Jia Zhi was dragged away by two armor soldiers like a dead dog, he was Yuan Zai's friend and right-hand man, Yuan Zai wanted to stand up and stop him, but there was no reason or excuse. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info people who play politics are not street gangsters, street gangsters will copy the guy if they don't agree with each other, but they must have a name for everything they do when they play politics.

Although Yuan Zai is the prime minister, his real official position is not high, the official position is Zhongshu Shilang, the reason why he is the prime minister is because his official position is followed by the title of "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi", which means to negotiate with Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province to deal with government affairs. Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu are the governors of Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu, and the left and right servants are the natural prime ministers, but the emperor often orders other officials to participate in the confidential affairs of the imperial court. Therefore, the Pingzhang matter under the Tongzhong Book is not an actual official position, but only a temporary assignment.

Tang Dynasty to the Xuanzong period, Shangshu left and right servants have been completely excluded from the ranks of the prime minister, no longer participate in the major decisions of the imperial court, the emperor likes to use the lower official position of the person plus the same Zhongshu Men under the Ping Zhangshi as the prime minister to deal with government affairs, after the end of the Anshi Rebellion, the Zhongshu Order and the service are only used to add to the father, the general, and gradually become a virtual title. So in the middle and late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" was the real prime minister. In addition, those who are also in the book order, the servant or the same level of the chapter are also fictitious, and they are called envoys. Although "Tongping Zhangshi" is usually selected from officials above the fifth rank, when they are promoted to this position, they are mostly transferred to Zhongshu Shilang or Menxia Shilang, because Zhongshu and Menxia are always important institutions of the imperial court.

Pei Zunqing and Jia Zhi, one was scolded to death, and the other was dragged away as a suspect in the scientific research fraud case, which greatly deterred the ministers of the court and the princes and nobles, and no one dared to rashly stand up to dissuade Zhao Ziliang from executing all the rebellious Fengxiang generals, because everyone was worried that their handle was being caught in the palm of Zhao Ziliang's hand, if he stood up against him, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

"Who else is going to come out and risk their lives?" Zhao Ziliang let out a sneer as he spoke, "If someone wants to stand up and risk death to admonish, of course this king welcomes it and is very pleased, after all, only loyal and upright people have the courage, guts, and sense of responsibility!" But this king also has a word of advice, before you stand up, see if the ass is clean! ”

In these years, who in the officialdom dares to really say that they have no problems? If you really want to check, I'm afraid that everyone is a butt of shit, and you can't wipe it clean.

The scene was quiet for a while, and the ministers of civil and military affairs and the princes and nobles fell silent.

At this time, Li Xian, the secretary of the ministry, stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the king, the old minister agrees with the king's decision!" If a person makes a mistake and does not have to be punished, if everyone knows that the law is not responsible for the public, then the military law and the court law are not in vain? Therefore, the old minister thinks that these people should all be beheaded to set an example! ”

When Yuan Zai saw it, he couldn't help but scold in a low voice: "Grass on the wall, shameless people!" ”

Li Xian was originally a person from the Prime Minister's faction, and it was normal for Yuan Zai to scold him like this, and even many people thought that Li Xian was a person who saw the wind and steered the rudder, his political position was wavering, and he was too undisciplined, but Li Xian didn't care, since he was in the camp of the regent palace these days, he realized that he was really right this time.

There was another person standing up next to him, everyone knew him, Yan Zhenqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, only to see him arch his hand and say: "Your Majesty, the king, the old minister also thinks that extraordinary things should be done in extraordinary times, and the court can no longer be kind to women in this embarrassing situation, and they must not be soft when they are ruthless, otherwise how can they clear the world?" How can the world be pacified? ”

After Yan Zhenqing came out to express his support, other officials who had taken refuge in the Regent Palace, either openly or secretly, all stood up to express their support, and the situation was completely reversed for a while.

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, so many people support the minister's decision, it seems that the minister's decision is correct, if Your Majesty has no other objections, this king will order it to be executed tomorrow!" ”

The emperor also understood Zhao Ziliang's strength for the first time, which made him a little worried, but now there was no other way but to let Zhao Ziliang act according to his intentions.

On the morning of October 27, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses inside and outside Chang'an City gathered on the south bank of the Wei River.

Endless banners of all colors are shaking, swords and guns are standing in a forest, and the cold wind blowing from the Loess Plateau blows the flags on the riverbank to hunt.

According to the previous rules, the execution should generally be carried out at noon, when the yang energy is at its peak, but more than 8,000 people must be killed at a time, in order to deter the armies and kill the chickens and monkeys, the procedures and rituals cannot be simple, and the execution can only be carried out in the morning, otherwise it will not be too late for a day.

Today's weather is not very good, and when I woke up early in the morning, the weather was gloomy and looked like it was going to rain. This made Zhao Ziliang and others a little worried, if it rained heavily during the execution, it would be difficult to do it at that time.

