Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 581
After the palace change of the first emperor, the capital has been quiet for a few years, and the front of the Meridian Gate is once again covered with blood.

At noon, the Xu family was surrounded by the army led by the virtuous king. In the evening, the entire Xu family was tied up on the execution platform in front of the Meridian Gate.

Zhao Hao personally cut off the head of Master Xu, the official minister of Honghe Temple.

That rain of blood shocked the entire capital, and also made those lucky people in the capital break out in cold sweat. It was unavoidable that there were many more people in series that night.

In the early morning of the next day, Han Queang raised an issue in court, asking why he killed Xu's family without going through three joint trials. Zhao Hao couldn't disregard the law of the country even if he felt sorry for his father.

When Prime Minister Han was making a fuss, the virtuous king came to court in response to the imperial edict.

This can be regarded as the first time that a virtuous king appeared in the court, and the emperor announced his visit to the court when Prime Minister Han was talking about his high spirits.

At that time, all the civil and military people in the hall were silent. Looking at the man in the prince's official robe, his figure was tall and straight, his aura was so noble and arrogant that people couldn't look directly at him, and even his extremely handsome face was ignored. It was like being escorted in by the sun. , walked into the hall.

After presenting the ceremony to the emperor, the virtuous king turned around and said to Hong Shangshu, "Master Hong, please tell me, this matter is black and white, and a villain can't allow a villain to confuse himself."

Treacherous villain...

Han Xiang was the only one who spoke first...

Hong Shangshu came out with his head down, cleared his throat and said, "I would like to report to the emperor that Xu Liang colluded with the Beirong people. The evidence of treason and collaborating with the enemy is conclusive. There is absolutely no theory of frame-up. Please take a look."

He took out two letters from his sleeve and asked Eunuch Ding to forward them to the emperor. Hong Shangshu said: "This letter was found from the leader of the enemy when General Zhao killed the enemy. The handwriting and signature of these two letters are also The last seal is definitely made by Xu Liang, and that seal has been specially processed, only Xu Liang owns the public record, and no one else can know it at all. Moreover, this is Xu Liang's seal, Xu Liang has already done it. He personally admitted that it was he who colluded with the enemy and contacted the Beirong people, allowing the Beirong people to use our frontier army without food and pay to attack our Great Song Border Pass, and the person behind this is Cai Bing."

The emperor's hand holding the letter suddenly trembled, and he said sharply, "Cai Bing!"

"Yes, Xu Liang explained that the collusion with the enemy was instigated by Cai Bing. He also said that some relevant people, etc., were interrogated by veteran ministers and the prison supervisor. They have signed and pledged, and there is absolutely no mistake." Hong Shangshu lowered his head and said .

After arresting Xu Liang at that time, Xu Liang softened as soon as the letter was taken out, and after the prison supervisor said that if he confessed honestly, he might still be able to survive, then Xu Liang was like a bean. I said it, and said again and again that I was acting under Cai Bingzhi's order, so I wanted to blame Cai Bing to get rid of the crime.

But because of their collusion with the enemy, so many people died in the frontier army, Song Guo almost wanted to lose his life. How could such a serious crime be forgiven.

As soon as the emperor gave a word of approval, the virtuous king stamped his own seal, and he immediately cooperated, arresting and beheading people.

As for the others, King Xian and Zhao Hao didn't mention it, presumably there is still someone behind, so he should also cooperate.

For so many years, the Great Song Kingdom has never seen such an iron-blooded joy.

"Master Hong, since there is something hidden behind this incident, it is even more wrong to kill him at this time, and we must testify against him no matter what..."

"What does Xiang Han want to prove?" Xie Jue interrupted Han Xiang in a cold voice: "If Xiang Han wants to say, let Xu Liang explain more, then explain everything Xu Liang can explain, if Han Xiang wants to see, There is a specific confession from the Ministry of Punishment, or, what are you afraid of, Prime Minister Han?"

"Scared!" Han Xiang stared and said, "I just think about the Great Song Dynasty. Taizong once said something that should not be wronged..."

"Oh? Up to now, Prime Minister Han still thinks that Xu Liang was wronged? By whom? By Beirong people? By Zhao Hao? Or by this king? Or by the emperor?" Xie Jue interrupted him again The words said: "Even Xu Liang himself confessed and confessed, Han Xiang still thinks that Xu Liang has been wronged, this can't help but make me doubt, Han Xiang, what do you want?"

