Chapter 4 Chaos in the Hearts of Ministers! Will the country be a country, and the end of the nations?
In the whole country, a civil uprising occurred, and the economic depression driven by the providential trading houses made the kings and ministers of the countries completely panic, and gradually some people of insight have realized that what is happening now is like a conspiracy.
In the hall of the Great Chen Dynasty, there was a dead silence, the ministers and hundreds of officials were lined up, and the old King Chen sat on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression, and after a long time, he shouted: "You say, what should I do?"
"Your Majesty, this must be a conspiracy of the Great Qian Dynasty, and it is impossible for those people who came back to visit their relatives after the occupation of the city to visit their relatives so coincidentally, and fled with their relatives and friends in a hurry. And in the blink of an eye, this news spread all over the major cities, thus arousing a sensation among the people, the king, all this is a conspiracy of the Daqian Dynasty. Some courtiers said loudly.
"Yes, the king, all the blame ministers and other attention is focused on the front-line war, for a while forgot to pay attention to the development of the people's livelihood, the minister Qi Wang, this matter of the household department of the book of the crime is difficult to escape! Here are some of the heart to my Dachen Dynasty of the people of the joint report of the evidence, among which the household department of the book for many years to exploit the people, corrupt the law, all kinds of crimes are too numerous to mention, and his son robbed the people and oppressed the families of the soldiers, at this critical juncture, the minister thought that the household department should be beheaded, and the people resented. ”
"Your Majesty, the ministers here also have a petition jointly submitted by the people, and these people still have their hearts set on my Dachen Dynasty, and only ask the king to punish corrupt officials and evil officials and withdraw the conscription order. ”
"Your Majesty, the old minister has the credentials of the household department Shangshu forming a party for personal gain, and the evidence is ironclad!"
"The ministers implore the king to punish the crime according to the law, behead the household secretary, and complain to the common people"
At this critical juncture, what made King Chen stunned was that among the hundreds of officials, there were actually many people who pointed the finger at the Hubu Shangshu? There was no way, Chen Wang had to check the evidence one by one, and after reading it, he was also extremely angry, and directly took the case, and ordered the Hubu Shangshu to pull out the noon gate and behead him in front of the people, and the officials who had a good relationship with the Hubu Shangshu were silent.
A few days passed, in front of the people of the world, beheaded the corrupt officials and corrupt officials Hubu Shangshu, and withdrew the order to conscript, for a while, the situation of the Great Chen Dynasty seemed to have improved, at least the people who fled were much less, although the front line became more and more tight, but King Chen and the hundred officials could only grit their teeth and endure, and could not issue conscription orders again, and then issue conscription orders, and the people immediately changed violently.
"Congratulations to the king, my Dachen Dynasty has ruled for many years, after all, I have a certain prestige in the hearts of the people, and now although there are still people fleeing every day to go to the Daqian Dynasty, there are a lot less, especially the king's order to forgive the sins of the fleeing people, and it makes many people grateful to Dade. Above the main hall of the court, as an old minister spoke excitedly, everyone laughed.
This old minister is a member of the first grade, named Liu Bosong, in the Chen Guowang clan, he is also the patriarch of the clan, and his status is prominent. A few days ago, he handled the affairs of the Ministry of Households, conveyed various royal orders, and constantly appeased the people. Now that it's done, I'll come back and report it immediately.
Hearing his words, Baiguan's face was overjoyed, and even King Chen breathed a sigh of relief!
"Liu Aiqing has worked hard, hahaha, what about the conspiracy of the Daqian Dynasty? As long as we and other monarchs and ministers are dedicated and vigilant, we will not allow the other party to take advantage of it. King Da Chen praised.
Hearing the king's appreciation, Liu Bosong's old face also showed a smile, and he became humble again and again. But at this moment, suddenly an old minister stood up and said loudly: " Qi to the king, the old minister has this Qi play, to sue this Liu Bosong, this person is a beast, on weekdays rely on power to do a lot of evil, even a few days ago when the business was in a recession, and several merchants conspired to raise prices, many relatives of their family, but also received a lot of bribes, the old minister here is ironclad evidence to offer, are the people report, the people are bitter, do not dare to come forward on weekdays, now I heard that the king is determined to clean up the officials, so he risked death to sue the official, the old minister has seen it, this crime evidence is all evidence, there is no fraud. ”
"Uhhh Liu Bosong's face stiffened suddenly, and he jumped up and pointed at the official and scolded, but then, many officials cited evidence.
