Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

As Bai Sheng left, the ministers present naturally left one after another and went back to their homes. However, there was a high probability that no one would go back to catch up on sleep. After such a big thing happened, who could still sleep when he went back? Even if he didn't gossip, he would still have to find someone. Colleagues discuss what to do next!

And whether to completely abandon the lineage of King Qin.

Hurry up and stand in line, Li Ke, wait!

It is true that the Supreme Emperor's success in cultivating immortality is true, and he is not playing a double act with King Qin. At the same time, King Qin has completely failed and there is no possibility of turning around. These three points are enough to keep them awake all night, let alone all three points at once. , plus the impact of the previous death knell.

Today's Chang'an has truly become a city that never sleeps.

Almost every house lights a lamp and every household burns a candle.

There are even some who are proactive and have begun to prepare white linen. After all, most people have only heard the death knell and are not qualified to participate in the subsequent events. Therefore, they naturally think that the emperor has died and they must observe national filial piety at dawn!

There is no white linen at home.

I also have money ready and plan to buy it tomorrow.

Major entertainment venues, brothels and gambling houses are wailing all over the place, and they are packing up and planning to temporarily close down.

Because during the national mourning period, entertainment is prohibited!

In addition, the main ones who were really frightened were the families of the King of Qin who participated in the coup. After receiving the news, they anxiously came to the gate of Taiji Palace to take back the heads of their families who participated in the coup.

After learning that his family would not be confiscated and exterminated, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt, or rather had the energy, to feel sorry for the family head and others who were being tortured by the talisman of life and death. At the same time, he used various methods on them, tied their hands and gagged them. , for fear that they could not bear it and committed suicide, causing the whole family to be wiped out.

Regarding the relevant circumstances, including the fact that if those who received the life and death talisman commit suicide, they will be exterminated, Bai Sheng has sent guards to inform their families, so now even if they don't care about their families, they want to die so as to end the pain.

Their families won’t let them die either!

After all, who wants to be exterminated if they can survive?

……

As soon as it dawned the next day, Bai Sheng hurriedly told the world what happened last night, so as not to turn around and others think he was dead, and to minimize the impact of the death knell.

Then comes the normal morning ritual.

"It seems that you have been up all night, that's all. Let's keep the story short today. There are still some follow-ups that need to be added about the punishment of King Qin's lineage. Although they have not gone to court, I am too lazy to issue decrees to them one by one. So let me tell you first. If you are familiar with it later, remember to send someone to inform them!

They are exempted from the crime of death. If they are guilty of living, they will suffer from the life and death talisman, but I have no intention to torture them to death. After all, God has the virtue of good life. Even so, I am still willing to give them a chance to change.

I stayed up all night yesterday and started making elixirs.

I made a lot of suppressive elixirs for them.

It's called the Yin-Yang Wuji Pill. A Yin-Yang Wuji Pill can help them suppress their pain for a year, but it can only be given to them after the punishment they deserve is over.

At that time, they will still need to continue to perform meritorious deeds!

Everyone returns to their original posts, is honest and obedient, and serves the people.

Looking back, I will add a special assessment mechanism. Only when the assessment reaches an excellent level or above, can you get the Yin-Yang Wuji Pill for the second year, otherwise you will continue to suffer for another year!

Also, I am ready to fully promote the assessment mechanism.

Of course, you don’t have to worry about being given the Life and Death Talisman, and you don’t need the Yin Yang Wuji Pill. For you, the assessment mechanism is mainly about the capable ones going up and the mediocre ones going down.

Those who are excellent in the assessment for three consecutive years will be promoted.

Those who perform poorly in assessments for three consecutive years will be demoted.

Those who fail to meet the standards and have serious faults will be directly sent to jail for review.

The specific mechanism will be promulgated and implemented by the King of Han Dynasty Li Ke. Ke'er, it's up to you to say it next! "

Practically speaking, Bai Sheng had already prepared the so-called assessment mechanism. At this time, he just took advantage of this opportunity and rolled it out smoothly. As he said this, he asked Li Ke to stand next to him and explain the relevant situation in detail.

After Li Ke finished speaking, Bai Sheng specially distributed the specific assessment standards that had been printed long ago.

At the same time, he said to the official minister:

"There is also a batch of assessment standards that have been printed long ago and have been sent to the Ministry of Officials. Later, you will use the post system to distribute those assessment standards to all states across the country. This assessment standard specially uses punctuation marks. Those punctuation marks What it means is also stated at the beginning, with detailed annotations, so there is no possibility of misunderstanding.

