I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Sui Yuan stood there in a daze, his whole body fell into a state of sluggishness.

Before coming here, no matter what, he never thought that His Majesty would ask the Duke of Guilt!

Moreover, as soon as it comes up, it will destroy the three clans!

You know, in order to show the greatness of the emperor's grace, the entire Daqian has not used this severe punishment for decades!

Even since the founding of the country, no such severe punishment has been used on Wu Xun!
After all, the ancestors of the Dukes of the state all had great achievements in those days.

It is no exaggeration to say that without them, there would be no Dagan today.

To the imperial court, a few dukes of the state are like pinnacles of calming the sea. With the dukes present, the court will not be in chaos!
But now, His Majesty wants to ask Duke Zhan.

This... how can this work!

Sui Yuan, who had reacted, hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty! Ask Lord Zhan, for fear of shaking the country's foundation and causing turmoil, absolutely no!"

The rest of the officials also showed sadness, and echoed: "Your Majesty, no!"

Du Chen'an and others also felt that it was not appropriate to use this severe punishment on the martial arts.

After all, although the Dukes and Wu Xun of this generation did not make any contribution to the court.

But each of their ancestors made great contributions to the imperial court.

To wipe out the three tribes is a bit like killing donkeys.

If His Majesty really did this, from now on, I am afraid that there will never be any Wu Xun who will serve His Majesty again.

His Majesty will also leave an eternal infamy of killing heroes in the history books.

They thought so in their hearts, but they didn't show the slightest expression on their faces, and they didn't stand up to speak for the warriors.

Now, His Majesty and Fang Dang are grasshoppers on the same rope.

Even if they don't support His Majesty's questioning Duke Zhan, they won't oppose it publicly, but will give His Majesty more power to choose.

If His Majesty is determined to ask Duke Zhan, there is nothing they can do.

Anyway, the infamy is for His Majesty to recite, and it has nothing to do with them.

on the dragon chair.

Wearing a golden dragon robe, Wu Mingkong slowly got up, his cool and noble demeanor made many people bow their heads in shame.

"According to Dagan's law, the nine clans should be punished for treason, and I will punish the three clans because their ancestors have made contributions to Dagan!"

Wu Mingkong looked down at Sui Yuan and the others condescendingly, with a chill in his tone, he said coldly: "There are still a few of you who are confusing the army, plotting rebellion, confiscating all property according to the law, and asking to be executed after autumn!"

Sui Yuan was startled for a moment, then his eyes widened with disbelief.

He just asked a few princes to uphold justice, why did it become an attempt to rebel.

"His Majesty."

Sui Yuan's heart sank to the bottom, and he opened his mouth to defend himself.

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by the empress on the dragon chair:

"Come here! Take the guilty minister Sui Yuan to the sky prison, and ask to be executed after the autumn!"

The voice fell.

Several shadow guards shrouded in black robes came out.

Ling Lie's murderous aura instantly swept through the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The shadow guards walked up to Sui Yuan in a few steps, held him down, and then dragged him out of the hall.

By now.

Sui Yuan had completely given up resistance.

His eyes were full of blood, and he stared fixedly at the aloof empress, and roared almost crazily: "Tyrant! Evil king! You use treacherous traitors to frame loyal and good people! Sooner or later, the world will be ruined in your hands!"

"There are also you bastards who work together and act according to the wind! Do you think that if you follow Fang Xiu, you will be rich and prosperous for a lifetime, and you can enjoy it endlessly?"

"Bah! Go ahead and dream! The Dog Emperor and the Dog Prime Minister will attack me, and sooner or later they will attack you too!"

"Today's Duke, Tomorrow's Lords!"

The hoarse voice echoed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Fang party officials all showed disdain.

The officials of the non-party party are all sincere and fearful.

Everything that happened today was completely beyond their expectations.

Before that, even if they were told in advance what would happen in the court today, they would never believe it.

Asking the Duke of Guilt and beheading Sui Yuan is, in their view, impossible.

But now it's actually happening.

They don't understand.

Even if the princes want to support their own self-respect, coerce His Majesty, give up Fang Xiang, and negotiate peace with Yan.

Your Majesty doesn't have to do this, does he?

In the entire Dagan, there were only seven Dukes in total, and four of them were chopped off at once.

As this matter spread, how do the nations view Daqian, and how do the common people view Your Majesty?
Don't even think about it.

