Rong Chang'an said: "He must have escaped while we were fighting with Beiming! Hmph, how shameless! Beiming gave his life for him, but he escaped, so shameless."
Li Hao escaped, if he gathers loyal followers, then the country will have another war to fight. According to a conservative estimate, the number of rebels he bought was at least 30,000. Today, there are only more than 3,000 people sent to the Martial Arts Hall.
Rong Changan walked quickly to the steps and shouted to the rebels: "Listen everyone, Beiming is dead now, and Li Hao has abandoned you and fled. You don't have to surrender quickly! If you persist in the corner, you will only die!" If you surrender to the imperial court now, the emperor will spare everyone the death penalty."
A snake without a head is not enough, Li Hao has already run away, and his most powerful assistant, Bei Ming, is already dead, so what's the point of continuing the fight? So the rebels dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.
"No more fights, no more fights! We are willing to submit to the imperial court!"
"Your Majesty, Empress, please forgive our death penalty!"
In a moment, the Martial Arts Hall returned to calm, and the commotion disappeared.
Rong Changan smiled happily at Yan Li. Eunuch Lu, Chen Jun, Lin Hai, and Xiong Yanchao finally relaxed from their nervousness.
"Your Majesty, Empress, we were foolish for a while, we were bewitched by Li Hao, and we did something detrimental to the country and society. We hope that the Emperor and Empress Kane will forgive us the death penalty!" Ma Guang and Liang Bin knelt on the ground together, their entire bodies following The ground is almost parallel.
Yan Li hated the flattery of the two of them, and said angrily: "Li Hao is bewitching you? You might as well say that you jumped on it? Li Hao's revenge for his father is justifiable. What is the reason for your rebellion? High-ranking officials and generous salaries! Such people, if you don’t kill them, what’s the use of staying in the world!” After a pause, “Here come, take down Ma Guang and Liang Bin, and execute them on the spot!”
When Ma Guang and Liang Bin heard this sentence, their faces were completely pale, and they kowtowed like garlic.
"The emperor spares my life, the emperor is merciful!"
"Queen, save us!"
Rong Changan's attitude was similar to Yan Li's. Li Hao can be forgiven, but country moths and civilian thieves like Ma Guang and Liang Bin must not be let go.
Then four guards took Ma Guang and Liang Bin to the outside of the martial arts hall, and chopped them down one by one. Then they brought in the heads of the two and put them on the ground.
"Report to the emperor, Ma Guang and Liang Bin have already surrendered!"
Yan Lidao: "Hang the heads of the two on bamboo poles, and hang them in a lively place in Wenchang County for three days to warn those who do evil and plot evil."
The guards shouted loudly: "Observe the order!"
Rong Changan looked at Beiming's corpse on the ground: "Your Majesty, Beiming is loyal to his master and fulfills his duties. Such a person is really rare. Why don't we bury him with the ceremony of a national scholar? What do you think?"
Yan Li smiled and said: "I also have this intention. If such a person is placed in the court, he is a loyal minister and deserves the respect of each of us. Lin Hai!"
Lin Hai heard Yan Li calling his name, and immediately knelt on the ground: "What is the emperor's order?"
Yan Li pointed to Bei Ming on the ground: "Bei Ming's funeral is up to you to organize, and it must be handled with the etiquette of a national scholar, do you understand?"
Lin Hai admired Bei Ming's swordsmanship, and naturally agreed with Rong Chang'an and Yan Li's approach: "My minister obeys the order!"
Yan Li said to the rebels who surrendered: "I forgive you for your innocence. Those who are willing to join the army can join the army; those who don't want to, feel free. I will never force you."
Some people want to disarm and return to the fields, while others want to serve as soldiers under Rong Changan.
"Queen, are you still leading the army to fight? We are willing to serve as pawns under your tent!"
Most of these people are desperadoes and scoundrels in the world. If they are recruited into the army, it will be a huge burden for Rong Changan. Instead of doing this, it's better to let them leave and each do whatever they want.
