Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 539 The guillotine in the first month can't stay idle
Liu Yu of Jingdong East Road was originally the prefect of Jinan.

Jin Bing went south in a big way, and when he didn't hit Jinan, he began to prepare to surrender to the Jin people, recruited a lot of people who were ready to vote together, and secretly prepared to surrender.

It's a pity that the situation of the war has changed. Not only did Liu Yu fail to surrender successfully, but a member of the literati and political system who moved every three years made him go from the prefect of Jinan to the economic envoy of Jingdong East Road.

The word Xianggong has a very special meaning in the Song Dynasty. Only when you are the chief of the road can you be called Xianggong.

Zhao Huan really gave the Song literati enough tolerance.

But the literati in Song Dynasty never let him down in the matter of letting him down!

In the normal historical line, Liu Yu is the emperor of puppet Qi.

After the shame of Jingkang, the Kingdom of Jin was unable to rule the Guannei area, so it had to establish a Han regime to rule the Guannei area.

Puppet Qi is the second puppet regime supported by the Jin State after the Puppet Chu.

The puppet Chu regime existed for a short time, less than a month, and the puppet Chu emperor Zhang Bangchang surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty as quickly as possible.

The puppet Qi regime has existed for seven years, and this Liu Yu is the emperor of the puppet Qi.

Zhao Huan always believed that whether it was Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, or Zhang Xiaochun, they were all forced by the general situation and made the decision to join the Jinren as a last resort.

In the end, Liu Yu let himself down to the extreme.

Some people may have no choice, such as Zhang Bangchang, who was the emperor for a month, immediately surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhi struggled in Taiyuan for 250 days, but none of the reinforcements arrived in Taiyuan.

As a result, although Zhang Xiaochun is still trembling in the Hetao area, maintaining the cowardice that is unique to creatures like civil servants, he has managed things fairly well.

Liu Yu was obviously not forced to do so. Zhao Huan ordered Cha Zi of the Imperial City Department to investigate him for nearly a year, and finally confirmed that this person had become a running dog of the Kingdom of Jin.

Treachery, a word that Zhao Huan could not tolerate.

Zhao Huan asked his courtiers for their opinions, and Li Gang agreed with Zhao Huan's idea in the fastest time.

Kill them quickly.

Zhou Wei glanced at Li Gang, stood up and said loudly: "I think the Yi tribe is more appropriate."

He didn't have any information, and didn't know what kind of outrageous things Liu Yu had done, but Li Gang was so resolute in supporting the official's decision, he had already guessed that Liu Yu had probably lowered his gold.

Mixing in the court, if you don't have this eye-catching price, then you don't have to mix.

Zhao Huan looked at the others, but no one objected. He criticized Liu Yu's decapitation letter and said, "Forget it, the Yi tribe. All the family members should be exiled to Lingnan."

"Li Qiong, Li Cheng, Xu Wen and other prefects, as well as the prefects with Liu Yu, were also cut off, and the family members were also exiled to Lingnan." Zhao Huan once again approved three letters.

Zhao Huan had sentenced four people to death, and the four families were exiled.

"Where are these Beijing officials?" Zhao Huan looked at the most numerous Beijing officials and asked in a daze.

This is the group of people who disappointed Zhao Huan the most!

They enjoyed the salary of the Song Dynasty, received the education of the Song Dynasty, enjoyed the prosperous life of the Song Dynasty, and enjoyed the privileges brought about by their high status in the Song Dynasty.

This made Zhao Huan's veins tremble with anger!
"I think it's better to kill him." Li Gang looked at Zhao Huan's face and said.

Zhao Huan took a deep breath and said: "I thought Li Dazai would say something, the law does not blame the public."

Li Gang said helplessly: "The reason why I don't let the officials kill the Tai students is to make up for these deficiencies."

"These people are all old officials. They have enjoyed so many preferential treatment from the court, but they want to be a fence-sitting faction. They are at both ends of the head and gain benefits at both ends. If they don't kill them, they are not enough to warn the world."

Zhao Huan held his head in his hands, leaned on the back of the chair, looked at the long list, thought for a long time, and then said: "Then kill."

"I also thought about keeping them alive. After all, Da Song is short of people now. But they are self-inflicted and can't live. Who can save them?"

The reason why Zhao Huan actually wanted to keep them alive was not that he was merciful to life, he was not so holy.

It's not that he's afraid of leaving the name of a tyrant in history.

He had already killed Liu Yu, and even a businessman had been killed by him. This reputation of violence could never be escaped.

Don't worry if there are too many lice. Anyway, there are so many lice, it doesn't matter.

What he was actually worried about was that these people were all traitorous courtiers who had been investigated by the inspectors of the Imperial City Division.

He was worried that his engagement in spy politics would make people panic and affect Jingkang's three-year campaign against the Jin people.

The main contradiction and the secondary contradiction, he still wants to solve the main contradiction.

And there is another important reason, Zhao Huan didn't want himself to become the object of emulation for the later emperors of the Song Dynasty.

The secret service politics of the Imperial City Division is a double-edged sword, and it is an extremely sharp sword in the hands of the emperor when it is used well.

If it is not used well, it is the politics of Wu Zhao's cruel officials. Such a political system can easily fall apart and be determined by its subjects.

He is well aware of how flawed the Da Song of the ancestral law is.

Up to now, he is still filling the hole left by Zhao Guangyi. When the hole on Hebei Road is filled, it will be over.

If I figured out the method of my ancestors, it would be troublesome for future generations to follow.