Considering that you are new to the relationship, I will not start the assessment immediately. I will give you half a year to buffer. The first assessment will be conducted after the autumn harvest next year.

The assessment of officials in various places is mainly managed by the Ministry of Personnel.

The words of the Ministry of Personnel will be cross-examined by the other five departments.

This is the main thing I want to say. If there is anything else to report, if nothing happens, just withdraw from the court! "

Although most civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were not happy to see the so-called official evaluation mechanism implemented, they always felt that what the Supreme Emperor just said, you don't have to worry about being given a life and death charm, was not to comfort them, but to threaten them. , threatening that if they don't agree, they may also be given a life and death charm.

At that time, they will not only have to accept the assessment mechanism.

You still have to suffer the torture of the life and death talisman!

And he had to work hard for the Yin-Yang Wuji Pill that he could only get by winning the prize every year, or he had to obey any orders from the current Holy One.

They felt that the Supreme Emperor could do such a thing.

So all of them were very smart and did not object. They just accepted it first. Even if they turned out to be unlucky or incompetent and ended up being inferior, demoted or even dismissed, it would still be better than being given a permanent life and death talisman.

They saw the scene yesterday for real. Even though Cheng Yaojin was a tough guy, he still couldn't bear it.

If not for being tied up.

Maybe they can even roll on the ground and cry, begging for mercy!

The generals are like this, can they bear it?

Seeing that there was still no one to report, Bai Sheng immediately announced his resignation from the court, patted his ass and left. All the civil and military officials in the court also left one after another and returned to their respective posts to work. Some were drafting edicts, some were writing official documents, and some were really idle. , discussed matters such as official evaluation standards.

At the same time, the true situation last night and the fact that the current Holy Emperor did not die were gradually spread throughout Chang'an City through the official edict.

Many people couldn't help but gossip.

Restaurants and teahouses are even more lively!

"Oh my god, how could this happen? I'm really unlucky. I went to buy a batch of white cloth and linen before dawn this morning, and now I have to throw them all into my hands!

What a shame, my god, what a shame..."

"I advise you to hurry up and get rid of this batch of white cloth and linen at a low price. I heard that the current saint may have really succeeded in cultivating immortals. He may not know how many years he will live. King Qin will go there one day, and there will definitely be no national funeral. And There is neither a queen mother nor a queen in the harem, so don't sell it at a low price, just wait until it becomes a backlog!"

"That's all!"

"I really didn't expect that His Highness the King of Qin would stage another coup and it failed. But it's normal. Anyone who has suffered a loss should be more careful!"

"How is King Qin? Is he still alive?"

"Alive, alive and well, now in Prince Qin's Mansion, if you ask me, today's Holy Emperor is really too kind. Brothers are different from father and son. When King Qin's Xuanwu Sect was successfully transformed, one brother and one brother said to kill Just kill them, all the men in the family were killed. Now that the Holy Emperor has succeeded in restoring his power, he did not attack the King of Qin. Now that the King of Qin has staged a coup, he still does not attack him. He only made a small punishment or a big warning using a life-and-death talisman. How kind!" "Not only is King Qin okay, the Changsun family and Cheng Guogong's family who followed King Qin in the coup are all okay, even the soldiers who went to assassinate the Supreme Emperor.

Except for a few who directly committed suicide.

All that's left is exile..."

"Oh my God, I have never heard of any emperor being so benevolent since ancient times. He is truly the Holy Emperor!"

"The ancient Yao and Shun were probably nothing more than this!"

"Alas, the current Holy One is really benevolent and righteous. If King Qin does anything else, he will be really inhumane. How can any son do such a thing?"

"But I heard that the life and death talisman is so painful that it makes people unable to live or die!

He also said that if they committed suicide, their clan would be exterminated.

You can imagine how painful the life and death talisman is! "

"Isn't it right to suffer? Since ancient times, there have been a few people who failed in rebellion and escaped unscathed. They only suffered some pain and neither died nor were their clans exterminated.

He was not even deprived of his official title.

You actually sympathize with them, is that ridiculous? "

"Those who failed in their rebellion and were exterminated by their clans in the past would probably die laughing if they had the chance to receive the Talisman of Life and Death. Now I am only worried about the kindness of the Holy One, and don't indulge in such ungrateful things."

It can be said that Bai Sheng's operation is over.

Directly win widespread public support.

It also greatly reduced the prestige of Qin King Li Shimin.

