Section 53: The Life of a Powerful Minister(1)

Before getting Li Xiang into the pit, Duan Hong came over with a letter from his eldest grandson, and an unknown eunuch also hurried over with the will of the little emperor Li Ju, needless to say, they were all interceding for Li Xiang.

Li Xiang kept praying and wailing in the big pit, begging Yun Ye to read the Empress Dowager's letter first, to see his brother's will before dealing with himself, and wept bitterly that he would definitely change.

Yun Ye's face was as cold as an ice cube, he sat on the chair in front of the big tent and didn't say a word, the powerful aura made Duan Hong want to speak several times, and then closed his mouth, and the other eunuch was even more unbearable, hiding behind Duan Hong and not daring to look at the tragedy in front of him!

The trick of burying people alive was taught to Yun Ye by Li Er himself, when in Goryeo, Yun Ye and Li Chengqian vomited in the dark, and at that time Yun Ye thought that this was an extremely cruel way to kill people and an immoral act.

But now he found that anger sometimes must obscure people's reason, in order to prevent such evil things from happening in the Tang Dynasty in the future, Yun Ye decided to use this most brutal method to deter those ambitious, and ordered the painter to paint the scene in front of him completely, showing the fear of people in a desperate situation from all angles. He is going to decorate these paintings in the Palace of All Peoples, and the name will be "Rebel"!

Li Xiang was slowly buried by the loess, and he did not give up asking for mercy until the end, but those iron-blooded Xuanjia soldiers ignored the gold and silver sea he promised, and mechanically threw the last spade of soil, covering Li Xiang's face......

The horses trampled on the mound of earth in a chain for a whole day, until the mound was as flat as the earth. Yun Ye stopped, and after reading the sketches in the painter's hand, he ordered them to paint all the time, and they must be completed before they returned to Beijing, and he needed Duan Hong to display these paintings in the Wanmin Palace.

opened the letter of the eldest grandson, and sure enough, as Yun Ye expected, the eldest grandson asked Yun Ye to spare Li Xiang from death if possible, judging from the anger shown by Yun Ye when he left Beijing, the eldest grandson thought that Li Xiang was dead, and the immature Li Xiang wanted to fight with a famous general like Yun Ye. It's just looking for death. So I wrote this letter, hoping to save Li Xiang's life.

Yun Ye put aside the letter from the eldest grandson and opened Li Ju's will in front of the eunuch who sent the letter, which was written by Li Ju himself. The handwriting on it is still very immature. The words are full of sympathy for his brother. and apologized, thinking that it was because he became the emperor that led his brother to go crazy, hoping that Mr. would not kill his brother. so that he can live well.

Yun Ye read the emperor's will, sighed and took the pen and ink to Li Ju in person, he could ignore the letter of the eldest grandson, and explain it after returning to Beijing, but Li Ju's will must be explained, and he must clearly explain the reasons why he did this, and explain it to him clearly.

"Chen Yunye paused thousands of miles away, and Li Xiang, the king of Hengshan, ......"

Li Ju's personal eunuch, respectfully serving Yun Ye on the side, thought that with the style of a general, he could give the emperor an explanation in just a few words, but he found that Yun Ye had already written ten pages full of paper and still had no intention of stopping, starting from the beginning of Li Xiang's rebellion and opening a bad precedent, and then talking about the tragic situation of the Seven Mansions of Hengyang, the good and rich land was made like hell on earth by Li Xiang, and then said why he had to use the most cruel means to deal with Li Xiang's reasons, one by one said very clearly, Finally, he told the emperor that after his army suppressed the rebellion in Hengyang, the emperor should send ministers to comfort the people of Hengyang, reward the courtiers who were steadfast and unyielding in the rebellion, punish those ministers who followed Li Xiang's rebellion, select local virtuous people to appoint local officials from among them, reorganize production, collect the scattered exiles, and eliminate the scattered rebels in the countryside, so that Hengyang could be at peace in the shortest possible time.

"The minister led the army to quell the rebellion, since it should be forced to use force, Ling Zhi to might, the army should be the first to destroy the withering and decaying, and His Majesty should be soft and soft, show it with grace, and take the hearts of the people as the top.

Favored by the three generations of the royal family, especially by the first emperor entrusted with the heavy responsibility, dare not have half a point of slackness, think of Taizong, Gaozong's affection, within ten years as the precursor of His Majesty, and level the lawlessness of the Tang Dynasty......"

After writing this letter, it was already a time when the moon and stars were scarce, and I couldn't help but feel very sad when I thought that Li Chengqian had suffered a tragic accident in the world before he entered the ground, no matter what, he killed his son, and the two of them were tied to a chair together to watch the situation when the prisoner was buried alive, and now it is even more vivid, Li Chengqian is not so much his own emperor, but his friend, Li Chengqian has never said the word I in front of him, he is using the title of me. Especially before his death, he appointed himself as a hussar general, and Chang'an stayed behind, which shows that his trust in himself is unconditional.

