Today is a three-day court meeting, which starts at 00:00 and ends near the end of the day. It ranks sixth on the list of longest court meetings since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The top five on the list are all occupied by Zhu Ying, the founder of the country. Zhu Sheng can catch up with many predecessors and rank behind Taizu, which is enough to be proud of.
The reason why today's court meeting took so long is simply because there were too many major events happening, which are listed below in order.
The first major event: Zhu Sheng personally ordered the Three Legal Divisions to supervise the crypt case headed by Ji Le Yuan. The case was quickly concluded in less than three days. In the end, there were thirty-seven officials of all sizes, nineteen wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen, as well as several people headed by Ji Le Yuan. A total of more than two hundred people, including the founders and participants of the grotto, were sentenced to execution.
Among them are more than ten monks including Chu Wei and Liu Tang.
The second major event: the thirty-seven officials who were convicted in the Yin Cave case were all from the Liu Party. The two new officials, Ren Pingsheng, the Minister of Rites, and Zhu Shanqi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, were also implicated for their lax governance. He was forced to take the blame and resign from his official position. In addition, Cai Jian, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was also affected because of his recent close association with Liu Dang. He was demoted three levels in a row and was sent to the western border to live in the sand.
With so many positions suddenly vacant, it was natural that someone would fill them. According to the custom of the dynasty, when the minister resigned, the vacancy would be filled by the minister, and then the outstanding ministers would be selected from among many doctors to fill the vacant position of the minister. The vacant position of the minister would be assigned by the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel.
It’s true that some people are happy and some are sad!
At this point, the Yong Dang and the Liu Dang, the two largest civil service forces in the court, ended up falling apart. The cabinet was left with only a weakling like Shan Zhongji. Yan Emperor Zhu Sheng finally took over the power after half a year of taking the throne.
The third major event was that the old matter was brought up again. Liu Xi, a member of the Ministry of official affairs, invited Concubine Xian of Jin Dynasty to be the queen mother. When the Yong Party was dying and the Liu Party was severely weakened, no one in the civil or military circles of the Manchu Dynasty dared to raise objections, and the dust finally settled. The officials of the Ministry of Rites select auspicious days and discuss related rituals.
The fourth major event is the recent uproar in the city about Rong Fei Jin being granted the title of Great Confucian. After being evaluated by Huang Liangyi and other fifteen great Confucian scholars from the Imperial Academy, they unanimously determined that Rong Fei was profound in knowledge and talented, and recommended him to become a great Confucian in the Jin Dynasty. The specific date of the Jin Dynasty's enfeoffment and the thought of making the ceremony were also agreed upon by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.
After four major events were announced in succession, the civil and military officials were already a little dizzy from the huge amount of information. They were thinking of having a private exchange with their close colleagues after the court was over to predict the future direction of the court.
But who knew that Zhu Sheng announced the fifth major event, which was also the last major event of today's court meeting.
According to convention, on important occasions, the most important big shots must be the last to arrive, which is called the finale.
The discussion of government affairs in the court also follows this convention, from small to large, from light to heavy.
But the four things announced at today's meeting are already bigger than the last. Is it possible that there is something more important than the sixteenth great Confucian who was granted the title of Jin Dynasty?
The answer is - yes!
When the eunuch on duty today shouted "Xuan" in a shrill voice, Chang Gaoyuan, the chief military officer of Qingzhou and Marquis of Jingyuan, went to the pilgrimage. At that time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought they had heard wrongly.
Jingyuanhou?
Isn't he stationed at Xuanhuang Pass, more than two thousand miles away, to resist the demons?
When did you run back?
What to do when he comes back to Xuanhuang Pass?
Or is it that Xuanhuang Pass is already...no way!
Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of incredible eyes, Chang Gaoyuan, who had traveled more than two thousand miles and had stayed awake for several nights, walked majestically, wearing bright armor, a sword hanging from his waist, and a red cloak. Enter the main hall.
Wherever Chang Gaoyuan passed, civil and military officials seemed to smell a strong smell of blood.