Rong Changan first bowed to everyone and thanked them for their trust in her, then said:
"Now the world is peaceful, there is no major war in the border areas, and the country will no longer expand its military power. The saved military expenses are used to do things for the people. I, Chang'an, now only want to be a woman who weaves in the palace. I rarely touch swords, guns and sticks." .So I hope everyone understands."
"If you want to do business, go do business. If you want to go home and farm, go home and farm. If you want to travel around the world, you can travel around the world. But I have a piece of advice. It's hard to tolerate, you will end up like Ma Guang and Liang Bin!"
Those rebels were resentful, and left the martial arts hall one by one.
The stars are slanting horizontally, and the night is as cool as water. Eunuch Lu put an apricot yellow cloak on Yan Li.
"It's very cold at night, now that the rebellion is gone, the emperor should go back to the palace!"
The so-called Xinggong is just the home of Chen Jun's neighbor.
Yan Li put the cloak on Rong Changan: "Thanks to the Queen's plan, Li Hao failed. I should put the cloak on the Queen."
Rong Changan was still worried: "Although the rebellion in the Martial Arts Hall has been put down, Li Hao is still at large. The emperor will write a notice tomorrow to arrest Li Hao and leave him nowhere to hide."
Yan Li laughed and said, "How dare I disobey the queen's order!"
Rong Chang'an covered his mouth and smiled: "The emperor is the monarch, I am a concubine, I listen to the emperor, not the emperor listens to me. I was just a suggestion, whether you accept it or not is up to the emperor."
The two were about to leave the martial arts hall when Yan Li suddenly saw Hu Jinbao, Meng Jie and other gentry kneeling in a corner of the martial arts hall. The corner of Yan Li's mouth curled up in disdain.
"Queen, how to deal with these people?"
Rong Chang'an curled his lips: "These people are rich and ruthless, oppressing the people, knowing that Li Hao is going to rebel, they don't need to report, but they conspired with Li Hao to murder the emperor. It is tolerable and unbearable. The emperor should punish them!"
Two officials had already been killed, Yan Li didn't want to kill any more, so he pondered for a moment: "Today, enough people died, I don't want to go on a rampage. According to my will, all the property of Hu Jinbao and others will be confiscated, and the food in their homes will be confiscated. All of them will be distributed to the people of Wenchang County. All the mines and salt fields they exploit will be nationalized. —— Hu Jinbao, Meng Jie, are you convinced?"
Asking for their money is like threatening their lives. Both Hu Jinbao and Meng Jie collapsed on the ground, like deflated balls.
Rong Chang'an couldn't help snorting coldly: "It's really a villain who wants money but not life. The emperor might as well follow their wishes and kill them without moving their property."
Yan Li sighed, shook his head, folded his hands behind his back, and left the martial arts hall with Rong Changan.
Xiong Yanchao stayed and cleaned the battlefield.
Ziyan and Zixuan had heard about the fight between the guards and the rebels in the prison camp.
Zi Yan was secretly happy in her heart, she really hoped that this time Li Hao could fulfill her wish and kill Rong Chang'an. But Zixuan was so anxious that she couldn't wait to step into the prison camp to see what was going on.
"Sister, what's the use of being anxious! The emperor's auspicious person has his own appearance, so nothing will happen."
Unexpectedly, Zixuan burst into tears and touched her stomach: "I am already pregnant with the emperor's dragon seed. If the emperor has a high mountain and a low water, what will my child and I do? Sister, why don't we go to the prison city?" Let's go see what's going on."
Zi Yan was terrified, and suddenly shook her hands twice: "Sister, don't mess around, it's a mess now, there are flying arrows everywhere, and if it doesn't work, it will hit you, and it will kill two people." gone."
Ziyan took out her white handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of Zixuan's eyes, "Don't cry, look at you, you are so pitiful! If you hurt your body and affect the baby in your stomach, the emperor will come back safe and sound. , what can you do? Listen to my sister, don't think about it, just wait quietly in the room with me. "