By the end of the first day of the purge, thousands of ordinary parishioners had been detained in Chang'an. Liu Yu summoned the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion, the Sixth Defense Division, and the Third Division to summarize his thoughts a day later, and these officials basically only had one expression, that is, the situation was beyond their expectations.

The cells were already overcrowded for a day, and all kinds of false accusations were not uncommon, and some of the residents of the city were afraid that they would be reported as believers and imprisoned. In these years, entering the cell was like walking through the palace of Hades, and the people were afraid in their hearts, and they did not want to enter the cell even if they were killed.

Liu Yu listened to the report below and felt that it was time to adjust the strategy and tighten the net first.

"Tomorrow, the ordinary cult members held in the cells will be registered and released, and some missionaries will still be detained until further instructions from the imperial court."

After the officials left, Liu Yu estimated that there were not a small number of parishioners in the entire Chang'an City, and if the matter was not handled well this time, it would turn into a large-scale riot. There are also many anti-party personnel in Chang'an City, and they are also waiting for the opportunity to start an incident.

Liu Yu returned to the inner court, and Liu Yu, who originally wanted to rest for a night, was disturbed many times in one night. Mainly because there was a little unrest in Chang'an City.

Li Mi, as the commander of the Yamen of the General Defense Department and the secretary of the Ministry of War, can be said to be very nervous to come to the palace that night to ask to see Liu Yu. Liu Yu didn't pay attention to it at first after learning about it, thinking that it was understandable that there was a small chaos in the city, but Li Mi repeatedly found people to enter the inner court to spread the word, which also made Liu Yu feel the urgency of the problem.

He didn't even sleep well, and Liu Yu was not in a good mood, so he waited until he arrived at the Yaqian Palace. Found in addition to Li Mi. and the right minister Han Sheng is also there.

"How serious is it out there?" Liu Yu looked at Li Mi's temporary notebook. He didn't believe all the things written above, but when he went to the Yaqian Palace, he asked with a slashed face.

Li Mi said: "There are people everywhere in the city who set fires and make trouble, there are also bandits who act at night, and there are also people who take the opportunity to kill and loot, and there is a rumor in Chang'an City. ”

"Jingzhao Mansion...... What about Wang Fu Yin? Liu Yu looked around, but didn't see Wang Hu.

Li Mi said: "Wang Fu Yin is running around with yacha outside. There are still fire dragon teams in the city to fight fires, and the Yamen of the Six Defense Divisions is also helping to fight fires, and the city defense is slack, for fear that it will be taken advantage of by outsiders......"

Liu Yu didn't go outside the palace after all, and he didn't know what kind of chaos the outside had been. Liu Yu looked at Han Sheng on the side and asked, "Why did Han Xiang come here?" ”

Han Sheng said with a solemn expression: "The fourth prince and the fifth prince, mother and son...... Found dead in prison tonight......"

Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Han Sheng, and said in surprise: "Are they all dead?" How did you die, and you can discuss it? ”

Han Sheng shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems that he was killed." ”

Liu Yu was a little annoyed in his heart, and now the people who rebellious the party want to assassinate some people in the court. The target is not Liu Yu and the political dignitaries around him, because these people are closely guarded. On the contrary, it was those princes who had been convicted, because they were guarded themselves, and the court did not pay too much attention to them, so they were killed.

"It's pretty vicious." Liu Yu said, "Kill a few princes, as well as Concubine Li Guifei, and all the will be on me." Han Xiang, you go and take a look, and by the way, strengthen the protection of the other princes and princesses of the Su family who live in Chang'an City, so as not to have any accidents. ”

Han Sheng received the order and went to arrange it overnight, but Li Mi still stayed, waiting for Liu Yu to make further arrangements.

Liu Yu asked Li Mi to follow him into the Yaqian Palace, before he stood still, Wang Hu asked to see him outside, Liu Yue let Wang Hu in, Wang Hu at this time was disgraced, as if he had just been robbed, and he had just been fished out of the pond.

"What's the matter?" Liu Yu asked.

"Sir, get out of the town quickly, student...... The students couldn't hold it anymore. Wang Hu was tired enough, and when he arrived at the Yaqian Palace, there was a foul smell accompanied by a burning smell on his body, which made Liu Yu feel pungent.

After Wang Hu's explanation, Liu Yu had a general understanding of the situation in the city. Basically, as Li Mi said, there are people making trouble everywhere in the city, there are religious people, and there are also people from three religions and nine streams who follow to make trouble, burning, killing and looting, and the entire Chang'an City is not at peace. Wang Hu and hundreds of officials in Jingzhao Mansion couldn't take care of the chaos of the entire Chang'an City after breaking their legs, so they had to run to Liu Yu for help like Li Mi.

"What is the state of martial law in the city?" Liu Yu listened to Wang Hu's narration and asked.

"Sir, if martial law is useful, why has it come to such a point?" Wang Hu said with a dejected face, "You should hurry up and control those mobs, only in this way will the capital not be chaotic." ”

Wang Hu still admires Liu Yu, and he feels that as long as Liu Yu makes a move, he will definitely be able to stabilize the overall situation.

But now Liu Yu has no other way than to transfer troops into the city. In terms of which army to transfer, Liu Yu thought about it for a while, because the two battalions in Chang'an City are not his descendants because of their own organizational problems, and now it is best to transfer a new army into the city.

Liu Yu immediately issued a warrant to let Huo Yi go out of the city overnight to transfer troops, and the new army entered the city from the east and south gates, and the whole city was under martial law.

