Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 173 Old Concubine Zhen doesn’t dare to die (9) [-in-]

Qianqing Palace, inside the Yangxin Palace.

Looking at the new memorials sent from various places, Emperor Yuan Xi couldn't laugh or cry: "It's really a bad start!"

In less than a month, before the 7749 Heavenly Filial Piety Day ended, nearly a hundred rebellions had already occurred across the country. The key is that many people really just broke into the government offices alone and clamored for rebellion.

No actual damage was caused at all.

Not to mention unrest and separatism.

But you must know that his nephew really killed his biological father. Compared with his nephew's operation, those who broke into the government office with a kitchen knife and said that they were rebels were simply ridiculous. At the same time, because of this, those local officials I had to go to court to ask how to handle the matter.

Although it is not wrong to treat it as a rebellion.

But these rebellions were so ridiculous that they felt it was not appropriate to treat them as rebellions.

"Dai Quan, what do you think I should do?"

Although he felt that these things were ridiculous, Emperor Yuan Xi thought for a while and still felt a little embarrassed, because no matter how ridiculous they were, it did not prevent them from rebelling.

If you really laugh it off, forgive and let it go.

In the future, everyone will dare to joke about rebellion. If there is a real rebellion that confuses the public and is mixed into it, the slightest carelessness can shake the country. When the time comes, whether he is in power or his descendants are in power, won't the fault be not his?

But if rebellion is really a heinous crime, it will never be forgiven.

If the judgment of the nine clans must be executed.

It is inevitable that people will think that he is too cruel and cruel.

Being too self-conscious, not wanting to have a bad reputation while alive, nor wanting to be stigmatized after death, was probably the biggest flaw in Emperor Yuan Xi's life.

"Your Majesty, after all, it has not caused any big impact, so let the Ministry of Punishment make its own decision."

After all, Dai Quan had been with Emperor Yuan Xi for nearly thirty years, much longer than his wife and children. How could he not understand what Emperor Yuan Xi was thinking and immediately suggested.

Since it's difficult, just leave it to Xing Bu.

If something goes wrong or someone gets a reputation, it will be the responsibility of the Ministry of Punishment. If that doesn't work, we can show our attitude by removing one or two officials from the Ministry of Punishment who are in charge of the matter.

Over the years, in order to compete with the Supreme Emperor for power, Emperor Yuan Xi often did things that made him unbeatable and sacrificed his own people.

"The Ministry of Punishment...

I was afraid that they would not dare to go back and send these memorials again, but the root of the problem was still the concubines, and even the concubines were treated too harshly.

I know that I may not be able to take revenge on my own...

Inspired by the previous incident, I came up with the idea of ​​dying together and avenging myself.

Look at this memorial. From the Qin family in Junxian County, a woman was covered in bruises and one of her arms was cut off alive. She broke into the county government office, shouted insults at me, and roared that she wanted to rebel.

Haven't had time to do anything yet.

He had already bled to death.

She was forced into the house by the Qin family, and her parents were killed by that beast of the Qin family. She even ran away from the Qin family with the intention of dying.

Her arm was cut off by the Qin family who were chasing her.

The people who were chasing her broke into the government office directly.

If it weren't for the presence of the embroidered clothes guard, I'm afraid she would have died like this, and there would be no rebellion information handed over to her.

Alas, she is not rebelling!
She was clearly using her own life to sue the emperor.

In this case, the words she scolded me were not too much. They were indeed my dereliction of duty. Alas, these were just revelations. They were just lucky enough to escape and break into the government office alive. At the same time, they happened to have embroidered clothes. With Wei present, there is no need to worry about being suppressed by the local magistrate...

I'm afraid the rebels were suppressed without being reported.

There are a lot more……

There are probably more similar tragic stories! "

After reading the new memorial that clearly explained the causes and consequences, Emperor Yuan Xi was filled with emotion and began to think divergently and consider deeper issues.

And the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. The more I realized that the people were suffering, the local gentry was doing evil, and the officials were shielding each other.

"After my mother-in-law passed away, my life was quite difficult for a while, but compared to some people in the memorial, it was still much better!"

After reading another memorial, Emperor Yuan Xi even felt some empathy. Although the people who treated him harshly at the beginning were all dead, there were plenty of people to help him kill those people without him having to speak or take action.

But the childhood memories are still quite profound after all.

I can still recall the fear and anger at that time.