"Prince Xian, don't be upset." Fang Xiang, who had not said a word, said with a bodhisattva-like expression: "Han Xiang said this because the case is of great importance and cannot be decided."

Xie Jue turned around, looked at Fang Xiang with a cool look, and said in a low voice: "Oh? Fang Xiang's words have some meaning. Could it be that Fang Xiang has forgotten that the Tai*zu and Gaozong of this dynasty have all issued strict orders. The crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason is more than treason, once it is found out, it will be executed without mercy, Emperor Gaozong has made a note of this word, I don’t know Fang Xiang, but he forgot?”

Fang Xiang was stunned for a moment, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

Gaozong is the grandson of Tai*zu. He was brought up by Queen Mother Guo. He is braver than his father. He has been in power for 12 years, and he personally went to the battlefield to kill the enemy for five years. Moreover, he was injured when he killed the enemy. He died two years after returning to Beijing.

And why was Gaozong injured?It was because someone colluded with the enemy and revealed his strategic deployment and the location of the Chinese army to the Beirong people.

After Gaozong escaped from the dead, he beheaded all the relevant people in the barracks.

Not only the beauties and Zhongshu Sheren who accompanied him, but also the left minister of the cabinet who went out with him at that time were also killed.

After Gao Zong returned to Beijing, because of this incident, the capital was also in a bloody storm, and the prince who tried to let him die on the battlefield was killed along with all his party members.

At that time, Emperor Gaozong made a note under the article of Tai*zu, as long as there is evidence, anyone who colludes with the enemy and puts the country in danger will be killed immediately, and these people must not be allowed to see the sun the next day.

Xu is that the emperor has been on the throne for many years, and they are used to being comfortable, and they have forgotten the emperor of the Jun family, but they are brave and ruthless.

What's more, this kind of collaborating with the enemy is a more serious crime than treason.

Xie Jue glanced sideways at Prime Minister Fang, then turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Liang has already explained the details of the case of collaborating with the enemy. According to these letters, there is also what Xu Liang explained. Although the main emissary is Cai Bing, the household department Someone from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War also participated in it. I would like to ask your majesty to transfer all the account books related to the frontier army in the past few years, not only the amount of food and salaries owed to the frontier army, but also the places where the money and food were misappropriated. Where will the tax revenue for two years go?"

Check accounts!

The state of Song was rich, and the taxes collected in a year were tens of millions of guan, and most of them were used to raise soldiers.

The soldiers raised by the Song Dynasty were divided into three parts. The largest number was the Beijing Army, including the [-]th Battalion of the Masi Jingji Daying, the five city soldiers of the Imperial Guard, and the second largest number were the government soldiers from all over the country, and then the frontier army.

Because the frontier army has the most battles, it is the most important point, not only the cost of raising soldiers, but also the cost of repairing the city walls and border cities, so although the number of frontier soldiers is small, the sum of all miscellaneous expenses is the most expensive part. The consumption of this kind is more than 500 million guan.

Now that the imperial court is so embezzled, if you really count it, at least 800 million coins have been diverted to other places.

This is an extremely huge amount!

If it is really investigated, the people related to it will not be able to escape the crime of corruption and dereliction of duty even if they are not involved in collaborating with the enemy.

As soon as Xie Jue said this, half of the people in the court turned black.

But no one dared to come forward and say that this is not possible.

Earlier, the Xu family only had two letters and some confessions, so they directly copied and killed the five families, and now Prime Minister Han is under suspicion.

But Xie Jue's proposal was reasonable, and what he couldn't do was to admit that it had something to do with collaborating with the enemy.

The end...you can learn from the Xu family.

The emperor was very satisfied to see the faces of the following people in his eyes, with an uncontrollable smile, he said to Xie Jue in a deep voice: "Yes! I will act on my behalf and take charge of this case. If there is any non-cooperation, Anyone who refuses to investigate will be punished as collaborating with the enemy, you can do it cheaply, King Xian, and you don’t need to return to me.”

That is to say, you can kill whoever you want, King Xian, if you don't like anyone? !
At this moment, the faces of all the people in the room, including Xie Jue, turned dark.

Emperor, you really are, don't be afraid that you won't crush me to death!

(End of this chapter)