On April 27, it was another early morning, and before the city gate was opened, the spring gate was built in the east of Luoyang City, but it was quietly opened under Gao Cheng's order.

Gao Cheng was appointed as the governor of Gyeonggi, and was in charge of all the military in Luoyang and the surrounding areas outside the forbidden army, and the city gates in Luoyang were also under his jurisdiction.

The young soldier looked in astonishment at the ragged paupers outside the city, the line was so long that he could not see it all.

Under the organization of the Gyeonggi soldiers, the poor people poured into the city in an orderly manner and went straight to the direction of Miyagi.

"How many people are here, could it be that there are soldiers nearby, and they are all coming into the city to avoid trouble?"

The young soldier wondered.

"What nonsense! The prince has just pacified Sanjing, killed Chen Qingzhi did not dare to look north, there are 30,000 Jinggi soldiers stationed outside the city, and there will be no bandits for trouble, now that the Great Wei is leveling, how can Luoyang raise any soldiers. ”

The school officer guarding Jianchun Gate reprimanded.

The young soldier hurriedly kept silent.

Li Shilang led his wife to follow the flow of people, and in front of him was Zhao Agui and his wife from the same village.

Last night, I spent a night in fear in the Gyeonggi camp, and before dawn I was awakened, and a general asked them to go into the city to cry in front of the palace.

Li Shilang and others finally believed that it was really the prince of Bohai who wanted to uphold justice for them, and embarked on the road of revenge with a vision of a better life in the future.

Gao Longzhi slept soundly with his concubine in his arms, thanks to the understanding of King Xiaogao, the Luoyang Imperial Court had long since lost the early dynasty.

After all, for Gao Cheng, delaying sleep affects his height.

What is more important is to let the minister have less contact with the Son of Heaven, anyway, the affairs are handled by him.

The noise woke him up, and Gao Long was furious, and called the steward of the palace to ask the reason.

"The head of the family, these are all the monks of Jingming Temple who are making noise, I heard that there are 10,000 people crying in front of the palace gate, and they are crying to the Son of Heaven."

The steward explained.

Gao Longzhi, Li Yuanzhong and others, including Gao Qian, who had been transferred, all had mansions close to Jingming Temple.

When the monks of Jingming Temple heard the news of the people's crying, they made an uproar, and only then did Gao Longzhi wake up.

As soon as he heard this, Gao Longzhi was completely sleepy, he knew that this must be from Gao Cheng's handiwork, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went to check it in person.

When Gao Longzhi arrived, the royal road was crowded by the people of Luoyang, who were watching the excitement, and a servant opened the way, so he was able to pass through the crowd.

Looking at the number of poor people kneeling outside the room, there are really tens of thousands of people, crying in unison, and the momentum is earth-shattering.

From time to time, some people whispered in the crowd of onlookers, and the wife of a certain official took advantage of his absence to have an affair with a monk, and when a certain concubine of a powerful person went to the temple to offer incense and repay her vows, she fornicated in Shamen.

These people do not name names, but refer to nobles, which makes Gao Longzhi, who has always believed in Buddhism, pale in his face, and there are many monks in his house, and his family members often go to the temple.

Knowing that those people might be spies arranged by Gao Cheng to arch the fire in the crowd, Gao Longzhi hurried home

I saw many colleagues along the way, with worried and anxious faces.

There are not a few powerful officials in Luoyang City who believe in Buddhism.

When he returned home, Gao Longzhi summoned his wife and concubine, and asked angrily:

"Some of you have an affair with the demon monk!"

Even if there has been such a thing, how dare you admit it.

"Where did Ah Lang listen to the rumors, I almost died at the hands of Gao Qian and Li Yuanzhong the first time, so I invited the monks to pray for blessings, and Ah Lang also knew."

The wife immediately cried out.

The rest of the concubines also rushed to echo each other, following his wife to complain that Gao Longzhi stayed in Miyagi and didn't care about their lives or deaths.

