On the 10th day of the seventh month, under the command of Wu Yuan, Pei Mian, Yang Xuan, Wang Jin, Chang Gon, and other ministers and officials of the imperial court were arrested. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

According to the experience of more than half a year, almost none of the people who were invited to drink tea by the imperial platform could come out unharmed, and after entering, they did not come out, and they were either exiled or imprisoned, and many people were not only dismissed from their official positions and titles, but also beheaded.

Yushitai has become a taboo topic for the imperial court and local officials, as long as someone says the word Yushitai, if there are officials on the scene, it will definitely be extremely nervous, it can be seen that Yushitai, especially Wu Yan, has become an officialdom killer.

Zhao Ziliang knew that it would have no effect on the courtiers to come forward to appease him now, this matter could only be slowly faded by time, and it was understandable that the ministers of the court were panicking in this matter, after all, all the remaining three prime ministers were taken down this time, and there were also a large number of heavyweight officials.

On 13 July, Wu Yan came to the Regent's Mansion to report to Zhao Ziliang on the results of the arrest and interrogation.

"Your Majesty, all the ministers and military generals on the list confessed by Cui Youfu have been taken down, and after interrogation, these people have confessed to your plot against you! Among them, Pei Mian, Yang Xuan, Cui Youfu, Chang Gon and others thought they were the leaders of this gang, but in fact they were just Yuan Zai's pawns and tools. Yuan Zai is a very clever person, he is actually affected by the stupidity of Pei Mian and Cui Youfu and others, if Pei Mian and others are not so anxious, Yuan Zai will not be exposed. ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help sighing: "Pei Mian, Yuan Zai and Wang Jin, the three remaining prime ministers, have all been taken down, and now there is not even a prime minister in the court, it seems that these conservative ministers are still very hostile to this king!" It's no wonder that the officials of the various yamen of the imperial court are all terrified, and the ministers at the prime minister's level are all wiped out. By the way, how did Li Huaiguang, the military generals, do they do well? ”

Wu Yan said: "Li Huaiguang and others have a bad temper, they tried to resist after being arrested, and they have been making a lot of noise since they were subdued, and they did not cooperate with the interrogation, refusing to answer the questions of the interrogation officials!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "In this way, the military generals will be directly sent by the Regent Mansion for interrogation, and the Yushitai will not interfere!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Yan agreed, and remembered something and said: "King, if you want to punish these people on the charge of corruption and perversion of the law, there are two people who are afraid that they will be acquitted, namely Yang Juan and Chang Gon, after the investigation of the Yushitai, these two people are honest and honest officials on weekdays, and they have nothing to do with corruption and bending the law, in the words of the people, they are rare good officials!" And to arrest them on the charge of treason, they do not seem to be qualified. After the investigation of the Yushitai, there is no evidence that these two have participated in the rebellious activities of Pei Mian, Yuan Zai and others! The reason why they appear on the list of Cui Youfu's confession is because they used to be the former prince's people! Cui Youfu rightfully put them in their ranks. ”

Yang Juan and Chang Gon? Both of them are relatively young, less than forty years old, of course, this age is already middle-aged and elderly in the people, but they are rookies in officialdom.

"Come on, bring the files of Yang Juan and Chang Gon!" Zhao Ziliang commanded.

"Yes, King!"

After a while, an official brought the files of Yang Juan and Chang Gon, and Zhao Ziliang read the files of these two people in detail.

Yang Juan was born in Huayin Yang, which is a big family. The family has the advantages of the family, the family has their family motto, in terms of educating children, the family is more formalized, has a background, and indeed there are talented people from generation to generation, Yang Juan is obviously the leader of the Yang family, whether it is knowledge, or talent is one in a million, and there is nothing to say in terms of conduct.

Chang Gon's family background is not as good as Yang Juan, and his father is just a county magistrate. Chang Gon was a man of high temperament and arrogance, unsociable, with few friends, strict officials, advocating frugality, and extremely disgusted with corrupt officials.

After reading the files and resumes of these two people, Zhao Ziliang pondered for a long time, and said to Wu Yan: "These two people will be locked up for ten days first, and then they will come and see me after ten days!" ”

Wu Yan arched his hand and said, "Yes, king!" ”

In the past, the emperor's words were the law, and the emperor said that whoever deserved to die, he deserved to die. Therefore, the losers of political struggles have always been sentenced without trial or judgment, and have been directly executed or executed. After Zhao Ziliang took power, he changed the state of the former emperor who did not treat the law as a thing, everything is based on the law, no matter how big the crime you have committed, you need to pass the trial to be convicted, this is not only an explanation to the family members of the parties, but also an explanation to the whole world, this is an order, a good order, and the society can only be stabilized with this good order.