"Untouchables, untouchables, bastards. Liu Bosong's body trembled and scolded.
"Enough!" suddenly broke off, the ministers looked up, and saw that at this time, King Chen's face was already pale, looking at Liu Bosong, his eyes showed a cold light, and he shouted: "The country is people-oriented, Liu Aiqing actually insulted the people as untouchables, hum, it seems that this evidence has not wronged you, come and behead." ”
"The king spares his life, the king spares his life, the old minister is also confused for a while" Liu Bosong's face changed wildly, and he was escorted out of the hall by several soldiers in exclamation.
At this time, however, some officials began to beat the drum in their hearts, as an official for one term, who can guarantee that they have always been honest and honest and have not done anything wrong, and even if they can do it, can their relatives do it? They accept bribes in their own name, and do they cover it up?
For a time, Liu Bosong became the public enemy of the people, and at this moment it was the moment when the people's uprisings in various places slowly subsided and just got better.
A few days ago, it was the head of the household, today it is Liu Bosong, and tomorrow will there be evidence of their own corruption and perversion of the law, which will be enumerated by the people and reported to the homes of major officials, or reported outside the palace square?
"Hey, I hope Liu Bosong is the last, only I know the few things I did, and I didn't leave any evidence, and I won't be reported" In the middle of worry, this court meeting was over, and the officials of the Dachen Dynasty from all walks of life returned to the mansion one after another, watching the people in the city slowly begin to settle down along the way, and scolding Liu Bosong's people, their hearts suddenly stirred.
In this way, within a few days, Liu Bosong was beheaded, and the people applauded, and for a while, although there were still fleeing people, but there were many fewer general, just at this juncture when the civil uprising was about to subside, there was another person in the Dachen Dynasty who was nominated.
Before the nomination, countless officials had received irrefutable evidence that the prince had committed serious crimes over the years, but the major officials themselves were silent at the moment, for fear that one day they would be reported for murder like Hubu Shangshu and Liu Bosong.
As a result, the officials who received the evidence of the crown prince Chen Mingyi's guilt suppressed them one after another, and they did not start playing in the court, hoping to suppress this atmosphere of people suing officials, but the people are not so easy to deceive?
After two days of calm, suddenly there was a huge 'Book of the People' who did not know who put it on the square outside the palace of the Great Chen Dynasty, which listed the various crimes of the current prince Chen Mingyi, and put the evidence aside, the 'Book of the People' implored King Chen to abolish the prince, the Ming canonical punishment, and the justice of the world, and the people of the Great Chen Dynasty.
It was not long before another of the people added another and wrote their names on the book of the people, and as the news spread, more and more people knelt in front of the square and asked for their lives. Although Hubu Shangshu and Liu Bosong are officials, they are not royal after all, and the king can abandon them if they commit a crime, but what about the turn of the prince?
Gradually, more and more people knelt in the square, and it didn't take long for the petition to be filled with names, densely packed, and more and more people kneeling. Moreover, what no one noticed was that when more and more people knelt on the main hall, the people who took the lead in asking for their lives and prostrating disappeared one after another, because there were more and more people, and they quietly left, but they were not found. This matter could no longer be concealed for a while, causing a sensation in the government and the opposition.
The main hall of the Great Chen Dynasty was dead silent, and the civil and military officials were silent and did not dare to speak.
"Chen Mingyi, are you so bold?" Suddenly, the old king of Da Chen shouted angrily.
"Father, the son is guilty, the son is guilty, and I beg my father to spare my life~~~. The current crown prince Chen Mingyi was also frightened, his face showed panic, and he knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Your Majesty, the crown prince is still young, is it okay?"
King Chen's face was pale, he glared at Chen Mingyi fiercely, and after a long silence, he let out a long sigh and said: "This is the survival of my Great Chen Dynasty, when the people are the foundation, the most important thing is to stabilize the people's hearts, but after all, the prince is young, the death penalty can be avoided, and he will be demoted to a criminal and will never be hired." ”
Saying that, King Chen waved his hand weakly, in Chen Mingyi's call, King Chen staggered away from the court slightly, the tiger poison does not eat children, King Chen did not order to kill the prince after all, but was demoted to a criminal citizen, after this incident, he also left in a low mood. But he didn't find that the civil and military officials, all of them turned pale, and their bodies trembled, the prince is your son, and he barely saved his life, if we are reported out, if you put the people first, won't we definitely die? The major officials left the court again, and returned to their mansions in fear.