Gao Longzhi can't speak, you are not so concentric!

But it's about honor, and he can understand it, and what happened that day was that he couldn't live with his wives and concubines, so that they were wronged.

Now that he has been caught, Gao Longzhi has also wilted.

With a flick of his robe, he went out angrily and went to Miyagi again.

These demon monks have many lawlessness, even if I am Gao Longzhi sincerely worship the Buddha, but I love the people of the world more, and I will enlighten the Son of Heaven and severely punish the scum of Buddhism.

As soon as I left the house, I met many indignant colleagues.

Their eyes met, and they all understood their thoughts.

Today, the magnates in Luoyang must speak out impartially, work together to make decisions for the poor people, and return the world to a prosperous future.

Yuan Shanjian heard the noise outside the palace, and only thought that Gao Cheng was leading troops to kill him, so he hurriedly ran to Queen Gao's bedroom, and shrank in Queen Gao's arms like a frightened bird:

"The prince wants to kill me, and ask the queen to save my life in the love of husband and wife."

"Your Majesty, don't be afraid, Brother said that as long as you and I love and respect each other, he will not be embarrassed for you."

Twelve-year-old Empress Gao stroked the back of ten-year-old Yuan Shanjian and comforted.

She trusted her brother not to cheat on her.

Outside the palace, a eunuch who had heard the news ran back.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Hearing the familiar shout, Yuan Shanjian turned his head and asked:

"What the hell is going on?"

The eunuch took a heavy breath and quickly explained:

"There was no chaos, but there were many people in front of the palace who had been bullied by the monks who came to cry and ask Your Majesty to uphold justice."

Yuan Shanjian finally fell in his heart, he quickly got up from Empress Gao's arms, breathed a long sigh of relief, sorted out the emperor's appearance, and went straight out without looking back at Empress Gao.

Empress Gao sat on the couch and shook her head and sighed, for this person who is both a husband and a younger brother, Queen Gao does not blame, he is still young, maybe it would be better to grow up.

Outside the palace, there were not only people complaining about grievances, but also courtiers asking to see them.

Yuan Shanjian ordered the courtiers to enter, and after everyone bowed to the Son of Heaven in the Mingguang Palace, Gao Longzhi immediately started to play:

"Now that there is a lot of turmoil outside the palace gate, please ask Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of this matter."

As soon as the words fell, everyone echoed one after another, and Yuan Shanjian naturally did not dismiss everyone's intentions, and asked:

"Who can do this?"

Sima Ziru replied:

"This matter is widely implicated, and Gao Cheng, who is not the governor of Gyeonggi and the servant, cannot take on this important responsibility."

As soon as these words came out, there was a chorus of echoes, and Yuan Shanjian hurriedly ordered the palace people to send a message to the Bohai Palace.

Li Yuanzhong in the service suggested again:

"The matter is serious, and the ministers ask the king of Zhao Jun and the senior servant of the camp to be judged."

Wang Yuanchen of Zhaojun was timid and cowardly, and Gao Longzhi was the senior servant of the camp superintendent.

Yuan Shan saw that he had nothing to do, and he didn't care about this matter.

The angel came to the Bohai Palace, Gao Cheng knelt down to greet the order, but the palace people didn't dare to accept it, and they read the content tremblingly at Gao Cheng's request.

It can't be blamed that these palace people have no courage, and those who have the courage were all killed by the Erzhu clan with Yuan Ziyou three years ago.

Gao Cheng took over the will, and he was a little embarrassed:

"The dynasty has always admired Buddhism, and today's people who are outside the punishment party are afraid of being criticized by the world."

The staff gathered in Gao Cheng's mansion early in the morning, and Zhao Yanshen comforted:

"The demon monk has no way, causing the people to suffer, and the prince of the world is acting according to orders, how can the people of the world blame him."

He came from a poor background, and he already hated people who did not work for nothing, let alone the shameful behavior of the monks.

Cui Jishu was a step slower, but he still spoke positively:

"The son of the world has the expectations of the people, please don't shirk and live up to the expectations of the people."