In addition to the officials who must stay in the rotation and office of the various yamen of the imperial court, the civil and military officials of the imperial court and the princes and nobles are here, the emperor did not want to come, he only felt nauseous when he thought of the scene of countless heads falling to the ground, worried that he would be awakened by a nightmare when he slept late at night, but Zhao Ziliang strongly asked him to come to the scene, there was no way, he could only sit on the head and come again in the royal car.

Gao Shang turned his head to look at the hourglass next to him, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "King, the hour is almost up!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "Then let's start!" ”

Gao Shang immediately shouted loudly: "The king has an order, bring the rebels of the Fengxiang Army up!" ”

The first group of 500 Fengxiang rebel soldiers with their hands tied behind their backs were escorted to the bank of the river, and the 500 executioners with big shoulders and round waists were already standing in fixed positions with knives and waiting.

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky, so gloomy that he wanted to come down to the water, which was not a good sign in the eyes of many people, thinking that Zhao Ziliang's large-scale massacre would definitely provoke the wrath of the heavens.

Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a long time, and shouted to Ma Sui: "Ma Sui, send five hundred guards to replace these executioners!" ”

Ma Sui didn't know why Zhao Ziliang was in the clinic, but he still resolutely carried out the order, and immediately ordered 500 soldiers from his command to quickly go to the river to replace the 500 executioners.

The rebel soldiers who were escorted to the bank of the river were crying in fear, and many struggled to escape, but how could they run with their hands tied?

"Wronged, greatly wronged, we were coerced by the Shazali dog thief, we didn't mean to rebel・・・・・・"

"Spare my life, spare my life, I don't want to die, I don't want to die・・・・・・"

The guards scolded: "Wronged? Who says you are wronged? If Sha Chali wants to rebel, you will follow him, why don't you cut him down and ask the court for credit? You are afraid of Shazhali, but you are not afraid of the court, and it is too late to regret it now, I hope you will be smarter in your next life! ”

There was a lot of crying and shouting on the riverbank for a while, and many of the civil and military ministers who were watching the execution couldn't stand it and turned their heads.

Just when the rebel soldiers who were waiting to die were crying loudly for mercy, scolding, and cursing, an extremely dazzling lightning suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a loud "boom", lightning and thunder. Several black clouds gathered in the sky very quickly, and they collided one after another, and lightning and thunder kept coming.

Seeing this vision, many of the civil and military officials and princes and nobles screamed in fright, and the emperor was also so frightened that he trembled, and his body trembled constantly in the palace, and even the soldiers who were not in good military discipline in the hundreds of thousands of troops transferred from various places inside and outside Chang'an City were frightened into a riot.

Soon, a knight rode his horse and galloped over to report to Zhao Ziliang: "King Qiyu, there was a riot in the Jingyuan army, and some soldiers were frightened by the vision of the heavenly thunder and fled!" ”

Another cavalryman came running to report: "King, there is a riot in a part of the Liangzhou army!" ”

Zhao Ziliang slapped the table and was furious when he heard this: "Bold, a few lightning and thunder scared them to flee, can such an army still fight?" Where is Zhao Bei, the commander of the Xuan Feng Army? ”

When Zhao Bei heard this, he immediately pressed his sword and flashed out, hugged his fists and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"I order you to lead the vanguard army to capture all the soldiers who escaped!"

"Command!" Zhao Bei clenched his fists and agreed, turned around and led the war horse Pegasus away. After a while, he saw the Xuan Feng army under his leadership breaking into several groups and rushing towards the location of the riot.

Zhao Ziliang shouted again: "Zhang Ben, the commander of the Huya Army, orders you to lead the Huya Army as a gendarmerie to maintain order on the spot, and if there is any violation of military discipline, arrest immediately, and if there is resistance, you will be killed!" ”

"Command!"

Zhang Ben led his men and horses to patrol the various armies, and after killing some soldiers who were scurrying on the spot, the riot was gradually quelled.

Zhao Ziliang saw that the hour was not early, and said to Gao Shang: "Start the execution!" ”

Gao Shang nodded, turned around and made a gesture to the herald, and the flag herald began to use the small flag in his hand to keep waving the flag.

After the on-site supervisor saw it, he was about to give an order, when it suddenly rained heavily, and the cold rain fell on his body so that everyone couldn't help but shiver, and some people in the army panicked again, Zhang Ben immediately led people to suppress it, and killed more than 100 people in a row to suppress the scene.

Zhao Ziliang was furious: "Pass the order, if there is a riot in each army, this king will first behead the general of the army, and then behead the soldiers who are in turmoil!" ”

"Yes!"

After this order was transmitted, the leading generals of the various armies were ruthless in rectifying their own military discipline and sent soldiers to inspect the military discipline of various departments and carry out severe suppression.

Despite the heavy rain, the execution continued, and the soldiers raised their swords and slashed down, and the first group of 500 rebel soldiers were all beheaded.