In this way, Chang'an City returned to a state of military pressure, which was also the method used by Liu Yu when he drove Su Yan out of power, that is, to temporarily suppress the chaos in Chang'an City by force. After the army guarded all the street entrances and key passes in the city, they sent soldiers from the Jingzhao Mansion and the Six Defense Divisions to go door-to-door to check the followers of the Three Puritans.

This kind of military repression will not last only a month as it did at the beginning of the year, and it will remain in place until the Three Puritans are eradicated once and for all. Liu Yu also decided that the implementation of all government decrees should be coordinated with the action of force, and at the same time, a group of new troops stationed in other places should be transferred to the customs, so as to prevent the people of the Three Puritans from using their political connections to plot to usurp the throne.

When Li Mi and Wang Hu heard Liu Yu's order, they knew that the good days of Chang'an City were over, and now the imperial court was going to take the Three Puritans to open up, which was like a war without soldiers, and whoever was more ruthless would be able to laugh the most. After Liu Yu finished arranging, he shouted to Wang Hu: "Go out to do errands, you haven't calmed down the riots in the city, don't even want to sleep!" ”

Wang Hu left the palace in a huff and stuck to his post, while Li Mi had to negotiate with Liu Yu on behalf of the military department about some arrangements after the army entered the city.

In the second half of the night, the new army began to enter the city in batches, stationed at the street entrance of the city from the east and south, and took over the original martial law duties of Jingzhao Mansion and the Yamen of the Six Defense Divisions.

This time, it was Huo Yi who was responsible for leading the troops into the city, and Liu Yu also intended to arrange it this way. After martial law, anyone who takes advantage of the chaos to make trouble can be killed on the spot, and unless they have to see a doctor and give birth to a child at night, or if there is an official guide, the people need to bear all the consequences.

As soon as the army entered the city, after a few skirmishes in a few places in the city, Chang'an City basically quieted down. After all, the army is different from Jingzhao Mansion and the Six Defense Division, the soldiers are not used to problems, they will not stuff people into the yamen, and those who are caught do not need to ask whether they are the mastermind or accomplices, they will all be killed, as long as they kill a few, the rest of them will be afraid, and those who come out to stir up trouble will soon disperse as soon as they see that the situation is not right, even if they can't go home, they will quickly find a place to hide, and they will be caught and killed.

By the time it was almost dawn, Liu Yu was still waiting for news in the Yaqian Palace, and judging from the feedback from all parties, Chang'an City had roughly settled down.

Although the arrival of the army in the city can quickly calm the situation, the follow-up problems will also arise. After dawn, the ordinary life of the residents of Chang'an City could not be sustained, and the next martial law of the imperial court would cause the entire Chang'an City to enter a long depression.

Waiting for the Mandate of Heaven, the officials of Shangshutai, including Han Sheng, Sui Yu and Chai Jin and other large and small officials, arrived, and Liu Yu held a temporary meeting, mainly explaining the matter.

Because the imperial court's repeated wars with foreign countries had ended, and money and food were no longer particularly tight, Liu Yu was ready to temporarily open many places in the city as porridge fields, one was to help the people in need, and the other was to prevent the displacement of ordinary people in the city because of this incident. Liu Yu asked Sui Yu to be in charge of this matter, strictly investigate the problem of filling the private pockets of the upper and lower levels, and make sure that the residents of Chang'an City can settle down.

At the same time, Liu Yu also prepared a set of measures to prevent some sudden situations from happening. In terms of opening the market, Liu Yu followed the experience of the last martial law in the city, and opened for an hour every day in several important locations in the city to change the market, in order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from hoarding some daily necessities, Liu Yu also asked Sui Yu to arrange for the Commerce and Trade Department to sell cheap daily necessities, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea in the market, as long as they are responsible for these seven things, the people in the city can be roughly stable.

After explaining the matter, the people of Shangshutai also hurried down to make arrangements. Sui Yu stayed alone and discussed some civil and military contact matters with Liu Yu, because now that the army has entered the city, many affairs in Chang'an City must be military-oriented, and the government must be temporarily subordinated to military arrangements, so Sui Yu hopes that Liu Yu can open up a channel so that the imperial court can have a certain coordination with the military generals who enter the city.

"I will hand this matter over to the Ministry of War." Liu Yu nodded and said, "You go to do your first, and you will bring the news over when you turn around." ”

Sui Yu left, Liu Yu did not immediately summon a group of ministers who came to see him, and now no matter who is in Chang'an City, they are in danger, and even officials enter the palace to inquire about the news. Liu Yu first made personnel arrangements, and transferred Sui Yi, who had been idle in the Ministry of Rites, to the Ministry of War to help Li Mi. However, his real duty was to be responsible for the communication between the Jingzhao Mansion, the Commerce and Trade Division, the Imperial Court and the Yamen of the Six Defense Divisions in the city and the troops stationed in Chang'an City, and to relay all the news to Liu Yu.

Waiting for Liu Yu to call Sui Yi over and arrange the errand, Sui Yi took a breath and asked, "Is it ...... Too complicated? ”

"It's not complicated, your current position is urgent, and I will send a group of people to you and let them help you do things. In the past few days, you have also worked hard, and when the matter is over, you can pay homage to the marquis. You've got to be careful. ”

Liu Yu drew a very large cake, although it was illusory, but this trick was very good for Sui Yi. Sui Yi has been bored in the Ministry of Rites for more than half a year and is about to suffocate to death, he is the kind of person who can't be idle, he has been holding back for so long, and he can't wait to do a big job. (To be continued......)