Now that I have said that I have made a ten-year covenant, I will guard this glorious and prosperous era created by countless people for another ten years.

The eunuch carefully sucked up the dry cloth of the excess ink on the fold, spread it out and dried it, and then put it into the chapter of the fold one by one, Yun Ye was very unaccustomed to writing on the small chapter, everyone knew his habit.

In front of Yun Ye, the eunuch sealed the fire paint and whispered to Yun Ye for his return date.

"Let's leave tomorrow, please send the minister down as soon as possible to clean up the mess, this matter cannot be postponed, if Li Yifu and Zhang Zhizhi dare to obstruct it for no reason, the old man will naturally go to ask for the crime after returning to Beijing, and the army will set off tomorrow to pacify Fuzhou."

The eunuch bowed down and withdrew from Yun Ye's big tent, touched the thick book of this chapter in his arms, proudly glanced at Duan Hong, who was still guarding in front of the military tent, flicked his sleeves and went back to his tent.

After Duan Hong walked into the big tent, he heard Yun Ye ask thoughtlessly, "How could the Queen Mother give me such a letter?" Li Xiang's immortality is not enough to deter the world, especially now that His Majesty's bones are not cold, his son is attacking each other in armor, how bad it is, where is there still a little bit of father-son and brotherly affection? If such a person is not killed, how many people does the Queen Mother plan to let be kings in the future? ”

There was no one else in the big tent, Duan Hong found a chair and sat down and said: "The queen mother is a grandmother, of course, she must have the compassion of her grandmother, and her majesty is a brother of others, so naturally she must also have the idea of filial piety, these words must be said, as for whether it will work or not, it naturally depends on the meaning of you, the hussar general."

You also know that now the court respects you, the Queen Mother and His Majesty need you to take it, you are also a royal family, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has entered Beijing, and she has lived in the Yun family, although she was sent to live in a small courtyard by our Mrs. Yipin, this is also your family matter, outsiders can't control it, the royal family is still pinching your nose when dealing with your family affairs, but the Royal Zongren Mansion has written your family into the genealogy this time, this is the Queen Mother's idea, I guess you can't refuse, right?

King Hengshan rebelled, the situation in the world became delicate, and the king of Hengshan had already sent a fine work to spread rumors in Chang'an City, saying that His Majesty was not right, and that His Majesty killed the first emperor, the world knows that this is unscrupulous, but some ill-intentioned people are willing to believe it, and follow the rumors.

But after you rode out of Beijing with three thousand irons, all the remarks about the king of Hengshan being the true son of heaven disappeared, because whether it was ordinary people or officials, nobles, royal families, or our enemies, they all knew that Li Xiang's army was simply vulnerable in front of you, and the only thought they had was that you would not kill you.

After getting Yueyang's report, the Queen Mother sighed and said that the King of Hengshan was dead, and said that others might still have concerns about killing the prince, but you didn't have the slightest scruples about killing the prince.

The queen mother also said that if you insist on executing the king of Hengshan, it means that you have begun to be irritable, and you want to use heavy means to deter the world, so that you can spend the ten-year covenant with the emperor in peace, the slave and you are also old acquaintances, and you exude a murderous aura today, and it is really a precursor to irritability, the slave and the maid originally wanted to persuade you to give the king of Hengshan a decent death, but then he stopped talking, Duke Chu, you can't be irritable now, a bad man, the monarch of the Tang Dynasty is young, he can't control the scene, and there will be big problems. ”

Yun Ye was angry and said: "People gather the ministers, and the people who send them to the house are all young and beautiful princesses, why did they send an old woman to me?" ”

Broken Hong's sharp laughter sounded in the big tent, and he arched his hand and said to Yun Ye, "But I don't know which princess Duke Chu is satisfied with?" The slave maid sent a message back, asking them to wash the young and beautiful princess you like and send it to the Yunjia Zhuangzi, the slave and maid can still call the shots, but the first emperor left six princesses! ”

Thinking about Li Chengqian's terrible daughters, Yun Ye sighed and shook his head and said: "Forget it, when you are old, you can't stand the toss, the old woman is the old woman, it's the baby, it's a baby, just suffer a loss."

But wouldn't the Queen Mother want my family to be restless by doing this? Xin Yue's temper you know, I'm afraid you're not less angry with her, right? An Lan is also a woman who is used to being in power, these two women live together, and I am afraid that there will be chaos in my family. The Queen Mother has no good intentions at all, does she want me to deal with court politics or family affairs?

I know what the Queen Mother is worried about, you go back to tell the Queen Mother, I will go back to Chang'an after dealing with the things here, as long as there is no rebellion in the future, I will not leave the capital, even if there is a rebellion, I don't plan to come out again, just hide in Chang'an and send troops! ”

Duan Hong smiled and said: "No matter how wise the Queen Mother is, she is still a woman, what is so strange about a little strange thought, what she likes to see the most is that you can go and greet her every day, as long as she sees you in Chang'an, her heart is stable." (To be continued......)

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