Chapter 317: The Wind Sweeps the Leaves
If Wang Jing wants to reform, he must establish prestige, regardless of whether Zhao Qi is bewitched or not, but as the messenger of the Son of Heaven, he inspects the world on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and he is the face of the Son of Heaven.
Yang Zhao killed someone, this is a slap in the face of the Son of Heaven. Even if Wang Jing knows the trick in this, the matter has already been done.
Forgive Yang Zhao, this restructuring has become a dead letter, and the emperor's prestige has suffered a huge blow, not to mention that he has only been on the throne for three years. If Yang Zhao is killed, his mother will definitely be unhappy, and it will also be a huge blow to the royal family.
It's a complete conspiracy.
In the end, Wang Jing made a choice with a gloomy face.
Wang Ce personally went to meet his uncle Yang Zhao and explained the matter to him. When he learned that he was being calculated, he immediately wept bitterly.
"My sister once advised me to keep a low profile, not to be reckless, and to be cautious after returning to the fiefdom, but unfortunately I was arrogant at the time, and finally caused today's disaster, and it was too late to regret it!"
Yang Zhao cried a lot, then bathed and changed clothes, and after driving the servant out, he told his son to come in an hour later and collect his body.
In the third year of the Mandate of Heaven, in September, Shouguang Hou killed the angel, committed suicide after sitting on the crime, and was buried in Yi, and his son succeeded to his throne.
Wang Jing let Yang Zhao commit suicide to preserve his last dignity. But things didn't end with Yang Zhao's death.
Wang Jing has not forgotten those behind the scenes, these people dare to calculate him, how could Wang Jing let it go easily.
The secret guard and the power of the imperial court are dispatched with all their strength under Wang Jing's will, and under this power, what else can be hidden? Intrigue can only be used in the dark, and if it is put on the table, it will be a death.
Although after Yang Zhao committed suicide, those people found that the matter was completely out of control, and they began to clean up their hands and tails, wanting to clear up their involvement, but how could this kind of thing really be cleaned up?
What's more, do you think the Son of Heaven can't do anything without evidence?
Those rats hidden in the dark corners have no power to resist in the face of the search of the imperial court and the secret guards.
Although he knew the people behind the instigation, Wang Jing did not clean them up on this charge. These people were worried that they would be found out that they were stealing and looting, and the affairs of the common people would be discovered, so they wanted to stop the embroiderers.
wanted to stop it through Yang Zhao, but Wang Jing would rather force Yang Zhao to commit suicide than implement the embroidered clothes. For the first time, the court was terrified of the new monarch.
With the investigation of the secret guards and the imperial court, more and more people behind the scenes were discovered, and these people who secretly shot not only Shandong nobles and Haoqiang, but also Nanyang, which was close at hand, also participated.
After seeing these news, Wang Jing was furious and directly ordered the embroidered envoys to go to Nanyang and Shandong, so that they could thoroughly investigate these people.
There are many people involved in this matter, including some nobles and local heroes in Nanyang, and even a group of officials during the period when Wang Ce was the prince.
These ministers and their subordinates in the East Palace who originally thought that after Wang Ce ascended the throne, they would be the ministers of Conglong, because Wang Ce was deposed as the crown prince, the original Conglong Gonggong was gone, and the future was gone.
At that time, Wang Ke sent these people to serve in the state and county, but these people couldn't accept such a big gap and were dissatisfied with Wang Jing.
When he saw the results of the investigation, Wang Jing was also shocked and immediately ordered a thorough investigation.
"I have been tossing and turning every day, unable to sleep, conscientious, and dare not slack off, lest I live up to the benevolence of my ancestors, so as to let the great dry decline.
The first emperor Kao Taizong Wen carefully taught Yu Zhen, so he treated the people kindly, so that the people settled down in their own homes and lived a prosperous life, and the world was stable for three years.
But there are still people in the world who are hungry and poorly clothed, I am deeply confused, Taizong is benevolent and careless, how can the people be like this?
Therefore, I set up an embroidered envoy to inspect the world, and supervise each other with the inspection of the imperial history, so as to check whether there are nobles and wealthy families and officials who bend the law for personal gain and prey on the common people.
As expected, Emperor Taizongwen's tolerance made these people start to act recklessly, these people wantonly oppressed the people for their own selfish desires, robbed the people's land, sought to rob the people's rations, and regarded the people as pigs and dogs who bullied arbitrarily.
They enjoy wealth and wealth, and they have fine clothes and food every day, but they still want to seize the wealth of the people and enjoy the wealth of the great cadres, but they are destroying the foundation of the great cadres.
I am very heartbroken, the great cadres of the country and the society have been corrupted by this kind of people, and now I have issued a decree to investigate these people in the world.
Although I am merciful, this kindness should not be inflicted on them, whether it is the emperor's relatives or the founding county nobles, as long as they are implicated, they must be dealt with strictly. Those who can be killed or not must be killed, those who can be killed or not must be killed, and those who can be punished or not must be sentenced.
Command people to spread all over the world, and make people hear about it! ”
Wang Jing issued an extremely severe edict, and everyone felt the killing intent of the Son of Heaven from this edict.
Less than 50 years after the founding of the country, the national strength was strong, and it was also the time when the imperial power was at its most prosperous, and the emperor's will was also implemented.
Countless court commanders set off from Luoyang City and went to all parts of the world, and the county guards and county commanders looked at the angels who came tremblingly, their faces changed, and then one after another orders were issued.
When the order to arrest was issued, many noble and powerful homes were forcibly smashed open by soldiers, and then those noble and noble lords who were arrogant and wealthy in the past were shackled and arrested.
The emperor was angry and ambushed millions of corpses, which is not a lie.
However, during the reign of Wang Luo, the Great Cadres carried out exile and exiled the criminals to the wilderness areas, so that these people could go to explore.
So this time, except for the main culprit who was asked to be killed, all the others were exiled to the Western Regions, Lingnan, Southern Fujian, Southwest China, and Liaodong Yanguo.
This time, Wang Jing issued an edict, and a large number of people were affected, these noble families, officials, and heroes were not a group of slaves in the family, and the fertile land was vast, and there were hundreds or thousands of people in any family. According to preliminary estimates, tens of thousands of people will be distributed.
The road from Luoyang to the Western Regions, Liaodong, Southern Fujian, Lingnan and Southwest is full of people.
Even Wang Jing took advantage of this opportunity to clean up some ministers who affected his control of the court.
Wang Jing ascended the throne for three years, and at first the decree was indecided, but it was the same as in the old days, and it was not sounded for three years. The ministers were slack about it, who knew that Wang Jing would directly set off such a wave of actions.
With the help of this incident, Wang Jing cleaned up a wave of powerful people from all over the country, and the imperial court harvested a large amount of land. Wang Jing ordered the people to return all the land that had been stolen to him, and the rest of the land was given to the original tenants for cultivation.
If these tenants have no land in their homes, then after five years of cultivation, the land will be given to him. In this way, the number of households in the country has increased by thousands.
(End of chapter)