He is worthy of being the God of War of Dayan who has killed countless enemies. This magnificence, majesty, and murderous intent are really impressive!
While the ministers were still secretly speculating why Chang Gaoyuan suddenly returned to Beijing, Zhu Sheng pretended to have a Q&A with Chang Gaoyuan, and then asked the eunuch on duty to read out an imperial edict.
The general content of the imperial edict is to confer Jingyuan Marquis Chang Gaoyuan as the Grand Marshal of Pingnan and lead the three-guard imperial army outside Kyoto.
Go to the southern border to eliminate banditry. From now on, all guard posts in the southern territory will be under the jurisdiction of Marshal Pingnan.
Xiliu Camp, stationed outside Shiwanda Mountain, appointed Zuo Zongze as deputy commander, assisting Marquis Jingyuan in matters related to the suppression of bandits and so on.
Suppress bandits?
It is true that banditry is rampant in the southern and western regions of Dayan, but most of them are small gangs of more than a hundred or so people. Why bother the God of War of Dayan to personally take action? Isn't this just killing a chicken with a sledgehammer?
Although Zuo Zongze, the commander-in-chief of Xiliu Camp, was not as good as Chang Gaoyuan because of his young age, he was still a top-ranked general in the Dayan military platoon, and was known as a general.
Sending Dayan God of War was not enough, so we had to add a general with a promising future. Who would believe that such a luxurious lineup is going to suppress bandits?
Snapped!
"Suppress his mother-in-law bandits. I don't even believe this nonsense even if the old Chen family has made a fortune."
His thick, calloused palms slammed onto the table, causing the already decayed wooden table to make an overwhelmed creaking sound.
The proprietress, who was eating melon seeds behind the counter, and still had a charming charm, glared angrily at Xue Lishi, the former general of Chu Zhenguo who was pounding the table, and turned his head away, but his ears were perked up, for fear of missing a word.
Xue Lishi, who was as tall as a bear and as strong as a bear, shrank his head in fear and said with a smile.
"Hehehe, I got a little carried away in the excitement, don't blame me, princess. I have already said that these old tables and chairs should be replaced. Why don't you buy a batch of new ones now?"
"You are outstanding! I don't even think about who made these tables and chairs. Even if you exchange them for tables made of gold and chairs made of silver, the princess will not be able to part with them."
Liu Tai'a, the former Prime Minister of Chu, laughed in a low voice.
"I don't do serious things every day. The tongue-tied woman's ability to talk nonsense is really good. Don't you have to go to work today? I'll drink the northwest wind tonight."
The proprietress grabbed a handful of melon seed peels and threw them at the two crooked old men.
"How can you be disrespectful to an old man?"
Chen Gong, the former Chu Hanlin bachelor, scolded the two of them with his beard and eyes wide open.
"Back to serious matters, from General Mo's point of view, the so-called suppression of bandits this time is a lie. The real thing is to destroy those cowards hiding in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. By the way, they can also train troops. The Imperial Guards outside Kyoto looked at their armors They are bright and majestic, but in fact they are just fake and look good but not useful.”
Zhou Biwu, the former commander of the Great Chu Imperial Army, pinched his chin covered with short, stiff beard and analyzed it.
Snapped!
Xue Lishi slammed the table again and shouted at the top of his voice.
"What are you talking about? It's because of this that I'm so happy that I don't even have to work anymore. When that boy named Yu attacked our country, those wimps from Qi, Liang, and Chen were all huddled in their turtle shells. Dare to show your face, treat the bullshit Lienzhi and the offensive and defensive alliance as nothing but shit, and watch us being beaten without even sending a single soldier to rescue.
Now it's okay, it's their turn to be in trouble. Let's see what they do when the army comes to the city. Hahaha, so happy, so happy. It's a pity that the boy named Chang is leading the army this time. If it were the boy named Yu, I might even take the initiative to ask Ying to be a pawn for him. For no other reason than to see those cowards scared to death in person. "
Hearing Xue Lishi mention Yu Qingzhi, the landlady suddenly felt that Guazi didn't want it anymore.