It's a very simple reason. When Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Revolution was first successful, his reputation was actually not very good. Coupled with the subsequent Weishui Alliance and the severe drought in Guanzhong and other natural and man-made disasters, his reputation became even worse. Yes, it’s just that ordinary people dare not say it openly.

The family members directly said that he was not in the right position.

That's why natural disasters are rampant.

It wasn't until he defeated the Turks later that his civil and military skills were quite good, and the people received tangible benefits, that his reputation gradually improved and he gained high prestige.

The recent restoration of Bai Sheng has not had much impact on Li Shimin's prestige. If Bai Sheng had killed Li Shimin at that time, he might have become Bai Yueguang in the eyes of the people, but Bai Sheng did not kill him, and even still gave him For dignity, let him be the king of Qin and the prime minister.

It immediately formed a sharp contrast with what Li Shimin did after the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, he killed all the sons of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Even if there were fathers, sons and brothers, the contrast was still quite clear.

This time Li Shimin staged another coup.

After the failure, Bai Sheng only added the punishment of a life and death talisman, and the others remained the same as before. Even those who participated in the coup were fine.

Not only is the contrast even more stark.

It also indirectly shows that Li Shimin is unreasonable, extravagant, ignorant, and extremely unfilial.

After all, he still had a fig leaf for the previous Xuanwu Sect incident. He used the excuse that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were trying to rebel. He killed them to counter the rebellion and to protect his father. But for this coup, there was no fig leaf.

It is an irrefutable coup attempt!

Can it not have a big impact on his prestige?

Although the King of Qin Li Shimin at this time is not as notorious as Jie and Zhou, he is still incomparable to the previous one. If he dares to carry out a coup again, he will definitely be criticized by thousands of people and will be infamy for thousands of years.

In fact, this change was not planned by Bai Sheng in advance, it was purely a coincidence. The original person did not want to kill his son, so Bai Sheng could only obey, and then things developed step by step into what they are now.

……

Seventy-nine days later, Bai Sheng took out a Yin-Yang Wuji Pill and asked Li Ke to deliver it to the Prince of Qin's Mansion and give it to Li Shimin. In the morning of the next day, Li Ke took Li Shimin to Liangyi Hall, and Bai Sheng personally took the pill for him. Relieve the acupuncture point and at the same time restore his official position, that is, continue to be the prime minister.

If you work hard and do well, you will still be able to take the Yin Yang Wuji Pill next year. If you do not do well, you will suffer for a year.

Li Ke and the others continued to assist Li Shimin.

Be familiar with various government affairs while studying.

Although Bai Sheng really wanted them to be able to take charge of their own business right away, learning this kind of thing still needs to be done step by step and make progress slowly. Previously, they only studied with Li Shimin for less than half a year, which was obviously not enough to learn much real skills. Li Shimin was not around During those fifty days, their handling of government affairs could be described as stumbling.

So now of course I have to continue learning.

Li Shimin had no right to refuse.

At the same time, he did not dare to refuse even though he had experienced the torture of the Talisman of Life and Death for forty-nine days. The feeling of pain and discomfort every day during the forty-nine days was enough to destroy his faith and force him to have no choice but to compromise.

Thirty-two days later, that is, ninety-nine and eighty-one days after the last coup, Bai Sheng once again asked Li Ke to bring Yin Yang Wuji Pill and gave it to Changsun Wuji and others to take, and then took them with them who were almost mentally collapsed. Go to court and let them shine in their original positions.

Or it can also be called meritorious deeds.

During this period, many officials actually visited them secretly, but it was precisely because they had visited them that they clearly understood how terrifying the life and death talisman was. It can be said that Bai Sheng is no longer just an emperor in their minds. , he is a king, and he is a terrifying demon. It would be easier to die directly than to be struck by the life and death talisman!

Really kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.

No, it should be considered as killing the monkey to scare the chicken. After all, those who followed the King of Qin to carry out the coup were all first- and second-rank officials.

But no matter what, after such an experience, the throne that Bai Sheng restored was finally firmly established, and the world was convinced. Li Shimin's Qin lineage was completely silent, and became honest and obedient.

The most important thing is that no talents were lost and no turmoil occurred. It can almost be regarded as a peaceful transition.

At the same time, Bai Sheng was not too busy.

Li Shimin still does most of the work.

When Li Shimin can no longer do it, Li Ke should be able to leave the army, and it will be up to him to take over.

It's so pleasant, so comfortable...