Chapter 560: Heads Rolling
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"Who?" He hissed. The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like the sound of fingernails scratching a stone wall. He Ruobi was covered in a fever, and he couldn't figure out whether it was day or night at this time, and how long he had been asleep. He was so weak that he was once a general who had charged into battle at the top of the battle array, but now he could only lie like a mouse in the dark, damp and cold dungeon. "Who!" He shouted again, trying to make it louder, the dead silence was too dark for him to bear, and there wasn't even a mouse to be found in this damn place.
The glow of the torches spilled in through the open iron door.
A black shadow under the flickering torch slowly walked towards him, and He Ruobi blinked his eyes, allowing his eyes that had been adapted to the darkness to adapt to the light again.
This is the mysterious Inspectorate's Secret Service Division, and it is said that the people who were brought here never had a chance to get out alive. This is the most vicious side of the Holy Emperor, and those who offend the emperor will never end well.
The other party slowly paced in front of the iron bar, seemed to look at his pale face with interest, and laughed, "Now you know what it means to eat things indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense, right?" ”
He Ruobi touched his tongue, this troublemaker had been cut off a small section, making it difficult for him to speak completely. He could feel the missing half of his tongue, and a hot pain hit him, "What do you want?" ”
Liu Ying's hair was meticulously combed and tied up, and he wore a purple round-necked official robe, soft high boots, a silk cloak with a black face and a red background, and a sword hanging from his waist.
"If you have a kind, you will kill Lao Tzu directly." He Ruobi hissed. It's just that the words are always a little weird when he says after he is half a tongue shortened, which makes his words sound soundless and a little ridiculous.
"You want to survive now. There is no chance. Liu Ying looked at He Ruobi coldly, "Now you have to think about your family, don't forget it, you are now committing the felony of plotting against you and rebelling." You are dead, you have to die, and now the only thing you can save is your family. ”
"I didn't rebel. There was no chaos. He Ruobi retorted loudly, "If you want to add to the crime, there is no word." You are framed, who doesn't know that the Supervision Yuan is the emperor's special removal of dissident eagle and dog minions. ”
Liu Ying grinned, "What's the use of denial now, you don't really think that our secret service department will only be staring at something, right?" When did you start connecting with Shi Wansui, Liu Shu, Yu Wenbi, and Li Hun. When to start plotting. Where to plot, how many times we conspired, each time we say something, we are clear, to tell you the truth, you have conspired against the crime of the evidence is certain, only we will present these to your majesty, you will definitely die. ”
"Then what nonsense are you talking about."
"I'm giving you a chance. If you are willing to cooperate, honestly take the initiative to confess the guilt. And confess the crime in front of His Majesty, then maybe we will consider leaving some incense for your family. Liu Ying stood in front of the iron bar, the case of the Secret Service Department this time involved many important people, not to mention the small fish and shrimp below, just the head of the rebel group, Shi Wansui, He Ruobi, Liu Shu, Yuwenbi, and Li Hun, all of them have extraordinary identities, two former privy deputy envoys, a former former internal Shi Ling or the eldest princess, and Yuwenbi and Li Hun are also top nobles, Li Hun is one of the three top gate lords of the Gaozu Dynasty Li Mu family. Such a case, especially a reverse case, must either not be handled, or if it is to be handled, it must be handled in one go, and there is no room for the slightest mistake. Although the Special Services Department has been paying close attention for a long time, it has been hidden and has not been alarmed, until the most critical moment, after mastering a large amount of ironclad evidence, it will not start to take people. But in order to be sure, Liu Ying is willing to talk to He Ruobi and others about the conditions, as long as they admit the evidence of rebellion in front of the emperor and hundreds of officials, then he is willing to reserve a successor to their descendants.
"Why does Lao Tzu believe you, Yang Lin turned his face more than he turned a book, and Lao Tzu can only see him clearly today. Today, you want me to confess the guilt, but it is just to make Yang Lin's face look good, and not to let Yang Lin take the blame of killing the heroes and clearing up dissidents. ”
"Wrong, wrong, your majesty is the most rewarding and punishing, and you have always treated your courtiers well, of course, the premise is that the courtiers can be loyal to the emperor, and you, just because Your Majesty allowed you to resign, as a result, you conspired with Shi Wansui, Liu Shu and others, and wanted to launch a palace change to welcome the emperor to the throne, is this what you call loyalty?" Liu Ying said coldly.
"If it weren't for Yang Lin's meanness and unkindness, how could our ministers turn their backs on him."
"It's useless to say more, now I only give you a choice, or, you can ignore my mention, then in three days you will be beheaded at the noon gate, your family will also be wiped out, the men will be executed, the women will be put into the Shaofu, and the family property will be confiscated. Or, if you can cooperate, then we can help you fight to save at least 10 children under the age of 10 from dying. ”
"By the way, I will tell you again, Liu Shu and Yuwen Bike are very knowledgeable about current affairs and are willing to cooperate."
Hearing this, He Ruobi's face was like ashes, Liu Ying waited for a moment and saw that there was no response, threw up his sleeves and left, as soon as he arrived at the door, He Ruobi's ugly voice came from behind, "Can you guarantee the life of my He Ruo's child under the age of ten?" ”
"It depends on your attitude of cooperation, if you cooperate well, of course you can."
"Okay, I promise you, if you become a king or lose a villain, Lao Tzu will admit it. Lao Tzu was careless, I didn't expect Yang Lin to be so cunning and insidious, luring us into the trap step by step, Lao Tzu admitted, as long as I guarantee that the children of my He Ruo family, Lao Tzu will listen to you. ”
Liu Ying had a satisfied smile on his face.