Fortunately, he left the palace and built a mansion within a few years. Unlike some of the people in the memorial, who were always oppressed and humiliated, even without enough to eat, and lived worse than a slave. Just thinking about it in my mind, Yuan Xi The Imperial Capital feels a little unbearable, and at the same time, the balance in their hearts is increasingly tilted towards severely punishing the rebel families, otherwise they all feel a little sorry for those who sacrificed their lives to rebel.

The more memorials he read, the more he felt that the rebels were not rebelling, but were clearly complaining.

If they really let go of the family behind them because they didn't cause any bad effects, Emperor Yuan Xi would even feel a little sorry for his childhood.

It was a betrayal of his childhood.

But in the end, he still did not make a decision directly on his own. Instead, he specially selected a few more striking examples and read them to the ministers present in the morning of the next day.

And ask their opinions.

Originally, Emperor Yuan Xi thought that the old ministers who had always been rigid might insist on killing the Nine Tribes. When the time came, he would be a good man and reconcile, saying that there was no need to kill the Nine Tribes, just annihilate them, which would not only act as a deterrent, but also make him think. Being knowledgeable can also show his kindness to a certain extent, which is barely the best of both worlds.

However, the situation in the early morning was not as he expected.

Many ministers believed that punishment should not be severe.

Some people even believe that only those rebels who are fooling around should be punished. Among them, Taifu Li insisted:

"Except for a small number of these rebels who really have grievances, the rest are just beasts who are children of human beings. They don't want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. They dare to act so boldly just because of their father's temporary neglect or a little harsh treatment from their aunt.

It is actually unfaithful and unfilial, worse than a beast...

What they did was not rebellion, but disobedience and unfilial piety. All parents in the world are bad, but these beasts single-handedly want to unjustly accuse the entire clan of rebellion, implicate the entire clan, and even cut off the family's incense. If your majesty cannot discern clearly, Wouldn’t it be possible to fall into their trap and cause people all over the world to be frightened and disobedient? "

Because of different experiences, different statuses, different identities, and different positions of sitting, the perspective of looking at the same thing will naturally be different. What Li Taifu and others saw is that those guys are simply the sinners of the family.

The kind that should be drowned after birth!

However, after receiving some harsh treatment, he tried to let the whole clan be buried with him, and his thoughts were extremely vicious. If he was punished as a rebel and the nine clans were punished, and relevant news spread at the same time, causing some unruly people to imitate him, I don't know how much trouble it would cause!
If someone tries to seduce and cause trouble again, who can guarantee that similar beastly children will not appear in their home? It is also troublesome if a similar situation occurs to side relatives.

Therefore, Taifu Li and others have already made a tacit and mutual decision to completely stop this evil trend. Only by making this group of people who want to use their lives for revenge and die with the whole family completely despair can they After blocking, others continue to imitate.

They even feel that they are doing the right thing.

It’s for the stability of the world!
Fairness and justice are not as important as stability!

"Oh, then according to what Aiqing said, rebellion will be guiltless in the future. No, rebellion is disobedience to the king and father. In fact, it is also considered a crime of disobedience. What a steal!"

Needless to say, Emperor Yuan Xi was in a very unhappy mood.

It’s the feeling of being out of control.

"Your Majesty is serious. Everyone can see how ridiculous those people's rebellion is. They are just talking about it. They have neither soldiers nor any turmoil. If they are really treated as rebellion, they may not be able to convince the public.

Besides, the national filial piety has not yet passed, so how about reducing the major issue to a trivial one and not setting off a major bloody case..."

When his own interests were not involved, Taifu Li was willing to give face to Emperor Yuan Xi, but once his own interests or even the interests of the entire group were involved, he could no longer bear it.

Immediately, other officials also agreed.

Obviously they have formed an alliance and hope to reduce this matter to a minor matter. Anyway, they cannot treat it as a rebellion, otherwise the impact will be too bad.

Even if they can control their own family, they can't control the people from the side clans. If someone is affected, or threatened, and comes out like this, then they will be treated as rebels, wouldn't they be in trouble!

In order not to leave such a hidden danger.

They must suppress these signs completely.

At this time, Emperor Yuan Xi finally realized why they were like this, but he was not willing to let him go. However, he really didn't have any good ideas at this time, so he could only say that he had to think about it again.

Let’s put this aside for now…

And continue to discuss other matters.

After going to court, Emperor Yuan Xi became more and more angry as he thought about it. When the Supreme Emperor was alive, these ministers were not very obedient. He could barely understand it, but now that the Supreme Emperor was dead and still disobedient, wasn't the Supreme Emperor's death in vain?
But after all, the majority of ministers are opposed at this time. When most ministers are opposed to something, even if he is the emperor, there is nothing he can do.

Then, he became angry with Bai Sheng.

