The beatings with a hundred-ridged cane left Zhao Mengqi's skin and flesh raw, and the beatings made the people watching the execution tremble with fear.
All civil and military officials had the most profound understanding of King Yan's behavior of following his words.
As a result, everyone restrained their frivolousness and became cautious in their words and deeds, and performed their duties conscientiously. For a time, the official atmosphere in Fuzhou changed significantly.
In addition, the investigation and trial of conspiracy to rebel against the party and corruption and abuse of law have not been delayed and are proceeding in an orderly manner.
To be honest, given the current environment of official governance, few officials can withstand investigation. Even if there is no corruption or bribery, there are still other problems such as neglect of government and dereliction of duty.
The Transportation Department and the Punishment Department were basically wiped out because the two chief officials were involved in the rebellion, and they were all put in prison.
The other officials in the yamen were worried that they would be implicated, and they were all in a state of turmoil. They had to work hard to work as directors, not daring to slack off even a little bit, and they all felt extremely tormented.
Fortunately, Zhao Mengqi had foreseen this and issued an announcement in the name of Jiedu Mansion.
Give all officials three days to self-examine and reflect on themselves, and report the illegal acts they have committed to Jiedu Mansion. As long as there are no particularly egregious circumstances and they can show sincerity in reforming their mistakes, Jiedu Mansion will give appropriate punishment. Show leniency and then seal the charges so that if you behave well in the future, they will never be pursued again.
This approach is obviously not legal at all, but it is very political.
Sure enough, most of the officials breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this announcement.
The so-called self-reporting is to take the initiative to hand over one's handle, which is equivalent to putting a rein and cage on oneself. From now on, he will have to be led by King Yan, but at least there will be a future.
And from the current point of view, King Yan does not look like the kind of person who would go back on his word, nor does he look like the kind of person who is very mean, so he can still continue to be an official.
Anyway, the emperor and his courtiers are not used to it now. After he succeeds to the throne in the future, as long as he still wants to be an official, he will have to adapt.
After some ideological struggle, the vast majority of officials chose to obey the new rules set by King Yan.
A small number of officials also chose to resign. These people considered themselves to be pure gentlemen, but could not stand King Yan's method of blackmailing his ministers. They believed that he violated the political tradition of the Song Dynasty that valued literature and education, and was not a wise man. host.
The so-called ministers should serve the king with the way, and stop if they can't do it.
Since King Yan does not follow the great road, then we will not serve him.
After Zhao Mengqi received the resignation, he asked Lu Derun to check it out.
I found that these people can indeed be regarded as moral benchmarks, they are also relatively 'learned', and their reputations among scholars are quite good.
Everyone is a noble person, with basically no faults in their conduct. When they were officials, they were not greedy or possessive, and were very honest.
Perhaps it was because of this that they dared to resign without worrying about King Yan's 'retaliation'.
But these people also have one thing in common, that is, they basically don't do anything. To put it bluntly, they are just eating in the corpse position.
There is a saying that if you do more, you will make more mistakes. If you don't do anything, you will never make mistakes.
This is probably the philosophy of life of these people.
It's just that in Zhao Mengqi's view, as an official, as long as he is willing to do things and can get things done well, even if he has shortcomings like this, it is not unacceptable.
But the kind of person who does nothing himself and always likes to make irresponsible remarks when others are doing things is actually not as useful as a dog.
So with one stroke of his pen, he approved all the resignations, and also wrote, "Pursue fame and never use it."
As for how these gentlemen would feel after learning about this approval, and how many bad things they would say about him in private, Zhao Mengqi didn't care at all.
Then, the Transport Department and the Punishment Department could not be shut down, so Zhao Mengqi ordered that the affairs of the two departments be merged into the Jiedu Mansion and be handled by the staff.
In general, although there has been a lot of turmoil and tension in the city of Fuzhou in the past few days, order and stability have gradually returned.
Zhao Mengqi himself, on the other hand, could only lie down on the bed because of the injury on his back, while Qian Duo was always watching beside him.