"Then, when Xing Prison Superintendent handles this matter, he has to check it repeatedly. He will not let a traitor go unnoticed, and he will not wrong any good person. First, he will be detained and brought to justice, and one person will be verified. After repeated investigations and repeated investigations, I will approve one person."

Zhao Huan thought about it for a while, these people staying in the court hall are also a disaster, maybe they stab him somewhere, which will delay the matter even more.

Or Li Gang is right, benevolence and kindness should be divided among people.

Don't give your kindness to those who shouldn't.

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "I hope that the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty will treat me correctly instead of being afraid of what I do."

As for whether the subjects will be afraid of him, he can't influence the thoughts of the subjects.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was an official, not a son of heaven.

The people of the Song Dynasty would give the Emperor of the Song Dynasty lanterns and hang them in the palace during the Shangyuan Festival to show that they had fun with the people.

But with his butcher knife, I am afraid that the people of Song Dynasty will fear him, who is becoming more and more powerful emperor.

He didn't like this feeling, but he had to.

It seems that the road paved by Li Gang is getting farther and farther, that is, he is going more and more towards the powerful emperor.

He said with a smile: "I went back to Bianjing and killed the spies of the Three Thousand Jin Kingdom's Blackwater Division. I killed nearly 300 traitors."

"They're all damned people. I don't have the heart to kill and create evil, but they're going to hit the edge of my blade!"

"Diaogu Battlefield Essay" has gone through several times, and it can be regarded as the complete end of the storm.

The blood of the emperor of the Song Dynasty flowed like a river, 300 people were killed, and more than [-] households were moved to Lingnan and the curtain ended.

Zhao Huan stayed in Wende Hall for more than ten days, and survived the entire first month.

What I do every day is to repeatedly check the crimes of these people, call these former courtiers to the palace, and ask whether there are any mistakes in the case records.

But it is clear that Cheng Chu is very meticulous in his work, and the people he reported, without exception, are all people with solid evidence.

Zhao Huan was also scolded bloody by a traitor because he saw these traitors.

It's nothing more than some people who value generals and elevate their status will eventually die in the hands of reckless men, reproducing Guan Long's remarks that he controlled the political crisis.

The Guanlong Group and Yu Wentai established the Fubing system, established the basic national policy "Guanzhong Standard Policy", and established the basic Western Wei Dynasty pattern of Eight Pillars and Twelve Generals.

The Twelve Generals will serve as prime ministers, not only as military commanders, but also as the core of political leadership.

For nearly 400 years, the twelve prominent families in Guanlong have been at the top of the food chain.

The four emperors of Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang all came from this group.

Among them, the ancestors of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou and Tang dynasties were all one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, and the ancestor of the Sui Dynasty was one of the Twelve Generals.

Around the time of Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, the Guanlong Group was completely lonely after the government military system existed in name only.

It was replaced by the separatist regime.

Therefore, if the army is strong, the emperor will be weak, and if the army is strong, the emperor will be killed.

It seems to have become a basic fact from the end of Han Dynasty to the end of Tang Dynasty, and it has also become a heart disease for almost all emperors.

The chief soldier is unreliable.

After Zhao Huan was scolded, he could only do it himself, and continued to do such thankless things.

After he and Zhong Shidao decided on the basic national policy of "conscription system for military meritorious ranks equal to land", there was actually no possibility of turning back.

Zhao Huan was well aware of the possible danger, but he was also prepared for the meat to rot in the pot.

Anyway, no matter how you fight, the Han people are fighting to the death in this level, and can you give it to the Jin people at a lower price? !

Then, he killed the servant who scolded him.

The army is strong and the monarch is weak, and the emperor has not yet been killed, but this minister has betrayed the Song Dynasty solidly.

"How many people have been killed at Yujiekou in the past few days?" Zhao Huan stretched vigorously and asked.

Zhao Ying opened the letter and said, "About ten or so people a day."

"How is the reaction of the people?" Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Ying and said.

Zhao Ying rolled her eyes and said, "Okay!"

Zhao Huan sneered and said: "Just kidding, the emperor kills ten courtiers a day, will they agree?!"

"They are just applauding. What I said is the truth." Zhao Ying said, stroking the back of her head.

Zhao Huan shook his head, why didn't he believe that the people of Song Dynasty would applaud him for killing traitors?

The emperors of the Song Dynasty were all temperless officials, and the people of the Song Dynasty should scold the emperor who killed him like a river of blood.

Zhao Huan walked up to the Wenhua Building, looked at the crowd of onlookers at Yujiekou, their heads fell to the ground, and loud applause came.

Maybe Zhao Ying was telling the truth?
Zhao Huan finally felt that the hard work during this period was not in vain. Even though he was scolded by those traitors, Zhao Huan still received them in Wende Palace.

Of course he is not idle.

That's because he is extremely cautious about the death penalty, which is completely the standard practice of emperors in all dynasties.

Personally supervising the execution of the death penalty is also something that the emperor of the Song Dynasty must do in order to inherit the system of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, the death penalty had to go through five replays by the local execution department, three investigations by the Ministry of Punishment, and then the emperor's personal collusion before execution.

The emperors of Sui, Tang, Song, and Ming all had to do this, personally reviewing death penalty cases.

In the second half of the first lunar month, Zhao Huan was busy with the process of rehearing the death penalty.

Killing an official and finding a suitable person to fill the gap are the core of this busy month.

Zhao Huan took Zhao Ying to the highest point of Bianjing, watching the people at Yujiekou watching the execution.

This is the Song version of you standing on the bridge and looking at the scenery, and the people watching the scenery are looking at you upstairs?

(End of this chapter)