After today, His Majesty will definitely be branded a tyrant!

The little empress obviously knew the consequences of today's actions.

But from the beginning to the end, she was very indifferent.

As if what I did was just a trivial thing.

At this moment.

The huge Hall of Mental Cultivation was silent.

All civil and military officials lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.

Wu Mingkong looked around for a week, keeping everyone's reactions in mind, and said lightly, "Do you have a playbook?"

The voice fell.

Tianguan Du Chen'an raised his eyes to look at the empress, hesitant to speak.

Wu Mingkong looked at him with his beautiful eyes, and said calmly, "Du Gong has something to say?"

moment.

All eyes were on Du Chen'an.

Du Chen'an was slightly startled, silent for a few breaths, still arched his hands, saluted and said: "I don't have any notes."

"Since no one is playing, let's retreat."

Wu Mingkong said lightly.

The voice fell.

The shrill voice of the palace maid sounded in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Retreat!"

Wu Mingkong turned and left.

The civil and military officials left the Hall of Mental Cultivation in order.

"What happened to Your Majesty today? Why did you want to wipe out the three clans of the four dukes and so many marquises and earls, accounting for almost half of the military honors."

Qian Haonan walked between Du Chen'an and Qin Xingyan, his eyes were full of doubts.

Hearing this, Du Chen'an stopped in his tracks, looked at the Hall of Mental Cultivation behind him, and said leisurely, "Your Majesty is sharing worries for each other."

As soon as this word comes out.

Qian Haonan frowned slightly: "You mean, it's Fang Xiang's decision to question the Duke?"

Qin Xingyan at the side glanced at him, and said calmly: "Isn't what Fang Xiang has done in the past six months not obvious enough?"

Qian Haonan was slightly taken aback, his expression even more confused, but he didn't ask further.

Seeing this, Qin Xingyan said leisurely: "First create a new army, take back part of the military power from Wu Xun, and then take advantage of the opportunity of a few princes to make trouble, put most of Wu Xun in the capital under house arrest, and then set up a new Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Completely strip military power from Wu Xun's hands. What do you think Fang Xiang did for?"

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Hearing this, Qian Haonan finally realized the crux of the problem and fell silent.

Qin Xingyan continued: "The first emperor made many rules to disperse Wu Xun's military power, but he never thought of completely taking back Wu Xun's military power.
Now that Prime Minister Fang is away on an expedition, the Dukes of the state can influence some soldiers just by relying on their prestige in the army for many years. Your Majesty cannot tolerate this!
Because of this, His Majesty made up his mind to share the worries of each other and completely disintegrate the influence of the military heroes on the army.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, His Majesty's actions will not cause too much turmoil, but it will only bear the notoriety of tyranny in the future."

When Qin Xingyan said this, he stopped abruptly.

Qian Haonan is the minister of the Ministry of War, and his understanding of this aspect is deeper than his, so it is useless to talk more.

Thinking of this.

Several core members of the Fang Party looked at each other, and they could all see a sigh of relief in each other's eyes.

Think back a year ago, His Majesty and Fang Xiang were still in the same situation, but now they are in the same body.

For the sake of His Majesty's country, Fang Xiang worked hard and risked his life to lead the army in person.

And for Fang Xiang's safety and ideals, His Majesty is willing to do things that she shouldn't do, even if he knows that he will bear a bad reputation, he will not hesitate.

Faced with such a situation, they can only sigh that the world is impermanent.

The next day.

Yi Renju.

It was just dawn.

A group of old gourmets sat in the lobby, ordered some side dishes and a jug of wine, and chatted.

at the same time.

A storyteller came onto the stage, cleared his throat, and began to read a newspaper.

"The front page headline of the latest issue is "The Edict to Punish Officials"!"

As soon as this word comes out.

The attention of diners is instantly attracted.

Generally speaking, in the edict to punish someone, the name of the person who is to be executed is in the middle.

Although such edicts are rare, they can be seen occasionally.

but.

It's the first time they've heard that the name is not written in the middle, it just means "criminal minister".

"An edict to punish the guilty minister? I don't know which criminal minister it is."

"It is estimated that more than one person committed the capital crime, so the word "criminal minister" was used to collectively refer to it."

As the diners were discussing, they heard the storyteller begin to read the edict from the newspaper.

