Outside the Zhuque Gate, tens of thousands of people were kneeling here quietly. In front of the people, a temporary high platform had been set up, and hundreds of guards were interspersed among the crowd. These guards had an important task. Li Shimin's words, They will be delivered to the point where all the people can hear it.
When Li Shimin came out, the people were a little commotion, and the guards around him were a little nervous, but fortunately, the people were just commotion, but no one stood up.
After Li Shimin stood still on the high platform, a person at the front shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for all the people!"
"I beg your Majesty to make the decision for all people!"
The people behind all shouted loudly, and finally the uniform shouts resounded throughout the square in front of Zhuque Gate. The sound also tends to extend to the entire Chang'an City.
Many civil servants standing behind Li Shimin had earth-colored faces.
The expressions of the generals were a little nervous, but still calm.
It wasn't until the people chanted several times that Li Shimin raised his hand and made a quiet gesture.
The people in front saw it, and naturally stopped shouting. Soon, gradually extending into the distance, all the people became quiet.
"Where is Cheng Yaojin, the general of the left army?" Li Shimin didn't talk nonsense, but said loudly.
The guard below who was responsible for delivering the order passed Li Shimin's words intact to the ears of all the people.
"I'm here!" Cheng Yaojin came out and knelt on one knee.
"Here, Cheng Yaojin, the general of the left army, led the Jinwu Guards to capture and imprison all the Zheng clan who were responsible for the printing of Datang Weekly. They collected evidence from the people to accuse them and held a joint trial among the three divisions! It will last for ten days! And the Hongwen Museum will be held. All the bachelors responsible for reviewing the Tang Dynasty Weekly are captured and imprisoned!"
"No! Sir, accept the order!" Cheng Yaojin shouted directly, then stood up and waved his hand. The guards behind him swarmed up and pushed the few people who were kneeling in front of Li Shimin to the ground.
Although these people looked horrified, none of them dared to cry out for injustice. If you dare to cry out for injustice at this time, you may be stabbed on the spot.
Cheng Yaojin led his troops and turned around and left!
After hearing this, the people below said, "Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty!"
Following the leader's shout, all the people cheered.
Li Shimin's expression was strange. You should know that "Long Live" was not something that was often shouted in the Tang Dynasty. Shouting is allowed, but only on some very important festivals, but now people are shouting spontaneously.
And after the shouting, all the people stood up and began to retreat out of the square without waiting for Li Shimin's instructions.
Someone led all the people to stand up one after another, and then gradually began to spread into the distance, exiting the square outside the Zhuque Gate.
All the courtiers were a little stunned, so they retreated?
This... this... everyone has a feeling of anticlimactic. They all know that this idea is wrong. After all, no one wants anything to happen, but this is too hasty.
The question is, do you think these people got what they wanted? Got. They just hoped that someone could investigate these matters thoroughly, but they did not do anything excessive.
Even before, many ministers thought that today these common people might ask the court to return the Tang Dynasty Weekly to His Highness the King of Shu, but no.
After His Majesty announced these punishments, these people all retreated.
If you want to say who gave this instruction, it is impossible. There are tens of thousands of people, each with their own ideas. How could someone give the instruction? There are many people fishing in troubled waters at this time, not to mention there are tens of thousands of people in the square alone. Ten thousand! More on those streets! But there are really very few of these people who retreat so simply.
Changsun Wuji lowered his head, no one knew what he was thinking.
Li Shimin's order has spread throughout Chang'an City very quickly. After all, so many people know about it today.
Of course, the real dignitaries all know that the people Li Shimin ordered to investigate and deal with were only those Zheng families in charge of printing affairs, not the entire Zheng family in Xingyang.
Li Ke, who was in Shanhefang at this moment, could naturally hear the sounds outside. Looking at the people on the street outside the window, Li Ke had deep eyes.
Is the Zheng family in Xingyang big? ! big!
The Zheng family in Xingyang originated from the Zhou Dynasty. The Zheng State during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period was the predecessor of the Zheng family in Xingyang. With the destruction of the Zheng State, the descendants of the Zheng family in Xingyang spread all over the world. They began to rise from the Han Dynasty and have remained near Kaifeng in the Tang Dynasty. .
The Zheng family in Xingyang is divided into three branches, which are the three ancestors of the south, middle and north.
The Northern ancestors were divided into six houses: Bailin, Xiaobai, Donglin, Shuye, Lianshan and Youlin; the Southern ancestors had four houses; the middle ancestor was lonely. If there were no time traveler like Li Ke in this world, the Zheng family in Xingyang would have produced thirteen prime ministers throughout the Tang Dynasty!
This is just the prime minister, not counting others. For example, among the current generals of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Rentai participated in the Xuanwu Gate Revolution with Li Shimin. Later, he would follow Li Shimin to eliminate Goryeo, Ping Tiele, etc.
This is just one of the powerful families. There are five surnames in the Tang Dynasty: Qiwang. It is no exaggeration to say that any one of the seven families is as good as the others.
Throughout the Tang Dynasty, how many prime ministers, generals, and ministers in various other positions could these seven families produce?
It is impossible for Li Shimin to destroy the entire Zheng family in Xingyang with this sword today, because that would cause shock to the court! So the whole thing can only be figured out slowly. Li Ke once joked with Li Shimin that if he can't kill one, he will kill ten if he doesn't obey. If he doesn't obey, he will kill even if he doesn't obey.
In fact, he was joking, he really couldn't do it. Because if you kill all these people, the world will be in chaos. If you stand in the future and just look at one sentence in the history books, chaos will be chaos. It doesn’t matter. The nation will automatically correct itself. But in this era, it is really appropriate. As Li Ke said, it's hard for the people to prosper and it's hard for the people to die.
Behind the phrase "the world is in chaos" is at least millions of people who are homeless, their wives and children are scattered, and their children are exchanged for food.
In the Three Kingdoms period, which is highly praised and interesting by people in later generations, how many people at the bottom died during that period?
Now that Li Ke has come to this era, he has the means to cut off these to a certain extent, so he will try his best to do it. He is based on the people, so naturally he cannot take the lives of the people as his destiny.
To put it bluntly, although today I cannot destroy the entire Zheng family in Xingyang, it is also a wake-up call for everyone, letting you know that it is not that I, Li Keti, cannot move the knife, but that if I don't move, I will stop. No one can resist my sword.
As for whether this is a warning, Li Ke doesn't care. In other words, this is a necessary step. With his actions, these wealthy families will react sooner or later. Instead of letting them react slowly and respond step by step, It's better to give them a blow in the head first and then talk about it after they've been beaten.
They will definitely be extremely wary of Li Ke in the future, but it doesn't matter, they are wary of Li Ke, which makes it easier to set a trap for them.