The family members of these arrested court ministers were crazy during this time, and they asked people to find relationships to intercede, and some family members wanted to visit the prison, bribed the guards of the prison with heavy bribes or stuffed money into the officials of Dali Temple, and some people directly found the regent palace.

Of course, at this time, if you use money to do things for others, it is undoubtedly a rhythm of hitting the muzzle of the gun and looking for death. The relevant yamen of the imperial court have long sent special personnel to keep an eye on it, and once it is found that there is an act of accepting bribes, it will be investigated immediately.

Emperor Daizong has become a frightened bird these days, although he is in the palace, he can still know things outside the palace, Zhao Ziliang did not order to restrict the emperor's personal freedom, he never told the palace guards that the emperor was not allowed to leave the palace, in fact, Daizong did not dare to go out of the palace without permission, he did not dare to guarantee that no one outside wanted to assassinate him, at least it was much safer to stay in the palace, his only concern was that Zhao Ziliang killed the emperor and usurped the throne regardless of his reputation.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang came to the palace to meet the emperor, the emperor is the emperor after all, although the right is gone, but the identity is there, Zhao Ziliang is not so indispensable that he does not put the emperor in the corner of his eyes.

Dai Zong sat on the dragon chair of the Zichen Hall in fear, anxiously waiting for Zhao Ziliang's arrival. Seeing Zhao Ziliang carrying his official uniform and bowing down step by step to the steps of the main hall, followed by a guard armor, his heart was raised to his throat, and the eunuchs and palace maids around him were also afraid to come out, and no one knew what the fate would be.

Zhao Ziliang walked into the main hall and stood in the middle to pay a full salute, "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

"Ahem, my uncle is exempt from courtesy, courtesy, my uncle has every opportunity to work hard for the safety of my Datang world, but I can't help much. I have decided that from now on, the Regent will not need to bow down when he sees him! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Majesty is kind, and the minister has received it!" However, the etiquette cannot be abolished, if His Majesty gives the ministers special care in etiquette, I am afraid that someone outside will soon say that who actually went to the court to see the emperor and did not worship! Then His Majesty's kindness will turn into a bad thing! ”

The emperor was a little embarrassed, "Well, since my uncle insists, I won't be reluctant!" I wonder what happened to my uncle's visit this time? ”

With a smile on the surface, in fact, in secret, Daizong clenched his hands into fists and shrunk in his sleeves, and his legs were trembling.

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at the eunuchs and palace maids around him, and waved his hand: "Let's go down, this king will talk to His Majesty alone!" ”

Daizong wanted to stop it, but he held back, he knew that it was in vain, if Zhao Ziliang really wanted to attack him, no matter how many eunuchs and palace maids were here, it would be useless.

The eunuchs and palace maids all bowed and retreated, and a few eunuchs hesitated for a moment and followed.

Zhao Ziliang walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked: "Your Majesty, Pei Mian and others have been recruited, why did Your Majesty do this?" At the beginning, His Majesty's vassals presided over the government as the regent with full powers, and others chewed the root of His Majesty's tongue a few times, and His Majesty changed his mind, and the minister didn't understand, why are your ears so soft? Can you hold on a little bit of your own? You are the emperor, and if the emperor's will is not firm, how can the will of a country be firm? ”

Dai Zong distinguished: "Uncle, I ・・・・・・・"

"The minister knows what His Majesty thinks!" Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and continued: "The minister asked His Majesty a word, does Your Majesty really not want the minister to continue to be this regent?" If so, the minister will return the power to His Majesty, and then return to Western Qin, and never return to the Central Plains again, and Western Qin and Datang will never get along. If not, then please Your Majesty will not make small moves behind your back in the future, since Your Majesty has entrusted the government to the minister, you should believe that the minister can govern the Tang Dynasty well, and you should believe that the minister can restore the Tang Dynasty to its former strength and prosperity, and stop suffering from gains and losses, half-heartedness! ”

After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he stopped and turned to look at Emperor Daizong, Li Yu didn't know how to answer for a while, if the answer was yes, it would be equivalent to tearing his face, and until now Zhao Ziliang is still maintaining his face as an emperor, he doesn't dare to bet that Zhao Ziliang can do what he says, what if Zhao Ziliang really tests him? Once he answered yes, Zhao Ziliang was afraid that he would not be polite to him anymore, and what was waiting for him at that time was only an abyss. If the answer is no, he is really unwilling to be a puppet from now on. At the beginning, he left all the military and political affairs to Zhao Ziliang, and when he hid in the inner palace to enjoy Qingfu, he only felt relaxed for a while, and he no longer had to worry about being afraid. But after a long time, he felt that it was too boring to stay in the inner palace all day, and the feeling of being in power was not something that anyone could have the opportunity to experience, and this feeling could be described as better than death.

After a long time, Li Yu didn't say anything, and Zhao Ziliang reminded loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is waiting for your reply!" ”