Chapter 280: Degraded to a common man, a sharp turn for the worse (1)
Shi Wenzheng's handling of Di's family can be called vigorous and resolute. It didn't take him much time to end the interrogation and announce the results.
Di Yunlong, attempted rebellion, although he has died, but according to the law, he should still whip a hundred corpses, behead the head of the nine sides, and the nine clans will be affected, regardless of men and women, all abandon the city.
However, in order to show his benevolence, and at the same time appease the hearts of the Di family army and avoid mutiny, Shi Wenzheng used his gratitude for Di Danqing's great military exploits as the reason, and specially gave grace to the Di family, and only whipped Di Yunlong's corpse one hundred, and did not bury him, so as to avoid the punishment of passing on the head of the nine sides; For Di Danqing, even the Di family, the death penalty was exempted, and both men and women were assigned to the frontier as slaves.
As soon as Di Yunlong's charges of attempted rebellion and the charges of perjury by Fei Qing and Gu Panxi were announced by Di Danqing, the whole city of Le'an Mansion was in an uproar, and Di Jiajun's military heart was even more shaken.
On the one hand, it was the people of Le'an Mansion who ruthlessly criticized Di Yunlong, thinking that he was a despicable and shameless traitor who had lived up to the trust and love of everyone in Dawu.
On the one hand, it was the refusal of Di Jiajun to accept the charges of Di Yunlong and Di Danqing declared by Shi Wenzheng, and they all said that with the character and morality of Di Danqing and Di Yunlong, it was absolutely impossible to do such a deceptive and rebellious thing. There are many people in the Di family's army, all of whom said that they would personally enter the Le'an Mansion and ask for the lives of Di Danqing and Di Yunlong with a blood letter, and there was even news that some of the soldiers of the Di family army had secretly formed a blood alliance, and were ready to forcibly kidnap Di Danqing and the rest of the Di family on the day they were distributed, and help them go away.
Although Shi Wenzheng had long expected that Di Jiajun would be loyal to Di Danqing, and dealing with him was likely to cause dissatisfaction and even mutiny in Di Jiajun, so he specially commuted the sentences of Di Yunlong, Di Danqing and Di Shi to appease Di Jiajun's emotions, but Di Jiajun's performance was still so intense, which made Shi Wenzheng a little stunned.
But in addition to being stunned, Shi Wenzheng's heart felt more anger.
No matter who the Di family army is up and down, who is selected, who cultivates it, and who has been born and died with it, nominally, the person they should be loyal to should be Shi Wenzheng, the only son of heaven in this great martial arts. What they are showing now is a huge betrayal of Di Danqing's personal collective fanaticism, in the eyes of Shi Wenzheng. As for their ignorance of Shi Wenzheng's kindness to Di Danqing, Di Yunlong, and the rest of the Di family, it was even more humiliating to Shi Wenzheng.
Di Jiajun's violent reaction not only made Shi Wenzheng willing to compromise because he was worried that Di Jiajun might mutiny, and once again reduced the punishment for Di Danqing, Di Yunlong and Di Shi, but instead determined that he would carry out the disposal of Di Danqing, Di Yunlong and Di Shi to the end.
In this regard, Shi Wenzheng's measures were very simple and rude, he first promoted Di Danqing's deputy general Lu Dewang to the interim marshal of the Di family's army, and then appointed Shang Shu Tian Gang, who had always won Di Danqing's trust and was also from the Di family's army, to go to the base camp of the Di family army stationed outside the city of Le'an Mansion with the holy decree to calm the emotions of the Di family army.
As a result, it was added to the fire for Shi Wenzheng.
Lu Dewang did not accept Shi Wenzheng's promotion of him, and Tian Gang, who was in charge of lobbying the Di family's army, was even reprimanded by the Di family's soldiers as ungrateful, and then tied up and whipped a full hundred times before being released.
Shi Wenzheng was furious, but he also saw the ironclad plate of the Di Jiajun from the side. Although he didn't want to admit it, he really didn't dare to face the Lions who collided with each other again, because the coach was about to be sent to the frontier as a slave and was very likely to mutiny. In desperation, Shi Wenzheng could only endure the sense of shame in his heart, turned to Di Danqing for help, and asked Di Danqing to write a handwritten letter to pacify Di Jiajun.
Di Danqing simply agreed to Shi Wenzheng's request, his performance made Shi Wenzheng's heart confused, he recalled the harmonious days of harmony between monarchs and ministers in the past, and unconsciously doubted whether Di Danqing had ulterior motives.
After Di Danqing's letter was written, Shi Wenzheng carefully reviewed it three times to ensure that there were no problems, and then asked Di Danqing to add a sentence to the letter, the content of which was about appointing Shi Feidu as the deputy general of Di Jiajun, assisting Lu Dewang together with other deputy generals, and asking Di Jiajun to obey Shi Feidu's orders as well.
Di Danqing hesitated for a moment, but still did so, added this paragraph to this handwritten letter, and then under the pressure of Shi Wenzheng, he bit the thumb of his right hand, and stamped his own bloody fingerprint in the lower right corner of each page of this letter.
The red blood fingerprints were like fragments of Di Danqing's broken heart, which were about to dissipate into the wind with the messenger's ride.
