Chapter 116: Dismissal and Reduction of Officials
It's ridiculous to say that Wu Dangguo forced Zhao Yan to kill Chu Yujia before.
But now it is Chu Yujia and Zhao Kuan who are forcing Zhao Yan to kill Wu Qizhi.
King Ye Zhao Yan also knew the thoughts of these two people, but how could he directly attack them?
Wu Dangguo is such a son, if Wu Qizhi is killed directly, then Wu Dangguo will inevitably have hatred for the royal court.
Wu Dangguo's subordinates have 200,000 military powers, and once he supports his own troops and tries to rebel, it will be a great loss for Ye Guo.
Just when Zhao Yan was hesitant and didn't know how to deal with it, Li Puyi on the side suddenly spoke.
"Since General Chu and the eldest son both feel that Wu Qizhi should be dealt with seriously, the minister also has something to do. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Yan looked at Li Puyi with a puzzled face.
Li Puyi walked out of the Wenchen train, stood in the center of the hall and said: "Before, the king asked the old minister to investigate the case of Qi Heng, and finally the spearhead fell on Zhang Zhongjiu, the nephew of General Wu, but yesterday through the investigation of the old minister, I learned that after Zhang Zhongjiu got the benefits from Qi Heng, six or seven out of ten fell into the hands of this Wu Qizhi. ”
"Is that so?"
Ye Wang Zhao Yan's face was full of surprise.
Li Puyi took out a piece of paper full of words from his bosom and said: "This is Zhang Zhongjiu's confession, in which he also admitted this, Qi Heng was supported by him and Wu Qiyi, and the two used Qi Heng's embezzled money to find flowers and ask willows, and also supported a gang called the Jingshan Gang in Yueling City, and through this gang they made a lot of money in Yueling." ”
Zhou Jili took Zhang Zhongjiu's confession from Li Puyi's hand.
When Zhao Yan watched the confession, Li Puyi continued: "Over the years, these two sons have been oppressing the people in Yueling City, forcing good people to become prostitutes, robbing women from good families, and so on. ”
After reading Zhang Zhongjiu's confession, Zhao Yan's face was already gloomy and about to drip water.
Before, he may have had some scruples, worried about the 200,000 troops under Wu Dangguo, but now he has to deal with these two people.
If the courtier makes such a big mistake and doesn't deal with it, then what's the use of him as the king of Ye?
If the courtier makes such a big mistake and doesn't deal with it, then who will obey the people in this world?
If the courtiers make such a big mistake and don't deal with it, how many people from the aristocracy will follow suit?
"Wu Dangguo, you are really a good general of my Ye country, your son, your nephew, in the capital of my Ye country, under the nose of Lone, he oppressed the people so much and wantonly collected money, how do you let Lone forgive them?"
"What's even more ridiculous is that under their protection, a small city lord dares to collect more than tens of millions of taels of silver in a border town, who gave them the guts?"
Zhao Yan exhaled a long breath, threw the confession group directly into Wu Dangguo's face, and scolded him in a shocking voice: "Is it you Wu Dangguo, or who?"
What else does Wu Dangguo dare to say, and what else can he say?
can only be bitter in his heart, and secretly said, it's all over.
"Zhao Kuan!"
"Erchen is here!"
"Lonely, you lead two hundred guards to the general's mansion to arrest Wu Qizhi, and if you resist, you will be killed. ”
"The retainers obeyed. ”
Zhao Kuan took the order and left.
"Gong Qingdang!"
"The minister is here!"
"Lonely, you lead two hundred guards, go to raid Zhang's Mansion, and all the people in Zhang's Mansion will be imprisoned, waiting to be beheaded, miss a person, and take your head alone!"
When these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience, which was obviously to be copied all over the house......
Everyone knows that although this Zhang Zhongjiu's Zhang family has no official position in the court, after all, he has an in-law relationship with General Wu Dangguo.
From this, it is not difficult to see how angry King Ye Zhao Yan is.
"Obey orders!"
Gong Qing took the order and left after intervening.
"Zhang Zhongjiu, Wu Qizhi, oppressed the people, wantonly amassed wealth, the crime is unforgivable, sentenced the Zhang family to behead the whole door, Wu Qizhi beheaded on the street, the two were carried out on the same day, Li Puyi was the supervisor and beheaded, and Chu Yujia was the accompanying beheader!"
Hearing Zhao Yan's order, Chu Yujia and Li Puyi stood up one after another, intervened and said in unison: "The minister's decree ......"
Zhao Yan, the king of Ye, raised his head and didn't look at Wu Dangguo, and said: "Wu Dangguo, you have worked hard for my Ye country for half your life, I respect you alone, and I admire you, but today your son has committed such a crime, and you are also guilty of it, so I think of your hard work all your life, temporarily remove you from the post of general, demote to the first rank, and punish you for one year, and close yourself at home for three months to reflect." ”
As soon as these remarks came out, the whole dynasty was in an uproar.
The position of the general was removed like that?
My son was killed like that?
Wu Dangguo's face was close to the ground, his teeth were clenched, but he still said: "Minister, thank you......"