The crown prince Chen Mingyi was deposed, although he was not killed, but the king finally gave the people an explanation, and for a while, the people in various places seemed to be less, but the officials were terrified.
Because after this retreat from the dynasty, when they returned home, many officials found that there was actually a rubbed version of their own criminal evidence of perverting the law for bribes and abusing power for personal gain, which appeared on the desk?
"The crown prince is barely saving his life, so we, the ministers of the non-Chen royal family, will definitely be unable to escape death, and maybe it will affect the family. "Countless officials immediately panicked, in despair, there was a strange thought, in the Great Chen Dynasty can not stay, the king must be people-oriented, kill officials to quell the people's rebellion, after Liu Bosong, the next is likely to be me, no, you have to run!
In the mansion of the right prime minister of the Dachen Dynasty, the old right prime minister looked at the pile of evidence of his usual mistakes on the desk, his body trembled, showing hesitation and struggle, after a long period of silence, he finally summoned the generals in the house, and said in a deep voice in front of countless relatives: "The Dachen Dynasty will not be a country, but we can't stay, you clean up and go out of the city at night." ”
"Father, you want to escape from the Great Chen Dynasty, but this is a great crime to destroy the Nine Clans?" A middle-aged man looked at his father, his eyes showed disbelief, as if he couldn't understand why this was so?
"Look at these for yourself, if you don't run again, when the people report to the king, our whole family won't even have a chance to run, for the sake of the father, it doesn't matter whether you live or die, but our clan has more than 700 people, how can we let it go?"
In addition to the mansion of the right minister, such a situation also occurred in the homes of many officials, and many officials took risks and decided to drag their families and flee out.
The next day, on the top of the main hall of the court, the old King Chen, looking at the only twenty or so courtiers, was slightly stunned, his face changed wildly, and he exclaimed: "What's the matter?
"King Qiqi, all colleagues, took advantage of the dawn to escape from the royal city, fled too fast, led by the right prime minister, all out of the city, they are prominent, and there are countless clan soldiers, soldiers guarding the city, they don't dare to intercept at all, and they can't stop it?"
"What? The right prime minister took the lead in treason, why?" King Chen's face changed wildly and he shouted angrily.
"Your Majesty, look at these, they are all evidence of their crimes, among them there are old ministers, but the old ministers did not escape, the old ministers are willing to accept the responsibility, the people of the Great Chen Dynasty live and die, and death is also the ghost of the Great Chen Dynasty, if the king wants to calm the people's grievances, kill the old minister, just beg the king to let go of my little grandson, he is still young, he doesn't know anything. Your Majesty!" said Prime Minister Zuo, kowtowing up.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are guilty, and they are willing to be punished~~. And the rest of the loyal servants were also prostrating.
Da Chen Wang Shang looked at the countless evidence in his hand, his face turned pale, and he muttered: "It's over, it's completely over, it's a conspiracy of the Daqian Dynasty, how did they get this evidence?"
King Dachen did not blame Zuo Xiang and the others again, only these 20 or so courtiers remained, and if they were killed, they would become the king of light poles? In the next three days, the spirit of the Dachen Dynasty was weakened again and again.
And as the right prime minister and other countless civil and military ministers fled from the royal city, the world was a sensation, and rumors slowly began to spread among the people: "The country of the Great Chen Dynasty will not be a country, and even the ministers will flee to the Great Qian Dynasty." ”
When the news spread, it was like adding insult to injury, and the popular uprising, which had just stabilized, suddenly broke out, and the people began to flee, and the soldiers did not think about defending the city, thinking about the way back.
And this kind of thing, the Great Chen Dynasty is not a special case, the same thing happened in the surrounding countries in just two months, the number of qi fell to the lowest, and the country will not be a country!
In the courtyard pavilion shrouded in mist-shrouded Providence Firm's headquarters, Mu Qianyou looked at Wei Xiaobao who was sitting upright, and said with shocked eyes: "Husband, it turns out that in the past ten years, you asked Providence Firm to collect evidence of hundreds of civil and military officials from various countries and commit evil crimes, just to play a role at this time?"
"Yes, now that the countries are in chaos, the soldiers do not want to defend the country, and the people yearn for our Daqian Dynasty, it is a good time to send troops with all their strength to collect the territory of the countries. Wei Xiaobao nodded.
Mu Qianyou didn't say much, but when she looked at Wei Xiaobao with beautiful eyes, she seemed to have a sense of worship!