Chapter 10 Case Closure (Ask for Collection, Ask for Recommendation)
It was supposed to be a peaceful and peaceful Chinese New Year's Eve night with family reunion, but I never thought that there was a shocking assassination in the palace, it turned out that Liu Meiren, who was favored by the emperor, took advantage of the Chinese New Year's Eve when most of the palace people gathered together to guard lax, and first used aphrodisiac to confuse the emperor, and then wanted to assassinate the emperor, but the heavens favored the fate should not be extinguished, the palace maid who kept vigil accidentally knocked over the lamp oil and led the curtain, and the commander of the forbidden army, Pang Fei, saw that the situation was not right, and saw that the emperor's eyes were scattered, and Liu Meiren showed the dagger in a panic with nervousness, and the matter was revealed. Zuo Lian, who got the news, entered the palace at night, and it turned out that the matter was not only that Liu Meiren hated the emperor and rarely favored him, but that he hated from love.
Eighteen years ago, Hedong Jiedu made Xiao Jingjiao collude with the Khitan, recognized the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang as his father, and at the cost of the sixteen states of Youyun, destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne and became the emperor with the support of the Khitan, and changed the name of the country to Jin.
It's just that after the sixteen states of Youyun were ceded to the Khitan, the Khitan emperor Yelu Deguang was afraid that these people were still interested in the Central Plains, so those who served were not slaves, and those who did not obey were slaughtered.
Liu Qi, the father of Liu Meiren, was the assassin of Youzhou at the time, and he was also a man of integrity, who was struggling to resist the Turkic southern invaders, Xiao Jingjiao said that the emperor still did not surrender after ceding the sixteen states of Youyun, in order to gain the support of the Khitans, Xiao Jingjiao ordered to shoot Liu Qi, so maybe the timing of the scene, can be crowned as a patriotic leader, the man who praised and sang the whole country died tragically at the hands of his comrades, just for his own power and glory. The Liu family was slaughtered, and only Liu Meiren, who was only five years old at the time, survived the disaster, so Liu Meiren, who was looking for an opportunity to enter the palace, was just to avenge her father's revenge, but God did not pity her.
In many cases, the more fickle and powerful people will not care about what is right and wrong, heavenly justice and justice, they only care about their own power, the power in their hands, and the dictatorship of today's Wang relatives is also supported by today's good emperor himself, and today's Lin family is just a chess piece used by the current emperor to suppress the power of the Wang family and the prince. It's just that I pity Liu Meiren's father's enthusiasm for serving the country and Liu Meiren's flower-like life, and on the beautiful and warm Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu Meiren's bitter cries and curses rang in the palace for a long time, and the vast night soon returned to calm as if nothing had happened.
The fireworks by the Luohe River are still bright, illuminating the dark night sky, attracting the cheers of the people in Luoyang City, and people are still looking forward to a better life in the coming year under the joyful festival atmosphere, less wars and wars, more family reunions, and the whole family can be safe, and the wishes of the people are always simple and insignificant.
Eighteen years ago, Lin Qingzhi only heard his father mention it, although it was an understatement, but he could also feel the tragic scene when that past happened, the Tang Dynasty royal family was killed, and all the old things in the palace were burned into a scorched earth, although Lin Qingzhi went to the ruins of the year with his father a few years ago, it was spring, all the flowers and plants in full bloom were seen, the ruins of the year were renovated and rebuilt into a garden, small and exquisite, the purple and red in the spring are extraordinarily beautiful, pavilions and pavilions, Qionglou palaces, like fairy palaces, At that time, Lin Qingzhi was only chasing the butterflies in the flowers and picking all kinds of flowers, but remembered that her father didn't want her to be so happy, but just looked at her figure and was stunned.
She also asked her father if he could live here, if only her own house could be so beautiful. Now that she has grown up, she understands her father's mood at that time, no matter how beautiful the scenery and scenes are, they can't completely empty the tragic memories left in people's minds, maybe time can erase the scenery in front of her, and the grass and trees will be different after a few years, but the memories in her mind can't be erased, but she can only imagine and can't witness it with her own eyes.
