The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 544
It was almost dawn at this time, and after the turmoil of the night, the entire capital had already stabilized.

The common people had no idea that there was a bloody incident in the imperial city last night, and all of this was covered up by the white snow.

So the rebel soldiers, Zhao Xu, were not soft-hearted at all, and they were all beheaded. He felt that although such people obeyed the order, they should be killed regardless of black and white.

This time he killed ten thousand people. He is not a bloodthirsty person, but this incident also reminded him.

That is, blindly being gentle doesn't make everyone appreciate him, so he does it this way.

But these ten thousand people are not what he wants to kill. They are all loyalists that Zhao Guangyi has been running for many years, and they are the forces of Huang Fuxing.

These [-] people are soldiers of Song Dynasty. You think Zhao Xu wants to do this, but he also wants to kill chickens for monkeys to see.

"Prince, we didn't find anything when we went to Huang's house. The building was already empty, and Mr. Ma in Jinwang's mansion was also gone, but everyone else in Jinwang's mansion was there, and none of them was missing."

Liu Qinhu has already led Su Yiwei to act at this time, Miao Xun has always acted cautiously, and with Zhao Kuangyin's approval, he has arranged everything.

Many officials involved with Zhao Guangyi and Huang Fuxing have now been arrested, and the Imperial Army has also been dispatched.

Anyway, everything has returned to normal, and outsiders have no idea what happened to the upper floors.

"The emperor Li Tao, Zhang Zhao and others actually conspired to rebel, and asked the emperor to punish them severely so that the laws of our Song Dynasty can be maintained. The old ministers implore these people to be punished according to the law."

Wei Renpu, the old minister, can seize the opportunity at this time, besides, he was acting in accordance with the regulations, and he did not take personal revenge at all.

"I also think so about the emperor and his ministers. This is the law of my Song Dynasty. Rebellion and treason can be implicated in the nine clans."

All the people who supported Zhao Kuangyin were shouting in the hall, and no one dared to intercede at this time.

"Huang Fuxing conspired to overthrow the country, punishing the nine tribes, Zhang Zhao, Li Tao and other Yi tribes, and the others were handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for their crimes."

"Father, do you think this is good?" Zhao Xu walked in from the outside, and there were still four people behind him.

"See Your Highness!"

"The prince is right. I think this is the way to do it. These people deserve to die." No matter how wise a monarch is, he will not show mercy to those who dare to challenge his authority.

Crimes such as disrespect, treason, and treason can all be punished by the nine clans, but some crimes can be pardoned when the emperor is in a good mood.

But for the serious crime of treason, no emperor dares to pardon you, you must die.

For such a major event of changing the emperor, it is regarded as treason, and no one dares to defend them. Even if he is your son or father, at this time you can only kill relatives righteously, so that your family may leave a bloodline .

"Father, I think there is one more thing that needs to be done at this time, that is, both the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Household Department are vacant. I think this matter should be resolved at this time."

Zhao Xu thought about what to do with the remaining positions if these people were killed, so he had to fill them up directly.

Zhao Kuangyin was right when he heard it. He also just woke up last night, and he still doesn't understand some things very well:

"I also feel that the prince is worried, what does the prince mean?"

"Father, emperor, son, and minister means that Master Dou Yi is cautious in his life, so I suggest that Master Dou should be Minister of the Household Department, and Xue Juzheng should be a member of the Ministry of Political Affairs and Officials. The rest will be discussed by you and the other ministers. .”

"Okay, Xue Juzheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the Bachelor of Jiazhao Wenguan. Dou Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, will be the Minister of the Household Department, and the Bachelor of Jialongtuge. As for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Lv Qingyu, the governor of Kaifeng, will take over."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

This is a good thing, why not thank you, this is the rhythm of the promotion, why is it not happy, everyone is looking at Zhao Pu at this time, why is this arrogant and domineering prime minister silent today.

"By the way, father this time is thanks to Zhao Pu. If it weren't for him, I would not have known about King Jin's conspiracy. Of course, I was the one who signaled him to obey King Jin when I was in Kunning Palace last night."

Zhao Xu saw that everyone, Zhao Pu, was very unfriendly. It seemed that it was because of his performance last night.

Zhao Pu was the first to support Zhao Guangyi last night, but the others were all taken away afterwards, but this Zhao Pu has nothing to do.

This made everyone very surprised that such a person should have been severely punished, but he was not.

It turned out to be the reason, everything is under the prince's control, no wonder there is nothing wrong with it.

This Zhao Pu used to have a good personal relationship with Zhao Guangyi, but after receiving his brother's on-demand broadcast, he knew what to do and what not to do, so he completely followed Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Guangyi's numerous crimes were all told to Miao Xun, and if Miao Xun said it, it would be the same as telling Zhao Xu.

That's why Zhao Xu was able to arrange all of this so calmly. It was Zhao Xu who gave him a wink when he was on the court, which made Zhao Pu dare to support Zhao Guangyi.

He knew that the person next to him was Zhao Xu. He didn't know the purpose of Zhao Xu's doing this, but he did it anyway.

The purpose of Zhao Xu's doing this was very simple, to isolate Zhao Pu. Others didn't know, but he knew that Zhao Pu had a great desire for power.

He often doesn't take other people seriously, and now that he is sitting on the position of prime minister, he has become more and more official.

He was the youngest of the three prime ministers. Zhao Xu thought that after what happened this time, Zhao Guangyi Wuluan would not be able to hold an official position.

Wei Renfu is old, even if there is another prime minister, it will not pose any threat to him, and it will make him grow bigger slowly.

Zhao Xu's behavior made Zhao Pu very passive. Although the prince asked him to act, in the eyes of others, he was a "heterogeneous".

Other people will not have any close relationship with him anymore, so Zhao Pu can only rely on the emperor's surroundings if he wants to be in the court in the future, and dare not have other thoughts.

In this way, this talented prime minister in history can only serve the emperor with all his heart, and he must not have half-heartedness.

At the same time, he is also an important person who balances the ministers in the court. In history, Zhao Pu once had a large group of party members, and other officials sued him.

There has been a lot of trouble. If Zhao Pu is really talented, Zhao Xu just wants to use this method to isolate him in the court and serve Song Dynasty with peace of mind.

This is the art of imperial court. Sure enough, Zhao Pu became a loyal courtier without clique or selfishness.

(End of this chapter)