Cui Xian, who had recently joined the service, was not yet accustomed to the rhythm of King Xiaogao, and his position was the highest, but he fell to the end, and he said:

"The son of the world was ordered by the Son of Heaven to return the Buddha to purity, which is a great merit for the Buddhist family, and please do not doubt it."

Seeing that his staff were all persuading, Gao Cheng sighed:

"That's it! Since it is the edict of the Son of Heaven, Cheng will be a wicked person, and he will definitely sweep away the dirt of Buddhism. ”

After that, he looked at the palace people and continued:

"Please return to Your Majesty and obey the mandate of heaven."

The palace people hurried to return to the palace to resume their lives.

"Shuzheng."

Gao Cheng called Cui Jishu and said:

"I will ask you to go to the Gyeonggi camp again, and order Hu Lu Mingyue and Murong Shaozong to lead the army into the city."

The 10,000 people under the command of Duan Shao and Yaoxiong need to be stationed in Yongning Temple to guard over more than 10,000 sturdy monks, and they can only call 15,000 people from the camp outside the city.

Cui Jishu went as ordered, he had run several times in the past two days, and he was already familiar with the road.

Gao Cheng also ordered Zhao Yanshen to organize the people who had complained of grievances to gather in Jingming Temple, and he wanted to hold a trial in that big temple.

Jingming Temple is another big temple in Luoyang, which was established by Emperor Xuanwu Yuanke, the son of Emperor Xiaowen and the father of Emperor Xiaoming.

Located on the east side of the imperial road of Xuanyang Gate, its temple has more than 1,000 houses, and its interior is resplendent and brilliant, and the dignity does not lose Yongning Temple.

Gao Cheng was escorted by the guards, and soon after arriving at Jingming Temple, the people who complained of grievances came to meet Zhao Yanshen and two judges, Gao Longzhi and Yuan Chen.

The three judges saluted each other, the main hall of Jingming Temple has been changed to the yamen hall, Gao Cheng sat on the main seat, Gao Longzhi and Yuan Chen lived on both sides.

The plaintiffs entered the temple in batches according to the villages, and from time to time the defendants were brought in from Yongnyeongsa Temple, or the Gyeonggi soldiers who entered the city went to the temple to fetch people.

Yongning Temple is heavily guarded, and more than 20,000 monks are tightly tied up and guarded.

Without the warrior monk to protect the temple, even if Gao Cheng arrested people everywhere, the monks in the temples did not dare to resist.

Yuan Chen is a discerning person, otherwise Li Yuanzhong would not have pushed him up, as a representative of the clan, he was drowsy the whole time.

If it weren't for a few perfunctory questions from Gao Cheng from time to time, I really thought he was practicing closed-mouth meditation.

Gao Cheng's trial is also simple, there is no need to investigate and collect evidence, and the grievances of tens of thousands of people, if they want to be verified one by one, I am afraid that there is no need to do anything else this year.

Those who can be named by the victims, hear about their deeds, and if the disaster is very serious, they will be placed directly on the east side of Jingming Temple, and those who are less serious will be placed on the west side of Jingming Temple.

Soon, it was finally Li Shilang's turn to complain about their grievances.

Gao Cheng was furious when he heard what happened to them, who didn't know that King Xiao Gao respected the wishes of women the most, and before marrying Er Zhu Ying'e, he had to enter the palace to ask her if she was willing.

Twelve monks from Yongning Monastery, including the monk Bao Hui, whose names were provided by the villagers, were brought to trial.

"You are a person in the Buddhist sect, but you do this despicable and dirty thing, is it tolerable or unbearable, I intend to escort them to the east chamber of Jingming Temple, Zhao Junwang, Gao Shizhong, what do you think?"

Gao Longzhi was equally angry when he thought of what might happen to him, and he immediately agreed when he heard this.

Yuan Chen woke up like a big dream, half-squinted his eyes, and nodded:

"Be as the Son of the World says."