Di Danqing's handwritten letter was really effective, the letter was delivered in the morning, and in the evening of the same day, Di Jiajun sent a reply, saying that the whole army should be as always, swear allegiance to Dawu, and be loyal to the government. At the same time, Interim Marshal Lu Dewang personally wrote a letter saying that he would fully support Shi Feidu's work as the new deputy general, so that he could gain a firm foothold in the Di family army as soon as possible.
Shi Wenzheng was in the imperial study, and after listening to Di Jiajun and Lu Dewang's reply, he was overjoyed at first, and suddenly his expression changed one hundred and eighty degrees, turning into rage, and he began to hysterically knock over everything he could touch.
The palace maids and eunuchs who came and went to the imperial study were all frightened by Shi Wenzheng's performance and were bloodless, two trembling, a few new to the palace, too timid, they were still outside the imperial study, they were so frightened that they sat on the ground with weak legs on the spot, incontinent, and then were scolded by Li Yu, and called the imperial guards to drag them out.
Li Yu, who experienced the last time he was furious about politics, has to say that his psychological construction has been much stronger, and this time he was no longer frightened and shrunk in the corner, but finally showed the demeanor of a royal servant and a great eunuch.
This is all because Li Yu has been chewing repeatedly about the decrees issued by Zheng in the past few nights, as well as the oracles and orders he asked to convey. He slowly figured out that Shi Wenzheng's biggest heart problem was not the jealousy of Di Danqing's military power, but the jealousy of Di Danqing, and even Shi Feiqing and Gu Panxi's loyalty and support.
Knowing this clearly, Li Yu is naturally no longer afraid, not only is he not afraid, but also confidently believes that with his insight into Shi Wenzheng's thoughts, his position will be more consolidated in the future, and in the forbidden palace, except for concubines, his status as the first celebrity of Li Yu will be as stable as Mount Tai.
The day when the Di family was exiled was precisely the day when Di Danqing was canonized as the general of the Zhenguo and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses - the sixth day of the first month of November. It's really hard not to think about it, and when I ask if the political election today has a deep meaning.
Di's gate, lined up in two columns, everyone wearing white prison uniforms, shackled hands, anklets were connected together, under the escort of the guards, set off from the noon gate, dragging Ding Lingdang's chaotic sound, to the north gate of Le'an Mansion, and then without looking back, straight to the frontier.
Shi Wenzheng personally went to the noon gate to see the beginning of the mighty distribution frontier of the Di family.
Di Danqing looked at Shi Wenzheng with a gloomy face on the high platform, and couldn't help but look back on the past, thinking of the ancestors of the Di family, and remembering the reputation of loyalty and good reputation that they had spilled their heads and blood for generations, and had spent countless lives to get back with great difficulty.
"The criminal minister Di Danqing has betrayed the trust of the emperor and the ancestors of the Di family, and he knows that he is not qualified, so he will pay tribute to the emperor again. It's just that today's farewell is goodbye, the guilty minister Di Danqing, hoping that the emperor will read the old feelings, and the quasi-guilty minister wishes the emperor eternal green, longevity and heavenly Qi. The Emperor ......"
Di Danqing paused, used all his strength, and shouted, "Hurray, hooray, hooray!" ”
There were more than 100 people up and down the Di family, and they were already miserable, but now they were infected by Di Danqing's words, and they couldn't hold it back, and they cried one after another, and followed Di Danqing to kneel down one after another, like a human wave.
"Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"
More than 100 people shouted in unison with a crying voice, and when there was no vibration, there was a haze on the face of the government. This complete emperor, who had finally realized his imperial authority by recovering the military power of the Di family, just waved his right hand indifferently, signaling that the hour had come, and ordered the Di family to set off immediately.
"It's time to go! Get up! ”
The guards in charge of the escort waved the long sticks in their hands and rudely scolded the Di family who was still kneeling on the ground and crying. Di's door went up and down, supporting each other to get up with difficulty and move forward slowly.
After the Di family set off, Shi Feiqing and Gu Panxi, who were demoted to commoners, were finally released from the prison. The first moment they were released from prison, they saw Zhao Zhong, Liuchuan, Gu Yuefei, and Dongmei, who had long been expelled from King Zhao's mansion.
"Lord, princess!"
Zhao Zhong and the other four saw Shi Feiqing and Gu Panxi supporting each other to walk out of the prison, exclaimed, and hugged each other.
"Lord, princess, are you all right?"
Hearing the four of them ask, Shi Fei shook his head lightly, saying "It's okay", and then said solemnly: "It's time to change your words." At the moment, Panxi and I are no different from you. ”
Gu Panxi also forced a smile and asked, "How are the others in King Zhao's mansion?" Also, what about Xinning, Lao Tie, and Tang Bao? ”
The four of them glanced at each other, and finally Liuchuan opened his mouth to explain the whereabouts of the servants and maids in King Zhao's mansion, as well as Gao Xinning, Tiemuzi and Tang Bao.
Although Shi Feiqing and Gu Panxi were demoted to commoners, the people in the Zhao Wangfu were not affected, and a group of servants and maids were only disbanded on the spot and asked them to return to their places of origin.
These servants and maids, grateful for Shi Feiqing and Gu Panxi's kindness and love for them, resolutely refused to leave at first, and were determined to wait until Shi Feiqing and Gu Panxi were released from prison, but they ......