundred people outside the yamen who refused to leave, apparently wanting to wait until the result of Yi Dechao's punishment came down.

When Zhao Guangyi heard about this, he naturally had a big head for a while, and he didn't know what to do, so he couldn't sleep late at night, and walked around the palace.

Zhao Ling'er yawned on the side, but didn't dare to show any impatience, seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Zhao Ling'er didn't dare to invite Zhao Guangyi to sleep, and was thinking about it, when he suddenly had an idea, he said: "Your Majesty, it's better for us to be stiff." ”

"What do you mean?" Zhao Guangyi asked.

Zhao Ling'er took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, aren't there more than ten generals under General Yi Dechao?" It's better to let them take the blame for General Mi Dechao! ”

"It's ......." Zhao Guangyi hesitated, even if the more than ten generals were wrong, but the main reason was still on Mi Dechao, if they dared to let them take the blame, even if they deceived the people, how could those officials give up?

But Zhao Guangyi really had no choice at this time, and after thinking for a long time, he finally nodded.

On the second day, the divine decree on the definition of the failure of the Western Expedition was handed down.

The holy decree said that this time the Great Song Dynasty could have decided Western Xia in a battle, but because the generals under Mi Dechao had to invite Mi Dechao to drink in order to make a fool of themselves, Xia Weibing took the opportunity to enter and deceived the army, resulting in a crushing defeat for the army.

The holy decree also convicted Mi Dechao and more than 10 generals under his seat, Mi Dechao, as the chief general, neglected defense, resulting in a crushing defeat of the army, should have been executed, forgive him for his meritorious service in battle, exempt him from capital crimes, and demote him to the commander of the forbidden army to set an example, and more than 10 other generals offended military discipline and exhausted the three armies, all of whom were sentenced to death and dismissed from all military positions.

On the same day, more than ten generals were beheaded for public display, blood was splashed all over the ground, and more than a dozen generals who ran all the way back to the Great Song Dynasty did not die in Western Xia, but died in the capital Kaifeng.

Before they died, these more than ten people were gloomy, and they were very numb in the face of the big knife that came to them, and it was not until the moment when the big knife was close to their heads that their eyes radiated a different kind of look.

Whether they were unwilling or resentful, or something else, outsiders had no way of knowing.

With the heads of these more than ten generals, the aftermath of the defeat of the Western Expedition and the death of more than 100,000 soldiers can be regarded as temporarily pressed, at least in terms of the people, the people have not said anything more at present, and the one or two hundred people waiting outside the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion have also retreated.

But above the Great Song Dynasty, the storm became bigger and bigger.

If Zhao Guangyi wanted to protect Mi Dechao at the beginning, and the ministers just felt that it was not suitable and wanted to read the book, then with the death of more than a dozen ghost generals, the ministers really couldn't stand Zhao Guangyi's attitude towards Mi Dechao.

Why did those more than ten generals die for Mi Dechao? Mi Dechao is a human being, so aren't others human?

Could it be that Mi Dechao really has a tendency to develop towards Yang Guozhong, a big traitor? The emperor did not hesitate to kill innocents for him?

If we don't completely suppress Yi Dechao this time, and wait until he recovers and knows that the emperor is determined not to kill him, won't he become more and more arrogant?

The more the civil officials think about it, the more they can't be calm, I have to say that Zhao Guangyi made a stupid move again, he only thought about stabilizing the people, but underestimated the importance of the civil officials on this matter.

This time, even Lu Mengzheng, who has always been very good at contradicting Zhao Guangyi, made a rare remark and asked Zhao Guangyi to severely punish Dechao.

Zhao Guangyi was completely stunned, he knew that if even Lu Mengzheng began to oppose him, then what he did must have made most people dissatisfied.

But he had done so much for Yi Dechao, so he was unwilling to give up on Yi Dechao, and couldn't help but set his eyes on Zhao Pu, who was sitting drowsy in the hall.

"Brother Huang, what do you think about this matter?" Zhao Guangyi asked.

Zhao Pu raised his wrinkled old face, looked at Zhao Guangyi with cloudy eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, the death of more than ten generals must have completely made Yi Dechao completely lose his prestige in the army." ”

Everyone was stunned, and they didn't understand what Zhao Pu meant for a while, how could they get to the prestige of Yi Dechao in a good manner.

But soon, everyone understood, including Zhao Guangyi.

Yes, the reason why Zhao Guangyi has been trying to keep Mi Dechao is because he wants him to control the military? Now with the death of more than a dozen of Mi Dechao's henchmen because of Mi Dechao, who else is willing to work under him? Mi Dechao has killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers one after another, even if he is still in power in the future, will any soldiers still be willing to believe him?

Such a Mi Dechao, even if Zhao Guangyi saves him, is it still useful?

In other words, all the efforts made by Zhao Guangyi were actually useless at all, but instead forced Mi Dechao more and more to his death.

The reason why it is said to be forcing him to his death is because Zhao Guangyi had the intention to kill him, but he was reluctant to give up the military's resources, if Yi Dechao was useless, was there still a need for Zhao Guangyi to protect him?

Sure enough, just like giving up Wang En, Zhao Guangyi made a decision at once and gave up Mi Dechao.

With the holy decree, the civil officials breathed a sigh of relief, while Cao Wei and other military generals had unwavering faces, not to mention that Yi Dechao couldn't get along with them, even if they had a good relationship, in this kind of matter, the military generals have always had no right to speak.

So, just after learning that someone had died for him, Mi Dechao had not yet been happy in the prison, and the fear of death came to him again.

Hearing Zhao Guangyi's holy decree to execute himself, Mi Dechao even thought that he was dreaming, and when he reacted, he desperately begged for mercy outside the prison, but no one paid attention to him at all, the Praetorian Guards carried him to the entrance of the vegetable market, no matter how he promised to woo, intimidate and threaten, no one froze him, when the big knife of the executioner waved and fell, Mi Dechao finally saw the king of Hades.