In the first month of the first year of Kaiyuan, a major case of rebellion led by He Ruobi, Shi Banzai, Liu Shuyu, Wenbi, and Li Hun broke out in the DPRK. The Supervision Yuan cracked this major case of rebellion and presented the Son of Heaven, who immediately handed it over to the hundred officials for discussion, and at the same time handed it over to the three divisions of the Imperial Historical Observatory, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for trial, and at the same time let the Supervision Yuan assist, and the political hall heard the trial. The case just went through the motions in Sanya, because there was really nothing to try, all kinds of evidence and witnesses were piled up, and the five rebels headed by He Ruobi, plus the big and small rebels who participated in the reverse case below, none of them denied the crime, and all confessed. After the trial of the three yas, the Son of Heaven finally tried the case in person in the Golden Palace. He Ruobi and other rebels against the party did not overturn the case against Baiguan and the Son of Heaven.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that rebellion is a forgiveness for the ten evils, and the rebels should be executed!" Li Su proposed to Yi Feng on behalf of the political affairs hall to dispose of the building.
The final result was that more than 130 rebel parties led by He Ruobi and Shi Wanzai were all designated to be beheaded at noon. And this family of more than 100 rebels against the party, adult brothers and nephews were executed, and the rest of the clansmen were dismissed from official positions and removed from their titles, and they were never used in the frontier, and all family property was confiscated, and the slaves were scattered. Under the operation of the Secret Service Division, more than 1,000 people were eventually beheaded in this major treason. But it did not involve the fact that the opposition party wanted the palace to change and support the restoration of the emperor. The case was finally characterized as He Ruobi, Shi Long Live Liu Shu and others because they were dissatisfied with the demotion and dismissal, so they resented the emperor and finally conspired to rebel.
Dispose of it. On the same day, hundreds of officials watched the execution outside the noon gate.
Rows of executioners, holding high the ghost-headed broadsword, slashed down again and again, and suddenly the heads of people rolled, and hundreds of officials witnessed it with their own eyes. They also have a deeper understanding of the emperor. This emperor though young. can be ruthless enough, the last time it was the three major clans of Dou Wei's eldest grandson, this time it was the five major families of Li, Liu, Shi, He Ruo, and Yuwen plus hundreds of small and medium-sized Guanlong families below, and almost all of the rebel groups this time are the Guanlong family. Li Mu family, Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Shikang family and Yu Yi family, now the Li family and the Wei family have been uprooted. The rest, such as the eldest grandson, the Dou family, Yuwen, He Ruo, the Liu family and other Guanlong wealthy families, were also uprooted.
Emperor Yang Yong was also invited to watch the execution at the noon gate, and watched the ministers who had secretly contacted him before and wanted to support his restoration to be cut off one by one, Yang Yong's face was snow-white and snow-white, and he was not lightly frightened.
"These rebels and thieves are really hateful." Yang Yong turned his head to the young emperor and said, his words revealing flattery. "If you want me to say, you should exterminate their nine clans, and not one of them will be spared."
"yes, what a group of bold people. They overestimate themselves, and they also underestimate me, is it right? Yi Feng chuckled and turned his head to Yang Yong and said.
"Yes, yes, these fools, the emperor is young and promising, how can they be bullied?" Yang Yong said hesitantly.
The rest of this big rebellion case could have been stopped and the current outcome could have been avoided, Yi Feng had already stared at Shi Wansui and the others, and he had already discovered their dissatisfaction. But Yi Feng did not make an order to apply for punishment, but let them jump up and down, deliberately conniving at their behavior, in fact, he wanted to catch them all. Yi Feng wants to establish an empire and move the capital eastward, which means that he has to give up the Guanzhong standard, which means that he wants to absorb Jiangnan and Kwantung people into the imperial court, and not just the Guanlong people, which is an irreconcilable contradiction. In this regard, Gaozu used compromise methods to win over the majority and crack down on the minority. And Yi Feng now has better conditions, and he doesn't have time to play slowly with them, so he directly lures them all out, and then destroys those who dance the most happily and the most powerful, kill chickens and monkeys, and completely destroy this powerful political group that spans the three dynasties.
Historically, Yang Jian has always wanted to get rid of the Guanlong Group, and Yang Guang's actions were more intense, but unfortunately Yang Jian's actions did not have much effect during his reign, and Yang Guang's fierce actions finally led to the destruction of his country. The reason is that Yang Guang himself relied on the Guanlong Group to control the world, and even he was one of them, he vigorously suppressed the Guanlong Group, enabled the Jiangdong and Kwantung people, and finally his own power had not been cultivated, and the Guanlong Group rebelled against him, and finally led to his demise. And Yi Feng is different, he did not start from Guanlong, nor did he rely on their support to ascend to the throne, he has his own lineage, a powerful force, especially now that the Turks are broken in the north, the civil strife is pacified, and the east is defeated by Goryeo, Yi Feng's prestige is increasing day by day, after moving the capital to Luoyang, the control is even more improved, and in this short period of less than a year, the Guanlong group has lost its foundation, Gao Gong stepped down, the reorganization of the army, and the migration of the Beijing division, all of which make it difficult for them to have a strong control over the Korean situation. When they tried to subvert the situation and restore the emperor, they were greeted only by Yi Feng's long-planned thunderous blow.
Now it's okay, after the two major purges and the relocation of the capital to Luoyang, the Guanlong Group is no longer afraid, and Yi Feng only feels that his throne is stable at this moment. Get rid of those pesky guys, and you can really make a big difference. (To be continued......)