Monk Baohui and the others didn't know what it meant to be escorted to the East Chamber, but seeing Gao Cheng and Gao Longzhi angry, they also knew that it would not be a good place to go, so they shouted loudly.

"How can the son of the world disregard human life, just because of these untouchables, he will dispose of us and others."

Monk Bao Hui shouted the loudest.

It annoyed Gao Cheng, and he didn't know that northern monks could eat meat, he just thought that the precepts of Buddhism were to make people eat vegetarians.

Previously, many people accused him of evil deeds, Gao Cheng's heart was on fire, and he roared:

"Come on, drag this Baohui monk out and beat me with a hundred sticks! No! Two hundred sticks! Beat him to death for me! ”

At this time, the whole hall was quiet, and the rest of the monks were tied up and taken to the east chamber to wait for the fate, only the monk Baohui shouted loudly to spare his life, but was dragged away by the guards, leaving a smell of urine.

Gao Cheng covered his nose and asked people to bring water to rinse.

and comforted Li Shilang and others:

"You go back first and stay for a good life, and then the household department will preside over the registration of the household registration, and then wait for you to grant the land, you need to pay taxes on time, and now that the government is clear, you can no longer be a hidden household."

Just like the people before, Li Shilang and others were grateful for Gao Cheng's kindness and rushed to bow down.

Yuan Chen observed for a long time, and admired Gao Cheng's methods in his heart, everyone knew that Gao Cheng was leading behind the scenes, otherwise how could it be possible to gather so many people who complained about their grievances.

Dealing with the monks, won the hearts of the people, it is estimated that the property of the temple will also belong to him, but the notoriety is carried by the Son of Heaven, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can testify, it is the Son of Heaven who ordered Gao Cheng to rest at home, and he will handle the matter.

Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Er Zhurong, and there was no successor to the Er Zhu family, but Gao Huan had such a son as Gao Cheng, but he was afraid that the foundation of Great Wei was really going to end.

Yuan Chen has no ambition to revive the Wei family, and he is not a descendant of Emperor Xiaowen, as the grandson of Emperor Xiaowen's father, Emperor Xianwen Tuoba Hong, he is already very old, and it is specified that when he can't see the Gao family to represent Wei, wouldn't it be good to live a few more years in peace.

Groups of people complained, and one after another the monks were escorted to the east and west.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that Gao Cheng finished the matter, and the east and west sides of Jingming Temple were also stuffed with people.

There was also a dead body lying on the ground outside the temple, and its back was broken, it was the monk Baohui.

Gao Cheng ordered people to count, and there were more than 2,000 people who committed the most heinous crimes in the East Chamber, and 10,000 people who were less responsible in the West Chamber.

He immediately submitted the results to the Son of Heaven in conjunction with Yuan Chen and Gao Longzhi, requesting that the most heinous people be beheaded, and those who did not die should be used as hard labor, and the remaining warrior monks in Yongning Temple would be sent to mining.

At the same time, he ordered someone to call the host of the large and small temples in Luoyang and scolded him sharply.

Of the 1,367 temples in Luoyang, there are only more than 600 monks and nuns who have been called to preside, and the rest are waiting for the east and west sides.

In the face of Gao Cheng's reprimand, more than 600 hosts were submissive, and no one had the courage to face the anger of King Xiaogao.

Gao Cheng scolded for a while, and was tired, so he said coldly to the monks and nuns:

"You need to take good care of the monks, and if there is such an evil thing, I will never forgive it!"

All the monks and nuns kowtowed one after another, thinking that this was the end of the matter, and that being arrested by so many monks was enough to calm the anger of King Xiaogao.

They don't know it's just foreplay.

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Three chapters will be sent at noon, the fourth chapter will be updated before seven o'clock in the evening, and the fifth chapter will be updated before twelve o'clock, and I will go to take a nap first.

Thanks to the book friends for the early fat of the British short, the black spot of the little white rabbit, and the reward of Canaan.