Speaking of which, it was really painful to hit the board. Zhao Mengqi almost collapsed at one point. He gritted his teeth and swore that he would never act like this again.
After the beating, his shoulders and back were completely turned into a pile of rotten flesh, and even Chongrong was a little at a loss what to do.
If he hadn't felt his pulse and confirmed that King Yan was still strong, he would have probably considered measuring him for a coffin.
But it's a shame. After just one night, his injury was completely scabbed, and there was no need to change the dressing at all.
After careful inspection, it was confirmed that the wound was growing new flesh and new skin. Chongrong could only sigh at the miracle of medicine.
"Sure enough, God bless His Highness. If it were an ordinary person, he would be beaten with a hundred sticks and would be dead or disabled, but His Highness's wound would actually be healed."
"Then can I get out of bed?"
Zhao Mengqi felt a little uncomfortable after pressing a certain spot for too long, so he couldn't help but lift his buttocks.
In the end, Qian Duo slapped him on the butt, "You are still recovering from your injuries. Why are you tampering? Can't you be more honest?"
Damn it, as expected, a woman's mouth is such a liar. Yesterday she was crying and shouting to be a good baby, but as soon as she turned around she was back to her old ways and even blamed her brother.
Zhao Mengqi rolled his eyes and did not reply, lest Qian Duo read Tang Monk's sutra again.
Chongrong just pretended that he didn't see anything and said slowly, "Your Highness is still recovering, so it is not appropriate to cause trouble. It is better to endure it for a few more days and wait for complete recovery. By the way, let Weichen take another look at the bruises on Miss Qian's hands." hurt."
Qian Duo rolled up his sleeves, and there was a large bruise on each of his white wrists.
After careful diagnosis, Chongrong said with a smile, "The swelling has subsided. Continue to apply ointment on time. The blood stasis will dissipate in about two or three days. There should be no further consequences."
"Oh, she brought this trouble on herself." Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but muttered.
Qian Duo raised his eyebrows and said, "You have the nerve to accuse me? I have never seen such a stupid person in the world. He actually asked for a beating on his own and was not happy even if the beating was light."
"Yes, yes." Zhao Mengqi chose to end the battle very rationally.
But this strange anger made Qian Duo even more angry. For a moment, he didn't know how to vent his anger, so he had to turn away and sulk.
When Chongrong saw this, he immediately chose to run away.
There were only two people left in the room and it became quiet. Zhao Mengqi felt a little bored lying on his stomach. Seeing Qian Duo's angry look, he couldn't help but want to tease her again.
"come here."
Qian Duo turned his head and pretended not to hear. Didn't you see that I was angry? Just go over if you ask me. Wouldn't that make me lose face?
"If you continue to pretend not to hear, you might as well go back to the military camp." Zhao Mengqi pretended to have a stern tone.
Qian Duo couldn't pretend, "Humph, how do I know who you are calling?"
Zhao Mengqi said angrily, "There are only two of us in this room. Instead of calling you a ghost, I still call you a ghost."
Qian Duo had no choice but to pout and walk to the couch, "What do you want to do?"
"I'm itchy, blow it for me."
"Ah? What are you blowing?"
There was clear confusion in Qian Duo's eyes.
"What else do you think you can blow on?" Zhao Mengqi raised his eyebrows, "The wound on my back is itchy and I can't scratch it. It's so uncomfortable. Please blow it on me quickly."
"Oh, then you didn't make it clear."
Qian Duo suddenly understood, sat down by the bed, and lifted the gauze covering Zhao Mengqi's back, revealing a large mess of bloody scabs.
Although it looked scary and disgusting, Qian Duo did not show any disgust. Instead, he took a deep breath seriously, then puffed up his cheeks and put his delicate red lips together.
The cool air seemed to penetrate into the bone marrow through the skin, making Zhao Mengqi breathe a sigh of relief, "Comfortable... yes, that's it, blow it well... be careful, don't spit out the saliva..."