Because the specific situation was disclosed truthfully, but Bai Sheng made the suggestion in Chang'an Palace.

Who is the soft persimmon between Bai Sheng and the ministers?

Emperor Yuanxi could still tell the difference.

So Emperor Yuan Xi was so angry that he wanted to vent his anger. He went around in circles and finally came to Bai Sheng's Cuixia Palace. When he entered, he directly questioned Bai Sheng about this matter.

Bai Sheng really wanted to roll his eyes and curse at this moment.

But in the end he endured it and said aggrievedly:
"Your Majesty, my suggestion is indeed for your own good. Now the people in the world don't know the cause of the death of the Supreme Emperor, and there are no rumors about you. If it is like Taifu Li said, there is a cover-up, and even desperate efforts Cover up the cause of the Emperor's death.

Are you sure this will still be the case? "

"I'm afraid that many people will be suspicious of it and try to cover it up."

When he said this, Emperor Yuan Xi's face looked much better, because he actually knew that Bai Sheng was right, and Bai Sheng was of course striking while the iron was hot:

"As for what Taifu Li calls the parents of all people in the world, even if it is because he has never encountered the things that those people in the memorial have encountered, if he had experienced all those things, he would still be able to say that After all, I admire him.

I have never experienced saying such things.

But it’s just that I don’t have back pain when I stand and talk! "

Bai Sheng can probably figure out some of Emperor Yuan Xi's thoughts now. Since she has no preparations to rebel and force the palace, she can only try her best to cater to him.

Try to say something that the other person would like to hear.

As expected, Emperor Yuan Xi's expression became gentler at this time. Although he did not speak, his slight nod of expression undoubtedly recognized Bai Sheng's words.

He obviously did not assume the role of his parents, but the role of his children. The role of the parents was, of course, the Supreme Emperor. He sincerely felt that if the Supreme Emperor had not messed around with the balance, his brothers would not have made such a fuss. , although in the end he became the emperor with a profit, the Supreme Emperor still refused to delegate power, which brought him a lot of troubles.

All this was obviously the fault of the Supreme Emperor, who could only endure it in order not to be accused of being unfilial.

So when he heard Taifu Li say that there are no bad parents in the world, he felt particularly unhappy. As the elder of the Supreme Emperor, Bai Sheng, the old concubine, did not agree with this sentence at this time. When Emperor Yuanxi heard it, it was even more... It seems that like him, he doesn't approve of the Supreme Emperor that much.

“But it’s really inappropriate to kill people wantonly...

I have an idea. It’s not that I want to get involved in politics, but I just want to express my own thoughts. If I follow the words of Taifu Li and others, those who clamor for rebellion are disobedient and unfilial people. They should be executed. Isn’t there a sentence that I don’t teach? , is it the fault of the father? It is natural to use this to kill their father and aunt.

The others simply took them all together.

The guilty will be punished, and the innocent will be let go.

In this way, it can barely be regarded as only killing the culprit without causing any serious implication. The most important thing is that it is worthy of those who did not hesitate to use their own lives to complain. "

Hearing this, Emperor Yuan Xi couldn't help but show some joy on his face. Using his son's failure to teach and his father's fault to deal with Taifu Li's crime of disobedience was not only to use magic to attack magic, it was indeed clever and quite reasonable.

those latter proposals.

It's more in line with his thoughts.

For a moment, Emperor Yuan Xi was a little doubtful that this old concubine Zhen could read his mind. How could she read his thoughts so thoroughly, and every word she said was right to the point.

But thinking about it, he still thought it was impossible. He just blamed everything on aging. It wasn't too weird that the other party had lived such a long life and knew more about the world, and even more about his thoughts:
"What the old concubine said is true, I was rude.

It seems that there is a saying that actually has some truth to it. Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. The old concubine has a clear understanding of the world. Her remarks gave me a lot of inspiration! "

He was in a good mood and exchanged a few words with Bai Sheng.

Emperor Yuan Xi said goodbye and left.

At the same time, he had some vague doubts in his heart that the relationship between the old concubine Zhen and his father might not be as simple as he thought. Maybe the old concubine Zhen could also serve as a consultant.

Advising his father!
Otherwise, how could an old lady from deep inside the palace know so much? Based on just some of his complaints, she could infer the situation in the court and his thoughts, and put forward a very good solution in a very timely manner.

An incompetent old woman is easy to deal with, but if the other party is an old woman who can help her father make suggestions, some things may have to be slowed down.

Who knows what other power methods she hides.

Anyway, you are so old.

After she has been beaten to death, it will not be too late to attack the Zhen family.