The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 988 Opening the City Gate [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

On the chariot, there were two-meter-high square objects covered with white cloth, but everyone could tell at a glance that there was a stone tablet or stone carving under the white cloth.

Finally, the white cloth was torn off, revealing a huge bluestone that had been polished to a smooth finish.

The upper part of the smooth bluestone stele is engraved with gold, while the lower part is a list of small scarlet characters.

The two large golden characters "罪照" (Crime Edict) at the top of the stele sparkled brightly in the sun.

The current version of the imperial edict is a small vertical line of gilded characters, briefly recording the course of the rebellion and the laws of Bingzhou.

Therefore, the large scarlet list at the bottom records the names of the people involved in this event, as well as the powerful families behind them.

To put it simply, those who stayed in Linzi would die, and those who did not come to Linzi would also die.

The edict of guilt has been engraved, which represents an oath that will last forever. Even if the whole world is exhausted, Bingzhou will never tolerate it.

"This is not a crime edict or a list of criminals, it's simply a family tree of criminals!" said the Blood Cavalry general in fear.

This list is probably so detailed that it knows who is in the family better than these criminals do.

The Blood Riders' generals also looked at the purple-robed figure in front of them with lingering fear, "If it weren't for His Majesty coming in person, our names would probably be on the Sin Blood Monument."

If it wasn't Yan Yan who came, but other important figures from Bingzhou, they could at most make up for their mistakes, and three generations of their family would never be able to serve as officials again, and most of the preferential treatment in Bingzhou would have nothing to do with their family at all.

Now that Yan Yan has come in person, they are no longer deceived rebels, but meritorious intelligence personnel lurking within the enemy for the development of Bingzhou, and a loyal army.

The Blood Riders did not attack the city, but read aloud the words and names on the Blood Monument to the people of Linzi, so that the people of Linzi could understand the true process and reasons of this coup.

The most terrifying thing is that among these nine stone tablets, only four and a half have names on them, and the remaining four and a half are blank without any names engraved on them.

This also means that after the Emperor captures those conspirators in Linzi for interrogation, these lists will continue to grow.

After all, the Military Control Commission’s list is only a rough list, not a specific list.

By the time these people fell into the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the list of confessions they produced was enormous.

As for not saying...

The only person in the world who can be rejected by the Jinyiwei has not been born yet.

In Linzi City, the city gates were not opened, but the repetitive voices of the Blood Knights could penetrate the city walls and gates, so they were now under the command of the rebels, and they were in the occupied area!
Thinking of this, millions of Linzi people felt like the sky had fallen.

"I told you so. We have all paid tribute to the Bingzhou Blood Riders and given them more money than King Jian asked for. There are countless treasures in General Li Ren's mansion. How could they possibly not rebel?"

The head of Qingzhou Village cursed.

Li Ren's mansion was built in Qingzhouli, and the Blood Cavalry's original base was also in Qingzhouli, so he never believed that Li Ren had rebelled.

If a family rebelled, they would leave the Bingzhou flag hanging above their residence before leaving, and send someone to take the flag away when they left.

"A bunch of scum with no sense of contract!" The head of the next door village in Qingzhouli also cursed.

"We paid the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry to escort us, which is only natural. But these people actually wanted to seize other people's property. How immoral!" added the head of Caoxiangli.

“???” The other village heads looked at the village head of Caoxiang in confusion.

However, this explanation does not seem to be wrong. The Blood Riders helped them to escort them, and they paid for it. This is a commercial activity in which both money and goods are exchanged. The actions of these remnants of the Five Kingdoms and the Tian clan are just coveting other people's property.

This is an act of seizing other people's property and should be despised.

Using money to attack, kill, or make the other party defect is business competition and can be forgiven.

But this group of people chose to cheat. Merchants value profit over morality, but they will never allow commercial fraud to occur. Therefore, this is unacceptable to the people of Linzi.

"We, the people of Qi, have been doing business all over the world for nearly a thousand years and have never broken our promise to anyone. This is the fundamental reason why we, the people of Qi, can do business all over the world. But these people are simply a disgrace to our country of Qi!" The head of Caoxiangli still did not stop cursing.

"..." Everyone was silent. You are exaggerating. You are a professional, but we can't find any point to refute.

"So, what suggestions does Caoxianglizhang have?" asked Qingzhoulizhang.

"As you know, everyone in my Cao village has the surname Cao, and my distant cousin has a distant nephew named Cao Shen, whose courtesy name is Jingbo." The head of Cao village said proudly.

"Cao Jingbo?" The head of Qingzhou Village only felt that the name was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who the other person was for a moment.

"Could it be Bingzhou Hetao General Manager, the Chief Eunuch Cao Shen and Cao Jingbo?" Suddenly a village head spoke up and revealed Cao Shen's identity.

"Yes, that's right, but your information is outdated. Chief Steward Jingbo is no longer just the Chief Steward of Hetao, but has been transferred to Beiye Wangcheng to serve as the chief clerk of the Prime Minister's Office of Bingzhou." The head of Caoxiangli continued.

"This..." Everyone was extremely surprised.

The chief clerk did not have a high status, but was also a senior official in charge of the assessment, promotion, and transfer of local officials. He could be regarded as the first clerk under the officials. However, the chief clerk of the Prime Minister's Office had a very high status. Therefore, the chief clerk of the Prime Minister's Office was no longer called a clerk, but was changed to an envoy.

In other words, he is the second secretary under the Prime Minister's Chief Secretary.

However, the Chief Clerk of the Prime Minister's Office was privately hired by the Prime Minister himself. Although he also held an official position, he would almost certainly step down as soon as the Prime Minister left office. However, the Chief Clerk was a formal official within the system of Bingzhou and was one of the candidates for the next Prime Minister.

The word "shi" can explain the high status of the other party.

Who is worthy of the title of envoy? It is the king.

It can be said that the chief clerk is actually the king’s confidant and spies trained in the prime minister’s office, and is a member of the king’s family.

"Mr. Cao, is your ancestral tomb on fire?" others said enviously.

This can't be smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, or even if it's on fire. It would have to be the mountain of ancestral graves that are on fire for this to be possible.

"So, I plan to open the city gate!" Cao Xianglili said seriously.

He dared to say it in front of so many people, which meant that these people were trustworthy, otherwise they would not have gathered together in such a time of war.

Just opening the city gate was something he couldn't do alone. There were only a few yamen runners and constables in a mile, and there were hundreds of armored soldiers guarding the city gate.

"It just so happens that my second brother is the gate commander of South City. I can find an excuse to trick him into coming for a drink and get the gate guard change time and password." A village head spoke up.

"There is a strong man in my neighborhood, but he has never been promoted because he offended the neighborhood master. With the cooperation of one or two people, he can move the bolt of the city gate!" The head of Qingzhouli also spoke.

"I……"

With each of the village heads speaking, they almost assigned the extremely difficult task of opening the city gate.

(End of this chapter)