Chapter 194: The Closing of the Coffin of the Jingshi Soldiers
"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is about to issue an edict to conduct a holy judgment on this Kyoto military admonition, and the result is to inform the world..."
"The five-phase cabinet was dissolved, Cao Xiang, Yang Xiang and others resigned and went home, and Liu Hanzhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and other cadres raided their homes and destroyed their homes..."
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The edict has not yet been officially promulgated, but the news has spread, and in less than a day, the entire Chang'an City knows the general content.
These have become the biggest talking points of the people's family after dinner.
Rumors always come faster than official announcements, and nine times out of ten they are true.
This kind of strange phenomenon existed in ancient times, and in modern society with developed information dissemination, it is even more so.
People's curiosity is innate.
On this day, it was approaching evening.
East Palace West Study.
The manuscripts of the emperor's edicts to be promulgated were stacked on the prince's book case one by one, and the contents were quite detailed.
The crown prince has completed the review and is ready to submit it to the Zichen Hall to be stamped with the emperor's jade seal, and it will be promulgated to the whole country early tomorrow morning.
The main content of these edicts was drafted by the crown prince according to his father's dictation, and then read aloud by the imperial eunuch of the Zichen Palace, approved by His Majesty the Emperor, and then stamped with the emperor's jade seal by the palm seal of the eunuch, which was considered complete.
As for other details, secondary contents, etc., they were drawn up by the Zhan Shifu of the East Palace, and promulgated in the form of a decree of the prince of the supervising state, and the edict was announced to the world.
This incident triggered a major earthquake in the government and the opposition, and the personnel changes were particularly large, which aroused serious concern from various forces at home and abroad.
Their intelligence agencies in Chang'an all delivered reliable information back to their respective base camps in the first time.
This time the incident was characterized as "12-6 Jingshi Soldiers", note that it was not a 'mutiny', the difference between one word and the political nature was different, and the political impact was also very different.
Interpreting the emperor's edict, his core idea is:
The current emperor and the Yuan royal family insist that Yuan Zhi is the successor to the throne, and other acts are illegal and disobedient.
In the future, His Majesty the Emperor will no longer tolerate it.
That is to say, from now on, there will be no longer the saying that the king of Jin will compete for the prince.
The specific measures are:
The five-phase cabinet was dissolved, and the entire government was fully taken over by the crown prince, so that the government decrees were unified.
The Imperial Privy Council is the highest administrative body of the central government, and consists of various ministries, institutes, monasteries and other functional departments.
Cao Qichang resigned from all administrative positions such as prime minister of the cabinet and retained the first-class Lord Anguo.
Cao Yanchun, the son of the world, was responsible for the poor supervision of the Beida Battalion of the Forbidden Army, and was demoted to a military position from the third grade, the general of the Luoyang garrison, and arrived after the year.
Yang Du resigned from Shang Shuling's post and retained his original lordship.
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In this incident, nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed and more than 20,000 injured on both sides as a result of the armed conflict.
The difference is that the casualties who support the prince's side receive due honor and pensions.
Those who oppose the prince's side will have no place to be buried, and the chief or the main culprit will also be held accountable, which will affect the family.
Because of this incident, more than 100 officials were implicated in the capital, and thousands of people were robbed of their homes and imprisoned.
The whole country, the government and the opposition were shaken, affecting all walks of life in the country.
The personnel adjustment, appointment, and dismissal of the military and local yamen alone will be a huge workload, and will be the main task of work before the year and in the next year.
In these days, Yuan Zhi has been staying in the west study of the East Palace, managing politics day and night, and he is haggard.
He knew in his heart that the new era of the Final Jin Empire with him as the main body had just begun.
The bigger test is yet to come.
Compared with half a year ago, when he first came to power, the only difference is that he has more power in his hands and more resources at his disposal.
"Your Highness, the ministers have ascertained that the black-clothed people who attacked Daming Palace and Funing Palace that night were mainly Yu Kefan's infiltrated dead soldiers, about 400 people."
Ji Hong came in to report.
After the military admonition incident, the secret guard was no longer a secret organization in the imperial palace, but was officially included in the functional organs of the imperial court, nominally hanging under the military hall, but in fact it was directly under the jurisdiction of the East Palace.
The secret guard is at the level of deputy minister, and the governor of the dark guard is a second-rank military position, and the actual power is boundless, and only the prince can control it.
"Didn't he give you a list of infiltrators?" Yuan Zhi frowned.
"He did confess at the time, but then there was a military admonition, aren't we all besieged in Wangchun Pavilion, and then send people to deal with it when the ban is lifted at night, these people rioted that night, most of them were killed on the spot by Qianniuwei, and the rest have now fled without a trace." Ji Hongyu reports.
That's what happened.
"The key is whether Yu Kefan instructed the riot that night, it is impossible to verify it now, but our analysis and inference show that Yu Lao Thief must be the manipulator behind the scenes, but he himself flatly denies it, and we have no physical evidence here, this..."
The prince waved his hand and interjected:
"Forget it, now that the turmoil has passed, it no longer matters whether Yu Kefan keeps his promise or not, but he must die, so let's do it, you bring him a message, just say that Gu keeps his promise, give him a whole corpse, and let him cut it off on his own."
"Just... It's so cheap, this old thief..."Ji Hong was a little unwilling.
"Hehe..."The prince sneered: "Blood debt and blood repayment, Lone can't be fooled so casually, come here..."
Yuan Zhi is in Ji Hong's ear, and it is appropriate to teach face-to-face.
"Your Highness is clever." Ji Hong complimented.
"Go ahead, this matter has to be dealt with, learn from the bloody hands of others, and you can't leave any clues, understand?" Yuan Zhi said solemnly.
"The minister will obey the will, and the minister will retire." After Ji Hong gave his salute, Le Zizi left the west study.
Yuan Zhi yawned, stretched his waist, and suddenly felt that he should go and relax.
"Ding Jiu, Lone is secretly going to Funing Palace, tomorrow on the fifth watch, you and Jiang Wulang will go to the old place at the west gate of Funing Palace and wait."
"Yes."
Ding Jiu comprehended, and he said in a low voice.
The secret tryst between the crown prince and the queen mother is a highly confidential matter.
In this circle, only he and Jiang Wulang know it, and even Ji Hong and Gao Jin don't know about it.
Every time they carried it out, Ding Jiu and Jiang Wulang were very nervous, walking on thin ice, because this matter was too sensitive, and once it was revealed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
As the head of the internal guard of the crown prince, he will definitely be severely punished by the royal family, which is equivalent to disobedience and extermination of the nine clans.
But can he open his mouth to persuade or admonish the prince on this matter?
No!
Since Concubine Lan was bedridden, in addition to daily governance, the prince has gradually become obsessed with the relationship with the queen mother in terms of women.
It's sneaky, but it's exciting and enjoyable.
In addition to appeasement, there should be a practical factor in this.
The queen mother is beautiful, noble, frank and willful, and has a strong sensory stimulation and impact on the prince.
Luan Feng and their status are low, and they just blindly lower their eyebrows and are pleasing to the prince, flattering and pandering, and full of servility.
After a long time, I can't quite mention the prince's interest.
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Night was falling.
Funing Palace, Shulan side hall.
The fireplace is on, and the warm current inside the house is like spring, which is like two worlds compared to the ice and snow outside the house.
The queen mother wore a thin white brocade robe skirt, dragged it for a long time, and her hair bun was towering, revealing a swan-like white neck, which looked noble and magnificent.
She stood alone in front of the window lattice in a daze.