"Finally, it's you Li Zuohong. ”
Zhao Yan took a deep breath and said: "Although you said that you killed someone to avenge your sister, after all, you violated our king's law, but you are sentenced to ten years of confiscation at the border because of the reason for the incident, do you have anything to say?"
"The grass people thank the king for not killing the grace ......"
Li Zuohong hit his head on the ground, and this time he said sincerely: "King Xie is still fair......
On this day, the court of Ye State can be said to be turned upside down, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the general Wu Dangguo has fallen.
Thinking that Wu Dangguo planned his life, but in the end he was affected by his own son, which can't help but feel funny.
Of course, what is even more unexpected is that it was just an ordinary person who caused all this.
When these things reached the people, many people felt unbelievable, and they even felt that they were living in a dream in the past few months.
First of all, Chu Yujia was punished with 100 lashes for killing people indiscriminately in Pingyang Mansion, although there was a reason for the incident, and it is said that they were all beaten to death.
Then it was the general Wu Dangguo, the nephew connived at the foreign officials to collect money, the son forcibly robbed the people's daughter into the house, and the son was sentenced to beheading, and the nephew's whole family was beheaded, and even he himself was dismissed from the official position.
Could it be that the world where the common people are the masters is really coming?
Of course, they don't know that this is actually a struggle for power.
Wu Dangguo is just the loser in this struggle.
Near noon on the second day, the sun was shining, and Li Puyi and Chu Yujiagao sat in prison and beheaded the stage.
It is not yet time, but the people have already gathered.
Chu Yujia looked at those people, chuckled and said, "Look at the lively people, are they coming quite quickly?" ”
Li Puyi slowly put down the teacup and said, "They just want to see if Wang Ting really plans to kill so many high-ranking officials at once." ”
"What's so great about the children of high-ranking officials?"
Chu Yujia lay on the table, not at all accompanying the official, just like a young man who followed his father to see the excitement, and said: "No matter who is in this world, as long as he oppresses the people, he deserves ......to die."
Hearing this, Li Puyi raised his eyebrows, looked at Wei Liuzhong with some surprise, and said, "I didn't expect you to be a king." ”
"I still prefer domineering to the royal way, because in many things, it is necessary to have an iron wrist, and only with an iron wrist can the country gain a firm foothold. ”
"But if you ask what is the use of letting the country stand firm, it is naturally to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, so in the end, it is still for the people. ”
Chu Yujia turned his head to look at Li Puyi and said, "If Taifu Li asks me what way to follow, then what I am pursuing is the way of slaying dragons." ”
When he heard these four words, Li Puyi couldn't help but shake his head and sighed and said: "You are really similar to your father, your father also said these words back then, but I advise you, don't show these things, because this is an anachronistic knowledge, the way of slaying dragons, can not be displayed in this troubled world." ”
"Thank you Taifu for reminding me, Yu Jia has been taught. ”
Chu Yujia chuckled and said: "So Yujia said that now Yujia prefers domineering, because only domineering can gain a foothold in the troubled times, but internally, we must apply the royal way, so that the people can feel the majesty of Wang En, this is the real way." ”
"I can't see it, Yu Jia still has this opinion, which really impresses the old man. ”
Li Puyi smiled, smiled sincerely, and said: "Tell me about you in a sentence I said to your father at the beginning, if you were born in troubled times, you will naturally be a famous general in the world, but if you are born in a prosperous era, you will definitely be a traitor who will bring disaster to the country and the people." ”
In this regard, Chu Yujia didn't care, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "If Lord Taifu can be twenty years younger, my Ye Kingdom can dominate the world within ten years." ”
"That's also if your father is still alive. ”
Li Puyi narrowed his eyes and said: "You father and son, one is superb in martial arts, can directly take the enemy's capital, and the other is a person who is both civil and military, commanding troops to fight, and managing internal affairs, it is hard to imagine what kind of scene it would be if you and your father fought on the battlefield together and led troops to fight for our country, I am afraid that the whole world will tremble......
A touch of loneliness flashed in Li Puyi's eyes. Shaking his head and sighing: "It's just a pity, I'm old, your father is gone, and this country will be the world of your young people in the future, I just hope you don't disappoint us old things......"
He glanced at Chu Yujia, raised his hand and gently rubbed the top of Chu Yujia's head and said, "I hope that one day, when the old man stands at the head of Ye Guocheng and overlooks the world, the world is already peaceful." ”
Chu Yujia's eyes were also full of yearning, licked his lips, and said, "There will be a day ......"
By this time, it was close to noon, and the guards escorting the prisoners had already come from the end of the street.
The group of people of the Zhang family and Wu Qizhi are unpopular in Yueling City, which can be seen from the rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves on their bodies.
Although he had completely offended Wu Dangguo to death, Zhao Yan still saved face for Wu Dangguo.
Wu Qingzhou, who had married into the Zhang family and had a son, was not among the beheadings, and was taken out of prison and returned to the Wu family on the night of his imprisonment.
At this time, seeing the row of prisoners walking towards this side, Chu Yujia's eyes flashed with fierceness, and then he looked up at the sky, as if he saw the old man's face......