That's it, just like the tragic scene in the palace last night, I can only imagine it based on my father's description, but I can't see it with my own eyes.
It wasn't until her father came back that Lin Qingzhi knew that the emperor had been ill for so long, and it was really not that he really had a cough, not to mention that it was life-threatening and even the imperial doctor was helpless, but he had already noticed that Liu Meiren and the queen had different intentions, and they would just plan it, and sure enough, the emperor's mental skills have always been unfathomable, but this emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom was originally won by snatching the throne, and it was inevitable that he would be even more vigilant, so no one believed it, for fear that the emperor would one day be taken away by others like himself.
After the sixth day of the first month, the emperor began to restore the dynasty, and the emperor changed his previous appearance, only saying that the Tai Hospital's Tai Doctor had excellent medical skills to cure cough and chronic disease, and he rewarded a few Tai Doctors, but few people knew the real reason, and the ministers also complimented the true dragon Tianzi, Hong Fu Qitian and other words, but those who looked at the new monarch to succeed to the throne were very disappointed, obviously they had seen that the prince was about to sit on the dragon chair but had to wait for many years, After all, the scheming emperor is much more difficult to serve than the arrogant prince.
With their hopes disappointed, there is also the prince himself, after all, although the queen is slightly suspicious, she doesn't know that the emperor is just pretending to be sick, so during this time they can't wait to plan has already fallen into the eyes of the emperor, and the emperor is even more disgusted, so the disaster relief silver two missing case plus Zhao Hai'an's embezzlement case, the son of the uncle of the country robbed the people's daughter and murdered the case were all put on the table after the opening of the sixth dynasty, the emperor ordered Zhou Shixiu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to be responsible for finding out the truth, with a deadline of one month, Zhou Shixiu, a veteran of the two dynasties, was sixty-seven years old at the time, and he was upright. Under the gray hair, the two eyes are blazing, otherwise it would not be possible that only the officials in the entire six departments are the most upright and severe, and the emperor's intention to order Zhou Shixiu to be responsible for a thorough investigation is self-evident.
For a while, there was a storm in the court, some were busy clearing up the relationship, some were busy providing evidence to invite merit, and some were swaying left and right whether to attach themselves to the prince, and they were very busy. And whoever the emperor wants to die has to die, evidence? That's just a crime to add to the desire, but this deep emperor doesn't intend to really force his son to death, what he wants is just to balance the forces of all parties and take advantage of the fisherman, so a month later, in the case of the disappearance of the disaster relief silver, Li Lingkuan and Xu Youzhou bent the law for bribes and raised prices, Li Lingkuan was sentenced to beheading, Xu Youzhou was sentenced to exile, and all the stolen money was confiscated. The son of the prince of the uncle of the country was sentenced to beheading, the crime of connivance of the uncle was reduced to a five-grade official, Zhao Haian bribed and tampered with political commentary, corruption and corruption was sentenced to exile in Qianzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu and the Ministry of Household were also implicated in the fall of the horse, for a time there were more than 20 people who fell off the horse, more than half of the power of Wang's relatives was cut off, the prince's virtue was not allowed to be involved in politics, and he was punished in the East Palace.
The king of Fengning County is the prince, rewarding 20 royal brocades, 1,000 taels of gold, and a jade crown, because Xiao Mufeng was originally in the palace and the concubine was not there, he was very fond of the landscape and was less involved in political affairs, and there was not much power, so it did not attract speculation and attention, but thought that the emperor just found that he had neglected this prince for so many years, and he had the intention to compensate.
After the New Year, the weather gradually warms up, and the spring breeze blows, not as cold as before, and even the willow trees have become blue-green, showing the vitality of all things in spring.
A blue-topped carriage came slowly from outside Luoyang City, passed through the Xuanwu Gate and pressed the bluestone street, and finally stopped in front of the Zuo Xiangfu with gold characters on a black background.