Chapter 439: Punishment!
Another charge was repelled by fierce fire, Chai Lingwu looked at the direction of Daming Palace unwillingly, this Daming Palace has a strong defense, and now half of the manpower has been lost but it can't shake the defense in the slightest, the gunfire not far away is getting closer and closer, Chai Lingwu seems to be in the dark, their plan has failed, and what awaits them will be the fate of the loser.
"Retreat, retreat all!" Chai Lingwu shouted, leaving Qingshan without fear of no firewood, after a short period of fear, he became a desperate gambler, and decided to continue to resist after evacuating.
After receiving his order, the remaining two thousand dead soldiers immediately escorted him to the north gate and fled, although these soldiers had long had the consciousness of death, but in the face of this kind of killing method like harvesting life, they still felt cold, and fled from Daming Palace in a panic, as if this was hell.
The attack of the Central Army in the other three directions was very smooth, how could these rebels who were temporarily pulled up be the opponent of the regular army, all the way, the Central Army beat the rebels like a dead and decaying, and there were countless surrenderers, and soon, the three-way army converged in front of the Daming Palace, ending the battle in Chang'an City, and at the same time, the organizers of this operation were all arrested.
"Your Majesty."
The big event was decided, Li Su returned to Daming Palace, and all the ministers showed surprise when they saw Li Su come back, and the worry on Cui Yingying's face also melted like spring snow after seeing Li Su, and then secretly hated Li Su for not telling her about it in advance, so much so that she shed many tears.
Li Su looked at Cui Yingying with an apologetic look of joy and annoyance, and then he walked up the steps to the center of the hall and sat on the dragon chair, now it was time to explain to these ministers.
"You Aiqing are frightened, not long ago I learned that the rebels were preparing to assassinate me and subvert the Tang Empire, and in order to lure the snake out of the hole and wipe out these rebellious ministers and thieves, I deliberately planned to do it. Let them think that their plan has succeeded, and thus be exposed to the world, now that the rebels have been defeated and all the thieves have been imprisoned, you Aiqing can go home with peace of mind. Li Su glanced at the ministers and said loudly.
"I see!"
"These rebels are really hateful!"
"It's bold."
“……”
Li Shao's words made the officials talk a lot, and Cui Shao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said: "It's good that the emperor is safe and sound, I just hope that the emperor can tell us in advance if he has any plans in the future, and this time we were indeed scared." ”
"Hehe, I'm also worried about the leak of the news. There will be no such thing in the future. Li Su didn't notify anyone this time, and he also understood that it did make many people sad for him, especially Concubine Yang, who might inevitably be reprimanded by Concubine Yang at that time.
Li Su is fine, the ministers are relieved to go back, and in a few days Li Su is ready to convene the ministers to discuss the early dynasty, and at the same time deal with these rebellions, so as to boost discipline and deter the world.
After a while, they dispersed. Dong Hao rushed over, they successfully ambushed the remaining rebels, Chai Lingwu was also captured, and news of the defeat of the rebels came from all over Datang at the same time. The farce is over in just a few days, but some things are far from over.
"Li Tai, the king of Wei, participated in this rebellion, and the evidence is conclusive, and the fact that he and Chai Lingwu led the dead soldiers to murder the emperor sixteen years ago has also been clarified. Chai Lingwu and Fang Yiai all confessed. In the Taiji Palace, Rong Da said the results just found out in front of Li Su and Li Shimin, and Li Su once promised Li Shimin not to kill his brother indiscriminately. But Li Tai participated in the rebellion, how to deal with it, Li Su also wanted to hear Li Shimin's answer.
Hearing this, Li Shimin seems to have aged more than ten years immediately, what he has been worried about all these years has happened, Li Tai plotted against the king, this is a big crime of killing the head, if it is something else, he can still intercede, but only this matter, Li Shimin can not tolerate it, because Li Su is now the emperor, if he continues to speak for Li Tai, what will Li Su think of him, he waved his hand and said: "Father is old, you can decide this matter yourself." With that, he stood up and walked away slowly.
Li Su looked at Li Shimin's somewhat rickety figure and sighed softly, for the sake of the stability of the country, he couldn't have the slightest mercy this time, and told Li Shimin that this matter was just to inform Li Shimin, because no matter what Li Shimin's opinion was, Li Tai was going to be killed, and he couldn't tolerate a person who wanted his life twice to live, after he inherited the throne, he was good enough for Li Tai, and he took revenge instead.
On the morning of the second day, Li Su decided to announce the results of these people's treatment, and at the same time, Li Su cracked down on the scholars who participated in the rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, confiscated their property, and went to prison, as long as all the people involved in the rebellion were arrested, although this rebellion caused certain losses to the Tang Dynasty, but this rebellion also gave him an excuse to completely eradicate the remaining forces of the gate lord clan in the Tang Dynasty, and let the gate lord clan touch it from the history of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Li Su ordered not to be merciful to these gate lords who participated in the rebellion, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, and completely return the Tang Dynasty to a bright future.
"Your Majesty, bring the prisoner." In the early morning, the Praetorian Guards reported to Li Su when they brought more than a dozen prisoners into the Daming Palace.
Li Su nodded, he glanced at the people below, all of them were familiar faces, he said: "Look at these people, among them are my brother, my sister, and my confidant minister, just a few days ago, they plotted to murder me and replace him, it really made me feel cold, I was forced to leave Chang'an sixteen years ago, to Yizhou, time has passed sixteen years, from the king of Shu to the king of Chengdu, and then to the king of Shu, and finally to the throne as the emperor, in these years, which of my actions is not for the common people in the world, for the dawn of the people." , for you to have no worries about food and clothing, and what about you? Are you worthy of me? ”
The court was silent, and all the ministers listened to Li Su's words, and turned their disgusted eyes on these kneeling criminals.
"The revolution of the capitalist class, the pursuit of freedom, hmph, is it really so clean under your slogan? You don't want the word rights! Li Su said angrily, "For the sake of your ambition and disregarding the lives of tens of millions of people, don't you feel a little guilty in your heart?" ”
After scolding for a while, Li Su felt unprecedentedly tired, he waved his hand, and asked the Praetorian Guards to stay with the prisoners who were already trembling with fright, and at the same time, the eunuch read aloud Li Su's decision, Li Tai, Fang Yiai, Gao Yang and others who participated in the planning of the rebellion were all executed, and the clan members who participated in the plot were all confiscated property, and the clansmen within three generations were not allowed to enter the court as officials.
As for Shangguan Yi, although there was no rebellion, but at the critical moment, Li Su dismissed all the officials and let them return to their hometowns, and they were not allowed to enter the dynasty to serve in politics, and at the same time carried out a purge of people with dissident intentions in the center of the Chang'an faction, which was also deliberately done by Li Su, the Yizhou faction collapsed with the dismissal of Shangguan Yi, and the Chang'an faction must also be weakened, he didn't want to see the ministers control the government again, and completely change the old habits of the old officialdom.
In the court, Li Su dealt with the leading figures of these rebellions in public, and in other places in Datang, the aftermath of the rebel incident continued, many big businessmen were arrested, and they were more or less involved in this matter, either financial support, or providing arms, and Li Su's round of blows also made the big capitalist group completely collapse, so that the small capital in the people had room for development, and the people who had no chance also participated in the competition for the market, at the same time, because of the rebellion launched in the name of capital, At the same time, various newspapers in Datang also analyzed the causes and consequences of this rebellion, exposed the true colors of these people, and analyzed the danger after the capital controlled the country, so that the people of Datang could have a clear understanding of this incident, lest this demagogic thinking still have a place to continue to exist. (To be continued......)