Qian Duo was indeed very serious. After playing for a long time, his cheeks began to ache, but he continued to work hard. I have to say that this is definitely true love.
Fortunately for Zhao Mengqi, he fell asleep comfortably and even snored.
Until there was a knock on the door, and an upright voice came through the door, "Your Highness, Academician Chen and Li Yunpan would like to see you."
"Let them in." Zhao Mengqi responded casually. He was not sleeping at all.
Just now, I just didn’t want to stop and pretended to be asleep on purpose.
Only then did Qian Duo realize that he had been deceived and had lied to me for so long!
In a fit of anger, he pinched the soft flesh around Zhao Mengqi's waist and twisted it.
"Hiss!" Zhao Mengqi gasped in pain, but when he saw that Chen Wei and Li Zhi had come in, he pretended that nothing happened and said nothing more.
After some greetings, Chen Wei asked with concern, "How is His Highness recovering from his injury? What's the problem?"
"Bachelor, don't worry about me. It's just a little skin injury. The imperial doctor just looked at it. It's nothing serious."
Chen Wei took a look and saw that the large wound was indeed scabbed. He was also very surprised, but he only thought it was because of the superb skills of the imperial doctor.
"That's good, that's good, then I can rest assured."
Zhao Mengqi smiled and turned to look at Qian Duo, "How can you, a maid, not have any eyesight at all? Why don't you hurry up and move seats for the bachelor and the judge?"
"I don't dare to trouble the little lady, I can do it myself." Li Zhi said hurriedly, and then moved the two round dumplings quickly.
Who still doesn't know the status of Miss Qian in King Yan's heart? King Yan has suffered a hundred blows for her.
Seeing the two of them sitting down, Zhao Mengqi asked, "You two are here, but what do you want?"
Chen Wei said casually, "It's not a big deal. The news came back from Gutian. It turned out that the Yao Ling Yao regiment sent a battalion to arrest the Wang family. However, when the Wang family saw the officers and soldiers coming, they did not obey. They chose to resist. Speaking of which, the Wang family's enclosed house covers an area of 30 acres. It is tall and sturdy, and has all the water and food inside. It is like a small town. There are more than 500 strong men defending it. Normally, even a thousand forbidden troops cannot attack it. Go in, so you are indeed qualified to resist, which is also the reason why other powerful people are not afraid of the chaos and backlash against them."
At this point, Chen Wei was amazed, "However, I didn't expect that His Highness's Eastern Guard was so powerful that it was broken through in just half an hour... More than a hundred members of the Wang family were all captured."
Zhao Mengqi was not surprised. After all, in the face of enough new gunpowder, not to mention an enclosed house, even the walls of Lin'an City could not withstand it.
Chen Wei continued, "The current problem is that His Highness has to decide how to deal with the Wang family. Moreover, only three of the other seven or eight families have expressed their willingness to cooperate with the investigation. The others are guarding their own houses and only say that their own He was wrongly accused..."
Zhao Mengqi frowned and thought for a while, "Haha, the Tu Emperor has been sitting for a long time, and he really doesn't take the court seriously? The Wang family... Since they dare to resist, don't blame Gu for killing him like a chicken... Pass the order to Zhu Yi, bring the Wang family rebellion case to a strict and expeditious trial, and behead all the Wang family’s direct male members over the age of sixteen!”
"Aren't you going to be taken to Fuzhou?" Chen Wei was a little stunned and hesitated, "Isn't that a bit hasty?"
"Strictly speaking, Fujian is already a war zone at this time. How can we follow the usual procedures? In troubled times, we use heavy codes to cut through the mess quickly, so as to set an example for others. This matter has been decided in this way. Other companies have also solemnly informed Whether they are unjustly accused or not, we have to investigate to find out, and as long as they dare to resist the officers and soldiers, they will be regarded as treason, and they will be dealt with like the Wang family!"
Zhao Mengqi said it categorically.
"Sincere thanks to 'Midway' for the inspiration capsule."