That guy hasn't appeared since he brought a little girl named Ji Rou'er to have a meal of wine-stuffed chicken last time. On the contrary, Ji Rouer came once with two very good-looking girl dolls and talked with her for a long time.
"snort!"
Throwing the melon seeds in her hand on the counter, the proprietress angrily went back to the back room to take a nap.
"Hehehe, it's time to leave."
Xue Lishi had a sly smile on his face, rubbed his big hands like cattail leaf fans and got into the counter, and took out a wine jar sealed with mud from the lowest floor.
Gently break the mud seal with your fingers, and the intoxicating aroma of wine immediately fills the entire tavern.
"Hey hey hey, how can I not drink when I'm happy today? Come on, come on, I'm treating you, you're welcome, open your mouth and drink."
Kyoto
While the Jinluan Hall in the city was still holding a court meeting, it was still dark over Xuanhuang Pass in Qingzhou.
According to Wei Lin's instructions, Zhang Hua returned to Xuanhuang Pass to summon the entire army to give a unified confession. In the future, if anyone from the imperial court or the Immortal Bureau came to ask about the case of human trafficking, they would insist that they did not know about it, and they would not be able to tell the truth even if they were beaten to death.
Li Wentai was responsible for transporting all the camp prostitutes hidden in the mountains to nearby Zhezhou for proper resettlement. All the expenses were paid from the Qingzhou Camp's military funds.
There is nothing to say about making up for the sins you have made.
As the sky grew brighter, many women and men in ragged clothes and haggard faces emerged from the caves. One after another, a long queue formed.
After the last person came out of the hole, one of Li Wentai's confidants came over to ask for instructions.
"Commander, the living ones have come out, what to do with the corpses?"
"Kicked in the head by a donkey!"
Li Wentai scolded angrily.
"Of course, burn it all with a fire. There are still a few large barrels of kerosene in the warehouse. Get them here, pour them all in, and get more firewood to fill them in. It is best to burn down the entire mountain, including the back mountain. Those bones should be buried together, that way everything will be safe."
After his confidant left, Li Wentai walked to Wei Lin not far away and said respectfully.
"Mr. Wei, everyone is coming out."
Seeing the miserable appearance of those men and women in ragged clothes, Wei Lin turned her head, stretched out her fingers and tapped Li Wentai's forehead repeatedly, and said bitterly.
"Look at the good deeds you have done, the evil deeds you have done!"
Li Wentai had previously admitted that in the past four years, he had bought nearly 10,000 men and women from Kyoto human traffickers for the soldiers to vent their lust. Some of them took the opportunity to commit suicide because they couldn't bear the humiliation, and some were played to death, so that now there are less than a thousand people left. It is also for this reason that Mr. Xue and other traffickers in Kyoto are crazy about kidnapping women.
"You can handle your own troubles by yourself. The Za family is too lazy to take care of it, huh!"
After that, Wei Lin waved her sleeves angrily and left.
When I reached the foot of the mountain, I happened to meet Zhang Hua who had arrived after handling matters in the camp.
"Wei Gong, where are you going?"
"I'm a little tired after not sleeping all night. Go back to the camp and sleep. If you have nothing to do, don't disturb the Zajia family."
Wei Lin said angrily, got on her horse and headed straight for Xuanhuang Pass.
After entering the pass, he did not dismount, and continued to gallop towards the military tent where he lived.
According to the rules, no one is allowed to ride a horse in the camp without the permission of the commander. But now that Chang Gao is far away, Wei Lin, as the emperor's special envoy, is the biggest in Qingzhou, so naturally no one can control him.
Under the gaze of many soldiers, Wei Lin angrily entered the military tent.
After entering the tent, Wei Lin first searched the military tent to make sure no one was there, then reached into her arms and took out a small cloth bag.
Opening the cloth bag, there were more than ten talisman papers written in cinnabar.
Wei Lin endured the physical pain and picked out one of the talisman. Then she wrapped the rest of the talisman and carefully stuffed it back into her arms. Then she poured spiritual power into the picked talisman and stuck it to her chest.
With a whoosh, Wei Lin sank into the ground and disappeared.