"The Duke of Ding, the Duke of Wei, the Duke of Chen, the Duke of An, the Marquis of Ding'an, the Marquis of Xin'an, the Marquis of Dingbo, and the Marquis of Beihe dared to go against the laws of nature, ignorant of the grace of revealing themselves, and always resorted to rampant schemes."

A series of titles and names sounded.

The whole Yirenju fell into deathly silence.

All the diners stared at the storyteller with wide eyes, with disbelief on their faces.

No matter what, they couldn't believe that so many Dukes, Lords, and Uncles would ask His Majesty to kill them overnight.

but.

The storyteller on the stage in front of him was reading the authoritative Dagan Monthly!

If there is no accident, the content published in Daqian Monthly will never be false!

"Hey, what crime did these dukes commit? His Majesty was so angry that he cut them all off!"

"Didn't you hear what people said, oppressing the people, forming a party for personal gain, being in the fish and meat town, and plotting rebellion."

"Be quiet! The charge has not been finished yet!"

Whispering voices sounded in Yirenju.

Everyone listened to the series of crimes read by the storyteller, and their expressions were a little dazed.

Even if they live in Chang'an, the Duke of the State is still aloof and untouchable to them.

However, in one night, all these big figures were beheaded by His Majesty, and quite a few of them would also be exterminated from the three clans.

This made them unacceptable for a while.

It wasn't until the storyteller read the imperial edict for the second time that they dared to believe that what they heard was true!
"We can't get in touch with the princes of the state, but I often meet the servants of their houses, and they are all more hateful than bullies! After today, let's see how arrogant they are!"

"We also don't understand why these dukes, lords, and uncles, can be prosperous and rich for a lifetime just because of the salaries given to them by the imperial court. Why do they want to rebel!"

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, life has become better day by day, and these bastards are even rebelling! It's really hateful!"

"They just can't see that the people are good! When the people live comfortably, they feel uncomfortable!"

The diners were discussing enthusiastically, and they didn't even bother to drink.

in fact.

To them, there is no difference between asking to behead the duke of the country and asking to behead a vicious prisoner, they are nothing more than watching the fun.

after all.

The memory of the warriors of this generation left to the common people is that they have fought various defeats.

In the past ten years, under the command of several princes, the Gan army has hardly won a single battle.

Even Wu Guo, who was the weakest opponent, didn't take advantage of it.

There is no difference whether there is such a duke or not.

Most of Yiren Curie's diners have the same idea.

but.

There are also a small group of people who are either frowning or showing grief and indignation.

Someone shouted loudly: "These dukes, Lord Marquis, once shed blood and sweat for the imperial court. They didn't deserve credit, but they also worked hard. Now I don't know what serious crime they have committed, and they want to harm their family!"

"The extermination of the three clans, what a severe punishment, even the stupid late emperor never used this punishment!"

"simply"

Speaking of this, the man lowered his voice, and slowly spit out two words: "Tyrannical."

These words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Someone looked at him and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! I didn't hear what others said! Those princes have committed a serious crime of treason! According to the law, treason will punish the nine clans! The three tribes of Yi are already Your Majesty is merciful!"

"The rebellion against the Zhujiu Clan is an ordinary commoner, but this time it is the Duke! Their ancestors have made great contributions to the court! Not to mention the family members!"

"So what about the Duke? The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people! You don't even understand such a simple truth?"

"you you."

That popular face turned red, and he said through gritted teeth: "It's simply unreasonable!"

"It's you who is unreasonable! It is said that the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, those servants of the Duke, are extremely arrogant because they come from the Duke's mansion. They bully this and that all the time, let alone the Duke's family!"

"Since they have enjoyed the shade of the duke, they should bear the corresponding punishment. Blessings are shared, and difficulties are different. How can there be such a good thing in the world!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a burst of applause in Yirenju.

Just now.

On the street outside Yirenju, there was a noisy voice, and I turned my head to look.

I saw a fully loaded carriage driving on the road.

All kinds of gold, silver, jewels and rare treasures on it are completely exposed to the sight of the people without any cover, making them dazzled for a while.

"This is how many dukes' homes have been copied. How can so many treasures be copied?"

When everyone saw this scene, they all showed curiosity.

At this time, an insider said leisurely: "What kind of duke, this was found from Beihehou's mansion"

As soon as this word comes out.

Everyone was shocked, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

So many treasures.

It only came from a marquis mansion.

How many gold and silver treasures have these sons of bitches hoarded!